Platformer 2012 — top best games in the Platformer genre / Page 4

January 12, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

This platformer follows Roo, a mother kangaroo crossing Australia from Perth to Sydney to rescue her kidnapped joey. The journey leads through the outback, where...

Mutant Mudds

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie

January 26, 2012

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A retro-styled action platformer in which the hero, Max, fights mutants with a water cannon. Armed with the cannon and a jetpack, he makes his way through levels by...

LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias

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

October 9, 2009

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This puzzle platform adventure follows Toku and Enril, a wind spirit, as they set out to save the boy’s mother, lift an ancient curse and stop the villain Balasar...

They Bleed Pixels

Arcade, Platformer, Slasher, Action

August 29, 2012

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 74/100

An action platformer with slasher elements, inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft and classic horror. A young girl arrives at Lafcadio Academy for Troubled Young...

Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view

August 2, 2011

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Disney Phineas and Ferb: Conquest of the 2nd Dimension is a third-person arcade game with a dash of platforming from developers from Altron studios, High Impact...

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view

October 13, 2011

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure is a third-person arcade game with a dash of platforming from the studios Toys for Bob and XPEC Entertainment Inc. The game is...

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

June 1, 2007

Steam: 100/100

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron — in the previous part, ToyJam and Earl crashed on planet Earth, after which they were forced to look for a way to get...

Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd you steal our garbage?!

Arcade, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view

November 20, 2012

Metacritic: 67/100

Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd you steal our garbage?! is a third-person arcade game with platformer elements from developers from the WayForward...

Mega Man 5

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

December 4, 1992

Players: 9/10

Mega Man 5 is a futuristic action platformer in which Mega Man confronts his brother Proto Man, who appears to be leading attacks on the world and has kidnapped Dr...

Mickey Mania

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

March 31, 1995

Players: 5.5/10

Mickey Mania is a third-person action game with platform elements from the developers from the studio Travelers Tales (Uk) Ltd.. The game is published by Sony...

Ninja Exorcist: Episode 1

Arcade, Platformer, Indie

July 23, 2012

Ninja Exorcist: Episode 1 is an arcade platformer and indie game from the developers of Nebula Game Studios. The main publisher of the game is Nebula Game Studios...

BasketBelle

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sports game, Indie, Adventure

July 6, 2012

Steam: 80/100

An experimental 2D basketball platformer about a heroine who must save her sister. Set on improvised courts across Paris, the game gives the mechanics and ideas of...

Naruto SD: Powerful Shippuden

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Anime / Manga

November 29, 2012

Metacritic: 71/100

An arcade platformer based on Naruto, following a ninja’s journey to become a powerful Leaf ninja while fighting opponents. Story Mode ties battles together through...

Granny Smith

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Comedy, Action

August 30, 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A game about Granny Smith, who protects the apples in her garden from a thief. She chases the criminal on roller skates, breaking through different locations, rooms...

Gateways

Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie

September 12, 2012

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Gateways is a puzzle platformer in which a scientist explores a huge laboratory filled with many mysteries. You can use teleporters to jump from one place to...

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Platformer

October 18, 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This side-scrolling action platformer with puzzles is set in Albatropolis, a land ruled by a totalitarian penguin regime. Hardboiled Chicken sets out to assassinate...

Incredipede

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Construction, Action, Simulation

October 25, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Incredipede is a physics-based puzzle game about Quozzle, a creature who can grow arms and legs wherever needed. By changing her body, she takes the form of...

Abobo's Big Adventure

Action, Shooter, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view, Top-down view

January 11, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Abobo's Big Adventure is a third-person action game with a mixture of shooter, fighting and platformer from the Team Bobo studio. There has still been no...

Shoot Many Robots

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view

March 13, 2012

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Shoot Many Robots — This is a shooting game. Players start in a character's van, where they can equip their character with five items: one weapon with...

Gunlord

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

June 19, 2012

Gunlord is a third-person action game with a touch of shooter and platformer from the masters from the NG:DEV.TEAM studio. The game is published by NG:DEV.TEAM...

LittleBigPlanet (2012)

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

September 19, 2012

Metacritic: 88/100

This platforming action game combines puzzles and sandbox creation, letting players play, make levels, and share them. In LittleBigPlanet, players control Sackboy...

