Platformer 2009 for PC — top best games in the Platformer genre

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - a game in the Platformer genre

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

Game released: PC → 26 March 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Among the scorched sands of Persia, an ancient legend...

Mirror's Edge (2008)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Parkour, First-person view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 12 January 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This first-person action-adventure is set in a city where information is closely monitored and couriers known as Runners secretly carry sensitive data. Runner Faith...

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

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

Game released: PC → October 2009

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view, which is the third part of The Sands of Time series...

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (2007)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 15 November 2010

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This action-adventure platformer brings together the events of all six Star Wars films in a world built from LEGO bricks. Its campaign spans 36 story levels, from...

Trine

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 8 October 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This fantasy action-platformer with physics-based puzzles follows a wizard, a knight and a thief whose fates become bound by a mysterious artifact called the Trine...

Braid

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 February 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Braid is a 2D puzzle-platformer with painterly visuals. Setting out from a house in the city, the protagonist travels through a series of worlds to rescue an...

Super Mario Bros. X

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox, Mario Game

Game released: PC → 9 July 2009

Players: 8.2/10

A fan-made platformer based on the Mario series, combining gameplay elements from several entries in the franchise. Super Mario Bros. X draws on Super Mario Bros...

Lucidity

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: PC → 7 October 2009

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Lucidity is a puzzle platformer set in the surreal dream world of a young girl named Sofi. As she explores unfamiliar worlds and learns to overcome her fears with...

Disney Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → June 2009

Players: 6/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Disney Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) is a third-person action game with a mixture of fighting, platforming and fantasy games from the masters from...

LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Online

Game released: PC → 8 July 2009

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 78/100

LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures is an arcade action adventure game with a third-person view, based on the Indiana Jones movies. The game is based on the...

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Point & Click, Adventure

Game released: PC → 8 July 2009

Steam: 77/100

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game is a third-person action game with platforming elements from developers from the Tiertex Ltd. studio. The game...

Earthworm Jim: Special Edition

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

Game released: PC → 4 November 2009

Steam: 49/100

Earthworm Jim: Special Edition is a third-person action game with a mixture of shooter and platformer from the developers from the studio Shiny Entertainment, Inc...

Open Sonic

Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Sandbox, Side view

Game released: PC → 7 February 2009

Players: 10/10

Open Sonic is a shareware fan editor for the open source version of the Sonic game. The main feature is that it is free and has a cooperative mode with the ability...

LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Adventure, Comedy

Game released: PC → 18 February 2010

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This LEGO action-adventure platformer with puzzles presents a humorous take on all four Indiana Jones films, including Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal...

Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 10 March 2009

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 58/100

This third-person action platformer sends Duke Nukem to New York City in pursuit of the villain Mech Morphix. Duke fights across skyscraper rooftops and through...

Metal Slug PC Collection

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection, Emulator

Game released: PC → 1 September 2009

Metal Slug PC Collection is a third-person action game with platformer and emulator elements from developers from the G1M2 studio. The game is published by SNK...

Giana's Return

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 20 September 2009

Giana's Return is an action game with platformer and fantasy game...

Closure

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 January 2009

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Closure is a puzzle game built around manipulating light: in its dark world, only visible objects exist, and lighting shifts objects in and out of reality. The...

La Tale

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, MMO

Game released: PC → August 2009

Steam: 58/100

La Tale is a 2D side-scrolling fantasy MMORPG about heroes battling the forces of the Demon World and searching for the renowned champion Iris Livier. Players...

Time Fcuk

Puzzle, Platformer, Side view, Mini-game / browser-based, Logic

Game released: PC → 16 September 2009

Time Fcuk is a side view puzzle with a mixture of platformer and browser or mini-game from the Edmund McMillen studio. The game is published by Edmund McMillen...

Captain 'S': The Remake

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

Game released: PC → 28 February 2009

Captain 'S': The Remake is a third-person action game with platforming elements from the developers of Computer Emuzone Games Studio. The game is...

Etch A Sketch

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 3 April 2009

Etch A Sketch is a third-person action game with platforming and puzzle elements from the developers from the studio Freeze Tag, Inc.. The game is published by...

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 10 July 2009

Metacritic: 70/100

This action platformer based on Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs follows Scrat, Sid, Manny and Diego as they venture into a world of dinosaurs, where the herd...

Sonic Mega Collection Plus

Action, Platformer, Top-down view, Collection

Game released: PC → 23 April 2009

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 74/100

This collection brings together Sonic games and other SEGA titles released for home consoles and Game Gear. Its lineup includes Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic The...

Dungeon (2009)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 16 November 2009

Dungeon (2009) is a third-person action game with platforming...

Insecticide: Part 1

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Detective

Game released: PC → 12 March 2009

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 60/100

This detective action game combines shooting, platforming, and puzzles in a futuristic city of mutant insects, where corruption runs deep. Rookie detective Chrys...

And Yet It Moves

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

Game released: PC → 2 April 2009

Players: 5/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This puzzle-platformer takes place in a world made of torn paper, where the character runs, jumps and rotates the surroundings in 90-degree increments to get past...

Glum Buster

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: PC → 26 April 2009

Steam: 100/100

This adventure platformer follows a protagonist trapped in a mysterious alternate reality, where the goal is to cleanse the world of gloom and find a way back to...

MoneySeize

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 2 July 2009

MoneySeize is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming. The main publisher of the game is Kongregate. In some circles MoneySeize is also called...

Moonfall: Land of Dreams

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

Game released: PC → 1 January 2009

Steam: 91/100

Moonfall: Land of Dreams is a third-person arcade game with action, platformer and fantasy elements from the masters at Delusions LLC. The main publisher of the...

Arc & Malice

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 28 April 2009

Arc & Malice is a third-person action game with platforming...

Spelunky Classic

Arcade, Action, Platformer

Game released: PC → 1 September 2009

Spelunky Classic is an arcade game with action and platform elements from the masters from the Derek Yu studio. The game is published by Mossmouth...

Edmund

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Adult game

Game released: PC → 5 August 2009

Edmund is a third-person action game with a mixture of shooter, platformer and adult...

Star Guard

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 6 October 2009

Star Guard is a third-person action game with shooter and platformer...

Things I Never Did

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 24 November 2009

Things I Never Did is a third-person action game with platforming...

Legend of the Tolteks

Arcade, Strategy, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 14 August 2009

Legend of the Tolteks is an arcade game with strategy, platformer and puzzle elements from developers from the studio magnussoft Deutschland GmbH. The game is...

Igneous

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 1 November 2009

Igneous is a third-person action game with platforming elements from the developers from the Going Down In Flames studio. The game is published by DigiPen (USA...

Focus

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 17 November 2009

Focus is a third-person action game with a dash of...

Maw

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

Game released: PC → 10 March 2009

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This action-adventure with puzzles follows Frank and Maw, an alien creature, as they work together to escape. Maw can eat other creatures and absorb their traits...

EVAC

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 14 June 2009

EVAC is a third-person action game with platforming and puzzle elements from developers from the Cactus Software studio. The game is published by Cactus...

Platformer

Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2009 for PC (Game released)