Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2012 (Game released)
Game released: Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM-7, J2ME, Mac, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC Booter, Sharp X1, SG-1000, VIC-20, Wii, Windows Phone, WonderSwan, ZX Spectrum → 1989
Players:
5.5/10
Lode Runner (1989) is a classic side-scrolling puzzle platformer. You will find many different levels with complex riddles. In addition, you can create your own...
Game released: 3DO, Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, DOS, Genesis, SNES, Windows 3.x, Android, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PS Vita → 21 October 1994
Players:
8.8/10
Young physicist Lester Knight Chaikin is conducting a physics experiment at a synchrotron when suddenly lightning strikes the facility. As a result of the reaction...
Game released: Android, iOS, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC, Windows Phone, Xbox 360, Amazon Fire TV → 25 January 2011
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
36/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 is a side-scrolling action platformer. Dr. Eggman has returned and in an attempt to finally get rid of Sonic, he returns to his best...
Game released: iPad, iPhone, Android, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, PSP, iOS → 1 September 2011
Players:
7.8/10
Metacritic:
90/100
Jetpack Joyride is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. It's time to join Barry Steakfries and equip cool jetpacks, dress up in stylish suits and drive crazy...
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...
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 25 July 2013
Players:
5.4/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer that is the spiritual successor to 1987's Great Giana Sisters for the Commodore 64...
Game released: iPad, iPhone, PC, Mac, Linux, PS Vita, Wii U, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, iOS → 27 June 2012
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Nihilumbra is a platform puzzle game developed by BeautiFun Games that will take you into a world of unusual adventures and abstract inclination. You will play as a...
Game released: Android, iPad, iPhone, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360, Amazon Fire TV, iOS → 14 December 2011
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
85/100
A platform game about Sonic traveling through time, set on Little Planet, a mysterious world where the past, present, and future are linked by the power of the Time...
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, iOS, Android, Ouya, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Linux → 4 April 2013
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
76/100
This science-fiction action platformer follows young scientist Lester Knight Chaykin, who is hurled through space and time when a nuclear experiment goes wrong...
Arcade, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Action, Role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo 3DS, PC → 9 October 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...
Game released: iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Amazon Fire TV, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 3, Mac, Linux → 27 September 2012
Players:
7/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
65/100
This arcade puzzle game follows a king who swings a boulder with his tongue and uses it to destroy targets. The player chooses when to release the rock, with...
