Best games
Best Platformer games in 2026
The 250 best Platformer games, ranked from 21,902 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 21,902 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Ranking, page 3
101
Fez
86
/100
102
Trine
85
/100
103
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
85
/100
104
Super Meat Boy
85
/100
105
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
85
/100
106
Mega Man 2
85
/100
107
B
Ratchet & Clank
85
/100
108
BattleBlock Theater
85
/100
109
Sonic Mania
85
/100
110
Stray
85
/100
111
Sonic the Hedgehog
85
/100
112
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
85
/100
113
inFamous
85
/100
114
Trine 2
85
/100
115
Monument Valley 2
85
/100
116
American McGee's Alice
85
/100
117
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
85
/100
118
Donkey Kong Country Returns
85
/100
119
Super Mario 64 DS
85
/100
120
Psychonauts
85
/100
121
Katana Zero
85
/100
122
Yoku's Island Express
84
/100
123
Out of This World
84
/100
124
Prince of Persia
84
/100
125
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
84
/100
126
Limbo
84
/100
127
Trine 2: Complete Story
84
/100
128
Spiritfarer
84
/100
129
Splatoon 2
84
/100
130
FAR: Lone Sails
84
/100
131
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
84
/100
132
Jak 3
84
/100
133
New Super Mario Bros. U
84
/100
134
Moss
84
/100
135
Rayman
84
/100
136
Axiom Verge
84
/100
137
Super Mario Bros.
84
/100
138
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
84
/100
139
Spyro Reignited Trilogy
84
/100
140
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
83
/100
141
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
83
/100
142
Duck Game
83
/100
143
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Remastered
83
/100
144
Broforce
83
/100
145
Astro's Playroom
83
/100
146
Orcs Must Die! 2
83
/100
147
Gunpoint
83
/100
148
Stick it to The Man!
83
/100
149
Cave Story
83
/100
150
The End Is Nigh
83
/100
Fez
86
/100
102
Trine
85
/100
103
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
85
/100
104
Super Meat Boy
85
/100
105
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
85
/100
106
Mega Man 2
85
/100
107
B
Ratchet & Clank
85
/100
108
BattleBlock Theater
85
/100
109
Sonic Mania
85
/100
110
Stray
85
/100
111
Sonic the Hedgehog
85
/100
112
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
85
/100
113
inFamous
85
/100
114
Trine 2
85
/100
115
Monument Valley 2
85
/100
116
American McGee's Alice
85
/100
117
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
85
/100
118
Donkey Kong Country Returns
85
/100
119
Super Mario 64 DS
85
/100
120
Psychonauts
85
/100
121
Katana Zero
85
/100
122
Yoku's Island Express
84
/100
123
Out of This World
84
/100
124
Prince of Persia
84
/100
125
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
84
/100
126
Limbo
84
/100
127
Trine 2: Complete Story
84
/100
128
Spiritfarer
84
/100
129
Splatoon 2
84
/100
130
FAR: Lone Sails
84
/100
131
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
84
/100
132
Jak 3
84
/100
133
New Super Mario Bros. U
84
/100
134
Moss
84
/100
135
Rayman
84
/100
136
Axiom Verge
84
/100
137
Super Mario Bros.
84
/100
138
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
84
/100
139
Spyro Reignited Trilogy
84
/100
140
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
83
/100
141
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
83
/100
142
Duck Game
83
/100
143
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Remastered
83
/100
144
Broforce
83
/100
145
Astro's Playroom
83
/100
146
Orcs Must Die! 2
83
/100
147
Gunpoint
83
/100
148
Stick it to The Man!
83
/100
149
Cave Story
83
/100
150
The End Is Nigh
83
/100