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 2009

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Tomb Raider (1996)

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

November 14, 1996

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

October 28, 2003

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...

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

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

December 1, 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...

Tomb Raider: Legend

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

April 7, 2006

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This third-person action-adventure follows Lara Croft as she travels the world in search of one of history’s greatest artifacts. The quest brings figures from her...

Tomb Raider: Underworld

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

November 18, 2008

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...

Mirror's Edge (2008)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Parkour, First-person view, Exploration

November 11, 2008

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This first-person action-adventure is set in a city where information is closely monitored and couriers known as Runners secretly carry sensitive data. Runner Faith...

Braid

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie

August 6, 2008

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Braid is a 2D puzzle-platformer with painterly visuals. Setting out from a house in the city, the protagonist travels through a series of worlds to rescue an...

Lucidity

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

October 7, 2009

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Lucidity is a puzzle platformer set in the surreal dream world of a young girl named Sofi. As she explores unfamiliar worlds and learns to overcome her fears with...

Trine

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

July 2, 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This fantasy action-platformer with physics-based puzzles follows a wizard, a knight and a thief whose fates become bound by a mysterious artifact called the Trine...

Super Mario Bros. X

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox, Mario Game

July 9, 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Super Mario Bros. X is a third-person action game with a mixture of platforming and sandbox from the developers of the Mario Games studio. The main publisher of the...

Rayman

Platformer, Side view, Action, Arcade

September 1, 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...

Wonder Boy 3: The Dragon's Trap

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

March 27, 1992

Wonder Boy 3: The Dragon's Trap is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a fantasy setting. The game tells the story of a valiant knight who was...

Disney Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

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

May 22, 2007

Players: 6/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Disney Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) is a third-person action game with a mixture of fighting, platforming and fantasy games from the masters from...

Tomb Raider 4: The Last Revelation

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

November 15, 1999

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...

LittleBigPlanet

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

October 27, 2008

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 91/100

LittleBigPlanet — Players can control a fully customizable Sackperson (often known as Sackboy). This Sackperson is controlled using the left analog stick...

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (2007)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Online

November 6, 2007

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This action-adventure platformer brings together the events of all six Star Wars films in a world built from LEGO bricks. Its campaign spans 36 story levels, from...

Flashback: The Quest for Identity

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Puzzle, Cyberpunk

December 22, 1993

Players: 7/10

Flashback: The Quest for Identity is an action game with a mixture of shooter, platformer and puzzle from the masters from the Delphine Software International...

LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

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

June 3, 2008

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 78/100

LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures is an arcade action adventure game with a third-person view, based on the Indiana Jones movies. The game is based on the...

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

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

May 27, 1994

Players: 7.6/10

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 — The player will have to go through 6 game levels called zones (“Angel Island”, “Hydrocity”, “Marble Garden”, “Carnival Night”, “Ice...

Tomb Raider 2

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

November 21, 1997

Players: 7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This third-person action platformer follows Lara Croft on a journey around the world to find the Dagger of Xian, an artefact said to grant its possessor the power...

Toki

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

July 19, 1991

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This action platformer follows Toki, a warrior transformed into a chimpanzee by the sorcerer Vookimedlo and the demon Bashtar, who also kidnap his beloved Miho. To...

Canabalt

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action, Runner

October 1, 2009

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Canabalt is a fantasy arcade platformer. You have to escape from the destruction of your city with just one button. The game that popularized the endless runner...

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Adventure

September 18, 1997

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is a side-scrolling action platformer with puzzle elements. Chosen by the fickle finger of fate, Master First Class was catapulted into a...

Mappy

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

November 14, 1984

Players: 10/10

Mappy is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action and platforming from the developers at Namco Limited. The game is published by Namco Limited. In some...

Altered Beast (1989)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Arcade

November 27, 1988

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 93/100

This arcade action platformer is set in a mythological world and follows a quest to rescue Athena, the daughter of Zeus, who has been captured by Neff, God of the...

Earthworm Jim 2

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

April 30, 1996

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 45/100

This side-scrolling platformer follows the intergalactic chase of Earthworm Jim, whose route leads from Evil the Cat’s Circus of the Scars to the planet of Meat...

Sonic & Knuckles

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

October 28, 1994

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Sonic & Knuckles — controlling the game character, the player goes through various levels, the structure of which is labyrinth-like and includes many steep...

Doodle Jump

Action, Platformer, Arcade, Side view

March 16, 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Doodle Jump is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. you have to travel across a sheet of graph paper, constantly jumping from one platform to another...

Sonic Unleashed (2009)

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

июнь 2009

Players: 10/10

Chuckie Egg

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

January 1, 1989

Chuckie Egg is a third-person arcade game with a touch of action and platforming from the developers from the studio A&F Software Ltd.. The game is published by...

Pandemonium!

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

November 5, 1996

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...

Worms: Reloaded Game of the Year Edition

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view, Turn-based

July 1, 2009

Worms: Reloaded Game of the Year Edition is a third-person arcade turn-based strategy game with platformer elements. Experience the visuals of a new high-definition...

Earthworm Jim: Special Edition

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Comedy

March 15, 1995

Steam: 50/100

Earthworm Jim: Special Edition is a third-person action game with a mixture of shooter and platformer from the developers from the studio Shiny Entertainment, Inc...

Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

March 10, 1988

Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars is a third-person action game with platform elements from the developers from the studio SEGA Enterprises Ltd.. The game is published by...

Tomb Raider 3: Adventures of Lara Croft

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

November 21, 1998

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This action-adventure platformer with puzzle elements follows Lara Croft’s search for an ancient meteorite rumored to have life-giving powers. The journey spans...

Jet Ball

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Arkanoid

December 23, 2009

Jet Ball is an arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer and arcanoid from the masters from the codefreeze studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Edge (2010)

Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

January 4, 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A retro-styled platformer with puzzle elements in which the player controls a cube and rolls through levels. Along the way, the cube collects prisms and searches...

Shinobi (1989)

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

December 8, 1989

Metacritic: 78/100

This arcade action-platformer follows the ninja Joe Musashi as he confronts the criminal organization Zeed, which has kidnapped the children of the Oboro clan. He...

Mega Man 9

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

September 22, 2008

Metacritic: 81/100

A platform action game about the Blue Bomber embarking on a new adventure in the ninth entry in the classic Mega Man series. Its 8-bit presentation carries through...

Scooby-Doo! First Frights

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

September 22, 2009

Players: 10/10

Scooby-Doo! First Frights is a third-person action game with platforming and puzzle elements from Torus Games Pty. Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is Warner...

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