SpeedRunners similar games & best alternatives

SpeedRunners

PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2016

Should you play it?

Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.

What works

  • Highly competitive and skill-based gameplay
  • Fun multiplayer with friends and online
  • Custom maps and frequent updates
  • Addictive and replayable
  • Good balance of simplicity and depth

Things to keep in mind

  • Small player base can affect matchmaking
  • Some bugs and lag issues reported
  • Limited story content
  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Workshop maps vary in quality

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Ultimate Chicken Horse

  • Duck Game

  • Soldat

  • Bloody Trapland

  • Lethal League Blaze

  • CRACKED

Less dominating

Games that feels like SpeedRunners but with less domination over others

  • Pizza Tower

  • DDNet

  • Bleed 2

  • Alien Hominid Invasion

  • Ninjin: Clash of Carrots

  • GUNTOUCHABLES

More relaxing

Games that feels like SpeedRunners but with a more relaxing feel

  • Cube Racer 2

  • Knight Club +

  • Soldat 2

  • Stick Fight: The Game

  • J-Jump Arena

  • UpGun

Less exploratory

Games that feels like SpeedRunners but with less exploration of areas and secrets

  • Tricky Towers

  • HYPERFIGHT

  • Move or Die

  • 1v1.LOL - Battle Royale Game

  • Rocket Bot Royale

  • Lethal League

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • 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).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

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).

SpeedRunners: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Story.

Last update: 03/08/2026