🍄 Video GamesSuper Mario OdysseyPlatformer · Nintendo · 2017Mario travels surreal kingdoms with Cappy, a sentient hat that lets him possess enemies and objects. Switch system-seller.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesHollow KnightPlatformer · Team Cherry · 2017The 2017 Metroidvania that broke records and stayed beloved. Bug kingdom Hallownest.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesCelestePlatformer · Maddy Makes Games · 2018The 2018 indie platformer about climbing a mountain. The most empathetic story in gaming.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesSonic ManiaPlatformer · Headcannon · 2017The fan-made-then-officially-published 2D Sonic. Many call it the best Sonic ever.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesAnimal WellPlatformer · Billy Basso · 2024The 2024 metroidvania mystery-box. One developer, 7 years, massive cult success.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesSuper Mario Bros. WonderPlatformer · Nintendo · 2023A 2D Mario that constantly reinvents itself: Wonder Flowers warp levels into talking pipes, elephant Mario, gravity flips.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesOri and the Will of the WispsPlatformer · Moon Studios · 2020The Ori sequel. Bigger, more combat-focused, the best Metroidvania of its decade.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesHollow Knight: SilksongPlatformer · Team Cherry · 2025The Hollow Knight sequel after 8 years of memes. Hornet leads. Worth the wait.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesPizza TowerPlatformer · Tour de Pizza · 2023A Wario Land-inspired indie that took the platformer world by storm.Recommend it?
💀 Video GamesDead CellsRoguelike · Motion Twin · 2017A roguevania with brutally tight combat.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesOri and the Blind ForestPlatformer · Moon Studios · 2015A gorgeous 2D Metroidvania with the most heart-wrenching opening 5 minutes in gaming.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesCupheadPlatformer · Studio MDHR · 2017Hand-drawn 1930s-cartoon boss-rush shooter. Brutally difficult, gorgeous.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesShovel KnightPlatformer · Yacht Club Games · 2014The Kickstarter-revival 8-bit-styled platformer that birthed a sub-genre.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesRayman LegendsPlatformer · Ubisoft Montpellier · 2013The best 2D platformer of the 2010s by many counts.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesSuper Mario Maker 2Platformer · Nintendo EAD · 2019Make-your-own-Mario-courses sequel. Slopes, night mode.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesPrince of Persia: The Lost CrownPlatformer · Ubisoft Montpellier · 2024The 2024 2D-metroidvania Prince of Persia revival.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesDonkey Kong Country: Tropical FreezePlatformer · Retro Studios · 2014Retro Studios' challenging, gorgeous DK platformer. Possibly the best 2D platformer of the last decade.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesKirby and the Forgotten LandPlatformer · HAL Laboratory · 2022Kirby's first proper 3D platformer. He swallows actual cars and vending machines now. It rules.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesDonkey KongPlatformer · Nintendo · 1981The 1981 arcade game where Mario (then "Jumpman") debuted.Recommend it?
💀 Video GamesSpelunky 2Roguelike · Mossmouth · 2020The sequel that expanded the formula. Branching paths, ridable creatures.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesSuper Mario 3D World + Bowser's FuryPlatformer · Nintendo · 2021A revival of the Wii U cooperative 3D platformer, plus an open-world bonus campaign hinting at Mario's future.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesCrash Bandicoot N. Sane TrilogyPlatformer · Vicarious Visions · 2017The remastered trilogy. Crash is back — and harder than you remember.Recommend it?
🍄 Video GamesCuphead: The Delicious Last CoursePlatformer · Studio MDHR · 2022The long-awaited Cuphead DLC. New boss-fights, new island.Recommend it?
💀 Video GamesSpelunkyRoguelike · Mossmouth · 2008The 2D roguelike-platformer that taught permadeath to a generation.Recommend it?