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.

Years

Platforms

More platforms Fewer platforms

PlayStation 3 PlayStation 2 Xbox 360 Xbox PSP Nintendo DS Game Boy Advance ZX Spectrum BREW DoJa GameCube ExEn Atari 8-bit J2ME Symbian Windows Mobile Atari 2600

Statuses

All statuses Game released

Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2005 (Game released)

← Back 1 2 3 4 5 Next →

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

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

Game released: GameCube, PSP, iOS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox → 3 December 2004

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view. The story of the game takes place several years after the...

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

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

Game released: GameCube, Mac, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360 → 1 December 2005

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view, which is the third part of The Sands of Time series...

Shadow of the Colossus

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 → 17 February 2006

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Shadow of the Colossus — action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You take on the role of a hero named Wander, who must go through...

Psychonauts

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: Linux, Mac, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 → 12 June 2012

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Psychonauts is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot follows a young special agent named Raz, who learns to use his...

Cave Story

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

Game released: Amiga, Linux, Mac, Nintendo DSi, Wii, PC, Nintendo 3DS → 8 July 2008

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Exit

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PSP, Xbox 360 → 31 March 2006

Exit is a third-person action game with platforming and puzzle elements from the Taito Corporation studio. The main publisher of the game is Taito Corporation...

Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, iOS → 10 March 2009

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Rayman 2: The Great Escape

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Dreamcast, iOS, Nintendo 64, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC, Game Boy Color → 23 March 2000

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Rayman 2: The Great Escape is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view. The game takes place on a world called the Glade of Dreams and revolves...

Castlevania (1990)

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Amiga, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy Advance, J2ME, NES, Wii → 1990

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Castlevania (1990) - the game consists of six levels that are completed in the only possible way, without plot branches and alternative levels. The game character...

Kao the Kangaroo Round 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 21 March 2006

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Kao the Kangaroo Round 2 is a 3D adventure platformer made in the spirit of the cult Crash Bandicoot series. The main character of Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 is a...

Gary Grigsby's World At War

Strategy, Platformer, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 11 November 2005

Metacritic: 77/100

Gary Grigsby's World At War is a strategy game with a dash of platforming from 2 by 3 Games. The main publisher of the game is Matrix Games, Ltd.. Gary Grigsby's...

Crazy Chicken: The Good, The Egg & The Ugly

Action, Platformer

Game released: PC → 1 October 2005

Crazy Chicken: The Good, The Egg & The Ugly is an action game with a dash of platforming from developers from the studios phenomedia publishing gmbh and Sproing...

Mortal Kombat: Deception

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle, Chess game

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PSP → 28 February 2005

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Zathura

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 2, Xbox → 2 November 2005

Metacritic: 46/100

Zathura is a third-person action, platformer and fantasy game from the developers of High Voltage Software, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is 2K Games, Inc...

Flashback (1992)

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: Jaguar, 3DO, Genesis, Amiga, DOS, Mac, PlayStation, PC, SNES, CD-i, Android, Dreamcast, FM-7, Palm OS, iOS, PSP, PlayStation 2 → 1995

Flashback is an arcade action game with platformer elements in a futuristic style. 2142 After escaping from a spaceship and suffering complete amnesia, young...

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...

Pac-Man World 3

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PSP, PC, Xbox → 17 November 2005

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

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

Game released: PlayStation 2, PSP → 29 April 2005

Players: 7.3/10

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is a continuation of the third-person shooter in the universe of the cybernetic anime Ghost in the Shell. In the role of the...

Flynn's Adventures

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: BREW, DoJa, ExEn, J2ME → 1 April 2005

Flynn's Adventures is an action game with platformer and fantasy elements from developers from the In-Fusio studio. The game is published by In-Fusio. There has...

Viewtiful Joe 2

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Comics

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2 → 1 April 2005

Metacritic: 86/100

Viewtiful Joe 2 is an action game with fighting and platformer elements from developers from Clover Studio Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Capcom Entertainment...

