Whether it’s 2D sidescrollers or 3D sandboxes, the platformer is a foundational video game genre. Run, don’t walk, to play the best games about jumping as skillfully as possible.

Nintendo's legacy started with 2D platformers and continues to thrive on the Switch. The Nintendo Switch's versatile platforming catalog offers casual experiences, like Gris, and more challenging ...

If speed-running is your jam, Unless by Bellwood Studios is a perfect fit. A minimalist, 2D pixel-art platformer, Unless strips back the complexities of story and world-building, instead focusing ...

But Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is still a competent update and easily the best way to play one of the greatest 2D platformers Nintendo has released this century.

Originally made by the folks at Retro Studios and now remastered by prolific Switch publisher and porting house Forever Entertainment, this challenging 2D platformer is itself an attempt to ...

Jumping is such a foundational verb that elements of the platformer can be found just about anywhere, from 2D sidescrollers to 3D action adventures to today’s open-world sandboxes. Pure ...