Platformer 2012 for Android — top best games in the Platformer genre

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 - a game in the Platformer genre

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Android → 28 June 2012

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This adventure platformer continues the events of Episode I: Metal Sonic has joined forces with Dr. Eggman, prompting Sonic to call on Tails for help. Together...

Jet Set Radio

Arcade, Third-person view, Stunts, Action, Platformer

Game released: Android → 29 November 2012

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Jet Set Radio is an arcade game with a third-person view and stunt elements. You have to fight for Tokyo, mark your territory with graffiti, draw on walls, posters...

Hill Climb Racing

Arcade, Platformer

Game released: Android → 18 November 2012

Players: 6.7/10

Hill Climb Racing is an arcade racing platformer. The rules are quite simple: you control your character to drive through the hilly terrain, collecting coins and...

League of Evil

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Android → 22 October 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This futuristic action platformer follows a bionic super agent on a mission to stop the League of Evil, an alliance of evil scientists. The agent fights through...

Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Android → 12 April 2012

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

This third-person action platformer follows space hero Buzz Lightyear as he sets out to rescue his friend Woody. A greedy toy collector has kidnapped Woody, and...

Canabalt

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action, Runner

Game released: Android → 16 March 2012

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Canabalt is a fantasy arcade platformer. You have to escape from the destruction of your city with just one button. The game that popularized the endless runner...

Gunman Clive

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

Game released: Android → 3 April 2012

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Gunman Clive is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with a beat 'em up style. The game takes place in 1800, where the player controls the main character...

Jetpack Joyride

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Android → 19 August 2012

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Jetpack Joyride is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. It's time to join Barry Steakfries and equip cool jetpacks, dress up in stylish suits and drive crazy...

Anger of Stick 2

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer

Game released: Android → 8 November 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Anger of Stick 2 is an arcade game with action, beat 'em up and platformer elements from the developers of the J-Park studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Nyan Cat: Lost In Space

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

Game released: Android → 19 December 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

An arcade platformer about Nyan Cat flying through endless space. The player collects coins and food, jumps across cake platforms, and dodges enemies such as dogs...

Another World

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Side view

Game released: Android → 16 March 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Young physicist Lester Knight Chaikin is conducting a physics experiment at a synchrotron when suddenly lightning strikes the facility. As a result of the reaction...

Snow Bros. Nick & Tom

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Android → 7 April 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Snow Bros. Nick & Tom is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the developers from Toaplan Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Capcom...

Waking Mars

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

Game released: Android → ноябрь 2012

Players: 1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Waking Mars is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. In 2097, life was discovered on Mars. During the mission to make first contact, you find yourself...

Rayman Jungle Run

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action

Game released: Android → 20 September 2012

Players: 5.2/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Rayman Jungle Run is a side-scrolling arcade platformer. The legendary platformer hero makes the leap to your favorite mobile...

Vector (2012)

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Stunts, Parkour, Indie

Game released: Android → 11 October 2012

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 90/100

This arcade platformer follows a freerunner escaping a totalitarian society while pursued by Big Brother. The character crosses rooftops using parkour moves...

Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Platformer

Game released: Android → 16 March 2012

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This science-fiction action platformer follows young scientist Lester Knight Chaykin, who is hurled through space and time when a nuclear experiment goes wrong...

Granny Smith

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Comedy, Action

Game released: Android → 30 August 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A game about Granny Smith, who protects the apples in her garden from a thief. She chases the criminal on roller skates, breaking through different locations, rooms...

King Oddball

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Android → 23 November 2012

Players: 7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This arcade puzzle game follows a king who swings a boulder with his tongue and uses it to destroy targets. The player chooses when to release the rock, with...

Gravity Guy

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Android → 25 October 2012

Metacritic: 79/100

A futuristic platformer about an escapee who can reverse gravity. Imprisoned for breaking the rules, Gravity Guy flees from pursuing Gravity troops, and the player...

Prince of Persia Classic

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: Android → 13 September 2012

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Prince of Persia Classic is a platform action game in which a prince must rescue the imprisoned princess after a vizier seizes the throne while the Sultan is away...

Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2012)

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Third-person view

Game released: Android → 12 April 2012

Players: 10/10

This action-platformer with puzzle elements follows an expedition in search of the lost Atlantis. Milo Thatch leads a team of experts into an ancient land deep...

