Big Hops similar games & best alternatives

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Big Hops

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch • 2026

Should you play it?

Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.

What works

  • Fluid and satisfying movement mechanics
  • Large open levels encouraging exploration
  • Creative use of throwable fruit items
  • Charming art style and voice acting
  • Good value with many hours of content

Things to keep in mind

  • Some bugs and occasional softlocks
  • Collectibles can be tedious to find
  • Lack of fast travel and backtracking inconvenience
  • Minor camera and control quirks
  • Story is simple and ends abruptly

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Demon Tides

  • Corn Kidz 64

  • Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition

  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide

  • Treasure Adventure World

  • Super Lucky's Tale

Less thrilling

Games that feels like Big Hops but with less suspense and thrill

  • Sable

  • Zefyr: A Thief's Melody

  • Tinykin

  • Vacation Simulator

  • Gecko Gods

  • Yooka-Replaylee

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Big Hops but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

  • Demon Turf: Queens Edition

  • Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

  • Penny’s Big Breakaway

  • Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom

  • Croc Legend of the Gobbos

More social

Games that feels like Big Hops but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • PHOGS!

  • de Blob

  • Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series

  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

  • We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie

  • Unbox: Newbie's Adventure

More competitive

Games that feels like Big Hops but with more competition against others

  • Bubsy 4D

  • Crumble

  • Poi

  • Gizmo

  • Lunistice

  • WHAT THE CAR?

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Big Hops. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

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).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Big Hops. These titles are not in What to play next.

Big Hops: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Thrill, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026