The Best Platform Games - Page 2

Update : ANIMAL WELL added at rank #15.
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Youropa (2018)

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PC Windows

Youropa is a mind-bending puzzle adventure set in a fragmented Paris. Walk on walls, defy gravity, and challenge your perception of the third dimension. Uncover new abilities, face ferocious enemies, and explore a beautifully designed urban environment. With its unique gameplay concept, Youropa promises a polished, fun, and challenging experience that will keep you hooked.


What we like:
  • Clever and gradually introduced puzzle design
  • Beautiful graphics and environments
  • High level of polish and charm
  • No forced story
  • Lots of content and levels
What could be improved:
  • Can be very difficult and frustrating
  • Some platforming sections require precise movements
  • Camera movement can be weird

  • puzzle
  • platform
  • character
  • metroidvania
  • abstract
  • editor
  • level
  • parkour
  • exploration
  • third-person
  • surreal
  • 3d
  • building
  • relaxing
  • driving

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Freedom Planet 2 (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X/s j Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X

Join the heroes of Avalice in the upcoming action-packed game, Freedom Planet 2. As an ancient terror emerges from the depths of the ocean, the team faces their toughest challenge yet. With four playable characters available, each with their fighting style, explore the vast world of Avalice filled with treasures, unique NPCs, and landmarks. Test your fighting skills in the Battlesphere arena and power up with customizable potions and equippable items. Don't miss your chance to save Avalice from Bakunawa's wrath!


What we like:
  • Great platforming and level design
  • Diverse and unique cast of playable characters
  • Excellent soundtrack
  • Lots of content and replayability
  • Improvements over the first game in every aspect
What could be improved:
  • Story and voice acting may not appeal to everyone
  • Some bosses and levels can be frustrating
  • Switch puzzles may cause players to get lost
  • Difficulty can be too easy without optional items
  • Lack of extra save icons and secret bloopers

  • platform
  • scroller
  • pixel
  • retro
  • 1990s
  • action-adventure
  • story
  • boss
  • colourful
  • 2d
  • sci-fi
  • anime

13

Pizza Tower (2023)

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Android PC Windows

Pizza Tower is a fast-paced, 2D platformer game that puts you in the shoes of Peppino Spaghetti, an Italian pizza chef who embarks on a wild adventure to save his pizzeria from being destroyed. Inspired by Wario Land, the game is filled with funky, pixelated art and an energetic soundtrack that will have you fighting monsters and collecting toppings across five floors. With creative level design and secrets to uncover, Pizza Tower offers a unique platformer experience that is sure to leave you wanting more.


What we like:
  • Creative level design and secrets
  • Versatile moveset for the protagonist
  • Inventive and challenging bosses
  • Vibrant and lively pixel art
  • Energetic and catchy soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • No multiplayer mode
  • Relatively short gameplay
  • Some might find the humor too absurd
  • Can only play certain power-ups in a few levels
  • No story

  • platform
  • 2d
  • fast-paced
  • funny
  • boss-fight
  • epic
  • comedy
  • cartoony
  • exploration
  • boss
  • inventive
  • reflexes
  • indie-platform
  • retro
  • pixel

14

ElecHead (2021)

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PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch

⚡+🤖+🧩


  • platform
  • puzzle
  • linear
  • pixel
  • run-time
  • retro

15

ANIMAL WELL (2024)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 PC Windows j

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

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  • platform
  • puzzle
  • mystery
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • discovery
  • metroidvania
  • problem-solving
  • atmospheric

16

The Legend of Tianding (2021)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows

The Legend of Tian Ding takes you on a journey into the depths of Taiwanese history and culture, through fast-paced combat and platforming. This game puts its own spin on the legend of Liao Tian Ding, a Taiwanese Robin Hood-like character, while remaining true to his character. With its mix of kung fu combat and platforming, this game is sure to satisfy any itch for an action-packed adventure set in Taiwan's past.


What we like:
  • Fast-paced combat and platforming
  • Rich story based on real events
  • Charming manhua aesthetic
  • Atmospheric soundtrack
  • Freedom to chain abilities in combat & movement
  • Variety of secrets hidden throughout levels
What could be improved:
  • Cutscenes can be too long & unskippable at times
  • Uneven progression with upgrades only available later in the game
  • Difficulty spikes during some boss battles

  • historical
  • platform
  • spectacle
  • fight
  • side-scrolling
  • comic
  • boss
  • martial
  • boss-fight
  • beat-em-up
  • combat
  • scroller
  • action
  • hack-and-slash
  • book

17

OMNO (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Embark on a magical journey in Omno, a visually stunning adventure game filled with puzzles and adorable creatures. Explore lush forests, deserts, and frozen tundras as you uncover secrets and overcome obstacles. With a calming soundtrack and immersive story, you'll be captivated by this charming and vibrant world. Despite its short length, Omno offers a satisfying, zen-like gaming experience that will leave you wanting more.


What we like:
  • Immersive storytelling
  • Beautiful, interactive environments
  • Relaxing puzzle gameplay
  • Calming soundtrack
  • Responsive controls
What could be improved:
  • Short game length
  • Occasional graphical glitches
  • Lack of detailed story
  • Repetitive structure

  • platform
  • puzzle
  • wholesome
  • relaxing
  • exploration
  • cute
  • short
  • adventure
  • third-person
  • magic
  • atmospheric
  • stylized
  • colourful
  • discovery
  • story

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Toodee and Topdee (2021)

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Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X

A cosmic turbulence caused the 2D Platformer and the Top-Down Puzzler dimensions to merge! Switch between Toodee and Topdee and their unique perspectives to overcome hard-as-nails challenges, solve mind-melting puzzles and defeat huge bosses.

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  • platform
  • puzzle
  • top-down
  • cooperative
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • campaign

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Webbed (2021)

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Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Swing through the trees, spin sticky webs, and make friends with bugs! Be the adorable spider you've always wanted to be.


  • platform
  • physics
  • 2d
  • puzzle
  • cute
  • pixel
  • collectathon
  • family-friendly
  • nature
  • adventure
  • relaxing
  • brisbane
  • cartoony
  • exploration
  • sprite-work

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The Spirit and the Mouse (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Bring kindness and light to the people of Sainte-et-Claire as Lila—a tiny mouse with a big heart! Explore a quaint French village, make electrifying new friends, and do good deeds for those in need in this lush narrative adventure game.


  • platform
  • 3d
  • collectathon
  • emotional
  • puzzle
  • cute
  • exploration
  • colourful
  • narrative
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • fantasy
  • adventure
  • single-player
  • head-scratch

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