Jump King similar games & best alternatives

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Jump King

PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2019

Should you play it?

Take up the challenge and face true high-stakes platforming in Jump King! Struggle upwards in search of the Smoking Hot Babe of legend, but explore with care; a single missed jump could lead to a long fall back down...

What works

  • Challenging and rewarding skill-based gameplay
  • Simple controls with deep mastery
  • Engaging pixel art and music
  • Strong sense of personal growth and achievement
  • Meaningful progression and achievements

Things to keep in mind

  • High frustration and mental strain
  • Punishing falls causing loss of progress
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative features
  • Repetitive environment traversal
  • Not suitable for casual or impatient players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Smilemo

  • 2 Ninjas 1 Cup

  • Garlic

  • Duck Souls

  • Bat to the Heavens

  • Nuclear Blaze

More violent

Games that feels like Jump King but with more combat and destruction

  • Volgarr the Viking

  • Super Meat Boy

  • Tiny Barbarian DX

  • Dead Cells

  • MindSeize

  • Spaceport Hope

More creative

Games that feels like Jump King but with more room to create and customize

  • Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition

  • LOVE ETERNAL

  • Horace

  • The Messenger

  • Freedom Planet 2

  • Cloudbuilt

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Jump King but with less of a community feel

  • Flashback

  • Mechanic Escape

  • Bloo Kid 2

  • Squirreltopia

  • BIT.TRIP RUNNER

  • BZZZT

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Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Jump King: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Creativity.

Last update: 03/08/2026