Platformer 2019 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Platformer genre

Terraria - a game in the Platformer genre

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Sandbox, Survival, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 June 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Terraria is an adventure sandbox game with platformer elements and a side view. You will embark on a colorful journey where you can create various items, build...

Cuphead

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 April 2019

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 87/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the style of classic animation from the 30s. The main character lost his life to the devil at dice, and is now forced to run...

Blasphemous

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the spirit of the Castlevania series, but in a bloodier and more brutal form. The player explores the dark world of corrupt...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 June 2019

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of an 18-year-old girl...

Katana Zero

Action, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 April 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Katana Zero is a hardcore side-view action game in cyberpunk style. Expect dynamic battles using futuristic technologies, fast movements of the main character and...

Spyro Reignited Trilogy

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Remake, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 September 2019

Players: 9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a re-release of the popular arcade platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Re-release includes Spyro the Dragon...

Heave Ho

Arcade, Online, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Indie, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 August 2019

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Heave Ho is a side-scrolling co-op arcade puzzle platformer. In the game you can gather a friendly team of up to 4 people to go on a dangerous journey, where the...

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince is a sequel to the popular side-scrolling puzzle platformer in a fantasy setting. This time, three heroes will go in search of the...

Ori and The Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 September 2019

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is an expanded edition of the indie adventure platformer. The game tells the story of a little guardian spirit named...

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...

FAR: Lone Sails

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 August 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

FAR: Lone Sails is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. The main character will have to cross the dry ocean in an amazing...

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...

Duck Game

Arcade, Online, Action, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 May 2019

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Duck Game is a side-scrolling multiplayer arcade action game. The game takes us to 1984, where ducks rule the world. The game has the ability to fight up to 4...

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...

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 July 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a colorful continuation of the fantasy platformer from developers from Frozenbyte. The plot of the game tells about the...

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...

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...

The King's Bird

Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 February 2019

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 67/100

The King's Bird is a precision platformer built around momentum-based movement. It combines parkour with aerial movement, making both central to its...

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 January 2019

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a side-scrolling action platformer. You have to go explore the dark lands where the curse has fallen. Evil is penetrating...

Ice Age: Scrat's Nutty Adventure

Action, Adventure, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 October 2019

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 52/100

This 3D action-adventure follows Scrat, a sabre-toothed squirrel searching for missing relics. Along the way, he encounters prehistoric creatures and survives...

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...

Dark Devotion

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 October 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Dark Devotion is a side-scrolling action-RPG set in a dark fantasy world. You will try on the role of a Templar woman who is trapped in a dark and gloomy Temple. As...

Never Give Up

Indie, Platformer, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 August 2019

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Never Give Up is a hardcore platformer that tests the player’s skills through demanding platforming challenges and obstacles. It is aimed at players looking for a...

Hue

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 June 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Hue is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game with platforming elements. In it you have to remake the world by changing its background color. Together with a character...

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...

Yoshi's Crafted World

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Mario Game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 March 2019

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Yoshi's Crafted World is a fun arcade platformer about the adventures of a dinosaur in the cartoon world of the Mario universe. Explore a large-scale world realized...

Gato Roboto

Indie, Action, Adventure, Side view, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 May 2019

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Gato Roboto is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will play as a cat who has to save his captain and the...

Unruly Heroes

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 January 2019

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Unruly Heroes is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a fantasy setting, inspired by the famous Chinese fairy tale "Journey to the West." The game...

Downwell

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Action, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 January 2019

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Downwell is an arcade platformer with procedurally generated locations. You have to play as a mysterious little man, descending lower and lower, destroying enemies...

Cybarian: The Time Travelling Warrior

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Science fiction, Action, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 June 2019

Steam: 58/100

A brave warrior takes up a legendary sword and embarks on a journey through time, exploring a futuristic cyberpunk world. The game features four levels with diverse...

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...

Valfaris

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 October 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Valfaris is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Slain: Back from Hell. Many years ago, the huge and powerful...

Degrees of Separation

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Degrees of Separation is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of two heroes — Amber and Rhyme...

Wuppo

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 September 2019

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Wuppo is a side-scrolling pixel arcade action platformer with RPG elements. You have to help a cute round creature who has lost his home. And now he has to go on a...

Skybolt Zack

Arcade, Action, Side view, Indie, Platformer, Music game, Runner

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 November 2019

Steam: 89/100

Skybolt Zack is a fast-paced arcade action platformer with rhythm game elements and a side view in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to try on the role of the...

Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy

Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Platformer, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 January 2019

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This third-person action-adventure draws on the mythology of ancient Egypt. Sphinx travels between worlds through magical portals to thwart Set’s plans and recover...

Shadow Blade: Reload

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 March 2019

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Shadow Blade: Reload is a side-scrolling action platformer about Kuro, a ninja tasked with restoring balance to a modern world where ancient clans are locked in a...

LOVE

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Old school, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2019

Steam: 92/100

A minimalist game with a retro aesthetic and an emphasis on challenge without being unfair. The game features an innovative revival system, 16 levels and an...

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Arcade, Side view, Platformer, Mario Game, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 January 2019

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Enhanced port of New Super Mario Bros. U for Nintendo Switch. The game features classic engaging gameplay, where the main goal is to reach the flag and avoid...

Bubsy: Paws on Fire!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Runner

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 May 2019

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Bubsy: Paws on Fire! is a continuation of the old-school side-scrolling arcade platformer about a kitten named Bubsy. This time you will be given the opportunity to...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2019 for Nintendo Switch (Game released)