Best Platformer Games
1,190 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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.
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.
Metal Slug 6
Released: Feb 24, 2006
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 51 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.
Chibi-Robo!
Released: Jun 23, 2005
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player
Like most families, the Sandersons bicker about money and cleaning.
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Released: Feb 24, 2023
Critic rating: 85.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The tough puff Kirby is back for a 4-player* platforming adventure.
Sonic CD
Released: Sep 23, 1993
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Sega CD
Game modes: Single player
A fast-paced platformer that follows Sonic as he races through time-traveling zones to rescue past and future versions of stages and stop Dr.
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
Released: Apr 6, 1990
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 60 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
The Ninja Ryu is back to avenge the death of his father, and stop the Evil Ashtar.
VectorMan
Released: Oct 24, 1995
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 45 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
By the year 2049, Earth has been turned into a toxic waste dump.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Released: Dec 4, 2025
Critic rating: 83.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Deadly sharpshooter Sylux has finally caught up with renowned bounty hunter Samus Aran!
VVVVVV
Released: Jan 11, 2010
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Ouya, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
There's something terribly wrong in an alternate dimension!
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Released: Jan 11, 2014
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
A side-scrolling installment in the beloved Kirby series, Kirby: Triple Deluxe uses the 3D features of the Nintendo 3DS to allow Kirby to move not only from left to right, but also from the foreground to the background.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
Released: Dec 1, 1990
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 121 votes
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Arcade, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
This version includes two new levels (the first part of Scene 3 and all of Scene 6), which feature new enemy characters, including two new bosses: Tora (a dog-like "blizzard beast") and Shogun (a robotic samurai), both characters created for the game.
Sonic & Knuckles
Released: Oct 18, 1994
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 197 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Sonic & Knuckles is a side-scrolling platform game that continues the events of Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut
Released: Mar 4, 2011
Critic rating: 79.6 / 100 • 28 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, although it has the same name as the GameCube and PC expanded version of the original Dreamcast game, is actually a port with both the game released first for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 under the title of "Sonic Adventure" and its DLC, "Sonic Adventure DX Upgrade".
N+
Released: Feb 20, 2008
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
N+ is a port of the original Adobe Flash based PC game, N, to console and handheld systems with new features.
Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2
Released: Dec 10, 1993
Critic rating: 79.6 / 100 • 76 votes
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Chip and Dale, those tiny but daring detectives, have learned of some terrifying news: The notorious criminal cat has escaped from prison and he's stolen the Urn of the Pharaoh.
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Released: Nov 21, 1995
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest is the sequel to Donkey Kong Country.
Evoland 2
Released: Aug 25, 2015
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Fighting, Music, Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Evoland 2 is the spiritual successor to the original Evoland with its graphics style changing as you travel through time and its gameplay evolving as you move along the storyline.
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2
Released: Nov 4, 2003
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100 • 32 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Racing, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Play as Kao!
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
Released: May 24, 2013
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D offers over 70 levels of banana‑hoarding platform action starring Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong.
The End Is Nigh
Released: Jul 12, 2017
Critic rating: 74.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where the player takes control of Ash, one of few 'things' that have 'survived' the "end of the world." Follow Ash as he flops his way through a future of pain and suffering. Feel his stress levels rise as you throw him into an endless swarm of decaying, mutant creatures and help aid his final epic quest... to simply make a friend.
Catherine
Released: Feb 17, 2011
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Vincent is trapped in a nightmare, facing a choice of marrying his longtime girlfriend Katherine or moving on to the incredible blonde he just woke up to-- named Catherine!
Röki
Released: Jul 23, 2020
Critic rating: 87.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Rediscover magic and chart your adventure through this forgotten northern world of mystery and monsters.
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Released: Mar 21, 2001
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon is the first of the series to be based on the action/RPG structure of Castlevania:Symphony of the Night rather than the level-based action style of all previous Castlevania games.