Sumioni

Arcade, Platformer, Role-playing game

February 9, 2012

Metacritic: 57/100

A platformer with arcade and role-playing elements, set in a fantasy world depicted in the style of traditional Japanese sumi-e ink painting. The player guides an...

Primal

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure

March 25, 2003

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...

Atomind

Arcade, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic

April 3, 2012

Atomind is an isometric arcade game with a dash of platforming and puzzle gameplay from the developers at Stryde Games. The game is published by Stryde Games. But...

Prince of Persia (1989)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

October 3, 1989

Players: 8.1/10

Prince of Persia is a side-scrolling adventure arcade action platformer. While the Sultan of Persia is waging war in a foreign country, his Grand Vizier Jaffar...

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie (2004)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

October 27, 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

An action platformer based on the film, in which SpongeBob and his friend Patrick set out on a perilous journey to Shell City to retrieve King Neptune’s stolen...

Code of Princess

Arcade, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Action, Role-playing game, Adventure

April 19, 2012

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Code of Princess is a hack and slash game that features multiple game modes and over 50 playable characters. Single-player mode features a story campaign mode with...

Alex Kidd in Miracle World

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

May 4, 2012

Alex Kidd in Miracle World is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from Sega. The game is published by Sega Enterprises. But Alex Kidd in Miracle...

Contre Jour

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Indie, Puzzle

August 25, 2011

Metacritic: 84/100

Contre Jour is a puzzle platformer set in a world shaped by light and darkness, where the player guides the mysterious creature Petit to safety. The landscape can...

Aqua Kitty

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Isometric, Indie

October 3, 2012

Steam: 86/100

This arcade shooter follows kittens mining milk beneath the ocean and defending their operation from mechanical sea creatures. In Aqua Kitty, the player pilots a...

Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Arcade, Platformer, Mario Game, Japanese role-playing game

November 11, 2012

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Paper Mario: Sticker Star — the player controls a paper cut-out version of Mario in a 3D paper world with landscapes ranging from snowy areas and forests to...

Sleepwalker's Journey

Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

November 14, 2012

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Sleepwalker's Journey is a colorful platformer with puzzle elements for mobile platforms. The hero of the game finds himself in fantastic dreams, from which he...

Age of Barbarian

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Adventure, Indie

December 7, 2012

Steam: 77/100

A fantasy action platformer drawing on sword-and-sorcery adventures, the game is set in a world where reality blends with dreams. An ancient evil has awakened...

Trine 2: Goblin Menace

Arcade, DLC, Platformer, Logic

September 6, 2012

Trine 2: Goblin Menace is an arcade game with platformer elements from the masters from the Frozenbyte studio. The game is published by Atlus.Trine 2: Goblin Menace...

Three Dead Zed

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Zombies

November 16, 2012

Steam: 62/100

Three Dead Zed — a hand-drawn platformer where players are asked to control an experimental zombie. He can transform into other forms, which allows him to...

Voxel Action

Arcade, Platformer, Isometric

February 4, 2012

Voxel Action is an isometric arcade game with platforming elements from the masters from the NeoBlogKossy studio. The game is published by NeoBlogKossy. But Voxel...

PixelJunk Eden

Action, Platformer, Indie, Casual game

July 31, 2008

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

PixelJunk Eden is an organic platformer set among vast gardens of vibrant otherworldly plant life. The agile Grimp swings, climbs and jumps through each stage...

Kairobotica

Arcade, Role-playing game, Strategy, Platformer, Simulation

May 14, 2012

Steam: 72/100

A spacefaring simulation with role-playing and strategy elements, Kairobotica puts the player in command of the Kairobot Corps, a brigade of robots tasked with...

Revenge of Shinobi

Arcade, Action, Platformer

November 19, 2002

Steam: 71/100

An arcade platformer about the ninja Joe Musashi, who sets out to take revenge on the criminal syndicate Neo Zeed. The revived organization has killed his teacher...

Mystic Mayhem

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

September 1, 2012

Mystic Mayhem is an arcade game with elements of action, platformer and indie game from developers from the studio bitcorestudios. The game is published by...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2012