Games like Runner
If Runner is your kind of game, the closest matches are A Night at the Races, JAILBREAKER and Colored Shapes — 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 Runner: A speedrunning platformer. Run, jump, and slide to the top of the leaderboards.
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Steam players who put hours into 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.
A Night at the Races
WHY THIS
Top pick for Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Runner.
Play as a guy who is trying to beat a platformer to pay his debts.
JAILBREAKER
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Runner.
A punishing, one-button platformer about escaping prison. Test your skills and intellect as you ascend a tower of hand-crafted challenges. Jump, fly, slide up walls, float in bubbles and perform somersaults; all with the press of a single button. Reach the paramount. Reach.
Colored Shapes
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Runner.
Use physics to solve puzzles. Control gravity to move the main character on a dangerous adventure.
Jack B. Nimble
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Runner.
Jump in the shoes of Jack B. Nimble and master the whip in this cute, retro infinite runner.
Plop Saga
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Runner.
Plop Saga is a indie Pixel art game with beautiful music. In this game, you guide Plop to run and jump to finish the journey with courage and strength.
IZBOT 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Runner.
IZBOT 2 is a fast paced precision platformer that will test your mettle and will leave you always wanting to complete just one more level. Use your cat like reflexes to guide our hero IZBOT through buzz saws, lasers and a ton of pointy spikes to save the metropolis from the evil Bedlor once more.
The Deletion
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Runner.
Are you sure you want do delete this file? NOOOOO! The Deletion is a challenging and fun puzzle-platform game that will frustrate you.
Celerity
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Runner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Runner.
Celerity is a fast-paced FPS parkour game. Use Wall Running, Grappling Hooks, Hookshots and many more, chain your moves and never lose momentum.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Runner at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with 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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action with 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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Runner on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Runner.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Runner.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Runner on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Runner.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Runner on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Runner.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Runner.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Runner.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Runner.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Runner.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Runner.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Frequently asked about Runner
- How much does Runner cost?
- Runner is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Runner?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Runner are A Night at the Races, JAILBREAKER, Colored Shapes.
- Who developed Runner?
- Runner was developed by Reval Heavy Industries.
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 Runner.
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