Platformer 2021 for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Platformer genre

It Takes Two - a game in the Platformer genre

Arcade, Adventure, Online, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 March 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 87/100

It Takes Two is a co-op platformer where you and your friends become toys. At the center of the game are two dissimilar heroes Cody and May, who were turned into...

Little Nightmares 2

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 February 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Little Nightmares 2 is a continuation of the horror platformer with quest elements. This time a co-op has appeared in the game and the two of you will have to...

Carrion

Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 October 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

The game's protagonist is a creature created in a laboratory that managed to escape from a glass container and start hunting its creators. The huge complex and its...

Skul: The Hero Slayer

Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 October 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Skul: The Hero Slayer is a side-scrolling pixel platformer. People have attacked the demon fortress and are trying to destroy their leader. Most of the inhabitants...

Cyber Shadow

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 January 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...

F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Steampunk, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 September 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch is an atmospheric action platformer with a side view in a dieselpunk setting. In the game you will try on the role of a rabbit who...

Oddworld: Soulstorm

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 April 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Oddworld: Soulstorm is a continuation of the arcade platformer with a side view, where we will once again play as Abe the Mudokon. The events of the game will...

Mighty Goose

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 June 2021

Metacritic: 73/100

Mighty Goose is an old-school arcade action game. In this 2D shooter, you take on the role of a bounty hunter named Goose. And it's actually a goose, only armed and...

Psychonauts 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 August 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Psychonauts 2 is a fantastic sequel to the third-person action platformer that takes players back to the world of psychonauts. The dream of the protagonist of the...

Super Meat Boy Forever

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 April 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Continuation of the hardcore arcade runner Super Meat Boy. The game has a full story, six new chapters and twice as many bosses. Meat Boy and Band-Aid Girl try to...

Greak: Memories of Azur

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 August 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Greak: Memories of Azur is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You will take on the role of three siblings: Grek, Adara and Rydel, who will guide them...

Axiom Verge 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 August 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Axiom Verge 2 is a continuation of the side-scrolling pixel action platformer in a sci-fi setting. In the sequel you will find new characters, skills and game...

Okinawa Rush

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 October 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Okinawa Rush is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer inspired by classic games from the 90s. Expect dynamic battles with ancient evil, unique character...

Blue Fire

Adventure, Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 July 2021

Metacritic: 71/100

Blue Fire is a 3D arcade platformer with a third-person perspective, set in a place called The Nether. As you progress, you'll explore ancient temples, meet...

Actraiser Renaissance

Action, Role-playing game, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Strategy, Isometric, Side view, In real time

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 September 2021

Metacritic: 73/100

Actraiser Renaissance is an action role-playing platformer with real-time strategy and platforming elements. You will be able to use powerful fire, ice and other...

Aeon Drive

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 September 2021

Aeon Drive is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in a sci-fi setting. The action takes you to the neon-lit streets of Neo-Barcelona. You will try on the role of...

Ghosts 'N Goblins: Resurrection

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 June 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Ghosts 'N Goblins: Resurrection is a fantasy side-scrolling arcade action platformer. The game follows the valiant knight Arthur as he runs, jumps and fights his...

Demon Skin

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 September 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 48/100

Demon Skin is an indie slasher game with platformer elements and a side view in a fantasy style. The game contains various types of undead, a race of underground...

BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites

Arcade, Side view, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Platformer, Horror, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 September 2021

Players: 10/10

BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites — remaster of the dynamic side-scrolling slasher BloodRayne Betrayal, where the main character, the seductive half-breed Rayne...

Lost Words: Beyond the Page

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 April 2021

Metacritic: 76/100

Lost Words: Beyond the Page is an adventure puzzle-platformer with a side view set in a fantasy world, created by the writer of Mirror's Edge (2008), Tomb Raider...

Blaster Master Zero 3

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 July 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

Blaster Master Zero 3 is a sequel to the classic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You have to help Jason again, and this time go to the...

Narita Boy

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 March 2021

Metacritic: 75/100

Narita Boy is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a cyberpunk setting. In the game you have to become a legendary warrior who needs to get out of...

Rising Hell

Arcade, Side view, Action, Roguelike, Metroidvania, Platformer, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Demons

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 May 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Rising Hell is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. In the game you have to fight your way through hordes of bloodthirsty demons to...

Bladed Fury

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 March 2021

Metacritic: 72/100

Bladed Fury is a fun action-platformer with RPG elements and a Japanese-style side view. The game takes place during the times of Ancient China and tells the story...

ScourgeBringer

Action, Indie, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 April 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

ScourgeBringer is a dynamic action-platformer with a side view and roguelike elements from the creators of NeuroVoider. The events of the game unfold in a...

Ever Forward

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 December 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Ever Forward is an atmospheric adventure with exciting puzzles and a third-person view. The game takes place in a mysterious world, somewhere between reality and...

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX

Arcade, Side view, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 June 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is an updated version of the 1986 platformer. The legendary Alex Kidd is back. The main character explores locations, breaks stones...

PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 August 2021

Players: 5.5/10

PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls is a multi-player co-op action adventure. Big city — big adventures. When Ryder and the PAW Patrol learn that Mayor...

A Juggler's Tale

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 September 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 69/100

A Juggler's Tale is an atmospheric side-scrolling action platformer in a fantasy setting. The main character is a puppet named Abby, who was captured in a circus...

Hoa

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Hoa is an indie platformer with a side view and elements of the puzzle. You are waiting for breathtaking drawings, hand -drawn, excellent music and a pacifying...

Space Otter Charlie

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 March 2021

Space Otter Charlie is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the distant future, when humanity has abandoned...

Astalon: Tears of the Earth

Action, Indie, Platformer, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 June 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Astalon: Tears of the Earth is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. The game follows three heroic explorers who travel through a...

Bite the Bullet

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Platformer, Side view, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 February 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Bite the Bullet is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with RPG elements. In this game you have to eat opponents in order to upgrade your character...

Flynn: Son of Crimson

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 September 2021

Flynn: Son of Crimson is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to the fabulous and beautiful island of...

Collapsed

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 January 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Collapsed is a post-apocalyptic action platformer with Rogue-lite elements. In the game you will play the role of Hunters, forced to hunt down their enemies for...

Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania

Arcade, Third-person view, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Board / Group Game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 October 2021

Metacritic: 76/100

Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania is a remaster of the exciting third-person arcade game in the Super Monkey Ball series. Expect 300 recreated labyrinth levels (from...

Vesper

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Vesper is an atmospheric side-scrolling platformer. A little android travels across a desert planet, where he is hunted by merciless robots. The android's weapon...

One Hand Clapping

Adventure, Platformer, Music game, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 December 2021

Players: 10/10

One Hand Clapping is a side-scrolling indie musical platformer that challenges you to sing into your microphone to solve puzzles and unlock the power of your voice...

Balan Wonderworld

Puzzle, Arcade, Indie, Platformer, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 March 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 43/100

Balan Wonderworld is an arcade action-platformer with puzzle and adventure elements in an anime style and a third-person view. Led by a mysterious maestro named...

Solar Ash

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 December 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Solar Ash — the second game from Heart Machine studio, which released Hyper Light Drifter. The game takes place in a fantastical and mysterious world, enchanting...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2021 for PlayStation 4