JumpJet Rex similar games & best alternatives

JumpJet Rex

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One • 2015

Should you play it?

Test your dinosaur jump-jet skills with a game that redefines the platformer genre, aptly renaming it "platflyer." Simply put, you're a t-rex with rocket boots trying to save earth from an incoming asteroid. Do you have what it takes to stop it?

What works

  • Tight and responsive controls
  • Challenging but fair difficulty
  • Cute and customizable dinosaur character
  • Engaging speedrun and leaderboard features
  • Local co-op and multiplayer modes

Things to keep in mind

  • Some difficulty spikes and frustration
  • Short overall length
  • Minor bugs and performance issues reported
  • Limited story depth
  • Camera/view sometimes too close making visibility difficult

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

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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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.
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  • 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 JumpJet Rex. These titles are not in What to play next.

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

Last update: 22/08/2026