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BIT.TRIP RUNNER cover art

BIT.TRIP RUNNER

Gaijin Games · 2011-02-28

SteamGOG

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 25, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 28, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 28, 2011 (Mac), Sep 13, 2011 (Nintendo 3DS), Feb 28, 2011 (Linux), May 17, 2010 (Wii)

Experience the rhythmic thrill of BIT.TRIP RUNNER! With its retro charm, simple controls, and award-winning visuals, this classic sets the standard for rhythm gaming. Don't miss the game that started it all in the acclaimed runner series.

BIT.TRIP RUNNER is a 2011 Action Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 3949 reviews).

1
playing now
86%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4,336
twitch viewers (latest)
4336.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (40 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Bit.Trip Runner is an arcade-style rhythm game developed by Gaijin Games and published by Aksys Games for the Wii's WiiWare download service. It is the fourth game to be released in the Bit.Trip series of games, serving as the successor to Bit.Trip Beat, Bit.Trip Core and Bit.Trip Void, and as the predecessor to Bit.Trip Fate and Bit.Trip Flux. A remake called Bit.Trip ReRunner was released on September 19, 2023 for Windows, developed by Choice Provisions and Gamecraft Studios.

Trailer

BIT.TRIP RUNNER trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 158k–316k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,953 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2013-12-19) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 21 of 63 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120172026Week of 2017-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
961Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 51 · peak 194Nov 2012 — avg 22 · peak 53Mar 2013 — avg 44 · peak 108Jul 2013 — avg 96 · peak 926Nov 2013 — avg 18 · peak 42Mar 2014 — avg 30 · peak 126Jul 2014 — avg 23 · peak 60Nov 2014 — avg 17 · peak 97Mar 2015 — avg 13 · peak 32Jul 2015 — avg 12 · peak 25Nov 2015 — avg 10 · peak 30Mar 2016 — avg 8 · peak 19Jul 2016 — avg 12 · peak 35Nov 2016 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2017 — avg 5 · peak 14Jul 2017 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2017 — avg 5 · peak 18Mar 2018 — avg 4 · peak 23Jul 2018 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2018 — avg 6 · peak 19Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 14Mar 2020 — avg 5 · peak 22Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 8Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-06-11 — best price $3.992015-11-10 — best price $4.992016-02-05 — best price $4.992016-05-02 — best price $9.992016-09-08 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $2.492017-09-21 — best price $9.992018-01-25 — best price $9.992018-08-31 — best price $1.492019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-06-17 — best price $9.992019-09-09 — best price $9.992020-01-09 — best price $4.992020-03-17 — best price $1.492020-06-27 — best price $9.992020-11-21 — best price $4.992021-02-11 — best price $2.392021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-29 — best price $9.992022-02-21 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992023-04-17 — best price $9.992023-08-25 — best price $5.992023-11-15 — best price $9.992024-01-17 — best price $4.992024-02-29 — best price $5.492024-06-03 — best price $4.992024-10-03 — best price $2.492024-12-12 — best price $6.992025-06-20 — best price $4.992025-11-10 — best price $9.992026-05-25 — best price $9.992026-09-03 — best price $9.992026-09-13 — best price $9.992026-09-23 — best price $9.992026-10-03 — best price $6.992026-10-13 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

44132026-05-31 — 16 pageviews2026-06-04 — 44 pageviews2026-06-08 — 13 pageviews2026-06-12 — 16 pageviews2026-06-16 — 13 pageviews2026-06-20 — 19 pageviews2026-06-24 — 31 pageviews2026-06-28 — 19 pageviews2026-07-02 — 30 pageviews2026-07-06 — 27 pageviews2026-07-10 — 29 pageviews2026-07-14 — 22 pageviews2026-07-18 — 20 pageviews2026-07-22 — 27 pageviews2026-07-26 — 27 pageviews2026-07-30 — 18 pageviews2026-08-03 — 26 pageviews2026-08-07 — 18 pageviews2026-08-11 — 19 pageviews2026-08-15 — 26 pageviews2026-08-19 — 23 pageviews2026-08-23 — 18 pageviews2026-08-27 — 17 pageviews2026-08-31 — 24 pageviews2026-09-04 — 21 pageviews2026-09-08 — 24 pageviews2026-09-12 — 20 pageviews2026-09-16 — 20 pageviews2026-09-20 — 27 pageviews2026-09-24 — 34 pageviews2026-09-28 — 15 pageviews2026-10-02 — 15 pageviews2026-10-06 — 19 pageviews2026-10-10 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
88.5%
earned "RAINBOW.POWER"
6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)40,3691%26
Switch (Nintendo)2440%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DMusicActionArcadeLinearRhythmRunnerColorfulControllerMinimalist

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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