🏆 BassMatthi’s Platform Power Rankings — Top 10s & Hall of Shame

What this is

Top 10 games per platform for BassMatthi, plus a Top 5 to AVOID per platform. His Backloggd backlog is small (45 games) relative to his 426 played, so this leans harder on curated (✨) picks than my own doc — searching his played list, ratings, favorites and wishlist for taste signal rather than strip-mining a backlog that’s mostly already covered by good instincts. Companion-style doc to Backlog Picks — Platform Top 10s.

🗺️ Legend

📦 in his backlog/wishlist · ✨ curated addition (not on his lists) · ⚠️ caution flag · ⏳ play something else first ⏱ ~Xh main-story time from HowLongToBeat · 🏷 Genre · [↗] opens Backloggd · [[wikilinks]] for future per-game notes


🖥️ PC (Steam)

🥇 Tunic 📦 (favorited)

⏱ ~11h 🏷 Action Adventure · Zelda-like Backloggd ↗ Already a stated favorite and, notably, still unlogged as played on his profile — a real gap. A wordless instruction-manual mystery wrapped around a tiny fox in a tiny Souls-lite combat system. Everything his profile says he wants: cryptic systems, fair difficulty, huge “oh!” moment.

⏱ ~8h 🏷 Action RPG · Pixel Art Backloggd ↗ Wordless, gorgeous, brutal-but-fair combat from a Zelda/Souls lineage — the closest thing to “Hollow Knight but top-down action-RPG.” Short enough not to overstay. ⏱ ~8h 🏷 Action RPG

🥉 Noita

⏱ ~20h+ 🏷 Roguelike · Physics Sim Backloggd ↗ The logic-puzzle brain (Baba Is You, Human Resource Machine) meets the roguelike-deckbuilder brain (Hades, Balatro, Isaac) in one wand-building physics sandbox. Deep systems, huge “wait, I can do THAT?” ceiling.

⏱ ~27h 🏷 Narrative RPG Backloggd ↗ Already backlogged — bumping it up. A skill-check RPG where the “combat” is arguing with your own brain. The systemic-choice game that makes Man of Medan’s arbitrary choices look thin by comparison.

#5 NieR: Automata 📦 (GOTY edition wishlisted)

⏱ ~30h all routes 🏷 Action RPG Backloggd ↗ Already on his wishlist. Structurally an anthology like UFO 50 or Rhythm Heaven — routes stack into a different game each time — with combat sharp enough to satisfy the Sekiro itch.

#6 Cocoon

⏱ ~6h 🏷 Puzzle Adventure Backloggd ↗ From an ex-Playdead veteran: nest worlds inside orbs you carry between each other. Baba Is You-brained, gorgeous, no combat, no filler — 6 tight hours.

⏱ ~15h 🏷 Metroidvania · Souls-lite Backloggd ↗ Melancholic, rain-soaked metroidvania with Souls-lite bosses. If Hollow Knight and Silksong are 5★, this is the next rung down worth climbing.

#8 Rain World 📦 ⚠️

⏱ ~20h 🏷 Survival Platformer · Ecosystem Sim Backloggd ↗ Already backlogged. Punishing but fascinating — a living ecosystem sim wearing a platformer costume. Flag: real difficulty curve, closer to “learn the rules or die” than Celeste’s assist-mode mercy.

#9 Subnautica 📦

⏱ ~30h 🏷 Survival Exploration Backloggd ↗ Already backlogged. Outer Wilds’ curiosity-first exploration loop underwater, with crafting that never turns into busywork.

⏱ ~12h 🏷 Metroidvania · Party-Swap Backloggd ↗ An underrated metroidvania with three swappable characters and real Zelda-dungeon-brain puzzle design. Punches well above its budget.


🔴 Switch

🥇 Chicory: A Colorful Tale 📦 (wishlisted)

⏱ ~14h 🏷 Adventure · Coloring Book Backloggd ↗ Already wishlisted. A Zelda-shaped adventure where the “weapon” is a paintbrush that colors the whole (literally black-and-white) world. From ex-Wandersong devs; deals directly with self-doubt as a mechanic — genuinely moving.

