Games Like Only Up: 3D Parkour Climbing Games Online
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Games like Only Up are parkour climbs: you jump up a huge structure made of odd objects, and one fall can undo minutes of height. Only Up is a 2023 PC game by SCKR Games. The games below are original browser games by independent studios that ask for the same jumping, from 3D towers and rooftops to vertical platformers.
How Only Up plays
In Only Up you start in a junkyard and have to reach the moon through a series of obstacles made of real-life items. You run, climb, jump and vault across objects and ledges. Beds placed around the map work as trampolines that let you skip parts of the course, and you can slow down time to control your character.
There are no checkpoints and you cannot save your progress, so a fall can send you back down and erase it. The table shows where the games below ask for the same.
| What you do in Only Up | Games that ask the same |
|---|---|
| Climb one tall structure | The High Climb, Tower Platformer 3D, Pixel Tower |
| Jump across odd objects in 3D | Escape the Giant School 3D, Frog Leap 3D, Expert Parkour 3D |
| Keep moving up with every jump | Going Up Rooftop, Jump Masters, Octopus Jumping World |
| Lose your place when you fall | The High Climb, Frog Leap 3D, Jump Masters |
3D climbs and parkour courses
These put a 3D character on a tall course and ask for careful jumps.
- The High Climb is 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. That is the closest match here to the Only Up fall.
- Tower Platformer 3D has you climb a huge ruined tower in the middle of the sea. Jump from ledge to ledge, avoid monsters, collect coins and use portal checkpoints as you make your way up.
- Going Up Rooftop is 3D parkour across the rooftops of a big city. Climb walls, leap between ledges, crawl through gaps, slide, roll and ride ziplines. Ladders, poles and scaffolding are part of the route, and the only rule is to keep moving up. You can follow the Story, run pure Parkour or try the Climb and Jump mode. WASD moves, Space jumps and grabs the next ledge, Shift sprints and Ctrl crouches.
- Escape the Giant School 3D shrinks you into a giant school and turns everyday classroom objects into a parkour course. You jump across oversized books, pencils and desks in 20 themed rooms and reach checkpoints, with progress saved. WASD or the arrows move, Space jumps and dragging the mouse turns the camera.
- Frog Leap 3D is a 3D obstacle course for a frog: 15 levels in 3 worlds, The Grove, The Deep Forest and The Volcano, across floating islands. Find the checkpoints and reach the end without falling into the void. W A S D or the arrows move, and Space jumps.
- Expert Parkour 3D has you run and jump from pillar to pillar and vault over obstacles across 30 levels. WASD or the arrows move, and Space jumps.
Vertical climbs in 2D
The same idea from the side: you climb up the screen, one jump at a time.
- Octopus Jumping World is a hook-and-swing climb. You use a grappling hook to latch onto blocks and swing upwards, timing your jumps to collect gems and coins while you ascend colorful levels. A mouse click or a tap plays it.
- Jump Masters is a vertical platformer with 50 levels. The world changes from a spring meadow to icy winter peaks as you climb, and moving, disappearing and red danger zones test your reflexes. A global leaderboard ranks climbers. A and D or the arrows move, and on a phone you tap the left or right side.
- Pixel Tower is a retro platformer where you climb a tower, collect items with special abilities, defeat enemies and gather coins. A and D move, W jumps and S uses an item. It lists gamepad controls, and phones work better in landscape.
What a fall costs
Only Up has no checkpoints. Several of these games keep them, so check what a fall costs before you start.
| Game | What its description says about falling |
|---|---|
| The High Climb | One wrong move means a fall back to the start |
| Jump Masters | Do not fall off the screen or touch a red danger zone |
| Tower Platformer 3D | Portal checkpoints on the way up |
| Going Up Rooftop | Checkpoints, and stamina to watch |
| Escape the Giant School 3D | Checkpoints and saved progress |
| Frog Leap 3D | Checkpoints, and a void to avoid |
Habits for parkour climbs
- Turn the camera before you jump. The High Climb lists the mouse to look around, and Escape the Giant School 3D has you drag the mouse to rotate the camera.
- Find the checkpoints. Tower Platformer 3D, Going Up Rooftop and Frog Leap 3D have them, and a checkpoint turns a fall into a short retry.
- Watch your stamina in Going Up Rooftop, and press Space near a ledge to grab it.
- Treat a fall as a route report. In The High Climb a fall sends you back to the start, so remember where you slipped.
- Pick a 2D climb when you want to practice jumps without a camera to steer. Jump Masters needs only A and D, or a tap on each side of the screen.
Games like Only Up FAQ
What is an Only Up parkour game?
It is a climbing game with parkour jumps: the route goes up, you jump between ledges and objects, and a missed jump can cost height. Most of the 3D ones here use WASD to move and Space to jump.
Are there free games like Only Up?
Yes. They play free in the browser, with no install and no registration. More 3D games are in 3D games.
Are there games like Only Up for a phone?
Several of them. Escape the Giant School 3D lists a joystick, a jump button and a swipe to look, Frog Leap 3D lists a virtual joystick and a jump button, and Jump Masters takes taps on the left or right side. The site works in the browser of a phone, a tablet and a computer.
Are there multiplayer games like Only Up?
None of the games above lists a multiplayer mode, though Jump Masters has a global leaderboard. For parkour with friends, see obby games. For hard climbs with a charged jump, see games like Jump King.
Look at the next ledge before every jump, and each climb gets a little higher.
