Good platform games on Steam for running?
7 years ago
Washington, USA
EmeraldAly
She/Her, They/Them
7 years ago

Not sure what else to add. I want to get more into running platformers, retro if possible, and I want to do it on PC. I don't own any consoles older than the original Xbox (at least not currently) and I'm not sure if/when I get "new" ones how easily I could capture from them. So....any good retro or retro-style platformers on Steam to run?

British Columbia, Canada

JumpJet Rex for 2D platformers

If you want a 3D Platformer, Madagascar is pretty epic.

For a first person puzzle/platformer, Polarity.

United States

Shovel Knight and Freedom Planet

Washington, USA
EmeraldAly
She/Her, They/Them
7 years ago

^ I actually have both of those for console already. Are the runs good enough to justify rebuying for PC? I've done it before.

And thanks for the suggestions all :)

Michigan, USA

Out There Somewhere, Polarity, Camera Obscura, and BEEP are often sold as a bundle on mega-sale. Whenever I get the chance I rant about how good OTS is. I'll spare you here, but check it out!

Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Abe's Oddysee. Quite hard to run but awesome game.

France

Cave Story, Kero Blaster (be careful, they require to mash buttons for speedrun)

VVVVVV

Sega classic packs on Steam if you're looking for some Megadrive's oldies

Environmental Station Alpha

Shantae's serie

FEZ

Broforce

Edited by the author 7 years ago
Vienna, Austria

My additions from my Steam-Games :P

3D: Cloudbuilt DeadCore Lovely Planet

2D: BattleBlock Theater ibb & obb Mega Man Legacy Collection (?)

United States

the consoles version of the games I suggest are as fast as PC

United States

Here's a list of PC Platformers on the site I could dig up: http://pastebin.com/1f5q1XVk

It's not all encompassing, it's the games that have Platformer tagged on them.

Edited by the author 7 years ago
Canada

There's already a lot of suggestions for you but I'll try. You can always emulate nintendo Nes or snes game there's a lot of great platformer to run on these but as for steam goes here's my suggestions

Teslagrad- A puzzle platformer where you change polarity of thing, really enjoyable speedrun you take one hit and you die but there's a lots of respawn points made by the game. the WR is around 21min.

Shovel knight- it was already state but a good platformer with a big community and ressources when you start running the game, a little bit more longuer then the others though WR around 43 min

Oniken- A fun platformer mostly inspired by old game like contra or ninja gaiden, it's a quick learn and really enjoyable there's a some rng in the game though WR Around 16:50

Völgarr the viking- quite a frustrating game but still a lot of fun just watched some speedruns didn't play it myself though WR around 15:30

Washington, USA
EmeraldAly
She/Her, They/Them
7 years ago

I'm uncomfortable ethically using emulator. I do not engage in piracy and the gray area between the two is a little too gray for my liking.

Thank you for your Steam suggestions :)

Edited by the author 7 years ago

You can get a lot of officially emulated Mega Drive games on Steam. You might want to avoid its Steam Workshop...

The Ys series of action RPGs is known for being a bunch of fast-playing games even casually; speedruns tend to work out pretty well. There's a trilogy (1 2 3) of Ys games that are RPG/platforming hybrids, with a heavy emphasis on the platforming. Maybe not quite what you're looking for, but I might as well plug.

Edited by the author 7 years ago
Nordjylland, Denmark

dragonball xonoverse

pretty cool fighting game and good story lines and stuff

South Carolina, USA

Castle of Illusion HD :D

New Jersey, USA

A couple that haven't been mentioned and that I consider beginner-friendly. They're also cheap:

Bloo Kid 2 (Available on steam, 3ds, and free on mobile. Lots of options for practicing.)

Mighty Gunvolt (Short run, board has plenty of categories, three characters for multiple play styles, available on steam and 3ds for portable practice, and very straight-forward platforming. Not to be confused with Azure Striker Gunvolt.)

Edited by the author 7 years ago