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3D Platformer hidden gems on Steam
Every game here is tagged 3D Platformer on Steam, sits between 1,000 and 5,000 reviews, is rated at least 80% positive, and carries a catch drawn from its own negative reviews. All 45 of them. How these pages are made.
A 3D platformer where SpongeBob uses cosmic costumes to navigate wish worlds, featuring platforming skills and character interactions. It offers a lighthearted, nostalgic adventure with familiar characters and music.
What players likedPlayers compare it to Battle for Bikini Bottom, praising its fun platforming, varied levels, and authentic SpongeBob humor.
The catchLevels are linear and near identical, so the platforming and combat turn repetitive fast.
Games like SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake →
Ben and Ed83% positive from 4,796 reviews201512% finish itDeck Unsupported
A 3D zombie platformer where you lose limbs to solve puzzles and overcome deadly obstacle courses in a grotesque game show. The feel is dark humor and challenging survival.
What players likedPlayers praise its creative, challenging platforming with interesting narrative and music, reminiscent of classic fun and engaging titles.
The catchFrequent crashes and broken ragdoll physics make much of the difficulty feel unfair.
Games like Ben and Ed →
This is a stealth horror game where you sneak into a neighbor's house. Its core loop involves an AI learning your tactics to counter your exploration.
What players likedPlayers praise Alpha 1 as the peak of Hello Neighbor, offering improved puzzles, a scary neighbor, and a unique art style.
The catchThe build is buggy and glitchy, so hours of play can end with little progress.
Games like Hello Neighbor Alpha 1 →
This is a comic-style platformer where players use a grappling hook and slicing abilities to alter the environment. It features a humorous story and a destructible world with indie music.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique terrain deformation mechanics, unlike other 3D platformers, for its impressive physics-based arsenal.
The catchFloaty, over-sensitive controls make the platforming feel rough and imprecise.
Games like Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers →
Grimhook98% positive from 4,079 reviews2023Deck Playable
Fast-paced first-person action-adventure with platforming and combat. Players use abilities to traverse and fight robotic enemies in a hand-painted, somber world.
What players likedPlayers praise its smooth grappling hook movement, parkour, and engaging combat, feeling like a promising demo for a full game.
The catchRuns badly for its simple visuals, with poor optimisation and creeping input lag.
Games like Grimhook →
2D/3D action-adventure with a signature mechanic of jumping between worlds. It features puzzle-solving and mini-challenges in a storybook setting.
What players likedPlayers praise its creative 2D/3D world-shifting mechanics and beautiful art, often comparing it to a relaxing, accessible Zelda-like adventure.
The catchConstant dialogue and hints interrupt play and spoon feed nearly every puzzle solution.
Games like The Plucky Squire →
A 3D platformer where players use Quantum Masks to bend reality. It features fast-paced action and character switching.
What players likedPlayers praise "Crash Bandicoot 4" as a faithful, challenging, and fun return to the classic formula, reminiscent of the original trilogy.
The catchCompletionist challenges are punishingly difficult
Games like Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time →
ScooterFlow95% positive from 3,959 reviews2026Deck Playable
A physics-based freestyle scooter simulator. Players perform tricks in skateparks and streets, with realistic physics and multiplayer options.
What players likedPlayers compare ScooterFlow to Skate 3, praising its deep customization and engaging trick system.
The catchThe same stick input often produces a different trick, so nothing lands consistently.
Games like ScooterFlow →
Get To Work89% positive from 3,482 reviews202414% finish itDeck Playable
This is a challenging narrative platformer with a unique rollerblade movement system. It features a satirical story about corporate climbing, rewarding fast movement and offering collectible podcast audio.
The catchMuch of the difficulty comes from janky physics and controls rather than level design.
Games like Get To Work →
FrostRunner95% positive from 3,412 reviews20197% finish it
First-person speedrunning platformer with crystal tethering in a frozen world. Players race against a timer through 36 levels, aiming for high leaderboard scores.
What players likedPlayers praise its neat, lightweight experience, reminiscent of a short, easy tutorial.
The catchIt crashes constantly, often every level or two, which breaks up the short campaign.
Games like FrostRunner →
Snake Pass80% positive from 3,323 reviews20173% finish itDeck Verified
Snake Pass is a physics-based puzzle platformer where players control a snake. Its core loop involves slithering and coiling through levels to solve environmental puzzles.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique, masterful snake movement in a 3D collectathon.
The catchThe snake controls fight you constantly and slip off holds you thought were secure.
Games like Snake Pass →
This is an open-world boss climbing adventure game. Players scale massive beasts and explore a frozen world to survive and uncover secrets.
What players likedPlayers praise "Praey for the Gods" for its "Shadow of the Colossus"-like giant titan boss fights, open world, and sense of scale.
