Best Platformer Games
1,190 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Jak and Daxter Collection
Released: Feb 7, 2012
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Racing, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
The Jak and Daxter Collection is a compilation of the first three main instalments in the Jak and Daxter series (The Precursor Legacy, Jak II, and Jak 3) remastered in full 720p HD with support for 3D graphics and PlayStation Network trophies.
Battle Chef Brigade
Released: Nov 20, 2017
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Battle Chef Brigade features fantasy chefs, including Orcs, Elves, and Humans, who need to hunt dangerous monsters for ingredients.
Super Mario Galaxy
Released: Sep 18, 2020
Critic rating: 80.2 / 100 • 23 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.
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.
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?
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
Released: Sep 11, 2006
Critic rating: 80.1 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy takes the fun and endless customization of LEGO and combines it with the epic story, characters and action from the original Star Wars movies that revolutionized pop culture forever (Episode IV A New Hope, Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI Return of the Jedi).
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.
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
Released: Jan 21, 1994
Critic rating: 80.1 / 100 • 130 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy
Game modes: Single player
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
Released: Nov 2, 1999
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100 • 223 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
Tomb Raider II
Released: Nov 21, 1997
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100 • 332 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Tomb Raider II is the second game of the Tomb Raider games series.
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.
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 • 100 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.
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.
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.
Wario Land 3
Released: Mar 21, 2000
Critic rating: 79.9 / 100 • 58 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!
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.