Games Game Genres Platformer

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 2019 (Game released)

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Terraria

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike

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: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Terraria is an adventure sandbox game with platformer elements and a side view. You will embark on a colorful journey where you can create various items, build...

Cuphead

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view

Game released: Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 29 September 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 87/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the style of classic animation from the 30s. The main character lost his life to the devil at dice, and is now forced to run...

Blasphemous

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS → 10 September 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the spirit of the Castlevania series, but in a bloodier and more brutal form. The player explores the dark world of corrupt...

Heave Ho

Arcade, Online, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Indie, Platformer

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch → 29 August 2019

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Heave Ho is a side-scrolling co-op arcade puzzle platformer. In the game you can gather a friendly team of up to 4 people to go on a dangerous journey, where the...

Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: iOS, Android → 20 September 2019

Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls is an exciting side-scrolling action game set in the gothic Castlevania universe for mobile platforms. After the defeat of Count...

Spyro Reignited Trilogy

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC → 13 November 2018

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a re-release of the popular arcade platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Re-release includes Spyro the Dragon...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 18 June 2019

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of an 18-year-old girl...

Journey

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC, iOS → 13 March 2012

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 92/100

Journey is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The main character is a nameless wanderer who must cross the desert and get to the mountain that is...

Risk of Rain

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One → 8 November 2013

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Risk of Rain is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view and roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will take you to a distant...

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 20 August 2015

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a colorful continuation of the fantasy platformer from developers from Frozenbyte. The plot of the game tells about the...

Salt and Sanctuary

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PS Vita, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 28 March 2017

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Salt and Sanctuary is a fantasy platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a sailor who is shipwrecked off the shore of an unknown...

Catherine

Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC → 17 February 2011

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Catherine is an adventure arcade puzzle game with visual novel elements. The game will tell the story of computer scientist Vincent, who is experiencing the peak of...

Timespinner

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2018

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Timespinner is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young girl named Lunais, who...

Sky: Children of the Light

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Online

Game released: iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC → 18 July 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Multiplayer adventure from the creators of Journey and Flower. Players take control of the Children of Light, who bring light from the heavens to where it is...

Stela

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 13 March 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Stela is an atmospheric side-scrolling adventure platformer. The game follows a young woman exploring a mysterious ancient world a few days before the end of the...

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5 → 18 April 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is a side-scrolling remake of the legendary arcade action platformer. The game tells the story of a valiant knight who was turned into...

My Memory of Us

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 71/100

My Memory of US is an adventure arcade platform with a side view. The game will tell the story of two friends - a girl and a boy who found themselves in different...

Gang Beasts

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 12 December 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Gang Beasts is a multiplayer game with gelatinous characters, comical fights and absurd...

FAR: Lone Sails

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS → 17 May 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

FAR: Lone Sails is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. The main character will have to cross the dry ocean in an amazing...

LEGO Jurassic World

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

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: 8.5/10

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...

Downwell

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Action

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2015

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Downwell is an arcade platformer with procedurally generated locations. You have to play as a mysterious little man, descending lower and lower, destroying enemies...

Trine 2: Complete Story

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android → 6 June 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Trine 2: Complete Story is a complete edition of the atmospheric action platformer with a side view in the fantasy setting of Trine 2, which contains all previously...

My Friend Pedro

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Android → 20 June 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

My Friend Pedro is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer that will remind many of Max Payne. You will play as a heavily armed hero who kills hundreds of...

Valfaris

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 10 October 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Valfaris is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Slain: Back from Hell. Many years ago, the huge and powerful...

Skyhill

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer

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...

Rogue Legacy

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 27 June 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

AER Memories of Old

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch → 25 October 2017

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 71/100

AER Memories of Old is an adventure arcade platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game tells the story of a girl who can turn into a bird...

Cybarian: The Time Travelling Warrior

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 9 November 2018

A brave warrior takes up a legendary sword and embarks on a journey through time, exploring a futuristic cyberpunk world. The game features four levels with diverse...

Super Mario Maker 2

Arcade, Platformer, Sandbox, Side view, Mario Game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 June 2019

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Super Mario Maker 2 is a continuation of the simulator of creating your own levels in the Super Mario universe. As in the first part, you will be able to publish...

Catherine: Full Body

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

Game released: PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 3 September 2019

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Catherine: Full Body is a remake of the adventure puzzle platformer Catherine for modern platforms. The game tells the story of a 32-year-old guy named Vincent, who...

Ori and The Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 14 June 2016

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is an expanded edition of the indie adventure platformer. The game tells the story of a little guardian spirit named...

Blood will be Spilled

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Tactics, Side view

Game released: PC → 29 May 2019

Players: 6.2/10

Blood will be Spilled is a side-scrolling spaghetti western adventure with platforming elements. You will take on the role of a mosquito hunter named Jack and set...

Fallback

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PC → 11 October 2019

Players: 7.1/10

Fallback is an adventure action-platformer with roguelike elements and a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. The game tells the story of humanity's life after...

Finding Colors

Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Action

Game released: PC → 22 August 2019

Players: 3/10

Finding Colors is a minimalist side-scrolling action game in which the player must find colors as they progress to form the game world. You will have to confront...

Miles & Kilo

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 30 November 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Miles & Kilo is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. A little boy, Miles, and his faithful dog, Kilo, find themselves stranded on an island after a plane...

Dark Devotion

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 25 April 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Dark Devotion is a side-scrolling action-RPG set in a dark fantasy world. You will try on the role of a Templar woman who is trapped in a dark and gloomy Temple. As...

Gato Roboto

Indie, Action, Adventure, Side view, Platformer, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 30 May 2019

Metacritic: 76/100

Gato Roboto is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will play as a cat who has to save his captain and the...

Tower Hunter: Erza's Trial

Indie, Platformer, Action, Side view, Roguelike, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 12 October 2019

Tower Hunter: Erza's Trial is a side-scrolling action RPG with roguelike elements. You have to make your way through a huge tower with randomly generated rooms. The...

SolSeraph

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 10 July 2019

Metacritic: 56/100

SolSeraph is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with strategy elements in a fantasy setting. You will play the role of the young god Helios, who must lead...

Inmost

Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 21 August 2020

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Inmost is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with horror elements. The events of the game take place in two parallel worlds in which three brave main...

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