Best Platformer Games
1,170 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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.
Geometry Dash
Released: Aug 12, 2013
Critic rating: 75.1 / 100 • 267 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer.
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.
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!
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.
Tomba!
Released: Dec 25, 1997
Critic rating: 74.9 / 100 • 44 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Tomba!
Gex: Enter the Gecko
Released: Feb 24, 1998
Critic rating: 74.9 / 100 • 45 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
"Is it just me, or am I engulfed in flames?" is one of the many one-liners uttered by Gex, a wise cracking gecko who should check himself into television rehab; he's addicted to it.
The Pedestrian
Released: Jan 29, 2020
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Pedestrian is a 2.5D puzzle platformer that takes "puzzle platforming" literally.
Rygar
Released: May 1, 1986
Critic rating: 74.9 / 100 • 27 votes
Genres: Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, PlayStation 4, Atari Lynx, Amstrad CPC, Sega Master System/Mark III
Game modes: Single player
An evil being known as Ligar is about to conquer the land of Argool.
LittleBigPlanet 3
Released: Nov 18, 2014
Critic rating: 77.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In LittleBigPlanet 3, explore a world filled with creativity as you explore all corners of the Imagisphere, meet the inhabitants of the mysterious planet Bunkum and face the nefarious Newton.
Sonic Advance
Released: Dec 20, 2001
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Android, Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Sonic Advance is notable for being the first Sonic game released on a Nintendo console, despite both Sega and Nintendo being well-known rivals on the console market throught the 1990s.
The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
Released: Oct 11, 2018
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Why did Emily go missing?
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.
The Simpsons: Hit & Run
Released: Sep 16, 2003
Critic rating: 72.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Racing, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Strange wasp-shaped spy cameras, shady black vans lingering about, and a brand new flavor of Buzz Cola that everyone seems a bit too excited about.
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Released: Nov 18, 1996
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
Monkey Mayhem Lives On!
Alien Soldier
Released: Feb 24, 1995
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100 • 46 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The planet Sierra is being attacked by Scarlet, a terrorist group lead by a vicious creature named Xi-Tiger who is plotting to destroy the human race.
Mirror's Edge
Released: Nov 11, 2008
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Mirror's Edge is a first-person action-adventure game focused on parkour and free-running.
LEGO City Undercover
Released: Mar 17, 2013
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Racing, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
As Chase McCain, you'll become an expert at hand-to-hand combat, fighting your foes and wrestling them to the ground until you can slap the cuffs on 'em.
Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Released: Jun 1, 1993
Critic rating: 74.7 / 100 • 32 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.