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
PlayStation 3PlayStation 2Xbox 360PSPWiiNintendo 3DSNintendo DSNintendo DSiiPod TouchiPhoneBREWMSXJ2MEDOSWindows MobileBlackBerry
Statuses
Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2009 (Game released)
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...
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, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PSP, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 11 April 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...
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: 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...
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Online
Game released: PlayStation 3, Wii, PC, Xbox 360, iOS, Nintendo DS, Mac → 27 November 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...
Game released: 3DO, Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, CD-i, DOS, FM Towns, Genesis, iPhone, Jaguar, Mac, SEGA CD, SNES → 17 February 1995
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...
Game released: Mac, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, PC, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS → 25 December 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...
Game released: Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Genesis, iPhone, Lynx, NES, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 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...
Game released: PSP, Android, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, PC, Amazon Fire TV, Commodore 64, Mac, Linux, iOS → 3 April 2012
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...
Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Genesis, iPhone, MSX, NES, PlayStation 3, SEGA Master System, TurboGrafx-16, TurboGrafx CD, Wii, PC, Xbox 360, Zodiac, ZX Spectrum, Mac, Linux → 1989
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...
Game released: Game Boy Advance, Genesis, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, SNES, Wii, PC, Mac, Linux → 29 November 2002
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...
Game released: Android, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, Dragon 32/64, Electron, J2ME, MSX, ZX Spectrum → 25 September 2009
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...
Game released: Android, BlackBerry, BREW, iPad, iPhone, J2ME, Mac, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC, Wii U, Linux → 9 February 2010
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...
Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, NES, SEGA Master System, TurboGrafx-16, Wii, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum, Nintendo Switch → 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...
