Platformer 2021 — top best games in the Platformer genre / Page 2

Solar Ash - a game in the Platformer genre

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 2 December 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Solar Ash — the second game from Heart Machine studio, which released Hyper Light Drifter. The game takes place in a fantastical and mysterious world, enchanting...

Teratopia

Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Platformer, Indie, Slasher, Arcade

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 20 January 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Teratopia is an arcade platformer with cute graphics and orchestral music. Inspired by the best representatives of this genre, he tried to absorb that mischievous...

Fez

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Mac, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 13 April 2012

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Fez is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. The action takes place in a 3D world, allowing the player to explore and traverse colorful worlds by rotating...

Evergate

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

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 1 September 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Evergate is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The events of the game take place in an amazing afterlife, where two souls have to change their fate and...

Castle on the Coast

Platformer, Adventure, Parkour, Comedy, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 3 December 2021

Castle on the Coast is a retro adventure platformer with elements of action and humor. The friendly giraffe George will have to use parkour to overcome various...

Oddworld: Soulstorm

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 6 April 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Oddworld: Soulstorm is a continuation of the arcade platformer with a side view, where we will once again play as Abe the Mudokon. The events of the game will...

Weaving Tides

Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch → 27 May 2021

Weaving Tides is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to conquer the wonderful world of...

Ayo the Clown

Role-playing game, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One → 28 July 2021

Metacritic: 75/100

Ayo the Clown is an adventure platformer with a variety of puzzles and role-playing elements. You have to help the cute clown Ayo in search of his missing dog Bo...

Minute of Islands

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

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 13 June 2021

Metacritic: 72/100

Minute of Islands is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. In the game, you will take on the role of an experienced...

The Longing

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 5 March 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

The Longing is an unusual game, the main feature of which lies in its length. The fact is that it will take 400 days to complete the game. Even if a player enters...

Rising Hell

Arcade, Side view, Action, Roguelike, Metroidvania, Platformer, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Demons

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 19 May 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Rising Hell is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. In the game you have to fight your way through hordes of bloodthirsty demons to...

Out of Line

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 23 June 2021

Metacritic: 70/100

Out of Line is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a fantasy setting. An exciting journey awaits you, filled with mesmerizing puzzles and a vibrant...

Webbed

Side view, Arcade, Puzzle, Platformer

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 9 September 2021

Players: 9.4/10

A game about a spider who goes on an exciting journey to save her lover from a bird. The main character can use the web to overcome obstacles and solve puzzles...

Thomas Was Alone

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

Game released: Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo Switch → 30 June 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Thomas Was Alone is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer with puzzle elements. In this game, you have to guide a group of rectangles through a series of...

Golf Club Wasteland

Adventure, Golf, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Android, iOS → 3 September 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Golf Club Wasteland is an adventure platformer with futuristic puzzle elements. The rich fled to Mars, but ventured back to desolate Earth for a round of golf. Each...

Dreaming Sarah

Metroidvania, Puzzle, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 13 March 2015

The girl Sarah got into an accident and is in a coma. You need to explore the dream world, collect objects and communicate with strange characters to help her wake...

PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Stadia → 13 August 2021

Players: 5.5/10

PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls is a multi-player co-op action adventure. Big city — big adventures. When Ryder and the PAW Patrol learn that Mayor...

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch → 2 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

The Legend of Tianding

Side view, Action, Platformer, Slasher, Anime / Manga, Comics

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One → 1 November 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

The Legend of Tianding is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a comic book style. The game will tell the story of a young Taipei vigilante, Liao...

Scarf

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 23 December 2021

The game tells the story of a cute creature named Haik, who wears a long red scarf. As you progress, this piece of clothing helps the hero fly, interact with the...

Going Balls

Action, Runner, Arcade, Tactics, Third-person view, Platformer

Game released: iOS, Android → 19 February 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Going Balls is an arcade tactical action game with a third-person view and runner elements. A road full of unexpected obstacles awaits you in this exciting rolling...

