Action Runner	A genre similar to Endless Runners but rather is split into (presumably handmade instead of randomly generated) levels with specific challenges and with an actual end somewhere along the line.	1986 / 2021	14 games
Cinematic platformer	Distinct from typical platform games in that they focus on fluid, life-like movements, without the exaggerated physics found in other platform games.	1989 / 2018	113 games
Comical Action	An action/platformer genre characterized by single-screen levels (limited scrolling) and cooperative 2-player action. A level is usually cleared when all enemies on the screen have been defeated (who usually drop random score bonus items).	1983 / 2020	80 games
Donkey Kong-like	Anything that replicates the basic gameplay introduced in the original "Donkey Kong" arcade game. (too short)	1981 / 2016	77 games
Endless Runner	An auto-scrolling platformer characterized by simple controls - usually just one or two buttons - and randomly generated levels.	1983 / 2018	53 games
Hop and bop	A platformer genre characterized by jumping on the heads of your enemies being the primary (and possibly the only) method of disposing of them.	1984 / 2022	162 games
Metroidvania	Explorable platformer. Action-adventure or action-platformer sub-genre with a lot of backtracking, a superficial sense of exploration to find locations to which you later gain access to via new abilities, tools, or such.	1983 / 2023	391 games
Panic-like	Anything that replicates the basic gameplay introduced in Space Panic, that is a platforms with ladders, limited oxygen and the ability to create holes in platforms to trap pursuing enemies.	1980 / 2020	118 games
Platform Hell	A variety of platformers that are utterly unfair, requiring memorizing every little detail of the game to beat them as anything you see or don't see can't be trusted to be what they appear or don't appear to be.	2008 / 2011	4 games
Precision platformer	A platformer genre where the focus is extreme precision in movement, either player fails competely (needs to restart the level/game) from tiniest failings, get horrible score for it, or such.	1984 / 2021	29 games
Puzzle platformer	Puzzle platformers are characterized by their use of a platform game structure to drive a game whose challenge is derived primarily from puzzles.	1983 / 2023	203 games
Turn-based platformer	A platformer sub-genre where the platforming activity runs in turns rather than real-time. (too short)	2013 / 2015	3 games
Vertical platformer	A platforming sub-genre where player traverses mainly vertically up or down, often scaling a tower or similar.	1984 / 2014	68 games