Platformer 2011 for Xbox 360 — top best games in the Platformer genre

Portal 2 - a game in the Platformer genre

Action, Online, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox 360 → 19 April 2011

VGTimes: 9.4/10

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 95/100

The game takes place several years after Portal. The main character Chell wakes up after a long sleep to find that the Aperture Science complex is now in ruins...

Rayman Origins

Arcade, Platformer, Adventure, Action

Game released: Xbox 360 → 24 July 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This 2D platform adventure with action elements takes place in the Glade of Dreams, which has been overrun by Darktoons. The Fairy Council calls on Rayman to save...

Alice: Madness Returns

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Horror, Slasher, Gothic

Game released: Xbox 360 → 14 June 2011

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Alice: Madness Returns is a continuation of the legendary third-person arcade platformer American McGee's Alice. Alice is a girl suffering from emotional trauma...

Trine 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox 360 → 21 December 2011

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Trine 2 — is a 2D platformer in which the player controls three playable characters (the thief Zoe, the wizard Amadeus and the knight Pontius), solving...

Catherine

Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Visual novel

Game released: Xbox 360 → 24 April 2012

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Catherine is an adventure arcade puzzle game with visual novel elements. The game will tell the story of computer scientist Vincent, who is experiencing the peak of...

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Online

Game released: Xbox 360 → 15 June 2011

Players: 9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This LEGO-style adventure platformer follows the first four Harry Potter stories, from Privet Drive to the Triwizard Tournament. Players can take control of Harry...

Darksiders

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Slasher

Game released: Xbox 360 → 8 February 2011

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Set in a demon-ravaged post-apocalyptic world, this third-person action game follows War, the first Horseman of the Apocalypse, who is accused of bringing about the...

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 November 2011

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 is an adventure arcade action platformer with a third-person view in the Harry Potter universe. The game is based on the last three...

Sonic Generations

Action, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: Xbox 360 → 16 October 2012

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Sonic Generations is a platform adventure spanning different eras of Sonic games. A mysterious power creates time holes that send Sonic and his friends into the...

BloodRayne Betrayal

Action, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Slasher

Game released: Xbox 360 → 7 September 2011

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 69/100

BloodRayne Betrayal is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer set in the BloodRayne universe. You can once again join the vampire Bloodrain, who releases...

LEGO Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Adventure, Online

Game released: Xbox 360 → 17 January 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This action-adventure platformer retells stories from Star Wars: The Clone Wars in the LEGO universe, bringing together characters from the animated series and the...

Outland

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 26 April 2011

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Outland is a fantastic action-plate with a side of the side, where you have to use the forces of light and darkness in an epic journey to save the world from the...

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: Xbox 360 → 16 August 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This fantasy action platformer draws on the Old Testament apocrypha, the Book of Enoch. The player takes the role of Enoch, who must stop a great flood ordered by...

de Blob 2

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 12 December 2014

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...

1001 Spikes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 January 2011

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This arcade platformer with puzzle elements follows Aban Hawkins as he searches the ruins of Ukampa in South America for his missing father, archaeologist Jim...

Ms. Splosion Man

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 13 July 2011

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Ms. Splosion Man is a dynamic puzzle platformer with a side view, where the main character is a female version of the "Explosive Man" from the game of the same...

Sonic CD (2011)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: Xbox 360 → 14 December 2011

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A platform game about Sonic traveling through time, set on Little Planet, a mysterious world where the past, present, and future are linked by the power of the Time...

Disney Universe

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 31 July 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Disney Universe is a multiplayer action-adventure game with a third-person view set in the Disney universe. You'll play through levels based on famous animated...

Crash: Mind over Mutant

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 8 March 2011

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 62/100

A third-person action platformer about Crash Bandicoot, who must rescue his friends and stop the evil Neo Cortex from taking over the world. The story centers on...

Adventures of Tintin: Game

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: Xbox 360 → 21 October 2011

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Adventures of Tintin: Game is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from developers from Ubisoft Montpellier. The game is published by Ubisoft...

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1

Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure

Game released: Xbox 360 → 13 October 2011

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 36/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 is a side-scrolling action platformer. Dr. Eggman has returned and in an attempt to finally get rid of Sonic, he returns to his best...

