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Best Games in the Platformer genre for Nintendo Switch

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Ninja Five-O - a game in the Platformer genre
Ninja Five-O
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 February 2025
Steam: 80/100
Metacritic: 82/100
The dynamic action-platformer, in which Detective Dzo Osuga, known under the call sign of Ninja Five-O, is taken for restoration of justice. Applying the skill of...
The Grinch 2: Saving Christmas - a game in the Platformer genre
The Grinch 2: Saving Christmas
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 September 2026
Steam: 70/100
In the sequel, the Grinch goes on a quest for decorations to gather a big Christmas tree for the residents of Ktograd. Players will explore colorful snowy levels...
Spyder: Agent 8 - a game in the Platformer genre
Spyder: Agent 8
Action, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 11 February 2027
An adventure platformer set in a retro-futuristic world of 1970s spies. The main character is a tiny spider robot created by the British agency S.A.F.E. to carry...
LEGO Jurassic World - a game in the Platformer genre
LEGO Jurassic World
Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Online, Open world
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2019
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 71/100
LEGO Jurassic World is an arcade action game with a third-person view in the popular Jurassic World universe. LEGO style and signature humor will allow you to take...
Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition - a game in the Platformer genre
Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 July 2018
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 76/100
This science-fiction action platformer follows young scientist Lester Knight Chaykin, who is hurled through space and time when a nuclear experiment goes wrong...
Sundered - a game in the Platformer genre
Sundered
Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 December 2018
Players: 5.4/10
Steam: 82/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Sundered is a side-scrolling arcade platformer from the creators of Jotun. You will play as a character named Yeshe, a wanderer in a ruined world with ever-changing...
Ghost of a Tale - a game in the Platformer genre
Ghost of a Tale
Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Stealth
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2020
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 75/100
Ghost of a Tale is an adventure arcade platformer with a third-person view in a medieval world. The events of the game take place in a parallel universe where...
Monster Sanctuary - a game in the Platformer genre
Monster Sanctuary
Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 December 2020
Players: 9.3/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 78/100
Monster Sanctuary is a side-scrolling pixel Metroidvania in a fantasy setting, in which you become monster trainers and can fight in 3v3 tactical battles...
Lost Words: Beyond the Page - a game in the Platformer genre
Lost Words: Beyond the Page
Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Visual novel
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 April 2021
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Lost Words: Beyond the Page is an adventure puzzle-platformer with a side view set in a fantasy world, created by the writer of Mirror's Edge (2008), Tomb Raider...
Croc Legend of the Gobbos - a game in the Platformer genre
Croc Legend of the Gobbos
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 April 2025
Steam: 90/100
The return of the warm and bright classics of platformers, where a small crocodile sets off in search of his foster family. Ahead - colorful worlds, filled with...
Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara - a game in the Platformer genre
Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara
Adventure, Platformer, Action, Comedy, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 July 2023
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Baby Koa and her best friend Napopo go on a fun adventure around the Mara Islands. The heroes are trying to return the treasures that were stolen by the pirates. As...
Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story - a game in the Platformer genre
Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story
Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 November 2023
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 75/100
The boy Nunu and the yeti Willump set off on a journey through the icy expanses of Freljord. A young hero is looking for his missing mother. While wandering through...
Maseylia: Echoes of the Past - a game in the Platformer genre
Maseylia: Echoes of the Past
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Metroidvania, Exploration, Parkour
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026
Players: 1/10
Steam: 81/100
An adventurous action metroidvania built around exploration, freedom of movement, and the discovery of forgotten secrets in a vast interconnected world. Each new...
The Spirit and the Mouse - a game in the Platformer genre
The Spirit and the Mouse
Third-person view, Puzzle, Platformer, Adventure
Game canceled: Nintendo Switch → 26 September 2022
Steam: 97/100
The player plays the role of a little mouse with a big heart and tries to help the inhabitants of the French village of Sainte-et-Claire. It is necessary to explore...
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - a game in the Platformer genre
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2018
Players: 5.4/10
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer that is the spiritual successor to 1987's Great Giana Sisters for the Commodore 64...
Catmaze - a game in the Platformer genre
Catmaze
Metroidvania, Platformer, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Exploration, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 September 2022
Players: 10/10
Steam: 83/100
Catmaze is an action adventure game in the Metroidvania genre with elements of anime and fantasy. Cats have always been the link between the worlds of Yav and Navi...
Save Me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-San - a game in the Platformer genre
Save Me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-San
Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 October 2018
Steam: 57/100
Metacritic: 66/100
Save Me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-San is a classic side-scrolling retro arcade...
My Memory of Us - a game in the Platformer genre
My Memory of Us
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Puzzle, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 January 2019
Players: 7.6/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 71/100
My Memory of US is an adventure arcade platform with a side view. The game will tell the story of two friends - a girl and a boy who found themselves in different...
Skyhill - a game in the Platformer genre
Skyhill
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Survival, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 February 2019
Players: 7.3/10
Steam: 69/100
Metacritic: 63/100
Skyhill is a quest with survival elements. The main character ends up in a hotel called SKYHILL, where he rents the safest room on the hundredth floor. And then...
