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Best Platformer games on Nintendo Switch
The 148 best Platformer games on Nintendo Switch, ranked from 14,785 critic and player ratings.
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 14,785 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 29 September 2026.
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51
Spiritfarer
84
/100
52
Splatoon 2
84
/100
53
FAR: Lone Sails
84
/100
54
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
84
/100
55
Axiom Verge
84
/100
56
Super Mario Bros.
84
/100
57
Spyro Reignited Trilogy
84
/100
58
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
83
/100
59
Duck Game
83
/100
60
Broforce
83
/100
61
Stick it to The Man!
83
/100
62
Cave Story
83
/100
63
The End Is Nigh
83
/100
64
ibb & obb
83
/100
65
D
Ghostrunner
82
/100
66
Little Nightmares II
82
/100
67
The Pedestrian
82
/100
68
Super Mario 3D All-Stars
82
/100
69
Creaks
82
/100
70
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
82
/100
71
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
81
/100
72
Gris
81
/100
73
SteamWorld Dig
81
/100
74
VVVVVV
81
/100
75
Downwell
81
/100
76
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
81
/100
77
Type: Rider
81
/100
78
GoNNER
81
/100
79
Unravel Two
81
/100
80
Velocity 2X
80
/100
81
Trine Enchanted Edition
80
/100
82
A
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
80
/100
83
Toki Tori
80
/100
84
Chants of Sennaar
80
/100
85
140
80
/100
86
Mega Man 11
80
/100
87
Snipperclips - Cut it out, together!
80
/100
88
A Hat in Time
80
/100
89
Xeodrifter
79
/100
90
Yoshi's Crafted World
79
/100
91
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
79
/100
92
Sunset Riders
79
/100
93
Castlevania
79
/100
94
Unravel
78
/100
95
RiME
78
/100
96
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
78
/100
97
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
78
/100
98
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
78
/100
99
Trover Saves the Universe
78
/100
100
Hue
78
/100
Spiritfarer
84
/100
52
Splatoon 2
84
/100
53
FAR: Lone Sails
84
/100
54
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
84
/100
55
Axiom Verge
84
/100
56
Super Mario Bros.
84
/100
57
Spyro Reignited Trilogy
84
/100
58
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
83
/100
59
Duck Game
83
/100
60
Broforce
83
/100
61
Stick it to The Man!
83
/100
62
Cave Story
83
/100
63
The End Is Nigh
83
/100
64
ibb & obb
83
/100
65
D
Ghostrunner
82
/100
66
Little Nightmares II
82
/100
67
The Pedestrian
82
/100
68
Super Mario 3D All-Stars
82
/100
69
Creaks
82
/100
70
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
82
/100
71
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
81
/100
72
Gris
81
/100
73
SteamWorld Dig
81
/100
74
VVVVVV
81
/100
75
Downwell
81
/100
76
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
81
/100
77
Type: Rider
81
/100
78
GoNNER
81
/100
79
Unravel Two
81
/100
80
Velocity 2X
80
/100
81
Trine Enchanted Edition
80
/100
82
A
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
80
/100
83
Toki Tori
80
/100
84
Chants of Sennaar
80
/100
85
140
80
/100
86
Mega Man 11
80
/100
87
Snipperclips - Cut it out, together!
80
/100
88
A Hat in Time
80
/100
89
Xeodrifter
79
/100
90
Yoshi's Crafted World
79
/100
91
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
79
/100
92
Sunset Riders
79
/100
93
Castlevania
79
/100
94
Unravel
78
/100
95
RiME
78
/100
96
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
78
/100
97
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
78
/100
98
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
78
/100
99
Trover Saves the Universe
78
/100
100
Hue
78
/100