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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Statuses
Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2008 (Game released)
Game released: GameCube, PSP, iOS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox → 3 December 2004
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
81/100
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...
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...
Game released: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC, Xbox 360, Mac, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS → 3 March 2009
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
74/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Tomb Raider: Underworld is a third-person adventure action game in which Lara Croft explores ancient and uncharted locations concealing mysteries of the underworld...
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...
Game released: GameCube, Mac, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360 → 1 December 2005
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
79/100
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...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 2, PSP, Xbox 360, Wii, Mac, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 1 June 2006
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Tomb Raider: Anniversary is an anniversary edition of the adventure saga about the legendary tomb raider Lara Croft. The game is based on the very first part of the...
Game released: Android, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Wii, PC, PlayStation 3, Linux, Nintendo Switch → 21 April 2011
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Toki Tori is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer where the goal of each level is to collect all the scattered eggs. And to achieve this goal, the player will...
Game released: Atari 2600, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, Game Boy Advance, Intellivision, MSX, NES, PC Booter, TI-99/4A, TRS-80 CoCo, VIC-20, Wii, ZX Spectrum → 1982
Players:
7/10
Steam:
49/100
Metacritic:
67/100
An arcade platformer in which Mario sets out to rescue a girl kidnapped by Donkey Kong. To reach her, he navigates obstacles and dodges barrels, fireballs, and...
Game released: DOS, Game Boy Advance, Jaguar, Nintendo DSi, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, PC, Game Boy Color, iOS, Android → 1995
Players:
5.5/10
Metacritic:
84/100
Rayman is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. In this game you have to find and save all the Electuns — unusual little creatures. After this, you can...
Game released: Mac, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, PC, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS → 9 April 2009
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
76/100
This action-adventure platformer set in the world of LEGO and Batman follows the escape of Arkham Asylum’s villains and the effort to save Gotham City. In LEGO...
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...
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...
Game released: Atari 2600, Amstrad CPC, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Game Boy Advance, NES, PC-88, Wii, ZX Spectrum → 1983
Players:
8/10
Mario Bros. is a third-person action game with a mixture of platforming and puzzles from the developers of Nintendo Co., Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is...
Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM Towns, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, J2ME, MSX, NES, SEGA Master System, Sharp X68000, Wii, ZX Spectrum → 1988
Players:
7.5/10
Bubble Bobble is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action and platforming from Taito Corporation. The game is published by Firebird Software Ltd.. Bubble...
Game released: GameCube, Mac, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS → 3 August 2007
Players:
9.1/10
Metacritic:
64/100
Ratatouille — just like in the film, the game starts on a farm. Remy leaves with his brother Emil to get some apple cores for his father. Along the way, he is...