Platformer 2020 for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Platformer genre

Evan's Remains - a game in the Platformer genre

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Evan's Remains is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer adventure inspired by classic Japanese thrillers. You have to explore a mysterious island and solve puzzles to...

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 June 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 69/100

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom — Rehydrated is a re-release of the classic SpongeBob game from 2003 in an updated form. You will have a...

Cuphead

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 July 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 87/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the style of classic animation from the 30s. The main character lost his life to the devil at dice, and is now forced to run...

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 October 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is a continuation of the cult game from the 90s, telling about the next adventures of Crash and his younger sister Coco. The plot...

Hayfever

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 February 2020

Players need to help the postman Thomas collect lost letters. The hero suffers from severe allergies, and various allergens help him overcome obstacles. For...

Sackboy: A Big Adventure

Adventure, Platformer, Arcade, Action, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 November 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Sackboy: A Big Adventure is a spin-off of the LittleBigPlanet series, dedicated to sackboy — a small toy man. The game is a 2.5D platformer in which sackboy...

Risk of Rain 2

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

Early Access: PlayStation 4 → 30 August 2019; Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 October 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Risk of Rain 2 is a dynamic action platformer with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. In the second part you will find a full three-dimensional environment...

Huntdown

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 May 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Huntdown is an arcade side-scrolling pixel shooter with platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You will go to a dark world of the future, where the police have...

Fall Guys

Arcade, Action, Online, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 August 2020

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Fall Guys is a free-to-play, cute arcade action game about falling colorful people. A unique “battle royale” awaits you, where many players will take on the roles...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 February 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in which there will...

Creaks

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 July 2020

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Creaks — an adventure puzzle-platformer with a side view from the creators of Samorost and Machinarium. The events of the game revolve around a young guy who...

Fury Unleashed

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Comics, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 May 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Fury Unleashed is a 2D arcade platformer with a side view, made in a comic book style. You will play as the cool Scumbag, a comic book hero whose goal is to save...

PHOGS!

Logic, Puzzle, Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 December 2020

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 78/100

PHOGS! is a fun cooperative puzzle platformer with a third-person view about a cute two-headed dog. In the game you have to play as two dogs connected by a long and...

Tiny Hands Adventure

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 December 2020

Tiny Hands Adventure is a dynamic adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Meet Borty, a young and cheerful dinosaur who is the main...

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time

Action, Platformer, Slasher, Arcade, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 August 2020

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time is a colorful platformer based on the animated series “Samurai Jack”. The events of the new slasher take place before the final...

Monster Sanctuary

Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 December 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Monster Sanctuary is a side-scrolling pixel Metroidvania in a fantasy setting, in which you become monster trainers and can fight in 3v3 tactical battles...

Spelunky 2

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 September 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Spelunky 2 is a sequel to the fun side-scrolling arcade platformer with procedurally generated levels. This time you have to embark on an adventure as the child of...

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 November 2020

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is a side-scrolling action-platformer from the creators of Astebreed. In the game, you will take on the role of Sakuna, a proud but...

Shady Part of Me

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Arcade

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 December 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Shady Part of Me is an adventure puzzle platformer where you have to solve the mystery of a poor girl. An exhilarating journey through the land of dreams awaits you...

Wildfire

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 December 2020

Players: 6.5/10

Wildfire is a pixel platformer with stealth elements. The game takes place in a world where there is almost no magic left. The main character, one of the last...

Tamarin

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 September 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 40/100

Tamarin is a fun third-person action platformer in which you take on the role of a small tamarin monkey who has survived an insect attack and now embarks on a...

My Friend Pedro

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 April 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

My Friend Pedro is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer that will remind many of Max Payne. You will play as a heavily armed hero who kills hundreds of...

Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 September 2020

Players: 6.1/10

Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer where you'll set out to conquer the world of Trollhunters, based on the animated...

Gonner 2

Indie, Platformer, Arcade, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Shooter

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 November 2020

Gonner 2 is a sequel to the brutally challenging 2D platformer with roguelike elements and procedurally generated levels. Hikk returns again, and this time he will...

Hardcore Mecha

Action, Indie, Side view, Combat robots, Shooter, Anime / Manga, Futurism (Future), Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 January 2020

Metacritic: 77/100

Hardcore Mecha is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will have access to various combat mechs, a large arsenal...

Lair of the Clockwork God

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 November 2020

Metacritic: 84/100

Lair of the Clockwork God is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. A unique blend of genres awaits you in the form of...

One Dog Story

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 July 2020

One Dog Story is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with RPG elements. You have to take on the role of a dog (EO-43) from a mysterious underground...

Projection: First Light

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 September 2020

Players: 6.4/10

Projection: First Light is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer. You will travel to an alternative shadow world of puppets and visit 19th century England...

Minoria

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 September 2020

Metacritic: 73/100

Minoria is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer from the creators of the Momodora series. The game takes place during the fourth Witch War, a major...

Metamorphosis

Arcade, Platformer, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 August 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Metamorphosis is an adventure platformer with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. One day, the main character Gregor, waking up in the morning, finds himself...

The Alto Collection

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Stunts, Collection, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 August 2020

Players: 7.2/10

The Alto Collection is a collection of minimalist adventure arcade games Alto's Adventure and Alto's Odyssey. As a snowboarder, you will have to ride through...

EarthNight

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 January 2020

Metacritic: 75/100

EarthNight is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. The game will tell about the dragon apocalypse, which forced people to leave...

Neversong

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 July 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Neversong is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The game will tell the story of a little boy named Pete. Waking up from a coma, he discovers that his...

Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 October 2020

Players: 10/10

Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered-remaster of an action-platformer with a third-person view of Asterix & Obelix XXL, where you have to plunge into funny adventures...

YesterMorrow

Indie, Adventure, Platformer, Action, Science fiction, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 November 2020

Metacritic: 49/100

YesterMorrow is an indie side-scrolling time travel platformer. In it you will play as the little girl Yui, who will have to save her family and change the fate of...

Skelattack

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 June 2020

Players: 5.7/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Skelattack is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You are an enchanted skeleton living in the deepest part of the dungeon. You are awakened by the sound...

Dungreed

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 October 2020

Players: 8/10

Dungreed is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with roguelike elements. The events of the game will take you to a dark fantasy world, where an entire...

Jump King

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 June 2020

Players: 9/10

Jump King is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer where you, as a brave knight, have to climb to the top of the tower and save the princess. As you move...

Underhero

Role-playing game, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Turn-based, Adventure, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 February 2020

Underhero is a role-playing puzzle platformer with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of a chosen hero who is...

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 July 2020

Metacritic: 69/100

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2020 for PlayStation 4