Best Platformer Games
1,170 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Gex
Released: Apr 7, 1995
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Enter your television to defeat the evil Rez by collecting remotes to open worlds inside your tv.
Disney's Toy Story
Released: Dec 1, 1995
Critic rating: 63.8 / 100 • 65 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, PC (Microsoft Windows), Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
This game is based on the movie "Toy Story".
Sonic Rivals
Released: Nov 24, 2006
Critic rating: 67.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Racing
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The game begins with Doctor Eggman turning Tails, Amy Rose, Rouge, and the Master Emerald into cards with his new device.
Astérix
Released: Dec 31, 1993
Critic rating: 63.5 / 100 • 30 votes
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Astérix was developed by Bit Managers and Infogrames for a number of different consoles.
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
Released: Oct 10, 2006
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning explores the true origins of Spyro as you embark on a dangerous, combat-driven quest that will bring you face to face with the Dark Master's ultimate creation, Cynder.
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power
Released: Aug 20, 2015
Critic rating: 62.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a fairytale journey which takes you on a quest with three heroes: Amadeus the Wizard, Pontius the Knight, and Zoya the Thief.
Disney Universe
Released: Oct 25, 2011
Critic rating: 64.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
For the first time, suit up in an off-the-wall multiplayer adventure where iconic Disney characters and legendary Disney worlds collide.
RoboCop 3
Released: Sep 1, 1992
Critic rating: 63.3 / 100 • 22 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: Arcade, Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
RoboCop 3 is a side-scrolling platform shooter.
Planet Alpha
Released: Sep 4, 2018
Critic rating: 57.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Planet Alpha is an adventure set in a living alien world where you have the ability to manipulate the daytime.
WALL-E
Released: Jun 24, 2008
Critic rating: 61.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Based on the 2008 computer-animated film from Pixar Animation Studios, the video game version of WALL-E involves playing as the lonely robot as he navigates a trash-tainted world and begins an unlikely trek across the cosmos.
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Released: Nov 20, 1990
Critic rating: 55.0 / 100
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Saturn
Game modes: Single player
Minnie Mouse has been kidnapped by the evil witch Mizrabel, and it's up to Mickey Mouse to venture through the mysterious worlds of the Castle of Illusion to rescue her in this 2D platformer (and collaboration between Disney and Sega).
Mega Man X5
Released: Nov 30, 2000
Critic rating: 50.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
Mega Man returns for more wild action in MEGA MAN X5.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX
Released: Jun 22, 2021
Critic rating: 62.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The legendary Alex Kidd returns with Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX!
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
Released: Nov 13, 2007
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Music, Platform, Puzzle
Platforms: Wii
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
They've invaded the world of Rayman, and now the insane Rabbids have a new objective: invade planet Earth!
Sonic Adventure
Released: Sep 15, 2010
Critic rating: 55.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Sonic Adventure is an HD port of Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut.
Little Nightmares: The Depths
Released: Jul 6, 2017
Critic rating: 55.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The Depths is the first area the Runaway Kid passes through in Little Nightmares's DLC, Secrets of the Maw.
Popeye
Released: Dec 31, 1982
Critic rating: 62.4 / 100 • 46 votes
Genres: Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Popeye is a 1982 arcade game developed and released by Nintendo based on the Popeye cartoon characters licensed from King Features Syndicate.
Sonic Unleashed
Released: Nov 20, 2008
Critic rating: 65.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Legacy Mobile Device, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Gameplay in Sonic Unleashed focuses on two modes of platforming play: fast-paced levels that take place during daytime, showcasing Sonic's trademark speed as seen in previous games in the series, and slower, night-time levels, during which Sonic's Werehog form emerges, and gameplay switches to an action-based, brawler style of play, in which Sonic battles Gaia enemies
Toree 3D
Released: Apr 9, 2021
Critic rating: 62.4 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A bite-sized 3D Platformer with a few weird elements.
Ghosts 'n Goblins
Released: Nov 1, 1986
Critic rating: 62.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Ghosts 'n Goblins is a platform game where the player controls a knight, named Sir Arthur, who must defeat zombies, ogres, demons, cyclops, dragons and other monsters in order to rescue Princess Prin Prin, who has been kidnapped by Satan, king of Demon World.
Batman: Return of the Joker
Released: Dec 20, 1991
Critic rating: 62.4 / 100 • 29 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Batman: Return of the Joker was developed and published by Sunsoft as the second in their Batman series on the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Gorilla Tag
Released: Dec 15, 2022
Critic rating: 62.0 / 100 • 36 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Oculus VR, Meta Quest 2, PlayStation VR2, SteamVR, Meta Quest 3, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest
Game modes: Multiplayer
Reject humanity.
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
Released: Nov 19, 2002
Critic rating: 55.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (released in Japan as Star Wars: Jango Fett) is a Star Wars video game developed and published by LucasArts for the GameCube and Sony PlayStation 2, released in 2002.
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Released: Aug 28, 1987
Critic rating: 61.9 / 100 • 147 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Family Computer Disk System, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Castlevania was a cakewalk compared to this bloody curse.
Shrek 2
Released: May 3, 2004
Critic rating: 63.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
Game based on the second movie, developed by the makers of Vigilante 8.