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Best Games in the Platformer genre for Nintendo Switch

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Inops - a game in the Platformer genre
Inops
Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Platformer, Side view, Arcade
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 January 2019
Players: 7.2/10
Steam: 76/100
Inops is a side-scrolling adventure arcade puzzle platformer where you take on the role of a creature that can split into many small ones or assemble into one large...
The Forbidden Arts - a game in the Platformer genre
The Forbidden Arts
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 August 2019
Steam: 64/100
Metacritic: 50/100
The Forbidden Arts is an indie action-adventure game with platformer elements in a fantasy setting and a side view. Playing as a hero named Phoenix, you will have...
Dodo Peak - a game in the Platformer genre
Dodo Peak
Action, Arcade, Puzzle, Casual game, Platformer, Isometric
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 July 2020
A dodo bird tries to find and rescue its lost babies from a dangerous peak. As she travels, she collects coins, dodges treacherous snakes, avoids evil monkeys and...
Bite the Bullet - a game in the Platformer genre
Bite the Bullet
Action, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 August 2020
Players: 6.8/10
Steam: 52/100
Metacritic: 64/100
Bite the Bullet is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with RPG elements. In this game you have to eat opponents in order to upgrade your character...
Adventures Of Pip - a game in the Platformer genre
Adventures Of Pip
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2020
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 75/100
This side-scrolling platform adventure follows Pip, a one-pixel hero in a retro world who sets out to rescue a kidnapped princess from Queen DeRezzia. After the...
Tanuki Justice - a game in the Platformer genre
Tanuki Justice
Action, Side view, Platformer, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Arcade, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 December 2020
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 72/100
Tanuki Justice is a fast-paced platformer with cute run-and-gun pixel graphics. The gameplay of the game is simple, but very rich and suitable for those who like...
Steel Assault - a game in the Platformer genre
Steel Assault
Arcade, Platformer, Action, Side view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 September 2021
Steam: 77/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Steel Assault is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the near future of post-apocalyptic America. You...
The Smurfs 2 - The Prisoner of the Green Stone - a game in the Platformer genre
The Smurfs 2 - The Prisoner of the Green Stone
Arcade, Platformer, First-person view, Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Third-person view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2023
Steam: 78/100
The villain got hold of the powerful Green Stone and accidentally destroyed it. The released energy unleashed monsters. Now a team of Smurfs sets out on a dangerous...
Anomaly Agent - a game in the Platformer genre
Anomaly Agent
Side view, Action, Cyberpunk, Platformer, Science fiction, Slasher
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 January 2024
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 84/100
A game in a cyberpunk setting with dynamic battles. The main character is an agent who searches for anomalies to protect the world. In addition to hand-to-hand...
Mario vs. Donkey Kong - a game in the Platformer genre
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Puzzle, Mario Game, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 February 2024
Players: 8.8/10
Metacritic: 76/100
An adventure puzzle platformer about Mario, who is trying to catch up with Donkey Kong and return the stolen wind-up toys. Most levels are a puzzle where you need...
Pepper Grinder - a game in the Platformer genre
Pepper Grinder
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 March 2024
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 79/100
A pixel game about a pirate girl, Pepper, whose ship crashed and her treasure was stolen. In the hands of the heroine, Grinder is a powerful drilling machine. The...
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD - a game in the Platformer genre
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
Platformer, Side view, Action, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 January 2025
Players: 10/10
Metacritic: 77/100
Remaster Donkey Kong Country Returns from the Wii, featuring 80 levels, including additional stages from the Nintendo 3DS version. Players once again take...
Devious Dungeon - a game in the Platformer genre
Devious Dungeon
Arcade, Role-playing game, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Dungeons
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 March 2018
Steam: 82/100
Metacritic: 69/100
Devious Dungeon is a medieval action platformer about a knight sent by the king into the catacombs beneath the kingdom. The knight battles the beasts and monsters...
Runner3 - a game in the Platformer genre
Runner3
Arcade, Platformer, Music game, Side view, Action, Indie, Runner
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 May 2018
Steam: 75/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Runner3 — side-scrolling arcade runner with musical elements, which is a continuation of the BIT.TRIP series. You will again be able to take part in the...
Flashback (2013) - a game in the Platformer genre
Flashback (2013)
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 June 2018
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 60/100
Metacritic: 50/100
This side-scrolling science-fiction adventure follows Conrad, who is called back into service twenty years after the original game. Players explore remote space...
Flipping Death - a game in the Platformer genre
Flipping Death
Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Platformer, Puzzle
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 August 2018
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Flipping Death is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer. The game will tell the story of Penny, who dies under mysterious circumstances. But upon awakening...
Big Crown: Showdown - a game in the Platformer genre
Big Crown: Showdown
Arcade, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 December 2018
Steam: 45/100
Big Crown: Showdown is a cooperative arcade action game with an isometric camera view, designed for 4 people. You have to take part in a dangerous competition in...
Back to Bed - a game in the Platformer genre
Back to Bed
Arcade, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 April 2019
Steam: 79/100
Metacritic: 61/100
Back to Bed is a fun puzzle platformer with an isometric camera view. You have to help sleepwalker Bob get to bed safe and sound, passing through the labyrinths of...
Venture Kid - a game in the Platformer genre
Venture Kid
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 May 2019
Players: 9.7/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 58/100
Venture Kid is an 8-bit action platformer where we will plunge into an exciting, dangerous journey against the evil Doctor Teklov. He is going to build a deadly...
La-Mulana 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
La-Mulana 2
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 March 2020
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 79/100
La-Mulana 2 is a sequel to the side-scrolling arcade platformer with lots of puzzles. This time the main character is the girl archaeologist Lumisa Kosugi, who...
