Best Platformer Games
1,190 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Hob
Released: Sep 26, 2017
Critic rating: 72.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Hob is set on a beautiful and dangerous unknown world, with buzzing life above and the whirrs of mysterious machinery below.
Battletoads
Released: Jun 1, 1991
Critic rating: 76.2 / 100 • 152 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Amiga CD32, Amiga, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Battletoads is the first game of the Battletoads series.
Pepper Grinder
Released: Mar 28, 2024
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Pepper Grinder is an action-packed pirate adventure starring the titular Pepper, a seafaring soul with a passion for prospecting, and Grinder, her super-powered drilling device.
Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition
Released: Apr 8, 2008
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Assassin's Creed is a non-linear action-adventure video game, during which the player controls a 12th-century Levantine Assassin named Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad during the Third Crusade, whose life is experienced through the Animus by his 21st century descendant, Desmond Miles.
Gish
Released: May 10, 2004
Critic rating: 76.1 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Sport, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Gish isn't your average hero.
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Released: Jun 6, 2002
Critic rating: 76.1 / 100 • 121 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
Nearly fifty years has past since Simon Belmont rescued the land from the curse of Dracula.
World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
Released: Dec 1, 1992
Critic rating: 76.1 / 100 • 41 votes
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Alakazam!
Sonic Generations
Released: Nov 1, 2011
Critic rating: 75.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Celebrate 20 years of Sonic in an all new adventure that delivers a definitive experience to Sonic fans new and old!
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
Released: Feb 17, 2010
Critic rating: 81.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Enter a macabre and comical silent world filled with mischief, time travel and delicious pie.
The Lost Vikings
Released: Apr 29, 1993
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100 • 93 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Lost Vikings is a puzzle-platform video game developed by Silicon & Synapse (now Blizzard Entertainment) and published by Interplay.
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
Released: Sep 1, 1990
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100 • 23 votes
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Little Nemo: The Dream Master is a platform game that revolves around a young boy in his own surreal dreams as he journeys to Slumberland.
Mega Man 7
Released: Mar 24, 1995
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100 • 92 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
Mega Man 7 is an action platform video game developed and published by Capcom for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
Prototype
Released: Jun 9, 2009
Critic rating: 78.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Prototype is the first of two games, and lets the user take control of Alex Mercer as he fights to stop the viral outbreak known as BLACKLIGHT throughout Manhattan.
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Released: Oct 7, 2019
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Featuring an all-new story that reunites Amadeus, Pontius, and Zoya, Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince returns to the magic of 2.5D with the puzzle-platforming gameplay that defined a genre in Trine 1 and 2.
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Released: Jul 13, 2018
Critic rating: 84.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Captain Toad stars in his own puzzling quest on the Nintendo Switch system!
Lil Gator Game
Released: Dec 14, 2022
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The world is big when you’re a lil gator...
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll
Released: Jul 1, 1990
Critic rating: 75.9 / 100 • 23 votes
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Snake Rattle N Roll features two snakes, Rattle and Roll, as they make their way through eleven 3D isometric levels.
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Released: Mar 24, 2000
Critic rating: 75.9 / 100 • 122 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Nintendo 64, Wii U
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Kirby's first 3-D adventure is also his Nintendo 64 debut, and it finds the always-versatile hero battling a new enemy called Dark Matter.
Boulder Dash
Released: Feb 1, 1984
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Atari 8-bit
Game modes: Single player
Boulder Dash was originally released in 1984 for Atari 8-bit computers.
Downwell
Released: Oct 14, 2015
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Downwell is a curious game about a young man with guns for boots venturing down a well in search of untold treasures.
Gato Roboto
Released: May 30, 2019
Critic rating: 75.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Shantae
Released: Jun 2, 2002
Critic rating: 75.8 / 100 • 38 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Game Boy Color, Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
Genie-girl Shantae is the self-appointed guardian of a small fishing village, Scuttle Town.
Disney's The Jungle Book
Released: Jul 1, 1994
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
The Jungle Book game is based on a Disney movie hero Mowgli.
Caravan SandWitch
Released: Sep 12, 2024
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Embark on a journey across vast landscapes in Caravan SandWitch, a captivating narrative-driven exploration adventure game.
Mega Man
Released: Dec 17, 1987
Critic rating: 75.7 / 100 • 295 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Experience the game that started it all!