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

A third-person platforming action game in which Peter Pepper travels around the world and battles chefs from culinary capitals. The game features 40...

Black Jack

Strategy, Platformer, Board / Group Game, Card game, Casino

Game released: iOS → 7 March 2012

Black Jack is a strategy game with a mixture of platformer, card game and casino game from developers from the Atari studio. The game is published by...

Putty Squad (2014)

Arcade, Platformer, Isometric

Game released: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo 3DS, Xbox 360 → 11 March 2014

Metacritic: 38/100

This is an isometric platform adventure about Putty, a stretchy blue blob who sets out to rescue his kidnapped friends. Players guide him through...

Zombro

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Android, iPad, iPhone → 2 May 2012

Zombro is a third-person action game with a mixture of platforming and puzzles from the developers from the Sarbakan, Inc. studio. The game is...

Mega Man 5

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

Game released: DoJa, NES, PlayStation, Wii → 2006

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...

Revenge of Shinobi

Arcade, Action, Platformer

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Game Boy Advance, Mac, Linux → 2 May 2012

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...

Knightmare Tower

Arcade, Action, Hack and slash, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Slasher

Game released: PC, Browser, iOS, Ouya, Android, Mac, Linux → 16 June 2014

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A fantasy action arcade game in which a hero fights upward through a tower, rescuing princesses and escaping rising boiling lava. The ascent is...

Kung Fu Fight!

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Platformer

Game released: iOS, Xbox 360, PS Vita, Ouya, Android, Amazon Fire TV → 19 November 2012

Kung Fu Fight! is an arcade game with a mixture of action, fighting and platforming from the developers of the Nostatic Software studio. The game is...

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

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

Game released: PlayStation 3, PS Vita, PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4 → 18 October 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...

Cargo Commander

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Procedural generation

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 1 November 2012

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This futuristic action platformer follows a new Cargo Corps recruit sent into dangerous sectors of space to salvage valuable cargo from containers...

Party of Sin

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 13 December 2012

Steam: 59/100

This puzzle-platforming action game follows an escape from Hell: the player controls the Seven Deadly Sins as they set out to torment humanity and...

Crazy Machines Golden Gears

Platformer, Puzzle, Arkanoid, Logic

Game released: Android, iOS → 17 December 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 18/100

Crazy Machines Golden Gears is a platformer with puzzle and arcanoid elements from the Viva Media studio. The game is published by Viva Media. There...

Pokepark 2: Wonders Beyond

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Wii → 29 March 2012

Metacritic: 60/100

A third-person arcade platformer in which players can take control of Pikachu, Oshawott, Snivy, or Tepig. Pokepark 2: Wonders Beyond lets players...

Fancy Pants Adventures

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Android, iOS → 19 April 2011

Metacritic: 72/100

This action platformer stars Fancy Pants Man, a hand-drawn stick figure on a mission to rescue his kidnapped sister, Cutie Pants. His journey begins...

Disney/Pixar A Bug's Life (2012)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Android, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 12 April 2012

Disney/Pixar A Bug's Life (2012) is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from developers from the studio Travelers Tales (Uk) Ltd...

Shoot Many Robots

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 14 March 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...

Tumble Pop

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Sandbox

Game released: Game Boy, Nintendo 3DS → 20 November 1992

Tumble Pop is an arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer and sandbox from the Data East Corporation studio. The main publisher of the game...

World Gone Sour

Arcade, Platformer

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 20 December 2011

Metacritic: 65/100

This arcade platformer follows a lost Sour Patch Kid navigating a human-sized world where everyday objects loom large. The hero crosses a sticky...

Kirby's Dream Land 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Game Boy, Nintendo 3DS → May 1995

Kirby's Dream Land 2 is a third-person action game with platform elements from the studio HAL Laboratory, Inc.. The game is published by Nintendo...

Ratchet & Clank HD Trilogy

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 27 June 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Ratchet & Clank HD Trilogy is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the developers from the studio Idol Minds L.L.C.. The...

Escape Goat

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Browser, Xbox 360, PC, Mac, Linux → 5 September 2012

Steam: 95/100

Escape Goat is a puzzle platformer about a goat imprisoned for witchcraft in the Prison of Agnus. To escape, the hero navigates traps and obstacles...

Probability 0

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC, Mac → 1 October 2012

Steam: 80/100

This downward-scrolling infinite platformer with roguelike elements revolves around descending into a dangerous pit: survival is impossible, but each...

Vector (2012)

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Stunts, Parkour, Indie

Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 3 December 2013

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 90/100

This arcade platformer follows a freerunner escaping a totalitarian society while pursued by Big Brother. The character crosses rooftops using...

League of Evil

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

Game released: iOS, Android, Ouya, Amazon Fire TV, Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PS Vita → 3 February 2011

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This futuristic action platformer follows a bionic super agent on a mission to stop the League of Evil, an alliance of evil scientists. The agent...

Last Knight

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC, iOS → 10 September 2013

Last Knight is a third-person arcade game with elements of action, platforming, fantasy and indie games from the developers of Crescent Moon Games...

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Mac, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U → 13 October 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...

CRUSH

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: PSP, Nintendo 3DS, iOS → 29 May 2007

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 77/100

CRUSH is an adventure arcade puzzle game with a third person view. The game tells the story of a young boy named Danny, who suffers from long-term...

Dustforce

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

Game released: Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Xbox 360, Linux → 1 May 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Dustforce — the gameplay is based on acrobatic stunts. Playing as one of four cleaning heroes, the player tries to clear the dirt from the...

Sumioni

Arcade, Platformer, Role-playing game

Game released: PS Vita → 22 February 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...

Escape Plan

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PS Vita, PlayStation 4 → 1 March 2012

Metacritic: 72/100

This action puzzle-platformer follows Lil and Laarg as they try to escape deadly rooms and evade their captor, Bakuki. In Escape Plan, the player...

Primal

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 → 18 March 2004

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...

Intrusion 2

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

Game released: PC, Linux → 20 June 2012

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 93/100

This futuristic action platformer takes place on a reserve planet seized by a hostile military corporation conducting research into forbidden...

Bunny Must Die

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer

Game released: PC → 11 September 2012

Bunny Must Die is an arcade game with a mixture of action, a game in the genre of "beat 'em all" and a platformer from developers from the...

Draw Rider Plus

Platformer, Side view, Sandbox, Motorcycle racing, Action, Racing, Indie

Game released: iOS, Android, PC, Mac → 6 April 2013

Steam: 70/100

Draw Rider Plus is a side-scrolling racing platformer. This is not an ordinary race, here you will find treacherous challenges with many hardcore...

Tentacles: Enter the Dolphin

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: iOS → 4 October 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Tentacles: Enter the Dolphin is a top-down arcade-adventure puzzle platformer for mobile platforms. You take on the role of a bizarre creature named...

Street Fighter X Mega Man

Arcade, Beat them all, Platformer

Game released: PC → 17 December 2012

Metacritic: 71/100

This 8-bit-style crossover brings together Mega Man and characters from Street Fighter. The Blue Bomber stars as the protagonist, while Street...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2012 (Game released)