Rayman Legends is one of the best platformers of all time. Sublime Rock Legends musical levels, joyful co-op, absolute variety and inventiveness. Michel Ancel at his peak, genre reference. Maximum score deserved.
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Platformer4 players7+
Co-op
Description
Ubisoft Montpellier 2D platformer in the Rayman formula with expressive UbiArt Framework. Published by Ubisoft, released in Europe in September 2013. Over 120 rhythm-oriented levels, four-player local co-op, rhythmic levels on catchy music, online challenge mode, and signature UbiArt art direction. Platformer reference. European version.
Rayman Legends review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
Hand-drawn animation of prodigious fluidity, dazzling colours and settings brimming with whimsy: the UbiArt engine works wonders. Every creature and every backdrop seems painted with an infectious joy. This 2D splendour, lively and inventive, remains a dazzlement at every screen.
Playful and inventive, the music piles up rousing melodies and zany finds, right up to levels entirely choreographed to music. Each world overflows with a joyful, colourful whimsy. This sonic generosity, creative and sunny, makes the game a pure pleasure for the ears from start to finish.
Gameplay
"Masterful"
Running, jumping and striking in time, sometimes to the exact beat of the music, anchors a platformer of contagious fluidity and joy. The inventive level design and four-player co-op multiply the fun. The peak of the 2D genre, it keeps controls of absolute precision and a freshness that hasn't lost a thing.
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
A platformer of dazzling fluidity and beauty, where every stage brims with inventiveness, colour and surprising ideas. The musical levels, perfectly synced to the beat, deliver a rare glee. Co-op up to four and overflowing with charm, a generous platformer that chains discoveries and guarantees constant pleasure, solo or as a family.
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Running, jumping and striking to the millimeter across levels of perfect fluidity, punctuated by euphoric musical stages, makes you want to chain on without end. Lums to harvest and daily challenges constantly restart the collecting. A few difficulty spikes surprise, but the precision of the controls and the generosity of content make it a platformer hard to pull away from.
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Massive"
More than a hundred and twenty levels, themed worlds packed with hidden stages and rhythm runs you'll replay for fun make Legends a platformer of rare density. Beyond the campaign, freeing Teensies, the online daily challenges and the returning Origins levels stretch the adventure for hours. UbiArt's silky feel keeps every restart inviting, which sustains its standing as a high point of the genre.
Rayman Legends, an Ubisoft Montpellier 2D platformer of exceptional polish, praised for its animation, musical levels and level design, one of the genre's peaks of its generation. Still common, its desirability rests on this unanimously recognized quality and a lasting demand rather than scarcity, the Russian run being harder to find. A prime piece for fans of polished platforming.
Better with friends
A platformer of exemplary liveliness and beauty, whose four-player local co-op turns every level into a joyful dash strewn with traps and rewards. Mutual aid mingles with healthy one-upmanship: helping each other through a tricky stretch while squabbling for first place is the whole spice of it. Immediate and unifying, it restarts with the family for guaranteed fits of laughter.
Is Rayman Legends still worth playing in 2026?
Rayman Legends ranks among the greatest platformers ever made, the dazzling culmination of the renewal orchestrated by Michel Ancel and his team. Its UbiArt art direction, of exceptional beauty and animation fluidity, sublimates levels of overflowing inventiveness, whose famous musical stages remain peaks of game design. The gameplay precision, the generous content and the co-op for up to four players make it an endlessly renewed pleasure. Nothing has aged here. For anyone who loves the 2D platformer, solo or with others, this timeless masterpiece is quite simply essential.
