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A Boy and His Blob
Developer Abstraction Games, WayForward
A Boy and His Blob is a puzzle-platform game developed by WayForward and published by Majesco. It is a re-imagining of the 1989 video game, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, which was originally developed by Imagineering for the NES. The game was released for the Wii in North America on October 13 and in Europe on November 6, 2009. A high-definition port of the game developed by Abstraction Games was… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
246 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 3, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
66
Fresh
119 positive · 62 negative
95% range 59–72%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 119 | 62 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 15 | 2 | 39 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
229 of 359 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
67% recommend · 124 yes, 62 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 186 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (394 of 570 positive).
Players praise the game's charming art, adorable blob, and dedicated hug button. [1][2][3] Many reviewers find the controls unresponsive and the animations slow, causing frustration. [4][5][6] Some players note the puzzles are challenging and the game has nostalgic appeal. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [4]
I battled with the controls, and eventually gave up after realizing I was wasting my time frustrated, annoyed, and not enjoying it at all. Additional Details Operating System Ubuntu Linux 14.04 x64 CPU AMD FX-8350 GPU GTX 750 Technical Notes No problems
- [5]
The game has a beautiful aesthetic in its art style, but unfortunately this comes at a severe cost to the gameplay itself. The lengthy animations not only slow down the gameplay, but cause immense frustration during those moments when the game demands quick reactions from the player, particularly during the boss battles. In addition, the AI pathfinding of the Blob leads to a lot of eye-rolling when it hops into pits …
- [1]
It's the game with the "hug" button. ‘nough said. Melts my heart every time I hug the blob. First of all. yes. This game has a hug button and it's the most adorable thing ever. Never made it very far the first time I played though because I was busy hugging my blob. A Boy and His Blob on is awesome. If you like puzzle platformers and really cute 2D art, it is a delight. I played the NES one with my Dad. He wasn’t a …
- [7]
A Boy and His Blob is a charming puzzle platformer with a surprising amount of depth. It looks as though it's a children's cartoon, but I'm not sure if a young child could finish this game without help. Some of the puzzling aspects (particularly within the challenge levels) require a bit of thinking, precise timing, and well placed jumps. Gameplay mainly consists of feeding the friendly blob a variety of jelly beans …
- [8]
I remember playing the original on NES when I was 8 or 9 and loved the game. While this is a reboot and not a remake the new developers have captured the magic of the original game. The graphics are beautiful and being able to hug blob is a nice touch. While it looks like a kids game, it’s not. Some of the puzzles get tricky and you’ll learn by dying (a lot). My only complaint is that the controls with the Xbox …
Summarised from 34 of the 243 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked A Boy and His Blob talk about charming hand-drawn art and cute animations; those who didn't talk about controls feel unresponsive and clunky. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Reception for A Boy and His Blob has been largely positive, with many reviewers commenting on the game's art design and faithfulness to the feel of the NES original. Nintendo Power called it "a super magical adventure full of mesmerizing sights and compelling gameplay" and praised that the game "can be enjoyed on multiple levels and by players of all ages", giving it a score of 8.5/10. IGN praised the game's art direction, yet criticized the control scheme and "die-and-retry nature of the level designs", awarding the game a 7.6/10. GameTrailers likewise questioned aspects of the control scheme, but praised the game's puzzles and overall feel, giving the game a total score of 8.5/10. Game…
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Reactions
60 of 246 · most liked firstA Boy And His Blob: Trouble On Blobolonia Wins The Game Award
neutral · AI labelView post →Teslagrad with jellybeans instead of magnets! A very weak yes, but a yes nonetheless. This Wii port is a 2009 remake of a particularly strange NES game designed by David Crane, the guy who made Pitfall. In both games, an evil tyrant king has taken over the planet of Blobolonia, and one of its citizens, a small white blob, crash-lands on Earth in search of help. He meets a random schoolboy who discovers that feeding jellybeans to the blob will give him various powers which, oddly enough,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's the game with the "hug" button. ‘nough said. Melts my heart every time I hug the blob. First of all. yes. This game has a hug button and it's the most adorable thing ever. Never made it very far the first time I played though because I was busy hugging my blob. A Boy and His Blob on is awesome. If you like puzzle platformers and really cute 2D art, it is a delight. I played the NES one with my Dad. He wasn’t a big video game guy but for some reason he got sucked in by the art. He…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Game Boy Advance reboot of A Boy and His Blob was never released, but this amazingly stupid box art was! 🤣
neutral · AI labelView post →35 years ago, Ultraman was on Mean Machines. Not the best game, but it was a cool cover for sure! Top reviews: Mega Drive Wrestle War 88% and Block Out 91%, NES Solstice 85% and A Boy and His Blob 91%, SNES F-Zero 90%, and Game Boy Boulder Dash 90%. A very good month for games!
