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Best Games in the Platformer genre for Nintendo Switch

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LOVE - a game in the Platformer genre
LOVE
Platformer, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Old school, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2019
Steam: 92/100
A minimalist game with a retro aesthetic and an emphasis on challenge without being unfair. The game features an innovative revival system, 16 levels and an...
Overwhelm - a game in the Platformer genre
Overwhelm
Arcade, Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 April 2019
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 74/100
Overwhelm is a pixel arcade action platformer with horror elements and a side view. As a fearless warrior, you will have to go into dark dungeons where you need to...
Vectronom - a game in the Platformer genre
Vectronom
Puzzle, Platformer, Logic, Arcade, Isometric, Sandbox, Casual game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 May 2019
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Vectronom is a logic puzzle platformer with arcade elements and an isometric view. Welcome to a psychedelic world where you can experience waves of color and...
SolSeraph - a game in the Platformer genre
SolSeraph
Action, Strategy, Platformer, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 July 2019
Steam: 50/100
Metacritic: 56/100
SolSeraph is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with strategy elements in a fantasy setting. You will play the role of the young god Helios, who must lead...
BurgerTime Party! - a game in the Platformer genre
BurgerTime Party!
Action, Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2019
Metacritic: 70/100
BurgerTime Party! is a remake of a fascinating side-view puzzle platformer in the series, designed for solo and cooperative play by up to four people. As in the...
Jump King - a game in the Platformer genre
Jump King
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 June 2020
Players: 9/10
Steam: 90/100
Jump King is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer where you, as a brave knight, have to climb to the top of the tower and save the princess. As you move...
Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia - a game in the Platformer genre
Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2020
Players: 6.1/10
Steam: 83/100
Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer where you'll set out to conquer the world of Trollhunters, based on the animated...
Part Time UFO - a game in the Platformer genre
Part Time UFO
Logic, Puzzle, Side view, Futurism (Future), Arcade, Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2020
Metacritic: 82/100
Part Time UFO is a side-scrolling adventure arcade puzzle game. As funny aliens, you will have to move various objects to different platforms to help earthlings...
Blaster Master Zero 3 - a game in the Platformer genre
Blaster Master Zero 3
Action, Arcade, Indie, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2021
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 80/100
Blaster Master Zero 3 is a sequel to the classic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You have to help Jason again, and this time go to the...
Demon Turf - a game in the Platformer genre
Demon Turf
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Exploration, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 November 2021
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Demon Turf is a third-person platformer where the main character dreams of becoming a demon queen. The world of demons is inhabited by all kinds of monsters, most...
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees - a game in the Platformer genre
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees
Adventure, Side view, Platformer, Action, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 May 2022
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 63/100
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees is a side-scrolling platformer adventure game. This is a hand-drawn adventure game about a gibbon who has lost his family and is sent on a...
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms - a game in the Platformer genre
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms
Arcade, Side view, Platformer, Action, Anime / Manga, Old school, Indie, Historical, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 July 2022
Steam: 71/100
Metacritic: 66/100
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms is a fast-paced side-scrolling action game with co-op for up to four players. The story spans all the way from the Yellow Turban...
Plunder Panic - a game in the Platformer genre
Plunder Panic
Action, Online, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Arcade, Cooperative (co-op), Strategy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 September 2022
Steam: 94/100
Plunder Panic is a side-scrolling, 12-player arcade action platformer where two rival teams battle for supremacy. You and your crew need to loot the loot, defeat...
The Darkest Tales - a game in the Platformer genre
The Darkest Tales
Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Action, Free game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 October 2022
Players: 7/10
Steam: 69/100
The Darkest Tales is a side-scrolling adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. In the game you will become the companion of the teddy bear Teddy, who is forced to...
Aeterna Noctis - a game in the Platformer genre
Aeterna Noctis
Arcade, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Role-playing game, Adventure, Metroidvania, Platformer, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 November 2022
Steam: 76/100
Metacritic: 69/100
Aeterna Noctis is a side-scrolling adventure role-playing action platformer in a fantasy setting. The Supreme God Chaos cursed his creation, forcing the dominant...
Gimmick! 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
Gimmick! 2
Platformer, Side view, Old school, Puzzle, Adventure, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 September 2024
Players: 10/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 80/100
A sequel to the classic 1992 platformer that retains the spirit of the original while offering new and exciting adventures. Players once again control a lovable...
Everdeep Aurora - a game in the Platformer genre
Everdeep Aurora
Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 July 2025
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 75/100
A post-apocalyptic game in which the population moved underground due to a meteor shower. The main character, a cat named Shell, went in search of her missing...
Red's Kingdom - a game in the Platformer genre
Red's Kingdom
Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 August 2018
Steam: 92/100
Red's Kingdom is an arcade puzzle game with an isometric camera view in which you have to help Red explore the lands on amazing adventures. Mad King Mac kidnapped...
Eternum EX - a game in the Platformer genre
Eternum EX
Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 October 2018
Steam: 84/100
Eternum EX is a classic side-scrolling action platformer with pixel graphics. Sir Arthur became old, too old. He lost everything he had and loved. With great...
Blaster Master Zero 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
Blaster Master Zero 2
Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 March 2019
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Blaster Master Zero 2 is a sequel to the classic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You have to help Jason again, and this time go into the...
Potata: fairy flower - a game in the Platformer genre
Potata: fairy flower
Adventure, Action, Platformer, Indie, Puzzle, Side view, Fantasy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 June 2020
Steam: 78/100
Metacritic: 66/100
The game is about a great journey and self-discovery. The main character is an aspiring sorceress Potata, who sets off on her dream adventure. As she progresses...
