Best Platformer Games
1,190 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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.
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.
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.
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: Nov 1, 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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Half-Life: Blue Shift
Released: Jun 12, 2001
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Half-Life: Blue Shift is an expansion pack for Valve Software's science fiction first-person shooter video game Half-Life.
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
Released: Oct 18, 2011
Critic rating: 73.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, 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.
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.
Caveman Ninja
Released: Dec 31, 1991
Critic rating: 66.4 / 100 • 30 votes
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Arcade, Zeebo, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, DOS, Amiga
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Back in the distant past (way back - like when “rock and roll” was just rock and fast food was dinner you couldn’t catch), lived two cave dudes named Joe and Mac.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Released: Nov 1, 1986
Critic rating: 66.4 / 100 • 68 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, Sega Master System/Mark III
Game modes: Single player
Journey through the planet Aries to the beautiful City of Radactian, and save it from the evil Janken the Great.
Knuckles' Chaotix
Released: Apr 20, 1995
Critic rating: 66.4 / 100 • 26 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Sega 32X
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
A mysterious island rose from the sea shortly after the events of Sonic & Knuckles.
Super Contra
Released: Jan 8, 1988
Critic rating: 58.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS, Amiga
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Super Contra is a Run and Gun-style action game produced by Konami, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1988.
Star Fox 2
Released: Sep 29, 2017
Critic rating: 62.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
After the success of Star Fox, Nintendo decided to make a sequel on the same system.
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
Released: Sep 25, 2008
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
The game initially focuses on the events surrounding the kidnapping of Knuckles and the disappearance of the Chaos Emeralds after the defeat of Doctor Eggman, before moving on to follow the cast of characters across two dimensions as they encounter a new ally, Shade the Echidna, and seek to stop the invasion of their world by Ix, the leader of Shade's tribe, the Nocturnus.
Donkey Kong
Released: Jul 15, 1983
Critic rating: 66.0 / 100 • 78 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Family Computer Disk System, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Donkey Kong has kidnapped Pauline, and it is up to Mario, the fearless carpenter, to come to her rescue.
Super Mario Bros. 35
Released: Oct 1, 2020
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Battle Royale
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Crash of the Titans
Released: Oct 4, 2007
Critic rating: 63.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Crash of the Titans is the sixth Crash Bandicoot series game.