Games Like Jet Set Radio Future
Quick Answer
The closest games to Jet Set Radio Future are Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Jet Set Radio, Sunset Overdrive, Rollerdrome and Hi-Fi Rush. Below are 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Jet Set Radio Future, and what does not.
What Made Jet Set Radio Future Work
Jet Set Radio Future dropped the timed spray-tagging of the original and became a pure movement game — Tokyo-to as one connected skate park with no fail state. It is smoother than its predecessor and the soundtrack is the reason anyone still talks about it.
Jet Set Radio Future is Smilebit's 2002 Xbox game and the sequel to Jet Set Radio. The GGs skate through a larger, more connected Tokyo-to, grinding and tagging while fighting the Rokkaku Group, with less emphasis on the original's timed spray prompts and more on smooth movement. Its soundtrack, including Hideki Naganuma's music, is a big part of its reputation. Fans usually want its flowing movement, attitude and music.
9 Games Like Jet Set Radio Future
1.Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Made explicitly to be this game again, and it succeeds.
Why it fits: Team Reptile's 2023 game has you skate, cycle and tag walls across a city, with music including tracks by Hideki Naganuma.
What is different: A spiritual successor that adds bikes and skateboards to the skates, and lets you chain tricks far more freely.
Where to play it: PC and Switch.
More about this game →2.Jet Set Radio
The original, more structured and more difficult.
Why it fits: Smilebit's 2000 Dreamcast original has smaller levels with timed tagging and police pursuits.
What is different: The Dreamcast original: shorter levels on a timer, and each tag is sprayed by moving the stick in a pattern.
Where to play it: Dreamcast; the HD version is on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
Games like this →3.Sunset Overdrive
Grinding a colourful city with the same loud personality.
Why it fits: Insomniac Games' 2014 Xbox One game rewards staying off the ground by grinding and bouncing through a city.
What is different: You grind and bounce through a city, but with guns and monsters to shoot, and no graffiti.
Where to play it: Xbox One and PC.
Games like this →4.Rollerdrome
Skating and shooting, with a stunning stylised look.
Why it fits: Roll7's 2022 game combines skating tricks and shooting in arenas with a comic-book look.
What is different: Rollerblades in closed arenas with guns and slow-motion dodges; a score attack, not a city to roam.
Where to play it: PC, PS4 and PS5.
More about this game →5.Hi-Fi Rush
Style, colour and a soundtrack driving the whole design.
Why it fits: Tango Gameworks' 2023 game synchronises combat and movement to its soundtrack.
What is different: Rhythm combat rather than skating; it shares the attitude and the music-first design, not the movement.
Where to play it: Xbox Series X|S, PC and PS5.
More about this game →6.Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2
If the trick lines rather than the graffiti were the appeal.
Why it fits: Vicarious Visions' 2020 remake focuses on combos of grinds and tricks in open skate parks.
What is different: Two-minute runs chasing scores and hidden letters on a skateboard, with no graffiti or gangs.
Where to play it: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Switch.
More about this game →7.Splatoon 3
Painting a city as a competitive sport, in the same graphic register.
Why it fits: Nintendo EPD's 2022 Switch game lets you paint the arena with ink and swim through it to move quickly.
What is different: A team shooter where you ink the ground and swim through it; mostly online matches, not a city to explore.
Where to play it: Switch.
Games like this →8.SSX Tricky
Same era, same arcade trick-line thinking.
Why it fits: EA Canada's 2001 snowboarding game rewards stylish trick lines and speed.
What is different: Snowboards on downhill courses, racing and doing tricks; there is no city and nothing to tag.
Where to play it: PS2, Xbox and GameCube.
Games like this →9.Crazy Taxi
The other Dreamcast game built on attitude and a soundtrack.
Why it fits: Sega's 1999 arcade game, released on Dreamcast in 2000, is built on speed, attitude and a punk soundtrack.
What is different: You race fares across a city against the clock; the energy is the same, the skating and tagging are not.
Where to play it: Dreamcast; later PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
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Where to Start
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is the best modern successor. The original Jet Set Radio is the next step if you have not played it. Sunset Overdrive is the pick for grinding in an open world.
How We Picked These Games
Every pick is either a skating or grinding game, or a game where style and music drive the design. We gave priority to Jet Set Radio itself and to the modern game built as its successor.
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How These Picks Match Jet Set Radio Future
Jet Set Radio Future is catalogued here as an action-adventure and art-led game on the Microsoft Xbox. All nine picks share at least one of its genre tags — five action games, five sports games and five arcade games among them.
Going by the "where to play it" notes, seven can be played on PC, six can be played on a PlayStation, four can be played on a Nintendo system and six can be played on an Xbox. Bomb Rush Cyberfunk and Rollerdrome are from small or self-published studios. Splatoon 3 is the one a child and an adult can play together.
| Game | Genre | Shares with Jet Set Radio Future | Where to play |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bomb Rush Cyberfunk | Action, Sports, Indie | Action, Sports | PC and Switch. |
| Jet Set Radio | Action, Sports, Arcade | Action, Sports, Arcade | Dreamcast; the HD version is on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. |
| Sunset Overdrive | Action, Shooter, Platformer | Action | Xbox One and PC. |
| Rollerdrome | Shooter, Sports, Indie | Sports | PC, PS4 and PS5. |
| Hi-Fi Rush | Action, Fighting, Arcade | Action, Arcade | Xbox Series X|S, PC and PS5. |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 | Sports, Arcade | Sports, Arcade | PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Switch. |
| Splatoon 3 | Shooter, Family, Action | Action | Switch. |
| SSX Tricky | Sports, Arcade | Sports, Arcade | PS2, Xbox and GameCube. |
| Crazy Taxi | Racing, Arcade, Casual | Arcade | Dreamcast; later PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. |
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