Platformer 2020 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Platformer genre

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 June 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 69/100

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom — Rehydrated is a re-release of the classic SpongeBob game from 2003 in an updated form. You will have a...

Carrion

Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 July 2020

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

The game's protagonist is a creature created in a laboratory that managed to escape from a glass container and start hunting its creators. The huge complex and its...

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Ori and the Will of the Wisps — the continuation of the colorful side-scrolling platformer Ori and the Blind Forest. The forest spirit Ori embarks on a journey once...

Huntdown

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 May 2020

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Risk of Rain 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Early Access: Nintendo Switch → 30 August 2019; Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 October 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Risk of Rain 2 is a dynamic action platformer with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. In the second part you will find a full three-dimensional environment...

Shady Part of Me

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 December 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Shady Part of Me is an adventure puzzle platformer where you have to solve the mystery of a poor girl. An exhilarating journey through the land of dreams awaits you...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 February 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in which there will...

Catherine: Full Body

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 July 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Catherine: Full Body is a remake of the adventure puzzle platformer Catherine for modern platforms. The game tells the story of a 32-year-old guy named Vincent, who...

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time

Action, Platformer, Slasher, Arcade, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 August 2020

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time is a colorful platformer based on the animated series “Samurai Jack”. The events of the new slasher take place before the final...

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 February 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is an old-school platformer about a blue hedgehog, released by Sonic Team in 1992. In the story, Sonic and Tails decide to fight back against...

Gunslugs

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Shooter, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 November 2020

Metacritic: 81/100

Gunslugs is a side-scrolling tactical arcade action game where you take control of an elite squad of soldiers trying to destroy the Black Duck Army and stop their...

PHOGS!

Logic, Puzzle, Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 December 2020

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 78/100

PHOGS! is a fun cooperative puzzle platformer with a third-person view about a cute two-headed dog. In the game you have to play as two dogs connected by a long and...

Giraffe and Annika

Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Action, Indie, Platformer, Music game, Fantasy / Medieval, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 August 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Giraffe and Annika is a third-person action-adventure platformer with Japanese-style rhythm game elements. You will learn the story of an anthropomorphic cat named...

ScourgeBringer

Action, Indie, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 October 2020

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

ScourgeBringer is a dynamic action-platformer with a side view and roguelike elements from the creators of NeuroVoider. The events of the game unfold in a...

Paw Paw Paw

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 December 2020

Players: 6.5/10

Paw Paw Paw is a co-op beat'em up with a side-scrolling fantasy setting. At the beginning you have to choose one of four heroes, differing not only in appearance...

SpeedRunners

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 January 2020

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Levelhead

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Combat robots, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 April 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Levelhead is a fun side-scrolling arcade platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to control the GR-18 delivery robot through various levels with...

Creaks

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 July 2020

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Creaks — an adventure puzzle-platformer with a side view from the creators of Samorost and Machinarium. The events of the game revolve around a young guy who...

Paper Mario: The Origami King

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Mario Game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 July 2020

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Paper Mario: The Origami King is a new chapter in Mario's adventures that will send the mustachioed plumber into the paper world of origami. The plot centers on the...

Wildfire

Role-playing game, Stealth, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 December 2020

Players: 6.5/10

Wildfire is a pixel platformer with stealth elements. The game takes place in a world where there is almost no magic left. The main character, one of the last...

Evan's Remains

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.1/10

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...

Super Meat Boy Forever

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 December 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Continuation of the hardcore arcade runner Super Meat Boy. The game has a full story, six new chapters and twice as many bosses. Meat Boy and Band-Aid Girl try to...

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 October 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is a remake of the side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee. Expect dynamic lighting, beautiful animations and...

Neversong

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 July 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Neversong is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The game will tell the story of a little boy named Pete. Waking up from a coma, he discovers that his...

Inmost

Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 August 2020

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Inmost is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with horror elements. The events of the game take place in two parallel worlds in which three brave main...

Ultracore

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 June 2020

Ultracore is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In 1994, the side-scrolling platformer Project Hardcore was supposed to be...

MO: Astray

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2020

Players: 10/10

MO: Astray is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with puzzle elements. Through the pitch-damp darkness, the eerie sounds of giant machines can be heard...

Ghost of a Tale

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 October 2020

Players: 8.7/10

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...

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2020

Players: 10/10

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...

Super Mario 3D All-Stars

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection, Fantasy / Medieval, Mario Game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 September 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Super Mario 3D All-Stars is a celebratory collection of popular Mario games, which includes optimized versions of Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super...

Gonner 2

Indie, Platformer, Arcade, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Shooter

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2020

Gonner 2 is a sequel to the brutally challenging 2D platformer with roguelike elements and procedurally generated levels. Hikk returns again, and this time he will...

Monster Sanctuary

Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 December 2020

Players: 9.3/10

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...

Landflix Odyssey

Action, Shooter, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 December 2020

Landflix Odyssey is an arcade indie platformer with side-scrolling action elements. The plot revolves around a lazy dude, Larry, who sat and flipped through...

Evergate

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 August 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Evergate is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The events of the game take place in an amazing afterlife, where two souls have to change their fate and...

Lair of the Clockwork God

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 September 2020

Metacritic: 84/100

Lair of the Clockwork God is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. A unique blend of genres awaits you in the form of...

Blackmoor 2: Action Platformer

Action, Platformer, Free game, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 January 2020

The story begins with a missing knight, who once set out to destroy a cursed artifact. Years later, a new group of heroes sets out after him, and this journey...

Potata: fairy flower

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 June 2020

The game is about a great journey and self-discovery. The main character is an aspiring sorceress Potata, who sets off on her dream adventure. As she progresses...

Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is an action-adventure platformer with RPG elements and a side view. In the role of a courageous warrior, you have to...

Panzer Paladin

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Combat robots, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 July 2020

Metacritic: 77/100

Panzer Paladin is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The Sinister Raven and his legions of cruel demons are ready for battle...

Hardcore Mecha

Action, Indie, Side view, Combat robots, Shooter, Anime / Manga, Futurism (Future), Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2020

Metacritic: 77/100

Hardcore Mecha is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will have access to various combat mechs, a large arsenal...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2020 for Nintendo Switch