Platformer 2018 for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Platformer genre

Hollow Knight - a game in the Platformer genre

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 September 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange creatures. A dark...

Shadow of the Colossus

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 February 2018

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Shadow of the Colossus — action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You take on the role of a hero named Wander, who must go through...

Metal Slug 3

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Arcade, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A 2D arcade run-and-gun shooter in which a soldier fights through stages filled with enemies and giant bosses. Metal Slug 3 features five large stages with...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Celeste is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creator of TowerFall. More than 250 levels await you, and the locations include abandoned cities...

Death's Gambit

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 August 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Death's Gambit is an arcade side-scrolling action platformer with RPG elements. You have to act as an agent of death, whose goal is to rid the world of “immortals...

Guacamelee! 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 August 2018

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Guacamelee! 2 is a continuation of the dynamic action platformer with a side view. Seven years after defeating Carlos Calaca, Juan Aguacata is forced to once again...

Spyro Reignited Trilogy

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 November 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a re-release of the popular arcade platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Re-release includes Spyro the Dragon...

Mark of the Ninja Remastered

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Mark of the Ninja Remastered is a special version of the side-scrolling arcade action platformer with stealth elements for Nintendo Switch. The events of the game...

Astro Bot Rescue Mission

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 October 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Astro Bot Rescue Mission is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting for PlayStation VR virtual reality devices. In the game you...

Timespinner

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 September 2018

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Timespinner is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young girl named Lunais, who...

Yoku's Island Express

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 May 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Yoku's Island Express is an arcade action-platformer adventure with side-scrolling pinball mechanics. You will try on the role of a beetle named Yoku, who landed on...

Mega Man 11

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 October 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Mega Man 11 is the sequel to the classic side-scrolling action platformer set in the sci-fi universe of Mega Man. You will find classic dynamic gameplay with many...

Skyhill

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Survival, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 October 2018

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Skyhill is a quest with survival elements. The main character ends up in a hotel called SKYHILL, where he rents the safest room on the hundredth floor. And then...

Chasm

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 31 July 2018

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Chasm is a side-scrolling adventure RPG action platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to try on the role of a young recruit performing his first mission...

My Memory of Us

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 71/100

My Memory of US is an adventure arcade platform with a side view. The game will tell the story of two friends - a girl and a boy who found themselves in different...

Forgotton Anne

Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Steampunk, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 May 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Forgotton Anne is a side-scrolling adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will take you to a magical dimension where forgotten things are...

Dandara

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 February 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Dandara is an adventure action-platformer with a side view. You will witness the story of a young girl named Dandara, who wakes up in a world unfamiliar to her and...

Mooseman

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 July 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Mooseman is a side-scrolling arcade platformer set in a fantasy setting. Long ago, the world was created from the shell of a duck egg by a god named Yen. In the dim...

Shio

Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 May 2018

Players: 1/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Shio is a hardcore Japanese-style side-scrolling action platformer. In the game you will play as a mysterious protagonist who hides his identity behind a wooden...

de Blob 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 February 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

de Blob 2 is a continuation of the arcade action platformer with a third-person view. The main villain from the first part returns and tries to seize power in the...

Pinstripe

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Pinstripe is an atmospheric side-scrolling exploration adventure from developer Coma and Skinny. The events of the game take place in Hell, where the main character...

Iconoclasts

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 January 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Iconoclasts is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer adventure game. You have to get used to the role of the brave girl Robin, who is engaged in the destruction...

Mega Man X Legacy Collection

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 July 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Mega Man X Legacy Collection is an anniversary collection of side-scrolling action platformers set in the Mega Man X universe. Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes...

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 May 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is an exciting side-scrolling action-platformer set in a fantasy setting from the creators of Mega Man 10 and Mighty No. 9. The...

Runner3

Arcade, Platformer, Music game, Side view, Action, Indie, Runner

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 November 2018

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Runner3 — side-scrolling arcade runner with musical elements, which is a continuation of the BIT.TRIP series. You will again be able to take part in the...

Owlboy

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 April 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Owlboy is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with a pixel art style. The main character is an owl boy, capable of both running around locations and flying. In the...

League of Evil

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 April 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This futuristic action platformer follows a bionic super agent on a mission to stop the League of Evil, an alliance of evil scientists. The agent fights through...

Aegis Defenders

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 February 2018

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Aegis Defenders is an adventure action-platformer with tower defense elements and a side view. You will embark on a journey to conquer a magical world overshadowed...

Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 July 2018

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 is an anniversary collection of side-scrolling action platformers set in the Mega Man X universe. Mega Man X Legacy Collection...

FE (2018)

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action, Puzzle, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 February 2018

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 71/100

FE is a fantasy arcade platformer with a third-person view. You will play the role of a funny animal who travels through a mysterious forest with equally strange...

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 March 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is an arcade action platformer with a first-person view that combines the ideas of Quake 3 and the complexity of Super Meat Boy. The...

GoNNER

Arcade, Roguelike, Side view, Indie, Platformer, Shooter

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 May 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 79/100

GoNNER is a brutally challenging 2D platformer with roguelike elements and procedurally generated levels. The game tells the story of the friendship between Hiccup...

Illusion: A Tale of the Mind

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 June 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 72/100

Illusion: A Tale of the Mind is an adventure arcade puzzle platformer with a third-person view. You are about to go on an amazing adventure through atmospheric...

Metal Slug XX

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 May 2018

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 53/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Metal Slug XX is a side-scrolling sequel to the Metal Slug series of side-scrolling run-and-gun video...

Battle Princess Madelyn

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 December 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Battle Princess Madelyn is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer made in the tradition of Ghouls N' Ghosts. An unusual story awaits you in a fantasy world...

Dandara Trials of Fear

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 February 2018

Steam: 85/100

Dandara Trials of Fear is a side-scrolling fantasy action-adventure platformer. The citizens, once free-spirited, are now oppressed and isolated. But all is not...

Candle

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 July 2018

Players: 5.1/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Candle is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to take on the role of the brave young man Teku, who is trying to save the shaman from...

Rad Rodgers - Radical Edition

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Rad Rodgers — Radical Edition is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The game tells the stories of two characters — a 12-year-old boy, Red...

No Heroes Here

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 May 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 89/100

No Heroes Here is a 2D cooperative action platformer with strategy elements in the tower defense genre. The Kingdom of Noobland is at war and its heroes have...

Skytorn

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike

Game canceled: PlayStation 4 → 31 December 2018

Skytorn is an action-adventure platformer with procedurally generated levels and a side view from the creators of...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2018 for PlayStation 4