Best Platformer Games
1,170 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Asterix & Obelix: Kick Buttix
Released: Nov 21, 2003
Critic rating: 68.3 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Asterix & Obelix: Kick Buttix is an action platformer starring Asterix and Obelix on a mission to save their captured friends from the Roman Empire.
Alien 3
Released: Oct 1, 1992
Critic rating: 68.3 / 100 • 47 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
Alien³ was released after the Alien 3 film.
Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball
Released: Nov 23, 1993
Critic rating: 68.3 / 100 • 77 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Pinball
Platforms: Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Dr.
The First Tree
Released: Sep 14, 2017
Critic rating: 68.3 / 100 • 59 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a young couple dealing with a tragedy in their own.
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Released: Oct 29, 1999
Critic rating: 68.3 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
The PC version of Rayman 2: The Great Escape retains the same level structure from the Nintendo 64 version with higher resolution graphics and a higher frame rate.
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken
Released: Oct 18, 2011
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Annihilate an evil penguin regime in this cinematic platform adventure game offering full solo and co-op campaigns with anaglyph 3D support.
Knack II
Released: Sep 5, 2017
Critic rating: 71.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Meet Knack, a little guy with surprising moves and the ability to transform from big to small and back again in this family-friendly adventure from the developers at PlayStation.
Madagascar
Released: May 24, 2005
Critic rating: 66.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Be a part of Dreamwork's animated adventure by guiding Marty the Zebra, Alex the lion, Melman the giraffe, Gloria the hippo and those stealthy Penguins as they escape the Central Park Zoo into the streets of New York and then into the wild jungle...err San Diego zoo.
I Am Alive
Released: Mar 7, 2012
Critic rating: 69.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
I Am Alive casts the player as a lone survivor in a believable, dark and insecure post-apocalyptic world.
Bionic Commando
Released: Dec 31, 1987
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
For two years, your people have struggled against the relentless onslaught of invading forces.
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Released: Oct 10, 2000
Critic rating: 55.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Spyro: Year of the Dragon is the third installment in the Spyro series and the last Spyro game Insomniac developed.
Mega Man X6
Released: Nov 29, 2001
Critic rating: 68.0 / 100 • 78 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
Mega Man X6, known as Rockman X6 in Japan, is the sixth game in the Mega Man X series and the final title in the series to be released for the Sony PlayStation.
RoboCop
Released: Nov 1, 1988
Critic rating: 67.9 / 100 • 36 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade
Game modes: Single player
In the game, a player controls RoboCop who advances through various stages that are taken from the 1987 movie.
Super Mario Run
Released: Dec 15, 2016
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player
Super Mario goes mobile!
Taz-Mania
Released: Dec 25, 1992
Critic rating: 67.8 / 100 • 34 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Game modes: Single player
A video game adaptation of the Taz-Mania cartoon, starring the Tasmanian Devil.
Frogger
Released: Aug 1, 1981
Critic rating: 67.8 / 100 • 83 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The object of the game is to direct frogs to their homes one by one.
Moonscars
Released: Sep 27, 2022
Critic rating: 65.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world.
Disney's Hercules Action Game
Released: Jul 3, 1997
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Disney's Hercules Action Game is a platform game mainly two-dimensional, although in many missions the player can walk to other planes via pathways or stairs.
Strider
Released: Mar 1, 1989
Critic rating: 67.7 / 100 • 48 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Sharp X68000, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Amiga, Wii U, PlayStation, Amstrad CPC, Sega Master System/Mark III
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The controls of Strider consist of an eight-way joystick and two action buttons for attacking and jumping.
Grow Up
Released: Aug 16, 2016
Critic rating: 68.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
BUD is back!
Claw
Released: Sep 5, 1997
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Join forces with Captain Claw, the greatest cat pirate ever to challenge the Cocker Spaniard Armada!
Subway Surfers
Released: May 24, 2012
Critic rating: 67.5 / 100 • 142 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Web browser, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
DASH as fast as you can!
Half-Life: Source
Released: Jun 1, 2004
Critic rating: 67.4 / 100 • 106 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Half-Life: Source is a port of Valve's original acclaimed game Half-Life to their new Source engine used for Half-Life 2.
Tomb Raider: Legend
Released: Apr 7, 2006
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: OnLive Game System, PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Tomb Raider: Legend is the seventh major game in the Tomb Raider series, now for the first time developed by Crystal Dynamics, along with the original character designer of the game's protagonist, Lara Croft.
Battletoads
Released: Aug 20, 2020
Critic rating: 67.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Fighting, Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
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