Platformer 2018 for PC — top best games in the Platformer genre

Death's Gambit - a game in the Platformer genre

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 13 August 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Death's Gambit is an arcade side-scrolling action platformer with RPG elements. You have to act as an agent of death, whose goal is to rid the world of “immortals...

Gris

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Platformer

Game released: PC → 13 December 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

GRIS is an atmospheric adventure puzzle game with a side view. The game will tell the sad story of the main character named Gris. The girl is locked in her own...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 25 January 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Celeste is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer from the creator of TowerFall. More than 250 levels await you, and the locations include abandoned cities...

Guacamelee! 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 21 August 2018

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Guacamelee! 2 is a continuation of the dynamic action platformer with a side view. Seven years after defeating Carlos Calaca, Juan Aguacata is forced to once again...

Dig or Die

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Strategy, In real time, Platformer, Indie, Survival, Sandbox, Crafting

Game released: PC → 10 July 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 91/100

This science-fiction survival game with strategy and sandbox elements follows a CRAFT & Co representative whose spacecraft crashes on a hostile planet. To...

Mark of the Ninja Remastered

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Mark of the Ninja Remastered is a special version of the side-scrolling arcade action platformer with stealth elements for Nintendo Switch. The events of the game...

Timespinner

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: PC → 25 September 2018

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Timespinner is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young girl named Lunais, who...

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

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

Game released: PC → 29 June 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Crash Bandicoot Trilogy is a remastered version of three Crash Bandicoot arcade games, including Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash...

Yoku's Island Express

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

Game released: PC → 29 May 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Yoku's Island Express is an arcade action-platformer adventure with side-scrolling pinball mechanics. You will try on the role of a beetle named Yoku, who landed on...

FAR: Lone Sails

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 17 May 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

FAR: Lone Sails is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. The main character will have to cross the dry ocean in an amazing...

My Memory of Us

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

Game released: PC → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 71/100

My Memory of US is an adventure arcade platform with a side view. The game will tell the story of two friends - a girl and a boy who found themselves in different...

Iconoclasts

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

Game released: PC → 23 January 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Iconoclasts is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer adventure game. You have to get used to the role of the brave girl Robin, who is engaged in the destruction...

Ghost of a Tale

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Stealth

Game released: PC → 13 March 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Ghost of a Tale is an adventure arcade platformer with a third-person view in a medieval world. The events of the game take place in a parallel universe where...

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 24 May 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is an exciting side-scrolling action-platformer set in a fantasy setting from the creators of Mega Man 10 and Mighty No. 9. The...

Carly and the Reaperman - Escape from the Underworld

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 19 June 2018

Steam: 86/100

Carly and the Reapman — Escape from the Underworld is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus...

Catmaze

Metroidvania, Platformer, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Exploration, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: PC → 25 May 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

Catmaze is an action adventure game in the Metroidvania genre with elements of anime and fantasy. Cats have always been the link between the worlds of Yav and Navi...

The King's Bird

Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 August 2018

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 67/100

The King's Bird is a precision platformer built around momentum-based movement. It combines parkour with aerial movement, making both central to its...

The Messenger

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 30 August 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Messenger is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer. When an army of demons lays siege to his home village, a young ninja breaks through a cursed world to...

Planet Alpha

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 4 September 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Planet Alpha is a side-scrolling adventure arcade action platformer. The main character wakes up on a planet unknown to him, which has become home to hundreds of...

Forgotton Anne

Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Steampunk, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 15 May 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Forgotton Anne is a side-scrolling adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will take you to a magical dimension where forgotten things are...

Mega Man X Legacy Collection

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Collection, Futurism (Future), Side view, Combat robots

Game released: PC → 24 July 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Mega Man X Legacy Collection is an anniversary collection of side-scrolling action platformers set in the Mega Man X universe. Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes...

Wenjia

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

Game released: PC → 18 October 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 74/100

Wenjia is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a fantasy setting. In the game, two realities await you — the world of Matter and the world of...

Save Me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-San

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

Game released: PC → 30 October 2018

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Save Me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-San is a classic side-scrolling retro arcade...

Chasm

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 30 July 2018

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Chasm is a side-scrolling adventure RPG action platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to try on the role of a young recruit performing his first mission...

Super Lucky's Tale

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

Game released: PC → 7 November 2017

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Super Lucky's Tale is an arcade platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You have to help the cute little fox Lucky save his sister and the whole...

Marble It Up!

Racing, Arcade, Platformer

Game released: PC → 16 November 2018

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

An arcade game about a rolling marble exploring a psychedelic world. Players work through mind-bending levels and use dynamic...

Yume Nikki: Dream Diary

Exploration, Puzzle, Platformer

Game released: PC → 23 February 2018

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 51/100

This adventure follows a young girl exploring the mysterious, unreal world of her dreams. With no story or guidance at the outset, she discovers different places...

Just Ski+

Free game, Arcade, Sports game, Snowboard, Side view, Indie, Platformer, Simulation, Skiing

Game released: PC → 7 February 2018

Steam: 87/100

Just Ski+ is a free side-scrolling arcade sports game where you control a skier. The main task is to learn how to land correctly. The gameplay is based on physics...

Dandara Trials of Fear

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

Game released: PC → 7 February 2018

Steam: 85/100

Dandara Trials of Fear is a side-scrolling fantasy action-adventure platformer. The citizens, once free-spirited, are now oppressed and isolated. But all is not...

Vagante

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Online

Game released: PC → 22 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Vagante is a side-scrolling action RPG platformer that features permadeath and procedurally generated levels. A dangerous adventure awaits you in a dark fantasy...

Candleman

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

Game released: PC → 31 January 2018

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Candleman is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer where you control a candle character. The candle can only burn for 10 seconds, so you need to solve various...

Dandara

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 6 February 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Dandara is an adventure action-platformer with a side view. You will witness the story of a young girl named Dandara, who wakes up in a world unfamiliar to her and...

The Adventure Pals

Arcade, Role-playing game, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Action

Game released: PC → 3 April 2018

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

The Adventure Pals is an arcade side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with RPG elements. The evil Mr. B kidnaps the inhabitants of a peaceful village in order...

Dream Alone

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Horror, Arcade

Game released: PC → 28 June 2018

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 51/100

Dream Alone is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with horror elements. A terrible disease has struck the inhabitants of a small town. All the people, one...

Tiny Hands Adventure

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Casual game, Action

Game released: PC → 10 August 2018

Steam: 92/100

Tiny Hands Adventure is a dynamic adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Meet Borty, a young and cheerful dinosaur who is the main...

Aegis Defenders

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Indie

Game released: PC → 8 February 2018

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Aegis Defenders is an adventure action-platformer with tower defense elements and a side view. You will embark on a journey to conquer a magical world overshadowed...

Dave

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

Game released: PC → 30 November 2018

Steam: 83/100

Dave — side-scrolling indie adventure platformer from a developer from Russia. The game tells the story of a shepherd who will become a hero. According to the...

Judge Dredd 95

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

Game released: PC → 23 May 2018

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 54/100

Judge Dredd 95 is a hardcore action-platformer with a side view, inspired by the movie "Judge Dredd". You will take on the role of an executioner and judge in one...

Sonic Mania Plus

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC → 17 July 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Extended version of the arcade platformer Sonic Mania in the universe of the popular Sonic the Hedgehog. The extended edition includes a new Encore Mode and two...

The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories

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

Game released: PC → 11 October 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories — an atmospheric arcade puzzle-platformer with a side view from the creator of the horror Deadly...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2018 for PC (Game released)