STAX
Moda Code Games · 2018 · Action, Indie, Casual, Puzzle, Arcade
PC
Mostly Positive73% · 11
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About STAX
STAX!!! Blast your way through one hundred colourful, addictive levels in this classic inspired arcade puzzle game.
STAX is a spiritual successor to Klax, the 1989 arcade game. It is just as fun and addictive as the arcade classic but with many improvements, not least of all, the soundtrack. STAX features music from aardonyx and Arcade Haze, augmented with stages that react dynamically.
STAX is the definitive way to play a coloured-tile matching game on PC and MAC.
Players need to place the same coloured brick adjacent to one another, in a combination of 3 or more. Doing this removes the combination from the basket and scores points. Each wave has a goal that needs to be completed in order to progress. Multi-bricks have a one in twenty chance of spawning, which allow the player to join different colours in one combination.
The levels progress linearly from 1 to 100, with the difficulty increasing every few waves with the addition of more colours and an increase in speed. Each level also speeds up the longer the player spends on it.
There are secret level skips available (on waves ending with a 1 or a 6) throughout the game for the experienced player to jump ahead, at the expense of earning extra points on easier levels to boost their high score. Activating these skips requires the player to create a giant combo in the shape of several different letters (T, X or Y).
STAX is a spiritual successor to Klax, the 1989 arcade game. It is just as fun and addictive as the arcade classic but with many improvements, not least of all, the soundtrack. STAX features music from aardonyx and Arcade Haze, augmented with stages that react dynamically.
STAX is the definitive way to play a coloured-tile matching game on PC and MAC.
Gameplay
Players need to place the same coloured brick adjacent to one another, in a combination of 3 or more. Doing this removes the combination from the basket and scores points. Each wave has a goal that needs to be completed in order to progress. Multi-bricks have a one in twenty chance of spawning, which allow the player to join different colours in one combination.
The levels progress linearly from 1 to 100, with the difficulty increasing every few waves with the addition of more colours and an increase in speed. Each level also speeds up the longer the player spends on it.
There are secret level skips available (on waves ending with a 1 or a 6) throughout the game for the experienced player to jump ahead, at the expense of earning extra points on easier levels to boost their high score. Activating these skips requires the player to create a giant combo in the shape of several different letters (T, X or Y).
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Stax is similar to the old Atari Lynx game Klax. Incoming blocks must be put away into corresponding slots of similar blocks that match their color - be it vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. In fact, some levels require you to place the blocks in certain fashion in order to progress to the next round, requiring forethought and planning.. and is difficult as later levels come at you pretty fast. Graphics are colorful with a mixture of a 3D background and a static playing surface. While nothing to get too excited about they are pleasing to the eye and serve their purpose wonderfully. Sound and music are very nice, and suitable to the game and play style. Best used with a xbox or similar controller but the keyboard can be used. Very much recommended!19 found this helpful
[b]stax[/b] is a space-themed clone of the classic [b]klax[/b], a catch & release tetris variant from 1990 (not sure why the store page says 1989). I know it from the c64 but it was relased on pretty much everything at the time, as a novel take on tetris. the grandson is obviously less original. the 'how to play' section explains the basics and so will I, by ignoring the game's terminology. bricks are coming towards you on conveyor belts, you're controlling the paddle that can hold up to 5 pieces and drop them wherever. make matches of 3 or more of the same color vertically, horizontally or diagonally to get rid of them. grabbing a 6th piece or missing a few bricks fails the level. [b]arcade mode has 100 waves[/b], one after the other, each with their own goals (make x vertical combos, clear x bricks, reach x score, etc.) and [b]unlimited continues (lives) are at your disposal[/b], but the score resets when you screw up. levels ending in 1 or 6 (so 6, 11, 16, etc.) can be done quicker if you create certain letters from the blocks. there's an [b]endless endurance mode[/b] as well, can choose any of the 4 available settings, but [b]progress is not saved in either mode if you quit[/…11 found this helpful
So, on a lark, I searched for Klax and up came Stax. After my initial confusion, I bought it without hesitation - it was only 2 bucks. I loved Klax. I played it in the arcade back in the 90's and I had it for original Xbox on some game compilation. I remember being pretty good at it. I miss that game and this "spiritual successor" is a pretty faithful replication. It is not super professional - besides resolution, I'm not sure if the graphics are really any better. I am slightly colorblind and have trouble seeing the difference between the green and the yellow, but that's not their fault. I feel like the tiles/board are a little too narrow. The game plays very well with a controller. I thank the developers for making this available. I wish we had a real port or official update from whomever owns the rights nowadays but I am very thankful that this is here on the Steam store and very cheap. I definitely spent more thatn $2 on this game on a daily basis at the arcade back in Chicago.3 found this helpful
I love what this game is trying to do, but unfortunately it doesn't stick the landing. Nothing is really animated, everything feels so stagnant and lifeless. I love that it had an endless mode, which no version of klax had except gbc (the best port) but that didn't keep it score, it was just for practice. The big problems are these. The original klax had really similar colors, different shades of yellow or blue, this game still has those for some reason. I am really good at telling colors apart and it still gets me. Just use orange not "slightly darker yellow" The second thing is that they tried to do a perspective trick as the place where the pieces land is wider than the track above, but nobody actually scaled it so when the launcher is all the way left or right, it's actually above the second slot in. This is fine at its price but I'd rather pay ten bucks for a really good version.2 found this helpful
not as good as the arcade game1 found this helpful
Fun game.Works well on my steamdeck and it's dripping with nostalgia.I couldn't ask for more for $2.
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