The Best Platform Games - Page 5

Update : Sudoku - Pro added at rank #19.
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A Hat in Time (2017)

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Mac OS Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!


  • platform
  • 3d

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Blue Fire (2021)

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Xbox One PC Windows

Embark on a thrilling journey in Blue Fire, a challenging platformer that takes you through the desolated kingdom of Penumbra. Master the art of movement, overcome obstacles, and engage in frenzied combat. Discover secrets, encounter survivors, and upgrade your equipment. With a blend of action, platforming, and mystery, this game will keep you on your toes.


What we like:
  • Challenging and rewarding platforming
  • Structured gameplay combining various elements
  • Unique boss fights
  • Well-paced with a sense of mystery
  • Offers plenty of side quests
What could be improved:
  • Occasional camera issues
  • Level layouts could be improved
  • Basic combat
  • Lacks a map system

  • platform
  • dungeon
  • 3d

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Astalon: Tears Of The Earth (2021)

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Xbox One Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Astalon: Tears of the Earth is a post-apocalyptic action-adventure game full of challenging platforming, epic bosses, and captivating storytelling. Control a party of three heroes with unique skills and abilities, explore a tower full of secrets and hidden artifacts, and embrace death as an opportunity to upgrade your characters and progress further. With retro graphics and music that nail the 8-bit vibe, Astalon delivers an unforgettable journey that will appeal to fans of classic NES-era games and modern side-scrollers alike.


What we like:
  • Smooth gameplay
  • Retro graphic style and music
  • Interesting map full of shortcuts and secrets
  • Fun to switch between different characters
  • Captivating story
What could be improved:
  • Forced backtracking every time you die
  • QOL upgrades earned too late in the game
  • Items in shop have no description
  • Dungeons feel repetitive
  • Bosses are mostly easy

  • platform
  • retro
  • metroidvania
  • fantasy
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • boss
  • post-apocalyptic
  • chiptune
  • action-adventure
  • old-school
  • anime
  • magic
  • demons

44

Lunistice (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Lunistice is a 3D Platformer created with simple & fun gameplay and a cute PS1/SEGA Saturn inspired artstyle in mind. Take the role of Hana the Tanuki and jump and fight through her dreams!


  • platform
  • 3d
  • short
  • linear
  • attack
  • score
  • precision
  • pixel
  • old-school
  • collectathon

45

KinnikuNeko: SUPER MUSCLE CAT (2024)

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

A cat with the body of a bodybuilder fights against aliens in this 2D platformer with anime aesthetics.

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  • anime
  • platform
  • comic
  • 2d
  • 2.5d
  • scroller
  • cartoony
  • book
  • action-adventure
  • hand-drawn
  • metroidvania
  • arts
  • aliens
  • colourful
  • hack-and-slash

46

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated (2020)

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Are you ready, kids? The cult classic is back, faithfully remade in spongetastic splendor! Play as SpongeBob, Patrick and Sandy and show the evil Plankton that crime pays even less than Mr. Krabs.


  • platform
  • remake
  • robots
  • multiplayer
  • cult
  • classic
  • 3d
  • boss-fight
  • funny

47

Monument Valley 3 (2024)

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(Nintendo Switch) Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch j Xbox Series X Android IOS iPhone Xbox Series X/s

Set sail for a world-changing adventure as you guide Noor in their quest through a series of mind-bending illusions and atmospheric puzzles. Can you unlock the secrets of the mysterious world – and the meaning behind the Sacred Light?


  • puzzle
  • platform
  • precision
  • abstract
  • 3d
  • isometric
  • surreal
  • relaxing
  • point-and-click
  • colourful
  • atmospheric
  • linear
  • mind-bending
  • exploration
  • third-person

48

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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Ori and the Will of the Wisps (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X

Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a captivating 2D platformer that follows the eponymous spirit of the forest as they embark on an adventure to save a friend. This game offers a great mix of platforming puzzles, combat, and beautiful painterly locations.


What we like:
  • Smooth controls
  • Exceptional level design
  • Improved combat options
  • Fast travel and auto-saving systems
  • Highly polished port
What could be improved:
  • Limited variety in enemies and bosses

  • platform
  • boss-fight
  • combat
  • flight
  • metroidvania
  • boss
  • puzzle
  • skill

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Rain World (2017)

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

Rain World is a grim industrial wasteland game where you take on the role of a vulnerable Slugcat, torn away from their family after a huge flood. Your mission is to reunite with your family while also surviving and navigating around the dangerous creatures in this world.


What we like:
  • Challenging platforming gameplay
  • Unique predator-prey relationships
  • Great music and sound design
  • Huge map with interconnecting levels and hidden areas
  • Creative use of hibernation chambers as save checkpoints
What could be improved:
  • Controls could be improved

  • platform
  • survival
  • post-apocalyptic
  • difficult
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • metroidvania
  • atmospheric

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