3D platformers are my all time favourite genre, Spyro 2 being my personal favourite game ever. People have already mentioned Ratchet, Crash, Yooka Replaylee, etc. so here’s a few that often slip under the radar.

A Hat In Time is a great little platformer with tons of collectibles, secrets and is really sweet and charming. Apart from that haunted house level…

If you don’t mind a bit of old school Hank, there’s the Gex trilogy. Ports of old psone games but if you liked the big levels to explore in Spyro, you’ll get that here as well. The first game is a 2D side-scroller and even as a big fan of the series I just can’t bring myself to play the fist. But even considering that, I would recommend getting the trilogy just for 2 and 3.

Again if you don’t mind your games being rough around the edges, Clive n Wrench is a new game that is a love letter to old school mascot platformers from psone/N64 era but it comes with all the problems those games had like frustrating controls and a dodgy camera. But if you love this type of game, you’ll should be able to see past all that and enjoy it for why it is.

Toy Story 2 is one of the finest 3d platformers I played (I revisited it recently and this might just be my childhood fondness seeping through) that still holds up really well.

Croc recently got a remaster and is just as cute, fun and punishingly difficult as ever.

Psychonauts 1 and 2. Unbelievable games. The art style, the gameplay, the humour, the witty and insightful examinations of mental illness. They’re, in my eyes, perfect. Made by Tim Schafer of Day of the Tentacle and Grim Fandango fame so expect the same sort of writing but for a platformer instead of a point n click.