Best Platformer Games
1,170 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse
Released: Nov 20, 1992
Critic rating: 71.6 / 100 • 43 votes
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
Pluto has disappeared and his pal Mickey is hot on his trail!
Badland
Released: Apr 4, 2013
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: BlackBerry OS, Windows Phone, Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Badland is an award-winning atmospheric side-scrolling action-adventure game that takes platforming to the next level with innovative use of physics in level design.
Donkey Kong
Released: Jul 9, 1981
Critic rating: 71.5 / 100 • 213 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade
Game modes: Single player
Donkey Kong is not only Nintendo's first real smash hit for the company, but marks the introduction for two of their most popular mascots: Mario (originally "Jumpman") and Donkey Kong.
Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
Released: Mar 23, 1999
Critic rating: 67.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform
Platforms: PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
When Gex is watching TV one day, he discovers that Rez has kidnapped Agent Xtra (the agent from Gex: Enter the Gecko's backstory), head of the TV Terrorist Defense Unit, to get to him.
Doodle Jump
Released: Mar 16, 2009
Critic rating: 71.4 / 100 • 50 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, BlackBerry OS, Nintendo 3DS, Windows Phone, Android, iOS, Leapster Explorer/LeadPad Explorer, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In Doodle Jump, the aim is to guide a four-legged animal called "The Doodler" up a never-ending series of platforms without falling.
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Released: Jun 27, 2016
Critic rating: 75.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens takes players deeper into the new film than any other game with all of the heroic characters from the movie, including Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and BB-8, as well as Kylo Ren, General Hux and Captain Phasma, while also exploring iconic Star Wars locales, such as Jakku and Starkiller Base.
10 Second Ninja X
Released: Jul 19, 2016
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Platform, Puzzle, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
10 SECOND NINJA X is a blisteringly fast, satisfyingly difficult and surprisingly methodical sidescroller which tasks you with completing each level in ten seconds or less.
Clustertruck
Released: Sep 27, 2016
Critic rating: 74.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Clustertruck is a chaotic physics based truckformer.
Whispering Willows
Released: May 17, 2014
Critic rating: 68.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Ouya, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Young Elena Elkhorn embarks on a harrowing journey to find her missing father and discover the secrets of the Willows Mansion.
Blue Fire
Released: Feb 4, 2021
Critic rating: 73.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Embark on an extraordinary journey through the desolated kingdom of Penumbra and discover the hidden secrets of this long-forgotten land.
ScourgeBringer
Released: Oct 20, 2020
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer.
Tales of Kenzera: Zau
Released: Apr 23, 2024
Critic rating: 74.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Tales of Kenzera: Zau is a 2.5D metroidvania developed by Surgent Studios and published under the EA Originals label.
Evan's Remains
Released: Jun 11, 2020
Critic rating: 73.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A mystery adventure that merges puzzles with visual novel elements.
Roblox
Released: Sep 1, 2006
Critic rating: 71.1 / 100 • 446 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Meta Quest 3, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Roblox is a massively multiplayer online platform marketed toward creators and players of all ages.
LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
Released: Jun 2, 2008
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Build, Battle and Brawl your way out of trouble!
A Bug's Life
Released: Nov 1, 1998
Critic rating: 71.1 / 100 • 62 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 64, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
A Bug's Life is a video game based on the Disney/Pixar film of the same name.
Ape Escape 3
Released: Jul 14, 2005
Critic rating: 63.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Kei and Yumi take the lead as the new heroes.
Worms Battlegrounds
Released: May 30, 2014
Critic rating: 67.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Worms Battlegrounds is an artillery strategy video game developed and published by Team17.
Bomb Jack
Released: Dec 31, 1984
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Genres: Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PC-9800 Series
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The player controls Jack, a superhero who can leap and glide.
The Cave
Released: Jan 22, 2013
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Ouya, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
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Spider-Man
Released: Apr 15, 2002
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Developed by Treyarch and published by Activision, the game has you playing as Spider-Man in the events of the movie while also adding new enemies like the Shocker and Vulture.
Reventure
Released: Jun 4, 2019
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Reventure could be described as a "choose your own adventure" book in the shape of a 2D platformer.
Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure
Released: Feb 7, 1993
Critic rating: 70.9 / 100 • 40 votes
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Game modes: Single player
Hit it big when you join Buster Bunny on a 33 stage hunt for treasure.
140
Released: Oct 16, 2013
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
140 is an indie 2D rhythm puzzle-platformer.
Black the Fall
Released: Jul 11, 2017
Critic rating: 71.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Black The Fall is an atmospheric side-scrolling shooter with puzzle solving elements.