Platform
Description
Platform games can be both 2D and 3D games in which jumping or climbing onto platforms on various elevations is a major focus of the game. Early platform games mostly focused on climbing onto platforms using ladders, while later games generally focus more on jumping. Game Title |
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Game Gear (1994) Hurricanes is based on the 90's cartoon show. You play as Cal and must play through 12 levels. The objective... |
 Atari 8-bit (1993) This compilation includes the following titles: Hydraulik is an arcade platform game. The player's task is to repair pipes damaged... |
Jaguar (2000) HyperForce is an action sci-fi platform game with 2D graphics. You play a warrior who has been sent to destroy... |
SNES (1995) Hyper Iria is based on the anime prequel to the sci-fi movie Zeiram. As in the anime and movie Iria... |
 Game Boy (1989) Hyper Lode Runner plays similar to Lode Runner. You must run around on brick platforms gathering all the gold, while... |
Game Boy Color (2001) Hype: The Time Quest for the Game Boy Color lets you play as the Playmobil knight Hype, who has been... |
 Windows (2016) and Nintendo Switch (2017) |
Acorn 32-bit (1989) Ibix the Viking is a flip screen platform game where the player has to collect all the treasure (crowns, coins... |
 Browser (2012) Icarus is a short game that may draw inspiration from the classic Greek myth of Icarus, who fell into the... |
 Windows (2012), Xbox 360 (2012), PlayStation 3 (2012) and Wii (2012) Ice Age: Continental Drift - Arctic Games is an action game loosely based on the 2012 animated movie Ice Age:... |
 Windows (2009), PlayStation 2 (2009), Xbox 360 (2009), PlayStation 3 (2009) and Wii (2009) Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is based on the animated movie of the same name. The story has the... |
Amiga (1988) In Iceball the player takes the role of a bouncing ball which has to solve 50 levels. The goal of... |
 Game Boy Advance (2002), NES (1985), Wii (2007), PC-88 (1985), Nintendo 3DS (2011), Sharp X1 (1985), Wii U (2013) and Arcade (1984) In Ice Climber one or two players need to climb their way to the top of 32 different mountains. Each... |
 Commodore 64 (1997) Last winter, there was a day when more snow fell than ever before. That's why people all over the world... |
Commodore 64 (1984) Ice Hunter is a single screen platformer where you play the role of Thorak the Eskimo, Prince of Ice, who... |
Amiga (1991) Ice Runner is a Lode Runner variant set in Antarctica. In several one-screen levels, the player has to navigate platforms... |
 Commodore 64 (1989), ZX Spectrum (1986) and Amstrad CPC (1989) Nick Razor's pride and joy was his brand new 'Hot Hatchback' Space Cruiser. He had spent all his last salary... |
 PlayStation 2 (2001) and PlayStation 3 (2011) Ico is a boy with horns. At the age of twelve, when his horns grew large enough, the elders send... |
 Commodore 64 (1986) and ZX Spectrum (1986) You want to become a special agent for I.C.U.P.S. (International Commission for Universal Problem Solving), but before they can accept... |
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Critic Score
Top games by as rated by the press:
- 96 Super Mario Galaxy 2
- 96 Super Mario Galaxy
- 96 Super Mario Bros. 3
- 95 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
- 95 Super Mario 64
- 95 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
- 94 Super Mario World
- 94 Super Mario Bros.
- 94 Super Mario All-Stars
- 94 Rayman Legends
Games must have at least a Critic Score of 80 to be considered.
MobyScore
Top games as rated by our users:
- 4.67 The Tomb Raider Trilogy (2011)
- 4.62 Sonic Rush Adventure (2007)
- 4.61 Super Mario Maker (2015)
- 4.56 Pac-Man World 3 (2005)
- 4.52 Sonic CD (2011)
- 4.50 Cave Story (2010)
- 4.49 Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (2008)
- 4.48 Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015)
- 4.46 Kirby Super Star Ultra (2008)
- 4.46 FEZ (2012)
Games must have at least 5 votes and a User Score of 4.0 to be considered.
Gameplay
Platform is part of Gameplay. This group of genres contain:
- 4X
- Action RPG
- Arcade
- Artillery
- Beat 'em up / Brawler
- Board Game
- Cards / Tiles
- Casino
- Chess
- City Building / Construction Simulation
- Dating Simulation
- Falling Block Puzzle
- Fighting
- Game Show / Trivia / Quiz
- Graphic Adventure
- Hack and Slash
- Hidden object
- Hunting
- Interactive Book
- Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure
- Japanese-style Adventure
- Japanese-style RPG (JRPG)
- Life / Social Simulation
- Managerial / Business Simulation
- Martial Arts
- Mental training
- Metroidvania
- Mini-Games
- Music / Rhythm
- Paddle / Pong
- Party Game
- Pinball
- Platform
- Puzzle-solving
- Quick Time Events (QTEs)
- Rail Shooter
- Roguelike
- RPG Elements
- Sandbox / Open World
- Shooter
- Stealth
- Survival Horror
- Tactical RPG
- Tactical Shooter
- Tile Matching Puzzle
- Timed Input
- Time Management
- Tower Defense
- Trading / Collectible Card
- Tricks / Stunts
- Vehicle Simulator
- Vehicular Combat Simulator
- Virtual World
- Visual Novel
- Wargame
- Word Construction
