Top 15 Best PlayStation Vita Platformers Of All Time

[@digiing1992]

I still think that if Crash or Spyro just would have come to the handhelds again, way before the remake trilogies were considered, no one could have uttered a complain about them. I quite enjoyed both of their games on the Gameboy Advance SP (that’s a Nintendo handheld, for everyone that never heard it until now) and would have loved to have more of that.

[@SebastianMartinez-ml9zv]

sony gave up on the vita when they decided not to have gravity rush 2 on it

[@88oscuro]

Breezy Tube aimed at kids.

[@ulengrau6357]

And they've paid dearly for it. As of May, Gravity Rush 2 hasn't sold as many copies as they'd hoped in Japan, its biggest market, and much less anywhere else (and the game is basically dead now). The original actually sold more in the same time frame, and went on to sell more than half a million copies worldwide (granted, that's not good either, but this is a niche game, let's be honest). So I think Japan Studio may be rethinking their strategy with having made this game for home console exclusively, instead of both.

[@PSVitaat2am]

Sadly you are right.

[@gameboyblue2515]

Yup

[@outrunner8295]

I'd pay to have GR2 on Vita right now. Extra for physical format. Original GR supporters on Vita deserve this game.

[@mauryj.3415]

Just sold my switch to buy a psvita and I don't regret it one bit, these games are awesome 😃

[@MeharsbrotherTV]

Maury J. I'm a big vita fan, but you'll regret that mistake for the rest of your life.

[@grasshopper6896]

Why not have both?

[@mauryj.3415]

@@grasshopper6896 don't need both, I only need one

[@KneeGrower]

U should’ve waited bro

[@mauryj.3415]

@@KneeGrower not so all, I'm glad I didn't, Didn't want to deal with joycons drift.

[@hanma_inu]

no Salt and Sanctuary?.

[@jeancastillo6005]

James Keith Tampus ikr

[@justinianthegreat5182]

With the exception of Tearaway, this game should be called "Top 15 Best PlayStation Vita 2D Platformers Of All Time". Even as a list of 2D platformers though, it's missing LittleBigPlanet PS Vita. If this list was to truly highlight the best PS Vita platformers, it would include The Sly Collection (or Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time), The Ratchet and Clank Collection, and maybe a few others. Yes, both Sly Cooper and Ratchet and Clank are considered platformers. Sly Cooper is a stealth platformer and Ratchet is a platformer/action series.

[@Axeru_777]

Why is Little Big Planet PS Vita not on the list?

[@PSVitaat2am]

That game gets enough praise as it is.

[@sahorisandoval8503]

@@PSVitaat2am !/

[@sahorisandoval8503]

@@PSVitaat2am p.

[@sahorisandoval8503]

@@PSVitaat2am k

[@latelyascending]

What about Sly Cooper Thieves in Time? Play score?

[@hovaajayy597]

Mason Routledge that's not a platformer

[@rulewski33]

hovaa jayy It's not? Lol what it is then?

[@hanma_inu]

It's an action-adventure game

[@ian-gs2ky]

James Keith Tampus it's a 3d platformer dude, much like Mario64. Sly Cooper's wiki page says that its a stealth platform game

[@abdochekli1851]

what about ratchet and clank and sly cooper

[@nickpavloff8977]

And Jak n Daxter

[@nickpavloff8977]

Your awesome for mentioning those gems

[@astralmaster]

@@nickpavloff8977 Jak and Daxter Collection sucks on vita. The frame rate makes it basically unplayable

[@contytub]

@@astralmaster have you tried overclockig ? Wondering if it would help

[@astralmaster]

@@contytub overclocking helps a bit, but jak 1 is capped at 20fps and you can’t change it

[@fangiresaga]

Dude, no Rogue Legacy?

[@Aliothale]

Rogue Legacy? One of the few games I keep on my Vita all the time. Just got Salt and Sanctuary too that game is gooooooood!

[@JuanPerez-lm1ur]

Rogue legacy is awesome

[@staysharp2453]

You can see that something is wrong with the list when child of light is n.15 and odin sphere and muramasa arent even mentioned

[@alexfizz7402]

True. This top is kinda shitty tbh.

[@kasidas30]

great work guys! I always love your videos! Vita rocks

[@whatoplay]

Thank you! And yes it does. #stillnotdead

[@josangonzalez6070]

What about Super Meat Boy??? I think it's one of the best and most original platformers ever. So challenging and addictive, it's difficult to put down.

[@fatthanosfeet]

ikr

[@jonathansl109]

Child of light is no way a platformer

[@ClickBait99]

Its a turned based platformer rpg….

