Platformer 2012 for PC — top best games in the Platformer genre

Rayman Origins - a game in the Platformer genre

Game released: PC → 29 March 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This 2D platform adventure with action elements takes place in the Glade of Dreams, which has been overrun by Darktoons. The Fairy Council calls on Rayman to save...

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2

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

Game released: PC → 15 May 2012

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This adventure platformer continues the events of Episode I: Metal Sonic has joined forces with Dr. Eggman, prompting Sonic to call on Tails for help. Together...

Darksiders

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Slasher

Game released: PC → 27 April 2012

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Set in a demon-ravaged post-apocalyptic world, this third-person action game follows War, the first Horseman of the Apocalypse, who is accused of bringing about the...

Jet Set Radio

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

Game released: PC → 19 September 2012

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Jet Set Radio is an arcade game with a third-person view and stunt elements. You have to fight for Tokyo, mark your territory with graffiti, draw on walls, posters...

Mark of the Ninja

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 October 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 91/100

A 2D stealth platformer about a ninja whose cursed tattoos heighten his senses and allow different approaches to each situation. The protagonist can evade enemies...

Scribblenauts Unlimited

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

Game released: PC → 15 February 2013

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Scribblenauts Unlimited — side-scrolling arcade adventure puzzle game. Welcome to an adventure in a vast world where your most powerful tool is your...

I Wanna Be The Guy: Gaiden

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 14 July 2012

I Wanna Be The Guy: Gaiden is an arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer and fantasy game from developers from Kayin studio. The game is published by...

Sonic Adventure 2

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Platformer, Adventure

Game released: PC → 19 November 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Sonic Adventure 2 is a continuation of the action-adventure game with a third-person view in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. Doctor Eggman once again strives to...

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 18 November 2011

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 is an adventure arcade action platformer with a third-person view in the Harry Potter universe. The game is based on the last three...

Dust: An Elysian Tail

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

Game released: PC → 24 May 2013

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits you, filled with...

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics, Open world, Adventure

Game released: PC → 19 June 2012

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 75/100

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is a continuation of the arcade adventure with a first-person view based on the Batman comics in the style of LEGO toys. The game...

Shank 2

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

Game released: PC → 7 February 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This 2D side-scrolling action platformer follows Shank, a former mob hitman drawn back into a fight when people close to him are threatened. He uses an arsenal of...

Deadlight

Action, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Zombies

Game released: PC → 25 October 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Deadlight is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with horror elements. The main character, Randal Wayne, is a former park security guard who finds...

Awesomenauts

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Free game, Side view, MOBA

Game released: PC → 23 June 2013

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Awesomenauts is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MOBA action game. The events of the game will take you to the distant year 3587, in which there is a great...

LEGO Lord of the Rings

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, The Lord of the Rings

Game released: PC → 23 November 2012

Players: 7.9/10

LEGO Lord of the Rings is an arcade action adventure game with a third-person view in the Lord of the Rings universe. An exciting adventure awaits you through the...

Wonder Boy in Monster World

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Side view, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 3 May 2012

Steam: 100/100

Monsters have overrun a fantasy land, leaving its citizens afraid for their lives as they wait for a hero to restore peace. Wonder Boy in Monster World is an action...

Thomas Was Alone

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 30 June 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Thomas Was Alone is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer with puzzle elements. In this game, you have to guide a group of rectangles through a series of...

Vessel

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 March 2012

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Vessel is a fun puzzle platformer with action elements and a side view. The events of the game take place in the amazing world of mechanical machines that have...

Super Lemonade Factory

Platformer, Indie

Early Access: PC → 15 March 2012; Game released: PC → 9 July 2014

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Super Lemonade Factory is a retro platformer set in a politically unsettled postwar region. Andre can inherit his father’s lemonade factory on the condition that he...

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1

Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 19 January 2012

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 36/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 is a side-scrolling action platformer. Dr. Eggman has returned and in an attempt to finally get rid of Sonic, he returns to his best...

