Best Platformer Games
1,170 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
Released: May 14, 2002
Critic rating: 45.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Duke Nukem takes his Mighty Boot to the Big Apple.
Ratatouille
Released: Jun 26, 2007
Critic rating: 59.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Players relive the film's most thrilling moments as they assume the role of Remy, a young rat who dreams of becoming a great French chef, despite the obvious problem of being a rat.
X-Men 2: Clone Wars
Released: May 15, 1995
Critic rating: 60.2 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Released in 1995, X-Men 2: Clone Wars is a platform game created by Headgames and published by Sega of America for the Mega Drive/Genesis.
Trials of the Blood Dragon
Released: Jun 13, 2016
Critic rating: 52.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Racing, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Trials with a storyline gives you 30 missions across 7 different worlds in a full narrative-driven adventure, a cast of colourful characters and a self-contained story set 12 years on from the events of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Released: Nov 10, 2004
Critic rating: 58.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Be the Baudelaires—Switch between the 3 Baudelaire orphans to utilize each of their special abilities Invent to Prevail—Gather objects throughout your adventure to build ingenious inventions to for solving tricky puzzles or for creating unique weapons to fend off Olaf’s creepy cohorts. Truly based on a story— Engage in over 20 different missions based on the adventures from the movie and the 1st three books Dupe the dopes—Defeat Count Olaf and his troupe of villains who assume many disguises in their never-ending pursuit of the Baudelaire orphans and their family fortune.
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
Released: Sep 1, 1990
Critic rating: 60.1 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Wii, Sega Master System/Mark III
Game modes: Single player
After ten thousand years, the once banished Dark Ninja returns to make another attempt to take over the Miracle World.
Chuck Rock
Released: Dec 31, 1991
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100 • 23 votes
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, Amiga CD32, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, Sega CD
Game modes: Single player
Caveman Chuck Rock must save his wife from dinosaurs by beating down enemies with his stomach and by hurling rocks in this side-scrolling action game.
Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles
Released: Feb 5, 2008
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Windows Phone, Android, iOS, Nintendo DS, Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player
As the direct prequel of the critically acclaimed console title Assassin’s Creed, discover more of the story of Altaïr as he must find “the chalice,” an object of such power that whoever is in possession of it can end the Crusades.
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World
Released: Dec 1, 1991
Critic rating: 59.9 / 100 • 23 votes
Genres: Platform, Simulator, Sport, Strategy
Platforms: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, Sega Game Gear, Amiga, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System/Mark III
Game modes: Single player
The Simpsons: Bart vs.
Tron: Evolution
Released: Nov 26, 2010
Critic rating: 59.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Tron: Evolution is an immersive 3rd person action-adventure game that pulls the player into the unique digital world of Tron.
Donkey Kong 3
Released: Oct 31, 1983
Critic rating: 59.6 / 100 • 37 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade
Game modes: Single player
Stanley is a bugman.
NaissanceE
Released: Feb 13, 2014
Critic rating: 59.5 / 100 • 27 votes
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
NaissanceE is a first person exploration PC game developed on UDK by Limasse Five with the participation of Pauline Oliveros, Patricia Dallio and Thierry Zaboitzeff.
Sonic 3D Blast
Released: Nov 14, 1996
Critic rating: 59.5 / 100 • 98 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Sonic 3D Blast is a 1996 platform video game developed by Traveller's Tales and Sonic Team, and published by Sega for the Genesis, Saturn, and Windows.
Dangerous Dave
Released: Oct 1, 1988
Critic rating: 59.2 / 100 • 25 votes
Genres: Platform
Platforms: DOS, Apple II
Game modes: Single player
The object of the game was to collect gold cups to move on to the next level.
The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space Mutants
Released: Dec 31, 1991
Critic rating: 59.2 / 100 • 34 votes
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, Sega Game Gear, DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System/Mark III
Game modes: Single player
Bart vs.
Flashback: The Quest for Identity
Released: Dec 1, 1992
Critic rating: 35.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, Philips CD-i, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Mac, DOS, Amiga, Atari Jaguar, Sega CD, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
Throughout the 20th century, an unprecedented political and economic crisis afflicted Earth, leading to the systematic disabling of it's programme to conquer outer space through lack of funding.
Crash: Mind Over Mutant
Released: Oct 7, 2008
Critic rating: 59.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Wii, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Crash: Mind Over Mutant is the sequel to Crash of the Titans and the seventh Crash Bandicoot series game.
Shrek the Third
Released: May 15, 2007
Critic rating: 57.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
An action video game based from the third installment of the Shrek movie series.
Submerged
Released: Aug 3, 2015
Critic rating: 57.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Submerged is a third-person combat-free game in which you explore a mysterious flooded city and discover the beauty of desolation in vast outdoor environments.
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
Released: Jun 9, 2009
Critic rating: 50.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative, Split screen
The plot centers around Indy's search for the Staff of Moses.
Wrecking Crew
Released: May 26, 1985
Critic rating: 58.2 / 100 • 29 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Family Computer Disk System, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Wrecking Crew is a platform action game for one or two players.
Sonic and the Black Knight
Released: Mar 10, 2009
Critic rating: 57.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Wii
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A wizard named Merlina, granddaughter of the original Merlin, summons Sonic to help free the mystical realm of King Arthur, who has been possessed by an unknown evil that comes from Excalibur's scabbard, and is now ruling the realm as the tyrannical Black Knight.
MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head
Released: Dec 31, 1994
Critic rating: 57.6 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Based on the successful cartoon 'Beavis and Butt-head', the game is very faithful to the series.
Sonic Unleashed
Released: Nov 18, 2008
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Sonic the Hedgehog struggles to undo the damage done to the world and himself after Dr.
Contrast
Released: Nov 15, 2013
Critic rating: 56.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Contrast is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye.