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SpeedRunners

SpeedRunners — Genres, rating & game data

In a city filled with superheroes, getting to crimes becomes a competition on its own. Fortunately there are enough rockets, bombs, grappling hooks, spikes, and other goodies lying around -- to make the competition fun and fast. Welcome to SpeedRunners. SpeedRunners is a 4 player competitive platfor

SpeedRunners is a platformer game developed by tinyBuild, 2016. It stands out for casual gameplay and melee combat. Available in multiplayer and single-player mode. With an NextGameLike Score of 84/100, it ranks as a highly rated title in our catalog.

About SpeedRunners

In a city filled with superheroes, getting to crimes becomes a competition on its own. Fortunately there are enough rockets, bombs, grappling hooks, spikes, and other goodies lying around -- to make the competition fun and fast. Welcome to SpeedRunners. SpeedRunners is a 4 player competitive platformer with grappling hooks, power-ups, and interactive environments. Run, jump, swing around, fire rockets, grapple onto people to knock them off screen.Key Features4 Player Competitive Platforming! Keep up with the fastest player in-game, or fall offscreen and get eliminated! Use weapons like missiles, mines and grappling hooks to screw over your friends, and make new enemies! Local and online multiplayer! Can you have 2 players on a couch against 2 other players on the internet? Yes of course! Bots enabled - play on your own with several AI opponents. Or put them into matches with other people! A tutorial teaches you how to play Controller compatible (and recommended!) A dozen expertly designed maps Unique game modifiers A character named Unic! Full blown level editor with over 10k user created levels An exciting single player campaign Create your own custom in-game trails (visible when you hit super-speed)What to expect in the final game Head onto the forum and help us decide what will be the final game! Expect more maps, characters, items and game modes.Follow the development on twitter!@dd_games @tinyBuild

How SpeedRunners was received

Of the 37,081 Steam player reviews, 94% are positive. Critics score it 84/100 on Metacritic, reflecting a favourable reception.

Players

  • Steam players37,081 reviews94%Very positive
  • IGDB community116 reviews76/100

Critics

  • Metacritic84/100
  • OpenCritic20 reviews80/100

Aggregated from public ratings on Steam, IGDB, Metacritic and OpenCritic. NextGameLike does not host its own reviews.

NextGameLike Score

84/100 ↗

Rating

👍 76%

525 votes

Type

Platformer, Racing, Sports

Released

2016

Updated May 2026

Developer

tinyBuild

Avg. playtime

~4h

Platforms

PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Apple Macintosh, Linux, Nintendo

Official trailer for SpeedRunners

Screenshots of SpeedRunners

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