A Knight's Quest - a game in the Platformer genre
A Knight's Quest
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 October 2019
Metacritic: 61/100
A Knight's Quest is an exciting adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. As a bumbling adventurer named Rusty, you'll embark on an epic...
Mathland - a game in the Platformer genre
Mathland
Educational game (Education), Logic, Adventure, Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 April 2020
Steam: 80/100
Educational game about mathematics. Contains 25 levels in various locations, each of which has its own mathematical and logical tasks and puzzles. Perfect for...
Ary and the Secret of Seasons - a game in the Platformer genre
Ary and the Secret of Seasons
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 September 2020
Players: 6.7/10
Steam: 64/100
Metacritic: 59/100
Ary and the Secret of Seasons is a vibrant puzzle adventure game. The main character has a unique ability — to change the seasons. Thanks to this, she can...
Kirby Fighters 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
Kirby Fighters 2
Arcade, Side view, Action, Platformer, Fighting
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2020
Players: 10/10
Metacritic: 65/100
Kirby Fighters 2 - Arcade Fighting with the side of the side and together with the pot -bellied hero of Kirby. In the second part, a plot mode with the possibility...
Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered - a game in the Platformer genre
Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered
Arcade, Third-person view, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Comics
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2020
Players: 10/10
Steam: 78/100
Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered-remaster of an action-platformer with a third-person view of Asterix & Obelix XXL, where you have to plunge into funny adventures...
Beat Me! - a game in the Platformer genre
Beat Me!
Indie, Arcade, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Side view, Platformer, Online, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Fighting
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 November 2020
Players: 7.1/10
Steam: 70/100
Beat Me! is a competitive arcade action game in a fantasy setting with a side view. Here you choose one of the heroes, each of which is unique and has its own set...
Drawn to Life: Two Realms - a game in the Platformer genre
Drawn to Life: Two Realms
Arcade, Isometric, Side view, Platformer, Puzzle, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 December 2020
Steam: 40/100
Metacritic: 55/100
Drawn to Life: Two Realms is a sequel to the arcade platformer with puzzles Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, where you can draw your own hero in the editor using...
Balan Wonderworld - a game in the Platformer genre
Balan Wonderworld
Puzzle, Arcade, Indie, Platformer, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Casual game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2021
Players: 10/10
Steam: 56/100
Metacritic: 43/100
Balan Wonderworld is an arcade action-platformer with puzzle and adventure elements in an anime style and a third-person view. Led by a mysterious maestro named...
Shantae - a game in the Platformer genre
Shantae
Action, Platformer, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 April 2021
Metacritic: 74/100
This action-adventure platformer with metroidvania elements follows half-genie Shantae, the self-appointed guardian of the fishing village of Scuttle Town. When the...
The Company Man - a game in the Platformer genre
The Company Man
Platformer, Action, Side view, Indie, Slasher, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 January 2022
Players: 9/10
Steam: 77/100
Metacritic: 68/100
The Company Man is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The game challenges you to battle the work routine of attacking your crazy colleagues with a...
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series - a game in the Platformer genre
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 July 2022
Players: 10/10
Steam: 11/100
Metacritic: 78/100
The Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series is a collection of remasters of the classic platformers Klonoa: Door to Phantomile and Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil. The games...
Enchanted Portals - a game in the Platformer genre
Enchanted Portals
Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Indie, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 November 2023
Players: 7.4/10
Steam: 40/100
The game tells the story of two aspiring wizards, Bob and Penny, who are stuck between dimensions. As they progress, they encounter mortal dangers and collect lost...
Shift Quantum - a game in the Platformer genre
Shift Quantum
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 May 2018
Steam: 78/100
Shift Quantum is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with puzzle elements. You have to try on the role of a person trapped in the labyrinth of his own...
Azuran Tales: Trials - a game in the Platformer genre
Azuran Tales: Trials
Action, Indie, Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Platformer, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 June 2019
Steam: 63/100
This fantasy platformer with RPG elements follows a hero tasked by Drukandra, the God of the Dead, with stopping Magrath, a mysterious entity seeking to claim the...
Bayala - a game in the Platformer genre
Bayala
Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 October 2019
Steam: 78/100
Bayala is a fun side-scrolling arcade platformer in a fantasy setting. When the dragons disappear, the power of magic may also fade into oblivion. Together with...
Asterix & Obelix XXL 3: The Crystal Menhir - a game in the Platformer genre
Asterix & Obelix XXL 3: The Crystal Menhir
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 November 2019
Players: 10/10
Steam: 60/100
Metacritic: 56/100
Asterix & Obelix XXL 3: The Crystal Menhir is a continuation of the action-adventure platformer with a third-person view along with Asterix and Obelix. Year 50 BC...
Copperbell - a game in the Platformer genre
Copperbell
Platformer, Action, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 March 2020
Steam: 88/100
Copperbell is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer, entirely hand-drawn. According to the plot, you set out to rid your beloved forest of the evil spirits...
Panzer Paladin - a game in the Platformer genre
Panzer Paladin
Platformer, Indie, Side view, Combat robots, Action, Slasher
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 July 2020
Steam: 76/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Panzer Paladin is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The Sinister Raven and his legions of cruel demons are ready for battle...
Evergate - a game in the Platformer genre
Evergate
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 August 2020
Players: 7.1/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 70/100
Evergate is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The events of the game take place in an amazing afterlife, where two souls have to change their fate and...
Bit.Trip Runner - a game in the Platformer genre
Bit.Trip Runner
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Side view, Runner, Music game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 December 2020
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Bit.Trip Runner is a hardcore side-scrolling arcade runner set in the Bit.Trip universe. You have to run through dangerous locations, which are located on the Moon...
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