Platformer 2014 for Mac — top best games in the Platformer genre

Geometry Dash - a game in the Platformer genre

Arcade, Platformer, Music game, Sandbox, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 22 December 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Geometry Dash is a fast-paced arcade platformer where you have to jump and dodge over various obstacles. The game has many levels that will bring many challenges...

Craft The World

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Platformer, Crafting, Sandbox, Construction

Game released: Mac → 24 November 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 82/100

A sandbox strategy game with platforming elements about leading a tribe of dwarves in randomly generated worlds inhabited by dangerous creatures. The player orders...

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

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

Game released: Mac → 26 June 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is an old-school pixelated platformer about Shovel Knight, who must destroy his enemies to save his beloved and defeat the evil...

Mercenary Kings

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Mac → 25 March 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer similar to games like SNK's Metal Slug series. Players can jump, crouch, roll, shoot in four directions...

Never Alone

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

Game released: Mac → 18 November 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Never Alone is an arcade side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. You play as the girl Nunu and her arctic fox companion. You have to solve the mystery of an...

Towerfall: Ascension

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Online, Indie

Game released: Mac → 29 May 2014

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Towerfall: Ascension is a fun side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer where you take on the role of archers who hate each other very much and fight on a...

LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham

Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Online, Open world

Game released: Mac → 11 November 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This action-adventure with platforming elements brings Batman together with heroes and villains from the DC universe to stop Brainiac. Using the power of the...

Expendabros

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, DLC, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Free game, Online

Game released: Mac → 5 August 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Expendabros is an action-adventure game with platformer elements. You'll fight through a barrage of bullets and non-stop action in ten fast-paced missions set among...

Unepic

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

Game released: Mac → 25 July 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Unepic is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. You will play as Daniel, who, due to strange circumstances, finds himself in the ancient and...

Whispering Willows

Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

Game released: Mac → 17 June 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Whispering Willows is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a mysterious mansion. The plot centers on Elena Elkhorn. She goes to the estate in search...

BattleBlock Theater

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

Game released: Mac → 15 May 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 85/100

BattleBlock Theater is a side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer. There are a total of eight different modes available in the game. In Soul, the player will...

Freedom Planet

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Mac → 21 July 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

This combat-focused platform adventure follows the dragon girl Lilac and her friends as they defend the world of Avalice from an alien attack. The heroes face...

Outland

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Mac → 29 September 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Outland is a fantastic action-plate with a side of the side, where you have to use the forces of light and darkness in an epic journey to save the world from the...

Shadow Blade

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 4 March 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Shadow Blade — the game consists of small levels and rewards the player based on three factors: the total time to complete the level from start to finish, the...

Guacamelee!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Mac → 18 February 2014

Players: 7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Guacamelee! is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. The plot revolves around the brave Mexican Juan Agacata, who must save the daughter of the President of...

Worms: Clan Wars

Action, Strategy, MMO, Platformer, Turn-based, Side view, Online

Game released: Mac → 20 February 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Worms: Clan Wars is a new part of the exciting turn-based strategy in the Worms universe with an emphasis on the multiplayer component. The game contains 25 single...

The LEGO Movie Videogame

Action, Shooter, Platformer, First-person view, Adventure, Comedy

Game released: Mac → 16 October 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The LEGO Movie Videogame is an action-adventure game with a third-person view, based on the cartoon “The LEGO Movie.” Movie". Just like the tabletop version, you'll...

Toxic Bunny

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Mac → 18 July 2014

Steam: 60/100

This comedic retro platformer follows an almost ordinary rabbit who flies into a rage after someone interrupts his coffee break. He sets out to find the culprit...

T.E.C. 3001

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Racing

Game released: Mac → 10 April 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

T.E.C. 3001 — futuristic arcade runner with a third-person view. You will try on the role of a robot who will have to run through more than 40 different...

Woah Dave!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Mac → 30 October 2014

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This arcade platformer follows Dave Lonuts as he tries to survive an alien invasion and collect as many coins as possible. He fights back by throwing alien eggs...

Luftrausers

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Mac → 18 March 2014

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Luftrausers is an arcade aerial combat shooter set among the clouds and over open seas. Players configure their fighter by choosing its weapon, body, and propulsion...

