4 Types of 2D Platformers to Play (And Where to Find Them!)

Platform games have been played on home consoles and PC for many decades - do you know the four types of platformer out there?

We'll take you through the 4 types, show you a few games that break out of the mold, and tell you where to find them today!

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
00:20 Title & Overview
01:34 Type 1 - Classic
03:02 Type 2 - Run n Gun
04:00 Type 3 - Puzzle
05:06 Type 4 - Exploration
06:27 Where to Play
07:06 Outro

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[WhatGameBefore]

Games covered in this video:
- Super Mario Bros
- Limbo
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps
- Mega Man
- Super Mario Bros 3
- Super Mario World
- Super Mario 64
- Braid
- Bionic Commando Rearmed
- Deadlight
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic Mania
- Mega Man 11
- Kid Icarus
- Celeste
- Ghosts 'n' Goblins
- Contra
- E-SWAT
- Metal Slug X
- Altered Beast
- Another World
- Prince of Persia
- Flashback
- Hue
- Sonic CD
- Super Metroid
- Castlevania
- Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- Dead Cells
- Iconoclasts

[mariowario]

Enemies in megaman arent just obstacles that can be jumped over, they are roadblocks which require your attention and effort to fight, there is a good balance between combat and platforming in megaman, which is why I consider it an action platformer, and not just a hop and bop, or simple retro platforming game which soully focuses on jumping over obstacles and tricky jumps above all things

[mangymetal]

Never came to the realization that puzzle+platform was the type of platform i like the most. Thanks for that.

[ChicagoRetroGamer]

Awesome video, and really digging the games you highlighted! Cheers and rock on!

[Alianger]

Mine looks a little different (I would add action platformer and collectathon, maybe endless runner too) but this was a well structured and edited breakdown.

[OmegaAceGaming]

Found you via Twitter. I'll be saving and checking out a few of your videos, buddy!

It's nice to meet you!

[AFriendRemembers]

That's a nice way of breaking them down. Great video

[ThiagoSantosAirboy]

Thank you! I’m creating a game and I needed some references. I definitely got it here! Thank you!!!

[thundermse]

Love the video, some great choices and good presentation!

[ypesh]

Excellent video very informative and interesting 🎉

[GreyWolfLeaderTW]

It's interesting to watch this video, even though I'm more into 3D platformers.

[RewindArcade]

Thoroughly enjoyed this man, incredible work, especially for your first video ever!

I always find it strange that people classify the Ghosts ‘n Goblins series in the Run & Gun/Shmup subgenre since I feel it falls much more into the “classic” platformer one. That’s what’s so interesting about genre discussions though. Everyone has different definitions and stipulations of their own.

GnG is also a weird franchise because the first two games are more action heavy, but then slowly focus more on pure platforming, and eventually shift into exploration. Kinda cool to see how it transitioned so much over 35 years.

Thanks for the video man!

[consvolt-void]

I think precision platformers like Celest and Super Meat Boy and auto runners like Geomatry Dash and 8-Bit Runner should have gotten their own sections.

Besides that, great video.

[garylikesgames]

This was really well done! Consider me a fan!

[Econence]

Is that the Subnautica music I hear for the Exploration segment, lol?

[BigOleWords]

Great video man! I would maybe say there's a distinction between the action platformers like Mega Man and the traditional platformer like Super Mario Bros just in terms of how weapons are used.

There's also arcade puzzle ups like Donkey Kong, and also beat em ups with platforming elements like Double Dragon.

[macmacox]

The Humans and Three Vikings are big influences to the 2d puzzle platformer even more so than braid.

[TigerChainsawVideoGames]

Again, such a well done video! Really enjoyed it. If I had to rank my favorite genres of the platformer from your video I'd go... 1. Exploration. 2. Classic. 3. Run and Gun. 4. Puzzle. Have you played The Final Station? I highly recommend it. It's a great explorative platformer.

[Kazzildo]

Nice video. I'm a big fan of 2D platformers. All types can be fun to play, but I love the Metroidvanias, specially after Symphony of the Night. After Hollow Night I became even more interested in indie Metroidvanias and retro style platformers, either with the classic mechanics or introducing more modern ones.

[misterperson]

What type is the Monolith game Captain Claw?