🥈 Blasphemous II 📦 (wishlisted)

⏱ ~13h 🏷 Metroidvania · Souls-lite Backloggd ↗ Already wishlisted. He rated the original 4★ — the sequel keeps the grim Iberian-Catholic iconography and smooths out the exploration and combat. Direct sequel to a proven hit.

🥉 Metroid Dread 📦 (wishlisted)

⏱ ~9h 🏷 Metroidvania Backloggd ↗ Already wishlisted. The genre’s current gold standard: tight, mean, gorgeous, exactly the “fair but hard” the Sekiro/Hollow Knight ratings ask for.

#4 Shovel Knight Dig 📦 (wishlisted)

⏱ ~6h 🏷 Roguelike · Platformer Backloggd ↗ Already wishlisted; he’s played the original Shovel Knight. A Spelunky-shaped roguelike remix of a series he already knows — low-risk, high-familiarity pick.

#5 Neon White 📦 (wishlisted)

⏱ ~6h 🏷 Speedrun FPS · Card Backloggd ↗ Already wishlisted. A deckbuilding brain (cards as guns/movement) fused with Titanfall-speed level design and instant restarts — Celeste’s retry-friendliness in FPS form.

#6 Cairn 📦 (wishlisted)

⏱ ~10h 🏷 Climbing · Precision Backloggd ↗ Already wishlisted. A pure-movement mountain-climbing game with no combat — precision-platformer instincts pointed at something completely different from Celeste’s genre.

#7 Wilmot Works It Out 📦 (wishlisted)

⏱ ~4h 🏷 Puzzle Backloggd ↗ Already wishlisted. From the Baba Is You publisher; jigsaw-shaped self-arranging puzzle logic. Short, clever, in the exact logic-puzzle lane he keeps rating 5★.

#8 Donkey Kong Bananza 📦 (wishlisted)

⏱ ~18h 🏷 3D Platformer · Destruction Backloggd ↗ Already wishlisted. Odyssey-style movement joy plus fully destructible terrain — the Mario Galaxy love, evolved.

|Unbeatable]] 📦 (wishlisted)

⏱ ~8h 🏷 Rhythm · Narrative Backloggd ↗ Already wishlisted. A rhythm game with a real narrative arc about AI and music culture — feeds the Rhythm Heaven/Rhythm Doctor pillar directly.

#10 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 📦 (wishlisted, PS5; also on PS5)

⏱ ~13h 🏷 Action Platformer Backloggd ↗ Listed here as a reminder it’s wishlisted — cross-reference with the PS5 note below; play on whichever hardware is available first.


💿 PlayStation 4 (+PS5 dept)

🥇 Hades 📦 (played and loved — 4.5★)

⏱ ~22h 🏷 Roguelike · Action Backloggd ↗ Already played and rated 4.5★ on PC — flagged here as the platform’s benchmark. If somehow not yet played on a Sony console, this is still the #1 reason to own one for this profile.

🥈 Furi 📦 (played, 4★)

⏱ ~9h 🏷 Boss Rush · Action Backloggd ↗ Already played (4★) — flagged as the platform’s identity: a pure boss-rush with a neon-synth soundtrack, exactly the “fair but brutal” lane Sekiro and Hollow Knight sit in.

🥉 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 📦 (wishlisted, PS5)

⏱ ~13h 🏷 Action Platformer Backloggd ↗ Already wishlisted. Weapon-and-gadget joy with dimension-hopping traversal; a blockbuster with real craft behind the spectacle.

#4 Astro Bot 📦 (backlogged)

⏱ ~13h 🏷 3D Platformer Backloggd ↗ Already backlogged. Generous, funny, mechanically inventive — the platform’s own Game of the Year, and pure friction-free platforming joy.

#5 Stray 📦 (backlogged & wishlisted)

⏱ ~7h 🏷 Adventure · Cat Backloggd ↗ On both his backlog and wishlist — a clear signal. A short, atmospheric cyberpunk city seen from a cat’s eye level; low-stress, high-charm.

