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...

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...

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...

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...

The Rogue Prince of Persia

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

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...

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: 78/100

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...

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...

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

Indie, Platformer, Side view, Old school, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 July 2025

Players: 9.5/10

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...

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...

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...

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: 75/100

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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: 84/100

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...

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...

Croc Legend of the Gobbos

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 April 2025

Steam: 89/100

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...

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...

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: 80/100

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...

Biped 2

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

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...

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...

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: 76/100

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...

LEGO Voyagers

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 September 2025

Steam: 89/100

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...

Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy, Exploration, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 December 2025

Steam: 91/100

Remaster of the action-platformer Tomba! 2 from 1999. The story centers around a wild boy with pink hair named Tomba, who embarks on an exciting...

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 January 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Remaster Donkey Kong Country Returns from the Wii, featuring 80 levels, including additional stages from the Nintendo 3DS version. Players once...

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...

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: 63/100

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...

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...

Nightmare: The Lunatic

Action, Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Replayability

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 December 2025

Steam: 87/100

A hardcore platformer in which the player tries to escape a nightmare. The main task is to get out of the eternal nightmare. As you progress, you can...

Laika: Aged Through Blood

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 January 2025

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A Western set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. The plot tells the story of a tribe oppressed by the invaders. The main character wants revenge in...

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...

Once Upon A Puppet

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 April 2025

Steam: 82/100

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...

CATO: Buttered Cat

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 May 2025

Steam: 98/100

A colorful puzzle-platformer based on the famous buttered cat paradox. At the heart of the story are two unusual heroes—a cat and a buttered...

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...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2025 for Nintendo Switch (Game released)