Games Like SpeedRunners

Runbow, and all its 9-player madness, is now on Steam!With tons of competitive modes for up to 9 players--locally and online--and a massive Single Player Adventure, Runbow is the crazy, colour-based platformer you've been waiting for.

Why similar: Racing 49.5%, Local Multiplayer 16.5%, 4 Player Local 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Platformer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its fast side-scrolling race modes demand precise jumps, quick reactions, and keeping ahead of opponents as the level constantly changes.

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.

Why similar: Multiplayer 20.1%, Competitive 15.7%, Local Multiplayer 14%, 4 Player Local 11.2%, Platformer 9%

Why You'll Like It: Players race through platforming stages while actively placing traps and platforms to make the route harder for everyone else.

Race to the finish in Giana Sisters: Dream Runners, a fast-paced, head-to-head platformer for up to four players.

Why similar: Racing 40.8%, Multiplayer 14.7%, 4 Player Local 14.2%, Local Multiplayer 13.6%, Platformer 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It directly adapts 2D platforming into four-player races full of boosts, hazards, and ways to disrupt opponents.

Compete for the world record in this fast-paced multiplayer racing platformer! Dash through short and fun levels, or be creative and build your own levels in the fully fledged level editor!

Why similar: Racing 30.6%, Multiplayer 20.2%, Parkour 15.9%, Level Editor 10.1%, Platformer 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is a highly competitive precision-platform racing game built around shaving seconds off runs and beating other players through demanding courses.

Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.

Why similar: Multiplayer 23.1%, Local Multiplayer 16.6%, Fast-Paced 16.4%, Competitive 11.2%, 4 Player Local 11%

Why You'll Like It: This collection of rapid competitive minigames has the same frantic local-multiplayer energy and rewards quick movement decisions.

Run, jump and butt-slide into the glorious toy-filled world of Action Henk! Become a master of momentum and defy physics as you race against a band of ragged 90s action figures to once and for all prove that Action Henk is the fastest of them all!

Why similar: Racing 62.5%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Platformer 10.9%, Action 4.6%, Level Editor 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its multiplayer races capture SpeedRunners' momentum-focused platforming, with wall-running, slides, grappling-like swings, and tight time pressure.

Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.

Why similar: Multiplayer 22.1%, Local Multiplayer 18.2%, Competitive 13%, 4 Player Local 12.4%, Fast-Paced 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Fast rounds, absurd weapons, and instant reversals make this an excellent couch-competitive substitute for SpeedRunners' chaotic rivalry.

Nidhogg is the epic award-winning game of fencing tug-of-war complete with flying giant worms.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 34.1%, Multiplayer 18.5%, Competitive 13.2%, Fast-Paced 12.1%, Sports 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its stripped-down fencing races are all about repeatedly outplaying an opponent and dashing toward the goal before they recover.

Lethal League is a competitive projectile fighting game where you have to hit an anti-gravity ball into the face of your opponent to win. The ball speeds up with every strike, up to explosively extreme velocities. Play intense local matches with friends and foes, challenge yourself in the singleplayer mode or battle it out online.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 24.1%, Multiplayer 16.6%, Competitive 15.4%, Fast-Paced 10.9%, 4 Player Local 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its simple controls conceal fast, aggressive multiplayer duels where positioning and timing matter as much as raw reflexes.

TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 34.5%, 4 Player Local 17.4%, Multiplayer 13%, Local Co-Op 10.3%, Platformer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its tight movement, screen-based eliminations, pickups, and intense local-versus matches create similarly tense four-player sessions.

Banging beats and mad style, Lethal League Blaze is the most intense ball game you can play online with up to 4 players.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 23%, Competitive 22.3%, Local Multiplayer 16.2%, Sports 10.8%, Multiplayer 10%

Why You'll Like It: The escalating ball speed and movement-heavy arena combat deliver the same high-pressure competitive rhythm in a different genre.

Stick Fight is a physics-based couch/online fighting game where you battle it out as the iconic stick figures from the golden age of the internet.