Stormlord

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Genesis, Symbian, ZX Spectrum → 1989

Stormlord is a third-person action game with platforming elements from the developers of the RazorSoft, Inc. studio. The game is published by Hewson Consultants...

Robots (2005)

Action, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS → 11 March 2005

Robots (2005) is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the developers at Griptonite Games. The game is published by Vivendi Universal Games...

I-Ninja

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

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

Players: 9/10

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...

Super Princess Peach

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo DS → 26 June 2006

Metacritic: 75/100

Super Princess Peach is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming and puzzle gameplay from Tose Co., Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is Nintendo...

Mega Man Anniversary Collection

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

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox → 22 June 2004

Metacritic: 81/100

Mega Man Anniversary Collection is an action, fighting, platformer, anime/manga and emulator arcade game from Capcom Co., Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is...

Madagascar (2005)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC → 23 May 2005

Players: 10/10

Worms 4: Mayhem

Arcade, Strategy, Platformer, Turn-based

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → январь 2007

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Worms 4: Mayhem — the game has two types of destructible environments — all objects on the surface of the landscape are divided into eight-polygonal...

Sonic the Hedgehog 2009

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

Game released: BlackBerry, Game Boy Advance, Genesis, iPhone, iPod Classic, J2ME, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 → 20 November 2009

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Sonic the Hedgehog 2009 is a third-person action game with a mixture of platforming and anime or manga games from the studios Sonic Team and Sega. The game is...

Superstar Chefs

Arcade, Action, Platformer

Game released: Browser, Mac, PC → 1 November 2006

Superstar Chefs is an arcade game with a dash of action and platforming from the developers at Arcade Lab. The game is published by Arcade...

Metroid

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

Game released: Game Boy Advance, NES, Nintendo 3DS, Wii → 7 January 2005

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Metroid is the heroine, Samus Aran is a galactic bounty hunter. She wears an exceptionally powerful and adaptable exoskeleton created by the ancient Chozo race...

Drill Dozer

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Game Boy Advance → 6 February 2006

Metacritic: 81/100

Drill Dozer is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from Game Freak. The game is published by Nintendo Co., Ltd.. In some circles, Drill Dozer is...

Kameo: Elements of Power

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 11 August 2009

Metacritic: 79/100

Ape Escape 3

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 18 May 2006

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Ape Escape 3 is a third-person action game with platforming and puzzle elements from the masters of Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated. The game is published...

Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube, Mac, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 9 February 2006

Players: 6.6/10

Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the masters at Heavy Iron Studios. The game is published by THQ...

Laser Dolphin

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Warships / Submarines, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Mac, PC → 24 May 2005

Players: 10/10

Laser Dolphin is a third-person arcade game with elements of action, shooter, warship simulator and platformer from the masters from the Dingo Games studio. The...

Mega Man X8

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC → 10 March 2005

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Mega Man X8 is an action shooter, platformer and anime/manga game from Capcom Production Studio 1. The main publisher of the game is Capcom Entertainment, Inc.. In...

Atomic Betty

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: Game Boy Advance → 23 June 2006

Metacritic: 62/100

Atomic Betty is a third-person action game with a mixture of platforming and puzzles from developers from Big Blue Bubble Inc. studios. and Breakthrough New Media...

Metal Slug 4

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Tanks

Game released: Neo Geo, PlayStation 2, Xbox → 12 June 2002

Metal Slug 4 is an arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter, platformer, anime or manga game and tank simulator from the developers of MEGA Enterprise Co...

James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga CD32, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, Genesis, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, SEGA Master System, SNES → 1993

James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the developers at Vectordean Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is...

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

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

Game released: J2ME, Nintendo DS → 2009

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is a third-person role-playing game with action, shooter, platformer and puzzle elements from the developers of Konami TYO studio. The...

← Back 1 2 3 4 5 Next →