Jars

Jars is a strategy game featuring puzzles and elements of tower defense. Join Victor in his spooky yet endearing world and prepare for a quest to uncover the secrets of his family's basement. Will you save the…

20 October 2021

Arcade Indie Platform Puzzle Strategy

Jars is an arcade, released 20 October 2021 on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 23 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Jars is

Jars was released in 2021. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Jars is a strategy game featuring puzzles and elements of tower defense. Join Victor in his spooky yet endearing world and prepare for a quest to uncover the secrets of his family's basement. Will you save the world or get grounded by mother?

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Jars launched on 20 October 2021, within three weeks of Age of Empires IV, Forza Horizon 5, Unpacking and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Age of Empires IV, Forza Horizon 5, Unpacking, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.