[@spankiepops3210]

Great list thank you.

[@Inturl618]

wow I consider buying psvita after this video. thanks

[@smokegamingchannel5370]

Inturl618 its a underated handheld have one and love it

[@ImMicku]

Inturl618 Its got a great library if the games on this video and a bunch of Japanese and RPG games are of any interest to you And there's the Zero Escape series if you get a vita, please consider giving it a try

[@MrMoose-mf1oy]

Smoke Gaming Channel it was overrated at launch, actually, and then people realized how bad it really is. All these games are old games, and some of them, you can play on almost any other device, so why buy a dead console???

[@crymsonenigma]

Matty F my 320+ games say hello. I play mine often enough to recommend it to anyone looking for an awesome experience. I will say that it is for HARDCORE gamers as CASUAL gamers should stick to what the TV tells them is awesome. Lots of fun to be had with the Vita. Recent purchases include: Salt and Sanctuary, Dex, Odin Sphere, Fate, Shantae 1/2 Genie Hero, Legend of Heroes. It plays PS1 Classics, PSP games, PS2 collections of our favorites, with exclusives that are great experiences to boot. Sorry Matty F, but a true gamer finds reasons to play not reasons not to.

[@lapsedilationdrive3943]

Matty F just because they are old games that you dont want other people to try playing them? its like saying people dont have to buy a ps2 just because the system is dead. you play the vita not for the graphics but for portabillity. the fact that you used 'console' instead of handheld proves that you're ignorant af.

[@gerinja]

Why velocity was not in this list?

[@510MyTube]

Axiom verge should be on the list, imo.

[@Sinsentido83]

odin sphere should have been on this list. its an awsome game.

[@lnsflare1]

3coldsteel It's not really a platformer, though. It's an action-RPG that has got some platforming elements, primarily in Cornelius' story, but that's hardly the focus of the game anymore than Mercedes' story's 'shmup sections define the game. That being said, it's still probably more of a platformer than Child of Light, which is primarily a turn-based RPG.

[@sprlpy318]

And muramasa, top

[@Crazyoldman84]

The swapper was brilliant but to short

[@rbelfry2007]

Where is Velocity Ultra, Velocity 2X (could be categorized as shooters but also have platforming gameplay too) and Little Big Planet,

[@lnsflare1]

Richard Belfry Well, Velocity Ultra has no platforming at all, to my recollection, but I was confused about the lack of Velocity 2X and LBP, even in the honorable mentions section.

[@marcogonzalez8779]

nice list

[@unlazinessboyo]

Pon Pon Pata Pon Pata Pata Pon Fever! Barrage of weapons attack, Hoping this nostalgic gems new release on Vita

[@noahkleiter]

thumbs up for coop joke

[@dannydon45]

Doesn't disgaega have that same cartoon shantae feel ?

[@wolfvalantine]

Yes, but Disgaea is a SRPG

[@crazyninjagamer7541]

Nice list bro don't agree with shovel knight being over tearaway though tearaway is definitely number 1 in my mind other than that pretty accurate list bro

[@2davidanimations422]

I LOVED THE INTRO MUSIC

[@fabianacar3495]

Rayman Legends at 6 Place?Wtf?Thats the best Platformer in the last years

[@fabianacar3495]

doesn't matter..its the best Jump n Run until now (and i #ve played all Marios,Tearaway ,Ori and the Blind Forest and so on)

[@potatoperson9912]

Surprised Super Meat Boy wasn't on here, probably the best platformed I played, but found some nice ones on here so all is good!

[@davestylepp]

Here is his list of Top PS VIta Plattformers for anyone who doesnt want to waste much time with his trash. 15 Child of Light 14 Sound Shapes 13 FEZ 12 Guacamelee 11 Ste alth Inc 2 10 Joe Danger 2 9 RocketBirds 8 OlliOlli 2 7 the Swapper 6 Rayman Legends 5 Oddworld Abes Oddysee New and Tasty 4 Runner2 3 Shantae Half Genie Hero 2 TearAway 1 Shovel Knight

[@astralmaster]

he didn’t choose this. games that didn’t make it probably didn’t have a high playscore. so it’s not his fault

[@smokegamingchannel5370]

tearaway is the best platformer to me

[@xshadowxless8906]

There is a good amount of hidden gems in the ps vita really starting to see that now

[@breeze5459]

CHILD OF LIGHT was majestic yet depressing tbh T_T

[@Subject98]

Rayman Origins was better than Legends tbh. Legends focused too much on those 2 player touch levels which were not that fun in single player.