Why similar: Multiplayer 33.9%, Local Multiplayer 22.2%, 4 Player Local 18.1%, Funny 10.6%, Local Co-Op 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Short, weapon-filled arena fights offer the same easy-to-start but ruthlessly competitive party-game appeal.

The rules are simple. Reach the other side and kill anyone that stands in your way. Deftly parry and rend their throats, riddle their bowels with arrows, or squish their brains between your toes. The wurm cares not for chivalry.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 48.2%, Multiplayer 25.2%, Funny 6.7%, Action 6.2%, Platformer 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling tug-of-war where winning a duel lets you sprint toward the finish gives every match a pursuit-and-escape structure.

Speed around loops, dart through train crossings, drift around helter skelters, and unleash wacky weaponry in this modern take on classic top-down multiplayer racing games such as Micro Machines and Mashed. The twist? You build the track.

Why similar: Competitive 19.8%, Racing 19%, Local Multiplayer 14.8%, Multiplayer 12.2%, 4 Player Local 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Players build and race through chaotic courses while deploying hazards, bringing the sabotage and rivalry of SpeedRunners to vehicle racing.

A couch/online game where you battle your friends with unique and wild abilities. There are many choices such as a shrink ray, creating black holes, stopping time and attaching a rocket engine to the stage to send it flying. Choose a combination that synergizes well to win the round!

Why similar: Multiplayer 26%, 4 Player Local 25.9%, Local Multiplayer 19%, Local Co-Op 10%, Funny 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its physics-driven abilities and destructible stages create unpredictable local multiplayer matches full of sudden knockouts and comebacks.

Welcome to the Blood Party! Play together with up to 3 people and compete in deadly game shows. Customize your zombie, build your own levels, share them via Steam Workshop and die a lot.

Why similar: Multiplayer 36.8%, Parkour 19.9%, Level Editor 8.9%, 4 Player Local 8%, Funny 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This competitive obstacle-course platformer has players surviving traps and racing through grisly levels with friends.

Bloody Trapland is a fast-paced multiplayer platformer where the levels are filled with dozens of dangerous traps and tricky jumps that stand in your way! Play co-op with your friends or take on the challenges on your own. With support for up to 4 players at once, local and/or online.

Why similar: Multiplayer 23.2%, Local Multiplayer 22.5%, 4 Player Local 17.6%, Local Co-Op 13.7%, Platformer 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its punishing trap-filled platform stages suit players who enjoy SpeedRunners' precision movement and repeated attempts at mastering hazards.

Slice and dice your friends with boomerangs in this frantic physics party game. Join a crew of your favorite foods as you grill, chill and spill your enemies. Discover ridiculous power-ups and stack them together in deadly combinations.

Why similar: Competitive 32.3%, Local Multiplayer 23.7%, 4 Player Local 23%, Local Co-Op 8.7%, Funny 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Fast movement, compact arenas, and one-hit eliminations make its couch-versus matches as immediately readable and intense as SpeedRunners.

RIVALS OF AETHER is an indie fighting game where warring civilizations summon the power of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Play with up to four players either locally or online.

Why similar: Competitive 27.9%, Multiplayer 21.1%, Local Multiplayer 20.2%, 4 Player Local 13.3%, Platformer 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its movement-rich platform-fighting mechanics reward mastery of aerial control, stage positioning, and aggressive reads.

Award-winning same-screen party racing for up to 16 players! Race brutal-cute aliens on exotic planets, using weapon powerups and physics-based vehicles to annihilate your competition in frantic round-based combat. Connect spare gamepads, laptops and smart devices as extra controllers.

Why similar: Racing 26%, Fast-Paced 14.6%, Local Multiplayer 12.8%, Competitive 12.3%, Multiplayer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its weaponized elimination races and shrinking-camera pressure echo SpeedRunners' core goal of forcing rivals off-screen.

Lock in! Samurai GUNN 2 is a bloody and brutally fast platform fighter for players who like short rounds and intense action. Free Edition out now!

Why similar: Competitive 34.2%, 4 Player Local 16%, Local Multiplayer 15.8%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Fast-Paced 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This ultra-fast platform fighter centers on mobility, limited resources, and split-second kills in compact competitive stages.

