Platformer 2016 for Mac — top best games in the Platformer genre

Pankapu - a game in the Platformer genre

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

Game released: Mac → 21 September 2016

Steam: 74/100

Pankapu: The Gates of Omnia is an episodic side-scrolling action platformer. The events of the game develop in the fantasies of Jaarell, a child who once...

Starbound

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Simulation, Survival, Sandbox, Space

Game released: Mac → 22 July 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Starbound is an indie adventure role-playing arcade game with platformer and action elements. You are forced to flee your planet by hijacking a ship. Fleeing from...

Salt and Sanctuary

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

Game released: Mac → 17 May 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Salt and Sanctuary is a fantasy platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a sailor who is shipwrecked off the shore of an unknown...

Seasons after Fall

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

Game released: Mac → 2 September 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Seasons after Fall is a side-view arcade adventure in a fantasy setting. The main character is a wild fox who fell under the control of the spirit of the forest. He...

Slain: Back from Hell

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie, Slasher

Game released: Mac → 25 March 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Slain: Back from Hell is an action-adventure platformer in a gothic setting. The story follows the doomed hero Bathoryn as he travels through a Gothic world and...

Ultimate Chicken Horse

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

Game released: Mac → 4 March 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in the style of Super Meat Boy. You have to create levels with a huge number of traps and other...

SpeedRunners

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Racing, Indie

Game released: Mac → 19 April 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

SpeedRunners is a co-op arcade action platformer that puts running at the center of the game, challenging players to compete in speed races online. Your task is to...

Scrap Garden

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

Game released: Mac → 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...

Bug Butcher

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

Game released: Mac → 19 January 2016

Steam: 72/100

Bug Butcher is a futuristic side-scrolling arcade action platformer. Over the course of more than 50 levels, you will have to face countless hordes of aliens alone...

Caveman World: Mountains of Unga Boonga

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Mac → 26 April 2016

Steam: 71/100

An adventure inspired by classic platformers. The caveman explores a prehistoric world where he encounters dinosaurs, mammoths, and deadly traps. In the levels, you...

Cobalt

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 2 February 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Cobalt is a side-scrolling co-op action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will take on the role of robot agent Cobalt, who discovers the lost colonization...

ICEY

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

Game released: Mac → 17 November 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 79/100

ICEY is a side-scrolling sci-fi arcade action platformer. At first glance, this game is a regular platformer where you follow directions and go where you are told...

MOP: Operation Cleanup

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

Game released: Mac → 3 May 2016

MOP: Operation Cleanup is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. Players will play as a cleaning robot whose mission is to cleanse the whole world of...

Trial by Viking

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

Game released: Mac → 29 March 2016

Steam: 75/100

Trial by Viking is a side-scrolling action role-playing platformer in a fantasy setting. As a brave Viking, you have to conquer many dangerous dungeons, fraught...

League of Evil

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

Game released: Mac → 25 October 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Clustertruck

Arcade, Action, Platformer, First-person view, Indie, Parkour

Game released: Mac → 27 September 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Clustertruck is an arcade action platformer with a first-person view, in which the player has to stay on top of speeding long-range trucks. Jumping from one car to...

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell

Arcade, Action, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Parkour

Game released: Mac → 28 July 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is an arcade action platformer with a first-person view that combines the ideas of Quake 3 and the complexity of Super Meat Boy. The...

My Night Job

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Survival horror, Indie

Game released: Mac → 21 April 2016

Steam: 82/100

My Night Job is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. Players have to go to an abandoned building where nightmarish monsters are rampant. And over 60 types of...

Four Sided Fantasy

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 30 August 2016

Steam: 79/100

Four Sided Fantasy is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer. The main character is an ordinary office worker who decided to break away from his daily routine...

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 4 March 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a side-scrolling action platformer. You have to go explore the dark lands where the curse has fallen. Evil is penetrating...

