Platformer 2021 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Platformer genre / Page 2

Crashnauts - a game in the Platformer genre

Arcade, Online, Shooter, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 January 2021

A dynamic arcade platformer-player for 2-6 players with quick and spectacular battles. Matches take place on different arenas, where you can use a wide arsenal of...

Tetragon

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 August 2021

Tetragon is a fun side-scrolling puzzle platformer in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the world of Tetragon — a huge mysterious universe with...

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

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...

Fallen Knight

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 July 2021

Fallen Knight is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to try on the role of a descendant of the legendary...

A Juggler's Tale

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 September 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 69/100

A Juggler's Tale is an atmospheric side-scrolling action platformer in a fantasy setting. The main character is a puppet named Abby, who was captured in a circus...

Tandem: A Tale of Shadows

Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Young Emma and her teddy bear try to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the famous magician Thomas Kane. The game takes place in five worlds, imbued with the...

Blue Fire

Adventure, Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 February 2021

Metacritic: 71/100

Blue Fire is a 3D arcade platformer with a third-person perspective, set in a place called The Nether. As you progress, you'll explore ancient temples, meet...

Bladed Fury

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 March 2021

Metacritic: 72/100

Bladed Fury is a fun action-platformer with RPG elements and a Japanese-style side view. The game takes place during the times of Ancient China and tells the story...

Fez

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 April 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Fez is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. The action takes place in a 3D world, allowing the player to explore and traverse colorful worlds by rotating...

Aerial_Knight's Never Yield

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Runner

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 May 2021

Metacritic: 65/100

Aerial_Knight's Never Yield is an adventure arcade platformer in the world of the future with a side view and runner elements. You have to play on behalf of the...

Backworlds

Free game, Logic, Puzzle, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 May 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Backworlds is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer in which you can influence the game world using a special eraser. This is what the main game mechanics...

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX

Arcade, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 June 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is an updated version of the 1986 platformer. The legendary Alex Kidd is back. The main character explores locations, breaks stones...

Hoa

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Hoa is an indie platformer with a side view and elements of the puzzle. You are waiting for breathtaking drawings, hand -drawn, excellent music and a pacifying...

Steel Assault

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 September 2021

Metacritic: 76/100

Steel Assault is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the near future of post-apocalyptic America. You...

Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania

Arcade, Third-person view, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Board / Group Game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 October 2021

Metacritic: 76/100

Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania is a remaster of the exciting third-person arcade game in the Super Monkey Ball series. Expect 300 recreated labyrinth levels (from...

A Boy and His Blob

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 November 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

A Boy and His Blob is a fascinating puzzle-platformer with a side view in a sci-fi setting, which is a remake of David Crane's A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on...

Demon Turf

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 November 2021

Metacritic: 73/100

Demon Turf is a third-person platformer where the main character dreams of becoming a demon queen. The world of demons is inhabited by all kinds of monsters, most...

Mail Mole

Arcade, Third-person view, Adventure, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 March 2021

Metacritic: 72/100

Mail Mole is an adventure arcade action platformer with a third-person view, in which you get into the role of a funny postman mole named Molty. The postal mole has...

Narita Boy

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 March 2021

Metacritic: 75/100

Narita Boy is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a cyberpunk setting. In the game you have to become a legendary warrior who needs to get out of...

In My Shadow

Puzzle, Platformer, Logic, Arcade, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2021

In My Shadow is an arcade puzzle game with platforming elements and a side view. The game tells the story of Bella, a young girl who had a falling out with her...

Smelter

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 April 2021

Metacritic: 75/100

Smelter is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to try on the role of Eve, who came to the earthly world from Eden and...

Super Magbot

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 June 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Super Magbot is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will try on the role of a robot explorer who will have to...

Flynn: Son of Crimson

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 September 2021

Flynn: Son of Crimson is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to the fabulous and beautiful island of...

Kaze and the Wild Masks

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Kaze and the Wild Masks is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer inspired by classic 16-bit games. The events of the game take place in the fairy-tale world of...

Astalon: Tears of the Earth

Action, Indie, Platformer, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 June 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Astalon: Tears of the Earth is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. The game follows three heroic explorers who travel through a...

Where's Samantha?

Platformer, Indie, Puzzle, Adventure, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 August 2021

Were's samantha? - Platformer with elements of the puzzle and side view. George and Samantha are two charming pieces of fabric that are simply in love with each...

Inked: A Tale of Love

Arcade, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 August 2021

Metacritic: 68/100

Inked: A Tale of Love is a hand-drawn adventure puzzle platformer with an isometric camera view. You will take on the role of a nameless samurai who must go through...

Balan Wonderworld

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 43/100

Balan Wonderworld is an arcade action-platformer with puzzle and adventure elements in an anime style and a third-person view. Led by a mysterious maestro named...

Game Builder Garage

Sandbox, Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Action, Platformer, Arcade, Side view, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 June 2021

Players: 5.7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Game Builder Garage is the ultimate editor for Nintendo Switch, which will allow you to create games of various genres: from platformers and racing to action and...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2021 for Nintendo Switch