Superfighters Deluxe is a unique action game that combines brawling, shooting and platforming in dynamic sandboxy 2D levels. Lots of weapons and fun gameplay systems interlock to create absurd action-movie chaos.

Why similar: Multiplayer 27.9%, Local Multiplayer 20.1%, Platformer 10.5%, Level Editor 7.5%, Local Co-Op 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its destructible 2D arenas, weapon pickups, and nimble movement make for frantic multiplayer brawls with a similarly retro feel.

A 2D party platformer where you fight with a hat! Throw your hat to attack, defend and bait opponents. But watch out! If someone jumps on your hat... you die!

Why similar: Competitive 21.6%, Fast-Paced 20.4%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Local Multiplayer 13.4%, 4 Player Local 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: This local multiplayer platform fighter makes every player's vulnerable hat a target, creating frantic chase-and-elimination rounds.

An epic platform fighter for up to 8 players online or local. Try casual free-for-alls, ranked matches, or invite friends to a private room. And it's free! Play cross-platform with millions of players on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android & Steam! Frequent updates. Over sixty Legends.

Why similar: Multiplayer 27.1%, Local Multiplayer 22%, 4 Player Local 19.2%, Platformer 11%, Local Co-Op 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play platform fighter with online and local multiplayer, fast aerial movement, and knockout-focused competitive matches.

Fling to the Finish is a cooperative racing game where teammates are tethered together by a stretchy elastic rope. Get up close and personal with your partner to maneuver two characters bouncing, rolling, and flinging their way to the finish line!

Why similar: Competitive 22.1%, Racing 21.2%, Local Multiplayer 13.5%, Multiplayer 12.4%, 4 Player Local 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Tethered racers must navigate obstacle courses at speed, producing hectic physics mishaps and close competitive race moments.

Jog! Jump! Switch! Coordinate the crazy conga line of alien athletes in this autorunner / puzzle platformer for 1-4 players.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 25.3%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Platformer 14.5%, Local Co-Op 13.8%, Funny 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Although cooperative rather than versus-focused, its synchronized high-speed 2D running demands the same sharp platforming coordination.

SpeedRunners 2 is a high-speed multiplayer platformer where rival superheroes face off in breakneck races using parkour, grappling hooks, and game-changing power-ups. Fall behind, and a shrinking ring of fire eliminates you – until only one runner remains.

Why similar: Competitive 23.4%, Racing 20.8%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Parkour 12%, 4 Player Local 8.7%

Screencheat is a ridiculous competitive split-screen first-person shooter where everyone is invisible, so players are forced to look at each other’s screens to win. Supporting both local and online multiplayer, combat in Screencheat is fast and furious with a wide variety of one-hit kill weapons.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 25.7%, 4 Player Local 24.4%, Multiplayer 21.6%, Local Co-Op 10.8%, Funny 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its split-screen arena shooter turns local multiplayer into a frantic mind game where tracking opponents and reacting quickly are essential.

Knight Squad 2 is a chaotic arcade multiplayer game for up to 8 players. Pick an eccentric knight and fight for glory with wacky weaponry. Triumph over your friends in a ridiculous amount of game modes, both offline and online.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 35.5%, Multiplayer 31.6%, Local Multiplayer 13.7%, Arcade 5.7%, Local Co-Op 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its accessible top-down arena modes support large local or online groups and deliver quick, competitive party-game matches.

Experience the extreme simulated sporting sensation that's sweeping our digital nation! Mount Your Friends is a fiercely competitive sporting event for you to play with your friends in the contextual security of your own home, assuming that your home is not composed of sexual innuendo.

Why similar: Competitive 23.2%, Multiplayer 20.6%, Local Multiplayer 20.2%, Sports 12.6%, Funny 9.7%

Race against your friends and alter the track by placing obstacles after each lap. Change the rules mid-game with roguelike modifiers. Shove your opponents off the track, drift, boost and jump. Up to 4 players online and local split-screen.