TASOMACHI: Behind the Twilight

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 14 April 2021

Metacritic: 56/100

TASOMACHI: Behind the Twilight is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Yukumo is a young girl traveling the world on her...

Ars Fabulae

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 5 November 2020

Metacritic: 79/100

Ars Fabulae is an atmospheric adventure platformer with a third-person view. The game will tell the charming story of the Actress and Director. One day, the main...

Blue Fire

Adventure, Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Xbox One → 4 February 2021

Metacritic: 71/100

Blue Fire is a 3D arcade platformer with a third-person perspective, set in a place called The Nether. As you progress, you'll explore ancient temples, meet...

Lost Ruins

Arcade, Side view, Anime / Manga, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S → 13 May 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Lost Ruins is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with a retro theme. The girl wakes up in the twilight of the dungeon. She doesn't remember...

Vesper

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 30 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Vesper is an atmospheric side-scrolling platformer. A little android travels across a desert planet, where he is hunted by merciless robots. The android's weapon...

Downhill Smash

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: iOS, Android → 1 December 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Downhill Smash is a side-scrolling arcade platformer. In this game, you need to stay ahead of the avalanche by strengthening your killer boulder machine with unique...

A Juggler's Tale

Adventure, Indie, Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 29 September 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 69/100

A Juggler's Tale is an atmospheric side-scrolling action platformer in a fantasy setting. The main character is a puppet named Abby, who was captured in a circus...

Codename: TIARAS

Free game, Action, Platformer, Side view, Cyberpunk, Futurism (Future), Combat robots

Game released: PC → 15 October 2021

Codename: TIARAS is a free-to-play side-scrolling action platformer with a cyberpunk theme in which you control a cyborg girl named Mia. She needs to be helped to...

A Boy and His Blob

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view

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...

Moncage

Indie, Arcade, Puzzle, Platformer, First-person view

Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 15 November 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Moncage is an abstract puzzle platformer with a first-person view where you explore a mysterious cube. Each face of the cube is a window into a unique world, and...

Tamarin

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 10 September 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 40/100

Tamarin is a fun third-person action platformer in which you take on the role of a small tamarin monkey who has survived an insect attack and now embarks on a...

Fall Balance Ball

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

Game released: PC → 3 January 2021

Fall Balance Ball is an indie adventure platformer with puzzle elements and a third-person perspective. In this game you have to control a ball that balances on...

Waves Out!

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 January 2021

Waves Out! — an exciting top-down arcade action game with puzzle elements in a sci-fi setting. The main character is a small but fearless metal man named...

Krunker

Free game, Arcade, Action, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Platformer

Game released: PC, Mac → 2 February 2021

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 79/100

Krunker is a free-to-play arcade competitive first-person shooter that pits you against other players on 12 different maps. The main feature of the game is an...

Introvert: A Teenager Simulator

Free game, Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 2 March 2021

Players: 10/10

Introvert: A Teenager Simulator is a free-to-play arcade side-scrolling adventure game with role-playing elements. In the game, the main character is told a...

Mail Mole

Arcade, Third-person view, Adventure, Platformer

Game released: PC, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 4 March 2021

Metacritic: 72/100

Mail Mole is an adventure arcade action platformer with a third-person view, in which you get into the role of a funny postman mole named Molty. The postal mole has...

P3TT

Free game, First-person view, Puzzle, Platformer, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 25 March 2021

P3TT is a free-to-play arcade action-puzzle game with a first-person view set in a sci-fi setting, inspired by the Portal 2 series. The main character wakes up in...

Blaster Master Zero 3

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 29 July 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

Blaster Master Zero 3 is a sequel to the classic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You have to help Jason again, and this time go to the...

Axiom Verge 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 11 August 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Axiom Verge 2 is a continuation of the side-scrolling pixel action platformer in a sci-fi setting. In the sequel you will find new characters, skills and game...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2021 (Game released)