The Jump Yard Dreams Free Game - PS4 and PS5 - Parents Guide

The Jump Yard (Dreams) Review

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The Jump Yard (2021) is a platform puzzle game. You control a stickman that you can fire into the air at different angles. The aim is to land them on their feet on one of the 55 spots within the junkyard. A simple, but unique premise that is much harder than it looks.

Our examiner, Andrea Walney, first checked The Jump Yard (Dreams) 17 months ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 9 months ago.

Play Overview

The Jump Yard is a platform puzzle game. You control a stickman that you can fire into the air at different angles. The aim is to land them on their feet on one of the 55 spots within the junkyard. A simple, but unique premise that is much harder than it looks.

The gameplay is similar to that of a mini golf game. You control the direction the stick man will be fired in with the right stick, hold the X button until you get the required strength, then let go to fire. You can also spin him with the left stick. The stick man can hit any of the objects on the screen, but he must land on his feet in a unique spot that you haven't already claimed to score.

A game you can dip into over time as it saves your progress as you play. Try to collect all 55. Compete with friends to see who can finished first or with the least amount of jumps. There is also The Jump Yard Lvl 2 available as a separate Dream game.

Benefits

This game is good if you want to:

Play Style

This is an Action and Traversal game with Platform, Puzzle and Sports elements. This is a single-player game.

Duration

Play Time: This game will take between 2 hours and 10 hours to complete. There are 55 spots to claim, and some are more difficult to get to than others, so the time it takes to play depends on your skill with the game.

Age Ratings

Content Rating

This game has not yet been rated, but we anticipate it is likely to be rated PEGI 3.

User-Generated Content: This game includes content created by other players, such as maps, outfits and items, that are not reflected in the game rating.

Skill Level

6+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game.

Account Rating

Account required for online play that has 7 years old as minimum age. You must be 7 years old to have a PSN account, which is required to play Dreams. To set this up you need permission from a parent or guardian. Unless the parent or guardian specify not to restrict Network Features | Communication and User-Generated Content, or make an exception for Dreams they will only be able to access games and assets created by Media Molecule (rather than games made by the community).

Costs

The Jump Yard

	PS5	Free	–	–
	PS4	Free	–	–

This game is free to play. There are no additional in-game purchases, loot boxes, adverts or subscription costs.

This is an unusual "subscription" as you only need to purchase the Dreams game once on PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5, then you can access all the games for free.

You need to purchase Dreams to play the game on PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5. Once you have Dreams the game itself is free via the about link.

Game Details

Release Date: 19/03/2021, updated in 2021

Price: Free

Out Now: PS4 and PS5

Expected Content Rating: PEGI 3

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Players: 1

Genres: Action, Traversal (Platform, Puzzle and Sports)

Accessibility: 18 features

Components: 2D Side-On

Developer: Entropy Tamed (@EntropyTamed)

The Dreams Collection

The Jump Yard is part of the Dreams collection of games:

Kuro: A Shadow's Dream

Dog's Run

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