Best Platformer Ps5 Games in 2026

Race across five massive overworlcl islands, each with their own unique action-platforming challenges and hidden secrets to uncover

Blaze a trail as you see fit and discover side quests, solve puzzles, scale enormous structures, go fishing, and encounter a firendly face or two along the way

Unlock Cyber Space levels featuring signature 3D platforming at Sonic speeds and a variety of challenges to test your skills like never before

Shantae's trademark belly dance moves come to Switch with tons of added content - after completing Shantae's storyline, challenge a whole new storyline playing as One of so many other characters

Pirate Gear style of play returns - gear-based ability system from Shantae and the pirate's course returns to help risky boots discover new Gear to access areas in pirate queen's quest DLC expansion

All-new gameplay as Shantae's friends get into her head - Literally! glide through the air as Sky, or toss your own head across the level as rottytops in the friends to the end DLC expansion

Collaborative, Chaotic and Joyful Multiplayer - Take on side-splitting challenges in local and online party play.

Stuffed! Stitched! Zipped! - Face thrilling, unpredictable challenges as you explore distinctive hand-crafted lands through deeply immersive and expressive controls.

Perilous Platforming Experience - Explore here, there and everywhere as you utilize Sackboy’s cool, diverse move-set to face a huge variety of thrilling challenges, fierce enemies and startling surprises.

Relive legendary Rock, paper scissors battles with boss rush mode! 

Transport straight back into the classic 8-bit nostalgia with retro mode.

New levels - experience new levels which expand the lore of the original game.

Embark on a brand-new journey with unique and easy to pick up gameplay; The Smurfs – Mission Vileaf will appeal to all gamer profiles, fans of the cute characters, or 3D platformer aficionados, would they be beginners or experienced players

A one-of-a-kind roster; Take control of 4 emblematic Smurfs: Smurfette, Hefty, Brainy and Chef

The Smurfizer - a very smurful tool -Your do-it-all Smurfizer will not only allow you to heal the corrupted plants but also facilitate your progression through the game thanks to its multiple functions

A legend Reborn: dive into a stunning recreation of Alex Kidd in Miracle world with striking new art and tighter, more fluid controls

nostalgia always prevails: jump straight back into the 80's at the touch of a button. No matter where you are in a level you can jump between classic 8-bit and full HD graphics

alternative boss fights: new and improved boss fight mechanics with more intuitive combat

More Humans, More Mayhem: Hilarious Multiplayer, the game's breakout mode has players laughing out loud. Need a hand getting that boulder on to a catapult, or need someone to break that wall Online multiplayer for up to 8 players transforms the way Human: Fall Flat is played

Perfect puzzling: Puzzles slowly increase in complexity enabling seamless progression and rewarding exploration

A Blank Canvas: Your Human is yours to customize. With outfits from builder to chef, skydiver, miner, astronaut and ninja. Choose your head, upper and lower body and get creative with the colors

Action adventure platformer: evolving the platforming genre by adding rpg lite elements with player Agency to play as they like, whether aggressively or passively.

narrative: a dark storyline with a twisted sense of humor that shines a light on the ironies that exist in the human condition.

2.9D: epic environments with massive scale to explore by going into the world, rather than being limited to the traditional side scrolling platformer sense.

Psychonauts 2 funnels its strange landscape through the lens of a 10-year old dreamer with psychic abilities, allowing fans to experience dark, panic-inducing dangers with the empathetic naivety of a child

Though fans themselves have waited over 15 years for the sequel to Psychonauts, only a few days have passed for our aspiring Psychonaut, Raz

Instead of a full-fledged Psychonaut, Second Head of the Psychonauts Hollis Forsythe plops an ‘Intern’ tag on Raz’s chest, setting off a new adventure with wacky characters, mental worlds to explore, and sinister happenings to fix behind-the-scenes

In Kaze and the Wild Masks, you journey through the Crystal Islands in 90s classics platformer style

Play as Kaze and save your friend Hogo from a curse that spread chaos around the islands

Unleash the skills of the wild masks to get powers from the tiger, eagle, lizard and shark

Explore a non-linear world - unearth the secrets buried deep within the ruins of the vast interconnected world of Engardin; Interact with over 50 different NPCs, and learn more about their role in Engardin through side quests

Fight over 170 varieties of enemies, including 30 tough boss encounters

Deep RPG mechanics allow for diverse character builds – over 200 different equipment to collect and choose from including 6 classes of main weapon, sub weapon, armor and accessories

The Limited Edition contains a Steelbook

EXPLORE - Delve into the ruins of the Mainframe and discover a range of traversal abilities; Discover multiple endings and the many secrets beneath the ancient digital landscape and prepare for system-wide reconfiguration

FIGHT - The inhabitants of the Mainframe are strange and diverse, and many are found to be inherently hostile; A full arsenal of powerful weapons and abilities are available to help you survive, defend and destroy

Action-Adventure Platformer: Evolving the platforming genre by adding RPG-lite elements with player agency to play as you'd like, whether aggressively or passively

Narrative: A dark storyline with a twisted sense of humor that shines a light on the ironies that exist in the human condition

Quarma (think Karma): Quarma is a real time feedback feature that reflects your actions in the game, which will influence the outcome of the game

The T-Rex edition includes the base game, 2 sticker sheets, a 3D keychain and some trading cards

All new modes: 2 modes are at the menu, the arcade mode (Remake) and an extended mode that will bring you a longer game experience

Journey with a friend: one pre-historical dude may not be enough, ask a friend to play with you to share a stronger adventure