Why similar: Competitive 19.1%, Racing 19%, Local Multiplayer 14.4%, Multiplayer 13.8%, 4 Player Local 12.1%

Pummel Party is a 4-8 player online and local-multiplayer party game. Pummel friends or AI using a wide array of absurd items in the board mode and compete to destroy friendships in the unique collection of minigames.

Why similar: Multiplayer 37.9%, 4 Player Local 25.6%, Local Multiplayer 15.9%, Funny 9.3%, Local Co-Op 5.3%

Monster Apes! Rockets! Piranhas! UFOs! Build the most insane race tracks ever. Challenge your friends or CRACK A TRACK on your own. Can you make it to the finish line in an explosive race without rules?

Why similar: Racing 36.5%, Competitive 10.5%, Fast-Paced 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Local Multiplayer 7.1%

"I Am You From The Future! No Time To Explain, Follow m-OH CHRIST!" Chase your future self through time and alternate realities while fighting giant monsters, collecting hats, and eating cake! No Time To Explain Remastered is the remake of tinyBuild's debut game. Now with multiplayer!

Why similar: Platformer 24%, Multiplayer 20.9%, Funny 13.8%, Local Multiplayer 10.9%, Indie 10%

Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.

Why similar: Multiplayer 21.8%, Local Multiplayer 17.8%, Platformer 14.1%, Local Co-Op 13%, Co-op 8.1%

A futuresport FPS where you race around a skate park / dance club and nail each other with dodgeball trick shots. Singleplayer + Local Multiplayer + Online Multiplayer with 27 different objective-based game modes...or create your own!

Why similar: Competitive 34.8%, Local Multiplayer 17.8%, 4 Player Local 17.5%, Sports 11.6%, Local Co-Op 7.9%

Missing the days of split screen multiplayer or wanting to play with actual in-person friends in the same room? Death Stair is a local multiplayer stair climbing game. Play locally with maximum three friends and race to the finish while the fourth, armed to the teeth with an arsenal of unconventional ammo types, does everything to stop...

Why similar: Racing 20.7%, Fast-Paced 16.3%, Competitive 12.7%, Multiplayer 11.6%, 4 Player Local 10.1%

Fast, party platform game for up to 4 players. Finish levels as quick as possible. Collect nuts using movable objects.

Why similar: Multiplayer 18.5%, Competitive 16.1%, Local Multiplayer 13.4%, 4 Player Local 11.6%, Platformer 11.1%

Hot Shot Burn is the hilariously violent party brawler that lets you compete in the galaxy's ultimate televised blood sport. Experience crazy couch battles full of ridiculous flukes and insane skill shots for up to 4 players.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 20%, 4 Player Local 19.8%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Competitive 7.6%, Local Co-Op 7.6%

Ninza is a free multiplayer game like no other! Instead of directly attacking your opponents, you crush them by pushing pieces of the level. Embrace chaos and dive into an entirely new level of frenzied and creative gameplay, where the environment itself becomes both your weapon and your enemy.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 16.9%, Fast-Paced 15.7%, Competitive 15.6%, Multiplayer 14.2%, 4 Player Local 13.3%

Ultimate Sheep Raccoon is a bike-racing party game where you and your friends build the course together. Add obstacles and dangerous traps, take the lead with power-ups, and race to the finish!

Why similar: Racing 23%, Competitive 17.9%, Local Multiplayer 15%, Multiplayer 13.1%, 4 Player Local 11.6%

A fast-paced action-sports game that pits 2-4 players against each other in a frantic combination of air hockey and tennis. Players scramble to retrieve and throw a glowing disc while unleashing devastating abilities and defending their end zone.

Why similar: Sports 30.2%, Multiplayer 29.8%, Competitive 27.5%, Action 6.7%, Indie 4.5%

Compete online against your friends and other players in this chaotic and fast paced 4-player game of tag! Race across different locations, jump through windows, electrocute the other players, or throw cats at them. (No cats were harmed in the production of this game.)

Why similar: Competitive 38%, Multiplayer 23.4%, Parkour 21.8%, Sports 13.5%, Arcade 3.3%

Crazy, physics-driven, four-player marathon across Japan. Combining classic racers like Micro Machines and the insanity of TV's Takeshi's Castle, smash through offices and shopping malls and hurl fruit at your opponents in a party game unlike anything you've played before!