neutral · AI labelView post →Did you know there are two versions of Casper for the SNES? There's the English version, which is a BAD A Boy and His Blob clone, while the Japanese version is a much more interesting isometric puzzle-adventure game.
neutral · AI labelView post →TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLAR A BOY AND HIS BLOB OPEN WORLD GAME
neutral · AI labelView post →HOLD ON JUST A DAMN MINUTE so Kemco stole this game and reskinned it as Mickey Mouse IV/The Real Ghostbusters/Garfield Labyrinth on the Game Boy, i knew that, but whoever drew the box art for the Japanese releases of A Boy and His Blob ALSO clearly ripped off its box art?? why this of all games???
neutral · AI labelView post →I battled with the controls, and eventually gave up after realizing I was wasting my time frustrated, annoyed, and not enjoying it at all. Additional Details Operating System Ubuntu Linux 14.04 x64 CPU AMD FX-8350 GPU GTX 750 Technical Notes No problems
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Boy and His Blob ($3.99) - a re-imagining of the original game that is much, much, MUCH easier to make sense of, just pick up and play, and charming as hell all the way through. WayForward does a great job in making something grand for kids and their parents. store.steampowered.com/app/281200/A...
positive · AI labelView post →So I swiped A Boy and His Blob on the Nintendo eShop while it was still on sale. Still a solid and effortlessly charming puzzle game, though I noticed a few render/lighting issues in this port. Also crashed on me twice in the same level. I did get this amusing glitch during the second boss at least
neutral · AI labelView post →it's also worth noting that the game has a "Poor" rating on GameFAQs and was made by shovelware developer Skyworks Technologies, who were also responsible for the cancelled DS A Boy and His Blob game from Majesco, which is a whole other amalgamation of nightmares
neutral · AI labelView post →New Game Boy Endings www.vgmuseum.com/end/gb A Boy and His Blob in The Rescue of Princess Blobette Bill & Ted's Excellent Game Boy Adventure Spot: The Cool Adventure Super Battletank: War in the Gulf Tekkyu Fight! The Great Battle Gaiden Thanks to Cavery210 & Niz
neutral · AI labelView post →I decided to travel back in time with @polykillpodcast.bsky.social to 1989 for time travel month and #justbeatit Little Nemo(1990). Oops. It was a happy accident. Along with A Boy and His Blob this game has lived rent-free in my head since I was a small child. I’m so pleased to finally see its end.
positive · AI labelView post →I actually like the Game Boy version of A Boy and His Blob a bit better. It feels like he had a bit more time to refine the ideas and do things like include a few more puzzles and better area design. Rating: 🕹️👲
positive · AI labelView post →When @pixelturkey.com was playing A Boy and His Blob for the NES I had the thought of what would happen if you had BeanBoozled jellybeans. In the Game Boy game, The Rescue of Princess Blobette, the blob can knock you off cliffs. Very rude. #MARU #DANKART
neutral · AI labelView post →Random Game of the Day Day 79 - A Boy and His Blob A fun platform/puzzle game with probably one of the most unique mechanics. A blob that can transform into certain items based on what jellybeans you feed it. Absolutely adore this game, even though it can be frustrating and confusing at times
positive · AI labelView post →A Boy And His Blob was an amazing game if you were a clever curious kid with lots of patience and free time in 1989. And it helped if you didn't have an expectation of finishing a videogame, maybe didn't even know games had endings. I loved it. The remake by Wayforward is better in every way.
