Games Like Jump King: Charge-Jump Climbing Games Online
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Games like Jump King are climbing games built on one move: you hold a button to charge a jump, let go to leap, and a miss can drop you a long way down. Jump King is a 2019 PC game by Nexile. The games below are original browser games by independent studios that ask for the same patience, from charged jumps to tall climbs where one bad jump costs your height.
How Jump King plays
In Jump King you control a king who walks and jumps up a very tall tower, and the goal is to reach its summit. Jumps can be charged, and the charge sets how far you travel. The store page says to hold to charge and release to leap, and warns that once you are in the air there is no turning back.
There are no checkpoints, so a missed jump can cost you a large part of your progress. That leaves three ingredients: a jump you charge, a long climb, and a miss that costs height. This table shows where the games below ask for the same.
| What you do in Jump King | Games that ask the same |
|---|---|
| Hold to charge a jump, release to leap | Chubby Duck Jump, Hero Jump City Nights |
| Judge the gap before you commit | Crazy Bouncer, Tomato Bounce, Slime Jelly Bouncer |
| Climb one tall course | The High Climb, Kara Climb, Climb Man |
| Lose height when a jump misses | The High Climb, Cimb Masters, Kara Climb |
Charge a jump, then let go
These keep the core move: the longer you hold, the farther you jump.
- Chubby Duck Jump is a one-button game about a duckling crossing an endless sky. Hold the mouse, a finger or Space to fill a ring meter, and release to leap to the next plank. Charge too little and the duck splashes into the meadow, hold too long and it overshoots. Runs last 60 seconds and restart instantly.
- Hero Jump City Nights has you hold to fill a red power bar and release to leap between skyscrapers. Collect stars on the way and dodge incoming rockets.
- Crazy Bouncer is a bouncing-ball platformer with levels. Arrow keys or A and D move, and you hold Space to charge a jump and release it to go higher. On a phone you tap and hold the right side. Reach the green flag and avoid the red zones.
- Blumgi Slime Jump Game has a bouncy character that can only move by jumping. The longer you hold the left mouse button, the higher and harder you jump, and the goal in each stage is a checkered finish.
Aim the launch first
Here you aim before you hold, so every jump is a decision.
- Tomato Bounce launches a tomato from one ledge to the next: hold to charge your power, aim and release. The fewer jumps you use, the more stars you earn. It has 50 levels in 5 fruit worlds, with obstacles, moving ledges and portals.
- Slime Jelly Bouncer moves a green jelly blob only by jumping. Aim with the mouse or a finger, hold to charge, release to launch, and land on the checkered goal. It has 50 levels in 5 worlds, and landing in a single shot earns 3 stars.
- Blob Climbing is a rubber climbing challenge, with cute rubber guys heading for the mountain peak. You drag and release to jump.
- Double Boy Jump links two heroes with a rope. Hold the left mouse button or the screen to jump, and release at the right moment to land safely and switch between the partners. Modes include Snow Dash, Face to Face, Cloud Ride, Monster Escape and Escort Quest.
Tall climbs where one miss costs height
These are the closest to the Jump King fall.
- The High Climb is a 3D climb up an endless vertical obstacle course, where one wrong move means a punishing fall back to the start. WASD walks, Space jumps and the mouse looks around.
- Cimb Masters has you tap the screen to climb the rocks, and if you miss, you fall. Reach the peak of every mountain to open new levels. It plays with the mouse or by touch.
- Kara Climb sends Kara up a mountain by jumping on stones and over holes, with a normal jump and a double jump. A time limit runs, and you lose the game when it runs out.
- Climb Man hangs a hero on a stone, and you press at the right moment so that he grabs the next one. Collect diamonds to customize the character. Mouse clicks or taps do the job.
If you want climbs driven by awkward mouse controls instead, see games like Getting Over It. For 3D parkour towers, see games like Only Up.
Habits for charge-jump games
- Read the gap before you hold. Chubby Duck Jump says it outright: read the gap to the next plank and let go at the right moment.
- Remember that too short and too long both miss. Chubby Duck Jump punishes both.
- Count your jumps where the game does. In Tomato Bounce the fewer jumps you use, the more stars you earn.
- Expect the fall. In The High Climb one wrong move sends you back to the start, so study the section you fell from before the next try.
- Start with short runs. Chubby Duck Jump runs last 60 seconds and restart instantly, which makes it a cheap place to find the timing.
Games like Jump King FAQ
What are games like Jump King called?
People search for them as rage games or hard games, but the shared feature here is the charged jump on a climb where a miss costs height. Hard games covers other kinds of difficulty.
Are there free games like Jump King?
Yes. They play free in the browser, with no install and no registration. More jumping is in platformer games.
Are there games like Jump King for a phone?
Several of them. Crazy Bouncer lists a tap and hold on the right side of the screen, Double Boy Jump takes a touch on the screen, and Cimb Masters and Climb Man take a tap. The site works in the browser of a phone, a tablet and a computer.
Read the gap, hold, and let go once.
