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

Rayman Origins - a game in the Platformer genre

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 15 November 2011

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This 2D platform adventure with action elements takes place in the Glade of Dreams, which has been overrun by Darktoons. The Fairy Council calls on Rayman to save...

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 15 May 2012

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This adventure platformer continues the events of Episode I: Metal Sonic has joined forces with Dr. Eggman, prompting Sonic to call on Tails for help. Together...

Journey

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 13 March 2012

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 74/100

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

Steam: 89/100

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...

Jet Set Radio

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 18 September 2012

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Jet Set Radio is an arcade game with a third-person view and stunt elements. You have to fight for Tokyo, mark your territory with graffiti, draw on walls, posters...

Sonic Adventure 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 2 October 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Sonic Adventure 2 is a continuation of the action-adventure game with a third-person view in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. Doctor Eggman once again strives to...

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics, Open world, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 June 2012

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Shank 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 7 February 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This 2D side-scrolling action platformer follows Shank, a former mob hitman drawn back into a fight when people close to him are threatened. He uses an arsenal of...

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...

Awesomenauts

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 20 June 2012

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

Wonder Boy in Monster World

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Side view, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 22 May 2012

Steam: 100/100

Monsters have overrun a fantasy land, leaving its citizens afraid for their lives as they wait for a hero to restore peace. Wonder Boy in Monster World is an action...

Vessel

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 12 March 2012

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

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...

Another World

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 16 March 2012

Players: 8.8/10

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...

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

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 58/100

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...

Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc

Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 20 March 2012

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Skylanders Giants

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 19 October 2012

Metacritic: 75/100

Skylanders Giants is an adventure platformer built around the existing Skylanders toys. It adds 20 characters to the roster, including eight...

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...

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 25 September 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

Jak 3

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 February 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

This post-apocalyptic action game with shooter and platforming elements follows Jak and Daxter after they are banished from Haven City and left to survive in a...

Madagascar 3: The Video Game

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 5 June 2012

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 45/100

This adventure platformer, based on Madagascar 3, follows Alex, Marty, Gloria, and Melman as they try to find their way home through Europe. To stay under cover...

NiGHTS into Dreams

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 4 October 2012

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

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...

Toki Tori

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 17 December 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Sound Shapes

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Action

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 27 September 2012

Metacritic: 84/100

A side-scrolling music platformer where sounds and visual elements are tied to the player’s actions. As players move through levels, they can create music using a...

Jak and Daxter Collection

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 28 February 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

This collection brings together the first three adventures of Jak and Daxter: Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jak II, and Jak 3. The series combines...

Ratchet & Clank HD Trilogy

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 27 June 2012

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Primal

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 28 February 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

This fantasy action-platformer follows an ordinary girl who discovers her extraordinary origins and becomes involved in a struggle between order and chaos. Guided...

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

A sports game based on Ice Age: Continental Drift, in which Manny and the herd compete with seafaring pirates for hidden treasure. To decide who gets the prize, the...

Revenge of Shinobi (1989)

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 22 May 2012

Revenge of Shinobi (1989) is a third-person action game with a mixture of fighting and platforming from the developers of SEGA Enterprises Ltd.. The game is...

Closure

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 27 March 2012

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Closure is a puzzle game built around manipulating light: in its dark world, only visible objects exist, and lighting shifts objects in and out of reality. The...

Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 November 2012

Metacritic: 64/100

This third-person arcade platformer takes place amid an intergalactic conflict. Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault combines the series’ familiar humor...

Jak 2

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 February 2012

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 87/100

This futuristic action platformer with puzzles follows Jak, whose exposure to Dark Eco experiments has awakened an uncontrollable dark side. Accompanied by Daxter...

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...

Wonder Boy in Monster Land

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 22 May 2012

Wonder Boy in Monster Land is a third-person action game with platforming elements from the developers of Westone Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Hudson Soft...

Papo & Yo

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 14 August 2012

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Scarygirl

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 19 June 2012

Steam: 73/100

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...

Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition

Arcade, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 10 July 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition is an arcade game with platformer elements from the masters of Zombie Studios. The game is published by Konami. Sometimes the game is...

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie (2004)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 7 February 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

An action platformer based on the film, in which SpongeBob and his friend Patrick set out on a perilous journey to Shell City to retrieve King Neptune’s stolen...

Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 24 December 2012

Metacritic: 65/100

This third-person platform adventure follows Munch and his sidekick Abe as they lead a revolution to save their world from the greedy Glukkons. Their sacred land is...

Revenge of Shinobi

Arcade, Action, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 30 May 2012

Steam: 71/100

An arcade platformer about the ninja Joe Musashi, who sets out to take revenge on the criminal syndicate Neo Zeed. The revived organization has killed his teacher...

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 6 September 2012

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 90/100

This third-person sci-fi action platformer continues the adventures of Ratchet and Clank. Ratchet fights enemies, growing stronger through a system that upgrades...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2012 for PlayStation 3 (Game released)