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2D platformer

Genre
Platforming games that scroll from side to side, 2D platformers focus on horizontal and vertical jumping to reach an end goal. Common features are floating platforms, pitfalls, and enemies that are often defeated by being jumped on top of. Super Mario Bros. is generally considered the game that popularized 2D platformers, becoming one of the most successful video games of all-time. Other popular games include Donkey Kong Country, Kirby's Adventure, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Rayman.

NOTE: Some games are rendered with three-dimensional graphics, but that does not make them 3D platformers. Examples of three-dimensional 2D platformers include Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, New Super Mario Bros., and Yoshi's Story.
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Top 2D platformer games
1.
Hollow Knight
2.
Super Metroid [スーパーメトロイド]
3.
Pizza Tower
4.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night [悪魔城ドラキュラX 月下の夜想曲]
5.
Super Mario World [スーパーマリオワールド]
6.
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
7.
Celeste
8.
Kirby Super Star Ultra
9.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island [スーパーマリオ ヨッシーアイランド]
10.
Super Mario Bros. 3 [スーパーマリオブラザーズ3]
11.
Metroid Dread
12.
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
13.
Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil [風のクロノア2 世界が望んだ忘れもの]
14.
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
15.
Rain World
16.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze [ドンキーコング トロピカルフリーズ]
17.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
18.
Metroid: Zero Mission
19.
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood [悪魔城ドラキュラX 血の輪廻]
20.
Cave Story [洞窟物語]
21.
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile [風のクロノア door to phantomile]
22.
Rayman Legends
23.
Mega Man X [ロックマンX]
24.
Donkey Kong Country
25.
Metroid Fusion
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Games 2,394

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Ratings
Reviews
Title / Release date
  • 2.22
    8
    1
    Space Panic
    1980 nov 1980 Vertical platformer Single-screen platformer
  • 3.00
    2
    Apple Panic
    1981 1981 Vertical platformer Single-screen platformer
  • 2.82
    780
    4
    Donkey Kong
    1981 09 jul 1981 Vertical platformer Single-screen platformer
  • 1.50
    2
    Kaos
    1981 dec 1981 Single-screen platformer Maze chase
  • Acid Trap
    1982 1982 Single-screen platformer
  • 1
    Adventures of Tron
    1982 1982 Single-screen platformer Science fiction
  • 2.18
    2
    Aztec
    1982 1982 2D platformer Action-adventure
  • Floyd of the Jungle
    1982 1982 2D platformer
  • 2.63
    16
    Miner 2049er
    1982 1982 2D platformer
  • 2.50
    1
    Monster Bash
    1982 1982 Single-screen platformer Vertical platformer
  • 2.86
    151
    2
    Pitfall!
    1982 20 apr 1982 2D platformer
  • 3.05
    144
    1
    Joust
    1982 16 jul 1982 Elimination platformer Fantasy
  • 2.71
    239
    3
    Donkey Kong Jr.
    1982 01 aug 1982 Single-screen platformer Vertical platformer
  • 2.64
    26
    Jungle King
    1982 aug 1982 Action 2D platformer
  • 1.00
    2
    Infiltrate
    1982 sep 1982 Single-screen platformer Shoot 'em up
  • 1.18
    5
    Airlock
    1982 oct 1982 Single-screen platformer Vertical platformer
  • 2.89
    110
    Hamburger
    1982 nov 1982 Arcade Single-screen platformer
  • 2.54
    86
    1
    Popeye
    1982 dec 1982 Single-screen platformer
  • 2.00
    5
    Congo Bongo [コンゴボンゴ]
    1983 1983 Single-screen platformer
  • Tropical Boy [トロピカルボー]
    1983 1983 Single-screen platformer
  • 2.43
    19
    1
    Alley Cat
    1983 1983 Single-screen platformer
  • 2.58
    7
    Nuts & Milk [ナッツ&ミルク]
    1983 1983 Puzzle platformer Single-screen platformer
  • 2.61
    17
    Arabian
    1983 1983 Single-screen platformer
  • Big Top
    1983 1983 Single-screen platformer
  • 1
    Bobby Is Going Home
    1983 1983 2D platformer
  • 3.00
    10
    Chuckie Egg
    1983 1983 Arcade 2D platformer
  • 2.76
    3
    Frankenstein's Monster
    1983 1983 Horror Single-screen platformer
  • 2.73
    2
    The Glob
    1983 1983 Single-screen platformer
  • 2.50
    1
    Hard Hat Mack
    1983 1983 Single-screen platformer
  • 3.00
    97
    2
    Lode Runner
    1983 1983 Puzzle platformer Single-screen platformer
  • 2.00
    12
    Lunar Jetman
    1983 1983 Action-adventure Space
  • 2.77
    21
    Manic Miner
    1983 1983 2D platformer Single-screen platformer
  • 1.50
    2
    1
    The Pharaoh's Curse
    1983 1983 Collect-a-thon platformer 2D platformer
  • Snail Against Squirrel
    1983 1983 Vertical platformer Single-screen platformer
  • 1.75
    17
    1
    Spelunker
    1983 1983 2D platformer Puzzle platformer
  • Mouser
    1983 feb 1983 Single-screen platformer Vertical platformer
  • 3.19
    145
    1
    Mappy
    1983 20 mar 1983 2D platformer Arcade
  • 3.29
    35
    Keystone Kapers
    1983 apr 1983 2D platformer
  • 2.87
    35
    Jetpac
    1983 may 1983 Space Shooter
  • Tropical Trouble
    1983 may 1983 2D platformer
  • 2.53
    12
    Zoo Keeper
    1983 may 1983 Arcade Single-screen platformer
  • 2.86
    81
    2
    Elevator Action
    1983 jun 1983 Action 2D platformer
  • 2.62
    533
    4
    Mario Bros.
    1983 14 jul 1983 Elimination platformer Arcade
  • 2.76
    4
    Hunchback
    1983 sep 1983 2D platformer
  • 1.79
    3
    Kool-Aid Man
    1983 sep 1983 Advergame 2D platformer
  • 2.48
    7
    Mr. Do's Castle
    1983 sep 1983 Action Arcade
  • 2.85
    14
    Major Havoc
    1983 nov 1983 2D platformer Maze
  • 1.74
    47
    1
    Donkey Kong Jr. Math [ドンキーコングJR.の算数遊び]
    1983 12 dec 1983 Math Single-screen platformer
  • 2.36
    3
    Jumping Jack
    1984 jan 1984 Single-screen platformer
  • 3.31
    5
    1
    Athletic Land
    1984 1984 2D platformer Arcade
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