Despite being one of the most popular genres across all the home console generations, it isn’t often platformers are mentioned on lists of the best PC games. Normally, the conversation centers around the best FPS games on PC, the best Metroidvanias on PC, or the best co-op games on PC. Aside from a few key exclusives, mainly from Nintendo, the PC is home to all the best platformers. These can be delightful frolics through colorful worlds or tough-as-nails tests of skill and perseverance. We looked at all the 2D and 3D platformers across the years to pick out the best ones you should jump into.
If you somehow already played all our top choices, check out the list of upcoming PC games to see which one you will play next.
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Pizza Tower
84% Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch Genre Platform, Adventure, Indie Developer Tour De Pizza Publisher Tour De Pizza Release January 26, 2023 Mario clones are a dime a dozen on PC, but Wario clones are almost non-existent.
Pizza Tower isn’t just a ripoff of that momentum-based style but wraps it in a ’90s cartoon art style that gives it a fever-dream-like tone in all the best ways. You will charge through levels at a break-neck pace, never fully feeling in control and reacting on pure instinct most of the time as you ram through enemies and use your various moves to traverse obstacles. Then, at the end, you need to race all the way back through the level backward before a giant pizza catches you. It is a crazy experience that has to be played to understand but is already a classic among its fans. Pizza Tower Steam Trailer
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A Hat in Time
84% Platforms PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Genre Platform, Adventure, Indie Developer Gears for Breakfast Publisher Gears for Breakfast, Humble Games Release October 05, 2017 Speaking of Mario clones,
A Hat in Time is the closest thing you can
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