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The 10 best DOS platform games

The 10 best DOS platform games, as the players of dos.games rate them. Jazz Jackrabbit leads the list, ahead of Tomb Raider Gold and Jill of the Jungle: Jill Saves the Prince.

Every game on the list plays in your browser, with nothing to install. The order comes from players' ratings and real play time, so it moves as people play.

Updated How the lists are ranked

  • 113DOS platform games in the archive
  • 10 of 10Play in your browser
  • 3.6Score of #1, out of 5
Ranks 11–20

More great DOS platform games

  1. Rayman Forever — playable in the browserUbi Soft Entertainment Software · Action · 1996Most played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · 7m · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Rayman Forever
  2. Commander Keen 8: Dead in the Desert — playable in the browserFreeware · Action · 2009Most played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · 6m · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Commander Keen 8: Dead in the Desert
  3. Jazz Jackrabbit CD-ROM — playable in the browserEpic MegaGames, Inc. · Action · 1994Most played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · 3m · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Jazz Jackrabbit CD-ROM
  4. Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter! — playable in the browserFormGen, Inc. · Action · 1991Most played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · 3m · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter!
  5. Super Mario World DX — playable in the browserFreeware · Action · 2002Most played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · 3m · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Super Mario World DX
  6. Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk — playable in the browserCodemasters · Action · 1993Most played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · 3m · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk
  7. Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion — playable in the browserSoftdisk Publishing · Action · 1991Most played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · 3m · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion
  8. Earthworm Jim 2 — playable in the browserPlaymates Interactive Entertainment, Inc. · Action · 1996Most played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · 2m · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Earthworm Jim 2
  9. Montezuma's Revenge (1984) — playable in the browserParker Brothers · Action · 1984Most played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · 2m · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Montezuma's Revenge (1984)
  10. Edna — playable in the browserSignum · Action · 1997Most played
    3.3
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activity1 player · 2m · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Edna
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Questions

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How Best DOS Games are ranked
What is the best DOS platform game?

Jazz Jackrabbit (1994, Epic MegaGames, Inc.) is the best DOS platform game by our players' ratings, ahead of Tomb Raider Gold and Jill of the Jungle: Jill Saves the Prince. The ranking follows players' ratings and real play time, so it changes as people play.

Can I play these DOS platform games online?

Yes. 10 of the games on this list play free in your browser on dos.games, with no download and no emulator to set up. Press Play on any of them; your progress can be saved.

How many DOS platform games are there on dos.games?

113. This list ranks the best 10 in full and the next ones below them; the catalogue has every one, with filters for year, studio and more.

Which year had the most great DOS platform games?

1994. 3 of the games on this list came out that year: Jazz Jackrabbit, The Lion King and Quadrax.

How is this list ranked?

With the same score as our Best DOS Games ranking: players' ratings, pulled toward the archive's own rating while a game has few of them, plus a small bonus for the games people actually keep playing. No editor and no sponsor decides a place.