Best Platformer Games on Steam
Games about jumping, movement, obstacles, timing, and navigating levels.
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1Terraria
- Players say: Explore a randomly generated 2D world, mine and craft gear, build a home, and fight increasingly dangerous monsters and bosses. Players like: Deep Gear Progression · Replayable Adventures · Creative Building
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Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
May 16, 2011
In this game, you can…
- kill one world-changing boss and watch new biomes appear, new ores rise up, and the whole map turn into a deadlier version of itself.
- hunt down specific triggers to summon absurd bosses, like catching a rare worm just to call up a sea monster that can wipe you.
- fight a boss rush that starts with a cult leader, escalates into world-invading pillars, and ends with a final boss dropping in immediately after the last pillar falls.
- build a tiny shelter before night, then hold out until dawn against monsters that suddenly flood the surface.
- dig so deep you stumble into giant underground landmarks like beehives, buried pyramids, and hidden mushroom biomes.
- build a custom arena with platforms and buffs, then use it to fight bosses on your own terms instead of wherever you happen to meet them.
- build a hotel-like tower of houses to attract dozens of NPC residents, then watch them move in and sell new gear and services.
2Geometry Dash
- Players say: Tap in time to guide a geometric icon through music-synced hazards, mastering levels or building and sharing your own. Players like: Satisfying Level Clears · Precise Skill Challenges · Creative Community Levels
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Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!
Dec 22, 2014
In this game, you can…
- build full animations, minigames, and even whole games inside the level editor using massive chains of objects and logic-like setups.
- dive into millions of community-made levels and keep finding completely different stages, from quick showcases to absurdly hard challenges.
- get thrown from normal jumping into rocket flight, then into upside-down gravity, without stopping, while squeezing through spike corridors on the beat.
- control a character that runs on its own, and restart the whole level the instant you mess up.
- tap mid-air orbs to launch yourself, hit portals that flip gravity or change speed, and swap into flight or teleport movement mid-run.
- drop and remove checkpoints in practice, drill the nastiest transitions, then go back and clear the entire level in one clean run.
- play levels where the jumps and gravity flips are timed to the soundtrack, so the song effectively tells you when to move.
3Hollow Knight
- Players say: Explore a ruined insect kingdom as a small knight, opening new routes with abilities and facing demanding 2D battles. Players like: Hand-Drawn Art · Haunting Soundtrack · Rewarding Exploration
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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.
Feb 24, 2017
In this game, you can…
- jump into the minds of characters and enemies to hear their thoughts and dig up secrets that aren't told in normal dialogue
- learn boss fights with no health bar, reading their patterns until you can tell you're winning just from how they move
- take on a near-mythic platforming gauntlet of saws and spikes that can take hours, then reach a hidden payoff at the end
- get dropped into a kingdom with no map, then slowly piece together where to go by exploring, backtracking, and unlocking routes
- customize your build with charms that can completely change how you fight and move, then swap setups to make the same boss feel different
- chain movement upgrades into fluid traversal: wall jump, double jump, dash, then dash through danger and bounce off enemies to keep flying forward
- realize you've charted a massive interconnected world when the full map finally clicks into place and you can see how everything connects
4Portal 2
- Players say: As an Aperture Science test subject, solve physics puzzles with portals and new tools, or tackle a separate campaign in co-op. Players like: Clever Portal Puzzles · Sharp Character Humor · Separate Co-op Campaign
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The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Apr 18, 2011
In this game, you can…
- hit a chapter title that literally says "this is the part where he kills you" as the game turns it into a set-piece
- bounce across chambers with repulsion gel, build insane speed with propulsion gel, then paint walls to make new portal surfaces
- play co-op where each robot has its own portal gun, and your solution can break the bridge your partner is standing on
- wake up from long-term stasis, get guided by a friendly AI, and then have the main villain come back online
- use portals to redirect lasers, light bridges, and tractor beams through moving machinery to power your way forward
- chain portals to fling yourself over pits, launch cubes onto buttons, and keep extending the same trick into bigger gaps
- replay co-op stages for least time and least portals, racing friends as they knock you off the leaderboard
- drop into community-made test chambers and keep getting brand-new puzzles long after the story ends
5Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Players say: As Hornet, battle and platform through Pharloom, uncovering secrets and gaining abilities on a perilous climb to its citadel. Players like: Detailed World · Fluid Combat · Distinctive Soundtrack
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Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Sep 4, 2025
In this game, you can…
- heal in midair during fights
- take an item that lets you hear every bug singing across the world, including the ones who sing badly
- hit what feels like the ending, then realize you only cleared about half the game and keep going into later acts and the true ending
- chain a grappling line into attacks and escapes mid-boss, turning movement into your defense and your damage at the same time
- slot offensive, defensive, and exploration tools separately, then swap loadouts so the exact same boss changes based on timing and tool choices
- fight bosses in arenas that actively mess with the rules, like swarms that stop healing or layouts with nowhere safe to stand
- play a flea-juggling mini-game on the side
6PEAK
- Players say: As stranded scouts, climb a shifting island mountain alone or with friends, managing stamina, injuries, food, and gear. Players like: Chaotic Friend Co-op · Team Rescues · Daily Map Variety
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PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Jun 16, 2025
In this game, you can…
- shoot a teammate with a blow dart, stick them to a cactus, and then eat them.
