Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2016 (Game released)
Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Genesis, Lynx, SEGA Master System, TurboGrafx CD, ZX Spectrum, PlayStation 4 → 1989
Shadow of the Beast is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. Aarbron is a man with magical powers who was kidnapped as an infant by the dark sorcerer...
Game released: Linux, Mac, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 → 12 June 2012
Players:
9.6/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Psychonauts is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot follows a young special agent named Raz, who learns to use his...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac, Linux → 1 November 2016
Players:
9/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Owlboy is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with a pixel art style. The main character is an owl boy, capable of both running around locations and flying. In the...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac, Linux → 21 June 2016
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
57/100
Metacritic:
52/100
Mighty No. 9 is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer that is the spiritual successor to the Mega Man series. At the beginning of the 21st century, there was a...
Arcade, Shooter, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Science fiction, Action, Metroidvania
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Mac, Xbox One → 26 July 2016
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
76/100
This side-scrolling action-adventure is set in a retro-futuristic world where humanity has transferred its minds into robotic bodies and is ruled by a deranged...
Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game, Platformer
Game released: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PC → 14 October 2016
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Dragon Quest Builders — arcade sandbox with a third-person view in an open world in the Dragon Quest universe. The plot of the game will tell the sweet story...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nvidia Shield, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS → 4 March 2016
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
96/100
Ultimate Chicken Horse is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in the style of Super Meat Boy. You have to create levels with a huge number of traps and other...
Game released: iOS, PC, Linux, Android, Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 30 March 2016
Players:
10/10
Steam:
90/100
Arcade action platformer with pixel graphics about a daring prison escape. The main character must overcome many obstacles, fight enemies, and solve puzzles to win...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, Nintendo Switch → 27 September 2016
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
93/100
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...
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: PC, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, Mac, Linux → 25 July 2014
Players:
8/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Unepic is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. You will play as Daniel, who, due to strange circumstances, finds himself in the ancient and...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Mac, Linux → 30 August 2016
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
92/100
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: 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 fights through...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Android → 3 March 2015
Players:
10/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
84/100
This arcade skateboarding platformer moves the action from the streets to cinematic sets in Olliwood. Players ride levels filled with ramps and hills, choose routes...
Game released: PC, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Linux → 13 December 2013
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
83/100
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: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S → 19 April 2016
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
94/100
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: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 2 May 2012
Players:
6.4/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Awesomenauts is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MOBA action game. The events of the game will take you to the distant year 3587, in which there is a great...
