Jump Stars

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Jump Stars is a local multiplayer party brawler from Jamit Games that asks you to do two contradictory things at once: work with your friends and betray them the moment it matters. It’s the kind of couch game built for a room full of people yelling at a screen, dressed up as a game show hosted by something that sounds unhinged and enjoys watching you suffer.

How it plays

The setup is simple to explain and messy to actually play. Teams cooperate through a run of mini-games, racking up shared score to advance, but the moment there’s an opening, that same cooperation turns into everyone scrambling to be the one who comes out on top. Expect jumping, punching, breaking things, and generally shoving your teammates out of the way when first place is on the line. The Tournament mode strings together four random mini-games picked by the host for a full game show run, while My Show lets you build your own lineup by hand-picking mini-games across a wide range of settings. Before any of that, you pick your contestant from a large roster of costumed Cubee characters, so there’s some room to choose a personality even if the moveset stays chaotic no matter who you’re playing as.

Who it’s for

This is a game for people who already have a group to play it with. If your idea of fun is a living room full of controllers, snacks, and betrayal, Jump Stars is built exactly for that moment. It leans on party-game energy, quick rounds, and the specific joy of turning on a friend right as you’re about to win together. If you’re looking for a single-player game, a story, or anything with depth you sink into alone, this isn’t it, and it’s not trying to be. It also assumes you’ve got enough people around to make the local multiplayer format worth firing up in the first place.

Is it worth it?

Party games like this live or die by how often you actually get people together to play them, so the value here really depends on your circumstances. If you’ve got a regular game night or family gatherings where everyone piles onto one screen, a game built entirely around local chaos and backstabbing your teammates earns its keep pretty fast. If your gaming life is mostly solo or online with friends in other cities, the appeal shrinks considerably since this format needs bodies in the same room. It’s the sort of title that’s easy to recommend picking up when it’s discounted, since it’s a low-commitment addition to a party game shelf rather than something you’ll sink dozens of hours into solo.

Quick facts

Genre: Action, Indie. Developer: Jamit Games. Publisher: CDP. Platform: PC. Release date: June 9, 2017.