Platformer 2012 for Xbox 360 — top best games in the Platformer genre

Rayman Origins - a game in the Platformer genre

Game released: Xbox 360 → 24 July 2012

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox 360 → 16 May 2012

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This adventure platformer continues the events of Episode I: Metal Sonic has joined forces with Dr. Eggman, prompting Sonic to call on Tails for help. Together...

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...

Jet Set Radio

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 19 September 2012

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Jet Set Radio is an arcade game with a third-person view and stunt elements. You have to fight for Tokyo, mark your territory with graffiti, draw on walls, posters...

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics, Open world, Adventure

Game released: Xbox 360 → 29 June 2012

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 75/100

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is a continuation of the arcade adventure with a first-person view based on the Batman comics in the style of LEGO toys. The game...

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...

Mark of the Ninja

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Xbox 360 → 7 September 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 91/100

A 2D stealth platformer about a ninja whose cursed tattoos heighten his senses and allow different approaches to each situation. The protagonist can evade enemies...

Fez

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Xbox 360 → 13 April 2012

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Fez is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. The action takes place in a 3D world, allowing the player to explore and traverse colorful worlds by rotating...

Spelunky

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: Xbox 360 → 4 July 2012

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Spelunky is a fun adventure that takes you to explore dangerous but rich mines. You will control a rather big-nosed but cute gold digger who came to the mines for...

Sonic Adventure 2

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 5 October 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Sonic Adventure 2 is a continuation of the action-adventure game with a third-person view in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. Doctor Eggman once again strives to...

Shank 2

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 8 February 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This 2D side-scrolling action platformer follows Shank, a former mob hitman drawn back into a fight when people close to him are threatened. He uses an arsenal of...

Deadlight

Action, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Zombies

Game released: Xbox 360 → 1 August 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Deadlight is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with horror elements. The main character, Randal Wayne, is a former park security guard who finds...

Dust: An Elysian Tail

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 15 August 2012

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits you, filled with...

LEGO Lord of the Rings

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, The Lord of the Rings

Game released: Xbox 360 → 7 December 2012

Players: 7.9/10

LEGO Lord of the Rings is an arcade action adventure game with a third-person view in the Lord of the Rings universe. An exciting adventure awaits you through the...

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...

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...

Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 22 November 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two is a continuation of the arcade action platformer with a third-person view. In the new part you will find an unusual cooperative...

Awesomenauts

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Free game, Side view, MOBA

Game released: Xbox 360 → 2 May 2012

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Awesomenauts is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MOBA action game. The events of the game will take you to the distant year 3587, in which there is a great...

Ratatouille

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 21 August 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Ratatouille — just like in the film, the game starts on a farm. Remy leaves with his brother Emil to get some apple cores for his father. Along the way, he is...

Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc

Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 21 March 2012

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Madagascar 3: The Video Game

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 5 June 2012

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 45/100

This adventure platformer, based on Madagascar 3, follows Alex, Marty, Gloria, and Melman as they try to find their way home through Europe. To stay under cover...

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Comedy

Game released: Xbox 360 → 26 September 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit is a frantic and bloody side-scrolling platformer set in Hell. You have to get used to the role of the demonic hare Ash, heir to...

Shoot Many Robots

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 14 March 2012

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Shoot Many Robots — This is a shooting game. Players start in a character's van, where they can equip their character with five items: one weapon with...

Escape Goat

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox 360 → 5 September 2012

Steam: 95/100

Escape Goat is an arcade game with platformer elements from the masters from the MagicalTimeBean studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Skylanders Giants

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 19 October 2012

Metacritic: 75/100

Skylanders Giants is an adventure platformer built around the existing Skylanders toys. It adds 20 characters to the roster, including eight...

NiGHTS into Dreams

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 5 October 2012

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

NiGHTS into Dreams is an arcade adventure action-platformer with a side view, set in the World of Dreams. This world is divided into Nightopia and Nightmare. It is...

Alex Kidd in Miracle World

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 4 May 2012

Alex Kidd in Miracle World is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from Sega. The game is published by Sega Enterprises. But Alex Kidd in Miracle...

South Park: Tenorman’s Revenge

Arcade, Platformer, Action

Game released: Xbox 360 → 30 March 2012

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 52/100

This South Park platformer follows Cartman, Kyle, Stan, and Kenny as they take on Scott Tenorman and his army of ginger robots. The boys suit up as their superhero...

Ice Age: Continental Drift - Arctic Games

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 10 July 2012

Players: 5.8/10

Metacritic: 43/100

A sports game based on Ice Age: Continental Drift, in which Manny and the herd compete with seafaring pirates for hidden treasure. To decide who gets the prize, the...

Three Dead Zed

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Zombies

Game released: Xbox 360 → 16 November 2012

Steam: 62/100

Three Dead Zed — a hand-drawn platformer where players are asked to control an experimental zombie. He can transform into other forms, which allows him to...

Rayman 3 HD

Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 21 March 2012

Players: 10/10

Rayman 3 HD is a third-person platformer from the masters at Ubisoft. The game is published by Ubisoft. For some reason the game has not yet been released on PC...

Bleed

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Xbox 360 → 12 December 2012

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This action platformer follows Wryn, a heroine who dreams of becoming the greatest videogame hero and sets out to challenge the heroes already celebrated as the...

Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition

Arcade, Platformer

Game released: Xbox 360 → 6 July 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition is an arcade game with platformer elements from the masters of Zombie Studios. The game is published by Konami. Sometimes the game is...

Mystic Mayhem

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Xbox 360 → 1 September 2012

Mystic Mayhem is an arcade game with elements of action, platformer and indie game from developers from the studio bitcorestudios. The game is published by...

Scarygirl

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 January 2012

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Scarygirl is an arcade, action, platformer and indie game from the developers of TikGames, LLC. The main publisher of the game is Square Enix. It seems that...

Trine 2: Goblin Menace

Arcade, DLC, Platformer, Logic

Game released: Xbox 360 → осень 2012

Trine 2: Goblin Menace is an arcade game with platformer elements from the masters from the Frozenbyte studio. The game is published by Atlus.Trine 2: Goblin Menace...

Scarygirl (2012)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 January 2012

Metacritic: 65/100

Scarygirl is an action platformer about an abandoned girl with a tentacle arm who sets out to discover the meaning of her troubling dreams about a strange man. The...

Simpsons Arcade Game

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 3 February 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

This arcade action-platformer based on The Simpsons follows a chase after Smithers and Mr. Burns, who have kidnapped Maggie. Players control one of the Simpson...

Pid

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Xbox 360 → 31 October 2012

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Pid is an arcade game with platformer elements from developers from the Might and Delight studio. The main publisher of the game is D3Publisher. Overall, the...

World Gone Sour

Arcade, Platformer

Game released: Xbox 360 → 11 April 2012

Metacritic: 65/100

This arcade platformer follows a lost Sour Patch Kid navigating a human-sized world where everyday objects loom large. The hero crosses a sticky movie-theater floor...

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 2012 for Xbox 360