Best Platformer Games
1,190 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Cyber Shadow
Released: Jan 26, 2021
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Dash, slice, and leap through masterfully designed levels filled with sharply honed ninja platforming action.
Volgarr the Viking
Released: Sep 13, 2013
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player
Remember when games were tough?
Strider 2
Released: Dec 13, 1999
Critic rating: 75.2 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Strider 2, released in arcades and on the Sony PlayStation in 2000, is the sequel to the popular arcade and multiplatform game Strider.
Carrion
Released: Jul 23, 2020
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Carrion is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous alien being.
Mega Man Powered Up
Released: Mar 2, 2006
Critic rating: 75.2 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Mega Man Powered Up, known as Rockman Rockman in Japan, is a remake of the first Mega Man game.
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Released: May 10, 1999
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Game Boy Color, Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Bowser has once again taken over the Mushroom Kingdom, and it's up to Mario to put an end to his sinister reign.
The Basement Collection
Released: Aug 31, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Genres: Platform, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The Basement Collection is a compilation of Edmund McMillen's Flash games.
Nintendo Land
Released: Nov 18, 2012
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Racing, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Wii U
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Nintendo Land is a fun and lively virtual theme park filled with attractions based on popular Nintendo game worlds.
Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World
Released: Jan 19, 2017
Critic rating: 80.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
Discover a handicraft world bursting at the seams with creativity, as you guide Yarn Yoshi or Yarn Poochy through clever side-scrolling stages.
Pac-Man World 2
Released: Feb 24, 2002
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
Long ago, back in medieval times, an evil spirit known as Spooky had terrorized all of Pac-Land.
Fall Guys
Released: Aug 4, 2020
Critic rating: 76.6 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Racing, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Battle Royale
Fall Guys flings hordes of contestants together online in a mad dash through round after round of escalating chaos until one victor remains!
Kero Blaster
Released: May 11, 2014
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Kero Blaster is a platform video game created by Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya.
Metroid: Other M
Released: Aug 31, 2010
Critic rating: 77.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Wii U
Game modes: Single player
A part of the Metroid series, it features gameplay in both first- and third-person perspectives, and is the first installment of the franchise to feature melee attacks which could only be executed when an enemy's health was reduced to a certain degree.
Sonic Rush Adventure
Released: Sep 14, 2007
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Sonic returns to the DS with all the classic 2D dual screen action of "Sonic Rush," as well as a new high-seas adventure where he clashes with ruthless pirates.
Nihilumbra
Released: Jun 27, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Nihilumbra is played as a standard platform game, by controlling Born as he walks and jumps across the game's levels.
Infamous: First Light
Released: Aug 26, 2014
Critic rating: 75.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Game modes: Single player
Utilizing her amazing Neon powers, Fetch stars in Infamous: First Light, a stand-alone minigame running on the stunning Infamous: Second Son engine.
Pico Park
Released: Jun 8, 2019
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100 • 50 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Pico Park is a cooperative local/online multiplay action puzzle game for 2-8 players.
New Super Mario Bros. 2
Released: Jul 28, 2012
Critic rating: 77.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
New Super Mario Bros.
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
Released: May 21, 2014
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler.
The Revenge of Shinobi
Released: Dec 2, 1989
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100 • 64 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
The Revenge of Shinobi, known as The Super Shinobi in Japan, is the continuation of Shadow Dancer - the arcade sequel to Shinobi.
And Yet It Moves
Released: Apr 2, 2009
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
And Yet It Moves is a puzzle-platformer, set in a unique world, made of ripped paper.
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return
Released: Oct 28, 1999
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100 • 31 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Tomba!
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Released: Nov 10, 1999
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Opposing Force returns to the same setting as Half-Life, but instead portrays the events from the perspective of a U.S.
Epic Mickey
Released: Nov 25, 2010
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii
Game modes: Single player
Disney Epic Mickey is an action-adventure platforming game for Wii console that sends Mickey Mouse on an epic journey of creativity and discovery.
Ibb & Obb
Released: Aug 6, 2013
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The green creature, ibb, and the pink creature, obb, travel through a world divided by a thin horizon line; on either side of the barrier, everything is inverted and gravity works in opposite directions.