Platformer 2018 for Xbox One — top best games in the Platformer genre

Hollow Knight - a game in the Platformer genre

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

Game released: Xbox One → 25 September 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange creatures. A dark...

Owlboy

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 10 April 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Owlboy is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with a pixel art style. The main character is an owl boy, capable of both running around locations and flying. In the...

Spyro Reignited Trilogy

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

Game released: Xbox One → 13 November 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a re-release of the popular arcade platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Re-release includes Spyro the Dragon...

LEGO Harry Potter Collection

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

Game released: Xbox One → 30 October 2018

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A collection of two games that recreate the magical world of Harry Potter in LEGO style, covering all seven books and eight films. Players are immersed in a journey...

Celeste

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Xbox One → 26 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...

Mark of the Ninja Remastered

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

Game released: Xbox One → 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...

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

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

Game released: Xbox One → 6 June 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...

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

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

Game released: Xbox One → 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...

Mercenary Kings

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox One → 6 February 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer similar to games like SNK's Metal Slug series. Players can jump, crouch, roll, shoot in four directions...

Forgotton Anne

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

Game released: Xbox One → 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...

Wenjia

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

Game released: Xbox One → 21 September 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...

Mega Man X Legacy Collection

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

Game released: Xbox One → 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...

Planet Alpha

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 4 September 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 75/100

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...

League of Evil

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 19 September 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This futuristic action platformer follows a bionic super agent on a mission to stop the League of Evil, an alliance of evil scientists. The agent fights through...

Yoku's Island Express

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

Game released: Xbox One → 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...

de Blob 2

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

Game released: Xbox One → 27 February 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

de Blob 2 is a continuation of the arcade action platformer with a third-person view. The main villain from the first part returns and tries to seize power in the...

Sundered

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

Game released: Xbox One → 21 December 2018

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Sundered is a side-scrolling arcade platformer from the creators of Jotun. You will play as a character named Yeshe, a wanderer in a ruined world with ever-changing...

Chasm

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

Game released: Xbox One → 9 November 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...

Skyhill

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Survival, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 24 October 2018

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Skyhill is a quest with survival elements. The main character ends up in a hotel called SKYHILL, where he rents the safest room on the hundredth floor. And then...

Dandara

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

Game released: Xbox One → 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...

My Memory of Us

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

Game released: Xbox One → 10 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...

Sonic Mania Plus

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 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...

Pinstripe

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

Game released: Xbox One → 7 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Pinstripe is an atmospheric side-scrolling exploration adventure from developer Coma and Skinny. The events of the game take place in Hell, where the main character...

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

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

Game released: Xbox One → 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...

Asterix & Obelix XXL 2

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

Game released: Xbox One → 29 November 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 75/100

Asterix & Obelix XXL 2 is a fun arcade game with a third-person view, where you will plunge into adventures with Asterix and Obelix. These fictional characters have...

Rad Rodgers - Radical Edition

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

Game released: Xbox One → 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...

The Adventure Pals

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

Game released: Xbox One → 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...

Light Fall

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 26 April 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Light Fall is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You have to go to the fantasy world of Numbra, where darkness prevails over light. The fate of this...

Mega Man 11

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

Game released: Xbox One → 2 October 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Mega Man 11 is the sequel to the classic side-scrolling action platformer set in the sci-fi universe of Mega Man. You will find classic dynamic gameplay with many...

Fox n Forests

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

Game released: Xbox One → 30 May 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Fox n Forests is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with pixel graphics. You will play as a lively representative of nature, the fox cub Fox. In the game...

Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2

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

Game released: Xbox One → 24 July 2018

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 is an anniversary collection of side-scrolling action platformers set in the Mega Man X universe. Mega Man X Legacy Collection...

GODS Remastered

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 4 December 2018

Steam: 81/100

GODS Remastered is a remaster of the legendary 1991 platformer Gods, in which you will have to pass the trials of the gods in order to climb Olympus in the end and...

FE (2018)

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action, Puzzle, Fantasy

Game released: Xbox One → 16 February 2018

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 71/100

FE is a fantasy arcade platformer with a third-person view. You will play the role of a funny animal who travels through a mysterious forest with equally strange...

Duck Souls

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 6 September 2018

Steam: 97/100

Duck Souls is an indie action-adventure game with platforming elements and a side view. The game is set in a cute and deadly fantasy world where many dangers will...

Samsara

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

Game released: Xbox One → 7 February 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Samsara is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer. Zee is lost in a beautiful but confusing world. Using mysterious blocks and powerful portals, you must help...

Fumiko!

Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Science fiction, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Xbox One → 23 February 2018

Steam: 82/100

Fumiko! is a unique third-person adventure platformer that lets you see the world through the eyes of an artificial intelligence called Fumiko. You will be able to...

Subaeria

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Roguelike, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 9 May 2018

Steam: 75/100

This futuristic action puzzler with roguelike elements follows Styx, a young woman seeking revenge on the overlord of the underwater city of Subaeria, who murdered...

20XX

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

Game released: Xbox One → 10 July 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

20XX is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with a sci-fi setting, inspired by the Mega Man series of games. You have to go on a dangerous journey and destroy...

Flipping Death

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

Game released: Xbox One → 7 August 2018

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Flipping Death is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer. The game will tell the story of Penny, who dies under mysterious circumstances. But upon awakening...

Flashback (2013)

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Action

Game released: Xbox One → 20 November 2018

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 50/100

This side-scrolling science-fiction adventure follows Conrad, who is called back into service twenty years after the original game. Players explore remote space...

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