Platformer 2021 — top best games in the Platformer genre / Page 3

They Always Run - a game in the Platformer genre

Side view, Platformer, Action, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 20 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 73/100

They Always Run is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The main character in the game is a character named Aiden. He is a mutant...

ALTF4

Action, Third-person view, Runner, Fantasy / Medieval, Platformer, Survival

Game released: PC → 12 November 2021

Players: 6/10

Steam: 88/100

ALTF4 is a hardcore runner-platformer with a third-person view in a medieval setting. In the game you control a clumsy knight who needs to be guided through an...

Tamarin

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

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

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 60/100

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...

One Hand Clapping

Adventure, Platformer, Music game, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 14 December 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

One Hand Clapping is a side-scrolling indie musical platformer that challenges you to sing into your microphone to solve puzzles and unlock the power of your voice...

Frame of Mind

Free game, Puzzle, Platformer, First-person view, Adventure, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 19 January 2021

Steam: 94/100

Frame of Mind is an adventure puzzle platformer with a first-person view, where logic will have to be left aside. The whole point is that to get further, you will...

Blizzard Arcade Collection

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Isometric, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Futurism (Future), Collection, Shooter

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

Metacritic: 77/100

Blizzard Arcade Collection is a re-release of three classic games in one set from Blizzard, which includes the updated Lost Vikings, Blackthorne and Rock 'n Roll...

Scrap Garden

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

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 6 May 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Scrap Garden is an arcade platformer with a third-person view. The game tells about the adventures of the little robot Kenny, who wakes up in a world where there is...

Webbed

Side view, Arcade, Puzzle, Platformer, Exploration, Indie

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

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Okinawa Rush

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Role-playing game

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 21 October 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Okinawa Rush is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer inspired by classic games from the 90s. Expect dynamic battles with ancient evil, unique character...

Dungeon Munchies

Indie, Action, Adventure, Side view, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 28 July 2022

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Dungeon Munchies is a side-scrolling adventure role-playing action platformer in a fantasy setting. The game will tell a story about a necromancer cook who hunts...

Metal Unit

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

Game released: PC → 27 January 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metal Unit is an adventure role-playing action platformer with roguelike elements and a side view in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell the story of the survival...

Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World

Platformer, Adventure, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC → 28 May 2021

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This adventure game combines 2D gameplay with cel-shaded 3D graphics. Asha sets out to free four spirits held captive by evil forces, uncovering their origins along...

Death Tales

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Card game, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PS Vita → 1 October 2020

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Death Tales is a fast-paced side-scrolling action RPG with card game elements. You will go to a mesmerizing world in which you need to fight using combos and...

Doomsday Vault

Casual game, Strategy, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC → 5 August 2021

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This adventure follows a lone mission to find plant seeds on Earth after a climate collapse. The protagonist explores desolate landscapes, flooded cities, and...

Introvert: A Teenager Simulator

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

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

Players: 10/10

Steam: 71/100

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...

The Smurfs: Mission Vileaf

Exploration, Cooperative (co-op), Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4 → 16 November 2021

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This Smurfs adventure follows a mission to save the forest from the toxic Evileaf. Created by the evil sorcerer Gargamel, the plant attracts and captures Smurfs...

Alwa's Legacy

Metroidvania, Exploration, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4 → 29 September 2020

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A non-linear adventure with modern retro styling, Alwa's Legacy centers on exploring dangerous dungeons, magical items and ancient secrets. As the player...

Aerial_Knight's Never Yield

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Runner, Music game

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Android, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 19 May 2021

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Aerial_Knight's Never Yield is an adventure arcade platformer in the world of the future with a side view and runner elements. You have to play on behalf of the...

Deepest Sword

Free game, Platformer, Side view, Puzzle, Indie, Action, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC, Mac → 9 June 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Deepest Sword is a free, addictive side-scrolling puzzle platformer set in a fantasy setting. The game tells the story of a knight who goes to a dragon to pierce it...

Shadow of Death 2

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

Game released: iOS → 15 June 2021

Players: 4.5/10

Shadow of Death 2 is an adventure role-playing platformer with action elements and a side view. This game continues the story of Maximus, a warrior with lost...

