List of other 3D platformers (unlike Banjo-Kazooie)
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 3:14 pm
Since I posted a , I decided to create a second list for other 3D platform games which don't meet all of the criteria. There are many, many platformers out there that play vastly different than Banjo but are still a lot of fun - so let's have a look at them!
Crash Bandicoot
(PSX/PSN)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
(PSX/PSN)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
(PSX/PSN)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
(PS2/GCN/XB)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck
(N64)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Rayman 2: The Great Escape/Rayman DS/Rayman 3D
(Windows/N64/PSX/XB/DC/PSN/iOS/NDS/3DS)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Scaler
(XB/GCN/PS2)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Sonic Adventure
(DC)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut
(GCN)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Sonic Adventure 2
(DC)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
(GCN)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Sonic Generations
(PS3/X360/Windows/3DS)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Sonic Lost World
(Wii U/3DS)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Super Mario 3D Land
(3DS)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Super Mario 3D World
(Wii U)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Super Mario Galaxy
(Wii/Wii U VC)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Super Mario Galaxy 2
(Wii/Wii U VC)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
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Upcoming 3D Jump 'n' Runs
A Hat In Time
(Windows/OS X)
Clive 'N' Wrench
(Windows/OS X/Linux/Wii U)
Groovy
(Windows)
Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
(PS3/PS4/Wii U/XB360/XBO/3DS/PSV/Windows)
Lobodestroyo
(Wii U/Linux/Windows/OS X/PSN/XBLA/Ouya)
Lucky's Tale
(Oculus Rift)
Oliver & Spike: Dimension Jumpers
(PS2/PS3/Wii/XB/XB360/Windows/OS X/Android/iOS)
Poi
(Windows)
Psychonauts 2
(PS4/XBO/Windows/OS X/Linux)
Ratchet & Clank (2016)
(PS4)
Spooky Poo's Happy Hell
(Windows/OS X/Linux)
Yooka-Laylee
(Windows/OS X/Linux/PSN/Wii U/XBLA)
Crash Bandicoot
(PSX/PSN)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
(PSX/PSN)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
(PSX/PSN)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
(PS2/GCN/XB)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck
(N64)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Rayman 2: The Great Escape/Rayman DS/Rayman 3D
(Windows/N64/PSX/XB/DC/PSN/iOS/NDS/3DS)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Scaler
(XB/GCN/PS2)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Sonic Adventure
(DC)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut
(GCN)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Sonic Adventure 2
(DC)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
(GCN)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Sonic Generations
(PS3/X360/Windows/3DS)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Sonic Lost World
(Wii U/3DS)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Super Mario 3D Land
(3DS)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Super Mario 3D World
(Wii U)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Super Mario Galaxy
(Wii/Wii U VC)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
Super Mario Galaxy 2
(Wii/Wii U VC)
platforming:
open 3D worlds:
exploration-driven gameplay:
progress through collectibles:
learnable moves:
hub world/huge coherent world:
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Upcoming 3D Jump 'n' Runs
A Hat In Time
(Windows/OS X)
Clive 'N' Wrench
(Windows/OS X/Linux/Wii U)
Groovy
(Windows)
Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
(PS3/PS4/Wii U/XB360/XBO/3DS/PSV/Windows)
Lobodestroyo
(Wii U/Linux/Windows/OS X/PSN/XBLA/Ouya)
Lucky's Tale
(Oculus Rift)
Oliver & Spike: Dimension Jumpers
(PS2/PS3/Wii/XB/XB360/Windows/OS X/Android/iOS)
Poi
(Windows)
Psychonauts 2
(PS4/XBO/Windows/OS X/Linux)
Ratchet & Clank (2016)
(PS4)
Spooky Poo's Happy Hell
(Windows/OS X/Linux)
Yooka-Laylee
(Windows/OS X/Linux/PSN/Wii U/XBLA)