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

Free game, First-person view, Logic, Indie, Runner, Racing, Puzzle, Platformer

Game released: PC → 18 October 2021

Steam: 68/100

KTGAME is a free arcade runner with a first-person view, in which the main goal is to cover a certain distance as quickly as possible. Some maps may have several...

Vasya Run: Ghetto Gopnik

Third-person view, Indie, Runner, Parkour

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An atmospheric runner in which Vasyan draws graffiti, runs around the city and does parkour. Action in the near future. There was an alien invasion — and...

NEVEREND

Platformer, First-person view, Free game, Runner, Parkour, Sports game

Game released: PC → 12 June 2026

Steam: 71/100

A dynamic first-person runner-platformer where the main opponent is time itself. There are no battles or enemies in the game — only speed, precision of movements...

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...

Dead Island: Retro Revenge

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Axiom

Parkour, Runner, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Action, Platformer

Game released: PC → 1 January 2023

Players: 4/10

Steam: 73/100

The main character, Miles, dives into the human mind to uncover the secret of the mysterious Axiom corporation. To do this, the hero will have to explore various...

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 and create their...

BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Runner

Game released: PC → 26 February 2013

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A side-scrolling rhythm platformer where progress through each level is tied to music and the character’s actions. In Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien...

Super Meat Boy Forever

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Praesidium

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

Early Access: PC → 23 March 2021; 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...

Ninja Kamui: Shinobi Origins

Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Action, Arcade, Anime / Manga, Science fiction, Runner

Game released: PC → 27 November 2024

Steam: 100/100

A colorful game based on the anime Ninja Kamui. The main character is a shadow named Tsukumo. The character cuts through hordes of deadly ninjas. You can time your...

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 come first and...

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 against...

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 songs and the...

A Night Before the Deadline

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

Game released: PC → 1 June 2021

Steam: 77/100

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

Bunny Guys!

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

Game released: PC → 1 September 2023

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 68/100

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

Gigantic Army

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

Game released: PC → 6 March 2014

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Gigantic Army is a classic side-scrolling arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the 21st century, where Earth is at war with the Ramulons, an...

Run Bird Run!

Arcade, Runner, Casual game, Platformer, Action

Game released: PC → 10 March 2025

Steam: 71/100

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...

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 → 2026

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 along an endless...

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...

PRIN-C1

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

Game released: PC → 23 March 2024

Steam: 90/100

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 dog named...

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 your fears...

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 room and is...

Miska's Cave

Free game, Arcade, Runner, Side view, Fighting, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

Game released: PC → 28 January 2021

Steam: 88/100

Miska's Cave is a free-to-play side-scrolling arcade action runner where you take control of a fighting rabbit named Miska who wants to conquer the cave. The only...

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 gliding, sharp turns...

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 enemies to reach a...

Garganta

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Exploration, Runner, Parkour

Game released: PC → 17 December 2025

Steam: 66/100

The game takes place in an abandoned structure codenamed "Garganta," which houses a device that threatens the universe. The main character is a highly advanced...

Race The Sun

Arcade, Third-person view, Indie, Procedural generation, Runner, Racing

Game released: PC → 19 August 2013

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

An arcade runner about a solar-powered craft racing through a procedurally generated world toward sunset. The sun acts as a timer, and collecting boosts can briefly...

Space Ribbon

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Runner, Procedural generation

Early Access: PC → 6 August 2016

Steam: 57/100

Space Ribbon is an arcade racer with a third-person view in a futuristic setting. In a far, far corner of the galaxy, giant space creatures have been discovered...

Bounty Game

Free game, Online, Third-person view, Shooter, Action, Survival, Steampunk, Horror, Cooperative (co-op), Runner, Battle Royale

Early Access: PC → 28 April 2022; Game released: PC → 23 December 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Bounty Game is a free-to-play multiplayer survival action game in the style of a battle royale with support for up to 50 players. Apparently, the project was...

The Paper Trials

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

Game released: PC → 27 September 2023

Steam: 71/100

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 run away. To...

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 items and...

Wired Tokyo 2007

Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Exploration, Parkour, Runner

Game in development: PC → 2027

A vertical platformer where moving upwards becomes not just a goal, but the foundation of the entire gameplay. The action takes place in Tokyo, where the path to...

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 located on the Moon...

JumpJet Rex

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

Game released: PC → 22 April 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This 2D platformer with time-trial elements follows Rex, a Tyrannosaurus in jet boots trying to save the dinosaurs from a giant asteroid. Across more than 40...

Runner3

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

Game released: PC → 22 May 2018

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Runner3 — side-scrolling arcade runner with musical elements, which is a continuation of the BIT.TRIP series. You will again be able to take part in the...

Bubsy: Paws on Fire!

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

Game released: 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...

Golfie

Roguelike, Runner, Third-person view, Golf, Action, Casual game

Game released: PC → 19 January 2023

Players: 6/10

Steam: 65/100

A mixture of several genres, in which the player controls a golf ball in a procedurally generated world and tries to hit it in the hole before others. The assembled...

Rest in Pieces

Third-person view, Horror, Runner, Indie, Action, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 16 November 2019

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 57/100

The player confronts demons and helps unfortunate souls turned into porcelain figurines. The gamer controls the movement of a figurine tied to a rope — it...

Dungeon Raider

Free game, First-person view, Runner, Action, Dungeons, Roguelike, Fantasy, Slasher

Game released: PC → 9 June 2022

Steam: 66/100

A hardcore runner with role-playing elements about an adventurer lost in time and space with enemies and traps around every corner. The hero explores a dark...

Runner

Best Games in the Runner genre for PC