Stickman Red And Blue

Puzzle, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Android → 18 June 2021

Stickman Red And Blue is a side-scrolling platformer with puzzle elements. You have to play for two characters. By controlling both stickmen at the same time and...

Omno

Arcade, Third-person view, Adventure, Exploration, Logic, Indie, Platformer, Casual game, Puzzle

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

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Omno is a third-person, open-world puzzle-platformer adventure game. In the game you will go to conquer the ancient world of wonders with many interesting riddles...

Flynn: Son of Crimson

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

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 15 September 2021

Steam: 84/100

Flynn: Son of Crimson is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to the fabulous and beautiful island of...

Marsupilami: Hoobadventure

Side view, Exploration, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One → 16 November 2021

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This 2.5D platformer follows three Marsupilamis—Punch, Twister, and Hope—who live in Palombia. While playing on a beach, they accidentally open a sarcophagus and...

Bro Falls

Free game, Arcade, Action, Online, Third-person view, Platformer, Casual game, Battle Royale

Game released: PC → 31 December 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Bro Falls is a free clone of the popular Fall Guys about falling colorful little people. The game is a battle royale with characters in the form of various...

Golden Force

Action, Platformer, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 28 January 2021

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 65/100

The Demon King and his generals have occupied Muscle Island, once a peaceful and prosperous place, and are persecuting its inhabitants. The mercenaries of the...

Within the Blade

Action, Indie, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 16 July 2021

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 65/100

A ninja from the Black Lotus clan faces nine demons of hell and the samurai clan Steel Claw, which seeks to enslave the world. The source does not specify how the...

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

Steam: 75/100

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...

Luna's Fishing Garden

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Simulation, Platformer, Side view, Sandbox, Farm Simulator, Casual game

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 16 June 2021

Steam: 93/100

Luna's Fishing Garden is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with life simulation elements. The game will tell the story of young Casey, who ends up on a...

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX

Arcade, Side view, Platformer, Old school, Adventure

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 22 June 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is an updated version of the 1986 platformer. The legendary Alex Kidd is back. The main character explores locations, breaks stones...

Actraiser Renaissance

Action, Role-playing game, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Strategy, Isometric, Side view, In real time, City Building, Slasher

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS → 24 September 2021

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Actraiser Renaissance is an action role-playing platformer with real-time strategy and platforming elements. You will be able to use powerful fire, ice and other...

Most Expensive Game Dark Forest

Side view, Arcade, Platformer

Game released: Android → 2 February 2021

Most Expensive Game Dark Forest is a side-scrolling arcade platformer. In this game you have to control a small robot that makes its way through obstacles to its...

Crashnauts

Arcade, Online, Shooter, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch → 25 July 2017

Steam: 100/100

A dynamic arcade platformer-player for 2-6 players with quick and spectacular battles. Matches take place on different arenas, where you can use a wide arsenal of...

Rogue Glitch

Free game, Arcade, Side view, Action, Roguelike, Platformer, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Mac → 10 March 2021

Steam: 91/100

Rogue Glitch is a free-to-play side-scrolling multiplayer arcade action game featuring procedurally generated levels and countless enemies. During each run, you'll...

Minute of Islands

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

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

Steam: 78/100

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...

Bladed Fury

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Indie, Side view

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

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Bladed Fury is a fun action-platformer with RPG elements and a Japanese-style side view. The game takes place during the times of Ancient China and tells the story...

Super Magbot

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

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch → 22 June 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Super Magbot is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will try on the role of a robot explorer who will have to...

Eastern Exorcist

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 8 July 2021

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 86/100

Eastern Exorcist is a hardcore side-scrolling action RPG platformer in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to get used to the role of an experienced Chinese...

Axiom Verge 2

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

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

Players: 9/10

Steam: 78/100

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...

Away: The Survival Series

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration, Educational game (Education), Platformer

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 28 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Away: The Survival Series is an adventure simulator with a third-person view, where you take on the role of a sugar flying squirrel. The game takes place in the...

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