Best Platformer Games
1,170 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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 • 59 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.
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.
Spider-Man: Edge of Time
Released: Oct 4, 2011
Critic rating: 69.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Spider-Man: Edge of Time is a follow-up to Shattered Dimensions, and similarly it has more than one Spider-Man takes a starring role.
Balloon Fight
Released: Jan 22, 1985
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Family Computer Disk System, Arcade, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System, Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Balloon Fight was developed and released by Nintendo, being the console port of the Arcade game VS.
Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
Released: Jan 7, 2003
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Crash is back and ready to take on an all-new nefarious villain.
The Hobbit
Released: Nov 11, 2003
Critic rating: 59.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Step into the hairy hobbits' feet of Bilbo Baggins in Vivendi Universal Games' take on Tolkien's prequel to the massive Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Armikrog
Released: Sep 30, 2015
Critic rating: 57.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Armikrog is a unique stop motion clay animated point and click adventure game from the creators of Earthworm Jim and the Neverhood.
Pink Panther: Pinkadelic Pursuit
Released: Nov 15, 2002
Critic rating: 66.7 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
In this side-scrolling action platformer, you control the Pink Panther in his quest to find hidden treasures.
Q*bert
Released: Oct 18, 1982
Critic rating: 64.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Q*bert was a popular arcade game that was released on a large number of consoles in the early 1980s.
Rise & Shine
Released: Jan 13, 2017
Critic rating: 60.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The game mixes pure shooting arcade with the use of different bullets to solve all the situations Rise will find on his path.
The Goonies II
Released: Mar 18, 1987
Critic rating: 66.6 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Arcade, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
The Goonies II features two modes of play: platform and first-person.
Capsized
Released: Apr 29, 2011
Critic rating: 63.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration.
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Released: Aug 26, 1991
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy
Game modes: Single player
A Sinister Planet Threatens the Galaxy!
Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
Released: Jul 26, 1991
Critic rating: 66.5 / 100 • 26 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy
Game modes: Single player
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Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
Released: Oct 18, 2011
Critic rating: 73.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
We find our heroes in the midst of a dilemma of intergalactic proportions when Dr.
Abyss Odyssey
Released: Jul 15, 2014
Critic rating: 69.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
There are only two constants in Abyss Odyssey: a great evil awaits at the bottom of the pit, and you must succeed or die.
Shadow of the Beast
Released: Oct 1, 1989
Critic rating: 62.5 / 100
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Commodore VIC-20, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari Lynx, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, FM Towns, Amiga, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Amstrad CPC, Sega Master System/Mark III
Game modes: Single player
Shadow of the Beast is a platform game developed by Reflections and published by Psygnosis in 1989.
Decap Attack
Released: Dec 15, 1990
Critic rating: 66.4 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Linux, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
To help “pull things together,” the brilliant doctor Frank N.