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

Cuphead - a game in the Platformer genre

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 July 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 June 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Fall Guys

Arcade, Action, Online, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game, Battle Royale, MMO

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 August 2020

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 83/100

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...

Risk of Rain 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Online, Cooperative (co-op), Roguelike

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

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

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

Steam: 82/100

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...

Huntdown

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 May 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Fury Unleashed

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Comics, Side view, Online, Action, Replayability

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 May 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Spelunky 2

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Replayability

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 September 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 93/100

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, Farm Simulator

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 November 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Hayfever

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Comedy, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 February 2020

Steam: 89/100

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

Neon Abyss

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Side view, Platformer, Procedural generation

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 July 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Neon Abyss is a dynamic action game with roguelike elements and a side view in a sci-fi setting. As a fearless warrior, you will go into dangerous dungeons that...

Supraland

Action, Shooter, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Metroidvania, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 October 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Supraland is an exciting action platformer with a first-person view. In the game you have to solve fun puzzles, explore the environment, find secrets and fight...

Evan's Remains

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Casual game, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 October 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 82/100

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...

Monster Sanctuary

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 December 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time

Action, Platformer, Slasher, Arcade, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 August 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

PHOGS!

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 December 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

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...

My Friend Pedro

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Shooter

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 April 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Creaks

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 July 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Shady Part of Me

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Arcade

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 December 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

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...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 February 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Minoria

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 September 2020

Steam: 82/100

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...

Lair of the Clockwork God

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 November 2020

Steam: 92/100

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...

Neversong

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 July 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

Random Heroes

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 31 March 2020

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 65/100

An action platformer about a group of unlikely heroes trying to save Earth from monsters invading from another dimension. Players choose a character and fight their...

Mechstermination Force

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 May 2020

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Mechstermination Force is a side-scrolling action-platformer in a sci-fi setting. In the role of a brave warrior with a deadly cannon, you have to save the world...

The Alto Collection

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Stunts, Collection, Adventure, Snowboard, Action, Sports game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 August 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Tiny Hands Adventure

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Casual game, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 December 2020

Steam: 92/100

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...

Rain

Adventure, Platformer, Isometric, Logic, Indie, Fighting

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 November 2020

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Rain is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. The game will tell the story of a boy who once saw the silhouette of a girl in the rain and decided to chase...

Legends of Ethernal

Indie, Action, Adventure, Side view, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 October 2020

Steam: 93/100

Legends of Ethernal is an atmospheric action-adventure game with a side view. One day, a young boy returns home to find it completely destroyed, and his parents...

Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio

Action, Indie, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 June 2020

Steam: 91/100

This 2D platformer, styled after 8-bit games, follows Tcheco as he tries to escape a mysterious castle full of deadly creatures. The game is divided into 65 rooms...

One Dog Story

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 July 2020

Steam: 71/100

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...

Skelattack

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 June 2020

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 59/100

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...

Tamarin

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 September 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 60/100

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...

Reed 2

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 May 2020

Reed 2 is a side-scrolling arcade adventure...

Foregone

Platformer, Side view, Action, Slasher, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 October 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Foregone is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer in which the main character is trying to save the city of Kalagan from complete destruction. The game has a...

Shantae and the Seven Sirens

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 May 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Shantae and the Seven Sirens is an anime-style side-scrolling adventure arcade platformer. The game is a continuation of the series of tropical adventures of the...

Gonner 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 November 2020

Steam: 68/100

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...

YesterMorrow

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 November 2020

Steam: 57/100

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...

Hardcore Mecha

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 January 2020

Steam: 90/100

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...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2020 for PlayStation 4