

After all, Crash Bandicoot is one of the oldest and most iconic names in the platforming genre, and we weren't ready to let go of his wildness just yet. As a result, it easily flings its way onto our list of the best platformers on PlayStation 5. Story aside, the action gameplay, mystery, and sense of adventure are all off the charts in Sonic Frontiers. A key item required to defeat the Titans, and reunite Sonic with his friends. Now you must openly explore the world, or blazingly speed through it we should say, grinding rails and jumping from platforms, in search of Chaos Emeralds. In Sonic Frontiers, Sonic and his friends fall through a wormhole and end up being dispersed throughout the Starfall Islands. Though those ideas don't seem to mesh all that well, they truly pulled it off.

As a result, they created an open-world platform experience. Although it is open-world, the developers, Sonic Team, did not lose sight of the notion that Sonic is primarily a platformer. That being, it's the first Sonic game to bring an open-world concept into the series. Since it took the franchise's iconic gameplay in a vastly different direction. However, his latest title, Sonic Frontiers might.

Speaking of iconic characters, especially for platformers, we have Sonic – who needs no introduction. So, if you're looking for a light-hearted and amusing platformer to try out, Fall Guys is the way to go. And to answer your question, yes, it doe's offer cross-play between all systems. This also opens up unique team-based game modes, which require a lot of teamwork if you want to come out on top. Furthermore, it offers team-based matches in which you can squad up with friends to compete for gold alongside one another. It will be even more music to your ears to hear that Fall Guys recently went free for everyone. That's why we couldn't help but include it in our list of the best platformers on PlayStation 5. Overall the entire concept is endlessly entertaining. From racing to the finish line to trying not to plummet to your elimination. In essence, 60 players hop into a match and compete on over 60 crazy obstacle course-style maps.

Instead, we give you Fall Guys, an obstacle course battle-royale platformer with jelly bean-like players. We know we said platformers can produce great story-driven titles, that's why it's a little ironic our first title doesn't deliver on that front.
