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SpeedRunners cover art

SpeedRunners

DoubleDutch Games · tinyBuild · 2016-04-19

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualIndieRacingSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 23, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 19, 2016 (Mac), Feb 25, 2019 (Android), Apr 19, 2016 (Linux), Jun 01, 2017 (Xbox One), Jul 05, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.

SpeedRunners is an Action, Casual, Indie and Racing game released in 2016, priced at $2.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 37136 reviews).

30
playing now
94%
positive of 37k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (117 ratings)
4.22★
PlayStation Store rating (3,332 ratings)
80/100
opencritic · strong · 75% recommend · from 21 critics
10h
to beat · rushed 3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
−80% · $2.99
was $14.99
steam price (US) · on sale

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

SpeedRunners is a multiplayer side-scrolling racing game developed by DoubleDutch Games and published by tinyBuild. Originally a free web browser game titled SpeedRunner and later an Xbox 360 game by the name SpeedRunner HD on Xbox Live Arcade, SpeedRunners was released on Steam on 26 August 2013 into Steam Early Access, and as a full game on 19 April 2016. SpeedRunners was released on Xbox One in June 2017 as a Games with Gold title. A Nintendo Switch version was released on 23 January 2020. It was recognized as an esport by the Electronic Sports League in July 2015. However, due to decreasing activity the SpeedRunners section was ended on 28 August 2016 when the final community cup was held.

Trailer

SpeedRunners trailer thumbnail

SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed | Announcement Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 30 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 348 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~44/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 930k–2.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 37,188 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$2.99-80%
Steam$2.99-80%
GameBillet$3.00-80%
GamersGate$3.00-80%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-11-06) · bundled 20×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 112 of 136 observed days · $1.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
63763720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 637 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

211212026-09-15 11:00 — 42 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 106 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 81 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 54 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 123 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 64 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 94 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 100 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 85 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 79 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 82 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 41 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 98 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 211 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 56 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 58 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 111 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 85 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 56 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 144 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 137 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k52Nov 2013Aug 2026Nov 2013 — avg 55 · peak 164Mar 2014 — avg 52 · peak 160Jul 2014 — avg 214 · peak 792Nov 2014 — avg 565 · peak 2,439Mar 2015 — avg 463 · peak 1,006Jul 2015 — avg 487 · peak 969Nov 2015 — avg 407 · peak 875Mar 2016 — avg 432 · peak 892Jul 2016 — avg 943 · peak 3,237Nov 2016 — avg 256 · peak 603Mar 2017 — avg 244 · peak 545Jul 2017 — avg 785 · peak 2,417Nov 2017 — avg 303 · peak 1,019Mar 2018 — avg 241 · peak 631Jul 2018 — avg 336 · peak 855Nov 2018 — avg 165 · peak 424Mar 2019 — avg 132 · peak 284Jul 2019 — avg 163 · peak 332Nov 2019 — avg 149 · peak 521Mar 2020 — avg 337 · peak 927Jul 2020 — avg 316 · peak 715Nov 2020 — avg 287 · peak 817Mar 2021 — avg 325 · peak 1,162Jul 2021 — avg 335 · peak 785Nov 2021 — avg 211 · peak 526Mar 2022 — avg 175 · peak 371Jul 2022 — avg 257 · peak 577Nov 2022 — avg 159 · peak 429Mar 2023 — avg 206 · peak 475Jul 2023 — avg 213 · peak 415Nov 2023 — avg 191 · peak 463Mar 2024 — avg 159 · peak 376Jul 2024 — avg 162 · peak 359Nov 2024 — avg 125 · peak 302Mar 2025 — avg 146 · peak 366Jul 2025 — avg 147 · peak 312Nov 2025 — avg 91 · peak 209Mar 2026 — avg 117 · peak 308Jul 2026 — avg 97 · peak 244Aug 2026 — avg 99 · peak 244
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$1.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-12-01 — best price $14.992016-10-28 — best price $9.742017-11-23 — best price $3.742018-10-08 — best price $7.492019-11-10 — best price $4.492020-05-29 — best price $14.992020-07-23 — best price $13.392020-09-26 — best price $12.602020-11-25 — best price $3.742021-01-20 — best price $14.992021-04-01 — best price $3.262021-06-07 — best price $4.942021-10-03 — best price $14.992022-01-17 — best price $1.002022-05-04 — best price $13.392022-08-06 — best price $2.832022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-02-12 — best price $14.992023-05-26 — best price $3.742023-08-22 — best price $3.132023-11-21 — best price $3.742024-02-27 — best price $14.992024-05-01 — best price $3.742024-07-12 — best price $11.012024-09-18 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $12.712025-04-21 — best price $14.992025-09-17 — best price $14.542026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-04-17 — best price $12.892026-08-05 — best price $2.992026-09-16 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

182242026-05-28 — 52 pageviews2026-06-01 — 30 pageviews2026-06-05 — 63 pageviews2026-06-09 — 45 pageviews2026-06-13 — 40 pageviews2026-06-17 — 35 pageviews2026-06-21 — 32 pageviews2026-06-25 — 34 pageviews2026-06-29 — 33 pageviews2026-07-03 — 33 pageviews2026-07-07 — 32 pageviews2026-07-11 — 27 pageviews2026-07-15 — 41 pageviews2026-07-19 — 34 pageviews2026-07-23 — 36 pageviews2026-07-27 — 38 pageviews2026-07-31 — 56 pageviews2026-08-04 — 44 pageviews2026-08-08 — 35 pageviews2026-08-12 — 38 pageviews2026-08-16 — 37 pageviews2026-08-20 — 45 pageviews2026-08-24 — 58 pageviews2026-08-28 — 66 pageviews2026-09-01 — 68 pageviews2026-09-05 — 128 pageviews2026-09-09 — 39 pageviews2026-09-13 — 71 pageviews2026-09-17 — 44 pageviews2026-09-21 — 46 pageviews2026-09-25 — 54 pageviews2026-09-29 — 40 pageviews2026-10-03 — 60 pageviews2026-10-06 — 24 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
69.9%
earned "Backfired"
21%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards3 DLC

18 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Hungarian, Greek…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2014-10-20, latest 2018-07-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)65,9181%29
Xbox One (Xbox)38,8321%18
PS4 (PlayStation)11,1721%16
Switch (Nintendo)2180%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

2DFunnyIndieActionRacingSportsParkourControllerFast-PacedPlatformer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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