Mutant Mudds

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 August 2012

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A retro-styled action platformer in which the hero, Max, fights mutants with a water cannon. Armed with the cannon and a jetpack, he makes his way through levels by...

Waking Mars

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

Game released: PC → 4 December 2012

Players: 1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Waking Mars is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. In 2097, life was discovered on Mars. During the mission to make first contact, you find yourself...

Superfrog

Action, Platformer

Game released: PC → 11 January 2012

Superfrog is an action game with platform elements from the studio Team17 Software Limited. The game is published by Team17 Software...

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 25 July 2013

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer that is the spiritual successor to 1987's Great Giana Sisters for the Commodore 64...

Sonic CD (2011)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 19 January 2012

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A platform game about Sonic traveling through time, set on Little Planet, a mysterious world where the past, present, and future are linked by the power of the Time...

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 15 March 2012

Steam: 100/100

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron — in the previous part, ToyJam and Earl crashed on planet Earth, after which they were forced to look for a way to get...

La Mulana Ex

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

Game released: PC → 13 July 2012

La Mulana Ex is a side view arcade game with platformer, puzzle, fantasy and indie elements from Nigoro and Pygmy Studio. The game is published by Active Gaming...

Shoot Many Robots

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 6 April 2012

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Shoot Many Robots — This is a shooting game. Players start in a character's van, where they can equip their character with five items: one weapon with...

Incredipede

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Construction, Action, Simulation

Game released: PC → 25 October 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Incredipede is a physics-based puzzle game about Quozzle, a creature who can grow arms and legs wherever needed. By changing her body, she takes the form of...

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Comedy

Game released: PC → 3 October 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit is a frantic and bloody side-scrolling platformer set in Hell. You have to get used to the role of the demonic hare Ash, heir to...

Cargo Commander

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 1 November 2012

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This futuristic action platformer follows a new Cargo Corps recruit sent into dangerous sectors of space to salvage valuable cargo from containers filled with...

NiGHTS into Dreams

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

Game released: PC → 17 December 2012

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

NiGHTS into Dreams is an arcade adventure action-platformer with a side view, set in the World of Dreams. This world is divided into Nightopia and Nightmare. It is...

Dustforce

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

Game released: PC → 17 January 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Dustforce — the gameplay is based on acrobatic stunts. Playing as one of four cleaning heroes, the player tries to clear the dirt from the level as quickly as...

Desolate Hope

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 25 April 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Desolate Hope is a unique action-platformer with role-playing elements, turn-based combat and a side view in a sci-fi setting. The action takes place on the...

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack

Arcade, Platformer, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 15 August 2012

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in which you become an alien bubble and try to destroy all of humanity. The game...

Dynamite Headdy

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 3 May 2012

Steam: 100/100

A platform action game about Dynamite Headdy, a puppet caught up in a plot unfolding in the puppet world. His stage rival, Trouble Bruin, and the evil doll Dark...

Ice Age: Continental Drift - Arctic Games

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: PC → 29 June 2012

Players: 5.8/10

Metacritic: 43/100

A sports game based on Ice Age: Continental Drift, in which Manny and the herd compete with seafaring pirates for hidden treasure. To decide who gets the prize, the...

They Bleed Pixels

Arcade, Platformer, Slasher, Action

Game released: PC → 29 August 2012

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 74/100

An action platformer with slasher elements, inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft and classic horror. A young girl arrives at Lafcadio Academy for Troubled Young...

Party of Sin

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 13 December 2012

Steam: 57/100

This puzzle-platforming action game follows an escape from Hell: the player controls the Seven Deadly Sins as they set out to torment humanity and travel through...

Gateways

Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 September 2012

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Gateways is a puzzle platformer in which a scientist explores a huge laboratory filled with many mysteries. You can use teleporters to jump from one place to...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2012 for PC