[@joey4track]

Spelunky yo

[@freedomkme]

Real number 3 is LittleBigPlanet, everything else moves down a spot.

[@Snake_Pliskin]

You forgot the excelent Super Time Force Ultra

[@trelarasleontas3531]

there are many more not listed here, that are more "platformers" than these games. Of course I can't blame the maker of the video since all these games are based on the playscore. So I suggest to people to dig deeper in the psvita library

[@ian-gs2ky]

Trelaras Leontas they didnt include a single 3d platformer

[@cezarjunior4233]

Vita is alive! Even no sony's support!

[@at9632]

Salt and sanctuary

[@Crazyoldman84]

Thumbs down no Spelunky, little big planet, rogue legacy and Number 1 is salt and sanctuary.

[@ImMicku]

Spiderfly considering Salt and Sanctuary barely has 24h of being out there and this video was posted yesterday

[@Crazyoldman84]

Hi Im Micku I new someone would reply about salt and sanctuary not being out and a channel like this should do it's homework and release it later and what about little big planet and spelunky? Little big planet definitely deserves to be on the list no way it that outside there scoring. where do they get there score from its useless.

[@animefights4640]

How about top 10 PSP Games??

[@PhilipMarcYT]

Child of Light? Joe Danger? Guacamelee? This guy has no idea what platforming games are.

[@arthursouza6494]

tks a lot

[@whatoplay]

You are welcome. 😊

[@markusorlo6949]

Little Big planet ?!

[@Copimi]

Salt and Sanctuary. Trust me.

[@ssplif5415]

they need ah dbz or naruto game on the vita

[@thedoge8651]

Isaiah Ferdinand vita has dragonball battle of z

[@littleoreo7717]

I appreciated all the games you listed and this made me want to buy these games, but WHERE THE HELL IS GRAVITY RUSH?!!! :(

[@lnsflare1]

Lady_ OreoXD It's not really a platformer, though, except in the few points where you can't launch yourself in random directions with your character's not-quite-flight.

[@wowgek7]

child of light an platformer? weird I thought it was an rpg when I got all trophies but I am probatly wrong then

[@yagyu6272]

Hi i am looking for a game like Mega man.. know any?

[@astralmaster]

you could try mighty no. 9, but it’s not the most well received

[@NMS12349]

If you don’t know ps vita or psp you don’t know what is nostalgia

[@mc635]

Airship Q?

[@NishantSengar]

no mention of escape plan, or super meat boy?

[@crazyninjagamer7541]

Tearaway should be number one shovel knight isn't even an exclusive to the vita

[@chickensnipz]

Where the rpg games, this handheld is still full of them?

[@astralmaster]

did you not read the title? this is platformers, not rpgs. they have a video about best rpgs on vita

[@chickensnipz]

@@astralmaster ah yes. Almost all the games that have platforming in their gameplay. However, “Child of Light” is mainly a turn base RPG. The flying mechanics is a fast travel. It like saying, “God of War” is a platformer not beat r up.

[@astralmaster]

@@chickensnipz ok you got me there

[@chickensnipz]

@@astralmaster Catherine full body is on the vita but...

[@iesousdark]

no spelunky. son im disappoint.

[@EqualsDeath]

fuck that shitty game

[@stylerunner2959]

Child of Light

[@AlexThePhenex]

I Agree

[@menandrinho]

Slain:back from hell.

[@deltarayz5045]

Shantae 😍

[@austinpowers9403]

Top 15 flash games on vita.

[@TheHastings17]

Create a flash game that looks like Rayman

[@austinpowers9403]

@@TheHastings17 Please don't be a lawyer, by watching this video you should be guessing what I mean. If every game on this list were like Rayman, I wouldn't write a comment. I think there are much better vita games to put on this list. Rayman is a good example of how good vita games are.

[@austinpowers9403]

@@TheHastings17 The great games on this list are Fez, Guacamelle, Rayman, Abe, Shante, Terraway, and Showel Knight. I admit that I did not play in the others, but I think that they will not match the ones I mentioned

[@growlithe378]

Falto Spelunky

[@hugocostacurtaneto]

sorry, but they'll never over nintendo (kirby, yoshi's island, mario, sonic) these games don't have any history nor essences nor they're cute and have cartoon characters, except for child of light and shantae

[@jarretticeearthguard8614]

love the vita, but not into platformers that much, liked child of light a lot.

[@devilishmode]

Sly Racoon?

