Be sure to check back on December 20 to see IGN's Best Platformer of 2017 winner. And of course our opinion isn't the only one that matters — cast your vote in the poll at the bottom of the page to help decide the IGN People's Choice selection!
From IGN's Cuphead Review: As tough as it is beautiful, Cuphead won't be to everyone's tastes, but there's absolutely no doubting its quality. Rather than simply offering the player what they want, Cuphead makes them earn that right – the rewards, if you can hack the tests, are absolutely worth it. Cuphead is incredible for more than just its looks. But before you dive in, make sure you actually want a game that plays like this, and not just a game that looks like this.
From IGN's Awesome Games Roundup: Another challenging 2D platformer like Meat Boy, The End Is Nigh stands out with the way it strings together over 600 single-challenge screens to create an interconnected open-world adventure. It isn’t quite a Metroidvania, but there’s plenty of room for backtracking and discovering hidden rooms and secrets rather than following a linear path through each puzzle. While it’s darker in tone than Meat Boy (the black blob of a hero is reminiscent of Edmund McMillen’s earlier game, Gish), it still has that same crude humor you’ll either love or hate about McMillen’s work. But as a silly post-apocalyptic platformer, it does the job and does it well.
From IGN's A Hat in Time Review: Aside from its creative hats and hat-based abilities, A Hat in Timenever exactly feels like an inventive platformer. But it does its job well, even while suffering from the occasionally awkward camera issues that 3D platformers are often known for. It stands out, though, for its infectious and endearingly goofy personality, its creative and widely different levels, and its enjoyable platforming.
Disclosure: Humble Bundle (the publisher of A Hat in Time) is owned by IGN Entertainment, IGN’s parent company. Humble Bundle and IGN operate completely independently.
Hollow Knight is a triumph of modern metroidvania game design. It’s set in a sprawling subterranean kingdom inhabited by adorable bug people - but it’s a kingdom long past its prime, and there’s history and lore to find hidden in every corner. The world is twisting and non-linear, with dozens of branching paths broken up by challenging platforming sections and epic boss fights. Hollow Knight’s world is massive and rich, and it’s up to you to decide how you want to jump, dash, and fight your way through it.
From IGN's Little Nightmares Review: Like Hide and Seek, Little Nightmares confidently captures the exhilarating fear of waiting to be found by something that’s hunting you. But it also replicates the alien horror of being a child that doesn’t understand what’s happening to and around them, and of a seemingly familiar environment turned into a series of opportunities for safety and danger. Smart, grotesque and never-endingly weird, this is a very different, extremely welcome kind of horror game that will leave you wanting more than its brief five hours provides.
From IGN's Rain World Review: Rain World is astonishingly good-looking and absurdly cruel, a 2D action-platformer that thrills almost as often as it makes you throw down the controller in despair. Its basic gameplay rhythm is one of survival and reconnaissance – using Slugcat’s jumping prowess and whatever weaponised debris you can find, discover a safe room (as thinly spread and desperately welcome as Dark Souls’ bonfires), scout out enough food to hibernate safely, return to the safe room to reset the day cycle and save your map, then begin it all again. There’s no stated goal beyond this – a practically wordless storyline suggests that you’re guiding your Slugcat back to its family home, but what direction you head in across its sprawling map is up to you.
From IGN's Top 25 Switch Games: Dozens of retro-inspired 2D platforming games will likely come to Switch in its lifespan, but Slime-San’s unique blend of early Amiga game graphics, time-bending mechanics, and wet, slimy protagonist will continue to set it apart. With over 200 levels, tons of hidden collectibles, unlockable costumes and secret areas, hardcore platforming game players will find a ton to love in Slime-San.
From IGN's Sonic Mania Review: Even when Sonic Mania stumbles a bit, it’s only on little speedbumps in the road. It truly is the classic throwback longtime series fans have been clamoring for, but there’s plenty to love here even if you didn’t grow up with a Genesis. Sonic Mania is a stellar example of a retro revival done right.
From IGN's Sundered Review: Sundered takes the 2D Metroidvania platforming formula augments it with some successful ideas that all but reward you for dying. Its procedurally generated levels are hit and miss, as the dynamic parts come off as bland in comparison to Sundered's impressive hand-drawn areas and epic boss fights.
From IGN's Super Mario Odyssey Review: Mario’s games have been around for almost as long as game consoles have been a thing, but thankfully, he’s always evolving. Super Mario Odyssey delivers on that ongoing promise of originality and innovation: It distills the venerable series’ joyful, irreverent world and characters and best-in-class platforming action, and introduces a steady stream of new and unexpected mechanics. It’s all spun together into a generational masterpiece.
Voting closes on December 19, so cast your vote for Best Platformer now!
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