Ultracore - a game in the Platformer genre
Ultracore
Action, Platformer, Side view, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Arcade
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 June 2020
Metacritic: 65/100
Ultracore is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In 1994, the side-scrolling platformer Project Hardcore was supposed to be...
Tin & Kuna - a game in the Platformer genre
Tin & Kuna
Arcade, Isometric, Adventure, Puzzle, Third-person view, Action, Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 October 2020
Players: 6/10
Steam: 71/100
Tin & Kuna is a fun puzzle platformer with a third-person view. You have to help Kuna save his friend Tin and at the same time restore his home. One day, while the...
NYX: The Awakening - a game in the Platformer genre
NYX: The Awakening
Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 September 2020
Players: 7.7/10
NYX: The Awakening is a third-person action-adventure game inspired by the spirit of the neon 80s. The main character of the game is Victoria, who became a victim...
Horace - a game in the Platformer genre
Horace
Adventure, Action, Side view, Indie, Puzzle, Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 October 2020
Players: 4.9/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Horace is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with a pixel art style. The game will tell the heartfelt story of a cute robot who goes on an amazing...
Astalon: Tears of the Earth - a game in the Platformer genre
Astalon: Tears of the Earth
Action, Indie, Platformer, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Post-apocalyptic, Dungeons, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 June 2021
Players: 6.5/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Astalon: Tears of the Earth is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. The game follows three heroic explorers who travel through a...
Where's Samantha? - a game in the Platformer genre
Where's Samantha?
Platformer, Indie, Puzzle, Adventure, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 August 2021
Steam: 76/100
Were's samantha? - Platformer with elements of the puzzle and side view. George and Samantha are two charming pieces of fabric that are simply in love with each...
Inked: A Tale of Love - a game in the Platformer genre
Inked: A Tale of Love
Arcade, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Casual game, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 August 2021
Steam: 79/100
Metacritic: 68/100
Inked: A Tale of Love is a hand-drawn adventure puzzle platformer with an isometric camera view. You will take on the role of a nameless samurai who must go through...
In My Shadow - a game in the Platformer genre
In My Shadow
Puzzle, Platformer, Logic, Arcade, Side view, Casual game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2021
Steam: 82/100
In My Shadow is an arcade puzzle game with platforming elements and a side view. The game tells the story of Bella, a young girl who had a falling out with her...
Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth - a game in the Platformer genre
Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
Anime / Manga, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration, Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2022
Players: 10/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 79/100
A game based on the anime “Record of Lodoss War”. The main character named Deedlit wakes up in an unfamiliar place. The girl must go through 6 levels of a labyrinth...
Terror of Hemasaurus - a game in the Platformer genre
Terror of Hemasaurus
Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Old school
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 December 2022
Steam: 91/100
Terror of Hemasaurus is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with local co-op in a science fiction setting. In the game you have to get used to the role of a...
Pronty: Fishy Adventure - a game in the Platformer genre
Pronty: Fishy Adventure
Adventure, Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 March 2023
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 71/100
Pronty: Fishy Adventure is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to help Pronty and his faithful assistant Bront...
Chronicles of 2 Heroes: Amaterasu's Wrath - a game in the Platformer genre
Chronicles of 2 Heroes: Amaterasu's Wrath
Action, Platformer, Side view, Old school, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Demons, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 May 2023
Steam: 62/100
The game takes place in a fantasy version of feudal Japan with evil spirits and demons. The game world is based on Japanese myths and legends. Brave brother and...
Tiny Thor - a game in the Platformer genre
Tiny Thor
Platformer, Side view, Action, Old school
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 August 2023
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 78/100
Metacritic: 76/100
The young thunder god Thor sets out on a dangerous journey to unleash the full power of his hammer Mjolnir. As you progress, the hero fights hordes of bloodthirsty...
Ugly - a game in the Platformer genre
Ugly
Platformer, Puzzle, Comedy, Horror, Adventure, Indie, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 September 2023
Players: 10/10
Steam: 95/100
The player explores the depths of the aristocrat's sick mind, which are filled with scary monsters and puzzles. Using the mechanics of mirroring a character, you...
Astro Duel 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
Astro Duel 2
Online, Cooperative (co-op), Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Science fiction
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 March 2024
Steam: 100/100
A pixel game with multiplayer support that you can play with or against friends. The gamer controls a fast spaceship and fights at a distance, and when necessary...
Ninja Kamui: Shinobi Origins - a game in the Platformer genre
Ninja Kamui: Shinobi Origins
Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Action, Arcade, Anime / Manga, Science fiction, Runner
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 November 2024
Steam: 100/100
A colorful game based on the anime Ninja Kamui. The main character is a shadow named Tsukumo. The character cuts through hordes of deadly ninjas. You can time your...
Ultimate Sheep Raccoon - a game in the Platformer genre
Ultimate Sheep Raccoon
Racing, Platformer, Bicycles, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Online
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 December 2025
Steam: 46/100
A bright cooperative game in which several characters ride on the highway on bicycles. You need to perform tricks, type points and overtake opponents. There are...
Poi - a game in the Platformer genre
Poi
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 October 2017
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 65/100
Poi is an adventure arcade platformer with a third-person view. The story follows the journey of a boy and a girl who embark on a dangerous journey to uncover the...
Embers of Mirrim - a game in the Platformer genre
Embers of Mirrim
Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 December 2017
Players: 7/10
Steam: 79/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Embers of Mirrim is a fantastic side-scrolling puzzle platformer. The game revolves around a magical animal that can transform into two characters at once &mdash...
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