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Best Games in the Platformer genre for Nintendo Switch

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PICO PARK - a game in the Platformer genre
PICO PARK
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Casual game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 June 2019
Players: 6.3/10
Steam: 92/100
PICO PARK is a fun multiplayer puzzle platformer with action elements and a side view. In the game you need to collect all the keys in the level and get to the...
Huntdown - a game in the Platformer genre
Huntdown
Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 May 2020
Players: 9/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Huntdown is an arcade side-scrolling pixel shooter with platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You will go to a dark world of the future, where the police have...
Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons - a game in the Platformer genre
Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons
Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Old school, Action, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 July 2023
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 72/100
The game takes place in the 90s in New York, which survived a nuclear war. The streets are filled with looters and bandits fighting for power. The main characters...
Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists - a game in the Platformer genre
Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists
Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 October 2025
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 80/100
The game is about an alchemist named Cassandria, who uses an iron whip and her knowledge to fight formidable demons. Various chemical elements can be used to...
Sonic Forces - a game in the Platformer genre
Sonic Forces
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Runner, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 November 2017
Players: 7/10
Steam: 56/100
Metacritic: 58/100
Sonic Forces is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. The game will present you with two versions of Sonic at...
Dust: An Elysian Tail - a game in the Platformer genre
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2018
Players: 9.6/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits you, filled with...
Tales of Kenzera: ZAU - a game in the Platformer genre
Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
Adventure, Metroidvania, Indie, Fantasy, Side view, Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 April 2024
Steam: 82/100
Metacritic: 75/100
The main character is Zau, a young warrior seeking adventure in the fantasy world of Kenzer. He has unusual abilities that allow him to change the shape of his...
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: 76/100
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...
Nullstar: Solus - a game in the Platformer genre
Nullstar: Solus
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Science fiction
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 April 2026
Steam: 98/100
A dynamic 2D platformer set in a "dying future." Players take control of a scout drone that ventures into the ruins of an abandoned world. The goal of the game is...
Castlevania Advance Collection - a game in the Platformer genre
Castlevania Advance Collection
Arcade, Side view, Horror, Platformer, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Collection, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Castlevania Advance Collection is a classic collection of the Castlevania series, which includes the classic Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania...
Samurai Maiden - a game in the Platformer genre
Samurai Maiden
Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Slasher, Visual novel, Adventure, Role-playing game, Historical, Fantasy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 December 2022
Players: 5/10
Steam: 61/100
Samurai Maiden is a Japanese action-adventure action RPG in the anime genre with platformer and visual novel elements. The temple is on fire. Plumes of black smoke...
Guns of Fury - a game in the Platformer genre
Guns of Fury
Action, Side view, Platformer, Adventure, Old school, Indie, Metroidvania, Shooter
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 February 2025
Players: 7.2/10
Steam: 88/100
Dynamic retro action in the spirit of the Metal Slug series. The main action takes place in a dystopian future in which the world is in an energy crisis. One day, a...
SteamWorld Dig 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
SteamWorld Dig 2
Arcade, Platformer, Steampunk, Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 September 2017
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 87/100
SteamWorld Dig 2 is a continuation of the side-view arcade platformer in steampunk style. The main character of the game this time will not be Rusty, but a certain...
Rogue Legacy - a game in the Platformer genre
Rogue Legacy
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 November 2018
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Rogue Legacy is a fantasy platforming roguelite in which a hero explores procedurally generated castles and battles enemies. When a character dies, an heir takes...
Pikuniku - a game in the Platformer genre
Pikuniku
Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Casual game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 January 2019
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 75/100
Pikuniku is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle adventure game. You have to go to a mysterious game world where you need to uncover a conspiracy and restore the...
SANABI - a game in the Platformer genre
SANABI
Adventure, Action, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Cyberpunk
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 November 2023
Players: 9.5/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 83/100
The game takes place in a cyberpunk city in which power belongs to a corrupt conglomerate. One day something inexplicable happens — after a sudden power...
Nightmare: The Lunatic - a game in the Platformer genre
Nightmare: The Lunatic
Action, Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Replayability
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 December 2025
Steam: 87/100
A hardcore platformer in which the player tries to escape a nightmare. The main task is to get out of the eternal nightmare. As you progress, you can switch between...
BlazBlue Entropy Effect X - a game in the Platformer genre
BlazBlue Entropy Effect X
Action, Platformer, Cyberpunk, Roguelike, Side view, Procedural generation, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 February 2026
Players: 7.7/10
Metacritic: 84/100
Extended version of the 2D action BlazBlue Entropy Effect from 2023. The events of the game unfold in a post-apocalyptic future, where the real world is on the...
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero - a game in the Platformer genre
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 June 2017
Players: 10/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 81/100
This side-scrolling fantasy platformer builds its heroine’s actions around belly dancing and hair-whipping. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is an HD adventure starring...
