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Hover

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

Should you play it?

Experience the thrills of a fast-paced single and multiplayer Parkour game. Join the Rebellion and deride the security forces of an anti-leisure tyranny. Rise up to the many challenges of a futuristic Open World. Assemble your team, enhance your gear and perform incredible tricks and combos.

What works

  • Fluid and enjoyable parkour movement
  • Large vertical open world maps
  • Friendly and supportive community
  • Mission editor and customization options
  • Energetic soundtrack by hideki naganuma

Things to keep in mind

  • Some missions are frustratingly difficult
  • Story is minimal and loosely connected
  • Performance and optimization issues on some systems
  • Lack of minimap and navigation aids
  • Multiplayer community is small and sometimes inactive

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Light Bearers

  • Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

  • Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition

  • HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed

  • Echo Point Nova

  • Onirism

More violent

Games that feels like Hover but with more combat and destruction

  • Deadzone: Rogue

  • Final Exam

  • Vellum

  • Warden's Will

  • CyberCorp

  • Banzai Escape 2: Subterranean

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  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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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).

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

Hover: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026