Play Bound High Online

Game Overview

Bound High! is one of those games that makes you wonder how it never actually made it to store shelves. You play as Chalvo, this little transforming robot who turns into a ball and just bounces all over these floating platforms. At first, it feels a bit silly—like, why is this robot bouncing instead of walking?—but once you get into it, it actually works really well. The camera’s top-down, so you’re looking down at this weird grid world trying not to fall off the edges while also knocking alien invaders off the platforms before they do the same to you.

The moment you mess up and fall, you’re sent back, and all the enemies you knocked out just respawn like nothing happened. It’s annoying in the best way—it makes you think twice before getting too cocky. The early levels are manageable, but pretty quickly, you start having to plan your jumps and attacks more carefully, especially when spikes and disappearing tiles show up.

There are a few different modes, but I mostly stuck with the main adventure one. You go through a bunch of levels, fight bosses every so often, and there's even this weird orb puzzle stage every few levels that sort of breaks things up. It’s oddly addictive once you get the hang of the movement, and despite the whole game being in that red Virtual Boy style, Bound High! somehow pulls off a vibe that feels both lighthearted and weirdly intense.