#6 Sifu 📦 (backlogged)

⏱ ~13h 🏷 Martial Arts · Roguelite Backloggd ↗ Already backlogged. Age-based permadeath turns every death into a system, not just a punishment — a roguelike brain grafted onto a kung-fu brawler.

#7 A Plague Tale: Innocence 📦 (backlogged)

⏱ ~12h 🏷 Stealth Adventure Backloggd ↗ Already backlogged, with Requiem already wishlisted for after. A sibling-bond stealth adventure with a genuinely great rat-swarm gimmick.

#8 Death Stranding 📦 (backlogged, incl. Director's Cut)

⏱ ~41h 🏷 Strand · Action Adventure Backloggd ↗ Already backlogged in both editions. A slow-burn delivery-and-connection game that rewards patience the way Subnautica or Outer Wilds do — pick whichever edition is on hand.

#9 Control 📦 (played, 4★)

⏱ ~13h 🏷 Action Adventure · Sci-Fi Backloggd ↗ Already played (4★) — flagged as benchmark. Remedy’s Metroidvania-shaped brutalist office building; if it wasn’t finished, it’s worth returning to.

#10 Nine Sols 📦 (played, 4.5★)

⏱ ~16h 🏷 Metroidvania · Souls-lite Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★), noted for completeness — Taoist-punk Sekiro-lite metroidvania, squarely in his favorite genre triangle.

🎮 PS5 dept.

Astro Bot, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Donkey Kong Bananza (Switch) form a clean “generous 3D platformer” throughline across his current wishlist — whichever console is on hand, one of these should be next.


💿 PlayStation 3

🥇 Dark Souls 📦 (played, currently in his backlog too — likely a replay itch)

⏱ ~44h 🏷 Action RPG · Souls-like Backloggd ↗ Already played — sitting on both played and backlog lists, suggesting an active replay/completion interest. Flagged as the platform-defining pick for a profile that rates Sekiro 4.5★ and Hollow Knight 5★.

🥈 Rayman Origins 📦 (played, 5★)

⏱ ~9h 🏷 Platformer Backloggd ↗ Already played and rated a perfect 5★ — flagged as the platform’s benchmark for the whole Rayman-love throughline (Rayman 1 is also a 5★).

🥉 Rayman Legends 📦 (played, 5★)

⏱ ~10h 🏷 Platformer Backloggd ↗ Already played and rated 5★ — the Origins sequel, kept as a paired benchmark entry.

#4 Dust: An Elysian Tail 📦 (played, 4.5★)

⏱ ~10h 🏷 Metroidvania Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★) — flagged as benchmark, and a reminder the metroidvania pillar runs deep even into 2011-era indie darlings.

#5 Guacamelee! 📦 (played, 4★)

⏱ ~7h 🏷 Metroidvania · Brawler Backloggd ↗ Already played (4★). Its direct sequel Guacamelee! 2 (2018) is the natural next step wherever it’s available — luchador-metroidvania done twice as well.

#6 Salt and Sanctuary 📦 (played, 4★)

⏱ ~20h 🏷 Metroidvania · Souls-like Backloggd ↗ Already played (4★). 2D Dark Souls, essentially — the Souls-like and metroidvania pillars fused into one game, flagged as benchmark.

#7 Bastion 📦 (played, 4.5★)

⏱ ~5h 🏷 Action RPG · Narrated Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★) — Supergiant’s debut, flagged as benchmark ahead of Hades. Narrated combat, gorgeous isometric art, tight runtime.

#8 Limbo 📦 (played, 4.5★)

⏱ ~3h 🏷 Puzzle Platformer Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★). Three hours of monochrome trial-and-death puzzle platforming that never overstays.

#9 Psychonauts 📦 (played, 4.5★)

⏱ ~10h 🏷 Platformer · Comedy Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★), with Psychonauts 2 also played and loved on PC. Flagged here as the platform benchmark for the pairing.

#10 Hotline Miami 📦 (played, 4★)

⏱ ~4h 🏷 Top-Down Action · Retro Backloggd ↗ Already played (4★). Instant-death, instant-retry top-down brutality with a killer synth soundtrack — short, replayable, no fat.


