The Best Platform Games - Page 4

Update : Sonic x Shadow Generations added at rank #8.
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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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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
  • combat
  • metroidvania
  • boss-fight
  • skill
  • flight
  • exploration
  • boss
  • narrative
  • challenging
  • puzzle
  • beautiful

33

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

34

Astalon: Tears Of The Earth (2021)

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86
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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

35

Pizza Tower (2023)

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PC Windows Android

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

36

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

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stadia Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

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

37

Rain World (2017)

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Android Nintendo Switch PC Windows

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

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

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Castlevania DominuS Collection (2024)

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90
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Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Three incredible action adventure games from the Castlevania series have finally returned, for the first time! But wait, there's more! Haunted Castle Revisited, a redesigned version of the very first Castlevania arcade game, makes its debut!

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  • metroidvania
  • platform
  • pixel
  • rpg
  • vampire
  • action-adventure
  • action
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • dark
  • remake
  • compilation
  • arcade
  • piracy
  • time-consuming

39

Axiom Verge 2 (2021)

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83
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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch wii u vita PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Dive into Axiom Verge 2, an epic adventure that takes you into a mysterious parallel universe. As Indra, unravel the secrets of this world, battling monsters, hacking machines, and exploring ancient ruins. With intriguing gameplay, unique combat mechanics, and a refreshing protagonist, this game offers an immersive, fast-paced, and thrilling experience.


What we like:
  • Excellent game design with a lot to discover
  • Unique combat mechanics that encourage stealth and hacking
  • Refreshing protagonist that breaks stereotypes
  • Improved aesthetic with varied pixel art and haunting music
  • Gameplay is fast-paced and responsive with a diverse array of weapons
What could be improved:
  • Level tree imbalance and unclear progression at times
  • Combat feels optional and some weapons are underutilized
  • Occasional confusion in navigating the open world
  • Less emphasis on bosses and limited weapon options

  • boss
  • exploration
  • platform
  • metroid
  • retro
  • boss-fight
  • classic
  • sci-fi
  • alternate
  • pixel
  • combat
  • metroidvania
  • narrative
  • adventure
  • fight

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Marble It Up Ultra (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Roll, bounce, boost, and blast your way to victory in Marble It Up! Ultra - the ultimate marble platformer. Chase the records of your friends and the world's best players through a vast campaign - or face them head-on in thrilling multiplayer mayhem. Get ready to roll!

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  • platform
  • physics
  • multiplayer
  • arcade
  • 3d
  • buttery-smooth
  • online
  • time
  • attack
  • colourful
  • fast-paced
  • ball
  • abstract
  • editor
  • level

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