Runner

Mirror's Edge: Catalyst - a game in the Runner genre

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Parkour, Open world, Runner

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 4 June 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Mirror's Edge: Catalyst is a first-person action-adventure game that focuses on parkour-style movement. The game will take place in the “City of Mirrors” &mdash...

Joe Danger Infinity

Arcade, Runner, Action

Game released: iOS → 9 January 2014

Metacritic: 80/100

Over the course of hundreds of levels, the stuntman tries to navigate obstacle courses using different vehicles. There are also boss...

Ghostrunner 2

Action, Slasher, First-person view, Runner, Cyberpunk, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 26 October 2023

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The game's events unfold a year after the events of Ghostrunner, and the plot tells the story of the protagonist's confrontation with a brutal cult of cyber...

Subway Surfers

Arcade, Action, Online, Platformer, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Runner

Game released: iPad, iPhone, iOS → 23 May 2012

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Subway Surfers is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view. In this game, you have to run away from an angry guard, collecting coins and various...

Sonic Forces

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Runner, Adventure

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 7 November 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Sonic Forces is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. The game will present you with two versions of Sonic at...

Subway Surfers City

Arcade, Third-person view, Runner

Game released: iOS, Android → 26 February 2026

Players: 7.1/10

Jake, Tricky, Fresh and Yutani go running and jumping through the city streets. You need to explore the outskirts of Metro City, running away from the guard and...

Super Meat Boy Forever

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action, Runner

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 10 January 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Continuation of the hardcore arcade runner Super Meat Boy. The game has a full story, six new chapters and twice as many bosses. Meat Boy and Band-Aid Girl try to...

SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed

Action, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Runner, Casual game, Comedy, Parkour, Online, Racing

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 3 September 2026

Steam: 56/100

A dynamic competitive platformer and a sequel to the cult indie game. In races with up to eight players, participants compete on challenging tracks, use bonuses...

Catch Me!

Arcade, Online, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Runner, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: PC → 24 January 2023

Steam: 88/100

A competitive multiplayer platformer for four players, turning classic tag into a dynamic test of speed and agility. One participant becomes the runner and earns...

Arrow a Row

Top-down view, Runner, Roguelike, Casual game, Strategy

Game released: PC → 20 August 2023

Steam: 92/100

The main character moves along a long corridor and shoots with a bow at different targets. You can end the game by defeating the boss, or continue to gain maximum...

Haste

Action, Roguelike, Third-person view, Platformer, Parkour, Open world, Exploration, Casual game, Runner

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5 → 1 April 2025

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Supersonic action with procedural generation of levels. The game talks about a heroine traveling through a destroying universe. Players need to go through the level...

Despicable Me: Minion Rush

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Runner

Game released: iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV → 13 June 2013

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Despicable Me: Minion Rush is an arcade platformer with a third-person view. You will play as Gru's minions in endless races. During these races, collect coins and...

Spider-Man Unlimited

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Third-person view, Comics, Free game, Runner, Adventure

Game released: iOS, Android, Windows Phone → 10 September 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Spider-Man Unlimited is an arcade action runner with a third-person view in the style of comics. You will play as Spider-Man, who is fighting the Sinister Six. A...

Subway Jungle Run Surf Runner

Arcade, Runner, Third-person view

Game released: Android → 20 May 2021

Players: 6.4/10

Subway Jungle Run Surf Runner is an arcade runner with a third-person view. This is an amazing 3D subway escape game. You'll have to unlock new characters and see...

Sonic Origins

Arcade, Side view, Platformer, Runner, Action, Collection, Adventure

Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 23 June 2022

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Sonic Origins is a collection of classic Sonic adventures that includes four classic games about the blue hedgehog: Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), Sonic CD (1993...

Run Bird Run!

Arcade, Runner, Casual game, Platformer, Action

Game released: PC → 10 March 2025

Steam: 70/100

An endless game in which Gamer controls a running bird and jumps over stones. At the same time, the game is not very difficult, but helps to enter the rhythm and...

Ninja Pizza Girl

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view, Runner, Parkour

Game released: Android, iOS, PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 27 April 2017

Steam: 86/100

Ninja Pizza Girl is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a cyberpunk style. In a futuristic metropolis, all the game's protagonist Gemma wants to do is...

Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!

Arcade, Platformer, Action, Third-person view, Runner

Game released: Android, iOS → 23 March 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! is an exciting arcade runner about Crash Bandicoot for mobile platforms. An exciting new adventure awaits you featuring your favorite...

PUNCHBALL

Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Science fiction, Runner, Parkour, Action, Racing

Game released: PC → 16 June 2025

Steam: 100/100

A free dynamic platformer where players navigate technically challenging levels using mechanics of grabbing and punching to overcome obstacles. The game combines...

Bunny Guys!

Online, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Runner, Casual game, Parkour

Game released: PC → 1 September 2023

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 72/100

An arcade platformer with elements of parkour and competitive multiplayer, where players must overcome challenging obstacle courses, avoid traps, and reach the top...

Canabalt

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action, Runner

Game released: PSP, Android, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, PC, Amazon Fire TV, Commodore 64, Mac, Linux, iOS → 3 April 2012

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Canabalt is a fantasy arcade platformer. You have to escape from the destruction of your city with just one button. The game that popularized the endless runner...

