Platformer 2021 for PlayStation 5 — 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 5 → 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...

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 March 2021

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...

Little Nightmares 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 25 August 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...

Oddworld: Soulstorm

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 11 June 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Continuation of the Ratchet & Clank series. Familiar heroes set off on a new journey through amazing worlds. Ratchet and Clank will visit a universe with dinosaurs...

Cyber Shadow

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Mighty Goose

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Hoa

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Solar Ash

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Smelter

Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Role-playing game, Arcade, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 September 2021

Metacritic: 75/100

Smelter is a side-scrolling action-platformer RPG in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to try on the role of Eve, who came to the earthly world from Eden and...

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

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 7 September 2021

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Evergate

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 July 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Evergate is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The events of the game take place in an amazing afterlife, where two souls have to change their fate and...

Greak: Memories of Azur

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Ever Forward

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Aeon Drive

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Balan Wonderworld

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Ball laB

Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 8 December 2021

Players: 5.3/10

Ball laB is a hardcore platformer with minimalistic graphics and a side view. In the game you have to control the ball and overcome 60 levels. The main feature of...

Vesper

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

White Shadows

Adventure, Indie, Platformer, Horror, Stealth, Action, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 7 December 2021

Players: 5.3/10

Metacritic: 73/100

White Shadows is an indie action adventure with platforming elements and a side view. Much time has passed since the Great War. Humanity is half human, half animal...

A Juggler's Tale

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield

Runner, Platformer, Adventure, Action, Futurism (Future), Indie, Arcade

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 May 2021

Metacritic: 65/100

Aerial_Knight's Never Yield is an adventure arcade platformer in the world of the future with a side view and runner elements. You have to play on behalf of the...

BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX

Arcade, Side view, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Demon Turf

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 4 November 2021

Metacritic: 73/100

Demon Turf is a third-person platformer where the main character dreams of becoming a demon queen. The world of demons is inhabited by all kinds of monsters, most...

Aeterna Lucis

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Side view, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 December 2021

Continuation of Aeterna Noctis, but with a new character. After the events of the first part, the Queen of Light must stop the destruction of the world by...

Dreaming Sarah

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 5 March 2021

The girl Sarah got into an accident and is in a coma. You need to explore the dream world, collect objects and communicate with strange characters to help her wake...

Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Death Tales

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 February 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Death Tales is a fast-paced side-scrolling action RPG with card game elements. You will go to a mesmerizing world in which you need to fight using combos and...

Violetti Goottii

Arcade, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 31 May 2021

Violetti Goottii is an old school side-scrolling indie platformer. The game will tell the story of a very strong woman who, while exploring a mysterious cave in the...

Golf Club Wasteland

Adventure, Golf, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 3 September 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Golf Club Wasteland is an adventure platformer with futuristic puzzle elements. The rich fled to Mars, but ventured back to desolate Earth for a round of golf. Each...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2021 for PlayStation 5