Platformer 2021 — top best games in the Platformer genre / Page 4

A Juggler's Tale - a game in the Platformer genre

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

Steam: 93/100

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...

Moncage

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

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

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Blocky Castle: Tower Challenge

Arcade, Platformer, Action, Side view

Game released: Android → 3 December 2021

Blocky Castle: Tower Challenge is an arcade platformer with action elements and a side view. You have to choose your favorite animal to overcome deadly obstacles...

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

Steam: 96/100

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...

Scarf

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

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

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 69/100

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...

Glyph (2021)

Third-person view, Exploration, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC → 1 February 2021

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Glyph is a 3D open-world platformer in which the player sets out to restore an ancient temple city by solving puzzles and defeating enemies. Its non-linear levels...

Journey of the Broken Circle

Adventure, Indie, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 18 September 2020

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 76/100

An adventure about self-discovery, love, and existentialism. The protagonist is the Circle, who journeys through an unusual universe and gradually learns about the...

Going Balls

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

Game released: iOS, Android → 19 February 2020

Players: 7.3/10

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...

Ascii the Brave Cat

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

Game released: PC → 27 February 2021

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Ascii the Brave Cat is a simple side-scrolling action platformer in a fantasy setting. A group of powerful evil cats, the Big Eight, have invaded the earth. The...

Red and Blue Stickman: Animation Parkour

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: Android → 20 March 2021

Red and Blue Stickman: Animation Parkour is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. This is a game where you need to control two characters at the same time to...

P3TT

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

Game released: PC → 25 March 2021

Steam: 62/100

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...

Kaze and the Wild Masks

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Old school, Casual game

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Stadia → 26 March 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Kaze and the Wild Masks is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer inspired by classic 16-bit games. The events of the game take place in the fairy-tale world of...

Forgotten Journey

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 8 July 2021

Steam: 65/100

Forgotten Journey is a free third-person 3D adventure platformer developed by a team of students based on the Unreal Engine 4. The plot tells the story of a certain...

Bullet Age

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 15 July 2021

Bullet Age is a side-scrolling adventure role-playing action platformer in a post-apocalyptic setting. The game takes place in the desert world of New Paradise...

Existensis

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Casual game

Game released: PC, Mac → 19 July 2021

Steam: 97/100

Existensis is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer where all the elements are completely hand-drawn on paper. You will play the role of an artist and...

Robonauts

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

Game released: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC → 19 September 2017

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Robonauts is a futuristic side-scrolling arcade action platformer. In the role of a small robot you have to go on a long journey across the planets. The game...

Blue Fire

Adventure, Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Metroidvania, Exploration, Slasher

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

Steam: 83/100

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...

Spikes Are the Enemy

Side view, Platformer, Arcade

Game released: iOS, Android → 29 December 2020

Spikes Are the Enemy is a side-scrolling arcade platformer. With 10 lives left, you have to go through more than 80 levels of varying difficulty and avoid various...

Zool Redimensioned

Action, Platformer, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 16 May 2023

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This action platformer follows the ninja Zool as he fights Krool’s influence and tries to save the universe. He jumps, spins and shoots his way through eight alien...

Smelter

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch → 22 April 2021

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Smelter is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to try on the role of Eve, who came to the earthly world from Eden and...

Contra Returns

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Side view, Science fiction, Online

Game released: iOS, Android → 25 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Contra Returns is an arcade platformer with shooter elements and a side view. In this game, players can enjoy classic side-scrolling gameplay, two-person teams...

Astalon: Tears of the Earth

Action, Indie, Platformer, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Post-apocalyptic, Dungeons, Metroidvania

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 3 June 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Astalon: Tears of the Earth is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. The game follows three heroic explorers who travel through a...

The Artful Escape

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Music game

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 9 September 2021

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Artful Escape is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. The game tells about what goes on in a musician’s head while writing music. In our case, in the...

Aeon Drive

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Cyberpunk, Side view, Exploration

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S → 30 September 2021

Steam: 76/100

Aeon Drive is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in a sci-fi setting. The action takes you to the neon-lit streets of Neo-Barcelona. You will try on the role of...

The Legend of Tianding

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

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

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Time Loader

Adventure, Platformer, Arcade, Indie, Puzzle, Simulation

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 3 November 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Time Loader is the adventure of a little robot who goes back in time to change the tragic events that forever changed the fate of his creator. All your actions will...

Mars Missions

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

Game released: Android → 18 May 2021

Mars Missions is a simple 2D platformer for mobile platforms that takes you to Mars. You have to explore the red planet, avoiding traps, jumping and completing...

Huntdown: Cyberpunk Adventure

Adventure, Cyberpunk, Platformer, Shooter, Side view

Game released: Android → 22 May 2021

Players: 9.5/10

The player controls a bounty hunter and completes various tasks on the streets of a futuristic metropolis. The character can use several types of weapons to...

Box Cat Bash

Arcade, Indie, Side view, Platformer, Action, Casual game

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android → 3 June 2021

Steam: 100/100

Box Cat Bash — An exciting action-platformer with a side view of a box-cat with pixel...

Where's Samantha?

Platformer, Indie, Puzzle, Adventure, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS → 25 March 2021

Steam: 76/100

Were's samantha? - Platformer with elements of the puzzle and side view. George and Samantha are two charming pieces of fabric that are simply in love with each...

Portal Reloaded

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

Game released: PC → 19 April 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Portal Reloaded — a conditionally free modification for the first-person puzzle-platformer — Portal 2. Now, the game will allow you to travel through time. You...

Backworlds

Free game, Logic, Puzzle, Side view, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch → 20 February 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Backworlds is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer in which you can influence the game world using a special eraser. This is what the main game mechanics...

Fearmonium

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

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 20 May 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 85/100

Fearmonium is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with Metroidvania elements. The game takes place in the mind of a boy named Max, who once saw several clowns...

16bit vs Reality

Indie, Platformer, Side view, Shooter, Action

Game released: PC → 17 June 2021

Steam: 93/100

16bit vs Reality is a dynamic side-scrolling retro platformer. This is the story of an ordinary gamer who, on a Tuesday morning, suddenly finds himself on an...

Duck Souls

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, iOS, Android, PS Vita → 6 September 2018

Steam: 97/100

Duck Souls is an indie action-adventure game with platforming elements and a side view. The game is set in a cute and deadly fantasy world where many dangers will...

Beat the Time

Platformer, Free game, Side view, Casual game, Action, Arcade

Game released: PC → 24 September 2021

Steam: 83/100

A dynamic platformer where players need to complete levels quickly, overcoming various obstacles and competing for the best results. Among the features of the...

Ball laB

Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game

Game released: PC, Android, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 8 March 2018

Players: 5.3/10

Steam: 64/100

Ball laB is a hardcore platformer with minimalistic graphics and a side view. In the game you have to control the ball and overcome 60 levels. The main feature of...

Firegirl: Hack 'n Splash Rescue DX

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Procedural generation

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

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Firegirl: Hack 'n Splash Rescue DX is an action-adventure roguelike with platforming elements. In this game you have to take on the role of a firefighter girl who...

Yupitergrad

Futurism (Future), Virtual Reality (VR), First-person view, Adventure, Action, Puzzle, Platformer, Parkour

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 27 August 2020

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Yupitergrad is an action-adventure game with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR. In the...

Break Iron Man 3D

Action, Third-person view, Comics, Platformer

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android → 16 October 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Break Iron Man 3D is a game about Iron Man in which he has to fly and dodge meteorites falling on him. The main task is to hold out as long as...

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