StackHead

StackHead

ESMA - Ecoles Creatives · March 10, 2026 · Action, Adventure, Casual, Action-Adventure, Beat 'em up

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About StackHead

Stackhead is a fast-paced 2.5D platformer shooter inspired by classic action platformers.You play as Stackhead, a maintenance worker at Automa Park, a massive AI-controlled amusement park.Unhappy with his job and tired of being reprimanded whenever he tries to entertain visitors, Stackhead decides to rebel. He jumps from attraction to attraction to put on a show for the crowd.The park’s AI doesn’t appreciate his initiative and sends waves of robots to stop him — but the chaos only makes the audience cheer louder.Fight your way through diverse attractions, defeat robotic enemies, and explore the park as you make your way toward the AI’s headquarters for a spectacular final showdown.

Core Gameplay & Key Selling Point

As his name suggests, Stackhead can stack machines on top of his head by collecting them from defeated enemies.As you progress, you build a towering arsenal of weapons, transforming into a walking weapon tower — all while staying true to the amusement park theme with bouncing ball shots, water bombs, and other playful yet destructive attractions.This unique Stacking mechanic is the core gameplay system and the game’s main feature.

TEAM

  • ROUSSIN Mickaël : Game Designer – Sound Designer – 3D Artist
  • ALLÈGRE Max-Emilien : Texture Artist – 3D Artist
  • CIRRONIS Emanuele : Programmer
  • LAVOYE-SOL Matias : Programmer
  • BATAILLE Arthur : 3D Artist
  • MORQUIN Jules : VFX Artist
  • BELLANDE Aurélie : Concept Artist – 3D Artist
  • LAFAGE Benjamin : Concept Artist – 3D Artist
  • DONADILLE Marion : VFX Artist – 3D Artist
  • JAUZE Lauriane : Level Design – Narrative Design – 3D Artist – Level Artist

Students game

STACKHEAD is a french student game from the ESMA Game school created in 9 months by a team of 10 students, working with the technical constraints for a portable console.

StackHead — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Mar 10, 2026
Very good game! I love the graphics of the game, colorful and all, very fun! And all the enemies and the boss are so well done and everything (I'm very objective, absolutly not saying that cuz i'm one of the devs xd)
6 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 1, 2026
i so badly want to play this game even more, please tell me there is a future update for a this!!
3 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 12, 2026
Charming, cute, surprisingly innovative, and more important, really cool. I support platformers, doubly so when they're indie. All I could ever ask for is more content. Sequel? Follow up? Doesn't matter, just give me more. Take my money, please. You should play this.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 25, 2026
StackHead is a fun little 2.5D platform shooter that caught me off guard with how silly its main idea is. I play as a maintenance robot working in Automa Park, an amusement park controlled by an AI. StackHead gets tired of doing the same boring job and decides to cause some trouble, which quickly turns into a run through the park while fighting robots and making a huge mess. I like that the story is simple and mostly there to give the action a reason to happen. The main mechanic is easily the best thing about it. Whenever I defeat certain enemies, I can pick up their machines and stack them on my head. Each machine adds another weapon to my growing tower, so I can gradually turn StackHead into a walking pile of weapons. It is a really straightforward idea, but it gives the combat its own identity. The amusement park setting also means the weapons can be things like bouncing balls and water bombs, which makes the shooting feel more playful than a normal robot shooter. I also like the way the game moves between different attractions. I am not just running through one repeated environment while fighting the same enemies. The park gives the levels different themes and lets the game p…
1 found this helpful
Recommended May 4, 2026
Muy interesante para ser una propuesta de estudiantes, es un plataformas sencillo pero con buenas ideas y mecánicas divertidas. La idea te poder tener más piezas para disparar sobre la cabeza del robot está bien pensada porque entre más peso llevas menos podes saltar y moverte con fluidez y eso debes cambiarlo según los momentos de las pantallas, una idea simple pero bien ejecutada. Tal vez hay un par de detalles a pulir pero nada que demerite la calidad del juego, 30 minutos y gratis, super bien para darse a conocer como un estudio novel.
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