positive · AI labelView post →JALECOlle Famicom Ver. game #10: Fushigi na Blobby: Blobonia no Kiki! that is, Jaleco's Famicom loc of A Boy and His Blob, which has a different player-character sprite and some other, mostly superficial changes (icymi, these releases offer EN subs for FC games & JP subs for NES games)
neutral · AI labelView post →So I just realized I've owned a copy of A Boy and His Blob for NES for almost 10 years and I've never progressed at all. WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME?! HOW DO I PROGRESS? WHY DON'T THE KETCHUP JELLY BEANS CHANGE THE BLOB'S FORM LIKE ALL THE OTHERS DO? HOW IS ANYONE SUPPOSED TO KNOW HOW TO ENTER THE CAVE? IT TOOK ME 2 YEARS TO REALIZE I COULD USE THE JELLY BEANS THAT TURN BLOB INTO A HOLE IN THE FLOOR TO GET INTO THE CAVE! WHY??? #ABoyAndHisBlob #NES #RetroGaming #80s #Nintendo #Gaming
negative · AI labelView post →Coolmathgames? The site made by the guy who made A Boy and His Blob?
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been playing A Boy and His Blob on NES. This game was designed by video game legends David Crane and Garry Kitchen. It's an incredible game. Here's my version of the boy. #gameart #videogame #nes #aboyandhisblob #pixelart
positive · AI labelView post →I played through The Violinist of Hameln twice, both because I enjoyed it tremendously and because I wanted to see if a 1CC would change anything (it does not). Really charming game that reminded me a lot of WayForward’s remake of A Boy and His Blob. Highly recommended.
neutral · AI labelView post →I may have blobbed for a little too long.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A simple, gorgeous, sweet platformer. More games should have a dedicated hug button.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is rubbish. I so wanted to like it, but only 10 mins in, I found myself thinking, that I hoped it wasn't a long game. It has so much potential with the cute concept and sweet graphics. This game has some of the cutest little enemies I've ever seen, but sadly that's where the joy stops. There are so many annoying elements to this game. The constant calling on Blob with the same annoying sounds, Blob taking forever to appear and the long animations of Blob turning into things. All this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Armed with nothing but a bag full of jelly beans, join this pair of heroes on an adventure that spans the entire galaxy! Wii game number 46 "A Boy and His Blob" will be waiting for you in our upcoming Wii rollout, scheduled March 19th! retroachievements.org/game/4121?un...
neutral · AI labelView post →We all remember the NES classic A Boy and His Blob. Not everyone remembers there was a reboot in the mid 2000s on 360 and Wii. It was a fun game. Not open ended. Level based. But it also had a dedicated Hug Blob button. More games need a Hug Blob button.
