Platformer 2025 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Platformer genre

Hollow Knight: Silksong - a game in the Platformer genre

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 September 2025

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 91/100

A sequel to the hardcore action platformer Hollow Knight. The game takes you to a new world — the fallen kingdom of Pharlum, where silk and song rule. Here, Hornet...

Little Nightmares 3

Adventure, Horror, Online, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 October 2025

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 49/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Low and One are trying to get out of Nowhere. They joined forces to survive in a dangerous world full of illusions and shadows. The main feature of the sequel is...

Terminator 2D: No Fate

Action, Platformer, Side view, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 December 2025

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Hurricane action with pixel graphics, inspired by the arcade games of the 80-90s, which is based on the 1991 film “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”. Players can take...

The Rogue Prince of Persia

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Parkour, Replayability

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 December 2025

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Adventure action roguelike in the Prince of Persia series. The game tells the story of the Prince's confrontation with the Huns, who fell under the influence of...

Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Old school, Collection, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2025

VGTimes: 5.3/10

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Remasters of the original Lara Croft games. The collection includes Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Tomb Raider: Chronicles and Tomb Raider: The Angel of...

SOS OPS!

Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 January 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 77/100

Cooperative platformer about rescuers. The events of the game unfold in a city engulfed by a series of emergencies. Players take on the role of rescuers trying to...

ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist

Side view, Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Fantasy, Role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 January 2025

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Continuation of Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. The great kingdom of mages flourished, and the created beings known as "homunculi" were meant to aid in...

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 August 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 86/100

The story centers on Joe Musashi, a martial artist whose village was destroyed and his fellow tribesmen turned to stone. Ahead lies the path of revenge and battle...

Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

Adventure, Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Role-playing game, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 April 2025

Players: 9/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The game takes place in a world where humanity has fallen due to an attack by monsters. Now people have to hide behind brick walls and distraction fences that...

Guns of Fury

Action, Side view, Platformer, Adventure, Old school, Indie, Metroidvania, Shooter

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 February 2025

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 88/100

Dynamic retro action in the spirit of the Metal Slug series. The main action takes place in a dystopian future in which the world is in an energy crisis. One day, a...

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

Indie, Platformer, Side view, Old school, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 July 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Pixel game from the Ninja Gaiden series. Ryu Hayabusa goes to America, where he must fulfill the will of his father. At this time, an army of demons penetrates the...

LEGO Voyagers

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 September 2025

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A cooperative platformer about two pieces that set off on a big journey. You need to overcome challenges and solve puzzles by connecting with each other and various...

Chronicles of the Wolf

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Medieval era, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 June 2025

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A fantasy Metroidvania in the vein of the Castlevania series, players take on the role of the last remaining member of the Order of the Rose Cross, Mateo Lombardo...

Space Adventure Cobra - The Awakening

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Science fiction, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 August 2025

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A dynamic action platformer based on the anime and manga "Cobra's Space Adventures". The player takes on the role of space pirate Cobra and faces a mysterious...

Asterix & Obelix - Mission Babylon

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Fantasy, Comics, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 October 2025

Steam: 76/100

Asterix and Obelix travel far beyond their native Gaul — to the very heart of the Parthian Empire, which is on the brink of a Roman invasion. The king has been...

Shadow Labyrinth

Metroidvania, Side view, Action, Science fiction, Platformer, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 July 2025

Players: 8/10

Steam: 54/100

Metacritic: 67/100

The gloomy version of the famous Packman. The main character - Mesnik No. 8, accompanied by a yellow sphere named Pak, examines the mysterious planet. We will have...

Castle of Heart: Retold

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Medieval era

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 October 2025

Steam: 63/100

An improved version of Castle of Heart, released in 2018. The player takes on the role of the warrior Svaran, bewitched by an evil sorcerer, who has turned his...

Neon Inferno

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2025

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Old-school cyberpunk action that combines elements of a side-scroller and a "target" type shooter, where the action unfolds simultaneously on multiple planes of the...

GEX Trilogy

Collection, Action, Platformer, Comedy, Old school, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 June 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A collection of three cult platformers about a chatty gecko named Gex. The games combine satirical humor, pop culture references, and crazy levels inspired by TV...

