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Runner3 cover art

Runner3

Choice Provisions · 2018-05-22

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndieMassively Multiplayer

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: Nov 13, 2018 (PlayStation 4), May 22, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 22, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), May 22, 2018 (Mac)

CommanderVideo returns in Runner3's heart-pounding saga! Conquer villainous villains, drive wild vehicles, and navigate thrilling environments. Meet quirky characters and face retro challenges for an adrenaline-soaked rhythm-music platformer adventure!

75%
positive of 301 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
4.46★
PlayStation Store rating (100 ratings)
12h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 20h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)
Runner3 is a rhythm platform game developed by Choice Provisions. A sequel to Bit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien, Runner3 is part of the Bit.Trip series, starring the character CommanderVideo. The game was released on May 22, 2018 on Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Nintendo Switch, and was released on the PlayStation 4 on November 13, 2018.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (38 reviews).
  • · Top 39% of 16,648 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.5k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 301 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2020-03-17) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 12 of 27 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920182026Week of 2018-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$1.992018-05-012026-09-192018-05-01 — best price $25.492018-12-23 — best price $19.992019-07-01 — best price $9.992019-12-11 — best price $11.992020-02-26 — best price $15.742020-05-26 — best price $17.882020-07-11 — best price $17.882020-08-03 — best price $19.992020-09-10 — best price $19.992020-10-06 — best price $19.992020-10-29 — best price $17.882020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-01-07 — best price $19.992021-01-30 — best price $17.882021-02-24 — best price $17.882021-03-19 — best price $19.992021-04-18 — best price $17.882021-05-11 — best price $19.992021-06-02 — best price $17.882021-10-03 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $17.882022-02-23 — best price $17.882022-07-03 — best price $17.882023-05-26 — best price $17.882023-08-25 — best price $11.992023-12-14 — best price $6.792024-02-13 — best price $17.882024-04-23 — best price $13.392024-06-20 — best price $17.882024-10-04 — best price $14.692024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-02-08 — best price $14.692025-09-22 — best price $6.792026-04-24 — best price $19.992026-09-19 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2332026-06-21 — 7 pageviews2026-06-24 — 10 pageviews2026-06-27 — 6 pageviews2026-06-30 — 7 pageviews2026-07-03 — 3 pageviews2026-07-06 — 4 pageviews2026-07-09 — 10 pageviews2026-07-12 — 5 pageviews2026-07-15 — 14 pageviews2026-07-18 — 13 pageviews2026-07-21 — 6 pageviews2026-07-24 — 14 pageviews2026-07-27 — 7 pageviews2026-07-30 — 12 pageviews2026-08-02 — 9 pageviews2026-08-05 — 11 pageviews2026-08-08 — 8 pageviews2026-08-11 — 10 pageviews2026-08-14 — 10 pageviews2026-08-17 — 8 pageviews2026-08-20 — 4 pageviews2026-08-23 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 20 pageviews2026-08-29 — 7 pageviews2026-09-01 — 12 pageviews2026-09-04 — 9 pageviews2026-09-07 — 8 pageviews2026-09-10 — 9 pageviews2026-09-13 — 16 pageviews2026-09-16 — 7 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
67.3%
earned "You're Perfect!"
13.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2018-05-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3007%33
Switch (Nintendo)1010%0
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Player tags

FunnyIndieMusicActionRhythmRunnerColorfulAdventureDifficultController

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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