Best Platformer Games
1,190 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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?
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.
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.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Released: May 12, 1989
Critic rating: 69.8 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
An action platformer developed by Konami for the NES and Famicom in 1989.
Infinity Nikki
Released: Dec 5, 2024
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Infinity Nikki, the fifth installment in the Nikki series by Infold Games.
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Released: Dec 31, 1989
Critic rating: 69.7 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
The Crazy Castle series is an action-puzzle game series created by Kemco and released on the Famicom Disk System, NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance.
Mischief Makers
Released: Jun 27, 1997
Critic rating: 69.7 / 100 • 34 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Nintendo 64
Game modes: Single player
Mischief Makers is a Single-Player Video Game for the Nintendo 64 that was released in the United States on October 1st, 1997.
Anodyne
Released: Mar 22, 2013
Critic rating: 69.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In Anodyne, the character Young wakes up in a mysterious void filled with geometric white platforms, guided only by the voice of the mysterious character, Sage.
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
Released: Jul 12, 1991
Critic rating: 69.6 / 100 • 48 votes
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Game Boy
Game modes: Single player
Fifteen years after vanquishing the emperor of evil, Count Dracula, Christopher Belmont now faces a vampire swearing vengeance.
The Bridge
Released: Feb 22, 2013
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A black-and-white puzzle game inspired by the art of M.
Battletoads In Battlemaniacs
Released: Jun 6, 1993
Critic rating: 69.6 / 100 • 34 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs is a platforming beat 'em up.
A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia
Released: Jan 1, 1990
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia is a 1989 video game developed by Imagineering for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
Little Nightmares: The Hideaway
Released: Nov 9, 2017
Critic rating: 69.5 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The Hideaway is the second area the Runaway Kid passes through in Little Nightmares's DLC, Secrets of the Maw.
Deadlight: Director's Cut
Released: Jun 21, 2016
Critic rating: 68.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on.
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Released: Sep 29, 1997
Critic rating: 69.4 / 100 • 78 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Sega Saturn, PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
All is not well in Croc's world.
Gargoyle's Quest
Released: May 2, 1990
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy
Game modes: Single player
Gargoyle’s Quest is an action-adventure game in which players control Firebrand, a gargoyle who defends the Ghoul Realm from invading forces known as the Destroyers.
Bionic Commando
Released: May 19, 2009
Critic rating: 69.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The first true sequel to the classic 1988 Nintendo Entertainment System original, Bionic Commando sees the return of the bionically-enhanced Nathan "R.A.D." Spencer.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Released: Jun 7, 2016
Critic rating: 69.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Mirror's Edge Catalyst is an action-adventure game and the reboot to Mirror's Edge.