Best Platformer Games
1,170 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
ActRaiser 2
Released: Oct 29, 1993
Critic rating: 79.4 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
ActRaiser 2 is a side-scrolling platform game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System developed by Quintet and published by Enix in 1993.
Edge
Released: Dec 1, 2008
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
In Edge players take direct control of the cube and roll their way around the game's dozens of levels.
Unravel Two
Released: Jun 9, 2018
Critic rating: 80.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Unravel Two is the sequel to the 2015 puzzle platforming game Unravel.
Sundered
Released: Jul 28, 2017
Critic rating: 79.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Sundered is a horrifying fight for survival and sanity, a hand-drawn epic from the creators of Jotun.
Little Nightmares
Released: Apr 28, 2017
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platform horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
Bowser's Fury
Released: Feb 12, 2021
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100 • 55 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Team up with Bowser Jr.
Catherine Classic
Released: Jan 10, 2019
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
An enhanced version of the original 2011 game.
Bubble Bobble
Released: Jun 16, 1986
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In the game, each player controls one of the two Bubble Dragons, Bub and Bob.
ActRaiser
Released: Dec 16, 1990
Critic rating: 79.2 / 100 • 70 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Arcade, Satellaview, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Wii U, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
ActRaiser is a 1990 platform and city-building simulation game for the Super Nintendo, combining traditional side-scrolling platforming with urban planning god game sections.
Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters
Released: Sep 1, 2000
Critic rating: 79.2 / 100 • 56 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
Daffy Duck has somehow managing to break Granny's time regulator, causing himself and the Time Gem that acts as the heart of the regulator to be pitched back into the shrouded annals of history.
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
Released: Jul 12, 2013
Critic rating: 80.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
Mario and Luigi embark on the adventure of their dreams in a hilarious action RPG that combines the resort world of Pi’illo Island with the wild landscapes of Luigi’s imagination, where anything can happen.
Blasphemous
Released: Sep 10, 2019
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Blasphemous is a punishing action-platformer that combines the fast-paced, skilled combat of a hack-n-slash game with a deep and evocative narrative core.
New Super Mario Bros. U
Released: Nov 18, 2012
Critic rating: 79.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
New Super Mario Bros.
Starbound
Released: Jul 22, 2016
Critic rating: 87.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship.
The Lost Vikings 2
Released: Feb 27, 1997
Critic rating: 79.1 / 100 • 28 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Will the Vikings find their way home across time and space?
Skylanders: Swap Force
Released: Oct 13, 2013
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Skylanders: Swap Force is a platformer video game developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision.
Mega Man Zero 4
Released: Apr 21, 2005
Critic rating: 79.1 / 100 • 47 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Mega Man Zero 4 is a video game created by Capcom and Inti Creates for the Game Boy Advance in 2005.
Toki
Released: Dec 8, 1989
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 23 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: Arcade
Game modes: Single player
The hero of the game is a young jungle-man named Toki.
Journey to Silius
Released: Aug 10, 1990
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 28 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Journey to Silius, known in Japan as RAF World, is a side-scrolling run and gun video game developed by Tokai Engineering and published by Sunsoft for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990.
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
Released: Feb 5, 2013
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time is a stealth platformer developed by Sanzaru Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.
Trials HD
Released: Aug 12, 2009
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Racing, Sport
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Trials HD is a full-featured, physics-based motorcycle racing game with more than 50 tracks in two unique game modes.
Kirby's Dream Land 2
Released: Mar 21, 1995
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 73 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy
Game modes: Single player
Kirby returns and has joined forces with new friends in this thrilling sequel!
Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy!: Secret of the Oracle
Released: Nov 22, 1991
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 38 votes
Genres: Platform
Platforms: DOS
Game modes: Single player
In episode one of the fourth episode of the Commander Keen series, "Secret of the Oracle", Keen rockets to an alien planet to rescue the Keepers of the Oracle, who are the only ones capable of helping Keen find out more about the Shikadi.
Kirby: Canvas Curse
Released: Mar 24, 2005
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
Your DS stylus has been infused with the power to paint!
VectorMan 2
Released: Nov 15, 1996
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A routine sludge barge excursion is cut short when a mysterious missile critically damages VectorMan’s ship.