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 2016 (Game released)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PS Vita, Android, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Stadia, iOS → 16 May 2011
Players:
8.4/10
Metacritic:
82/100
Terraria is an adventure sandbox game with platformer elements and a side view. You will embark on a colorful world where you can create various items, build...
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PS Vita, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS → 26 January 2016
Players:
8.4/10
Metacritic:
71/100
LEGO Marvel's Avengers is an arcade platformer with a third-person view. The events of the game will recreate the plot of the first two parts of the popular...
Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Android → 18 November 2011
Players:
8.3/10
Metacritic:
87/100
Super Meat Boy is a hardcore 2D side-scrolling platformer. You have to help the meat cube save his beloved, who was kidnapped by the evil scientist Dr. Fitus. The...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac, Xbox One, Wii U, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2015
Players:
6.8/10
Metacritic:
85/100
Axiom Verge is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will play the role of a scientist who, due to an accident, finds himself in a...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 6 October 2015
Players:
7.3/10
Metacritic:
63/100
Skyhill is a quest with survival elements. The main character ends up in a hotel called SKYHILL, where he rents the safest room on the hundredth floor. And then...
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS Vita, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 11 June 2015
Players:
8.4/10
Metacritic:
71/100
LEGO Jurassic World is an arcade action game with a third-person view in the popular Jurassic World universe. LEGO style and signature humor will allow you to take...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, Nintendo Switch → 27 September 2016
Players:
9.5/10
Metacritic:
73/100
Clustertruck is an arcade action platformer with a first-person view, in which the player has to stay on top of speeding long-range trucks. Jumping from one car to...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 30 August 2016
Players:
9.4/10
Metacritic:
77/100
Hue is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game with platforming elements. In it you have to remake the world by changing its background color. Together with a character...
Game released: DOS, Game Boy Advance, Jaguar, Nintendo DSi, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, PC, Game Boy Color, iOS, Android → 1995
Players:
5.1/10
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...
Game released: Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Android, Nintendo Switch → 6 November 2009
Metacritic:
80/100
A Boy and His Blob is a fascinating puzzle-platformer with a side view in a sci-fi setting, which is a remake of David Crane's A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, Wii U → 6 August 2014
Metacritic:
61/100
Back to Bed is a fun puzzle platformer with an isometric camera view. You have to help sleepwalker Bob get to bed safe and sound, passing through the labyrinths of...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S → 19 April 2016
Players:
7.7/10
Metacritic:
84/100
SpeedRunners is a co-op arcade action platformer that puts running at the center of the game, challenging players to compete in speed races online. Your task is to...
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 18 October 2016
Players:
5.2/10
Metacritic:
73/100
A collection of two games that recreate the magical world of Harry Potter in LEGO style, covering all seven books and eight films. Players are immersed in a journey...
Game released: PC, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 13 December 2013
Players:
7.7/10
Metacritic:
79/100
Teslagrad is an arcade quest with platformer elements and futurism style. In this game, you use the power of electromagnetism to solve puzzles and battle horrors as...
Game released: PlayStation 3, PS Vita, PC, Mac, Linux, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 22 April 2015
Players:
7.3/10
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is a remake of the side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee. Expect dynamic lighting, beautiful animations and...
