Jump The Gun

Jump The Gun

Released Nov 2022

Think you can make it out? Many have tried… All have failed. Traverse the unforgiving cave and do impossible jumps with your rocket launcher and shotgun.

86% positive · 113 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Jump the Gun is a free-to-play Foddian-style platformer released on November 25, 2022, made by a small group of friends. The developers (Cameron and Gavin) have shipped two feature updates since launch: Update 1.1 on March 9, 2023, which added controller support, platform compatibility, and various quality-of-life improvements, and Update 1.2 on November 9, 2025, which added a secret cosmetic, new dialogue, and additional bug fixes. Crucially, the November 9, 2025 update post explicitly states: "Making games is hard and takes both time and money, so it really makes no sense for us to release an update." The developers framed Update 1.2 as an exception rather than the norm, and expressed that they have never made money from the game and do not plan to. While they encouraged sharing the game with others, this reads as community support rather than a commitment to ongoing development. There is no roadmap, no announced future content, no unreleased DLC, and no indication from the developers that further updates are planned. The game was described from the start as a passion project made for fun, and the store description characterizes it as a complete experience. Given the developers' own words about the impracticality of continued updates and the absence of any forward-looking content commitments, the game is best understood as a finished product.
Evidence
Update 1.2 released. Developers explicitly state the game is 100% free, they have never made money from it and don't plan to, and acknowledge that releasing updates 'makes no sense' given the cost and effort involved. No future content is promised.
news post · Nov 9, 2025 source development ending
high
Update 1.1 released, adding controller support, macOS/Steam Deck compatibility, accessibility options, and various fixes.
news post · Mar 9, 2023 source content shipped
medium

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Cameron Chin
Achievements
17
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

About This Game

“A game I made For a certain kind of person To hurt them.”

-Bennett Foddy

Jump the Gun is a Foddian style, 2-D, shooting, platformer centered around a robot making its way out of an extremely difficult and unforgiving cave. The player uses multiple guns to propel themselves up at angles to perform precise double (maybe triple!) jumps. This game was made for fun by a group of friends and is meant to be an introduction to the Foddian Genre.

-Use a combination of shotgun and rocket launcher shots to perform strategic jumps

-Learn from your mistakes

-Have guidance with that voice in your head

-Learn, Fail, Repeat.

Don’t just jump the gun. Be the gun.

Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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