Best Platformer Games
1,188 Platformer games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Pid
Released: Oct 31, 2012
Critic rating: 62.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Music, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Pid was developed by Might and Delight for PC, Mac, X-Box, and PlayStation and released in 2012.
Despicable Me: Minion Rush
Released: Jun 13, 2013
Critic rating: 61.1 / 100 • 26 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Racing, Arcade
Platforms: Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Race with the Minions in the award-winning, fan-favorite runner, Minion Rush!
Knack
Released: Nov 15, 2013
Critic rating: 60.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
From Mark Cerny, one of the greatest minds in video games today, Knack is a fun-filled adventure of colossal proportions that invites players to wield fantastic powers and discover a unique and vibrant world.
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Released: Nov 18, 2012
Critic rating: 52.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Unleash the power of the brush in an all new co-op adventure.
Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition
Released: May 13, 2015
Critic rating: 64.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town.
Sonic Adventure
Released: Dec 23, 1998
Critic rating: 55.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player
Sonic Adventure is a 3D platformer video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault
Released: Nov 27, 2012
Critic rating: 58.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Explore action-packed battlefields and wipe out waves of enemies with outrageous weapons.
Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia
Released: Feb 9, 2016
Critic rating: 55.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Chronicles: Russia will feature the Russian assassin Nikolai Orelov in 1918, during the aftermath of the October Revolution.
Mega Man II
Released: Dec 20, 1991
Critic rating: 60.7 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy
Game modes: Single player
The second handheld installment of the Mega Man series has him (along with his dog, Rush) defeating eight more revived Robot Masters (from Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 3), while finding the whereabouts of Dr.
X-Men
Released: Mar 8, 1993
Critic rating: 60.6 / 100 • 30 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Fighting, Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative, Split screen
X-Men is a side-scrolling action game based on the comic book series of the same name.
Stumble Guys
Released: Sep 24, 2020
Critic rating: 60.6 / 100 • 57 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Racing, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Battle Royale
Stumble Guys is a massively multiplayer party knockout game with up to 32 players online intention to struggle through levels round after round of escalating chaos, until one victor remains!
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Released: Nov 15, 2001
Critic rating: 55.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee is set in the fictional Oddworld universe and take place after those of Abe's Exoddus.
Spider-Man 3
Released: May 4, 2007
Critic rating: 58.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
The next-gen version of Spider-Man 3, a videogame based on the 2007 movie of the same name.
Trove
Released: Jul 9, 2015
Critic rating: 62.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Thirsting for danger and lusting for loot?
Rolling Thunder
Released: Dec 1, 1986
Critic rating: 60.5 / 100 • 25 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform
Platforms: Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Wii, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Rolling Thunder is a run and gun/action arcade game that was released by Namco in 1986 and licensed to Atari Games for US manufacture and distribution.
Monsters, Inc. Scream Team
Released: Oct 30, 2001
Critic rating: 54.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
What would you say if you found out that the scary monsters hiding in children's closet were all part of a corporate conspiracy?
Worms Rumble
Released: Dec 1, 2020
Critic rating: 63.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Battle Royale
Welcome to Worms Rumble, the first ever Worms game to feature real-time combat!
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.