Group Description
Cinematic platformers are a sub-genre of
platform games that attempt to combine traditional challenges of the genre with realistic structure and presentation. These games often feature puzzle-solving elements and setpieces, and play considerably slower than more "jump and run"-oriented titles. They avoid the abundance of power-ups and score-increasing items and instead emphasize the vulnerability of the protagonist, forcing the player to carefully plot every move (sometimes in a trial-and-error pattern) to overcome obstacles and avoid falling damage. Protagonists in cinematic platformers are normally realistically proportioned, with special attention paid to animation and precise acrobatic moves (climbing, hanging on ledges, rolling, etc.).
The genre was defined and popularized by
Prince of Persia (1989). Other notable examples include French-developed platformers such as
Another World (1991). Many of the genre's gameplay elements were carried over as it shifted to 3D. This group, however, only includes
two-dimensional cinematic platformers, particularly because the line between various platform genres tended to blur with the advent of 3D.
| Game Title | Year | Platform | Publisher | User Score |
| Oddworld: Soulstorm | 2021 | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows | Oddworld Inhabitants Inc. | ... |
| Little Nightmares II | 2021 | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows, Xbox One | BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. | ... |
| White Shadows | 2021 | PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series | Headup Games GmbH & Co. KG | ... |
| Unto the End | 2020 | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows, Windows Apps, Xbox One, Xbox Series | Big Sugar LLC | ... |
| Ministry of Broadcast | 2020 | iPad, iPhone, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, Windows | Hitcents.com, Inc. | ... |
| The Eternal Castle | 2019 | Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows | TFL Studios, LLC | ... |
| Stela | 2019 | iPad, iPhone, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, tvOS, Windows, Xbox One | SkyBox Labs Inc | ... |
| The Way: Remastered | 2018 | Nintendo Switch | SONKA S.A. | ... |
| Little Nightmares | 2017 | PlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows, Xbox One | BANDAI NAMCO Games America Inc. | 3.72 |
| Black: The Fall | 2017 | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One | Sand Sailor Srl | ... |
| Deadlight: Director's Cut | 2016 | Gloud, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One | Deep Silver | 3.38 |
| The Way | 2016 | Linux, Macintosh, Windows, Xbox One | Code Horizon | ... |
| Inside | 2016 | iPad, iPhone, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One | Playdead ApS | 3.53 |
| Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries | 2015 | Windows | GriN BVBA | ... |
| Feist | 2015 | Android, iPad, iPhone, Linux, Macintosh, PlayStation 4, Tomahawk F1, Windows, Xbox One | Finji, LLC | ... |
| Never Alone (Kisima Innitchuna) | 2014 | Android, iPad, iPhone, Linux, Macintosh, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Windows, Xbox One | E-Line Media | 3.57 |
| Monochroma | 2014 | Linux, Macintosh, Tomahawk F1, Windows, Xbox One | Nowhere Studios | ... |
| Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee - New 'n' Tasty! | 2014 | Android, iPad, iPhone, Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Wii U, Windows, Xbox One | Oddworld Inhabitants Inc. | ... |
| Flashback | 2013 | PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One | Ubisoft, Inc. | 3.70 |
| Deadlight | 2012 | Windows, Xbox 360 | Microsoft Studios | 3.56 |
| The War of the Worlds | 2011 | Xbox 360 | Paramount Digital Entertainment | ... |
| Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition | 2011 | Android, Blacknut, Dreamcast, iPad, iPhone, Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Ouya, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Wii U, Windows, Xbox One | Digital Lounge, The | 3.80 |
| Limbo | 2010 | Android, iPad, iPhone, Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Windows, Windows Apps, Xbox 360, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Xbox One | Playdead ApS | 3.69 |
| Another World: 15th Anniversary Edition | 2007 | Windows | Elektrogames Limited Company | 3.87 |
| Cyberpunk: The Arasaka's Plot | 2007 | J2ME | Mayhem Studio | ... |
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