Platformer

10 games

Super Mario Bros

1985NESPlatformer

Shigeru Miyamoto created the game that saved the console industry after the 1983 crash. The hidden 1...

Mega Man 2

1988NESPlatformer

Saved the Mega Man franchise after the first game underperformed. The soundtrack by Takashi Tateishi...

Super Mario 64

1996N64Platformer

Defined 3D platforming for every game that followed. Miyamoto created the analog stick control schem...

Celeste

2018PC/ConsolePlatformer

Created by a team of four people. Over 3 million copies. The assist mode was praised for accessibili...

Super Meat Boy

2010PC/ConsolePlatformer

Over 3 million copies. Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes created it in 18 months. Over 300 levels of...

Shovel Knight

2014PC/ConsolePlatformer

Over 4 million copies. Kickstarter success that delivered on every promise. The Plague of Shadows ca...

Donkey Kong

1981ArcadePlatformer

Shigeru Miyamoto designed it after Nintendo of America was stuck with unsold Radar Scope cabinets. I...

Super Mario World

1990SNESPlatformer

A launch title for the Super Famicom in Japan and packed in with the Super Nintendo in North America...

Sonic the Hedgehog

1991GenesisPlatformer

Sega created a fast blue hedgehog to challenge Mario and give the Genesis a mascot. Designer Naoto O...

Super Mario Galaxy

2007WiiPlatformer

Mario leaps between small planets with their own gravity, running around spheres and upside down. Th...