🟢 Xbox 360

🥇 Castle Crashers 📦 (played, 4★)

⏱ ~7h 🏷 Brawler · Co-op Backloggd ↗ Already played (4★) — flagged as platform benchmark. Beat-‘em-up joy with RPG-lite leveling; co-op makes it even better.

🥈 Shank 2 📦 (played, 4★)

⏱ ~5h 🏷 Brawler Backloggd ↗ Already played (4★). A short, stylish, ultra-violent side-scrolling brawler with real weight to its combat.

🥉 Portal 2 📦 (played, 4.5★)

⏱ ~9h 🏷 Puzzle Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★) — flagged as benchmark. The logic-puzzle pillar (Baba Is You, 7 Billion Humans) traced straight back to its foundational text.

#4 Half-Life 2 📦 (played, 4★)

⏱ ~13h 🏷 FPS Backloggd ↗ Already played (4★) — flagged as benchmark, and the direct ancestor of the Portal games he loves.

#5 Payday 2 📦 (played)

⏱ ~40h+ 🏷 Co-op Heist Shooter Backloggd ↗ Already played — flagged for completeness; a heist-planning systems game that rewards repeat play with better crews and better plans.

⏱ ~34h main 🏷 Open-World RPG Backloggd ↗ Already played — flagged for completeness as the platform-era open-world benchmark, if a replay itch ever hits.

#7 Rogue Legacy 📦 (played, 4★)

⏱ ~11h 🏷 Roguelike · Metroidvania Backloggd ↗ Already played (4★). Metroidvania exploration fused with roguelike meta-progression through generations of your own descendants — a genuine pillar-crossover pick.

#8 Child of Light 📦 (played, 4★)

⏱ ~12h 🏷 JRPG · Turn-Based Backloggd ↗ Already played (4★). Ubisoft’s watercolor JRPG with active-time-battle combat and real fairy-tale sincerity.

#9 Crypt of the NecroDancer 📦 (played, 4.5★)

⏱ ~8h 🏷 Rhythm · Roguelike Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★) — flagged as benchmark for the rhythm×roguelike pillar-crossover, arguably his single most “on-brand” genre mashup.

#10 Awesomenauts 📦 (played)

⏱ ~varies 🏷 MOBA Platformer Backloggd ↗ Already played — a 2D MOBA/brawler hybrid, flagged for completeness as a lighter multiplayer option from the same era.


🔵 Wii

🥇 Super Mario Galaxy 📦 (played twice, 4.5★)

⏱ ~14h 🏷 3D Platformer Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★, and logged a second time) — flagged as platform benchmark. Nintendo’s most inventive platformer, one idea per galaxy.

🥈 Rhythm Heaven Fever 📦 (played, 5★)

⏱ ~7h 🏷 Rhythm Backloggd ↗ Already played and rated a perfect 5★ — flagged as platform benchmark for the entire rhythm-game pillar.

🥉 Ōkami 📦 (played, 4.5★)

⏱ ~30h 🏷 Action Adventure Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★) — flagged as benchmark. Clover’s painterly action-adventure; long but never padded.

#4 Muramasa: The Demon Blade 📦 (played)

⏱ ~13h 🏷 Action RPG · 2D Backloggd ↗ Already played — Vanillaware’s gorgeous samurai side-scroller, flagged for completeness as a visually distinct action-RPG worth revisiting.

⏱ ~34h 🏷 Action Adventure Backloggd ↗ Already played (4★) — flagged as benchmark, unlike my own OOT scars this profile clearly gets along fine with classic Zelda pacing.

#6 Punch-Out!! 📦 (played)

⏱ ~6h 🏷 Boxing · Pattern Memorization Backloggd ↗ Already played — flagged for completeness. Pure rhythm-adjacent pattern-reading disguised as a boxing game; fits the rhythm pillar surprisingly well.

#7 Fluidity 📦 (played, 4.5★)

⏱ ~7h 🏷 Puzzle Platformer Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★) — a genuine hidden-gem hit, flagged as benchmark: control a blob of water tilting through dioramas.