Deadly 30

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Zombies

Game released: Mac → 8 January 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Deadly 30 is a retro-style survival horror game set in a zombie-infested world, where the goal is to survive 30 days and nights while fighting off waves of the...

Beyond Gravity

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 23 September 2014

Steam: 88/100

Beyond Gravity is an arcade game with elements of action, platformer and indie game from developers from the Qwiboo studio. The game is published by Qwiboo. It...

Knightmare Tower

Arcade, Action, Hack and slash, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Slasher

Game released: Mac → 16 June 2014

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A fantasy action arcade game in which a hero fights upward through a tower, rescuing princesses and escaping rising boiling lava. The ascent is filled with monsters...

Dusty Revenge: Co-Op Edition

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Fighting, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Mac → 17 February 2014

Steam: 49/100

This 2D action platformer with beat ’em up combat follows Dusty, a warrior battling outlawed criminals, dangerous creatures and the villain who commands them. His...

OlliOlli

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Sports game, Indie, Skateboards

Game released: Mac → 22 July 2014

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This skateboarding arcade game revolves around landing tricks and maintaining control through obstacle-filled levels. Players perform more than 120 tricks and...

Magnetic By Nature

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Action

Game released: Mac → 10 November 2014

Steam: 76/100

A science-fiction platformer about the last surviving robot, who journeys through forgotten ruins to reactivate its friends. The levels are built without...

Nidhogg

Fighting, Platformer, Indie, Action

Game released: Mac → 13 January 2014

Players: 4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A fighting game with platforming elements built around sword duels played as a tug-of-war. In Nidhogg, two players battle across an arena that stretches in both...

Dungeoning

Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: Mac → 24 April 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 71/100

Dungeoning is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will go to conquer dungeons that are randomly generated. There you can fight...

The Fall

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: Mac → 30 May 2014

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Fall is an adventure shooter with a view of the side of the science fiction setting, which will tell about artificial intelligence trying to save its master...

The Impossible Game

Action, Indie, Side view, Platformer, Music game

Game released: Mac → 8 May 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 64/100

The player taps the jump screen and tries to navigate the orange square while avoiding traps to reach the end of the level. Any mistake will result in instant death...

Ascendant

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Mac → 13 May 2014

Steam: 76/100

Ascendant is an arcade role-playing action platformer with roguelike elements and a side view. You become a demigod who invades the dimension and must defeat hordes...

Trine: Enchanted Edition

Action, Adventure, Collection, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Platformer

Game released: Mac → 24 July 2014

Steam: 94/100

This fantasy adventure platformer tells the origin story of Amadeus the Wizard, Pontius the Knight, and Zoya the Thief, whose fates are bound by the magical...

Flyhunter Origins

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 10 December 2014

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 58/100

An adventure platformer about Zak, an alien janitor who dreams of becoming a flyhunter. When a cargo of exotic insects from the spaceship The Frog is accidentally...

Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse HD

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure, Remake

Game released: Mac → 25 July 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse HD is a third-person arcade game with a dash of platforming from SEGA Studios Australia. The game is published by Disney...

Pixel Piracy

Role-playing game, Arcade, Simulation, Platformer, Indie, Sandbox, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: Mac → 31 July 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 52/100

1001 Spikes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Mac → 3 June 2014

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This arcade platformer with puzzle elements follows Aban Hawkins as he searches the ruins of Ukampa in South America for his missing father, archaeologist Jim...

The Floor is Jelly

Indie, Platformer

Game released: Mac → 30 May 2014

Steam: 83/100

The Floor is Jelly is a platformer set in a world made entirely of jelly. Its surfaces yield and bounce when touched, making the world’s unusual composition the...

Volt

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Action

Game released: Mac → 14 April 2014

Steam: 70/100

This puzzle platformer follows a battery that escapes while being taken for recycling and tries to get out of an industrial facility. Without legs, the heroine...

Monochroma

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

Game released: Mac → 28 May 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Monochroma is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with horror elements and a side view. The game takes place in a gloomy industrial world. You will learn the story of...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2014 for Mac