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Runaway: A Twist of Fate

PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo DS • 2011

Should you play it?

Runaway: A Twist of Fate is the adventure game of the year! Featuring a production worthy of a big 2D animated movie, Runaway follows a story full of twists and turns, and packed with comical highlights. All in all, you will be confronted with more than 200 mysteries and puzzles to keep your brain running through a big adventure that you...

What works

  • Engaging story and characters
  • Improved graphics and animations
  • Helpful hint and hotspot systems
  • Balanced puzzles with logical solutions
  • Professional voice acting and soundtrack

Things to keep in mind

  • Shorter length compared to previous games
  • Some technical bugs and crashes reported
  • Limited character customization
  • Some plot elements feel rushed or unexplained
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse

  • Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition

  • Loco Motive

  • Runaway, A Road Adventure

  • Dark Fall: The Journal

  • Lucy Dreaming

Less thrilling

Games that feels like Runaway: A Twist of Fate but with less suspense and thrill

  • The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

  • Elroy and the Aliens

  • Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet

  • The Inner World

  • Sam & Max Save the World

  • Deponia Doomsday

More expressive

Games that feels like Runaway: A Twist of Fate but with more self-expression and customization

  • Whispers of a Machine

  • Edna & Harvey: The Breakout - Anniversary Edition

  • Yesterday Origins

  • Simon the Sorcerer Origins

  • Chaos on Deponia

  • Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Runaway: A Twist of Fate: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression.

Last update: 04/08/2026