Games Game Genres Platformer

Platformer

One of the oldest genres of video games — the platformer — is characterized by a unique gameplay experience. The player controls a character that moves through levels, jumps on "platforms," climbs ladders, collects items, and battles enemies. The intelligence of opponents is usually either weak or completely absent. Some platformers focus on speed and reaction, others resemble puzzles more, while others require the player to execute the correct combination of movements to overcome obstacles. The genre diversity of platformers is very wide.

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2003 (Game released)

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Tomb Raider (1996)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: DOS, N-Gage, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, Windows Mobile, PC, Xbox 360 → 8 September 2000

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This third-person action-adventure follows Lara Croft as she searches for the pieces of an ancient artifact called the Scion. Her quest takes her through Incan...

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox, Game Boy Advance → 26 February 2004

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Among the scorched sands of Persia, an ancient legend...

Tomb Raider 4: The Last Revelation

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: Dreamcast, Mac, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 19 July 2000

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 84/100

This action-adventure with platforming elements follows Lara Croft as she accidentally frees the god Set from a secret tomb in Egypt. To stop him and prevent the...

Tomb Raider: Chronicles

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: Dreamcast, Mac, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 28 November 2000

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 60/100

An action-adventure with platforming and puzzle elements follows four previously untold adventures of Lara Croft in search of ancient artifacts. The settings...

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: PC, PlayStation 2, Mac → 16 February 2007

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 60/100

An action-adventure with platforming and puzzle elements follows Lara Croft after she is accused of murdering her former mentor, Werner Von Croy, and forced to...

Metal Slug 3

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Arcade, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: iOS, Neo Geo, PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 12 July 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A 2D arcade run-and-gun shooter in which a soldier fights through stages filled with enemies and giant bosses. Metal Slug 3 features five large stages with...

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 20 February 2004

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence — The game's plot begins in 1094 and shows the beginning of the eternal conflict between vampire hunters from the Belmont...

Jet Set Radio

Arcade, Third-person view, Stunts, Action, Platformer

Game released: Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, PS Vita, iOS, Android → 4 November 2000

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Jet Set Radio is an arcade game with a third-person view and stunt elements. You have to fight for Tokyo, mark your territory with graffiti, draw on walls, posters...

Lost Vikings

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Amiga CD32, Amiga, DOS, Game Boy Advance, Genesis, SNES → 1994

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

This action-platformer with puzzles follows three Vikings—Erik, Baleog and Olaf—after they are abducted by aliens. The player helps the heroes fight their way...

Metal Slug X

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Neo Geo, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, iOS → 2 October 2014

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This 2D run-and-gun shooter with pixel-art graphics follows a fight to stop General Morden’s new coup. In Metal Slug X, players battle through six missions...

Metroid Fusion

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Metroidvania

Game released: Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 3DS → 14 February 2003

Metacritic: 92/100

This futuristic action platformer with metroidvania elements follows Samus Aran, an interstellar bounty hunter infected by an X parasite while on a mission near the...

Sonic Heroes

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 12 March 2004

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Sonic Heroes is a 3D platformer. It gives you the opportunity to manage a team of three characters. The player directly controls one of them, but if necessary, he...

Ninja Five-O

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Game Boy Advance, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch → 22 April 2003

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The dynamic action-platformer, in which Detective Dzo Osuga, known under the call sign of Ninja Five-O, is taken for restoration of justice. Applying the skill of...

Donkey Kong Country

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, SNES, Wii → 12 December 2003

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 78/100

This platformer follows Donkey Kong and his sidekick Diddy Kong on an island adventure to recover their stolen banana horde from the reptilian Kremling tribe. The...

Sonic Advance

Action, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: Android, Game Boy Advance, N-Gage → 25 November 2011

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Sonic Advance is a side-scrolling action platformer with puzzle elements. In this game, you have four playable characters to choose from: Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles...

Pandemonium!

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: BREW, N-Gage, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, PC → 12 September 2007

Steam: 63/100

This 3D platformer follows Fargus the Jester and Nikki the acrobat as they search a world of magic and mystery for the Wishing Engine. The pair make their way...

Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc

Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube, Mac, N-Gage, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, Game Boy Advance → 4 March 2003

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Metroidvania

Game released: Game Boy Advance, J2ME → 9 May 2003

Metacritic: 91/100

An action platformer with role-playing elements, set in 2035. Soma Cruz blacks out just before the first solar eclipse of the 21st century and awakens in a...

I-Ninja

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 4 December 2003

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

I-Ninja — The game begins with a ninja in training (whose name is simply Ninja) sneaking into the enemy camp to save his sensei (who is simply called Sensei...

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 31 October 2003

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

This 3D platformer follows a fight for the fate of Bikini Bottom after Plankton sets out to take over the world. Players control SpongeBob, Patrick, or Sandy...

