Runner for PC — top best games in the Runner genre / Page 2

Crash Course Builder - a game in the Runner genre

Third-person view, Science fiction, Runner

Frozen: PC → 27 June 2025

The player creates his obstacle strip and offers it to pass other gamers. There are different traps in the tools, unexpected turns, mobile elements...

Dread Not

Puzzle, Horror, Cooperative (co-op), First-person view, Runner

Early Access: PC → 15 June 2025

Steam: 47/100

A cooperative game in which a pilot and a mechanic must repair a small nuclear submarine after a sea creature attacks. The first is confined to one...

SurfsUp

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Online, Racing, Platformer, First-person view, Free game, Runner

Game released: PC → 6 July 2025

Steam: 85/100

A multiplayer air surfing game where you can jump on ramps and perform tricks. There are daily random maps and global leaderboards. Various cosmetic...

Chameleon Run

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Runner, Parkour, Indie

Game released: PC → 29 August 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Chameleon Run is a side-scrolling arcade platformer for mobile platforms. The game is a runner with colorful graphics, where you not only have to...

Ninja Pizza Girl

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

Game released: PC → 30 September 2015

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...

Singularity Runner

Casual game, Arcade, Runner, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 27 November 2022

Steam: 87/100

The hero constantly runs forward and attacks enemies or dodges dangers. It is possible to collect useful items, catch helper animals and earn points...

Faaast Penguin

Action, Online, Third-person view, Sports game, Free game, Runner, Casual game, Battle Royale, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 20 September 2024

Steam: 77/100

A free online battle royale runner in which players take on the role of penguins. Up to 40 people can participate in the races. Players use ice...

Aerial_Knight's Never Yield

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Runner, Music game

Game released: PC → 19 May 2021

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Aerial_Knight's Never Yield is an adventure arcade platformer in the world of the future with a side view and runner elements. You have to play on...

Downstairs 2 Nightfall

Adventure, Dungeons, Action, First-person view, Horror, Demons, Exploration, Runner, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 28 September 2024

Steam: 46/100

A dark game in which the main character goes on a dangerous journey to find his missing girlfriend. You'll have to explore creepy locations and fight...

Move, Move, Melon!!

Third-person view, Free game, Runner, Casual game, Indie, Racing

Game released: PC → 14 May 2026

Steam: 93/100

A colorful runner about a little hamster named Melon, who rushes through crazy and vibrant worlds for one unusual goal — to create the biggest ice...

Bit.Trip Runner

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Side view, Runner, Music game

Game released: PC → 28 February 2011

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Bit.Trip Runner is a hardcore side-scrolling arcade runner set in the Bit.Trip universe. You have to run through dangerous locations, which are...

I Hate Running Backwards

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Beat them all, Indie, Roguelike, Action, Runner

Game released: PC → 22 May 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 65/100

I Hate Running Backwards — a dynamic arcade action game with a top-down view in the "Serious Sam" universe. You will engage in a bone-crushing battle...

Speed Limit

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Side view, Runner

Game released: PC → 17 February 2021

Steam: 80/100

Speed Limit is a fast-paced side-scrolling arcade shooter where your daily train ride goes wrong. As you progress, you will run, steer, fly and die...

Vecter

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Free game, Music game, Runner

Game released: PC → 15 October 2020

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 94/100

Vecter is a shareware arcade runner with a third-person view in a retrowave style. The game supports multiplayer mode and offers already installed...

Nitro Express

Shooter, Side view, Adventure, Old school, Anime / Manga, Combat robots, Runner

Game released: PC → 19 May 2025

Steam: 75/100

An old-school pixel shooter with anime girls, where the heroine from a special squad fights against maddened robots that have captured Nitro City, a...

DASH: Danger Action Speed Heroes

Platformer, Side view, Online, Runner

Game released: PC → 17 September 2025

Steam: 96/100

A dynamic pixel game where you can complete levels created by other gamers and create your own. You'll need to jump across platforms and avoid...

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...

FASTER

Free game, Action, First-person view, Runner, Online, Racing, Parkour

Game released: PC → 22 December 2023

Steam: 50/100

A competitive runner in a surreal future city. Players run, climb, overcome obstacles and dodge their way to the finish line. The main task is to...

Trash Bandits

Arcade, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Runner, Side view, Platformer

Game released: PC → 30 July 2024; Early Access: PC → 5 January 2024

Steam: 100/100

It's Trash Day, which means it's time for the raccoon robber Ricky Stripe. This is a fast-paced puzzle platformer where you need to accurately jump...

Retrowave

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game, Cyberpunk, Futurism (Future), Runner, Old school

Game released: PC → 7 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Retrowave is an exciting racing arcade game with a third-person view. In the game you will find an atmosphere of neon lights, an abundance of palm...

