Upcoming platformer games in 2027

Find your lost voices in a co-op platformer adventure. Together with a friend, via online cross-platform or couch co-op, explore the wild, colorful realm of Vokabulantis as Kurt and Karla in a story about the first time they held hands — where everything you see is crafted by hand.

Get ready to freely explore the World Beyond using Copy Abilities in Kirby and the World Beyond, the latest 3D Kirby adventure, coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in spring 2027!

Mega Man returns in 2027 with a brand-new entry in the classic action platforming series! Override challenges and blast down legions of robots while springboarding across a new array of futuristic frontiers!

Mariachi Legends is an action-packed mystery Metroidvania game. In Mariachi Legends, Join fantastical festivities at the Day of the Dead carnival alongside Detective Pablo Cruz, currently masquerading as a mariachi player to investigate an evil curse looming over the serene town of Santa Mascota.

Decades after the outbreak, you play as a survivor stranded in an old-world suburban neighborhood. Explore the lives of people Long Gone through their forgotten belongings and uncover secrets as you search for supplies in this 2.5D pixel puzzle platformer inspired by adventure games of old.

It’s eat or be eaten! Take control of Samus Aran, a renowned bounty hunter ambushed by unknown attackers and marooned on an unfamiliar moon. Gather your arsenal, navigate a maze of corridors, hunt down powerful bosses, and use your newly awakened Metroid instincts to devour your foes. You’ll need to strike quickly and aggressively with beams, missiles, and more—lest you become the enemy’s next meal.

Unravel the dark history of the Bloodstained universe and explore a hauntingly immersive 16th-century England steeped in a 2.5D gothic atmosphere, enthralling players in strategic battles, crafting, and exploration across a sprawling, cursed land.

Trine 6: Together in Time is a co-op puzzle platformer for 1-4 players. Wit, timing, and teamwork collide as you solve perplexing puzzles, engage cunning creatures, and traverse perilous paths in the next adventure through Trines iconic fantasy world.

Croak is a nimble -and challenging- precision platformer featuring an innovative grapple mechanic. Use the prince’s tongue to dash and bounce around through hundreds of hand-crafted rooms. Manipulate the environment as you traverse distinct biomes, each with unique gameplay mechanics and bosses.

Play a sneaky & brutal Skaven Assassin in this new, refreshing but gritty take on the 2D Action platformer genre.

"Where will their light lead them?" Kitsune is a fox girl who finds herself on Adashino Island and starts travelling with her Frog friend. Neon signs give light and color to the island with a Japanese-inspired atmosphere. Something is lurking in the shadows, inching ever closer...

Play as Uja in this 3D bubble-punk platformer blending action and adventure. Jump, glide, fight, and walk on walls using your Gum-powered abilities. Outsmart the traps of the mysterious Mister Gum and climb floor by floor through a factory filled with secrets, puzzles, and surprises.

Manage a game studio making the world’s greatest MMORPG. Hire designers, coders, and testers, create a fantasy world, then welcome hundreds of virtual players. If they get bored they will cancel their subscription and your investors will have your head. You can even play the game you create.

Help Zozo find his way home in this cartoon-inspired Metroidvania platformer. Pillow-fight sentient pastries, train under an octopus master, and brave a cybernetic jungle as you explore the vibrant landscapes of Zozo's dreams.

Aokaki is a fast-paced 2D platformer where you play as an isopod ronin. Explore fun and challenging levels while battling against the forces of the evil Shogun in this bug inhabited pixelart world.

Explore the valley of the towering Grantree, battle grand beasts, and find out what’s driving the creatures in these forgotten lands mad. Discover secrets, make new friends, and find powerful lost relics. Take on fearsome bosses, and uncover the truth of the wild frenzy.

Whisk is a two-player platformer about shared movement and communication. Coordinate jumps, climbs and throws with a partner to get every Dreamcat home.

You will become a pilot of the mech “Icarus,” which has tremendous maneuverability. You will enjoy a fight and face large powerful armies and rivals by moving from skimming the surface of the sea to the cloud with Icarus. This game is a high-speed mech shooting game capable of firing massive amounts of missiles.

PIGGY ONE SUPER SPARK is a single-player action game starring Xiamy, Yuez, and a lost newborn baby they happen to find. Follow the trio in their chaotic but heart-warming adventure!

Tricky O'Possum has been hit with a sleep curse, trapping him in Caster's dream domain! With the help of his new pal Volt, he's gotta collect the keys to Caster's Castle and beat him up to break the curse. Utilize Tricky's expressive, free-form moveset to explore the various worlds of the Astral Plane, all inspired by the library of a certain ill-fated 6th gen console.

Chunky JUMP! is a short horror platformer where you must survive through the night on your BIRD BOY. But beware... the Ghabbit is hunting.

Steampunk pixel-art precision platformer where you toggle platforms on and off using colored crystals. With only one active at a time, each grants a different movement ability, changing how you move and how the level works, blending high-skill platforming with spatial puzzles!

Explore an alien planet as a fierce little rover on a run-based mission to rescue a lost crew and uncover their secrets.

Your time is running out. Kill to take it back. Sprint, wall-run, and shoot through shifting dream worlds in a fast-paced movement-shooter roguelite as Aina fights to wake humanity from the perfect dream.