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Games like POLE VAULT

If POLE VAULT is your kind of game, the closest matches are Squeebing Up the Tower of Friendship, Unblock and The Fire — 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 POLE VAULT: You are a stretchy little newt who loves to pole vault.

2025SportsAdventureCasual3.99 USDWindowsby Mike Jensen, Brian May, Tyler Walters
POLE VAULT — Steam game cover

Players who liked POLE VAULT also play

Steam players who put hours into POLE VAULT 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. Squeebing Up the Tower of Friendship

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for POLE VAULT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Adventure with POLE VAULT.

    Can you make it to the top of the Tower of Friendship? Run, jump, climb, fall, and then do it all again. Play by yourself or with your friends. Be nice and lay down to make jumps easier for others, or push each other off when the falls are the highest. But whatever you do, never stop squeebing.

    2023SportsIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Unblock

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for POLE VAULT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with POLE VAULT.

    Unblock is a little pseudo-isometric platformer about resilience and the power of never giving up. Jump your way through colorful, handcrafted worlds that are as cute as they are challenging, and help Devon as he escapes the cubic realm to reclaim his ordinary life.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Fire

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for POLE VAULT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with POLE VAULT.

    The Fire is a difficult 3D platformer in a world that grows around you.

    2020Adventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Omega

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for POLE VAULT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with POLE VAULT.

    A difficult precision platformer set in a surreal world. Overcome challenging environments with extreme jumps and overwhelming obstacles as you face a constant challenge on your way to the summit. Are you ready for the challenge?

    2025IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Dream Swing

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for POLE VAULT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Casual with POLE VAULT.

    Grapple and air-strafe your way to the top of the Leaderboard in this fast-paced movement-based time trial. Collect as many candies as possible within 5 minutes as you dip and weave around the ruins in the sky. Can you handle the speed?

    2023ActionSportsIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. OlliOlli World

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for POLE VAULT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with POLE VAULT.

    OlliOlli World is a bold new skateboarding action-platformer that’s bursting with personality. Flip and flow through the vivid and vibrant world of Radlandia, meeting colorful characters as you grind, trick, and air your way to discover the mystical skate gods on your quest for Gnarvana.

    2022ActionSportsIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Toree 3D

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for POLE VAULT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with POLE VAULT.

    A bite-sized 3D Platformer with a few weird elements.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Blue Fire

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for POLE VAULT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with POLE VAULT.

    Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below POLE VAULT at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under POLE VAULT on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with POLE VAULT.

    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 POLE VAULT on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with POLE VAULT.

    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 POLE VAULT on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with POLE VAULT.

    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 POLE VAULT on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with POLE VAULT.

    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 POLE VAULT on Steam right now. Shares Casual with POLE VAULT.

    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 POLE VAULT on Steam right now. Shares Casual with POLE VAULT.

    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 POLE VAULT on Steam right now. Shares Casual with POLE VAULT.

    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 POLE VAULT on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with POLE VAULT.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with POLE VAULT.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with POLE VAULT.

    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 ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Casual with POLE VAULT.

    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 ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with POLE VAULT.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with POLE VAULT.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with POLE VAULT.

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. OlliOlli World

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Sports with POLE VAULT.

    OlliOlli World is a bold new skateboarding action-platformer that’s bursting with personality. Flip and flow through the vivid and vibrant world of Radlandia, meeting colorful characters as you grind, trick, and air your way to discover the mystical skate gods on your quest for Gnarvana.

    2022ActionSportsIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Toree 3D

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with POLE VAULT.

    A bite-sized 3D Platformer with a few weird elements.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Blue Fire

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with POLE VAULT.

    Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about POLE VAULT

How much does POLE VAULT cost?
POLE VAULT is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to POLE VAULT?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside POLE VAULT are Squeebing Up the Tower of Friendship, Unblock, The Fire.
Who developed POLE VAULT?
POLE VAULT was developed by Mike Jensen, Brian May, Tyler Walters and published by May B Entertainment.

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 POLE VAULT.

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