Platformer 2012 for PlayStation 3 — top best games in the Platformer genre

Rayman Origins

Arcade, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 15 November 2011

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Journey

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 13 March 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 92/100

Journey is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The main character is a nameless wanderer who must cross the desert and get to the mountain that is...

Catherine

Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 17 February 2011

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Catherine is an adventure arcade puzzle game with visual novel elements. The game will tell the story of computer scientist Vincent, who is experiencing the peak of...

Shank 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 7 February 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Shank 2 is a third-person action game with platforming elements from the masters from the studio Klei Entertainment Inc.. The game is published by Electronic Arts...

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 June 2012

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is a continuation of the arcade adventure with a first-person view based on the Batman comics in the style of LEGO toys. The game...

Another World

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 16 March 2012

Players: 9.7/10

Young physicist Lester Knight Chaikin is conducting a physics experiment at a synchrotron when suddenly lightning strikes the facility. As a result of the reaction...

Sound Shapes

Arcade, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 27 September 2012

Metacritic: 84/100

Sound Shapes is an arcade game with platformer and indie elements from the Jonathan Mak studio. The game is published by Sony Computer Entertainment. For some...

Vessel

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 12 March 2012

Players: 6.3/10

Vessel is a fun puzzle platformer with action elements and a side view. The events of the game take place in the amazing world of mechanical machines that have...

Jak and Daxter Collection

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 28 February 2012

Metacritic: 74/100

Jak and Daxter Collection is a third-person arcade game with a dash of platforming from developers Mass Media, Inc. and Naughty Dog. The game's primary publisher is...

Papo & Yo

Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 14 August 2012

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Papo & Yo is an unusual platformer, which is based on the author of his childhood fear of an alcoholic father. You play for the little boy KVICO, who fell into the...

Closure

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 27 March 2012

Metacritic: 80/100

Primal

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 28 February 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Primal is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the masters at SCE Studio Cambridge. The game is published by Sony Computer Entertainment...

Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc

Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 20 March 2012

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Awesomenauts

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Free game, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 20 June 2012

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Awesomenauts is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MOBA action game. The events of the game will take you to the distant year 3587, in which there is a great...

Pid

Arcade, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 7 November 2012

Metacritic: 68/100

Pid is an arcade game with platformer elements from developers from the Might and Delight studio. The main publisher of the game is D3Publisher. Overall, the...

Toki Tori

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 17 December 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Toki Tori is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer where the goal of each level is to collect all the scattered eggs. And to achieve this goal, the player will...

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 25 September 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit is a frantic and bloody side-scrolling platformer set in Hell. You have to get used to the role of the demonic hare Ash, heir to...

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 6 September 2012

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando is a third-person action game with platform elements from the developers of the studio Insomniac Games, Inc.. The main publisher...

Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 22 November 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two is a continuation of the arcade action platformer with a third-person view. In the new part you will find an unusual cooperative...

Shoot Many Robots

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 13 March 2012

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Shoot Many Robots — This is a shooting game. Players start in a character's van, where they can equip their character with five items: one weapon with...

NiGHTS into Dreams

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 4 October 2012

NiGHTS into Dreams is an arcade adventure action-platformer with a side view, set in the World of Dreams. This world is divided into Nightopia and Nightmare. It is...

Trine 2: Goblin Menace

Arcade, DLC, Platformer, Logic

Game released: PlayStation 3 → осень 2012

Trine 2: Goblin Menace is an arcade game with platformer elements from the masters from the Frozenbyte studio. The game is published by Atlus.Trine 2: Goblin Menace...

Skylanders Giants

Arcade, Adventure, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 19 October 2012

Metacritic: 75/100

Skylanders Giants is a third-person arcade game with a touch of adventure and platforming from developers from n-Space, Toys for Bob and Vicarious Visions. The main...

Jak 2

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 February 2012

Players: 7.9/10

Jak 2 is an action game with a mixture of platformer and puzzle from developers from the studio Naughty Dog, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is Sony Computer...

Rayman 3 HD

Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 20 March 2012

Players: 10/10

Rayman 3 HD is a third-person platformer from the masters at Ubisoft. The game is published by Ubisoft. For some reason the game has not yet been released on PC...

LEGO Lord of the Rings

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, The Lord of the Rings

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 7 December 2012

Players: 7.9/10

LEGO Lord of the Rings is an arcade action adventure game with a third-person view in the Lord of the Rings universe. An exciting adventure awaits you through the...

Jak 3

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 February 2012

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Jak 3 is a third-person action game with a touch of shooter and platformer from the developers of Naughty Dog, Inc.. The game is published by Sony Computer...

Zack Zero

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 17 January 2012

Metacritic: 58/100

Zack Zero is an arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer and indie game from developers from the Crocodile Entertainment studio. The game is published by...

Scarygirl (2012)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 24 January 2012

Metacritic: 65/100

Scarygirl (2012) is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from developers Frozen Codebase, LLC, TikGames and LLC. The main publisher of the game is...

World Gone Sour

Arcade, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 10 April 2012

Metacritic: 65/100

Monster World 4

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 22 May 2012

Monster World 4 is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, platforming and anime or manga games from the masters of the Westone Co., Ltd. studio. The...

Wonder Boy in Monster World

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 22 May 2012

Wonder Boy in Monster World is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer, anime/manga and fantasy games from developers Westone Co., Ltd. The...

Simpsons Arcade Game

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 7 February 2012

Simpsons Arcade Game is a third-person action game with platforming elements from developers from the Konami Industry Co. studio. Ltd.. The game is published by...

Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 24 December 2012

Metacritic: 65/100

Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD is a third-person arcade game with adventure and platform elements from developers from Just Add Water and Oddworld Inhabitants Inc...

Scarygirl

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 19 June 2012

Metacritic: 65/100

Scarygirl is an arcade, action, platformer and indie game from the developers of TikGames, LLC. The main publisher of the game is Square Enix. It seems that...

Revenge of Shinobi

Arcade, Action, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 30 May 2012

Revenge of Shinobi is an arcade game with a mixture of action and platformer from the Sega studio. The main publisher of the game is Sega. Revenge of Shinobi is...

Madagascar 3: The Video Game

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 5 June 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Madagascar 3: The Video Game is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action and platforming from the developers of Monkey Bar Games and Torus Games. The main...

Ice Age: Continental Drift - Arctic Games

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 June 2012

Players: 5.8/10

Metacritic: 43/100

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie (2004)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 7 February 2012

Players: 5.5/10

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie (2004) is a third-person action game with a mixture of platforming and puzzles from developers from the studio AWE Games. The main...

Ratchet & Clank HD Trilogy

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 27 June 2012

Metacritic: 80/100

Ratchet & Clank HD Trilogy is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the developers from the studio Idol Minds L.L.C.. The main publisher of...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2012 for PlayStation 3