The catchTacked on survival and durability chores add busywork without improving the boss fights.
Games like Praey for the Gods →
Blue Fire81% positive from 3,066 reviews202116% finish itDeck Verified
This is a 3D metroidvania platformer focused on fast-paced combat and precision movement. Players explore a fallen kingdom, overcome platforming challenges, and upgrade their abilities.
What players likedPlayers praise Blue Fire as a fun and challenging 3D platformer, often compared to a Soulslike with enjoyable movement.
The catchThe combat is shallow and unsatisfying, mostly mashing attack on trivial enemies.
Games like Blue Fire →
September 7th88% positive from 3,006 reviews202363% finish itDeck Playable
This is a short, realistic psychological horror walking simulator about a student experiencing strange events after receiving a Christmas elf doll. The game focuses on atmosphere and a simple narrative.
What players likedPlayers praise its eerie atmosphere, graphics, and jump scares, comparing it to other horror games from Emika Games.
The catchHorror rests almost entirely on cheap jump scares with little real tension.
Games like September 7th →
Papo & Yo93% positive from 2,870 reviews201332% finish itDeck Playable
A narrative puzzle-adventure game where players use a monster's emotions to solve environmental puzzles. It's a surreal, personal story about friendship and addiction.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique, impactful experience, often comparing it to a profound journey rather than other games.
The catchThe puzzles boil down to running between highlighted switches and get boring fast.
Games like Papo & Yo →
Wavetale88% positive from 2,742 reviews202216% finish itDeck Playable
This is a story-driven action-adventure game where players walk on water and swing between buildings. It features exploration, combat, and character interaction in a decaying archipelago.
What players likedWavetale is a charming adventure, praised for its beautiful world, engaging story, and fantastic surfing traversal, reminiscent of Journey or Sly Cooper.
The catchCombat is one button and most of the game is repetitive travel with no challenge.
Games like Wavetale →
Lorn's Lure86% positive from 2,710 reviews202427% finish itDeck Verified
First-person narrative platformer with climb-anything mechanics. It features retro 3D graphics and a dark, foreboding atmosphere.
What players likedPlayers praise its atmospheric, precision platforming and exploration, reminiscent of Mirror's Edge, NaissanceE, and classic platformers.
The catchThe calm exploration collapses into a punishing timed final chapter that ruins the game.
Games like Lorn's Lure →
This is a 3D platformer where players use boomerangs to defeat enemies and solve puzzles. The game features exploration of Australian Outback environments with a classic feel.
What players likedPlayers praise Ty as a smooth, colorful 3D platformer with diverse boomerangs, reminiscent of classic Jump 'n' Run titles.
The catchProgress leans on tedious collectible hunts through big, bland, largely empty levels.
Games like TY the Tasmanian Tiger →
Phantom Abyss81% positive from 2,234 reviews202411% finish itDeck Verified
Asynchronous multiplayer roguelike where players use phantom replays of others to navigate procedurally generated temples and claim relics. It's a challenging, one-shot temple run with a focus on learning from past failures.
What players likedPlayers praise its fluid movement and engaging gameplay cycle, reminiscent of a roguelike adventure.
The catchTemples often generate with blocked exits, making runs impossible, and it is unpatched.
Games like Phantom Abyss →
The Upturned99% positive from 2,159 reviews202242% finish itDeck Verified
A first-person trip up through the floors of an inn for the dead, where hopping and hurling furniture is how you deal with each of its ten-plus monstrous residents.
What players likedPlayers praise The Upturned as a charming and engaging horror-comedy adventure-platformer, even comparing it favorably to other Zeekerss games.
The catchSlippery platforming and repetitive level structure wear the joke thin fast.
Games like The Upturned →
A first-person puzzle-platformer where players switch dimensions to manipulate object properties and solve environmental challenges in a surreal mansion.
What players likedPlayers praise it as a clever first-person puzzler with inventive challenges using unique dimensional mechanics.
The catchSolutions are easy; the real challenge is fiddly, frustrating precision platforming.
Games like Quantum Conundrum →
Red Trigger89% positive from 2,017 reviews201611% finish itDeck Playable
FPS puzzle game where you manipulate expanding red blocks to solve environmental challenges. It features strategic energy management and physics-based platforming.
What players likedPlayers praise Red Trigger as an enjoyable platform shooter, comparing it to classic titles in the genre.
The catchRiddled with game breaking bugs, and the paid remake plays worse than the free original.
Games like Red Trigger →
AtmaSphere80% positive from 1,978 reviews201816% finish it
AtmaSphere is a medieval roll-a-ball puzzle game. Players guide a ball through challenging levels, collecting items while avoiding traps.
