Platformer 2002 for PlayStation 2 — top best games in the Platformer genre

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 16 February 2006

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...

Scooby-Doo!: Night of 100 Frights

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 16 August 2002

Metacritic: 68/100

This action platformer with puzzle elements follows Scooby-Doo as he searches for his kidnapped friends from Mystery Inc. and tries to foil the Mastermind’s plan...

Nickelodeon: Rocket Power - Beach Bandits

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Top-down view, Sports game, Skateboards

Game released: PlayStation 2 → сентябрь 2002

Players: 5/10

Nickelodeon: Rocket Power — Beach Bandits is a top-down arcade game with elements of action, platforming, sports and skateboard simulator from the masters at...

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 11 October 2002

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 66/100

A 3D platformer about Crash and Coco facing Dr. Cortex, who creates Crunch, a super-bandicoot capable of demolishing everything in his path. Cortex harnesses the...

Pac-Man World 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 26 February 2003

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

This third-person platforming action game follows Pac-Man on a new adventure against the Ghost Gang. His journey spans six lands, where he solves puzzles and takes...

Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 6 March 2003

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 86/100

This third-person platform action game follows Sly Cooper, a raccoon thief seeking to reclaim his family’s guide to thievery, the Thievius Raccoonus. When Sly was...

Egg Mania

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 12 September 2002

Metacritic: 62/100

This arcade puzzle game challenges players to build a tower and keep it stable. The Wobble Meter assesses the tower’s stability and adds a strategic element to...

Ratchet & Clank (2002)

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 4 November 2002

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 88/100

This sci-fi action platformer takes place in a futuristic world of spaceships, robots and high-tech gadgets. Ratchet lives on an abandoned backwater planet and...

Nickelodeon: Rugrats - Royal Ransom

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → ноябрь 2002

Nickelodeon: Rugrats — Royal Ransom is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the masters at Avalanche Software LLC. The game is published...

Spirits & Spells

Action, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 19 June 2003

Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 29 November 2002

Metacritic: 52/100

This 3D platformer follows Spyro as he tries to return the stolen Dragonflies to the Dragon Realm. Gnasty Gnorc and Ripto are behind the theft, and Spyro must avoid...

Woody Woodpecker: Escape from Buzz Buzzard Park

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 19 February 2002

Players: 5.6/10

Woody Woodpecker: Escape from Buzz Buzzard Park is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from Cryo Interactive Entertainment and Eko Software SARL...

Disney/Pixar's Monsters, Inc.

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 21 March 2002

Disney/Pixar's Monsters, Inc. is a third-person action game with platforming elements from developers from the Natsume Co., Ltd. studio. The game is published by...

Dr. Muto

Arcade, Action, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 21 March 2003

Metacritic: 70/100

This 3D action-adventure platformer follows Dr. Muto, a mad scientist whose experiment has destroyed his home planet, leaving only his laboratory intact. To rebuild...

Zapper: One Wicked Cricket!

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 14 March 2003

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Zapper: One Wicked Cricket! is a third-person action game with a dash of shooter from the developers at Blitz Games Limited. The game is published by Infogrames...

Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 27 October 2002

Players: 8.1/10

Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles is a third-person action game with platforming elements from developers from the In Utero studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Haven: Call of the King

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Platformer, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 November 2002

Metacritic: 69/100

This futuristic action game follows a hero seeking to free his people from enslavement. In Haven: Call of the King, players can travel on foot or by vehicle, with...

Rygar: The Legendary Adventure

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 10 July 2003

Metacritic: 52/100

This action-adventure game set in a world of Greco-Roman mythology follows the warrior Rygar as he travels across the sundered Island of Argus to rescue Princess...

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 22 November 2002

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A 3D platformer about Ty, a Tasmanian tiger who ventures into the Australian Outback to rescue his family from the Dreaming. The Bunyip Elder tells him that his...

Ape Escape 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 30 June 2003

Metacritic: 82/100

This action platformer follows Jimmy, who is tasked with delivering monkey pants to a park, but a shipment of intelligence-boosting helmets gets mixed in by...

Herdy Gerdy

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 9 January 2003

Metacritic: 69/100

This platform game with puzzle elements follows Gerdy, an apprentice herder who travels across an island to lift an evil spell from his father. Along the way, he...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2002 for PlayStation 2 (Game released)