Best Platformer Games
1,170 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Released: May 12, 1989
Critic rating: 69.8 / 100 • 22 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 • 47 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).
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.
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.
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.
Papetura
Released: May 7, 2021
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, 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
Papetura is an atmospheric point & click, adventure game, handcrafted entirely out of paper.
Chasm
Released: Jul 30, 2018
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Chasm is a procedurally-generated RPG Platformer for PC (Win, Mac, & Linux), Playstation 4, and Nintendo Switch.
Adventure Island II
Released: Feb 1, 1991
Critic rating: 69.3 / 100 • 40 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Adventure Island II is a side-scrolling platform game developed by Now Production and published by Hudson Soft that was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991.
Duke Nukem II
Released: Dec 3, 1993
Critic rating: 69.3 / 100 • 36 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player
Duke Nukem is back.
X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse
Released: Nov 1, 1994
Critic rating: 69.2 / 100 • 28 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
Because of a rise of anti-mutant activity in Genosha, Professor Xavier uses Cerebro to scan the island nation and discovers Apocalypse's presence there.
Pandemonium!
Released: Nov 5, 1996
Critic rating: 68.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: N-Gage, PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player
Pandemonium features 2 playable characters: Fargus, a joker, and Nikki, who unwittingly casts a spell that destroys the town.
Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition
Released: Sep 6, 2011
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Ouya, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
This is an updated version of Another World (also known as Out of This World) for the 20th anniversary of the original game.
Back to Bed
Released: Aug 6, 2014
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Ouya, Linux, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Back to Bed is an artistic 3D puzzle game with a surreal twist.
Awesomenauts
Released: May 1, 2012
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Strategy, Indie, MOBA
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Two teams battle each other to take down the opposing sides turrets and base.
Never Alone: Foxtales
Released: Jul 28, 2015
Critic rating: 69.1 / 100 • 26 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Spring has come to the Arctic and Nuna and Fox return in Never Alone: Foxtales -- the first expansion to 2014’s award-winning indie hit Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna).