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Best Games in the Platformer genre for Nintendo Switch

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It Takes Two - a game in the Platformer genre
It Takes Two
Arcade, Adventure, Online, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 November 2022
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 87/100
It Takes Two is a co-op platformer where you and your friends become toys. At the center of the game are two dissimilar heroes Cody and May, who were turned into...
Terraria - a game in the Platformer genre
Terraria
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Sandbox, Survival, Online
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 June 2019
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Terraria is an adventure sandbox game with platformer elements and a side view. You will embark on a colorful journey where you can create various items, build...
Hollow Knight: Silksong - a game in the Platformer genre
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 September 2025
VGTimes: 8.2/10
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 91/100
A sequel to the hardcore action platformer Hollow Knight. The game takes you to a new world — the fallen kingdom of Pharlum, where silk and song rule. Here, Hornet...
Little Nightmares 3 - a game in the Platformer genre
Little Nightmares 3
Adventure, Horror, Online, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 October 2025
Players: 7.1/10
Steam: 49/100
Metacritic: 70/100
Low and One are trying to get out of Nowhere. They joined forces to survive in a dangerous world full of illusions and shadows. The main feature of the sequel is...
Little Nightmares 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
Little Nightmares 2
Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 February 2021
Players: 7.2/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Little Nightmares 2 is a continuation of the horror platformer with quest elements. This time a co-op has appeared in the game and the two of you will have to...
TOEM 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
TOEM 2
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 September 2026
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 82/100
A black and white game about a curious photographer who goes on another adventure. Along the way, the character helps new friends and documents various sights...
Little Nightmares 3 - The Shores - a game in the Platformer genre
Little Nightmares 3 - The Shores
Adventure, Horror, DLC, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2026
Steam: 54/100
An expansion for Little Nightmares 3 that takes Little and One to a new location related to water and underwater dangers. The heroes will face the return of...
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown - a game in the Platformer genre
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Adventure, Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 January 2024
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 87/100
A reimagining of the Prince of Persia series, the main character of which is the Persian soldier Sargon from the elite group of warriors “Immortals”, who is able to...
Well Dweller - a game in the Platformer genre
Well Dweller
Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 September 2026
Players: 9/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 88/100
A dark fairy tale metroidvania from the creators of Crypt Custodian. Deep in the forest lies a well, at the bottom of which lives Blik — a tiny bird armed with a...
Hollow Knight - a game in the Platformer genre
Hollow Knight
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 June 2018
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 89/100
An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange creatures. A dark...
Mina the Hollower - a game in the Platformer genre
Mina the Hollower
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Top-down view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Old school, Gothic
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 May 2026
Players: 10/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 91/100
The game takes you to a dark gothic world where a cursed island hides behind a thick curtain of darkness. The main character is the agile and fearless Mina, who is...
Ori and the Will of the Wisps - a game in the Platformer genre
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2020
Players: 9.1/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 90/100
Ori and the Will of the Wisps — the continuation of the colorful side-scrolling platformer Ori and the Blind Forest. The forest spirit Ori embarks on a journey once...
Terminator 2D: No Fate - a game in the Platformer genre
Terminator 2D: No Fate
Action, Platformer, Side view, Arcade
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 December 2025
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 71/100
Hurricane action with pixel graphics, inspired by the arcade games of the 80-90s, which is based on the 1991 film “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”. Players can take...
Neon Abyss 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
Neon Abyss 2
Action, Platformer, Cyberpunk, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Procedural generation
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2026
Steam: 88/100
A sequel to the explosive roguelike, where everything moves even faster, brighter and more dangerous. In the game, each playthrough turns into a crazy experiment...
Broforce - a game in the Platformer genre
Broforce
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2018
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Broforce is a brutal 2D platformer full of pure, unadulterated fun that requires the player to destroy everything that moves in order to defeat the Satanic...
Cuphead - a game in the Platformer genre
Cuphead
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 April 2019
Players: 7.4/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 87/100
A hardcore action platformer made in the style of classic animation from the 30s. The main character lost his life to the devil at dice, and is now forced to run...
Garfield - Escape from Monday - a game in the Platformer genre
Garfield - Escape from Monday
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Exploration, Comics
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 September 2026
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 66/100
A colorful 3D platformer about the famous orange cat Garfield. The game's plot tells how the hero accidentally ate some bad lasagna, fell asleep, and ended up in a...
MIO: Memories in Orbit - a game in the Platformer genre
MIO: Memories in Orbit
Platformer, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 January 2026
Players: 4/10
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 82/100
An android named Mio awakens on a large spaceship that has fallen into disrepair. The main character explores overgrown locations filled with hostile machines to...
Kong: Survivor Instinct - a game in the Platformer genre
Kong: Survivor Instinct
Action, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2026
Players: 9/10
Steam: 71/100
Metacritic: 66/100
Adventure Metroidvania based on King Kong. The game tells the story of oil rig worker David as he tries to find his daughter in a collapsing city. To save his...
