Platform Games

Platforming games focus on maneuvering through tricky environments that are oftentimes filled with enemies, obstacles, and myriads of other hazards to prevent you from completing a level or otherwise overcoming the challenges set. A mastery of control, timing, and patience is required in order to ensure that you can face the trials that this genre presents.

  1. Mari0 icon
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    Two genre defining games from completely different eras: Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. and Valve's Portal. These two games managed to give Platformers and First-Person Puzzle Games a solid place in the video game world.

    25 Mari0 alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Mari0 Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Portal
    3.  Endless gameplay
    4.  Multiplayer
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Local multiplayer
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Portable
  2. SuperTux icon
     92 likes

    SuperTux is a classic 2D jump'n run sidescroller game in a style similar to the original Super Mario games. Instead of Mario, the hero in this game is Tux, the mascot of the Linux kernel.

    71 SuperTux alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • PortableApps.com

    SuperTux Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Single player
    3.  Built-in Level Editor
    4.  Community-based
    5.  Portable
    6.  Side Scrolling
  3. Limbo icon
     74 likes

    Limbo (stylized as LIMBO) is a puzzle-platform video game and the premiere title of independent Danish game developer Playdead. The game was released in July 2010 as a platform exclusive title on Xbox Live Arcade, and was later re-released as part of a retail game pack along...

    49 Limbo alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • SteamOS
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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    Limbo Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Single player
    5.  Side Scrolling
    6.  Gore
  4. Hollow Knight icon
     20 likes

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    72 Hollow Knight alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Playstation
    • SteamOS
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
    • Humble Bundle
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    Hollow Knight Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Multiplayer
    3.  Achievements Supported
    4.  Moddable
    5.  Works Offline
  5. Super Meat Boy icon
     43 likes

    Super Meat Boy is a platform game developed by Team Meat and is the successor to Edmund McMillen's and Jonathan McEntee's flash game, Meat Boy, originally released on the Newgrounds website in October 2008.

    94 Super Meat Boy alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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    Super Meat Boy Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Controller Support
  6. Sonic The Hedgehog icon
     9 likes

    Sonic The Hedgehog brings SEGA's legendary platformer mascot to modern systems with all the familiar 16-bit sights, sounds and blistering gameplay of the original.

    29 Sonic The Hedgehog alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
    • Apple TV
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    Sonic The Hedgehog Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Side Scrolling
  7. Ori icon
     10 likes

    Embark on an all-new adventure in a vast and exotic world, where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to discover Ori’s true destiny.

    68 Ori alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Xbox
    • Steam
    • Nintendo Switch
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    Ori Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Player vs Enviroment
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Controller Support
    6.  Immersive
  8. Cave Story (Dokutsu Monogatari) icon
     43 likes

    Cave Story, or Dokutsu Monogatari, is a Japanese freeware Metroidvania side-scrolling Metroidvania platform-adventure game developed by Studio Pixel . It has been translated into English by Aeon Genesis Translations.

    41 Cave Story (Dokutsu Monogatari) alternatives
    Cave Story (Dokutsu Monogatari) screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • RetroArch
    • Internet Archive
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • Playstation
    • Lakka
    • Nintendo Switch

    Cave Story (Dokutsu Monogatari) Features

    1.  Side Scrolling
  9. VVVVVV icon
     42 likes

    In VVVVVV, the player controls Captain Viridian, who is lost in an alternate dimension, in search of the missing members of his spaceship's crew. Instead of jumping, the player is able to control the direction of gravity, allowing Captain Viridian to flip between the floors...

    40 VVVVVV alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam
  10. Ultimate Chicken Horse icon
     2 likes

    Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.

    10 Ultimate Chicken Horse alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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    Ultimate Chicken Horse Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Local multiplayer
  11. Super Mario Run icon
     12 likes

    Mario jumps into a new adventure on iPhone and iPad, this time playable using only one hand. In this game, you constantly move forward through the courses while using a variety of jumps to navigate. Your character will behave differently depending on the timing of your taps, so...

    37 Super Mario Run alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Super Mario Run Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Multiplayer
    3.  Side Scrolling
  12. Frogatto & Friends icon
     23 likes

    Frogatto & Friends is an action-adventure game, starring a certain quixotic frog. A quiet errand run turns into a battle to fend off an invading army, and only Frogatto is foolhardy enough to sleuth out why.

    66 Frogatto & Friends alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
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    Frogatto & Friends Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Achievements Supported
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  8-bit Game
  13. Geometry Dash icon
     16 likes

    Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!

    Prepare for a near impossible challenge in the world of Geometry Dash. Push your skills to the limit as you jump, fly and flip your way through dangerous passages and spiky obstacles.

    Simple one touc.

    43 Geometry Dash alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam
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    Geometry Dash Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Level editor
    5.  Function Key Shortcuts
  14. Rayman icon
     12 likes

    Rayman is a platform video game series created by Michel Ancel and owned by Ubisoft. The original Rayman was a 2D sprite-based platformer similar to those of the 16-bit era. Rayman 2: The Great Escape moved the series into 3D, and added more variety to the gameplay with new...

    49 Rayman alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
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    Rayman Features

    1.  Single player
  15. Sonic Robo Blast 2 icon
     9 likes

    Sonic Robo Blast 2 (or SRB2 for short) is a fan made, free and open source Sonic-themed game using a heavily modified version of the Doom Legacy engine.

    1 Sonic Robo Blast 2 alternatives
    The adventure begins!
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    Sonic soars over the river!
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    Knuckles narrowly dodges Eggman’s laser!
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    Sonic stumbles upon the factory entrance.
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    Sonic Robo Blast 2 Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Multiplayer
    3.  Moddable
    4.  Split-screen multiplayer
    5.  LAN