Ruffy and the Riverside

Action, Open world, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 June 2025

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This open-world action adventure follows Ruffy and his companion Snokko as they try to save the Riverside Kingdom after an evil force destroys its seven holy...

Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection

Action, Platformer, Collection, Side view, Comedy, Comics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 September 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Collection of Bubsy games, featuring classic platformers about the lynx Bubsy from the 90s. The collection includes four games from the series, carefully recreated...

Ninja Five-O

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 February 2025

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The dynamic action-platformer, in which Detective Dzo Osuga, known under the call sign of Ninja Five-O, is taken for restoration of justice. Applying the skill of...

Biped 2

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 November 2025

Steam: 71/100

The sequel continues the story of two inseparable robots, Aku and Sayla, whose friendship fuels new adventures. After saving Earth, they receive a mysterious signal...

Yooka-Replaylee

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Casual game, Exploration, Open world, Remake, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 October 2025

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Remake of the fun platformer Yooka-Laylee. The evil fat cat Capital B decides to get his hands on all the books in the world to get rich. He finds out that the...

Misc. A Tiny Tale

Indie, Platformer, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 July 2025

Steam: 99/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This 3D platformer follows two robots built from miscellaneous items on a journey through a familiar world seen from a new perspective. Buddy and Bag Boy explore...

BLADECHIMERA

Action, Platformer, Cyberpunk, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Demons, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 January 2025

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The game is about demon hunter Shin, who has lost his memory and made a pact with a demon that can turn into a sword. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic...

American Arcadia

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Third-person view, Point & Click, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 May 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

An unusual adventure puzzle game from the creators of Call of the Sea. In terms of plot, the game is similar to a darker version of the film "The Truman Show...

PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 September 2025

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Remaster Pac-Man World 2 from 2002. Players take on the role of Pac-Man, who embarks on a journey through Pac-Land to defeat the all-powerful Ghost King and...

Bye Sweet Carole

Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Survival horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 October 2025

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A dark and captivating fairy tale that pays stunning homage to 1930s animation. Set in early 20th-century England against the backdrop of the burgeoning women's...

Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists

Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 October 2025

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 79/100

The game is about an alchemist named Cassandria, who uses an iron whip and her knowledge to fight formidable demons. Various chemical elements can be used to...

Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Mario Game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 October 2025

Metacritic: 87/100

A vibrant adventure in the Mario universe, where classic platforming turns into a space journey. Together with Mario, you will explore dozens of planets and...

Croc Legend of the Gobbos

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 April 2025

Steam: 91/100

The return of the warm and bright classics of platformers, where a small crocodile sets off in search of his foster family. Ahead - colorful worlds, filled with...

Once Upon A Puppet

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 April 2025

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 66/100

The game takes place in the theatrical world. Using the glove, the gamer controls the puppet. The main character must return to the front stage after solving all...

Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Comedy, Old school, Metroidvania, Exploration, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 August 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A remastered version of the sequel to the first Shantae, released for the Game Boy Advance, the project of which was suspended in 2004 due to problems with the...

Rusty Rabbit

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 April 2025

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The main character is a rabbit who controls a combat mech. The main action takes place in a fantasy setting thousands of years after people left the Earth. Instead...

Storm Lancers

Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 December 2025

Steam: 60/100

A dynamic game with co-op on one screen, where heroes make an emergency landing in a dying alien world that holds a secret source of powerful magic. You need to...

Biomorph

Metroidvania, Action, Side view, Fantasy, Adventure, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 April 2025

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A colorful metroidvania in the spirit of Hollow Knight, in which the main emphasis is on hardcore battles with enemies, an abundance of different fighting styles...

Beyond the Ice Palace 2

Metroidvania, Adventure, Fantasy, Side view, Platformer, Exploration, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 March 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 64/100

A pixel game about the damned king who went on a trip to return his crown and throne. In battles, the character uses chains that also help when moving along the...

Windswept

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 November 2025

Steam: 92/100

A pixel adventure with co-op on one screen, where characters try to return home after a storm. In single-player mode, you can switch between heroes to use their...

Morkull Ragast's Rage

Platformer, Slasher, Metroidvania, Adventure, Fantasy, Side view, Comics, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2025

Steam: 69/100

The main character of the game is Morkull, a villain who knows that he is a video game character. In battles, you can use combos and a variety of abilities to help...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2025 for Nintendo Switch