positive · AI labelView post →Random Game of the Day Day 91 - A Boy and His Blob One of the most surprising releases we got on the Wii was a full on reboot of a cult classic NES game. I immediately fell in love with the hand drawn art work and got the game almost as soon as it released. I really want a sequel to this game
positive · AI labelView post →Uniquely for fans of the original. While the game is gorgeous both visually and aurally, the mechanics are clunky and did not age well. I don't feel like this game lives up to its legacy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ah memories, good old memories. And therefore you came. For the Blob and the Jelly Beans. Maybe also for the cute graphics, the atmospheric music and the fun puzzles. Check out my video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RNl4NWyAbA
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Boy and His Blob is a charming puzzle platformer with a surprising amount of depth. It looks as though it's a children's cartoon, but I'm not sure if a young child could finish this game without help. Some of the puzzling aspects (particularly within the challenge levels) require a bit of thinking, precise timing, and well placed jumps. Gameplay mainly consists of feeding the friendly blob a variety of jelly beans which make the blob turn into an object (trampoline, ladder, rocket, etc.)…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I first played this back on the Wii and it's the same game. This is an adorable puzzle platformer and isn't too hard or obtuse for the most part, though Challenge Level 4-2 can cause troubles (Hint: the ladder goes down if the platform is above you and the cannon can blow up exploding enemies if they touch it right). It's not the best game ever or overly long at 40 regular levels and 40 challenge levels, but you get to hug the blob. You get to hug the blob. :3 BTW, the devs originally…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has a beautiful aesthetic in its art style, but unfortunately this comes at a severe cost to the gameplay itself. The lengthy animations not only slow down the gameplay, but cause immense frustration during those moments when the game demands quick reactions from the player, particularly during the boss battles. In addition, the AI pathfinding of the Blob leads to a lot of eye-rolling when it hops into pits that it could have leaped over or it gets caught in dead-end passages when…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Deep down, I really, really love this game. It's one of my childhood games. It's adorable, the morphing blob concept is great, and some parts are really fun. But man... does it have some of the most annoying platforming I have ever experienced. If your position is off by a fraction of a pixel or your timing is a millisecond off, you will plunge into spike pits and get eaten by evil blobs over... and over.. and over. It does not help that the controls are not particularly responsive (at least,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not perfect, but absolutely worth playing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →LOVE THIS! -- Get to know me: Game edition First Game: The Adventures of Lolo Last Game: Cult of the Lamb Favorite Game: Final Fantasy XIII-2 Worst Game: A Boy and His Blob Game I've Played Most: Final Fantasy XIV Most Surprising: Sekiro Next Game: Final Fantasy 16
negative · AI labelView post →No matter what game I play in the future, it will always be better than a Boy and his Blob.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only thing that really carries A Boy and his Blob is nostalgia+modern production values. So if you never played the original NES version, this will probably have a lot less value for you. It's almost endless puzzles back-to-back, so if you don't like puzzles, avoid it. Visually it's pretty polished and a lot of the puzzles are creative, but it gets seriously tedious, especially toward the end. You switch abilities and aim jellybeans over and over. At some points it's pretty difficult and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boring, Bad controls and AI which makes it all frustrating, could have finished it 2 times as fast if it weren't for mistakes caused by slow AI of the blob or unresponsive controls. Also unskippable animations which slow the flow of the game immensely.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →100%ed "A Boy And His Blob". Only 21 trophies and no platinum, but it was a really fun and cute game~ #gaming #ps5 #trophy
positive · AI labelView post →One of the industry’s legendary game designers returns to LI Retro as David Crane makes his way to The Cradle of Aviation this August 7-9! Don’t miss out on meeting @audacitygames.bsky.social founding member, known for his award-winning work creating Pitfall!, A Boy and His Blob + more! LIRetro.com
neutral · AI labelView post →As a boy shaped like a blob, I think this might be the game for me. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⣤⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⡿⠋⠉⠉⠻⢿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠟⠛⠛⠻⢿⣿⣶⣄⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⣿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⠀⠈⠻⣿⣇⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⡿⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⡿⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⣀⣤⣼⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⣷⣄⠀ ⢠⣾⠟⠋⠉⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣦⣀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣶⣶⠿⠋⠁⢹⣿⡇ ⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⡟⢉⣿⠋⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀ ⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣤⣴⠿⠋⠀⠘⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⠏⠀ ⢸⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⢶⣤⣤⣴⡶⠿⠛⠙⣿⣆⠀ ⠈⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣽⣿⠀…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was a staple of my child hood, and I played it A LOT on the Wii. I'd say it's worth your time if you like obscure puzzle platformers with unique mechanics. But I do have to say that the boss of the second world is absolute bull. It's easier to beat the boss by cheesing it then actually fighting the damn thing properly.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well made but not for me. Charming art and puzzles slowly increasing in complexity. Blob-escort gameplay feels slow and tedious. Exactly what it looks like in the trailer. If you think it looks charming or don't mind escort gameplay, check it out.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh shit, A Boy and His Blob just awoken young me. What an awesome concept and fun game. Thanks for the memory!
