Best Platformer Games
1,190 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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.
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.
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!
Frogger
Released: Aug 1, 1981
Critic rating: 67.8 / 100 • 85 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.
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.
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!
Taz-Mania
Released: Dec 25, 1992
Critic rating: 67.5 / 100 • 35 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.
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
The wait is over!
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I
Released: Oct 11, 2010
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: BlackBerry OS, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
The sequel fans have waited 16 years for is finally here - Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I!
Super Princess Peach
Released: Oct 20, 2005
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
Princess Power!
Little Misfortune
Released: Sep 18, 2019
Critic rating: 61.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Little Misfortune is an interactive story, focused on exploration and characters, both sweet and dark, where your choices have consequences.
Pepsiman
Released: Mar 4, 1999
Critic rating: 67.3 / 100 • 60 votes
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
Pepsiman is an action video game developed and published by KID for the PlayStation.
Hey! Pikmin
Released: Jul 13, 2017
Critic rating: 66.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
Captain Olimar has crashed on an unknown planet inhabited by Pikmin and his first 2D platformer will give you a new perspective on his adorably fierce partners.
Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly
Released: Nov 5, 2002
Critic rating: 67.2 / 100 • 51 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly is the fourth game in the Spyro the Dragon series and the first Spyro game to be on the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Gamecube.
Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers
Released: Nov 9, 2000
Critic rating: 62.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Fighting, Platform
Platforms: Nintendo 64, PC (Microsoft Windows), Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player
The TV reporter Daisy Duck has just discovered the secret temple of the evil magician Merlock.
Strider
Released: Mar 1, 1989
Critic rating: 67.2 / 100 • 52 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.
Astérix & Obélix
Released: Dec 31, 1995
Critic rating: 67.1 / 100 • 26 votes
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Astérix & Obelix is a platform game where one player can choose to control either Asterix or Obelix or two players can play simultaneously.
Mappy
Released: Mar 1, 1983
Critic rating: 67.1 / 100 • 41 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.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature From the Krusty Krab
Released: Oct 16, 2006
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Racing, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Bikini Bottom will never be the same!
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Released: Jul 19, 1991
Critic rating: 67.0 / 100 • 36 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
In this version of Disney's The Little Mermaid you play as Ariel the mermaid.