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 2020 (Game released)
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android → 23 July 2020
Players:
9/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
76/100
The game's protagonist is a creature created in a laboratory that managed to escape from a glass container and start hunting its creators. The huge complex and its...
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Online, Cooperative (co-op), Roguelike
Game released: PC, Stadia, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 11 August 2020
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Risk of Rain 2 is a dynamic action platformer with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. In the second part you will find a full three-dimensional environment...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 18 June 2019
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
92/100
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...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 12 May 2020
Players:
9/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Huntdown is an arcade side-scrolling pixel shooter with platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You will go to a dark world of the future, where the police have...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Simulation, Survival, Sandbox, Space
Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One → 22 July 2016
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Starbound is an indie adventure role-playing arcade game with platformer and action elements. You are forced to flee your planet by hijacking a ship. Fleeing from...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 4 August 2020
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Fall Guys is a free-to-play, cute arcade action game about falling colorful people. A unique “battle royale” awaits you, where many players will take on the roles...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Android, PlayStation 5 → 21 October 2020
Players:
9.7/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
77/100
ScourgeBringer is a dynamic action-platformer with a side view and roguelike elements from the creators of NeuroVoider. The events of the game unfold in a...
Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, iOS, PlayStation 4, Android, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One → 13 December 2018
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
83/100
GRIS is an atmospheric adventure puzzle game with a side view. The game will tell the sad story of the main character named Gris. The girl is locked in her own...
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PC → 2 October 2020
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is a continuation of the cult game from the 90s, telling about the next adventures of Crash and his younger sister Coco. The plot...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Mac → 17 May 2018
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
93/100
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...
Arcade, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Educational game (Education), Action, Platformer, Combat robots, Free game
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 November 2020
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
83/100
A fun action-platformer featuring the main character known from the virtual reality game Astro Bot Rescue Mission. The game is pre-installed and available for...
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, iOS, Android, Mac, Linux → 8 May 2020
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Fury Unleashed is a 2D arcade platformer with a side view, made in a comic book style. You will play as the cool Scumbag, a comic book hero whose goal is to save...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 29 September 2020
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
89/100
Spelunky 2 is a sequel to the fun side-scrolling arcade platformer with procedurally generated levels. This time you have to embark on an adventure as the child of...
Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Combat robots, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PC → 30 April 2020
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
96/100
Levelhead is a fun side-scrolling arcade platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to control the GR-18 delivery robot through various levels with...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Android → 20 June 2019
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
95/100
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...
Arcade, Side view, Action, Role-playing game, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Platformer
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Linux → 14 October 2020
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Vigil: The Longest Night is a 2D platformer with RPG elements and a side view, inspired by the Castlevania and Salt and Sanctuary series. You have to go together...