#8 LostWinds 📦 (played)

⏱ ~3h 🏷 Platformer · Wind Magic Backloggd ↗ Already played, with the sequel Winter of the Melodias also played — flagged for completeness as a short, breezy WiiWare gem.

⏱ ~22h 🏷 JRPG Backloggd ↗ Already played (4★). Sakaguchi’s compact, character-driven JRPG swan song for the console — noted for completeness alongside the Zelda/Galaxy benchmarks.

#10 New Super Mario Bros. Wii 📦 (played, 4★)

⏱ ~9h 🏷 Platformer · Co-op Backloggd ↗ Already played (4★) — flagged for completeness as the reliable co-op couch pick.


🔵 Wii U

🥇 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 📦 (played, 4.5★)

⏱ ~50h 🏷 Open World · Action Adventure Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★) — flagged as platform (and generational) benchmark. Also owned/played on Switch; whichever hardware, this anchors the platform.

🥈 Splatoon 📦 (played)

⏱ ~varies 🏷 Shooter · Multiplayer Backloggd ↗ Already played — flagged for completeness as the console’s most inventive multiplayer identity piece.

🥉 Super Mario Galaxy 2 📦 (played, 4.5★)

⏱ ~13h 🏷 3D Platformer Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★, via Super Mario 3D All-Stars) — flagged as benchmark, paired with the original.

#4 Shovel Knight 📦 (played, backlogged too — completion itch)

⏱ ~5h 🏷 Platformer Backloggd ↗ Already played, and also sitting in his backlog — likely signaling unfinished DLC campaigns (Plague of Shadows, Specter of Torment). Worth returning to for the full package.

#5 Stardew Valley 📦 (played, 5★)

⏱ ~53h 🏷 Farming Sim Backloggd ↗ Already played and rated a perfect 5★ — flagged as benchmark, cross-platform comfort-food pick.

#6 Super Meat Boy 📦 (played, also backlogged)

⏱ ~5h 🏷 Precision Platformer Backloggd ↗ Already played, sitting in both played and backlog lists. The genre-defining precision platformer that sits right beside Celeste in his tastes.

#7 Terraria 📦 (played, 4★)

⏱ ~var. 🏷 Sandbox · Crafting Backloggd ↗ Already played (4★) — flagged for completeness. A crafting/exploration loop with real systems depth, unlike the shallow idle games he rates lower.

#8 Human Resource Machine 📦 (played, 4.5★)

⏱ ~6h 🏷 Programming Puzzle Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★) — flagged as a pure hit for the logic-puzzle pillar (Baba Is You, 7 Billion Humans, Cosmic Express).

#9 Dark Souls 📦 (also on PS3; noted for the Wii U port trivia)

⏱ ~44h 🏷 Action RPG Backloggd ↗ Cross-listed with PS3 — pick whichever platform is on hand for the replay itch his lists suggest.

#10 Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate 📦 (played, on 3DS too)

⏱ ~var. 🏷 Action RPG · Grind Backloggd ↗ Already played on both Wii U and 3DS — flagged for completeness; systems-deep gear-grind that rewards the patience Elden Ring and Dark Souls already proved he has.


💿 PlayStation 1 (nostalgia era)

🥇 Spyro: Year of the Dragon 📦 (played, 5★)

⏱ ~11h 🏷 Platformer · Collectathon Backloggd ↗ Already played and rated a perfect 5★ — flagged as the platform benchmark. The Spyro trilogy sits right beside Rayman as his defining childhood-platformer love.

🥈 Rayman 📦 (played, 5★)

⏱ ~8h 🏷 Platformer Backloggd ↗ Already played (5★) — flagged as benchmark, the origin point of the whole Rayman throughline that runs all the way to Legends and the 30th Anniversary Edition (wishlisted).

🥉 Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! 📦 (played, 4.5★)

⏱ ~10h 🏷 Platformer Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★) — flagged as benchmark, the middle chapter of the trilogy.

