Best Platformer Games
1,190 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Jet Set Radio
Released: Sep 18, 2012
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Sport, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360
Tag, grind, and trick to the beat in SEGA’s hit game Jet Set Radio!
Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch
Released: Jan 26, 2016
Critic rating: 77.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Lara Croft enters the Wicked Vale and comes face-to-face with Baba Yaga, a supernatural entity described in Slavic folklore.
Sonic Adventure 2
Released: Jun 19, 2001
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Sonic Adventure 2 is the sequel to Sonic Adventure.
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Released: Aug 18, 2010
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 3, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is a platform action video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and iOS as part of the Tomb Raider series through digital distribution.
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Released: Dec 17, 2011
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
Uncover the dark secret behind the 400-year-old massacre of a Spanish expedition as Nathan Drake tracks the murderous trail of an ancient and secret Spanish sect.
The Impossible Game
Released: Nov 23, 2009
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
The super-addictive and very, very hard platform game finally arrives on Steam - it's quite possibly the world's hardest game!
Concrete Genie
Released: Sep 26, 2019
Critic rating: 81.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR
Game modes: Single player
Concrete Genie is a game about Ash, a young boy who is bullied but discovers a magical paint that might save his home town.
Far: Lone Sails
Released: May 17, 2018
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Far: Lone Sails is a vehicle adventure game.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Released: Oct 9, 1988
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100 • 557 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Arcade, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Super Mario Bros.
Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Released: Jun 1, 1993
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100 • 33 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
Pursued across the galaxy, you and your Rebel Forces now marshall new strength on the remote ice world of Hoth.
Gravity Rush Remastered
Released: Dec 10, 2015
Critic rating: 78.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Game modes: Single player
Gravity Rush is an action-adventure video game developed by SIE Japan Studio and Project Siren, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.
Electronic Super Joy
Released: Aug 23, 2013
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Music, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music.
Snipperclips: Cut It Out, Together!
Released: Mar 3, 2017
Critic rating: 79.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Cut paper characters into new shapes to solve dynamic puzzles and play activities in a wonderfully creative and imaginative world!
Earthworm Jim 2
Released: Nov 15, 1995
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 122 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Game modes: Single player
From Evil the Cat’s’Circus of the Scars’ to the planet of Meat, join Jim on a madcap chase across the galaxy.
Rabbids Go Home
Released: Nov 1, 2009
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Wii
Game modes: Single player
A comedy adventure.
Super Mario 3D All-Stars
Released: Sep 18, 2020
Critic rating: 84.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Discover three of Mario’s grandest 3D adventures with Super Mario 3D All-Stars on Nintendo Switch!
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Released: Aug 7, 1997
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 64
Game modes: Single player
The story follows Goemon's struggles to prevent the Peach Mountain Shoguns gang from turning Japan into a Westernized fine arts theater.
Gonner
Released: Oct 12, 2016
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"Gonner is a tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world—a giant landbound whale named Sally—by searching for just the right trinket in the deep and dark places nearby.
Pseudoregalia
Released: Jul 28, 2023
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 32 votes
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Sybil finds herself in a distorted castle and must find her own way out.
Earthworm Jim
Released: Oct 1, 1994
Critic rating: 75.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Game modes: Single player
A crow is chasing a worm named Jim while in outer space Psy-Crow is chasing a renegade ship.
Gunman Clive
Released: Apr 2, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In the year of 18XX, the west is overrun by thugs and outlaws.
Mercs
Released: Dec 31, 1990
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Sega Master System/Mark III
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The players are members of a covert counter-terrorist team of mercenaries known as the "Wolf Force".
Narita Boy
Released: Mar 29, 2021
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The retro-futuristic pixel game Explore and fight in a retro-futuristic world. Swim deep into a oneiric, poetic and unique experience across dimensional planes. The aesthetic of the game was inspired by retro pixel adventures (Castlevania, Another World, Double Dragon) with a modern touch (Superbrothers, Sword and Sorcery) and an 80s plot homage (Ready Player One, He-Man, The Last Starfighter), accompanied by the retro synth touch of the old glory days.
Sonic Colors
Released: Dec 11, 2010
Critic rating: 76.2 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
An extraordinary amusement park has been seen orbiting around the home planet of Sonic the Hedgehog, and rumors are spreading that an alien race of Wisps, who have a unique colorful energy, are being held captive there by the evil Dr.
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Released: Oct 25, 2002
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A remake of the original Kirby's Adventure for the NES.