Games Like JUMP KING QUEST

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...

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.6%, Difficult 25.9%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Platformer 8.8%, Souls-like 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is the direct predecessor that established the core high-stakes, precision-jumping gameplay loop.

This is a difficult game about climbing.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 23%, Difficult 20.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, 2.5D 13.9%, Platformer 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: A modern spiritual successor that captures the same spirit of punishing, vertical-focused platforming.

Climb up from the depths of Hell. Scale various worlds solo or chained together with your friends in the 1-4 player platforming sensation.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.9%, Platformer 23.5%, Multiplayer 16.4%, Funny 15%, Exploration 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative climbing experience that perfectly captures the 'fall together' social aspect of the seed game.

Climb a surreal mountain on a pogo stick and make friends along the way.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 25.3%, Difficult 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, 2.5D 10.2%, Platformer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based movement and a similar focus on verticality that rewards patience and precision.

A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them.

Why similar: Difficult 44.7%, Psychological Horror 35.2%, Platformer 9.8%, Funny 7.8%, Adventure 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive physics-based climbing challenge that defined the modern rage-platformer genre.

Get ready to rage with your friends in this co-op precise platforming adventure! You're stuck in Hell. You can only jump upwards and all you have to do is escape … it can't be that hard, right?!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 25.7%, Difficult 18.5%, Souls-like 16.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Platformer 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same punishing, multiplayer-focused climbing loop and emphasis on shared struggle.

Tired of sitting on the ground? Take a sky-high journey with your friends in Only Climb: Better Together! Touch the clouds with your own hands and find out what's behind them, but remember, there are no easy paths…

Why similar: Precision Platformer 29.8%, Difficult 19.8%, Character Customization 14.2%, Platformer 13.9%, Funny 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the multiplayer vertical ascent experience with high-stakes physics-based movement.

The platformer without a jump button! Master the art of potion propulsion in this fast-paced adventure where strategy, precision, and creativity meet explosive fun.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.5%, Difficult 17.2%, 2D Platformer 14%, Platformer 12%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced precision platformer that requires perfect timing and mastery of movement.

Attempt to jump to the top of the world in this short, yet difficult platforming adventure. Meet strange friends along the way and make sure not to fall!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.9%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, 2D Platformer 19%, Platformer 17.4%, Difficult 3%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging precision platformer centered on vertical movement and unforgiving level design.

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.4%, Difficult 25.5%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Platformer 15.9%, Exploration 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for tight, precision-based platforming mechanics and challenging level design.

Experience rage-inducing precision platforming as a recently deceased soccer player damned to Inferno! Kick your sibling's soul out of Hell for your chance at redemption!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 23.8%, Difficult 16.3%, 2.5D 15.9%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Platformer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines physics-based movement with a punishing vertical climb that mirrors the seed game's goals.

A precision co-op platformer where the only obstacle is falling. Bring a friend along and work together as you face the brutal challenges that await you both on this climb! Can you both make it Two the Top?

Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.8%, Online Co-Op 18.1%, Difficult 16.8%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Platformer 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: An online co-op platformer centered on reaching the summit through difficult, precision-based jumps.

GARBANZO QUEST! The crazy bullet-heck platformer where your main weapon is your own spit! Bring a friend! Hand-crafted challenges, secrets, and branching paths galore!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.6%, 2D Platformer 20.4%, Difficult 19.1%, Platformer 17.2%, Funny 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, pixel-art precision platformer with a similar aesthetic and focus on platforming mastery.

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 45.2%, Difficult 20.7%, Platformer 16.8%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Funny 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic punishing platformer that demands absolute precision and quick reflexes to overcome obstacles.

Join this intense MMO 3D platformer! Jump, parkour, and compete against others in a race to the top. Challenge your buddies, beat them, smash records, and reach unprecedented heights! The only rule is not to fall!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.8%, Difficult 20.3%, Nonlinear 17.9%, Platformer 13.2%, PvP 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features the same high-stakes, physics-driven vertical climbing with a focus on multiplayer competition.