Cave Story+ - a game in the Platformer genre
Cave Story+
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 June 2017
Players: 10/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 88/100
Cave Story+ is a supplemented and improved version of the arcade action-platform with the side of the Cave Story. You have to go to a fascinating world where an...
Axiom Verge - a game in the Platformer genre
Axiom Verge
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Metroidvania, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 October 2017
Players: 6.8/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Axiom Verge is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will play the role of a scientist who, due to an accident, finds himself in a...
Kao the Kangaroo - a game in the Platformer genre
Kao the Kangaroo
Arcade, Third-person view, Adventure, Action, Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 May 2022
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 75/100
Metacritic: 67/100
Kao the Kangaroo is a reboot of the popular series of arcade action platformers about Kao the Kangaroo. This time the hero will have to find his missing sister and...
Bread & Fred - a game in the Platformer genre
Bread & Fred
Arcade, Online, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 May 2024
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 78/100
A cooperative game in which two gamers must cooperate to climb to the top of a snowy mountain. Two penguins must use the inertia from the swing and protect each...
Neva - a game in the Platformer genre
Neva
Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2024
Players: 9.3/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 87/100
The main character is the girl Alba, who, after meeting with dark forces, found herself connected with a curious wolf cub. Together they embark on a dangerous...
Katanaut - a game in the Platformer genre
Katanaut
Action, Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2027
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 75/100
A dynamic pixel game set on a huge space station filled with monsters. You need to jump quickly and use a variety of weapons to survive. You can find memory...
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove - a game in the Platformer genre
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 March 2017
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...
Timespinner - a game in the Platformer genre
Timespinner
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 June 2019
Players: 9.8/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Timespinner is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young girl named Lunais, who...
Grime - a game in the Platformer genre
Grime
Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Indie, Metroidvania, Platformer, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 December 2022
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Grime is an action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. Grime takes place in a crazy world with a surreal...
Big Hops - a game in the Platformer genre
Big Hops
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Comedy, Casual game, Parkour
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 January 2026
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 75/100
A young frog named Hop was kidnapped from his home by a deceiving spirit. Now the main character wants to find his way home. Along the way, he meets different...
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...
Kirby and the Forgotten Land - a game in the Platformer genre
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Arcade, Third-person view, Platformer, Adventure
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 March 2022
Players: 7/10
Metacritic: 85/100
Kirby and the Forgotten Land is an exciting adventure platformer with a third-person view in the Kirby series. An unforgettable adventure awaits you in...
Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness - a game in the Platformer genre
Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness
Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Platformer, Dungeons, Fantasy, Third-person view, Crafting
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 September 2022
Players: 10/10
Steam: 78/100
Metacritic: 60/100
Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting, based on the anime series of the...
MARVEL MaXimum Collection - a game in the Platformer genre
MARVEL MaXimum Collection
Arcade, Fighting, Platformer, Collection, Side view, Old school, Action, Comics
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 March 2026
Steam: 76/100
Metacritic: 70/100
A collection that brings together six classic Marvel games from arcade machines, Sega Genesis, NES, and Super Nintendo. Various display options can be used to...
BloodRayne: Definitive Collection - a game in the Platformer genre
BloodRayne: Definitive Collection
Action, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2026
This edition brings together three updated games from the legendary Rayne vampire series: BloodRayne: Revamped, BloodRayne 2: Revamped, and BloodRayne Betrayal...
Night in the Woods - a game in the Platformer genre
Night in the Woods
Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 February 2018
Players: 9.1/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 87/100
Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for truancy. After...
Aeterna Lucis - a game in the Platformer genre
Aeterna Lucis
Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Side view, Exploration, Fantasy, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 November 2022
Continuation of Aeterna Noctis, but with a new character. After the events of the first part, the Queen of Light must stop the destruction of the world by...
Blade Assault - a game in the Platformer genre
Blade Assault
Futurism (Future), Action, Roguelike, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Cyberpunk, Science fiction
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 March 2023
Steam: 74/100
After the devastating Red Stone War, the world is divided into three regions: the infected lands, where mutants rule; an underground city where the survivors fled...
Salt and Sacrifice - a game in the Platformer genre
Salt and Sacrifice
Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Metroidvania, Action, Slasher
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 November 2023
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 62/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Continuation of Salt and Sanctuary, which tells the story of a condemned criminal who becomes an inquisitor hunting mages in a whimsical fantasy world. The events...
Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines - a game in the Platformer genre
Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines
Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Action, Old school, Comedy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 September 2024
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 86/100
A fun arcade game that combines fast-paced platforming with grappling hook mechanics. The main character is a brave dog who sets off on a space journey to save the...
Blasphemous 2 - Mea Culpa - a game in the Platformer genre
Blasphemous 2 - Mea Culpa
Action, Adventure, DLC, Platformer, Side view, Gothic, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 October 2024
Players: 9.4/10
Steam: 51/100
The continuation of the story of the Penitent, who goes on a completely new adventure, where he will be able to try out new abilities and fight additional bosses...
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