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 |
 Nintendo 3DS (2017) Captain Olimar wakes up after crash landing his ship, and realizing that the fuel supply is empty. After wandering about,... |
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 Xbox 360 (2009) Angels want control of all Heaven, Hell and everything in between. Devils want the same thing. How to settle this?... |
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ZX Spectrum (2005) Interplanetary Pig Farmer Eadwig Addlethorpe owns a series of magnificent pig farms on a large planetoid in the belt of... |
ZX81 (1984) High-Rise Hive is a platformer where the player is a bee that tries to steal all the honey from the... |
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 DOS (1988), Commodore 64 (1988) and Apple II (1988) The game is a computer adaptation of an American TV game show, where two competitors should win a game and... |
 Genesis (1993) Havoc is a young traveler and treasure hunter, who roams the seas with his shipmate Tide. One day, he finds... |
 Amiga (1989), Atari ST (1989), ZX Spectrum (1989) and Amstrad CPC (1989) High Steel is a combination of a platformer and a puzzle game. The player is a construction worker, one of... |
 Game Boy Advance (2005) It's been a long world tour for Puffy AmiYumi, one of Japan's best rock groups. All they want to do... |
TurboGrafx CD (1991) A scientist named Arnold Steiner researches the ancient civilization of Indios in Central America. However, following a breakthrough discovery, Steiner... |
 NES (1987) Based on the Osamu Tezuka's manga "Phoenix", this platformer is mostly based on the fifth volume, "Hō-ō" (later called "Karma"... |
 Windows (2017) and PlayStation 4 (2017) |
 Commodore 64 (1991), Atari 8-bit (2008), ZX Spectrum (1991), Amstrad CPC (1991), BBC Micro (1990) and Electron (1990) Zanock, the only son of the king of Altoris, must cross the swamps of the hobgoblins to bring back the... |
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Amiga (1992) Hoi is a small green dinosaur, who must venture through 5 levels to reach the area in which female dinosaurs... |
 SNES (1992) The three RPGs (Hokuto no Ken 3-5) seemed to symbolize a genre change after the first two platformers, but the... |
 SNES (1993) Similar to the sixth installment of the series, this is a fighting game along the lines of Street Fighter or... |
 Windows (2008) Hold me closer, Giant Dancer is a 2D-demake of the PlayStation 2 game Shadow of the Colossus for the TRS-80... |
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 Windows (2012) In this spin-off from the Grotesque Tactics the demi-god called Holy Avatar and his Guild of Maidens take a vacation... |
 NES (1989) Randy, the Holy Diver, is setting out to retrieve the five emblem seals belonging to the King Crimson Family in... |
SNES (1995) In Holy Umbrella you control a schoolboy who lives in modern-day Japan. One day, the sky suddenly turns dark blue,... |
Critic Score
Top games by as rated by the press:
- 96 Super Mario Galaxy
- 96 Super Mario Bros. 3
- 95 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
- 95 Super Mario Galaxy 2
- 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 Ice Guys (1997)
- 4.62 Sonic Rush Adventure (2007)
- 4.61 Super Mario Maker (2015)
- 4.56 Pac-Man World 3 (2005)
- 4.53 Strider 2 (1999)
- 4.52 Sonic CD (2011)
- 4.50 Metal Slug 5 (2003)
- 4.50 Cave Story (2010)
- 4.50 Ninja Gaiden (1992)
- 4.49 Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (2008)
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
