Platformer 2018 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Platformer genre

Hollow Knight - a game in the Platformer genre

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 June 2018

Players: 8.8/10

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...

Broforce

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2018

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Super Meat Boy

Action, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 January 2018

Players: 8.3/10

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...

Child of Light

Arcade, Role-playing game, Platformer, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 October 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Child of Light is a puzzle-platformer adventure with RPG elements and turn-based combat. The game is based on fairy tales. The events of the game tell the story of...

Rain World

Arcade, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 December 2018

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 63/100

An atmospheric hardcore platformer with survival elements. The story tells of a small creature named Slugcat, who was separated from his family in a world where...

Salt and Sanctuary

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 August 2018

Players: 9/10

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...

Rogue Legacy

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 November 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Limbo

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 June 2018

Players: 8.7/10

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...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 February 2018

Players: 9.1/10

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...

Inside

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 June 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Inside is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer with survival elements from the creators of Limbo. The plot centers on a lonely boy who is hiding from...

The Final Station

Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 February 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Action platformer in a post-apocalyptic setting. The player will have the opportunity to become a train driver in a desert world, carrying his passengers from...

Chasm

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 October 2018

Players: 5.9/10

Chasm is a side-scrolling adventure RPG action platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to try on the role of a young recruit performing his first mission...

Pinstripe

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 October 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Pinstripe is an atmospheric side-scrolling exploration adventure from developer Coma and Skinny. The events of the game take place in Hell, where the main character...

Iconoclasts

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 August 2018

Metacritic: 86/100

Iconoclasts is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer adventure game. You have to get used to the role of the brave girl Robin, who is engaged in the destruction...

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2018

Players: 8.6/10

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in the style of Super Meat Boy. You have to create levels with a huge number of traps and other...

Forgotton Anne

Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 November 2018

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Forgotton Anne is a side-scrolling adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will take you to a magical dimension where forgotten things are...

Owlboy

Arcade, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 February 2018

Players: 9/10

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...

Dandara

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 February 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Dandara is an adventure action-platformer with a side view. You will witness the story of a young girl named Dandara, who wakes up in a world unfamiliar to her and...

Not A Hero

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Beat them all

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 August 2018

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Not A Hero is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer. Professional hitman Steve, who has become the campaign manager for mayoral candidate Bunny Lord, must...

Semblance

Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 July 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Semblance is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with a side view in a fantasy setting. You will set off to conquer an amazing world that can easily become deformed...

Clustertruck

Arcade, Action, Platformer, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 March 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Clustertruck is an arcade action platformer with a first-person view, in which the player has to stay on top of speeding long-range trucks. Jumping from one car to...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Celeste is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creator of TowerFall. More than 250 levels await you, and the locations include abandoned cities...

Candle

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 July 2018

Players: 5.1/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Candle is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to take on the role of the brave young man Teku, who is trying to save the shaman from...

SteamWorld Dig

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 February 2018

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of finding...

Light Fall

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 April 2018

Light Fall is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You have to go to the fantasy world of Numbra, where darkness prevails over light. The fate of this...

Runbow

Arcade, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 July 2018

Metacritic: 77/100

Runbow is a side view arcade game with a dash of platforming from the developers at 13AM Games. The game is published by 13AM Games. It seems that Runbow turned out...

ICEY

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 May 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

ICEY is a side-scrolling sci-fi arcade action platformer. At first glance, this game is a regular platformer where you follow directions and go where you are told...

Asterix & Obelix XXL 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 November 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Asterix & Obelix XXL 2 is a fun arcade game with a third-person view, where you will plunge into adventures with Asterix and Obelix. These fictional characters have...

Sonic Mania Plus

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 July 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Extended version of the arcade platformer Sonic Mania in the universe of the popular Sonic the Hedgehog. The extended edition includes a new Encore Mode and two...

Whispering Willows

Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 September 2018

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Whispering Willows is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a mysterious mansion. The plot centers on Elena Elkhorn. She goes to the estate in search...

Mark of the Ninja Remastered

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Mark of the Ninja Remastered is a special version of the side-scrolling arcade action platformer with stealth elements for Nintendo Switch. The events of the game...

Yoku's Island Express

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Pinball, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 May 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Yoku's Island Express is an arcade action-platformer adventure with side-scrolling pinball mechanics. You will try on the role of a beetle named Yoku, who landed on...

Kero Blaster

Arcade, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 August 2018

Metacritic: 84/100

Kero Blaster is an arcade platformer and indie game from Studio Pixel. The game is published by Studio Pixel and AGM PLAYISM. It seems that Kero Blaster turned out...

The Adventure Pals

Arcade, Role-playing game, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 April 2018

Metacritic: 76/100

The Adventure Pals is an arcade side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with RPG elements. The evil Mr. B kidnaps the inhabitants of a peaceful village in order...

Runner3

Arcade, Platformer, Music game, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 May 2018

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...

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 May 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is an exciting side-scrolling action-platformer set in a fantasy setting from the creators of Mega Man 10 and Mighty No. 9. The...

Mega Man Legacy Collection 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Collection, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 May 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 is a collection of legendary arcade action-platformers with a look of megamen. The new collection includes 4 games: Mega Man 7, Mega...

The Messenger

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 August 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

The Messenger is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer. When an army of demons lays siege to his home village, a young ninja breaks through a cursed world to...

In Between

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 August 2018

Players: 8.8/10

In Between — arcade side-scrolling indie adventure. The game tells a sad story about a man who is dying of cancer. The main character will have to delve into...

Mega Man 11

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 October 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Mega Man 11 is the sequel to the classic side-scrolling action platformer set in the sci-fi universe of Mega Man. You will find classic dynamic gameplay with many...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2018 for Nintendo Switch