DLC Quest

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 2 November 2011

Players: 3.5/10

Steam: 86/100

This humorous platform action game satirizes downloadable-content practices and other quirks of the gaming industry. The hero collects coins to buy content packs...

Adventures of Shuggy

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 15 June 2011

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A puzzle platformer about Shuggy, who inherits a castle inhabited by goblins, ghouls, zombies, and robots. To make his new home liveable, he explores more than 100...

Blocks That Matter

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Platformer, Casual game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 12 May 2011

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This platform puzzle game follows a tiny robot called Tetrobot, the last hope of indie developers Alexey and Markus. The robot drills blocks made of different...

Rush'n Attack

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 30 March 2011

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 58/100

This arcade action-platformer follows a fighter infiltrating an enemy base to free prisoners of war and escape to safety. Armed with a knife and weapons found along...

T.E.C. 3001

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 24 August 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

T.E.C. 3001 — futuristic arcade runner with a third-person view. You will try on the role of a robot who will have to run through more than 40 different...

Spare Parts

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 19 January 2011

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Spare Parts is an action platformer about robots Mar-T and Chip, who are dumped on a strange planet. The pair search for parts to repair an abandoned spaceship and...

BurgerTime: World Tour

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 2 November 2011

Metacritic: 55/100

A third-person platforming action game in which Peter Pepper travels around the world and battles chefs from culinary capitals. The game features 40...

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 13 October 2011

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure is a third-person arcade game with a dash of platforming from the studios Toys for Bob and XPEC Entertainment Inc. The game is...

Nyan-Tech

Action, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox 360 → 4 February 2011

Nyan-Tech is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming and puzzle from the masters at Dot Zo Games. The game is published by Dot Zo Games. The PC...

Call Me Skyfish

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Action

Game released: Xbox 360 → 11 June 2011

Steam: 62/100

This arcade platformer follows Skyfish, an angry orange fish, on a humorous adventure. His enemies include his ex-girlfriend, floating heads, tsunamis, screaming...

Fancy Pants Adventures

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 20 April 2011

Metacritic: 72/100

This action platformer stars Fancy Pants Man, a hand-drawn stick figure on a mission to rescue his kidnapped sister, Cutie Pants. His journey begins in...

Kung Fu Fight!

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Platformer

Game released: Xbox 360 → 17 June 2011

Kung Fu Fight! is an arcade game with a mixture of action, fighting and platforming from the developers of the Nostatic Software studio. The game is published by...

Bionic Commando Rearmed 2

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 2 February 2011

Metacritic: 63/100

Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 is a third-person action game with shooter and platformer elements from the developers of the Fatshark studio. The game is published by...

Nin²-Jump

Arcade, Action, Platformer

Game released: Xbox 360 → 27 April 2011

Metacritic: 67/100

An arcade platformer about a ninja apprentice striving to become a great master and rescue Princess Sakura. The player progresses through levels, overcoming...

Defy Gravity

Action, Platformer, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox 360 → 7 February 2011

Players: 4.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Defy Gravity is an action game with a mixture of platformer and indie game from the masters from the Fish Factory Games studio. The game is published by Fish...

Rango

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 3 March 2011

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Rango is a third-person arcade game with a dash of platforming from developers from the studios Behavior Interactive and Behavior. The game is published by...

Avatar Ninja! 2

Arcade, Platformer, Isometric

Game released: Xbox 360 → 7 July 2011

Avatar Ninja! 2 is an isometric arcade game with platforming elements from the developers of Milkstone Studios. The game is published by Milkstone Studios. For some...

Cute Things Dying Violently

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox 360 → 24 August 2011

Steam: 85/100

Cute Things Dying Violently is an arcade game with platform elements from the developers of ApathyWorks. The main publisher of the game is...

SpeedRunner HD

Arcade, Platformer

Game released: Xbox 360 → 30 August 2011

SpeedRunner HD is an arcade game with platformer elements from the DoubleDutch Games studio. The main publisher of the game is DoubleDutch Games. In some circles...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2011 for Xbox 360 (Game released)