Best Platformer Games
1,170 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
Released: Oct 21, 2008
Critic rating: 69.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is a video game title encompassing three versions: a full-3D action game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360; a 2.5D sidescrolling beat em up action game for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 (called Amazing Allies Edition), and a 2.5D side-scrolling brawler/platformer for the Nintendo DS.
Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Released: Jun 22, 1994
Critic rating: 72.1 / 100 • 43 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Sega Game Gear, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
All the Adventure and Excitement of the 16-bit Game -- are you ready to challenge the dark side?
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
Released: Feb 28, 2011
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
The Saga continues.
The Adventure Pals
Released: Apr 3, 2018
Critic rating: 75.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
An epic adventure fueled by imagination.
Mercenary Kings
Released: Mar 25, 2014
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In this frantic 2D action game, you are part of the Mercenary Kings, the most skilled team of warriors-for-hire on Earth, but when your comrades have fallen and the fearsome forces of CLAW have seized an island-wide top secret Laboratory Base, you must do what it takes to stop them.
Call of the Sea
Released: Dec 8, 2020
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Call of the Sea is a first-person adventure puzzle game set in the 1930's that tells the story of Norah, a woman on the trail of her missing husband's expedition.
Sonic Colors
Released: Nov 11, 2010
Critic rating: 75.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Sonic Colors, titled Sonic Colours in European and Australian markets, is a platforming game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega in 2010.
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Released: Apr 25, 2013
Critic rating: 68.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse is a 2.5D platform game developed by Sega Studios Australia and published by Sega.
LEGO The Incredibles
Released: Jun 15, 2018
Critic rating: 72.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
LEGO The Incredibles takes players on an adventure where they’ll control their favourite Incredibles characters and team up as a family to conquer crime and family life.
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
Released: Feb 21, 2003
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Hoodlum Havoc is a 3-D platformer from Ubisoft starring limbless hero Rayman.
Rampage World Tour
Released: Sep 30, 1997
Critic rating: 71.9 / 100 • 39 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 3, Windows Phone, Nintendo 64, PC (Microsoft Windows), Sega Saturn, PlayStation
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Rampage World Tour is a updated version of the classic Rampage.
MediEvil
Released: Oct 25, 2019
Critic rating: 64.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Game modes: Single player
MediEvil is a modern reimagining of the 1998 action-adventure game MediEvil.
Pitfall!
Released: Sep 1, 1982
Critic rating: 71.9 / 100 • 101 votes
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: ColecoVision, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Windows Phone, Intellivision, PC (Microsoft Windows), Atari 5200, Xbox 360, Legacy Mobile Device, MSX
Game modes: Single player
Pitfall!
Remember Me
Released: Jun 3, 2013
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
A visionary 3rd person action adventure, Remember Me puts players into the role of Nilin, a former elite memory hunter with the ability to break into people's minds and steal or even alter their memories.
Vector
Released: Aug 28, 2012
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Genres: Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Web browser, Ouya, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
Vector is an exciting, arcade-style game featuring you as the exceptional free runner who won’t be held down by the system.
Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
Released: Feb 25, 2002
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
Tired of endlessly doing battle with meddling bandicoots, the nefarious Dr.
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
Released: Dec 20, 2013
Critic rating: 73.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In its core Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a physics-based puzzle/platformer and set in a 2.5D environment with a free and cinematic camera.
ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
Released: Dec 31, 1993
Critic rating: 71.8 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron is a platform video game, developed by Johnson Voorsanger Productions and published by Sega originally in 1993.
My Memory of Us
Released: Oct 9, 2018
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Sometimes it’s not about the history.
Pikuniku
Released: Jan 24, 2019
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Pikuniku is a puzzle and adventure game set in a colorful world.
Metal Slug 7
Released: Jul 22, 2008
Critic rating: 68.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
The Peregrine Falcon Strike Force, the Ikari Warriors, and the SPARROWS are once again on a search for General Morden and his army.
Ratchet: Deadlocked
Released: Oct 25, 2005
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Ratchet: Deadlocked is the fourth game in the Ratchet & Clank series by Insomniac Games.
The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin
Released: Dec 31, 1991
Critic rating: 71.7 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Game Gear, Sega CD, Sega Master System/Mark III
Game modes: Single player
Spider-Man vs.
Kirby: Squeak Squad
Released: Nov 2, 2006
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
"Kirby: Squeak Squad", known in Europe as "Kirby: Mouse Attack" and in Japan as "Kirby of the Stars: Calling on the Dorotche Gang", is a 2006-07 platforming video game developed by HAL Laboratory, Flagship and Natsume, and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console.
Hudson's Adventure Island
Released: Sep 12, 1986
Critic rating: 71.6 / 100 • 95 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Hudson's Adventure Island, also known simply as Adventure Island and released in Japan as Takahashi Meijin no Bouken-jima, is a side-scrolling platform game produced by Hudson Soft that was first released in Japan for the Famicom and MSX on September 12, 1986.