Astro Bot wins big at The Smash Jump Awards

Team Asobi’s well-crafted platformer, Astro Bot, won big at this year’s The Smash Jump Awards, nabbing a trio of awards. This Japanese PlayStation-backed platformer may have a good bit of staying power as an IP.

During The Smash Jump Awards, Astro Bot won a total of three awards: Best Platformer, Best Family, and the coveted The Smashy award.

Among contenders for Best Platformer, Team Asobi’s game beat out Animal Well, Promenade, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, and The Plucky Squire. Contenders for Best Family included Little Kitty, Big City, Paper Trail, Super Mario Party Jamboree, and The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. Finally, our coveted The Smashy award, which earmarks the best game of the year included Animal Well, Black Myth: Wukong, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Metaphor: Refantazio, Promenade, and Unicorn Overlord.

In our review of Astro Bot, we said: “Astro Bot is nothing short of a delight. It takes everything that made that small tech demo a hit and builds on its best parts while improving on the shortcomings.”

Gabriel Stanford-Reisinger Editor-in-Chief

Gabe has been a gamer since he was young, playing games like Pajama Sam, Freddi Fish, Guitar Hero, and whatever looked cool on GameFly. Ever since 2018, he's been infatuated with the inner workings of the gaming and entertainment industries, covering a wide range of topics from video games to TV and film. Starting as a contributor for PSX Extreme, he's worked his way up to its Managing Editor. Using what's he learned over the years, he founded Smash Jump to remind everyone to smash jump.