Platformer 2016 for PC — top best games in the Platformer genre / Page 2

Between Me and The Night - a game in the Platformer genre

Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 22 January 2016

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This surrealist action adventure follows a young boy exploring a mysterious house on the thin line between sanity and madness. The player searches its rooms and...

Scrap Garden

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

Game released: PC → 6 May 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Scrap Garden is an arcade platformer with a third-person view. The game tells about the adventures of the little robot Kenny, who wakes up in a world where there is...

MilitAnt

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Shooter

Game released: PC → 12 July 2016

Steam: 44/100

Metacritic: 44/100

MilitAnt is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. In a world ruled by insects, a lone soldier ant must at all costs defend his home colony from the brutal...

Headlander

Arcade, Shooter, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Science fiction, Action, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 26 July 2016

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This side-scrolling action-adventure is set in a retro-futuristic world where humanity has transferred its minds into robotic bodies and is ruled by a deranged...

Butcher

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 5 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Butcher is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer set in a futuristic setting. The game is based on the best shooters from the 90s. You have to get used to the...

Soulless: Ray of Hope

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

Game released: PC → 18 October 2016

Steam: 71/100

Soulless: Ray of Hope — a dark puzzle-platformer in the spirit of Limbo about a "ray of hope," a lonely white creature. The game tells the story of Elin's...

MANDAGON

Free game, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 August 2016

Steam: 94/100

A platformer centered on nonlinear exploration of a two-dimensional world inspired by Tibetan theology and philosophy. The setting is Bardo, the Tibetan concept of...

Goo Saga

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

Game released: PC → 26 September 2016

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 84/100

Goo Saga is a side-scrolling arcade platformer for mobile platforms. You will play as a test tube creature whose skills are being tested. Clearly the scientist had...

Gunmetal Arcadia Zero

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

Game released: PC → 15 November 2016

Steam: 69/100

Gunmetal Arcadia Zero is an old-school side-scrolling action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will find five heroes to choose from, bagel elements, an 8-bit...

Toy Odyssey: The Lost and Found

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

Game released: PC → 20 September 2016

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 71/100

ToyQuest: The Lost and the Found is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. The main character, the doll Brenda, needs to save his owner Felix from the...

Wuppo

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: PC → 29 September 2016

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Wuppo is a side-scrolling pixel arcade action platformer with RPG elements. You have to help a cute round creature who has lost his home. And now he has to go on a...

Renoir

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

Game released: PC → 16 November 2016

Steam: 56/100

Renoir is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a noir style. The game's story follows police detective James Renoir, who discovers himself dead in a...

Code of Princess

Arcade, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Action, Role-playing game, Adventure

Game released: PC → 14 April 2016

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Code of Princess is a hack and slash game that features multiple game modes and over 50 playable characters. Single-player mode features a story campaign mode with...

Deadlight: Director's Cut

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Action, Zombies

Game released: PC → 21 June 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Deadlight: Director's Cut is an improved version of the arcade adventure platformer with a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. The game includes 1080p...

Rising Islands

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

Game released: PC → 2 August 2016

Steam: 55/100

Rising Islands is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in the Japanese style. You have to become a brave hero who has to demonstrate his readiness to...

Four Sided Fantasy

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 August 2016

Steam: 79/100

Four Sided Fantasy is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer. The main character is an ordinary office worker who decided to break away from his daily routine...

King Oddball

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 9 September 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This arcade puzzle game follows a king who swings a boulder with his tongue and uses it to destroy targets. The player chooses when to release the rock, with...

A Boy and His Blob

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

Game released: PC → 19 January 2016

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A Boy and His Blob is a fascinating puzzle-platformer with a side view in a sci-fi setting, which is a remake of David Crane's A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on...

Woodle Tree Adventures

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

Game released: PC → 2 March 2016

Steam: 70/100

Woodle Tree Adventures is a classic arcade action platformer with a third-person perspective. Explore six colorful worlds and save lands with magical water drops...

Rad Rodgers - Radical Edition

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

Game released: PC → 21 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Rad Rodgers — Radical Edition is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The game tells the stories of two characters — a 12-year-old boy, Red...

