JUMP KING QUEST

JUMP KING QUEST

Released May 2026

Plunge into high-stakes punishment platforming in JUMP KING QUEST! Explore alone or fall together in dynamic online climbing action as you fight your way upwards on an unhinged quest to The Smoking Hot Babe at The Top. In this world, every ledge is a battlefield…

87% positive · 1,290 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
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Evaluation

Jump King Quest launched in full 1.0 on May 25, 2026 with the "Phantom Update," bringing two new large levels, three bosses, ranged weapons, a new starter class, four language translations, and a comprehensive rework of UI and gameplay systems. This concluded what the developer had been building toward throughout Early Access. The road to 1.0 included an important moment in June 2025 when the developer acknowledged that reduced team size and poor Early Access sales required them to target a faster 1.0 exit, explicitly deferring any future expansions ("Acts") to a contingent future — only if commercial success made it viable. The February 2026 anniversary post reinforced this, noting the final scope was smaller than originally planned and announcing a price reduction accordingly. These statements make clear that future content was never committed — it was described as a possibility, not a plan. Since the May 25 launch, the developer has shipped two post-launch patches: patch 1.0.2 on June 11 and June 16, 2026 (bug fixes, balance changes, and level edits), and a larger Patch 1.1 on July 8, 2026 with quality-of-life improvements including an improved map system, the Impromptu Duel system, and a boss reset item. The June 16 patch also previewed Russian and Brazilian Portuguese translations as coming soon — those were listed as lower-priority languages in the original 1.0 plans, suggesting the developer is completing promises from the launch roadmap rather than announcing new expansion content. Both DLC items — the Luxuriour Pack (cosmetic/deluxe content, released May 25) and the Original Soundtrack (released May 27) — have shipped. No DLC is listed as unreleased. No roadmap, expansion announcement, or statement about future content has been published since the 1.0 launch. The developer's own words framed any future "Acts" as contingent on success, not guaranteed — and no post-launch communication has walked that back or announced anything new. With nearly three months elapsed since the 1.0 launch, and no future content announced, the game appears to have shipped as a complete package at its intended 1.0 scope. The ongoing patches are maintenance and translation work, not new content cycles.
Evidence
Jump King Quest 1.0 'Phantom Update' released, bringing the game out of Early Access with two new levels, three bosses, ranged weapons, a new starter class, and more.
news post · May 25, 2026 source content shipped
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Developer confirmed the 1.0 'Phantom' launch for May 2026, lowered the base price due to smaller-than-anticipated final scope, and outlined a plan for special deluxe DLC content for early buyers.
news post · Feb 12, 2026 source development ending
high

Content

2 of 2 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Nexile
Achievements
67
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP

About this game

Put your jumping boots on, grit your teeth and hop into JUMP KING QUEST! Master platforming-combat inspired by Soulslikes and Fighting Games, explore a huge map and build your character to your own taste, as friends and strangers collide on the climb of a lifetime!

In The Perfect World, people like you would not exist…

As a mudman of the "Redfin" generation you awake in the era of ARMABOGGIN, a time of dark prophecy in the unforgiving world of The Heights… Great forces seek to claim the coveted Babe Powers - to maintain a stagnant order, or destroy it all... Do you have what it takes to defy the tyrants, reach The Top and become the true Jump King?

Dynamic Multiplayer Tomfoolery

Stay on your guard, during online play strangers who are close by will join in to fight, jump and explore by your side. Create a party with friends to stay connected and help each other on the long journey to the top! Will you lift your fellow mudmen up in the struggle, or feed the abyss…?

High-Stakes Exploration

Enter The Heights; a vast vertical world of nooks, crannies, perils and punishment. To navigate its many chasms and false peaks is never without risk, with long falls and hard landings at every turn. Explore by yourself or with friends, if you trust them enough…

Soulslike & Fighting-Game Fusion Combat

Weapons featuring unique moves, stats and special inputs mean a lot of options for creating your own build, letting you tackle the challenging boss fights and enemy-filled levels in your own way. If you’re looking to fight fair and square, challenge other players with the dueling system!

Personality Based RPG System

Are you Refined or Crude? Mettlesome or Guileful? Level four double-sided attributes based on the classical humours according to your personality, and combine 200+ equipment items with your choice among 90+ unique weapons to express your skill in style.

Features:

  • Punishment-Platforming-Action-Climbing-Adventure-RPG

  • Foddian Soulslike means no Game Over screen. Get knocked out? Get back up again!

  • Tough challenges combining the original Jump King’s charged jumping with a combat-system inspired by Soulslikes and Fighting-Games.

  • Dynamic multiplayer system where players encounter each other as they move through the game-world (offline play is also possible).

  • Strangers you encounter could be either friend or foe - no distinctions in the game system between friendly and enemy players.

  • PvP Duel system with special UI and resource recovery after matches.

  • 25 combinable curses that alter gameplay significantly (the first tier unlocks after finishing the game).

  • Meticulously designed interconnected world to explore, with a score by the musicians of the original Jump King.

  • Leveling System with four dualities based on the classical Humours - providing extended replayability and player expression.

  • There is a Smoking Hot Babe at The Top!

  • Customizable player character with a unique visual style.

  • 2.5D graphics that make the world of Jump King gain a new level of depth and immersion.

Last evaluated Aug 19, 2026
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