positive · AI labelView post →10/10 game. It was my favorite as a kid, and I wish I could give the devs a hug. just 100%ed it in about 20 hours, but i did know most of the puzzles.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →25. A Boy and His Blob This puzzle adventure game had a really neat hook and was ahead of its time in some ways. Its execution was pretty frustrating, though, given that you didn't have direct control of the blob and sometimes needed to line it up pixel-perfect to complete a puzzle. Still neat tho.
neutral · AI labelView post →(6/) #7: Haunted Castle HD Remake Like WayForward’s stab at A Boy and His Blob and M2’s earlier take on Castlevania The Adventure, a somewhat terrible game has been remade into something that’s incredibly fun to play. I’ll take something like this over a remake of a good game any day of the week.
neutral · AI labelView post →Barely even functions. 1920x1080 Fullscreen cuts off 90% of the screen, as does Windowed and Borderless. Randomly Borderless went to full screen at some point and worked. But the sound periodically becomes a jumbled mess and at random it decides to not detect the controller anymore. And there's no setting to decrease music/SFX volume, just turn them on or off entirely. I had to go into Windows Sound Mixer and lower the volume to 5% because the default was blowing out my eardrums. Absolute…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+ Hug the blob<3 + Cute graphics. + Good music. + Hug the bloooooooooooooooob<3. + Challenging. - I had to wait 2 years xD to get a blob in citadel 6 cause it is glitched. - Developers abandoned the game. - Actions feel kinda slow.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has a good concept, it's a 2D puzzle platformer with beautiful artwork and a cute little blob buddy that follows you around everywhere that you can manipulate using what I think are jellybeans in order to navigate throughout each level; you could turn your blob into a climbable ladder, or a trampoline to jump higher, or an anvil to crush certain structures/enemies, etc. You get a certain set of jellybeans--of which there are a good amount--for each level, and it's up to you to decide…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →yes, the graphics are cute. But the game is tediously slow to play for a puzzle platformer. Putting on the parachute almost put me to sleep. Can't recommend this one and had to idle to collect all 7 cards.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a fun platform game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I never could get into the NES version of A Boy and His Blob. But this new remake is a very nice remastered version of the original. It's got some good kiddy cartoon hand drawn graphics, great puzzle designs and level designs, and just a great attempt at making the old game feel new. This time around I was able to get into the game and enjoyed every moment. You meet a blob that can change into different shapes depending on what seed you feed it. Different levels give you different seeds to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a slow, simplistic game with crappy controls and a tedious "call Blob" element. You walk across a level until you reach an obstacle. Using the clumsy rotating menu (it's not like there's dozens of keys on my keyboard) you pick the required power and blob becomes a ladder, parachute, portal, trampoline, etc. And then you have to stand still and call Blob using one of half a dozen lines they recorded for this. If you're particularly lucky you also have to drop him a bean so he can turn…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very positive is a generous rating for the game. Its slow paced, boring and the AI controlling the blob is just painfully bad. It would have been better if the Player could handle both. The art is ok, somewhat cute, but performs bad even on fullHD. I'm glad WayForward have found its genre in arcade styled games, like Shantae series.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute aesthetic and graphics but kinda simplistic and tedious. You constantly have be changing abilities, aiming projectile jellybeans and waiting for your blob companion to catch up to. Doesn't sound too bad but, combine it with the already slow pace of the game and the fact all the tedium is to only perform very simplistic actions to solve simplistic puzzles, the game just irritates and drives me away
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I literally have no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ clue what I'm doing? No tutorial at all, controls are ♥♥♥♥♥♥, just seems like the game is broken :S nothing seems to work?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I remember playing the original on NES when I was 8 or 9 and loved the game. While this is a reboot and not a remake the new developers have captured the magic of the original game. The graphics are beautiful and being able to hug blob is a nice touch. While it looks like a kids game, it’s not. Some of the puzzles get tricky and you’ll learn by dying (a lot). My only complaint is that the controls with the Xbox controller are a ♥♥♥♥♥ touchy, the boy feels like he’s on ice sometimes and…
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