What players likedPlayers praise AtmaSphere as a charming, skill-based ball-rolling game with smooth physics and gradually increasing difficulty, perfect for short sessions.
The catchDifficulty spikes hard while checkpoints sit far apart and the ball physics feel unfair.
Games like AtmaSphere →
Grow Up92% positive from 1,921 reviews201611% finish itDeck Verified
A 3D exploration and platformer where you collect spaceship parts by bouncing, gliding, and growing plants. It's a whimsical adventure focused on traversal and environmental interaction.
What players likedPlayers praise its relaxing exploration and physics, comparing it to games like Astroneer and its predecessor, Home.
The catchThe controls stay floaty and the physics jank makes precise movement a constant fight.
Games like Grow Up →
Cyber Hook95% positive from 1,920 reviews2020Deck Verified
This is a fast-paced 3D parkour platformer featuring grappling hook traversal and laser combat in a retrowave setting. Players use physics-bending mechanics to overcome over 70 challenging levels.
What players likedPlayers praise this speedrunning, futuristic, retro-stylish grapple-platformer for its momentum-based gameplay and varied routes, similar to Super Mario bonus stages.
The catchThe story just stops with no real ending, since the finale sits behind paid DLC.
Games like Cyber Hook →
Action-platformer with a fast-paced combat and movement system. Players explore stages, find powers, and race for speed.
What players likedPlayers praise Spark 3 as the best "Sonic" game, with stellar combat, challenging levels, and compelling replayability.
The catchThe forced combat is shallow button mashing that keeps stalling the fast platforming.
Games like Spark the Electric Jester 3 →
Sludge Life95% positive from 1,889 reviews2020Deck Verified
First-person open-world exploration game focused on vandalism and discovery. Players tag graffiti, interact with NPCs, and uncover secrets on a polluted island.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique art style, enjoyable exploration, and quirky characters, creating a relaxing, stress-free open-world adventure.
The catchStrong style, but the gameplay is thin and wandering around gets dull within an hour.
Games like Sludge Life →
This is a 3D platformer where players rescue family by dodging ghosts and solving puzzles. It features unique PAC-MAN abilities like butt-bouncing and rev-rolling.
What players likedPlayers praise this 2.5D platformer for its well-made levels, good controls, and enjoyable boss fights, comparing it favorably to its sequel.
The catchLevels repeat the same easy fetch and backtrack loop until it turns boring.
Games like PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC →
OlliOlli World90% positive from 1,841 reviews20221% finish itDeck Verified
This is a skateboarding action-platformer with a signature flow state mechanic. It offers accessible, deep gameplay with player freedom and a vibrant, eccentric feel.
What players likedPlayers praise OlliOlli World as a beautiful, fun, and smooth platformer with ideally balanced difficulty, reminiscent of other fast-paced games.
The catchA 2K terms update added always online checks and broad data collection after launch.
Games like OlliOlli World →
A low-poly 3D collect-a-thon platformer where players use a kiwi's wall-sticking ability to explore non-linear levels. It evokes a late 90s console feel.
What players likedPlayers praise its charming, nostalgic platforming and tight controls, reminiscent of classic collectathons.
The catchLevels are empty and offer almost no challenge, and it is over in about an hour.
Games like Super Kiwi 64 →
Lunistice96% positive from 1,783 reviews202237% finish itDeck Verified
A linear 3D platformer with 32-bit era inspiration. Players collect items and race for high scores through dreamscapes.
What players likedPlayers praise Lunistice as a charming, fast-paced 3D platformer with bite-sized levels and fun movement, reminiscent of classic platformers.
The catchChasing the hidden collectibles breaks the flow and often means replaying whole levels.
Games like Lunistice →
Corn Kidz 6494% positive from 1,777 reviews2023Deck Verified
A 3D platformer with weighty goat-based combat and exploration, featuring a retro 64-bit aesthetic and cartoon animation.
What players likedPlayers praise its smooth N64-authentic 3D platforming, comparing it to retro classics like Earthworm Jim 3D and Pseudoregalia.
The catchWall jumps and mid-air moves fail unpredictably, and the camera fights you constantly.
Games like Corn Kidz 64 →
This is a remastered action-adventure game collection featuring puzzle-solving and exploration. Players control Lara Croft through challenging tombs and ancient mysteries.
What players likedPlayers praise the remastered visuals, quality-of-life improvements, and the ambitious, atmospheric, and puzzle-focused adventures reminiscent of classic Tomb Raider.
The catchControls stay clumsy and unresponsive, and the new modern option does not fix them.
Games like Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered →
Hell Pie90% positive from 1,726 reviews202215% finish itDeck Verified
Obscene 3D platformer where you use an angel companion as a grappling hook and weapon to collect disgusting ingredients. It's a twisted mascot platformer with shocking sights and repugnant characters.
