Best games
Best Platformer games in 2026
The 250 best Platformer games, ranked from 10,715 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 10,715 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Ranking, page 5
201
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
80
/100
202
The Expendabros
80
/100
203
Gravity Rush 2
80
/100
204
Super Mario All-Stars
80
/100
205
A
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
80
/100
206
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
80
/100
207
Disney's The Lion King
80
/100
208
Disney's Aladdin
80
/100
209
Super Mario Maker
80
/100
210
Kirby Super Star
80
/100
211
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
80
/100
212
Toki Tori
80
/100
213
Gish
80
/100
214
Puppeteer
80
/100
215
Capsized
80
/100
216
Chants of Sennaar
80
/100
217
Jet Grind Radio
80
/100
218
140
80
/100
219
Mega Man 11
80
/100
220
Snipperclips - Cut it out, together!
80
/100
221
Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition
80
/100
222
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
80
/100
223
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
80
/100
224
Lego Star Wars: The Video Game
80
/100
225
Donkey Kong Country
80
/100
226
Sonic & Knuckles
80
/100
227
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
80
/100
228
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
80
/100
229
A Hat in Time
80
/100
230
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2
80
/100
231
Disney's Darkwing Duck
79
/100
232
LittleBigPlanet 3
79
/100
233
Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones
79
/100
234
Worms Reloaded
79
/100
235
Sonic Adventure 2
79
/100
236
Xeodrifter
79
/100
237
Banjo Kazooie: N n B
79
/100
238
Yoshi's Crafted World
79
/100
239
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
79
/100
240
Sunset Riders
79
/100
241
Castlevania
79
/100
242
Ninja Gaiden
79
/100
243
Spyro the Dragon
79
/100
244
Mega Man 3 (1990)
79
/100
245
Contra
79
/100
246
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
79
/100
247
S
Prototype
78
/100
248
Shadow Complex Remastered
78
/100
249
Mega Man X3
78
/100
250
Unravel
78
/100
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
80
/100
202
The Expendabros
80
/100
203
Gravity Rush 2
80
/100
204
Super Mario All-Stars
80
/100
205
A
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
80
/100
206
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
80
/100
207
Disney's The Lion King
80
/100
208
Disney's Aladdin
80
/100
209
Super Mario Maker
80
/100
210
Kirby Super Star
80
/100
211
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
80
/100
212
Toki Tori
80
/100
213
Gish
80
/100
214
Puppeteer
80
/100
215
Capsized
80
/100
216
Chants of Sennaar
80
/100
217
Jet Grind Radio
80
/100
218
140
80
/100
219
Mega Man 11
80
/100
220
Snipperclips - Cut it out, together!
80
/100
221
Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition
80
/100
222
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
80
/100
223
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
80
/100
224
Lego Star Wars: The Video Game
80
/100
225
Donkey Kong Country
80
/100
226
Sonic & Knuckles
80
/100
227
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
80
/100
228
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
80
/100
229
A Hat in Time
80
/100
230
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2
80
/100
231
Disney's Darkwing Duck
79
/100
232
LittleBigPlanet 3
79
/100
233
Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones
79
/100
234
Worms Reloaded
79
/100
235
Sonic Adventure 2
79
/100
236
Xeodrifter
79
/100
237
Banjo Kazooie: N n B
79
/100
238
Yoshi's Crafted World
79
/100
239
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
79
/100
240
Sunset Riders
79
/100
241
Castlevania
79
/100
242
Ninja Gaiden
79
/100
243
Spyro the Dragon
79
/100
244
Mega Man 3 (1990)
79
/100
245
Contra
79
/100
246
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
79
/100
247
S
Prototype
78
/100
248
Shadow Complex Remastered
78
/100
249
Mega Man X3
78
/100
250
Unravel
78
/100