We’re ranking the most popular platformer games in 2020. The proverbial backbone of every modern video game, some of the greatest games ever made were good old-fashioned platformers. Most platformer games require players to navigate in between tight (and often deadly) spaces. Jumping over obstacles, crawling under bridges, dodging Donkey Kong’s flaming barrels - these are the gameplay mechanics that make platformers so great.
Which platformer is your favorite? Whether you prefer to kick it old school in Nintendo’s new Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, test your ninja skills in The Messenger, or prefer to add a dash of horror with Little Nightmares, make your voice heard below.
Vote up your favorite platformers and see which games top the list.
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159Cuphead
2017Developer: StudioMDHR
Genres (Video game): Run and gun
Cuphead is a run and gun video game developed and published by StudioMDHR. Announced in 2013,... more on Wikipedia2
1612Developer: Nintendo EPD
Genres (Video game): Platform, action-adventure
Super Mario Odyssey is a 2017 3D platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for... more on Wikipedia3
1513Celeste
2018Developer: Matt Makes Games
Genres (Video game): Platform
Celeste is a platforming video game by Canadian video game developers Matt Thorson and Noel... more on Wikipedia4
85Hollow Knight
2017Developer: Team Cherry
Genres (Video game): Action-adventure, Metroidvania
Hollow Knight is a Metroidvania video game developed and published by Australian studio Team... more on Wikipedia5
1313Sonic Mania
2017Developer: PagodaWest Games, Headcannon
Genres (Video game): Platform
Sonic Mania is a 2017 side-scrolling platform game published by Sega. An installment in the... more on Wikipedia6
The Messenger is a side-scrolling action-platformer, inspired by the classic Ninja Gaiden... more on Wikipedia10137
57A Hat In Time
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Developer: Moon Studios
Genres (Video game): Platform-adventure, Metroidvania
Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a platform-adventure Metroidvania video game developed by... more on Wikipedia9
1015Dead Cells
2018Developer: Motion Twin
Genres (Video game): Roguelike, metroidvania
Dead Cells is a roguelike-metroidvania hybrid video game developed and published by Motion... more on Wikipedia10
1421Developer: Nintendo EAD
Genres (Video game): Platformer
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe is a 2D side-scrolling platform video game that is an enhanced... more on Wikipedia11
25Yooka-Laylee
2017Developer: Playtonic Games
Genres (Video game): Platform
Yooka-Laylee is a 2017 platform video game developed by Playtonic Games and published by... more on Wikipedia12
25Unravel Two
2018Developer: Coldwood Interactive
Genres (Video game): Puzzle-platformer
Unravel Two is a puzzle platform video game developed by Swedish studio Coldwood Interactive... more on Wikipedia13
18Developer: Tarsier Studios
Genres (Video game): Puzzle-platformer, survival horror
Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platformer horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios... more on Wikipedia14
18Developer: Good-Feel
Genres (Video game): Platform, side-scrolling
Yoshi's Crafted World is a side-scrolling platform video game developed by Good-Feel and... more on Wikipedia15
011The Mummy Demastered
October 24, 2017Developer: WayForward Technologies
Genres (Video game): Metroidvania
The Mummy Demastered is a Metroidvania video game released in October 2017 by WayForward... more on Wikipedia
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