Platformer

Platform games organise play around movement through designed spaces, asking the player to judge jumps, momentum, hazards, routes and the use of character abilities. The category includes precise side-scrollers, three-dimensional collectathons, puzzle-platform games, action-led adventures and licensed releases, but excludes games where a brief jumping section is only a minor activity.

This tag groups analysis of level construction, control response, checkpoints, collectibles, secrets, difficulty and the ways movement systems develop across a campaign. It also supports guides, accessibility discussion, remake and port comparisons, technical testing and preservation for releases whose hardware or digital availability has changed.