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

Geometry Dash - a game in the Platformer genre

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Iron Soul

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction

Game released: Mac → 26 February 2014

Steam: 13/100

This science-fiction 3D action game combines third-person shooting with fast platforming in an industrial world where a robot army created to defend against a...

Last Inua

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 11 December 2014

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This 2D platform adventure follows an Inuit family struggling to survive in the harsh Arctic and confront the demon Tonrar. Darkness spreads across the frozen...

QBEH-1: The Atlas Cube

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

Game released: Mac → 15 May 2014

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 87/100

QBEH-1: The Atlas Cube is a first-person puzzle platformer set across several worlds, each with its own visual style. Players explore the environment, place and...

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...

Spoiler Alert

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 30 June 2014

Steam: 77/100

Spoiler Alert is a hardcore side-scrolling indie platformer. You will find yourself in a completely completed game: the main villain is defeated, all the coins are...

Angvik

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Mac → 24 February 2014

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Angvik is a platform action game set in a joyful but unforgiving land, where a barbarian has taken over the castle. The hero sets out to confront him, carrying his...

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...

Last Knight: Rogue Rider Edition

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

Game released: Mac → 4 October 2014

Steam: 85/100

This fantasy action-platformer follows a squire who becomes the kingdom’s last hope. Riding on horseback, the hero charges enemies with a wooden lance and navigates...

Super TIME Force

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Shooter

Game released: Mac → 25 August 2014

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Super TIME Force is a platform shooter in which a fighter battles across different eras and manipulates time. The player can rewind events and choose when to return...

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...

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...

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...

Vertical Drop Heroes

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

Game released: Mac → 26 July 2014

Steam: 75/100

Vertical Drop Heroes is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with roguelike elements. In the game, you can choose one of three available characters with a...

6180 the Moon

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 19 September 2014

Steam: 91/100

This platforming puzzle game follows the Moon on a journey to find the Sun after it disappears. The top and bottom edges of the screen are connected: when the Moon...

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...

Potatoman Seeks the Troof

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Mac → 3 December 2014

Steam: 84/100

Potatoman Seeks the Troof is a side-scrolling pixel arcade platformer about a potato man. In search of the “truth” you will go through a complex world filled with...

Fotonica

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 6 November 2014

Steam: 87/100

FOTONICA is a first-person arcade platformer about running, jumping, and moving at high speed through abstract environments. Its mostly two-color vector visuals use...

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...

Sportsfriends

Action, Platformer, Sports game, Indie, Free game

Game released: Mac → I квартал 2014

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This collection of local multiplayer games brings together sports contests, duels, and a physical party game. BaraBariBall features retro-styled fights, Super Pole...

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...

Escape Goat 2

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Mac → 24 March 2014

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer about a goat attempting to traverse the Stronghold of Toragos, which no one has conquered before. The goat must find a path...

Eets Munchies

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 11 March 2014

Players: 5/10

Steam: 81/100

A puzzle platformer about a hungry creature trying to reach cake. In Eets Munchies, players solve increasingly difficult puzzles through physics-based interactions...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2014 for Mac