What players likedPlayers praise Hell Pie's unique dark humor, exploration, and platforming, comparing it to A Hat in Time, Oddworld, and Spyro.
The catchNonstop gross out and toilet humor lands as juvenile shock value rather than comedy.
Games like Hell Pie →
3D platformer where players use paint and thinner to alter environments and influence the story. It features classic Disney characters and reimagined levels with improved controls and movement.
What players likedPlayers praise this collectathon platformer with light immersive sim elements and moral choices for its beautiful art style and Disney history references.
The catchAreas and collectibles lock away permanently with no warning and no manual save.
Games like Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed →
A trippy arcade platformer where players use flips and dashes without a jump button to collect items in retro levels. It features a narrative puzzle with quirky characters on Granny's Island.
What players likedPlayers praise this charming N64-style collectathon platformer for its unique dash mechanic, tight controls, and excellent level design, reminiscent of Mario Sunshine or Crazy Taxi.
The catchThe jump is finicky and inconsistent, which ruins the frequent precision platforming.
Games like Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom →
Postmouse90% positive from 1,597 reviews2023Deck Unsupported
This is a third-person puzzle platformer where players deliver mail through a ruined mansion. The core loop involves exploration, environmental puzzles, and interacting with animal characters.
What players likedPlayers praise "Postmouse" as a charming, cute, and visually stunning 3D platformer with exploration and heartfelt themes.
The catchThe movement is slippery and imprecise, so short drops and edges kill constantly.
Games like Postmouse →
A surreal N64-style 3D platformer where you collect items to gain abilities and solve puzzles to rescue siblings. It's a non-violent exploration and platforming adventure.
What players likedPlayers praise this charming N64-esque collectathon platformer for its whimsical world, good level design, and engaging gameplay, reminiscent of Spyro and Banjo-Kazooie.
The catchlater puzzles become unclear with little guidance
Games like Cavern of Dreams →
Action-adventure game with puzzle-solving and spell-casting. Features cooperative play and a lighthearted, family-friendly tone.
What players likedPlayers say it's like other LEGO games with a familiar formula, praised for its collectathon itch, open-world exploration, and nostalgic humor.
The catchFrequent crashes and old unfixed bugs block progress and lock out 100% completion.
Games like LEGO® Harry Potter™ Collection →
Orbos Odyssey98% positive from 1,488 reviews202372% finish itDeck Verified
This is a fast-paced 3D platformer where players launch a character through time trials and collect items. It features puzzle-solving and momentum-based movement.
What players likedPlayers praise Orbos Odyssey as a unique, fast-paced 3D platformer with creative design and satisfying movement, despite a learning curve.
The catchThe whole thing is over in about an hour, which is thin for the asking price.
Games like Orbos Odyssey →
Cozy 3D platformer where players explore islands, make friends, and complete tasks. The core loop involves helping quirky animal characters to earn coins and progress.
What players likedPlayers praise its charming collectathon gameplay, cute art style, and cozy vibes, often comparing its movement to A Hat in Time.
The catchBugs are everywhere: objects fail to load and collisions fling you across the map.
Games like Here Comes Niko! →
Solar Ash90% positive from 1,462 reviews202232% finish itDeck Playable
Fast-paced 3D action-adventure with gravity-defying traversal and boss fights. Explore a surreal void to save your planet.
What players likedPlayers praise its beautiful visuals and movement, comparing it to Jet Set Radio and Shadow of the Colossus.
The catchMovement and camera feel floaty and imprecise, which makes the platforming frustrating.
Games like Solar Ash →
This is an asymmetrical multiplayer game where cowboys must escape a giant worm. The worm hunts players by sensing ground contact, creating a tense chase and evasion experience.
What players likedPlayers praise its fun, customizable gameplay and generous friend pass, making it a top choice for playing with many friends.
The catchBalance tilts hard toward the worm, leaving pardner players with almost no way to win.
Games like Last Train Outta Wormtown →
Tinykin97% positive from 1,353 reviews202246% finish itDeck Verified
A 3D platformer where you collect tiny creatures to solve puzzles and explore a giant world. It has a charming, adventurous feel.
What players likedPlayers praise Tinykin as a delightful 3D collect-a-thon platformer, often compared to Pikmin for its charming creature-based puzzles.
The catchThere is almost no challenge or real puzzles, just collecting in every corner.
Games like Tinykin →
Find Yourself84% positive from 1,314 reviews202164% finish itDeck Playable
A short first-person horror walking sim set in subway cars. A man with post-traumatic stress slips into the astral plane and walks back through the phobias his childhood left him, finding hidden secrets.
The catchThe horror is just loud, cheap jump scares repeated until they stop working.
Games like Find Yourself →
