Best games
Best Platformer games in 2026
The 250 best Platformer games, ranked from 23,721 critic and player ratings.
Also covers metroidvania, platform games.
How this ranking is built
- Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
- A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
- Each game is ranked in one genre only, the one that defines it best, so the same title never tops two different genre charts.
- Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
- Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 23,721 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Ranking, page 2
51
Banjo-Tooie
90
/100
52
Donkey Kong 64
90
/100
53
Ghosts 'n Goblins
90
/100
54
B
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
90
/100
55
A
Hollow Knight: Silksong
90
/100
56
Rayman Origins
89
/100
57
Super Mario Bros. 3
89
/100
58
Super Mario Bros.
89
/100
59
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
89
/100
60
SteamWorld Dig 2
89
/100
61
Rayman Legends
89
/100
62
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
89
/100
63
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
89
/100
64
Viewfinder
89
/100
65
Shovel Knight
89
/100
66
Owlboy
89
/100
67
Night in the Woods
88
/100
68
Ori and the Blind Forest
88
/100
69
A
Hollow Knight
88
/100
70
A
It Takes Two
88
/100
71
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
88
/100
72
Super Mario Maker 2
88
/100
73
Tomb Raider (1996)
88
/100
74
Ratchet & Clank (2002)
88
/100
75
Shadow Complex
88
/100
76
Touhou Luna Nights
88
/100
77
Sly 2: Band of Thieves
88
/100
78
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
88
/100
79
Metroid: Samus Returns
88
/100
80
Black Mesa
88
/100
81
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
87
/100
82
Psychonauts 2
87
/100
83
B
Cuphead
87
/100
84
The Swapper
87
/100
85
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
87
/100
86
TowerFall Ascension
87
/100
87
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
87
/100
88
Jak II
87
/100
89
Tearaway
87
/100
90
Braid
87
/100
91
Contra: Hard Corps
87
/100
92
Jusant
86
/100
93
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Remastered
86
/100
94
Iconoclasts
86
/100
95
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
86
/100
96
Guacamelee!
86
/100
97
Peak
86
/100
98
Disney's DuckTales
86
/100
99
Bionic Commando: Rearmed
86
/100
100
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
86
/100
Banjo-Tooie
90
/100
52
Donkey Kong 64
90
/100
53
Ghosts 'n Goblins
90
/100
54
B
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
90
/100
55
A
Hollow Knight: Silksong
90
/100
56
Rayman Origins
89
/100
57
Super Mario Bros. 3
89
/100
58
Super Mario Bros.
89
/100
59
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
89
/100
60
SteamWorld Dig 2
89
/100
61
Rayman Legends
89
/100
62
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
89
/100
63
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
89
/100
64
Viewfinder
89
/100
65
Shovel Knight
89
/100
66
Owlboy
89
/100
67
Night in the Woods
88
/100
68
Ori and the Blind Forest
88
/100
69
A
Hollow Knight
88
/100
70
A
It Takes Two
88
/100
71
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
88
/100
72
Super Mario Maker 2
88
/100
73
Tomb Raider (1996)
88
/100
74
Ratchet & Clank (2002)
88
/100
75
Shadow Complex
88
/100
76
Touhou Luna Nights
88
/100
77
Sly 2: Band of Thieves
88
/100
78
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
88
/100
79
Metroid: Samus Returns
88
/100
80
Black Mesa
88
/100
81
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
87
/100
82
Psychonauts 2
87
/100
83
B
Cuphead
87
/100
84
The Swapper
87
/100
85
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
87
/100
86
TowerFall Ascension
87
/100
87
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
87
/100
88
Jak II
87
/100
89
Tearaway
87
/100
90
Braid
87
/100
91
Contra: Hard Corps
87
/100
92
Jusant
86
/100
93
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Remastered
86
/100
94
Iconoclasts
86
/100
95
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
86
/100
96
Guacamelee!
86
/100
97
Peak
86
/100
98
Disney's DuckTales
86
/100
99
Bionic Commando: Rearmed
86
/100
100
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
86
/100