Games Like Power Stone
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The closest games to Power Stone are Power Stone 2, Super Smash Bros, Rival Megagun, Gang Beasts and Brawlhalla. Below are 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Power Stone, and what does not.
What Made Power Stone Work
Power Stone is a 3D arena fighter where the arena is the weapon. You pick up chairs and rocket launchers, the stage collapses, and collecting three stones transforms you. It is party chaos with real depth underneath, and traditional fighting games are not the recommendation.
Power Stone is Capcom's 1999 3D arena fighter, released in arcades on Sega's NAOMI board and on the Dreamcast. Two fighters roam a fully 3D stage, grab chairs, tables and weapons, swing on poles and fight over three coloured gems; collecting all three triggers a Power Change transformation with a devastating special. Fans usually want the same mix of party chaos and real fighting-game skill.
Also written as Powerstone — same game, same list.
9 Games Like Power Stone
1.Power Stone 2
Four players instead of two, and the definitive version.
Why it fits: Capcom's 2000 sequel for arcades and Dreamcast expands the fight to four players at once, with stages that scroll and collapse around you and a larger pool of items.
What is different: Four players and moving, multi-stage arenas — busier, and less of a one-on-one duel.
Where to play it: Dreamcast; collected with the original on PSP.
More about this game →2.Super Smash Bros
The other great items-and-stage-hazards party fighter.
Why it fits: HAL Laboratory's 1999 Nintendo 64 fighter uses stages, items and hazards the same way Power Stone does, with knockback instead of health bars.
What is different: 2D platforms and knockback percentages instead of 3D arenas and health bars.
Where to play it: N64 original; Ultimate on Switch.
Games like this →3.Rival Megagun
Arena chaos in a very different shape but the same energy.
Why it fits: Spacewave Software's 2018 game, published by DEGICA, is a competitive split-screen vertical shooter where two players attack each other's screens and can transform into a giant boss — different genre, similar spike of transformation power.
What is different: A competitive shoot-'em-up — you never touch your opponent.
Where to play it: PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
More about this game →4.Gang Beasts
Physics-driven arena fighting built for laughing at.
Why it fits: Boneloaf's physics brawler, fully released in 2017 after early access, has up to eight wobbly characters grappling and throwing each other off moving stages.
What is different: Floppy physics, no special moves and no characters to speak of.
Where to play it: PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
Games like this →5.Brawlhalla
Free, platform fighting, and weapons pick-ups matter.
Why it fits: Blue Mammoth Games' free-to-play platform fighter launched in 2017. Weapons spawn across the stage and change your moveset when picked up, much like Power Stone's items.
What is different: 2D platform fighting; weapons change your moveset rather than lying around the stage.
Where to play it: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and mobile.
More about this game →6.Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
The most solid current alternative platform fighter.
Why it fits: Fair Play Labs' 2023 platform fighter uses Nickelodeon characters and a Smash-style ruleset with a single-player campaign.
What is different: Licensed cartoon cast and 2D stages rather than open arenas.
Where to play it: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch and PC.
More about this game →7.Custom Robo
Small arena fights with loadouts, from the same corner of the genre.
Why it fits: Noise's robot battler (GameCube, 2004 in North America) has small 3D arenas where you fight with customised guns, bombs and pods.
What is different: Two robots in a small arena with a build-your-bot layer; slower and more tactical.
Where to play it: GameCube.
Games like this →8.Fighting Vipers
Sega arena fighting with breakable armour and destructible walls.
Why it fits: Sega AM2's 1995 arcade game (Saturn in 1996) is a 3D fighter in an enclosed arena with walls you can break and armour that shatters.
What is different: A traditional one-on-one 3D fighter with armour, not an item-grabbing brawl.
Where to play it: Arcade and Saturn; later digital releases on PS3 and Xbox 360.
More about this game →9.Ultimate Chicken Horse
Party chaos where the stage is the real opponent.
Why it fits: Clever Endeavour Games' 2016 party platformer has players build the level as they go, turning the stage itself into the weapon.
What is different: A platform-building party game with no fighting.
Where to play it: PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
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Where to Start
Power Stone 2 first, if you can — it is the four-player version. After that, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the obvious modern party fighter, and Gang Beasts is the one for pure chaos with friends.
How We Picked These Games
We left out traditional one-on-one fighters with fixed arenas. Every pick has either interactive stages, item pickups, or a party mindset, and we favoured games that are easy to start and still reward skill, which is how Power Stone worked.
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How These Picks Match Power Stone
Power Stone is catalogued here as a fighting game on the Sega Dreamcast. Eight of the nine picks share at least one of its genre tags — seven fighting games and four arcade games among them. The other one — Ultimate Chicken Horse — is a different genre and is on the list for one specific thing Power Stone did, so read the reason before ruling it out.
Going by the "where to play it" notes, five can be played on PC, seven can be played on a PlayStation, seven can be played on a Nintendo system and six can be played on an Xbox. Rival Megagun, Gang Beasts and Ultimate Chicken Horse are from small or self-published studios. Power Stone 2, Super Smash Bros, Brawlhalla and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 are, like Power Stone, games a child and an adult can play together.
| Game | Genre | Shares with Power Stone | Where to play |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power Stone 2 | Fighting, Arcade, Family | Fighting, Arcade | Dreamcast; collected with the original on PSP. |
| Super Smash Bros | Fighting, Family, Arcade | Fighting, Arcade | N64 original; Ultimate on Switch. |
| Rival Megagun | Shooter, Arcade, Indie | Arcade | PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch. |
| Gang Beasts | Fighting, Casual, Indie | Fighting | PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch. |
| Brawlhalla | Fighting, Casual, Family | Fighting | PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and mobile. |
| Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 | Fighting, Family, Casual | Fighting | PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch and PC. |
| Custom Robo | Fighting, Action, RPG | Fighting | GameCube. |
| Fighting Vipers | Fighting, Arcade | Fighting, Arcade | Arcade and Saturn; later digital releases on PS3 and Xbox 360. |
| Ultimate Chicken Horse | Platformer, Casual, Indie | Different genre — see the reason above | PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch. |
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