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Best 2D Platformer games on PC

Games centered on moving and jumping across platforms in two-dimensional environments, sometimes combined with combat, puzzles, or precision challenges.

  • Jumping between platforms
  • Side-view character movement
  • Obstacles and timing challenges

Related: Platformer, Precision Platformer, Puzzle Platformer, 2D

433 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

Thank Goodness You're Here!
Short, hand-drawn comedy adventure built around side-scrolling exploration
96% positive 8,481 reviews
To Be or Not to Be
Text adventure about cultivating immortality through dialogue and stat-building minigames
89% positive 8,277 reviews
DuckTales: Remastered
Remade 2D platformer following Scrooge McDuck's worldwide treasure hunt
88% positive 7,951 reviews
UFO 50
Retro collection of 50 complete games across varied genres
95% positive 7,511 reviews
INMOST
Dark pixel-art puzzle platformer connecting three characters' stories
91% positive 7,370 reviews
PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Supernatural horror visual novel about investigating deadly urban legends
95% positive 7,278 reviews
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Metroidvania action platformer about a rabbit resisting a mechanical army
86% positive 7,268 reviews
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Persian-inspired Metroidvania with time powers and precision platforming
84% positive 7,156 reviews
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
2D action-platformer with wrestling combat across living and dead worlds
92% positive 7,108 reviews
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
Side-scrolling ninja stealth platformer with choices to evade or kill
96% positive 6,943 reviews
Laika: Aged Through Blood
Side-scrolling action adventure built around motorbike combat and exploration
91% positive 6,704 reviews
ANNO: Mutationem
Cyberpunk action RPG mixing 3D exploration and 2D combat
81% positive 6,629 reviews
Sonic Origins
Fast-paced 2D platforming across four remastered 16-bit classics
77% positive 6,491 reviews
Gravity Circuit
Fast-paced 2D robot platformer built around punches and grappling
91% positive 6,298 reviews
Creaks
Hand-drawn puzzle platformer through a mansion of furniture monsters
95% positive 6,180 reviews
Owlboy
Pixel-art action adventure with flying, platforming, and companion combat
83% positive 6,130 reviews
The Pedestrian
Side-scrolling puzzle platformer about rearranging and reconnecting public signs
97% positive 6,119 reviews
We Need To Go Deeper
Co-op submarine roguelite about sharing duties in randomized depths
86% positive 6,048 reviews
Wuppo: Definitive Edition
2D platform adventure across a strange world to find a home
94% positive 5,980 reviews
Ninja Kiwi Archive
Free collection of preserved Flash action and strategy games
93% positive Free
Threefold Recital
Mystery visual novel where three heroes' stories converge
98% positive 5,791 reviews
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
2D platform fighter pitting Nickelodeon characters against each other
70% positive 5,668 reviews
Unravel
Physics-based puzzle platformer using yarn to cross natural obstacles
91% positive 5,595 reviews
Mega Man 11
Side-scrolling action platformer with robot boss weapons and power boosts
89% positive 5,482 reviews