Best Platformer Games
1,170 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Duke Nukem
Released: Jul 1, 1991
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100 • 61 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player
Duke Nukem is the debut of the world’s greatest wise-cracking, alien-punching, gun-toting badass - a man who would later go on to combine both ass-kicking and bubblegum in a revolutionary way.
Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China
Released: Apr 21, 2015
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Chronicles: China takes place after the film Assassin's Creed: Embers.
Candle
Released: Nov 11, 2016
Critic rating: 70.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Candle is an adventure with challenging puzzles.
E.V.O.: Search for Eden
Released: Dec 21, 1992
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100 • 31 votes
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
The storyline of E.V.O.: Search for Eden follows the same patterns as modern Evolution theories.
Kid Icarus
Released: Dec 19, 1986
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100 • 66 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Family Computer Disk System, Arcade, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Kid Icarus is an action platform video game for the Family Computer Disk System in Japan and the Nintendo Entertainment System in Europe and North America.
Mega Man & Bass
Released: Apr 24, 1998
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100 • 50 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Game Boy Advance, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
Mega Man & Bass is an entry in the classic Mega Man series, with option for controlling either Mega Man or Bass, due to Dr.
Mario Bros.
Released: Jul 14, 1983
Critic rating: 70.2 / 100 • 114 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Mario Bros.
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
Released: Aug 21, 2008
Critic rating: 70.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty (known as Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty in Europe, Africa and Australia) is a 2008 platform game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3.
Prehistorik
Released: Dec 31, 1991
Critic rating: 70.2 / 100 • 26 votes
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Linux, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC
Game modes: Single player
Prehistorik is a side-view platform game.
Solomon's Key
Released: Jul 1, 1986
Critic rating: 70.1 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Amstrad CPC, Sega Master System/Mark III
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Solomon's Key is a puzzle game developed by Tecmo in 1986 for arcade release on custom hardware based on the Z80 chipset.
Pac-Man World Re-Pac
Released: Aug 25, 2022
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
With polished graphics, enhanced gameplay, and updated features, Pac-Man World Re-Pac is action/platforming fun for both experienced Pac-fans and new Pac-thusiasts the world over!
Mappy
Released: Mar 1, 1983
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100 • 38 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy
Platforms: Arcade, PC-8800 Series, Sharp X1, Wii, Sega Game Gear, iOS, Wii U, FM-7, NEC PC-6000 Series, MSX
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The player guides Mappy the police mouse through the mansion of the cats called Mewkies (Meowky in the U.S.
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Released: Mar 16, 2017
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil is a first person shooter where players assume the role of Turok, an intrepid warrior, fighting their way through a host of new enemies, weapons, and missions.
X-Men
Released: Jan 31, 1992
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 3, Android, iOS, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
An arcade brawler starring six X-Men characters.
Disney's Tarzan
Released: Jun 30, 1999
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100 • 136 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Nintendo 64, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
The player takes control of the eponymous Tarzan who ultimately has to save his home, the jungle, from Clayton, a hunter for gorillas.
Bomberman 64
Released: Sep 26, 1997
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100 • 75 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 64, Wii U
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The evil Altair is using the Omni Cube to drain the energy from Planet Bomber.
The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night
Released: Oct 2, 2007
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night is a 3D action platformer which takes place right after the events at the end of The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning.
Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
Released: Sep 25, 2012
Critic rating: 73.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Ash, a skeletal rabbit and the prince of Hell, has inherited the role of ruler of Hell from his father.
Donkey Kong Land
Released: Jun 26, 1995
Critic rating: 69.9 / 100 • 31 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy
Game modes: Single player
Donkey Kong Land is a Jump & Run classic, developed by Rareware and released by Nintendo for the Game Boy in June 1995.
Ronin
Released: Jun 30, 2015
Critic rating: 70.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Tactical, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Ronin (stylized as RONIN) is a 2015 turn-based action platformer video game developed by Polish indie developer Tomasz Wacławek, designer at polish indie studio Flying Wild Hog, and published by Devolver Digital.
DLC Quest
Released: Nov 2, 2011
Critic rating: 69.9 / 100 • 57 votes
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
What happens when DLC practices go too far?
The Simpsons Game
Released: Oct 30, 2007
Critic rating: 68.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
The Simpsons Game is based on the animated television series The Simpsons.
Circus Charlie
Released: Feb 1, 1984
Critic rating: 69.9 / 100 • 61 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
An action/platform game in which the player controls a clown named Charlie who partakes in various circus attractions.
Pac-Land
Released: Aug 1, 1984
Critic rating: 69.9 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Sharp X68000, PC-8800 Series, Atari ST/STE, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, iOS, Amiga
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Pac-Land itself is split into trips.
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
Released: Oct 8, 2002
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
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