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Games like Jump Like a Grad Student

If Jump Like a Grad Student is your kind of game, the closest matches are Circus Challenge, They Yearn For The Mines and To The Mars — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Jump Like a Grad Student: Smith, lingering as a graduate student for 20 years, hears of a rumor about an island where room-temperature superconductors were found. This is his last ray of hope. Help him ascend to the peak of the island and turn his life around. "Jump, Like a Grad Student"

2023IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDWindowsby Green Onion Games
Jump Like a Grad Student — Steam game cover

Players who liked Jump Like a Grad Student also play

Steam players who put hours into Jump Like a Grad Student also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Circus Challenge

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Jump Like a Grad Student fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    Circus Challenge is a precision platform game inspired by the Only Up! games, your goal is to reach the top to escape from your nightmare.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. They Yearn For The Mines

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Jump Like a Grad Student fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    "Can you feel it?..... The yearning for the mines!" Are you ready to send some Goblins into the Mines? In this fast paced action adventure game your job is to guide many many Goblins through the Mine to either their death or the sweet sweet glory of reaching the ore!

    2024ActionSportsIndie5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. To The Mars

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Jump Like a Grad Student fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    Are you ready to climb toward to Mars just for fun? This is a concise game, nothing more. You can always repeat it, you learn from mistakes. It should be simple enough, good luck to everyone.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. To Infinity

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Jump Like a Grad Student fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    To Infinity tells the adventures of a schizophrenic astronaut. The astronaut escapes from the world and goes to search for other planets where he can live with his spaceship, and in the meantime, he constantly makes parkour, witnessing the epic view of the universe.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Only Straight and Up!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Jump Like a Grad Student fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    This is a fun and hardcore roguelike platformer for 1-5 players in which you have to reach the coveted reward by overcoming various traps! Only a few can make it through...

    2024SportsIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Only Ban!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Jump Like a Grad Student fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    You will go on an exciting journey, where you will be waiting for various Easter eggs, references, as well as difficult obstacles, platforms, mazes that require reaction and the ability to control your character. Strive to get to the very top the fastest to prove your superiority!

    2023ActionSportsIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. The Obsession

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Jump Like a Grad Student fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    The Obsession — The Summit Awaits You! Are you ready to conquer a geometric world rising toward the sky in the middle of a vast, endless ocean? The Obsession is a skill-based 3D platformer set in a pure, distraction-free world where it’s just you and the course.

    2026IndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. DAY 10,909

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Jump Like a Grad Student fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    One day, a light falls from the sky! For 10909 days, everything in your life seemed completely normal, until suspicion suddenly arose. You decide to escape the set and journey to Fiji to find your first love, who said that everything is a show.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Jump Like a Grad Student at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Jump Like a Grad Student on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Jump Like a Grad Student on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Jump Like a Grad Student on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Jump Like a Grad Student on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Jump Like a Grad Student on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Jump Like a Grad Student on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Jump Like a Grad Student on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Jump Like a Grad Student on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jump Like a Grad Student.

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Jump Like a Grad Student

How much does Jump Like a Grad Student cost?
Jump Like a Grad Student is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Jump Like a Grad Student?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Jump Like a Grad Student are Circus Challenge, They Yearn For The Mines, To The Mars.
Who developed Jump Like a Grad Student?
Jump Like a Grad Student was developed by Green Onion Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Jump Like a Grad Student.

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