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Best Games in the Platformer genre

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Disney Universe
Disney Universe
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)
October 25, 2011
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 80/100
Metacritic: 66/100
Disney Universe is a multiplayer action-adventure game with a third-person view set in the Disney universe. You'll play through levels based on famous animated...
ICO
ICO
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval
September 24, 2001
Players: 8.3/10
Metacritic: 90/100
This action-adventure game with platforming and puzzle elements follows Ico, a boy born with horns who is taken to a mysterious castle to be sacrificed in the...
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania
August 15, 2012
Players: 9.6/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits you, filled with...
Cave Story
Cave Story
Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Metroidvania
January 4, 2005
Players: 10/10
Metacritic: 89/100
This futuristic action-platformer combines shooting and puzzles with the story of an amnesiac boy who wakes in a dark cave. As he explores the world, he discovers a...
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Action, Platformer, Third-person view
November 5, 1997
Players: 6.7/10
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back — Crash Bandicoot throws Dr. Neo Cortex from his airship into a cave filled with glowing crystals. Convinced that they...
Pandemonium!
Pandemonium!
Action, Platformer, Third-person view
November 5, 1996
Steam: 63/100
This 3D platformer follows Fargus the Jester and Nikki the acrobat as they search a world of magic and mystery for the Wishing Engine. The pair make their way...
VVVVVV
VVVVVV
Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration
January 11, 2010
Players: 7.3/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 85/100
VVVVVV is an arcade indie platformer with a side view. You play as the fearless leader of a team of dimension explorers who have crashed and lost contact with each...
Skylanders Trap Team
Skylanders Trap Team
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game
September 29, 2014
Players: 5.6/10
Metacritic: 82/100
Skylanders Trap Team is a free-to-play action-adventure platformer with a third-person view. The game takes place in the colorful fantasy world of Skylands. The...
Not A Hero
Not A Hero
Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Beat them all, Action, Indie, Comedy
May 14, 2015
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 75/100
Not A Hero is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer. Professional hitman Steve, who has become the campaign manager for mayoral candidate Bunny Lord, must...
LEGO Jurassic World
LEGO Jurassic World
Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Online, Open world
June 9, 2015
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...
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows
Arcade, DLC, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view
September 17, 2015
Players: 10/10
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows — You play as the Plague Knight, a villainous master of alchemy, on his own adventure. Using his maniacal scientific mind...
Meganoid
Meganoid
Action, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Metroidvania, Dungeons
March 29, 2017
Steam: 63/100
Meganoid is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. As a mysterious hero, you have to go into dungeons and destroy as many enemies as...
Creaks
Creaks
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural
July 10, 2020
Players: 9/10
Steam: 96/100
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...
Evan's Remains
Evan's Remains
Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Casual game, Visual novel
June 11, 2020
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 89/100
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...
The Henry Stickmin Collection
The Henry Stickmin Collection
Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Action, Indie, Comedy, Point & Click
August 7, 2020
Players: 9.3/10
Steam: 98/100
The Henry Stickmin Collection is a collection of action, platforming and point-n-click adventure games. An epic journey awaits you with six different stories, the...
Micetopia
Micetopia
Side view, Adventure, Action, Platformer, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Metroidvania
November 20, 2020
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 37/100
Micetopia is a classic side-scrolling Metroid set in a medieval mouse kingdom with magic and dragons. The main character, a brave mouse, lived quietly in his...
Phantom Abyss
Phantom Abyss
Action, Adventure, Roguelike, Platformer, Shooter, First-person view, Fantasy
June 22, 2021
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 72/100
An action-adventure platformer in which players obtain various relics and artifacts from temples filled with traps and bottomless pits. At the same time, the main...
Only Climb: Better Together
Only Climb: Better Together
Platformer, Casual game, Third-person view, Parkour, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Comedy, Arcade, Roguelike
July 25, 2023
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 52/100
A multiplayer platformer where a group of teenagers try to escape their run-down town. They set off on a dangerous journey, where they will try to overcome various...
GREENFIELD
GREENFIELD
Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view
2027
Anticipation Rating: 10/10
The mysterious protagonist explores an abandoned island to learn more about lost technology and uncover the secret of a past civilization. The game contains puzzles...
Blasphemous 2 - Mea Culpa
Blasphemous 2 - Mea Culpa
Action, Adventure, DLC, Platformer, Side view, Gothic, Indie
October 31, 2024
Players: 9.4/10
Steam: 51/100
The continuation of the story of the Penitent, who goes on a completely new adventure, where he will be able to try out new abilities and fight additional bosses...