MDK 2

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Platformer, Comics

Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Wii, PC → 21 June 2000

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A futuristic third-person action shooter and platformer, MDK 2 is a sequel to MDK about saving the world from aliens. It develops the theme of confronting an...

Spirits and Spells

Action, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Game Boy Advance, GameCube → 24 April 2003

Metacritic: 50/100

This action platformer with horror elements follows an attempt to rescue friends from a mad scientist. Players control Alicia, disguised as a witch, or Greg...

Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy

Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Platformer, Role-playing game

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4 → 20 February 2004

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This third-person action-adventure draws on the mythology of ancient Egypt. Sphinx travels between worlds through magical portals to thwart Set’s plans and recover...

Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut

Action, Third-person view, Platformer, Adventure

Game released: GameCube, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 27 June 2003

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 52/100

This 3D platform adventure follows the awakening of an ancient evil sealed within the Master Emerald. Dr. Eggman plans to use the seven Chaos Emeralds to turn it...

Nuts & Milk

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Sandbox

Game released: DoJa, MSX, NES, Wii → June 2003

Nuts & Milk is an arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer and sandbox from the masters of the studio Hudson Soft Company, Ltd.. The main publisher of...

Super Mario Bros. 3

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Mario Game

Game released: Game Boy Advance, NES, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS → 21 October 2003

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 94/100

Super Mario Bros. 3 — Mario and Luigi save the seven kingdoms of the seven worlds that border the Mushroom Kingdom. One of the Koopalings stole a magic wand...

Tomb Raider: The Osiris Codex

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: ExEn, J2ME → 1 November 2004

Tomb Raider: The Osiris Codex is a third-person arcade game with a touch of action and platforming from developers from the IOMO studio. The game is published by...

Scooby-Doo!: Night of 100 Frights

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox → 22 November 2002

Metacritic: 68/100

This action platformer with puzzle elements follows Scooby-Doo as he searches for his kidnapped friends from Mystery Inc. and tries to foil the Mastermind’s plan...

Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance → 5 December 2003

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu — Like Batman, Batgirl, Robin and Nightwing, the player must fight groups of enemies. The story mode, which forms the bulk of the...

Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 6 March 2003

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 86/100

This third-person platform action game follows Sly Cooper, a raccoon thief seeking to reclaim his family’s guide to thievery, the Thievius Raccoonus. When Sly was...

Sonic Mega Collection

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Isometric, Collection, Puzzle

Game released: GameCube → 14 March 2003

Metacritic: 75/100

Sonic Mega Collection — a collection of all Sonic games for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, released on the Nintendo GameCube. Games run on an emulator developed...

Mega Man & Bass

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

Game released: Game Boy Advance, SNES, WonderSwan → 10 March 2003

Metacritic: 79/100

This futuristic action platformer follows Mega Man and Bass as they confront Robot King, who has stolen the plans for Dr. Wily’s creations. The data could give King...

Charmed

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: ExEn, J2ME → 1 April 2003

Charmed is an arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer and puzzle from developers from DC Studios, Inc.. The game is published by In-Fusio. There has still...

Ace Lightning

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, PC → 25 October 2002

Ace Lightning is an arcade with a mixture of action, beat 'em up and platformer from the masters of BBC Multimedia, Gamezlab and Tiertex Design Studios. The game is...

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360 → 1 November 2002

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 66/100

A 3D platformer about Crash and Coco facing Dr. Cortex, who creates Crunch, a super-bandicoot capable of demolishing everything in his path. Cortex harnesses the...

Blackthorne

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: DOS, Game Boy Advance, Mac, PC-98, SEGA 32X, SNES → 19 December 1994

Metacritic: 67/100

This fantasy action platformer with shooter elements follows warrior Kyle Blackthorne as he fights the evil Sarlac. Armed with a shotgun, he battles through hordes...

Disney's 101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure

Action, Platformer, Isometric

Game released: PlayStation → November 2003

Disney's 101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure is an isometric action game with a dash of platforming from the developers of Digital Eclipse...

Pac-Man World 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 21 March 2003

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

This third-person platforming action game follows Pac-Man on a new adventure against the Ghost Gang. His journey spans six lands, where he solves puzzles and takes...

Digimon: Battle Spirit

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

Game released: Game Boy Advance, WonderSwan Color → 13 January 2003

Metacritic: 60/100

Digimon: Battle Spirit is an arcade fighting game in which Digimon battle across seven stages against the clock. Players choose a Digimon and can play solo or in...

Primal

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 → 18 March 2004

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

This fantasy action-platformer follows an ordinary girl who discovers her extraordinary origins and becomes involved in a struggle between order and chaos. Guided...

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