A co-op climbing game about two stuck-together toys on an escape mission from their evil owner.

Why similar: Difficult 18.2%, Precision Platformer 17.4%, Platformer 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Funny 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative climbing game that emphasizes shared struggle and coordination in a vertical environment.

Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.9%, Precision Platformer 27.9%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Platformer 12%, Funny 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced metroidvania with tight precision platforming elements and fluid movement.

Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.

Why similar: Souls-like 45%, Metroidvania 21.5%, Difficult 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Platformer 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D souls-like that captures the dark, punishing atmosphere and combat depth of the genre.

Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.7%, Souls-like 25.8%, Difficult 15.2%, Platformer 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Blends metroidvania exploration with challenging, souls-like platforming and atmospheric world-building.

Become a glutton for punishment and persevere, alone or with a friend, against 20+ merciless bosses and legions of skeletal nightmares in this savage yet charming 2D souls-like.

Why similar: Souls-like 27.9%, Metroidvania 25.1%, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, Difficult 10.9%, Nonlinear 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A souls-like metroidvania with a focus on difficult combat, exploration, and character progression.

Now with barely functioning co-op features! A challenging 3D platformer with little room for error. Escape a dungeon, alone or with others jumping to the top, and sacrifice your collectables for items to aid in your ordeal.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 35.2%, Difficult 22.1%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Platformer 13.5%, Funny 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An unforgiving precision platformer designed to test your patience with difficult, high-stakes jumps.

Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.

Why similar: Souls-like 20.6%, Metroidvania 19%, 2.5D 12.6%, Difficult 11.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish action-platformer with souls-like difficulty, exploration, and fluid combat mechanics.

As the final creation of the Goddess, Juxtia, journey through the ruins of two divine kingdoms, overrun by the Tarnishing. Challenging combat, a hauntingly beautiful score, and a sinister narrative work in unison to make The Tarnishing of Juxtia an unforgettable 2D dark fantasy action RPG.

Why similar: Souls-like 27.7%, Metroidvania 19.3%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, 2D Platformer 10.2%, Platformer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark-fantasy souls-like that emphasizes challenging combat and platforming exploration.

Join your fellow Marked Inquisitors in this online coop successor to award-winning 2016 Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary.

Why similar: Souls-like 21%, Metroidvania 19.5%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%, Character Customization 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Expands the souls-like metroidvania formula with deep character customization and online co-op.

Escape from an incredibly dangerous, randomly generated tower in a slapstick, roguelite adventure that looks like a cartoon and feels like a joke. Slashy slashy!

Why similar: Difficult 30.8%, Dark Fantasy 24.8%, 2D Platformer 21.2%, Funny 16.7%, Adventure 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike platformer that captures the chaotic, trial-and-error nature of the genre with dark humor.

PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

Why similar: Online Co-Op 33.1%, Multiplayer 22.9%, Exploration 12.7%, Character Customization 12.4%, Platformer 10.1%

Engage in fluid 2D pixel art swordplay, hunt down witches, fight monsters and experience the age of high adventure. Enter the guild of the Crimson Capes and explore a fantasy world of Sword and Sorcery.

Why similar: Souls-like 28.4%, Metroidvania 14.7%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Online Co-Op 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark-fantasy adventure that incorporates souls-like combat and exploration within a platforming framework.

Hardcore, co-op (or solo) platformer. Dark Souls makes a baby with Super Monkey Ball. An easy-to-learn, hard-to-master experience to explore with your friends. All inside a vast open world, with each platforming course bringing its own twist.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 22.9%, Souls-like 19.7%, Online Co-Op 14.8%, Platformer 13.7%, Nonlinear 10.3%

Arise from the dead as the 'Cursed King' in an enthralling action platformer. Wield the chains that once imprisoned you to vanquish foes and traverse your fallen kingdom. Uncover hidden areas, strategically level up, and reclaim your throne by banishing colossal bosses!

Why similar: Metroidvania 19.4%, Precision Platformer 19.2%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Difficult 12.3%, 2D Platformer 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark-fantasy action-platformer with a focus on exploration, combat, and challenging level design.