My Friend Pedro - a game in the Platformer genre
My Friend Pedro
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Shooter
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 June 2019
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 80/100
My Friend Pedro is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer that will remind many of Max Payne. You will play as a heavily armed hero who kills hundreds of...
Super Mario Maker 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
Super Mario Maker 2
Arcade, Platformer, Sandbox, Side view, Mario Game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 June 2019
Players: 8/10
Metacritic: 88/100
Super Mario Maker 2 is a continuation of the simulator of creating your own levels in the Super Mario universe. As in the first part, you will be able to publish...
Pompom the Great Space Rescue - a game in the Platformer genre
Pompom the Great Space Rescue
Indie, Side view, Platformer, Comedy, Space, Old school
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 October 2022
Players: 10/10
Steam: 86/100
A hamster named Pompom goes into space to save the boy Hoshi and stop the gang of space cat pirates Captain Murmyous. The main feature of the game is that you need...
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus - a game in the Platformer genre
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
Adventure, Metroidvania, Side view, Platformer, Demons, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 July 2024
Players: 6.1/10
Steam: 82/100
Metacritic: 76/100
The main character is a certain Bo. One day he descends from heaven to play a key role in a mystical ritual. The hero goes on a dangerous journey through colorful...
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...
Ghost Parade - a game in the Platformer genre
Ghost Parade
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 October 2019
Steam: 81/100
Ghost Parade is a side-scrolling adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. The game tells the story of a little girl, Suri, who gets lost in a mysterious forest...
SpeedRunners - a game in the Platformer genre
SpeedRunners
Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Racing, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 January 2020
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 96/100
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...
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin - a game in the Platformer genre
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Farm Simulator
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2020
Players: 10/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 80/100
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is a side-scrolling action-platformer from the creators of Astebreed. In the game, you will take on the role of Sakuna, a proud but...
PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls - a game in the Platformer genre
PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Online
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 August 2021
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 52/100
PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls is a multi-player co-op action adventure. Big city — big adventures. When Ryder and the PAW Patrol learn that Mayor...
Actraiser Renaissance - a game in the Platformer genre
Actraiser Renaissance
Action, Role-playing game, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Strategy, Isometric, Side view, In real time, City Building, Slasher
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021
Steam: 74/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Actraiser Renaissance is an action role-playing platformer with real-time strategy and platforming elements. You will be able to use powerful fire, ice and other...
Ghost Song - a game in the Platformer genre
Ghost Song
Arcade, Side view, Metroidvania, Science fiction, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure, Horror, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 November 2022
Players: 9.8/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Ghost Song is an action-adventure platformer in the metroidvania genre with a side view in a dark post-apocalyptic setting. On the desert moon of Lorian, the...
Elderand - a game in the Platformer genre
Elderand
Adventure, Action, Side view, Role-playing game, Indie, Platformer, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 February 2023
Players: 9/10
Steam: 75/100
Metacritic: 70/100
A game with Metroidvania elements and hardcore combat, inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. The main character travels through a dark world, swings and...
Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy - a game in the Platformer genre
Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
Action, Fantasy, Side view, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Puzzle, Adventure, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 August 2023
Players: 9.7/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Continuation of the popular series of cooperative games about the wizard Amadeus, the thief Zoya and the knight Pontius. The heroes join forces to stop the...
Asterix & Obelix Slap Them All! 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
Asterix & Obelix Slap Them All! 2
Beat them all, Action, Side view, Comics, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Platformer, Arcade
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 November 2023
Steam: 79/100
The plot of the second part tells how Asterix and Obelix go to Lutetia in search of the stolen Golden Eagle, a precious symbol of the Roman legions, in order to...
Funko Fusion - a game in the Platformer genre
Funko Fusion
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 December 2024
Steam: 63/100
Metacritic: 55/100
An action-adventure that brings iconic Funko figures to life in a colorful and humorous world, bringing together various pop culture franchises. Players battle...
Prison Run and Gun - a game in the Platformer genre
Prison Run and Gun
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2026
Players: 10/10
Steam: 90/100
Arcade action platformer with pixel graphics about a daring prison escape. The main character must overcome many obstacles, fight enemies, and solve puzzles to win...
Stunt Paradise 2 - a game in the Platformer genre
Stunt Paradise 2
Racing, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Stunts, Action, Sports game
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026
Racing arcade with platformer elements, inspired by games like Trials and Gravity Defied. Players navigate obstacle courses, performing various stunts. Physics...
Evan's Remains - a game in the Platformer genre
Evan's Remains
Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Casual game, Visual novel
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 June 2020
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 72/100
Evan's Remains is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer adventure inspired by classic Japanese thrillers. You have to explore a mysterious island and solve puzzles 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...
Convergence: A League of Legends Story - a game in the Platformer genre
Convergence: A League of Legends Story
Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 May 2023
Steam: 87/100
The main character Ekko is a young inventor of a device that rewinds time. Together with his friends, he works to make his hometown of Zaun safe. But one day a new...
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: 92/100
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...
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