Typoman

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

Game released: Mac → 15 August 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Typoman is an unusual side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer. The creators of Typoman were inspired by the biographies of dedicated writers. It will take you on...

ABRACA - Imagic Games

Arcade, Fighting, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Action, Sports game

Game released: Mac → 31 March 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 73/100

Abraca is a fantasy platformer from Ankama Games. It is a competitive game where players form a team of three against one or play as a fairy tale hero in a...

Soulless: Ray of Hope

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

Game released: Mac → 18 October 2016

Steam: 71/100

Soulless: Ray of Hope — a dark puzzle-platformer in the spirit of Limbo about a "ray of hope," a lonely white creature. The game tells the story of Elin's...

Headlander

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

Game released: Mac → 26 July 2016

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Move or Die

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

Early Access: Mac → 16 December 2015; Game released: Mac → 21 January 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Move or Die is a fun side-scrolling arcade platformer for a noisy group. The game is a collection of mini-games in which several people can participate. Among the...

Candle

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

Game released: Mac → 11 November 2016

Players: 5.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Candle is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to take on the role of the brave young man Teku, who is trying to save the shaman from...

Butcher

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 5 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Butcher is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer set in a futuristic setting. The game is based on the best shooters from the 90s. You have to get used to the...

Cube Runner

Arcade, Indie, Side view, Futurism (Future), Platformer, Casual game, Action

Game released: Mac → 13 December 2016

Steam: 85/100

Cube Runner — arcade 3D platformer with minimalistic graphics, made in the form of neon cubes. Features include varied levels and easy-to-learn...

Mighty No. 9

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

Game released: Mac → 21 June 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 52/100

Mighty No. 9 is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer that is the spiritual successor to the Mega Man series. At the beginning of the 21st century, there was a...

Ecotone

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

Game released: Mac → 6 May 2016

Steam: 94/100

Ecotone is a side-scrolling arcade platformer set in a very strange world. The main character embodies only part of the real personality. With each new level you...

Secrets of Deep Earth Shrine

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

Game released: Mac → 4 May 2016

Steam: 69/100

Secrets of Deep Earth Shrine is an arcade side-scrolling action platformer with strategy elements. The game will tell the story of Digsby, a sapper who will have to...

Mekazoo

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

Game released: Mac → 15 November 2016

Steam: 75/100

Mekazoo is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer where animals with varying skills explore and conquer vibrant 3D worlds. You can play alone or with friends in...

Gunmetal Arcadia Zero

Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher

Game released: Mac → 15 November 2016

Steam: 69/100

Gunmetal Arcadia Zero is an old-school side-scrolling action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will find five heroes to choose from, bagel elements, an 8-bit...

Charlie's Adventure

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

Game released: Mac → 18 November 2016

Steam: 68/100

Charlie's Adventure is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer with arcade elements. You take on the role of Charlie and enter a strange and mysterious world...

Planet Centauri

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world

Early Access: Mac → 3 June 2016

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 73/100

DreamBreak

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

Game released: Mac → 21 July 2016

Steam: 56/100

DreamBreak is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. Events take place in an alternative future of the USSR in 2013. You will play as an agent during a time...

Heart&Slash

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Slasher, Combat robots

Game released: Mac → 9 August 2016

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 72/100

StarBreak

Arcade, Online, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Free game, Side view, MMO, Action

Game released: Mac → 10 May 2016

Steam: 78/100

StarBreak is a free-to-play competitive action platformer in a futuristic setting. Procedurally generated locations in seven fantasy worlds await you. There are...

She Wants Me Dead

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Music game, Side view

Game released: Mac → 13 May 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 85/100

She Wants Me Dead is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. The main character Max has to jump and dodge the traps that his insidious and evil cat Lula has...

Hunter's Legacy

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

Game released: Mac → 23 November 2016

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Hunter's Legacy is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in a fantasy setting. As a warrior cat named Ikki, you have to save the kingdom of Iripur from evil. An open...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2016 for Mac