Platformer 2020 for PC — top best games in the Platformer genre

Ori and the Will of the Wisps - a game in the Platformer genre

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

Game released: PC → 11 March 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Ori and the Will of the Wisps — the continuation of the colorful side-scrolling platformer Ori and the Blind Forest. The forest spirit Ori embarks on a journey once...

Rogue Legacy 2

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

Early Access: PC → 19 August 2020; Game released: PC → 28 April 2022

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 89/100

One day, a brave knight gets to a mysterious place where some kind of devilry happened many years ago. Skeletons, ghosts and other evil spirits roam everywhere, and...

Skul: The Hero Slayer

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

Early Access: PC → 19 February 2020; Game released: PC → 21 January 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Skul: The Hero Slayer is a side-scrolling pixel platformer. People have attacked the demon fortress and are trying to destroy their leader. Most of the inhabitants...

Risk of Rain 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Online, Cooperative (co-op), Roguelike

Early Access: PC → 28 March 2019; Game released: PC → 11 August 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Risk of Rain 2 is a dynamic action platformer with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. In the second part you will find a full three-dimensional environment...

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

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

Game released: PC → 23 June 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 69/100

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom — Rehydrated is a re-release of the classic SpongeBob game from 2003 in an updated form. You will have a...

Carrion

Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 23 July 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

The game's protagonist is a creature created in a laboratory that managed to escape from a glass container and start hunting its creators. The huge complex and its...

Spelunky 2

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Replayability

Game released: PC → 29 September 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Spelunky 2 is a sequel to the fun side-scrolling arcade platformer with procedurally generated levels. This time you have to embark on an adventure as the child of...

Fall Guys

Arcade, Action, Online, MMO, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game, Battle Royale

Game released: PC → 4 August 2020

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Fall Guys is a free-to-play, cute arcade action game about falling colorful people. A unique “battle royale” awaits you, where many players will take on the roles...

ScourgeBringer

Action, Indie, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 21 October 2020

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

ScourgeBringer is a dynamic action-platformer with a side view and roguelike elements from the creators of NeuroVoider. The events of the game unfold in a...

The Longing

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer, Point & Click, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC → 5 March 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The Longing is an unusual game, the main feature of which lies in its length. The fact is that it will take 400 days to complete the game. Even if a player enters...

Vigil: The Longest Night

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

Game released: PC → 14 October 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Vigil: The Longest Night is a 2D platformer with RPG elements and a side view, inspired by the Castlevania and Salt and Sanctuary series. You have to go together...

Haydee 2

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

Game released: PC → 24 November 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Haydee 2 is the sequel to the sexy action puzzle game with a third-person view. Once again you will play as a sexy heroine who is locked in a strange complex...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

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

Game released: PC → 11 February 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in which there will...

Huntdown

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: PC → 12 May 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Huntdown is an arcade side-scrolling pixel shooter with platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You will go to a dark world of the future, where the police have...

Neon Abyss

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Side view, Platformer, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 14 July 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Neon Abyss is a dynamic action game with roguelike elements and a side view in a sci-fi setting. As a fearless warrior, you will go into dangerous dungeons that...

Journey

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

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Journey is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The main character is a nameless wanderer who must cross the desert and get to the mountain that is...

Creaks

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

Game released: PC → 22 July 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Creaks — an adventure puzzle-platformer with a side view from the creators of Samorost and Machinarium. The events of the game revolve around a young guy who...

Noita

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 15 October 2020; Early Access: PC → 24 September 2019

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Noita is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will find procedural generation of levels, the irreversible death of the hero, as well...

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Farm Simulator

Game released: PC → 10 November 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is a side-scrolling action-platformer from the creators of Astebreed. In the game, you will take on the role of Sakuna, a proud but...

The Henry Stickmin Collection

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Action, Indie, Comedy, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 7 August 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 98/100

The Henry Stickmin Collection is a collection of action, platforming and point-n-click adventure games. An epic journey awaits you with six different stories, the...

Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kitten

Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 19 February 2024; Early Access: PC → 4 December 2020

Steam: 79/100

Hardcore indie platformer with roguelike elements and dungeons. The player takes on the role of a brave hero who, at the command of the eccentric Lady Tallowmere...

Evan's Remains

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

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Evan's Remains is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer adventure inspired by classic Japanese thrillers. You have to explore a mysterious island and solve puzzles to...

My Diggy Dog 2

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

Game released: PC → 11 August 2020

Players: 7/10

Steam: 87/100

My Diggy Dog 2 is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer about a brave archaeologist dog who helps his owner find his wife. Once upon a time, adventurers in...

Shady Part of Me

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Arcade

Game released: PC → 10 December 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Shady Part of Me is an adventure puzzle platformer where you have to solve the mystery of a poor girl. An exhilarating journey through the land of dreams awaits you...

Levelhead

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Combat robots, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Early Access: PC → 18 April 2019; Game released: PC → 30 April 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Levelhead is a fun side-scrolling arcade platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to control the GR-18 delivery robot through various levels with...

Monster Sanctuary

Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Metroidvania, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 28 August 2019; Game released: PC → 8 December 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Monster Sanctuary is a side-scrolling pixel Metroidvania in a fantasy setting, in which you become monster trainers and can fight in 3v3 tactical battles...

Hayfever

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Comedy, Adventure

Game released: PC → 25 February 2020

Steam: 89/100

Players need to help the postman Thomas collect lost letters. The hero suffers from severe allergies, and various allergens help him overcome obstacles. For...

Spinch

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 3 September 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Spinch is an atmospheric side-scrolling action platformer. You will go to an amazing world filled with psychedelia and colorful chaos. In the role of a round...

Fury Unleashed

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Comics, Side view, Online, Action, Replayability

Early Access: PC → 24 February 2017; Game released: PC → 8 May 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Fury Unleashed is a 2D arcade platformer with a side view, made in a comic book style. You will play as the cool Scumbag, a comic book hero whose goal is to save...

PHOGS!

Logic, Puzzle, Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Platformer, Adventure

Game released: PC → 3 December 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 78/100

PHOGS! is a fun cooperative puzzle platformer with a third-person view about a cute two-headed dog. In the game you have to play as two dogs connected by a long and...

STRIDE

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Simulation, Platformer, Stunts, Virtual Reality (VR), Sports game

Early Access: PC → 4 September 2020; Game released: PC → 10 June 2022

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 80/100

STRIDE is a dynamic action game with elements of parkour for virtual reality glasses Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality and PlayStation VR...

Arise: A Simple Story

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

Game released: PC → 3 December 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Arise: A Simple Story is an adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game will tell an atmospheric story of two people in a world...

Giraffe and Annika

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

Game released: PC → 17 February 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Giraffe and Annika is a third-person action-adventure platformer with Japanese-style rhythm game elements. You will learn the story of an anthropomorphic cat named...

Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia

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

Game released: PC → 25 September 2020

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 82/100

Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer where you'll set out to conquer the world of Trollhunters, based on the animated...

YesterMorrow

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

Game released: PC → 5 November 2020

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 49/100

YesterMorrow is an indie side-scrolling time travel platformer. In it you will play as the little girl Yui, who will have to save her family and change the fate of...

New Super Lucky's Tale

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

Game released: PC → 21 August 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 76/100

An updated version of the vibrant 3D platformer Super Lucky's Tale, where the story of the adventures of the fox Lucky takes on a more complete and polished form...

Prisma & The Masquerade Menace

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

Frozen: PC → 18 February 2020

Anticipation Rating: 2.5/10

Prisma & The Masquerade Menace is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young adventurer...

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time

Action, Platformer, Slasher, Arcade, Adventure

Game released: PC → 21 August 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time is a colorful platformer based on the animated series “Samurai Jack”. The events of the new slasher take place before the final...

Death Tales

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Card game, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 1 October 2020

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

Roguescape

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Arcade, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Roguescape — A side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with roguelike elements in the spirit of the NES era. You have to explore the dungeon, fight...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2020 for PC