Mighty No. 9

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

Game released: PC → 21 June 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 52/100

Mighty No. 9 is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer that is the spiritual successor to the Mega Man series. At the beginning of the 21st century, there was a...

Archibald's Adventures

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game, Action

Game released: PC → 10 June 2016

Steam: 95/100

Archibald's Adventures is an arcade puzzle game with platform elements. As Archibald, you'll skate through a variety of levels, overcoming obstacles and solving...

CoLab

Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Virtual Reality (VR), Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 15 December 2016

Steam: 40/100

CoLab is a sci-fi puzzle platformer with a first-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift. You will have the opportunity to take part in a...

Secrets of Deep Earth Shrine

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

Game released: PC → 4 May 2016

Steam: 67/100

Secrets of Deep Earth Shrine is an arcade side-scrolling action platformer with strategy elements. The game will tell the story of Digsby, a sapper who will have to...

TurnOn

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: PC → 1 June 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 67/100

TurnOn is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in a sci-fi setting. The main character is a sparkle that travels along wires and helps people in a de-energized city...

Typoman

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

Game released: PC → 15 August 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Typoman is an unusual side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer. The creators of Typoman were inspired by the biographies of dedicated writers. It will take you on...

GoNNER

Arcade, Roguelike, Side view, Indie, Platformer, Shooter

Game released: PC → 12 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 79/100

GoNNER is a brutally challenging 2D platformer with roguelike elements and procedurally generated levels. The game tells the story of the friendship between Hiccup...

Wonder Boy Returns

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Casual game

Game released: PC → 13 October 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 74/100

Wonder Boy Returns is a remake of the very first side-scrolling action platformer Wonder Boy, created back in the 90s. Once again you will play as the main...

Rogue Stormers

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

Game released: PC → 21 April 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This arcade platform shooter blends run-and-gun action with roguelike and RPG elements in the medieval city of Ravensdale, where a mysterious substance has turned...

Pirate Pop Plus

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 November 2016

Steam: 88/100

This pirate-themed arcade platformer follows Pete Jr and Polly as they take on the nefarious Bubble Pirate and try to free townsfolk trapped in bubbles. The player...

Out There Somewhere

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 14 March 2016

Steam: 91/100

This action-puzzle platformer follows an astronaut stranded on a dangerous alien planet with too little fuel to escape. The only way out is to reach the planet’s...

LostWinds

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

Game released: PC → 24 March 2016

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This adventure platformer with puzzles follows Toku, a boy who must help lift a curse from the world of Mistralis. He is accompanied by Enril, a wind spirit whose...

LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias

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

Game released: PC → 24 March 2016

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This puzzle platform adventure follows Toku and Enril, a wind spirit, as they set out to save the boy’s mother, lift an ancient curse and stop the villain Balasar...

StarBreak

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

Game released: PC → 10 May 2016

Steam: 78/100

StarBreak is a free-to-play competitive action platformer in a futuristic setting. Procedurally generated locations in seven fantasy worlds await you. There are...

DreamBreak

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

Game released: PC → 21 July 2016

Steam: 56/100

DreamBreak is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. Events take place in an alternative future of the USSR in 2013. You will play as an agent during a time...

Cats are Liquid

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

Game released: PC → 25 July 2016

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Cats are Liquid is a funny arcade platformer with a side of the side, where you have to take a cat under control, which behaves as if it is a drop of liquid. The...

Mutant Mudds: Super Challenge

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

Game released: PC → 26 July 2016

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Mutant Mudds: Super Challenge is a hardcore arcade action platformer with a side view and retro graphics. The main character Max will have to oppose the alien...

Seraph

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 20 September 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Seraph is an action platformer with elements of shooter and acrobatics with a side view. In the role of an angel, you have to escape from demonic imprisonment...

Runbow

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Casual game, Action

Game released: PC → 18 November 2016

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Runbow is a side-scrolling platformer where shifts in the colourful background affect the platforms and obstacles: anything matching the background disappears...

Fallen

Action, Adventure, Indie, Platformer, Online

Game released: PC → 20 December 2016

Steam: 58/100

Fallen is an indie action-adventure game with platformer elements for multiple players. The story of a father who is looking for his son who fell into a cave. The...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2016 for PC (Game released)