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Android → 12 April 2012

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is a side-scrolling action platformer with puzzle elements. Chosen by the fickle finger of fate, Master First Class was catapulted into a...

Crazy Machines Golden Gears

Platformer, Puzzle, Arkanoid, Logic

Game released: Android → 17 December 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 18/100

Crazy Machines Golden Gears is a platformer with puzzle and arcanoid elements from the Viva Media studio. The game is published by Viva Media. There has still been...

Temple Run

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

Game released: Android → 27 March 2012

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Temple Run is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view. In this game you will test your reflexes by running along the walls of an ancient temple and...

Disney/Pixar A Bug's Life (2012)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Android → 12 April 2012

Disney/Pixar A Bug's Life (2012) is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from developers from the studio Travelers Tales (Uk) Ltd.. The game is...

Kung Fu Fight!

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Platformer

Game released: Android → 30 October 2012

Kung Fu Fight! is an arcade game with a mixture of action, fighting and platforming from the developers of the Nostatic Software studio. The game is published by...

Chaos Rings Omega

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Android → 22 November 2012

Metacritic: 80/100

This fantasy RPG follows the Arc Arena, a fight-to-the-death tournament on Earth set 10,000 years before the events of Chaos Rings. Players take the role of the...

Ninja Chicken

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Android → 9 February 2012

Ninja Chicken is a third-person action game with platforming elements from the developers of the MoMinis studio. The game is published by MoMinis. The Funky Chicken...

Pebble Universe

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: Android → 16 August 2012

Pebble Universe is an arcade game with platformer and puzzle elements from developers from Itatake studio. The game is published by Itatake. For some reason the...

Kung Fu Rabbit

Arcade, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Android → 10 December 2012

Metacritic: 68/100

Kung Fu Rabbit is a classic platformer with a charming cartoon style. You take on the role of a bunny teacher who must save his students from alien evil while...

Sonic Jump

Arcade, Platformer

Game released: Android → 21 December 2012

Metacritic: 77/100

A vertical platforming arcade game about Sonic and his friends leaping through familiar and new worlds to confront Dr. Eggman. In Sonic Jump, players tilt the...

Stickman Base Jumper

Arcade, Action, Platformer

Game released: Android → 29 August 2012

Stickman Base Jumper is an arcade game with a dash of action and platforming from the Djinnworks studio. The game is published by Djinnworks. Perhaps Stickman Base...

Draw Rider Plus

Platformer, Side view, Sandbox, Motorcycle racing, Action, Racing, Indie

Game released: Android → 22 July 2012

Steam: 70/100

Draw Rider Plus is a side-scrolling racing platformer. This is not an ordinary race, here you will find treacherous challenges with many hardcore levels. Earning...

Zombro

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Android → 2 May 2012

Zombro is a third-person action game with a mixture of platforming and puzzles from the developers from the Sarbakan, Inc. studio. The game is published by Making...

Kairobotica

Arcade, Role-playing game, Strategy, Platformer, Simulation

Game released: Android → 2 August 2012

Steam: 72/100

A spacefaring simulation with role-playing and strategy elements, Kairobotica puts the player in command of the Kairobot Corps, a brigade of robots tasked with...

Mickey Mania

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Android → 12 April 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Mickey Mania is a third-person action game with platform elements from the developers from the studio Travelers Tales (Uk) Ltd.. The game is published by Sony...

Sleepwalker's Journey

Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Android → 16 November 2012

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Sleepwalker's Journey is a colorful platformer with puzzle elements for mobile platforms. The hero of the game finds himself in fantastic dreams, from which he...

Bean's Quest

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer

Game released: Android → 5 April 2012

Players: 10/10

Bean's Quest is an arcade game with a mixture of adventure and platformer from the developers from the Kumobius studio. The main publisher of the game is Kumobius...

HueShift

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Android → 5 July 2012

HueShift is a third-person action game with platforming elements from the masters of the All Civilized Planets studio. The game is published by All Civilized...

Skater Boy

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: Android → 27 February 2012

Skater Boy is a third-person action game with platforming and sports elements from the masters at Runner Games. The main publisher of the game is Runner Games...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2012 for Android