#4 Wild 9 📦 (played, 4.5★)

⏱ ~4h 🏷 Action Platformer Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★). An underrated, grungy Rare-adjacent action platformer — a genuine hidden gem in his own history.

#5 Gran Turismo 2 📦 (played, 4.5★)

⏱ ~var. 🏷 Racing Sim Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★) — flagged for completeness as the era’s racing-sim high point, if the mood for a slower systems game hits.

#6 Tekken 3 📦 (played)

⏱ ~var. 🏷 Fighting Backloggd ↗ Already played, with Tekken and Tekken 2 also logged — flagged for completeness as the trilogy’s peak entry.

⏱ ~2h 🏷 Puzzle Action Backloggd ↗ A game about being a sentient domino. Twenty-something minutes of concept, zero fat — the kind of one-off weirdness his UFO 50 love suggests would land well.

#8 Driver 📦 (played, also on PS2/Xbox 360)

⏱ ~7h 🏷 Racing · Open World Backloggd ↗ Already played across three platforms — flagged for completeness as a childhood staple, with Driver: San Francisco (PS3/360) as the modern payoff if a replay itch hits.

⏱ ~6h 🏷 Platformer · Licensed Backloggd ↗ Already played — flagged for completeness as a genuinely well-regarded licensed platformer from the same nostalgia shelf as Spyro/Rayman.

⏱ ~5h 🏷 Platformer Backloggd ↗ Dreamy 2.5D platforming with a quietly devastating ending — same era, same “cute platformer, unexpectedly moving finale” beat as Rayman’s better moments.


🎒 Handhelds (GBA · DS · 3DS · PSP · Vita)

🥇 Rhythm Heaven Megamix 📦 (played, 5★)

⏱ ~10h 🏷 Rhythm Backloggd ↗ Already played and rated a perfect 5★ — flagged as the handheld benchmark for the rhythm pillar, alongside the original DS Rhythm Heaven (also 5★).

🥈 The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap 📦 (played, 4.5★)

⏱ ~13h 🏷 Action Adventure Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★) — flagged as benchmark, the gentlest, most charming Zelda and a genuine favorite here.

🥉 Wario Land 3 📦 (played, 4.5★)

⏱ ~9h 🏷 Platformer · Puzzle Backloggd ↗ Already played (4.5★). A time-of-day puzzle-platformer with genuinely clever powers-as-keys design.

#4 Rayman Origins 📦 (played, 5★; also on PS3/360)

⏱ ~9h 🏷 Platformer Backloggd ↗ Already played (5★) — flagged again for the 3DS release specifically, since the Rayman love clearly justifies a portable copy too.

#5 Kid Icarus: Uprising 📦 (played, 4★)

⏱ ~9h 🏷 Action · Rail Shooter Backloggd ↗ Already played (4★) — flagged as benchmark. Sakurai’s genre-hopping shooter/brawler hybrid with a genuinely funny script.

⏱ ~var. 🏷 Rhythm · JRPG Backloggd ↗ Already played, with Theatrhythm: Curtain Call also logged on 3DS — flagged as a direct rhythm-pillar hit wrapped in Final Fantasy nostalgia.

#7 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy 📦 (backlogged, also played on multiple platforms)

⏱ ~60h all 3 🏷 Visual Novel · Courtroom Backloggd ↗ Sitting in his backlog despite already being logged as played elsewhere — likely an unfinished playthrough. Logic-puzzle brain applied to courtroom contradictions.

⏱ ~11h 🏷 Metroidvania Backloggd ↗ Mercury Steam’s 3DS remake with generous checkpoints; the metroidvania pillar’s portable-native pick alongside Dread.

⏱ ~7h 🏷 RPG Parody · Speedrun Backloggd ↗ JRPG deconstruction in 30-second bursts on PSP — constant novelty, zero friction, and a genuinely funny structural gimmick.

⏱ ~70h 🏷 JRPG · Social Sim Backloggd ↗ The definitive cozy-dark murder-mystery JRPG on Vita. Long, but structured in daily bites — a big systems-deep swing for when the Elden Ring/Dark Souls patience is available.