The Paper Trials

First-person view, Action, Horror, Runner, Arcade

Game released: PC → 27 September 2023

Steam: 72/100

The main character travels through intricate labyrinths and escapes nightmares. You can't kill your opponents, you can't hide from them, you can only...

Quantic River

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Cyberpunk, Indie, Side view, Runner, Exploration

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The game takes place in a neon dystopian world where the main character fights against opponents. Battles focus on parries and counterattacks. Many...

PRIN-C1

Third-person view, Runner, Platformer, First-person view

Game released: PC → 23 March 2024

Steam: 91/100

An endless game where you need to run along the road, avoiding traps, holes and opponents. You also need to collect treats for the main character - a...

Boxel 3D

Free game, Platformer, Runner, Indie, Side view, Action

Game released: PC → 28 February 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

A colorful runner with over 50 challenging levels that offers both single-player offline and online multiplayer. Players can use customizable skins...

Tag! You're Dead

Action, Free game, Side view, Runner, Old school, Demons, Adventure, Arcade

Game released: PC → 1 August 2025

Steam: 100/100

A free arcade runner with a side view, where the difficulty continuously increases as you progress forward. The gameplay is based on one-button...

Catch Me If You Can

Arcade, Action, First-person view, Free game, Runner, Casual game, Parkour, Online

Early Access: PC → 19 November 2021; Game released: PC → 28 October 2022

Steam: 92/100

Catch Me If You Can is a free first-person multiplayer game inspired by Catch. At the beginning of each round, one of the players becomes “Cursed...

Gum Ball Run

Online, Third-person view, Platformer, Runner, Procedural generation, Racing, Parkour

Early Access: PC → 10 January 2023; Game released: PC → 8 October 2024

Players: 1.5/10

Steam: 85/100

The essence of the game is to overcome an obstacle course that is randomly generated. Up to 15 people can participate at the same...

Xenon-Runner

Shooter, Runner, First-person view, Racing, Parkour

Game released: PC → 28 April 2023

Steam: 85/100

A dynamic game with elements of parkour, in which the gamer competes with opponents to pass locations at speed. You can use grappling, sliding...

Avoidvania

Top-down view, Indie, Free game, Runner, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Parkour

Game released: PC → 1 August 2026; Early Access: PC → 25 September 2021

Steam: 95/100

An adventure game where a small cat finds itself in a huge castle, drawn by a mysterious scent coming from its tower. Inside, a tangled maze of...

Frogs vs. Storks

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Turn-based, Casual game, Runner

Game released: PC → 11 January 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 100/100

Frogs vs. Storks is a top-down strategy game with puzzle elements from developers from Cateia d.o.o. and Cateia Games. The game is published by...

Good Mourning

Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Side view, Runner, Visual novel

Early Access: PC → 22 October 2020; Game released: PC → 29 April 2021

Steam: 90/100

Good Mourning is a daily life simulator that forces the player to solve the most ordinary problems, make mistakes, and try to fix everything. It is a...

Sunset Drive 1986

Arcade, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Free game, Runner, Casual game

Early Access: PC → 20 January 2021; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 84/100

Sunset Drive 1986 is a shareware retro-arcade racing game in the style of the “neon 80s” with a first- and third-person view. An atmospheric race...

Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story

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

Game released: PC → 16 November 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story — a dynamic arcade runner with rhythm game elements and a side view in the League of Legends...

Full Steam

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Runner, Casual game, Slasher

Game released: PC → 26 October 2025

Steam: 87/100

A steampunk-style pixel adventure in which the player controls a robot named Scrapper. The protagonist escapes from his tyrant master to gain...

A Night Before the Deadline

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Free game, Exploration, Runner, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 1 June 2021

Steam: 78/100

A free adventure game with minimalist graphics and an atmospheric soundtrack. The story tells about a developer named Joe, who stays in the office...

SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed

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

Game released: PC → 3 September 2026

Steam: 55/100

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

Alpacapaca Dash

Indie, Casual game, Runner

Game released: PC → 24 January 2017

Steam: 90/100

Alpacapaca Dash is an endless runner with shooter elements, in which alpacas make their way through a changing, dark world. The player runs and...

Midnight of Despair

Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Free game, Runner, Parkour, Action

Game released: PC → 18 April 2024

Steam: 87/100

A hardcore third-person platformer where you must run, jump, and time your dashes to cross gaps and avoid obstacles. The main challenge is that there...

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...

Sycamore Free

Free game, Action, Casual game, Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Exploration, Parkour, Third-person view, Runner, Adventure

Game released: PC → 22 November 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

Sycamore Free is a free-to-play adventure platformer runner with a third-person perspective. In the game you have to complete the level as quickly as...

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Best Games in the Runner genre for PC