Slash/Jump similar games & best alternatives

Slash/Jump

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

How do you platform if walking and jumping aren't an option? With a sword of course! Bounce and slash your way through this short and sweet, uniquely controlled precision platformer!

What works

  • Unique and satisfying movement mechanic
  • Smooth and precise controls
  • Charming pixel art and humor
  • Ideal for speedrunning
  • Free to play

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short length
  • Limited content and level variety
  • Mouse controls less optimal than controller
  • Lack of achievements or leaderboards
  • No cooperative or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Nohra

  • Grapple Dog

  • Oozi: Earth Adventure

  • Fork Parker's Holiday Profit Hike

  • Bat to the Heavens

  • Out There Somewhere

Less competitive

Games that feels like Slash/Jump but with less competition against others

  • Flynn: Son of Crimson

  • Shiro

  • The Messenger

  • Janosik

  • Super Panda Adventures

  • Axiom Verge 2

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Slash/Jump but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Super Meat Boy

  • Dunjungle

  • RUKIMIN's Disappointing Adventure!

  • A Walk in the Dark

  • Garlic

  • Cursed to Golf

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Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Slash/Jump. 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 Slash/Jump. These titles are not in What to play next.

Slash/Jump: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Status, Survival, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026