Best Platformer Games
1,170 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Super Mario Galaxy
Released: Sep 18, 2020
Critic rating: 80.2 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
A port of Super Mario Galaxy included in Super Mario 3D All-Stars, featuring Joy-Con and touch controls, updated textures and a higher output resolution.
Gods
Released: Mar 1, 1991
Critic rating: 80.1 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, BlackBerry OS, PC-8800 Series, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Amiga, Atari Jaguar
Game modes: Single player
Who would have thought that a man would be so foolish or so daring as to accept a challenge set down by the Gods?
Far: Changing Tides
Released: Mar 1, 2022
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Far: Changing Tides is an atmospheric vehicle adventure driven by an emotional story.
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
Released: Jan 21, 1994
Critic rating: 80.1 / 100 • 127 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy
Game modes: Single player
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Ape Escape 2
Released: Jul 18, 2002
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Ape Escape 2 is the sequel to Ape Escape.
Ghostrunner
Released: Oct 27, 2020
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Ascend humanity’s last remaining shelter, a great tower-city.
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Released: Dec 1, 2005
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is an action-adventure game blending acrobatic platforming, puzzle-solving, and hack and slash combat, and the final chapter of the Sands of Time trilogy.
Freedom Planet
Released: Jul 21, 2014
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Freedom Planet is a combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragon girl and her friends against an alien attack force.
Faxanadu
Released: Nov 17, 1987
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100 • 33 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Faxandu is for the Famicom and NES.
Unreal
Released: May 22, 1998
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100 • 132 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, 64DD
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Your prison ship has crash-landed on the fastest, sleekest, most dangerous 3D world ever created.
Axiom Verge
Released: Mar 31, 2015
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
After a lab accident, a scientist awakens in a mysterious, alien world.
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
Released: Sep 1, 1989
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: Wii, Sega Master System/Mark III
Game modes: Single player
A direct sequel to Wonder Boy in Monster Land, you wander through the lands using multiple forms that each have different abilities.
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
Released: Nov 2, 1999
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100 • 218 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
The Rogue Prince of Persia
Released: Aug 20, 2025
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Rogue Prince of Persia is a 2D action-platformer developed by Evil Empire in collaboration with Ubisoft.
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
Released: May 31, 1999
Critic rating: 79.9 / 100 • 97 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
The game stars popular cartoon character Bugs Bunny who finds and activates a time machine after taking a wrong turn at Albuquerque.
QuackShot Starring Donald Duck
Released: Sep 5, 1991
Critic rating: 79.9 / 100 • 45 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Saturn
Game modes: Single player
QuackShot starring Donald Duck is a steady Disney run-and-jump platformer, with a little puzzle-solving element.
Door Kickers: Action Squad
Released: Sep 10, 2018
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Rescue hostages, disarm bombs and save the day in this old school, side scroller action with retro graphics and retro sensibilities.
Crypt Custodian
Released: Aug 27, 2024
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife.
Wario Land 3
Released: Mar 21, 2000
Critic rating: 79.9 / 100 • 54 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Game Boy Color, Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
Trapped inside a magical music box, the invincible Wario is on a dangerous quest to help a mysterious figure recover its lost powers!
Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter!
Released: Nov 30, 1991
Critic rating: 79.9 / 100 • 25 votes
Genres: Platform
Platforms: DOS
Game modes: Single player
A mean bunch of hungry aliens have your babysitter and they're planning to make her their main course.
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Released: Jun 30, 2017
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Crash Bandicoot N.
40 Winks
Released: Nov 1, 1999
Critic rating: 79.9 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Web browser, PlayStation 3, Nintendo 64, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
40 Winks (also known as "Ruff & Tumble") is a 3D action-platform game in which you play as Ruff or Tumble, two children who must battle ghosts, goblins and other monsters in their dream-world.
Shadow Complex Remastered
Released: Mar 16, 2016
Critic rating: 78.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern, cutting-edge gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered, featuring all the content from the award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, all-new dynamic melee take-downs, and additional Achievements and Master Challenges.
Jenny LeClue: Detectivu
Released: Sep 19, 2019
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Jenny LeClue is a story focused exploration adventure game with memorable characters, a unique aesthetic, and an epic tangled mystery.
Metal Slug 6
Released: Feb 24, 2006
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 49 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Metal Slug 6 returns to the Rebel-Martian alliance featured in Metal Slugs 2, X, and 3, but on a much broader scale.