Platformer 2017 for Xbox One — top best games in the Platformer genre

Cuphead - a game in the Platformer genre

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Xbox One → 29 September 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 87/100

A hardcore action platformer made in the style of classic animation from the 30s. The main character lost his life to the devil at dice, and is now forced to run...

Little Nightmares

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 28 April 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A dark tale in which the main character Six must find a way out of an underwater vessel filled with creepy creatures. The inhabitants of the in-game world also...

Shift Happens

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox One → 22 February 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Shift Happens is a side-scrolling co-op arcade action platformer. The game tells the story of two jelly-like creatures named Bizmo and Plom. After the accident...

Pankapu

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

Game released: Xbox One → 20 September 2017

Steam: 73/100

Pankapu: The Gates of Omnia is an episodic side-scrolling action platformer. The events of the game develop in the fantasies of Jaarell, a child who once...

Brawlhalla

Arcade, Action, Fighting, MMO, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Online

Game released: Xbox One → 17 October 2017

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

Brawlhalla is a free-to-play side-scrolling multiplayer fighting platformer that supports up to 8 players. The game features a wide variety of heroes with unique...

Sonic Mania

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 15 August 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Sonic Mania is a side-scrolling arcade platformer set in the universe of the popular Sonic the Hedgehog. The game will delight you with new stages, reworked classic...

SteamWorld Dig 2

Arcade, Platformer, Steampunk, Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 27 September 2017

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

SteamWorld Dig 2 is a continuation of the side-view arcade platformer in steampunk style. The main character of the game this time will not be Rusty, but a certain...

Night in the Woods

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

Game released: Xbox One → 13 December 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for truancy. After...

Towerfall: Ascension

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

Game released: Xbox One → 25 January 2017

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Towerfall: Ascension is a fun side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer where you take on the role of archers who hate each other very much and fight on a...

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

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

Game released: Xbox One → 18 April 2017

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is a side-scrolling remake of the legendary arcade action platformer. The game tells the story of a valiant knight who was turned into...

Sonic Forces

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

Game released: Xbox One → 7 November 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Sonic Forces is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. The game will present you with two versions of Sonic at...

SpeedRunners

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Racing, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 1 June 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

SpeedRunners is a co-op arcade action platformer that puts running at the center of the game, challenging players to compete in speed races online. Your task is to...

The Disney Afternoon Collection

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Collection, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 18 April 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A collection of six classic Disney projects, bringing together iconic arcade adventures in a refreshed format. It includes Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers...

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 17 March 2017

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a side-scrolling action platformer. You have to go explore the dark lands where the curse has fallen. Evil is penetrating...

Seasons after Fall

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

Game released: Xbox One → 16 May 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Seasons after Fall is a side-view arcade adventure in a fantasy setting. The main character is a wild fox who fell under the control of the spirit of the forest. He...

Toby: The Secret Mine

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

Game released: Xbox One → 20 January 2017

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Toby: The Secret Mine is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with puzzle elements. The main character Toby is trying to find out where his friends disappeared. He...

Black & White Bushido

Action, Stealth, Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Online

Game released: Xbox One → 17 May 2017

Steam: 68/100

Black & White Bushido is a hardcore action platformer with stealth elements and a side view. A certain shadow samurai challenges the light clan, after which a war...

Ultimate Chicken Horse

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

Game released: Xbox One → 15 December 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in the style of Super Meat Boy. You have to create levels with a huge number of traps and other...

Super Cloudbuilt

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

Game released: Xbox One → 28 July 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Super Cloudbuilt is a third-person sci-fi platformer with parkour elements. You have to run across constantly moving platforms with great speed and dynamics, and...

Mega Man Legacy Collection 2

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

Game released: Xbox One → 8 August 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 is a collection of legendary arcade action-platformers with a look of megamen. The new collection includes 4 games: Mega Man 7, Mega...

Morphite

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Roguelike, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 20 September 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Morphite is a first-person action platformer with a procedurally generated world. You have to go on a journey to unknown planets. Their landscapes are generated...

Super Lucky's Tale

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

Game released: Xbox One → 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...

Ninja Shodown

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

Game released: Xbox One → 6 October 2017

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Ninja Shodown is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer where you compete for the jade katana. Alone or together with friends, you will try on the role of guards...

Candleman

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

Game released: Xbox One → 1 February 2017

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...

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell

Arcade, Action, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Parkour

Game released: Xbox One → 22 September 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is an arcade action platformer with a first-person view that combines the ideas of Quake 3 and the complexity of Super Meat Boy. The...

Dragon Bros

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

Game released: Xbox One → 31 May 2017

Steam: 85/100

This 2D side-scrolling action platformer draws on retro run-and-gun games. A team of young dragons sets out to rescue their kidnapped mother after the robotic...

Planet of the Eyes

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 12 September 2017

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 64/100

This narrative platformer follows a service robot stranded on a mysterious planet. As it explores the unknown world, the robot uncovers a story through fully voiced...

Butcher

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 10 May 2017

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...

Refunct

Arcade, Platformer, First-person view, Parkour, Casual game

Game released: Xbox One → 7 June 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Refunct is a first-person platformer where you travel through a colorful world. The game contains elements of parkour, with which your movement through locations...

A Hat in Time

Arcade, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 6 December 2017

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A 3D platformer about a small space traveler searching a nearby planet for the lost Time Pieces that fuel her spaceship. In A Hat in Time, the heroine explores...

Unit 4

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

Game released: Xbox One → 24 May 2017

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Unit 4 is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. Evil aliens seize a sacred artifact from the tribe of the main characters and...

AER Memories of Old

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

Game released: Xbox One → 25 October 2017

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 71/100

AER Memories of Old is an adventure arcade platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game tells the story of a girl who can turn into a bird...

88 Heroes

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 24 March 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 72/100

88 Heroes is an indie platformer with side-scrolling action elements, made in a retro style. The game offers a non-standard approach to gameplay, because with each...

Four Sided Fantasy

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 31 March 2017

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...

Yooka-Laylee

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

Game released: Xbox One → 11 April 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Yooka-Laylee is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view, created according to the canons of the classic Banjo-Kazooie. The main characters are the...

Nightmare Boy

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania

Game released: Xbox One → 25 October 2017

Steam: 58/100

Nightmare Boy is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The game takes place in another world full of enemies from your worst nightmares. Only you can save...

Wuppo

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

Game released: Xbox One → 10 November 2017

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...

LEGO NINJAGO Movie Video Game

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

Game released: Xbox One → 22 September 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 72/100

LEGO NINJAGO Movie Video Game is an arcade action game with a third-person view, created based on the film of the same name. You have to get used to the role of...

Mummy Demastered

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

Game released: Xbox One → 23 October 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Mummy Demastered is a classic side-scrolling action platformer. Once again, a powerful and ancient evil has awakened and threatens all of humanity. You will try on...

Rise and Shine

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Shooter

Game released: Xbox One → 13 January 2017

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Rise & Shine is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with colorful graphics. The game takes place on the planet where the characters from their classic games...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2017 for Xbox One (Game released)