What are the most underrated and unknown platformers?

[Nerd_Solitude]

I don't think it's that obscure but Cave Story is highly underrated for how great of a game it is. I almost never hear people talk about it.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24]

I don't think it's that obscure but Cave Story is highly underrated for how great of a game it is. I almost never hear people talk about it.

A lot of indie hits are mentioned offhand or not at all nowadays. Braid, Fez, VVVVVV, and so on.

The ones I continue to hear about are Shovel Knight and Super Meat Boy.

 

[prnzo x BOOZE-o ka-BEER-o]

ok my head is drawing a blank (which obv is uncommon for me as I nearly always have the opposite problem) but uhm... the Rocket Knight/Sparkster franchise? all 4 are badass, top-notch Konami masterwurx. Metal Slug 1st n 2nd mission for NGPC? even though it's on lots of Sega compilations, it feels like Pulseman never got his due... Ristar maybe did, but not the former. also for Gen/MD - DecapAttack/Magical Hat's Turbo-Flying Adventure... Socket/Time Dominator... GameFAQs lists Impossible Mission for multiple 80's platforms n Zillion for SMS as 2D Plats but c'mon now. If the Wonder Boy/Monster World series n Simon's Quest are retroactively considered metroidvanias than Impossible Mission n ZiLLion certainly are as weLL. AstaL, Clockwork Knight 1 n 2, Bug n Bug Too!, Mr. Bones... there's too many, I will have to organize n compile a list for ya brvh - as you can tell I try to be thorough xD

 

[Ícaro Oliveira Santos]

Tomba! and its sequel Tomba! 2 are excellent and very underrated games in my opinion.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24]

View attachment 43182View attachment 43183Tomba! and its sequel Tomba! 2 are excellent and very underrated games in my opinion.

True! The PAL community loves them, but they never took over in the U.S., so that basically sealed their fate in a lot of ways. Super unfair how hard U.S. controls the narrative on retro games to be honest. Too many games get unfairly overlooked because they did poorly in the U.S.

 

[Antilocal123]

Rascal on the PlayStation, the BEST platformer ever created that revolutionized the genre and helped create the atmosphere for gaming we have today!

 

[Ícaro Oliveira Santos]

The Adventure of Little Ralph Slaps

 

[DaxterDotEXE]

GODS on the Amiga! (Also TURRICAN)

 

[stealthRUSH]

2D
Rocky Rodent
Hermie Hopperhead
Tempo, Super Tempo
Punky Skunk
Kitchen Panic
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa
DinoCity
TryRush Deppy
Marvel Land
Dragon Egg!

3D
Ling Rise
Super Magnetic Neo
Napple Tale
Ninja Jajamaru-kun Onigiri Ninpouchou
Shake Kids
Floating Runner
Dreams to Reality
Tiny Bullets
Doraemon Nobita to Fukkatsu no Hoshi
Ten Made Jack