Bionic Bay
Bionic Bay
Side view, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Science fiction, Adventure
April 17, 2025
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 84/100
The main character explores a dark biomechanical world filled with traps and secrets. You can change gravity, slow down time, turn the world upside down and...
Snow Bros Classic Collection
Snow Bros Classic Collection
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Online
February 6, 2026
Steam: 100/100
An arcade platformer that tells the story of the adventures of brothers Nick and Tom in the Kingdom of Hottoda. The main characters, princes Nick and Tom, turned...
Metroid Ravenous
Metroid Ravenous
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Science fiction
January 28, 2027
A two-dimensional game from the famous series and a continuation of the events of Metroid Dread. The main character once again becomes the bounty hunter Samus...
Trine
Trine
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)
July 2, 2009
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 82/100
This fantasy action-platformer with physics-based puzzles follows a wizard, a knight and a thief whose fates become bound by a mysterious artifact called the Trine...
Cobalt
Cobalt
Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Indie, Adventure
February 2, 2016
Players: 10/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 68/100
Cobalt is a side-scrolling co-op action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will take on the role of robot agent Cobalt, who discovers the lost colonization...
LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox
October 27, 2008
Players: 9.3/10
Metacritic: 91/100
LittleBigPlanet — Players can control a fully customizable Sackperson (often known as Sackboy). This Sackperson is controlled using the left analog stick...
Night in the Woods
Night in the Woods
Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Exploration
February 21, 2017
Players: 9.1/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 87/100
Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for truancy. After...
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view
October 22, 2012
Players: 5.4/10
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer that is the spiritual successor to 1987's Great Giana Sisters for the Commodore 64...
Never Alone
Never Alone
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Side view
November 18, 2014
Players: 6.8/10
Steam: 78/100
Metacritic: 70/100
Never Alone is an arcade side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. You play as the girl Nunu and her arctic fox companion. You have to solve the mystery of an...
Child of Light 2
Child of Light 2
Role-playing game, Arcade, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Indie
2027
Anticipation Rating: 8.6/10
Child of Light 2 is a continuation of the atmospheric puzzle platformer with role-playing elements and turn-based...
Duck Game
Duck Game
Arcade, Online, Action, Side view, Platformer
May 13, 2014
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...
Alice: Asylum
Alice: Asylum
Arcade, Action, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view
April 7, 2023
Anticipation Rating: 6.9/10
Alice: Asylum is a third-person arcade game with action, horror and platform elements from the Spicy Horse Games studio. The game is published by Electronic Arts...
My Friend Pedro
My Friend Pedro
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Shooter
June 20, 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...
Yoku's Island Express
Yoku's Island Express
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Pinball, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania
May 29, 2018
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Yoku's Island Express is an arcade action-platformer adventure with side-scrolling pinball mechanics. You will try on the role of a beetle named Yoku, who landed on...
Hidden Deep
Hidden Deep
Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Shooter
January 24, 2022
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 76/100
Hidden Deep is an action-adventure platformer with elements of horror, survival and a side view. The game takes place in a research complex two kilometers under the...
Tchia
Tchia
Adventure, Third-person view, Action, Platformer, Sandbox, Open world, Exploration
March 21, 2023
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 77/100
An adventure platformer inspired by the culture of New Guinea. A young heroine named Chia goes on an amazing journey through a bright world, explores the underwater...
Samurai Maiden
Samurai Maiden
Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Slasher, Visual novel, Adventure, Role-playing game, Historical, Fantasy
December 1, 2022
Players: 5/10
Steam: 61/100
Samurai Maiden is a Japanese action-adventure action RPG in the anime genre with platformer and visual novel elements. The temple is on fire. Plumes of black smoke...
Croc Legend of the Gobbos
Croc Legend of the Gobbos
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view
April 2, 2025
Steam: 90/100
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...
White Knuckle
White Knuckle
Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, First-person view, Roguelike, Old school, Parkour
April 17, 2025
Players: 9.6/10
Steam: 98/100
A hardcore roguelike platformer that focuses on speed climbing and inventory management. Using the physics of movement, momentum and precision, you have to rise...
Chronicles of the Wolf
Chronicles of the Wolf
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Medieval era, Metroidvania
June 19, 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...
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