Platformer 2017 for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Platformer genre

Little Nightmares - a game in the Platformer genre

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 April 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A dark tale in which the main character Six must find a way out of an underwater vessel filled with creepy creatures. The inhabitants of the in-game world also...

Rain World

Arcade, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Survival, Exploration, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 March 2017

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 63/100

An atmospheric hardcore platformer with survival elements. The story tells of a small creature named Slugcat, who was separated from his family in a world where...

Shift Happens

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 February 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Shift Happens is a side-scrolling co-op arcade action platformer. The game tells the story of two jelly-like creatures named Bizmo and Plom. After the accident...

Pankapu

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 September 2017

Steam: 73/100

Pankapu: The Gates of Omnia is an episodic side-scrolling action platformer. The events of the game develop in the fantasies of Jaarell, a child who once...

Brawlhalla

Arcade, Action, Fighting, MMO, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 October 2017

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

Brawlhalla is a free-to-play side-scrolling multiplayer fighting platformer that supports up to 8 players. The game features a wide variety of heroes with unique...

SteamWorld Dig 2

Arcade, Platformer, Steampunk, Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 September 2017

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

SteamWorld Dig 2 is a continuation of the side-view arcade platformer in steampunk style. The main character of the game this time will not be Rusty, but a certain...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 February 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...

Sonic Mania

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 August 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Sonic Mania is a side-scrolling arcade platformer set in the universe of the popular Sonic the Hedgehog. The game will delight you with new stages, reworked classic...

Gang Beasts

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Platformer, Indie, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 December 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Gang Beasts is a multiplayer game with gelatinous characters, comical fights and absurd...

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 June 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Crash Bandicoot Trilogy is a remastered version of three Crash Bandicoot arcade games, including Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash...

Duck Game

Arcade, Online, Action, Side view, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 August 2017

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...

Sonic Forces

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 November 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Sonic Forces is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. The game will present you with two versions of Sonic at...

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 April 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is a side-scrolling remake of the legendary arcade action platformer. The game tells the story of a valiant knight who was turned into...

The Disney Afternoon Collection

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Collection, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 April 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A collection of six classic Disney projects, bringing together iconic arcade adventures in a refreshed format. It includes Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers...

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 March 2017

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a side-scrolling action platformer. You have to go explore the dark lands where the curse has fallen. Evil is penetrating...

Nidhogg

Fighting, Platformer, Indie, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 September 2017

Players: 4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A fighting game with platforming elements built around sword duels played as a tug-of-war. In Nidhogg, two players battle across an arena that stretches in both...

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Online, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 December 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in the style of Super Meat Boy. You have to create levels with a huge number of traps and other...

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood

Arcade, In real time, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 November 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is an adventure arcade puzzle platformer with a side view. You have to save the main character's brother from the evil Lord Mustasho...

Seasons after Fall

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 May 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Seasons after Fall is a side-view arcade adventure in a fantasy setting. The main character is a wild fox who fell under the control of the spirit of the forest. He...

Toby: The Secret Mine

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 July 2017

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Toby: The Secret Mine is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with puzzle elements. The main character Toby is trying to find out where his friends disappeared. He...

Black & White Bushido

Action, Stealth, Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 May 2017

Steam: 68/100

Black & White Bushido is a hardcore action platformer with stealth elements and a side view. A certain shadow samurai challenges the light clan, after which a war...

Sundered

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 July 2017

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Sundered is a side-scrolling arcade platformer from the creators of Jotun. You will play as a character named Yeshe, a wanderer in a ruined world with ever-changing...

Knack 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 September 2017

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Knack 2 is a continuation of the adventure arcade action platformer with a third-person view. The funny sequel will delight you with full-fledged co-op and a...

Mega Man Legacy Collection 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 August 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 is a collection of legendary arcade action-platformers with a look of megamen. The new collection includes 4 games: Mega Man 7, Mega...

Super Cloudbuilt

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Parkour

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 July 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Super Cloudbuilt is a third-person sci-fi platformer with parkour elements. You have to run across constantly moving platforms with great speed and dynamics, and...

Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 31 October 2017

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 45/100

Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back is an old-school side-scrolling arcade platformer about a kitten named Bubsy from the creators of Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams. You...

ICEY

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Action, Anime / Manga, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 August 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 79/100

ICEY is a side-scrolling sci-fi arcade action platformer. At first glance, this game is a regular platformer where you follow directions and go where you are told...

Morphite

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Roguelike, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 September 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Morphite is a first-person action platformer with a procedurally generated world. You have to go on a journey to unknown planets. Their landscapes are generated...

Ninja Shodown

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 October 2017

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Ninja Shodown is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer where you compete for the jade katana. Alone or together with friends, you will try on the role of guards...

Candleman

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 February 2017

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Candleman is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer where you control a candle character. The candle can only burn for 10 seconds, so you need to solve various...

Planet of the Eyes

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 September 2017

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 64/100

This narrative platformer follows a service robot stranded on a mysterious planet. As it explores the unknown world, the robot uncovers a story through fully voiced...

A Hat in Time

Arcade, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 October 2017

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A 3D platformer about a small space traveler searching a nearby planet for the lost Time Pieces that fuel her spaceship. In A Hat in Time, the heroine explores...

Refunct

Arcade, Platformer, First-person view, Parkour, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 June 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Refunct is a first-person platformer where you travel through a colorful world. The game contains elements of parkour, with which your movement through locations...

AER Memories of Old

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 October 2017

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 71/100

AER Memories of Old is an adventure arcade platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game tells the story of a girl who can turn into a bird...

Yooka-Laylee

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 April 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Yooka-Laylee is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view, created according to the canons of the classic Banjo-Kazooie. The main characters are the...

Butcher

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 May 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Butcher is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer set in a futuristic setting. The game is based on the best shooters from the 90s. You have to get used to the...

Deer God

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 April 2017

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 49/100

A side-scrolling adventure platformer about a deer’s survival in a fantasy world shaped by karma and reincarnation. The player explores 3D pixel-art landscapes...

LocoRoco

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 May 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This 2D platform action game is set in the peaceful world of the LocoRoco, which has come under attack by the alien Moja Corps. The player guides the LocoRoco away...

Wuppo

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 November 2017

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Wuppo is a side-scrolling pixel arcade action platformer with RPG elements. You have to help a cute round creature who has lost his home. And now he has to go on a...

Toy Odyssey: The Lost and Found

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 February 2017

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 71/100

ToyQuest: The Lost and the Found is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. The main character, the doll Brenda, needs to save his owner Felix from the...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2017 for PlayStation 4