Demons, giants, mutants, and a talking Ball with hybrid limbs?! In WarriOrb you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one. Will you do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?

Why similar: Souls-like 21.7%, Metroidvania 20.2%, Precision Platformer 15.2%, Difficult 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A platformer that blends souls-like combat with side-scrolling precision and a unique physics-based movement.

Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.

Why similar: Difficult 21.9%, 2D Platformer 18.7%, Platformer 18%, Online Co-Op 17.8%, PvP 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, procedural platformer that rewards mastery, persistence, and careful exploration.

In this platformer, jumping will be your main mechanic as you climb the level, each jump matters, if you miss a jump, you have to restart. You may be small but so are the platforms.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 26.3%, Psychological Horror 25.8%, Platformer 24.2%, Souls-like 15.7%, Action 8%

Trapped with friends in a surreal world, your only way out is to bounce your way to the top. Master brutal physics, survive impossible obstacles, and face the climb together in this unforgiving pogo-stick challenge. One bad landing is all it takes to lose it all. Can you reach the peak?

Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.5%, Online Co-Op 23.3%, Multiplayer 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Funny 12.4%

Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.

Why similar: Metroidvania 33.5%, Souls-like 27.7%, Difficult 18.1%, Platformer 10.5%, Exploration 6.1%

Fight through Purgatory in a janky adventure where you and your friends are ethereally chained together. Wield chain magic, bully enemies with chain physics, and make terrible decisions in this game full of gratuitous amounts of jiggle physics. Built by a solo dev when mom wasn't home.

Why similar: Souls-like 25.4%, Online Co-Op 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Platformer 11.2%, PvE 9.8%

A metroidvania that combines the visual style of classic retro games with the fluid gameplay of modern titles. Explore different worlds, face challenging enemies and bosses, and absorb their powers to destroy the Core of Infinitevania.

Why similar: Metroidvania 26.3%, Souls-like 21.6%, Difficult 11.5%, Platformer 11.1%, 2D Platformer 9.7%

The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.7%, Difficult 17.1%, PvP 13.9%, Platformer 12.3%, Multiplayer 9.2%

The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 43.1%, Difficult 24.7%, Platformer 20.4%, Adventure 3.3%, Funny 2.6%

Your name is Hank. You are doing a Handstand. Jump to the top.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.1%, Difficult 23%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Platformer 13.3%, Funny 7.2%

Grapple, clamber and fall thousands of meters down into a dark and ancient place in this first-person horror climbing game. You are being hunted.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 45%, Platformer 23.9%, Exploration 17.2%, Adventure 7.6%, Action 6.3%

Participate in only up races with 100 players. Fall down, and you'll burn in the lava! Play with friends or other players. The last survivor wins. Could it be you?

Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.1%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Platformer 19.1%, PvP 10.5%, Adventure 6.4%

🐸Up to 8 player co-op extraction puzzle-platformer where you swing, jump, catapult your friends, and eat eat EAT until you grow into a humongous Megafrog. Squad up with your frog friends and storm the Sewers for the glory of the Swamp King!🐸

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.7%, Multiplayer 15%, Funny 14.4%, PvE 13.9%, Character Customization 13.7%

Ascend through the twisted levels of the Backrooms using physics-based object manipulation to overcome obstacles, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover unsettling secrets. Play solo or team up in online co-op with up to 4 players as you climb higher, think smarter, and survive the unknown.

Why similar: Platformer 43%, Funny 22.9%, Adventure 14.8%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Multiplayer 8.1%

Knight's Try is a tough platformer with retro 64 bit 3D graphics. Take on the role of an honorable Knight of Trye attempting to complete their sacred trial by leaping through a world full of perilous pitfalls and dangerous traps!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 53.7%, Platformer 28.1%, Adventure 9.2%, Action 8.9%

The Last Hero of Nostalgaia is a satirical action-adventure, brought to life by a twisted and wicked tale. Featuring hard but fair combat, *full character customization, unique battle armor and engaging narrative mechanics rich in lore, Nostalgaia plunges you into almost certain death at every turn.