Rayman Legends - a game in the Platformer genre
Rayman Legends
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 September 2017
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 90/100
Rayman Legends is a continuation of the exciting side-scrolling arcade platformer Rayman Origins. Rayman and his friends find a mysterious tent in the magical...
Owlboy - a game in the Platformer genre
Owlboy
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 February 2018
Players: 9/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 87/100
Owlboy is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with a pixel art style. The main character is an owl boy, capable of both running around locations and flying. In the...
The Rogue Prince of Persia - a game in the Platformer genre
The Rogue Prince of Persia
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Parkour, Replayability
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 December 2025
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Adventure action roguelike in the Prince of Persia series. The game tells the story of the Prince's confrontation with the Huns, who fell under the influence of...
Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered - a game in the Platformer genre
Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Old school, Collection, Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2025
VGTimes: 5.3/10
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 66/100
Remasters of the original Lara Croft games. The collection includes Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Tomb Raider: Chronicles and Tomb Raider: The Angel of...
Rogue Legacy 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
Rogue Legacy 2
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 November 2022
Players: 8/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 89/100
One day, a brave knight gets to a mysterious place where some kind of devilry happened many years ago. Skeletons, ghosts and other evil spirits roam everywhere, and...
Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed - a game in the Platformer genre
Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Side view, Exploration, Remake
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 September 2024
Players: 9.7/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 77/100
A remake of the colorful Disney Epic Mickey for Wii in 2010. Mickey Mouse embarks on an epic journey across the Wasteland, the realm of forgotten Disney characters...
Blasphemous - a game in the Platformer genre
Blasphemous
Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2019
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 79/100
A hardcore action platformer made in the spirit of the Castlevania series, but in a bloodier and more brutal form. The player explores the dark world of corrupt...
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light - a game in the Platformer genre
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 June 2023
Players: 6/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 81/100
A cooperative isometric action platformer set in the Tomb Raider universe. Players once again take on the role of legendary tomb raider Lara Croft, this time...
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated - a game in the Platformer genre
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Remake, Online
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 June 2020
Players: 7.4/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 69/100
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom — Rehydrated is a re-release of the classic SpongeBob game from 2003 in an updated form. You will have a...
SOS OPS! - a game in the Platformer genre
SOS OPS!
Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Online
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 January 2025
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 77/100
Cooperative platformer about rescuers. The events of the game unfold in a city engulfed by a series of emergencies. Players take on the role of rescuers trying to...
Salt and Sanctuary - a game in the Platformer genre
Salt and Sanctuary
Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 August 2018
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...
Blasphemous 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
Blasphemous 2
Arcade, Platformer, Role-playing game, Side view, Action, Horror, Gothic, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 August 2023
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 84/100
The sequel to the hardcore action platformer that continues the story of the Penitent. The character will take part in epic battles with bosses, each of which has...
Super Meat Boy - a game in the Platformer genre
Super Meat Boy
Action, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 January 2018
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 87/100
Super Meat Boy is a hardcore 2D side-scrolling platformer. You have to help the meat cube save his beloved, who was kidnapped by the evil scientist Dr. Fitus. The...
Carrion - a game in the Platformer genre
Carrion
Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 July 2020
Players: 9/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 76/100
The game's protagonist is a creature created in a laboratory that managed to escape from a glass container and start hunting its creators. The huge complex and its...
ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist - a game in the Platformer genre
ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
Side view, Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Fantasy, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 January 2025
Players: 9.4/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Continuation of Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. The great kingdom of mages flourished, and the created beings known as "homunculi" were meant to aid in...
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance - a game in the Platformer genre
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 August 2025
Players: 10/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 86/100
The story centers on Joe Musashi, a martial artist whose village was destroyed and his fellow tribesmen turned to stone. Ahead lies the path of revenge and battle...
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - a game in the Platformer genre
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Metroidvania, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2019
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of an 18-year-old girl...
Fall Guys - a game in the Platformer genre
Fall Guys
Arcade, Action, Online, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game, Battle Royale, MMO
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 June 2022
Players: 6.6/10
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Fall Guys is a free-to-play, cute arcade action game about falling colorful people. A unique “battle royale” awaits you, where many players will take on the roles...
Limbo - a game in the Platformer genre
Limbo
Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 June 2018
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 69/100
Metacritic: 88/100
A dark adventure platformer built on the atmosphere of silence, loneliness, and constant danger. The story tells about a boy who sets out to find his missing...
Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree - a game in the Platformer genre
Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree
Adventure, Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Role-playing game, Medieval era
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 April 2025
Players: 9/10
Steam: 79/100
Metacritic: 75/100
The game takes place in a world where humanity has fallen due to an attack by monsters. Now people have to hide behind brick walls and distraction fences that...
The Last Faith - a game in the Platformer genre
The Last Faith
Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer, Indie, Horror, Slasher, Fantasy, Medieval era, Metroidvania, Gothic
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 November 2023
Players: 7.4/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 73/100
A dark metroidvania in the spirit of Bloodborne. The events unfold in a gothic city populated by various monsters. Players take on the role of Eric, who suffers...
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