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...

Child of Light

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 October 2018

Players: 8.3/10

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...

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...

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...

Broforce

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2018

Players: 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Rogue Legacy

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 November 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Guacamelee! 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 December 2018

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Guacamelee! 2 is a continuation of the dynamic action platformer with a side view. Seven years after defeating Carlos Calaca, Juan Aguacata is forced to once again...

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2018

Players: 8.5/10

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...

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...

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...

Nihilumbra

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 May 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Nihilumbra is a platform puzzle game developed by BeautiFun Games that will take you into a world of unusual adventures and abstract inclination. You will play as a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2018

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 88/100

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...

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...

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...

Old Man's Journey

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 February 2018

Metacritic: 78/100

Old Man's Journey is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer adventure that puts you in the role of the titular old man as he travels to various locations and reminisces...

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...

Kirby Star Allies

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 March 2018

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Kirby Star Allies — A cooperative arcade action platformer with a side view, in which a cute pink round character named Kirby, armed with an impressive sword...

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...

Planet Alpha

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 September 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Planet Alpha is a side-scrolling adventure arcade action platformer. The main character wakes up on a planet unknown to him, which has become home to hundreds of...

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...

Pode

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 June 2018

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Pode is a cute action-adventure platformer with an isometric camera view and lots of interesting co-op puzzles. The game will tell the story of a small rock that...

LEGO Harry Potter Collection

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 October 2018

Players: 5.2/10

Metacritic: 73/100

A collection of two games that recreate the magical world of Harry Potter in LEGO style, covering all seven books and eight films. Players are immersed in a journey...

Flinthook

Action, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 March 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Flinthook is a side-scrolling action platformer from the creators of Mercenary Kings and Curses N Chaos. You have to play as a little guy who destroys many enemies...

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...

Freedom Planet

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Freedom Planet is an arcade with a mixture of action, platformer, anime/manga and indie games from the masters at GalaxyTrail studio. The game is published by...

Toki Tori

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 March 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Toki Tori is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer where the goal of each level is to collect all the scattered eggs. And to achieve this goal, the player will...

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...

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...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2018 for Nintendo Switch (Game released)