[@fianpro1092]

I though the 1st will be little big planet

[@jfresh5559]

i grew up on odd world but wtf is a MUDAKHAN bro they aint transformers smh

[@serfgxd2504]

Jack and decxter

[@yusrimusa1474]

Shantea is not for children

[@incognito9812]

He did forget to mention the legendary super meat boy

[@timvandeneng3894]

Where the fuck is little big planet!?

[@issafedaandandachli7468]

Bleach Brave Souls playscore?

[@qwerty-dm8gr]

Almost none of these are platformers. Does this dude even play games?

[@jerrystaana3891]

If you love platformer vita is not for you buy a 3ds so much great flatformers i only have vita for 1 reason shooting games

[@muratla2281]

elinize sağlık

[@ajnick3616]

Where... is... rogue.... LEGACY!!!!

[@falciexd]

uhh child of light is not a platformer at all

[@serfgxd2504]

O rakcher and clang

[@adnanrafiqui8730]

gravity rush 2?

[@takki3942]

thrid all yall are reported

[@MrFastaneco]

Interesante

[@josanfranco3647]

No tienes ni idea de juegos colega

[@legendaryoutcast4440]

as a vita owner, this is a very very shit list. There are plenty of GOOD Vita exclusives, but this list is a waste of time you can play most of these games onany console or pc

[@legendaryoutcast4440]

it is because of people like you the vita is dying on the west, y oh showcase all the bullshit games that arent exclusive, who gives a shit about all the indy gams that you can play on steam. show some real vita games.

[@lnsflare1]

This list is not about exclusives, though; it's about listing Platformers (and Child of Light) available on the Vita by their ratings.

[@wolfvalantine]

Vita has few exclusives man, stop crying.

[@subthescrub3063]

Shame the Vita is just an indie machine

[@HokieNation84]

Sub the Scrub vita has a lot of different games to play nothing wrong with indies most of them are really good games

[@ssjkazutox388]

HokieNation84 you are rigth inde games are cool like FNAF and Undertale.

[@cafuune]

its great for emulators.

[@lapsedilationdrive3943]

it is not. they're also third party japanese developers that still supports the vita

[@CharlieZuko]

Kaiokxn care to recommend any cool emulators for Vita?

[@Bleepoh]

Such generic picks

[@eldandy1450]

Rayan origins is better than all this shit...

[@astralmaster]

it had a worse playscore than rayman legends so it didnt make the list

[@NickOchoa]

Hmmm, all those games look like shit and boring.

[@lucascrouse4656]

first boi

[@SebastianMartinez-ml9zv]

ps vita has 15 games? lol

[@HokieNation84]

Sebastian Martinez the vita has a long library of games do your homework before you try to bash a system lol

[@Movienew-dm8rm]

Sebastian Martinez Vita now have 801 games look at the library):

[@terryfic100]

Plus pep games...it has thousands

[@mariomason95]

It has 1000+ games

[@PhuNguyen-ph6lx]

What part of "top 15" that you don't understand?

[@greencitytiger7899]

my smartphone has better games. I preordered the vita thinking it was going to be enjoyable and have a lot of great games developed for it. since launch, I only bought 5 games for it and only one that I actually played til the end (borderlands 2). the vita's hardware is capable of so much more. I won't sell it only because I own every gaming console Sony has produced.

[@Neterosan28]

David Gomez what.. there's no games on a smartphone as good as rayman legends, limbo or shovel knight.

[@smokegamingchannel5370]

David Gomez u dont have a vita if u thinkg u smartphones has better games lol. freedom wars on mobile? persona 4? mgs hd? ffx hd? tearaway, lbp, soul sacrifice, killzine ac liberation and more, and borderlands 2 on the vita is the least reqson to have it

[@borcsachan]

I prefer vita, because there isn't a game for android, which has 50-100 hours of story or gameplay, so U can't complete it within this time. (Maybe there is for android, but it isn't offline for sure). Like Persona 4G (100h+), the Danganronpa games (60h+) or Steins;Gate VN's (mains are 50h+) and many other (Gravity Rush, God Eater games, Freedom Wars...). Well, vita is better, if U like anime releated games, because it has many of them and mostly those.

[@mohamadalmokhllati2749]

no Persona or Uncharted. your rating system sucjs

[@lapsedilationdrive3943]

persona and uncharted are not platformers to begin with....

[@legendaryoutcast4440]

Mohamed Almokhllati this list is for platformers only, uncharted and peraona arent platformer

[@melihkoc758]

Persona is a great platformer

[@PSVitaat2am]

Like we don't hear enough about those games already, give other games a chance.