- die and keep playing as a ghost, floating alongside your team and guiding them upward even though you can't touch anything.
- play in a modded lobby with up to 20 climbers, coordinating rescues and supplies while the whole group screams in voice chat.
- help each other up ledges with hand boosts, ropes, and climbing spikes so the route you build becomes the route your friends climb next.
- hear a friend's screams fade in proximity chat as they fall off a cliff and their voice disappears into the distance.
- start on a beach and climb through jungle rain, a stamina-draining blizzard, lava mountains, and an almost-vertical volcano crater escape.
- find survival gear in suitcases and shrines, including rare items that only show up if everyone in the party is still alive.
- use a lollipop to reach an otherwise impossible ledge, then drop a rope to teammates who are starving below.
- slip on a banana peel that spawns when you feed someone a banana, sending them off a cliff if they're standing too close.
7Tomb Raider Game of the Year
- Players say: Shipwrecked on Yamatai, young Lara explores hostile ruins, solves tomb puzzles, and fights to survive while upgrading her gear. Players like: Atmospheric Island · Satisfying Bow Combat · Lara’s Character Arc
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Tomb Raider explores the intense origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor.
Mar 4, 2013
In this game, you can…
- upgrade your bow into fire arrows and napalm arrows that change how fights play out.
- chain climbing-axe routes, rope arrows, and rope ascenders to open new vertical paths through cliffs, ruins, and hidden areas.
- craft and scavenge upgrades until your weapons evolve into heavier gear like an automatic rifle with a grenade launcher.
- survive a shipwrecking storm and scramble to reunite with your crew while the island's people, animals, and ancient forces hunt you down.
- silently pick off guards with a bow from treetops at night.
- find hidden tombs that each play like their own puzzle space, tucked off the main survival route.
- escape collapsing set pieces where planes crash, villages tumble, and you keep pushing forward through the destruction.
- hunt animals for food and tackle survival side objectives like blowing up old sea mines.
8It Takes Two
- Players say: Two spouses turned into dolls must cooperate through shifting platforming, puzzles, and action challenges as they try to mend their relationship. Players like: Co-op Teamwork · Changing Level Mechanics · Memorable Shared Play
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Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.
Mar 25, 2021
In this game, you can…
- pilot a pair of underpants.
- dj a night club inside an air conditioning vent for a crowd of living glow sticks.
- stop the story to play mini-games where you can electrocute the other player.
- fly a plane made of underpants later on.
- use a magnet turret to shoot magnets and turn a wall into a huge co-op traversal puzzle.
- fight through a shooter chapter where one player stuns enemies with goop while the other ignites bugs with flares.
- drop into an isometric hack-and-slash chapter where one player is a wizard and the other is a knight.
- get shrunk into dolls so a bed, a book, and a tiny pond become massive obstacles you have to climb and cross together.
9Cuphead
- Players say: As Cuphead or Mugman, run, shoot, parry, and learn boss patterns across strange worlds to repay a debt to the Devil. Players like: Hand-Drawn Animation · Rewarding Boss Battles · Jazz Soundtrack
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Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
Sep 29, 2017
In this game, you can…
- watch a boss go from two battletoads into a slot machine, then keep warping into stranger cartoon forms as you keep landing hits.
- bounce off pink bullets in midair to charge your super meter, then cash it in for weapon specials or a full super.
- run local co-op where one player can parry to revive the other mid-fight, turning near-deaths into sudden comebacks.
- fight bosses that transform mid-battle into new forms, sometimes with no health bar, until the next phase suddenly takes over.
- equip two weapons and swap instantly, changing your plan for a boss—or even a single phase—on the fly.
- thread through tiny safe zones while two or three attacks overlap, with timings that shift enough that you have to react in the moment.
- play brief run-and-gun levels that end fast and restart instantly, turning retries into a rapid-fire loop of experimenting and improving.
10Portal
- Players say: In Aperture Science, solve first-person physics tests by linking two portals to move yourself and objects through space. Players like: Inventive Portal Puzzles · GLaDOS's Dry Humor · Gradual Puzzle Learning
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Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Oct 10, 2007
In this game, you can…
- fall into a portal to build speed, then explode out the other across impossible gaps.
- watch a simple cube become a lifesaver when it blocks a deadly energy ball for you.
- solve fights without shooting by redirecting enemies and danger through portals and props.
- place a blue portal and an orange portal to make an instant entrance and exit.
- use portals to turn a drop into a slingshot, launch onto a ledge, grab a cube midair, and land on a button before a hazard triggers.
- hear an AI narrate and taunt you the whole time, like the facility is watching and lying.
- tip over a turret that looked terrifying and it just collapses and stops.
- rip pieces off the final boss, carry each one to an incinerator, and repeat the cycle three times to finish it.