Why similar: Souls-like 37.4%, Dark Fantasy 16.3%, Online Co-Op 13.8%, Character Customization 12.3%, Multiplayer 7.8%

DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.

Why similar: Souls-like 42.6%, Difficult 16.5%, Dark Fantasy 16.2%, Character Customization 7.5%, RPG 6.4%

Be the weapon! Swing like an axe, thrust like a spear, and soar like an arrow in this physics-based platformer. Flip, throw, and carve your path to the peak! Rage burns, revenge awaits... Are you up to the challenge?

Why similar: Precision Platformer 29.2%, Difficult 21.2%, Souls-like 17.3%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 9.1%

Explore, fight, loot and fish! Solo or in co-op mode in this Old School First Person Dungeon Crawler. Earn your knighthood as you oppose the evil witch Lunamoth and stop her curse which prevents everyone from growing wings.

Why similar: Souls-like 50.5%, Online Co-Op 24.7%, Exploration 7.5%, Multiplayer 6.4%, RPG 4.9%

Magic Rampage is a fast-paced action RPG platformer with a massive single-player campaign, deep character customization, and challenging dungeons. Master powerful gear, uncover secrets, and test your skills in competitive and PvP modes.

Why similar: PvP 18.5%, Dark Fantasy 18.3%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 17.3%, Multiplayer 10.1%

In this physics-based co-op platformer, you and a friend must carry your short-tempered king through deadly medieval courses. Dodge traps, maintain balance, and work together to reach the throne room. One wrong step, and the king might crown you with his rage!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.4%, Online Co-Op 25.1%, Multiplayer 15%, Platformer 14.9%, Character Customization 9.1%

Only Up: With Friends is a multiplayer parkour game where precision is essential. Race against your friends to the top by climbing a variety of dynamic obstacles. One mistake and its back to the start...

Why similar: Online Co-Op 30.1%, Multiplayer 19.9%, Platformer 15.6%, PvP 12.9%, Psychological Horror 8.1%

UNWORTHY is a hardcore combat-focused metroidvania without jumping. Explore a grim universe, discover new weapons and abilities, and defeat the vile creatures that plague the land.

Why similar: Souls-like 33.8%, Metroidvania 30.7%, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, Difficult 11.2%, RPG 5.9%

A co-op game for 1-6+ players where you fall, dig, and explode your way down a dangerous cave system to find your lost dog. Catch your friends and watch your step on this journey full of traps, hazards, and the most deadly force of all: gravity. Will you jump into the unknown to rescue your dog?

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23%, Character Customization 17.8%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Platformer 13.1%, Funny 12.5%

SwooshCat is a vibrant precision-platformer adventure. Leap, dash, slash, stab, roll, and ricochet your way through a charming pixel world as you help a brave little cat 🐾 explore and battle!

Why similar: Metroidvania 19.1%, Souls-like 19%, Precision Platformer 18.2%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Platformer 7.7%

Pain Party is a game that combines precise movement mechanics with the chaos of a game show. Fight through the story mode or compete with up to 24 players in the online party mode. But remember, one hit and it's all over. Let the party begin!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.7%, PvP 20.2%, Funny 15.1%, Character Customization 12.4%, Multiplayer 10.6%

A mega-hardcore platformer with an ability to play it online or by using hotseat co-op mode with friends, which is full of dirty tricks and all sorts of hoaxes around every corner — and all of that, in addition, peppered with easter eggs and roasted to a crust.

Why similar: Difficult 34.5%, Platformer 26.9%, Online Co-Op 26.4%, Adventure 12.2%

Leap over treacherous chasms, navigate past a sea of hazards, and locate all 12 bananas as you embark on an epic quest and travel the patience-testing path that lies ahead in this infuriatingly challenging, unforgiving, puzzling, memey platformer.

Why similar: 2D Platformer 51.3%, Platformer 37.8%, Action 10.9%

A punishing yet friendly get-to-the-top adventure across a haunted, retro-inspired world.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 43.6%, Difficult 31.5%, Platformer 9.2%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%, Action 6.8%