Platformer 2016 for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Platformer genre

Broforce - a game in the Platformer genre

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 March 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Broforce is a brutal 2D platformer full of pure, unadulterated fun that requires the player to destroy everything that moves in order to defeat the Satanic...

Salt and Sanctuary

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 March 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Salt and Sanctuary is a fantasy platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a sailor who is shipwrecked off the shore of an unknown...

Last Guardian

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 December 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Last Guardian is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game will tell about the relationship between a little boy and a huge...

LEGO Marvel's Avengers

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Open world, Adventure, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 January 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 71/100

LEGO Marvel's Avengers is an arcade platformer with a third-person view. The events of the game will recreate the plot of the first two parts of the popular...

Inside

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Side view, Horror, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 August 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Inside is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer with survival elements from the creators of Limbo. The plot centers on a lonely boy who is hiding from...

Risk of Rain

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 April 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Risk of Rain is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view and roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will take you to a distant...

LEGO Harry Potter Collection

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection, Puzzle, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 October 2016

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A collection of two games that recreate the magical world of Harry Potter in LEGO style, covering all seven books and eight films. Players are immersed in a journey...

Psychonauts

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 June 2016

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Psychonauts is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot follows a young special agent named Raz, who learns to use his...

The Final Station

Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 August 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Action platformer in a post-apocalyptic setting. The player will have the opportunity to become a train driver in a desert world, carrying his passengers from...

Ratchet & Clank

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 April 2016

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Ratchet & Clank is a reboot of the 2002 classic game of the same name. A cute story awaits you about Lombax Ratchet and his friend, a robot named Clank. Don your...

Dragon Quest Builders

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 October 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Dragon Quest Builders — arcade sandbox with a third-person view in an open world in the Dragon Quest universe. The plot of the game will tell the sweet story...

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 December 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This side-scrolling fantasy platformer builds its heroine’s actions around belly dancing and hair-whipping. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is an HD adventure starring...

Unepic

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 March 2016

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Unepic is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. You will play as Daniel, who, due to strange circumstances, finds himself in the ancient and...

SpeedRunners

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Racing, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 April 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

SpeedRunners is a co-op arcade action platformer that puts running at the center of the game, challenging players to compete in speed races online. Your task is to...

Cursed Castilla: Don Ramiro

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 December 2016

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This side-scrolling arcade platformer is set in the medieval Kingdom of Castile, where the knight Don Ramiro is ordered by King Alfonso VI to drive evil from...

Slain: Back from Hell

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 December 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Slain: Back from Hell is an action-adventure platformer in a gothic setting. The story follows the doomed hero Bathoryn as he travels through a Gothic world and...

My Night Job

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Survival horror, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 May 2016

Steam: 82/100

My Night Job is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. Players have to go to an abandoned building where nightmarish monsters are rampant. And over 60 types of...

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India

Arcade, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Historical, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 January 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India is a side-scrolling arcade-adventure stealth platformer set in the Assassin's Creed universe. The game continues the story of the...

Hue

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 August 2016

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Hue is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game with platforming elements. In it you have to remake the world by changing its background color. Together with a character...

Clustertruck

Arcade, Action, Platformer, First-person view, Indie, Parkour

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 September 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Clustertruck is an arcade action platformer with a first-person view, in which the player has to stay on top of speeding long-range trucks. Jumping from one car to...

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 April 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is the third part of the series, which follows the adventures of the half-genie Shantae, who tries to thwart the plans of the pirate...

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia

Arcade, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Historical, Side view, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 February 2016

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia is an arcade adventure side-scrolling stealth platformer set in the Assassin's Creed universe. The game continues the story of...

Shadow of the Beast

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 May 2016

Shadow of the Beast is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. Aarbron is a man with magical powers who was kidnapped as an infant by the dark sorcerer...

Ninja Pizza Girl

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view, Runner, Parkour

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 July 2016

Steam: 86/100

Ninja Pizza Girl is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a cyberpunk style. In a futuristic metropolis, all the game's protagonist Gemma wants to do is...

Exile's End

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 October 2016

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Exile's End is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer set in a futuristic setting. The game takes place in the distant future, where the megacorporation...

Trials of the Blood Dragon

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Motorcycle racing, Side view, Racing, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 June 2016

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Trials of the Blood Dragon is a crazy side-scrolling arcade motorcycle racing game in a futuristic setting. The game is a cross between the Trials series and the...

Downwell

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Action, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 May 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Downwell is an arcade platformer with procedurally generated locations. You have to play as a mysterious little man, descending lower and lower, destroying enemies...

Shadow Blade: Reload

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 31 May 2016

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Shadow Blade: Reload is a side-scrolling action platformer about Kuro, a ninja tasked with restoring balance to a modern world where ancient clans are locked in a...

Dead Island: Retro Revenge

Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Zombies, Runner

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 31 May 2016

Steam: 62/100

Dead Island: Retro Revenge is a 16-bit game in the style of classic 2D action platformers in the Dead Island universe. The game's story tells of an embittered hero...

Bug Butcher

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 October 2016

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Bug Butcher is a futuristic side-scrolling arcade action platformer. Over the course of more than 50 levels, you will have to face countless hordes of aliens alone...

Not A Hero

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Beat them all, Action, Indie, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 February 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Shu

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 October 2016

Players: 2.9/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Shu is a side-scrolling adventure arcade platformer set in a fantasy setting. In the role of a funny creature named Shu, you have to save the villagers from a...

Ronin

Stealth, Platformer, Turn-based, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 November 2016

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Ronin is a side-scrolling turn-based stealth platformer. You have to play as a girl who takes revenge on corporations. During this dangerous adventure you need to...

Assassin's Creed Chronicles Trilogy

Arcade, Stealth, Platformer, Collection, Historical, Side view, Action, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 February 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Assassin's Creed Chronicles Trilogy is a collection that contains: Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China, Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India and Assassin's Creed...

Type: Rider

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 July 2016

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Type: Rider is a side-scrolling educational arcade platformer. You have to immerse yourself in the mysterious and fantastic world of letters. By controlling the...

Tetrobot and Co.

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 March 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This puzzle platformer follows Psy, a microscopic robot built to help repair Tetrobot, a popular but imperfect machine. Maya created Psy as Tetrobot’s little...

MilitAnt

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Shooter

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 July 2016

Steam: 44/100

Metacritic: 44/100

MilitAnt is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. In a world ruled by insects, a lone soldier ant must at all costs defend his home colony from the brutal...

Headlander

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 July 2016

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This side-scrolling action-adventure is set in a retro-futuristic world where humanity has transferred its minds into robotic bodies and is ruled by a deranged...

Organic Panic

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Action, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 March 2016

Steam: 40/100

This physics-based action platformer with puzzles follows organic characters battling the cronies of meat and cheese. Levels are fully destructible, and liquids...

Shadow Complex Remastered

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 May 2016

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Shadow Complex Remastered is a re-release of the arcade action platformer Shadow Complex, the original version of which appeared on the Xbox 360 in 2009. The plot...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2016 for PlayStation 4 (Game released)