Games like Dark Runner
If Dark Runner is your kind of game, the closest matches are Play Faster, Real Time Attack and Speedonauts — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Dark Runner: Parkour, speedrun and darkness. This combination is quite a challenge. Unique lighting mechanics like you've never seen before are the main reason you'll want this game to never end.
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Steam players who put hours into Dark Runner also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Play Faster
WHY THIS
Top pick for Dark Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Runner.
Play Faster is a precision platformer built for fast movement, instant retries, and endlessly replayable runs. Master movement, optimize routes, and climb online leaderboards with built-in speedrunning tools.
Real Time Attack
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dark Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Runner.
Race to victory in this speedrunning extravaganza! Control the lovable Rucky Anguish as he tries to defeat Do Good Natas and avenge his father. With 16 levels of insane platforming action and built-in timer function, this is one real time adventure you'll LOVE attacking continuously!
Speedonauts
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dark Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Racing with Dark Runner.
Compete against the galaxy in this fast-paced speedrunning game. Create and share levels. Break records. Be the best.
Commando Hero
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Dark Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Racing with Dark Runner.
Hero who wants to be a commando has to pass difficult tracks. Finish the track fast and enter the Leaderboard.
Hirilun
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Dark Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Runner.
Hirilun is a fast-paced first-person platformer set in a dark, strange city. Run, jump, glide, sprint and dash to achieve the best time and compete on global leaderboards. Can you beat your friends in these intense time trials?
Hot Lava
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Dark Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Runner.
The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.
Dream Swing
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Dark Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Runner.
Grapple and air-strafe your way to the top of the Leaderboard in this fast-paced movement-based time trial. Collect as many candies as possible within 5 minutes as you dip and weave around the ruins in the sky. Can you handle the speed?
BZZZT
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Dark Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Runner.
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dark Runner at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Dark Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Runner.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Dark Runner on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Runner.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Dark Runner on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Runner.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Dark Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dark Runner.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dark Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dark Runner.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Dark Runner on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Runner.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dark Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dark Runner.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Dark Runner on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dark Runner.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dark Runner.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Runner.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dark Runner.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dark Runner.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dark Runner.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Runner.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dark Runner.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Dark Runner
- How much does Dark Runner cost?
- Dark Runner is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dark Runner?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dark Runner are Play Faster, Real Time Attack, Speedonauts.
- Who developed Dark Runner?
- Dark Runner was developed by Padani Games.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Dark Runner.
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