Platformer 2020 for Xbox One — top best games in the Platformer genre

Hayfever - a game in the Platformer genre

Game released: Xbox One → 25 February 2020

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

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox One → 23 June 2020

Players: 7.4/10

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

Game released: Xbox One → 23 July 2020

Players: 9/10

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...

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 11 March 2020

Players: 9.1/10

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...

Starbound

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Simulation, Survival

Game released: Xbox One → 8 December 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Starbound is an indie adventure role-playing arcade game with platformer and action elements. You are forced to flee your planet by hijacking a ship. Fleeing from...

Risk of Rain 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Early Access: Xbox One → 30 August 2019; Game released: Xbox One → 21 October 2020

Players: 8.6/10

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...

ScourgeBringer

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

Game released: Xbox One → 21 October 2020

Players: 9.7/10

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...

Huntdown

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

Game released: Xbox One → 12 May 2020

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

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

Game released: Xbox One → 11 February 2020

Players: 9.5/10

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...

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

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

Game released: Xbox One → 2 October 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is a continuation of the cult game from the 90s, telling about the next adventures of Crash and his younger sister Coco. The plot...

Tiny Hands Adventure

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

Game released: Xbox One → 23 December 2020

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...

Creaks

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 22 July 2020

Players: 9/10

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...

Iconoclasts

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

Game released: Xbox One → 23 January 2020

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...

Giraffe and Annika

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

Game released: Xbox One → 27 August 2020

Players: 8.1/10

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...

PHOGS!

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

Game released: Xbox One → 3 December 2020

Players: 10/10

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...

Gato Roboto

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

Game released: Xbox One → 21 April 2020

Metacritic: 76/100

Gato Roboto is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will play as a cat who has to save his captain and the...

Projection: First Light

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 29 September 2020

Players: 6.4/10

Projection: First Light is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer. You will travel to an alternative shadow world of puppets and visit 19th century England...

Levelhead

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

Game released: Xbox One → 30 April 2020

Players: 5.5/10

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...

Helheim Hassle

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 18 August 2020

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Helheim Hassle is an adventure game with puzzle elements. The player controls a pacifist Viking named Bjorn, who has a unique ability — he can detach and...

Fury Unleashed

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Comics, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 8 May 2020

Players: 8.8/10

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...

Shady Part of Me

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Arcade

Game released: Xbox One → 11 December 2020

Players: 8.6/10

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...

Metamorphosis

Arcade, Platformer, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox One → 12 August 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Metamorphosis is an adventure platformer with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. One day, the main character Gregor, waking up in the morning, finds himself...

Foregone

Platformer, Side view, Action, Slasher

Game released: Xbox One → 13 October 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Foregone is a side-scrolling pixel action platformer in which the main character is trying to save the city of Kalagan from complete destruction. The game has a...

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time

Action, Platformer, Slasher, Arcade, Adventure

Game released: Xbox One → 21 August 2020

Players: 9/10

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...

Paw Paw Paw

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox One → 2 December 2020

Players: 6.5/10

Paw Paw Paw is a co-op beat'em up with a side-scrolling fantasy setting. At the beginning you have to choose one of four heroes, differing not only in appearance...

Evergate

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

Game released: Xbox One → 10 November 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Evergate is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The events of the game take place in an amazing afterlife, where two souls have to change their fate and...

Monster Sanctuary

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

Game released: Xbox One → 8 December 2020

Players: 9.3/10

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...

Gigantosaurus The Game

Third-person view, Action, Adventure, Platformer

Game released: Xbox One → 27 March 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 59/100

The game takes place in the Disney world of Gigantosaurus. A meteorite has blocked the Giganto volcano, and Rocky, Tiny, Mazu and Bill must solve all the puzzles...

Gonner 2

Indie, Platformer, Arcade, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Shooter

Game released: Xbox One → 22 October 2020

Gonner 2 is a sequel to the brutally challenging 2D platformer with roguelike elements and procedurally generated levels. Hikk returns again, and this time he will...

Skelattack

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 2 June 2020

Players: 5.7/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Skelattack is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You are an enchanted skeleton living in the deepest part of the dungeon. You are awakened by the sound...

New Super Lucky's Tale

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

Game released: Xbox One → 21 August 2020

Players: 9.4/10

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...

Morkredd

Isometric, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Mysticism / Supernatural, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 11 December 2020

Players: 9.6/10

Morkredd is a co-op puzzle adventure with an isometric camera view. In the game you will have to answer the call of the Sphere together with a friend or prove your...

Pikuniku

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 12 March 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Pikuniku is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle adventure game. You have to go to a mysterious game world where you need to uncover a conspiracy and restore the...

Landflix Odyssey

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

Game released: Xbox One → 27 November 2020

Landflix Odyssey is an arcade indie platformer with side-scrolling action elements. The plot revolves around a lazy dude, Larry, who sat and flipped through...

The Messenger

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 25 June 2020

Players: 8/10

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...

La-Mulana 2

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 27 June 2019

Metacritic: 79/100

La-Mulana 2 is a sequel to the side-scrolling arcade platformer with lots of puzzles. This time the main character is the girl archaeologist Lumisa Kosugi, who...

Bug Academy

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

Game released: Xbox One → 27 August 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Bug Academy is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer. Bug Academy is the only insect school in the world. It is also a training center where insects become...

Outbuddies

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

Game released: Xbox One → 5 June 2020

Metacritic: 70/100

Outbuddies is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will explore Bahlam, the sunken fortress of the Old Gods, located deep in...

Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia

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

Game released: Xbox One → 25 September 2020

Players: 6.1/10

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...

Lair of the Clockwork God

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 4 September 2020

Metacritic: 84/100

Lair of the Clockwork God is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. A unique blend of genres awaits you in the form of...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2020 for Xbox One