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

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...

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: 8.7/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Supraland

Action, Shooter, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 22 October 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Supraland is an exciting action platformer with a first-person view. In the game you have to solve fun puzzles, explore the environment, find secrets and fight...

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...

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...

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...

Jump King

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 9 June 2020

Players: 9/10

Jump King is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer where you, as a brave knight, have to climb to the top of the tower and save the princess. As you move...

Wildfire

Role-playing game, Stealth, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 3 December 2020

Players: 6.5/10

Wildfire is a pixel platformer with stealth elements. The game takes place in a world where there is almost no magic left. The main character, one of the last...

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...

Neversong

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 16 July 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Neversong is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The game will tell the story of a little boy named Pete. Waking up from a coma, he discovers that his...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Shantae and the Seven Sirens

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 28 May 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Shantae and the Seven Sirens is an anime-style side-scrolling adventure arcade platformer. The game is a continuation of the series of tropical adventures of the...

Minoria

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 10 September 2020

Metacritic: 73/100

Minoria is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer from the creators of the Momodora series. The game takes place during the fourth Witch War, a major...

Evan's Remains

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

Game released: Xbox One → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.1/10

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...

The Alto Collection

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Stunts, Collection, Adventure

Game released: Xbox One → 13 August 2020

Players: 7.2/10

The Alto Collection is a collection of minimalist adventure arcade games Alto's Adventure and Alto's Odyssey. As a snowboarder, you will have to ride through...

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...

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...

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...

LOVE

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Old school

Game released: Xbox One → 9 April 2020

A minimalist game with a retro aesthetic and an emphasis on challenge without being unfair. The game features an innovative revival system, 16 levels and an...

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...

Micetopia

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

Game released: Xbox One → 20 November 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Micetopia is a classic side-scrolling Metroid set in a medieval mouse kingdom with magic and dragons. The main character, a brave mouse, lived quietly in his...

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...

Prisma & The Masquerade Menace

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

Frozen: Xbox One → 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...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2020 for Xbox One