Talking Tom Gold Run

Arcade, Third-person view, Free game, Runner

Game released: Android, iOS → 12 July 2016

Players: 7.2/10

Talking Tom Gold Run is a third-person arcade runner. Players run and chase a robber while exploring fun endless worlds. This cool running game is all about racing...

Billie's Wheelie

Racing, Online, Platformer, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy, Action, Runner

Game released: PC → 24 October 2025

Steam: 94/100

Players take on the role of hamsters in a ball, rolling along tracks, overcoming obstacles and collecting pieces of cheese to earn rewards. During the races...

Dead Runner

Action, Horror, First-person view, Runner

Game released: Android, bada, iPad, iPhone, webOS → 26 August 2010

Players: 6.5/10

Dead Runner — First-person runner with horror elements. You wake up in a dark forest surrounded by the sounds of sobbing souls. The howling wind carries a...

Dead Island: Retro Revenge

Action, Horror, Platformer, Side view, Zombies, Runner

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 31 May 2016

Steam: 62/100

Dead Island: Retro Revenge is a 16-bit game in the style of classic 2D action platformers in the Dead Island universe. The game's story tells of an embittered hero...

Hot Lap Racing

Racing, Online, Runner, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch → 16 July 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 67/100

An exciting racing simulator in the Hot Lap series. The game has 15 licensed tracks, including Zolder, Salzburgring, Kuwait Motor Town, Jarama, Laquais, Navarra...

Glass Wings

Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Stunts, Free game, Runner, Parkour, Action

Game released: PC → 1 September 2023

Steam: 80/100

A dynamic third-person parkour platformer where players need to overcome linear levels using jumps, rolls, slides, and other acrobatic moves. The action takes place...

Praesidium

Free game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Platformer, Runner, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 28 April 2021

Steam: 76/100

Praesidium is a free-to-play runner-platformer with a third-person view in a cyberpunk setting. You have to use a special shield to repel enemy attacks, suddenly...

Only Going Up 3d Running Games

Third-person view, Runner

Game released: Android → 10 October 2025

A dynamic adventure in which the protagonist must find a way out of a confusing level. You can run, jump, climb walls, and use other parkour techniques. You'll also...

Summer Catchers

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Runner, Side view, Racing

Game released: PC, Mac, Android, Nintendo Switch → 16 July 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Summer Catchers is a cute racing arcade game with a side view, made in pixel style. The game tells the story of a young girl from the north who has never seen...

Escape from Naraka

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, First-person view, Runner, Fantasy, Parkour

Game released: PC → 29 July 2021

Steam: 76/100

Escape from Naraka is an adventure runner-platformer with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. In the game, you have to go to real hell to save your beloved...

Soda Crisis

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Runner

Game released: PC → 24 May 2022

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Soda Crisis is a side-scrolling action-platformer with a sci-fi setting. You play as a mysterious character of unknown origin, armed with advanced high-tech...

Melodys Escape

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Music game, Indie, Runner, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 20 May 2016

Steam: 90/100

A side-scrolling rhythm runner where the obstacles and the heroine’s actions adapt to the beat and energy of music from the player’s own library. Melody runs along...

Weapon Evolution

Arcade, Runner, Third-person view

Game released: iOS, Android → 8 December 2021

Weapon Evolution is an arcade runner with a third-person view. You can start with stone age weapons and upgrade them to futuristic ones. Choose the best time gates...

Sporty Peppers

Runner, Casual game, Arcade, Third-person view, Online, Sports game

Game released: PC, Mac → 16 April 2022

Steam: 47/100

A game about runners that recognizes the gamer's movements through the camera of a mobile phone. You need to move forward along the path, and also jump and duck to...

Relooted

Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Exploration, Runner, Parkour

Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S → 10 February 2026

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 70/100

The player controls Nomali and her team to retrieve African artifacts taken to Western museums. As you progress, you need to plan and prepare heists, solve puzzles...

Bubsy: Paws on Fire!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Runner

Game released: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC → 16 May 2019

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Bubsy: Paws on Fire! is a continuation of the old-school side-scrolling arcade platformer about a kitten named Bubsy. This time you will be given the opportunity to...

Squid Games: The Runner Game

Third-person view, Action, Runner

Game released: Android → 11 October 2021

Squid Games: The Runner Game is an action game with a third-person view and runner elements. You will be able to enjoy the real squid game by following the...

ALTF4

Action, Third-person view, Runner, Fantasy / Medieval, Platformer, Survival

Game released: PC → 12 November 2021

Players: 6/10

Steam: 88/100

ALTF4 is a hardcore runner-platformer with a third-person view in a medieval setting. In the game you control a clumsy knight who needs to be guided through an...

Lara Croft: Relic Run

Arcade, Platformer, Free game, Runner, Third-person view

Game released: iOS, Android, Windows Phone → 25 May 2015

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 71/100

A dynamic game about Lara Croft. The heroine runs, swings on ropes, drives a car and swims underwater to get to the truth and uncover the secret of a dark...

Best Games in the Runner genre (Game released)