Why similar: Racing 29%, 4 Player Local 17.5%, Local Multiplayer 16.7%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Sports 10.4%

Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.

Why similar: Multiplayer 20.2%, Local Multiplayer 17.4%, Platformer 15.8%, Level Editor 12.9%, Funny 9.8%

Fast-paced football game without a referee on the pitch and with crazy super-powers! It may not look serious, but we guarantee, that it is. Kopanito’s match engine is well-balanced and entirely skill-based.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 21.8%, Sports 19.9%, 4 Player Local 14.4%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Fast-Paced 11.2%

Compete across land, water and air in incredible transforming vehicles that change from cars to boats to planes mid-race.

Why similar: Racing 52.3%, Local Multiplayer 16.3%, Multiplayer 10.4%, 4 Player Local 5.6%, Fast-Paced 5.4%

Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.

Why similar: Racing 46.4%, Fast-Paced 14.3%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Local Multiplayer 8.5%, Level Editor 6%

Ultimate Godspeed is a party racing game. Place items on the track and bring chaos to the race! The goal: Create the shortest way for you or the most pain for your opponents.

Why similar: Racing 25%, 4 Player Local 15.7%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Parkour 15%, Platformer 9.3%

Spiders with laser swords! Duel to the death against your friends or choose to team up and hold back swarms of savage enemies. Swing, stab and shoot with style, effortlessly performing movie-worthy parkour.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 26.9%, Parkour 17.2%, 4 Player Local 16.4%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Funny 7.5%

Parkour Tag is a platforming PvP game that faces two-players off in a competitive game of movement. Run vertically or horizontally on any wall, jump, double jump, slide, vault and more to outmaneuver your opponent and claim victory!

Why similar: Competitive 31.9%, Parkour 18.9%, Multiplayer 18.6%, Fast-Paced 10.2%, Sports 9.5%

Pound your way to victory in this 4-player competitive platformer. Create massive shockwaves in the terrain to bounce your enemies off the stage while trying to avoid being sent flying yourself.

Why similar: Competitive 41.7%, Local Multiplayer 31.4%, Platformer 17%, Indie 9.8%

Ragdoll Runners is a physics-based athletics game where you control independently the two legs of an athlete in 8 events of different types: sprint, long jump, triple jump, hurdles. Play against the computer, with 3 friends on the same PC or online against other players' records.

Why similar: Sports 39.3%, Competitive 39.1%, Funny 12.1%, Indie 9.5%

"4 Rush Together" is a light-hearted and funny obstacle course game where you and your friends are tied together with a rope, adventuring through creative levels filled with fun. You can invite up to three friends to play together in local multiplayer or online co-op mode. What are you waiting for?

Why similar: Racing 32.6%, 4 Player Local 19%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Parkour 13.6%, Sports 10.8%

Fast-paced multiplayer racing game set in the vastness of space. Compete against friends or online rivals in intense races, where quick reflexes and strategic use of diverse skills determine the victor. Embrace the challenge of swinging your way to victory in this exhilarating space-themed race!

Why similar: Competitive 32.1%, Racing 26.8%, Parkour 14.9%, Platformer 9.7%, Multiplayer 6.2%

With your brilliant robe and magic powers, it’s time to build some Tricky Towers! Stack your bricks in this land of fable, whose marvelous tower will be the most stable? Battle your friends and rise to fame, in this frantic physics game.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 26.9%, Multiplayer 24.6%, 4 Player Local 24.3%, Local Co-Op 11.2%, Funny 8.8%

Pimp up your mobility scooter and take on the Grim Reaper and his Zombie army in a race for your soul. Armed with a variety of homemade weapons and gadgets, battle your way through 13 unique & exhilarating tracks. Can you survive the retirement village?

Why similar: Racing 62.1%, Local Multiplayer 18.5%, 4 Player Local 7.2%, Funny 4.5%, Action 4.4%

Race against up to 7 other players online and create catastrophic chaos with items beyond insanity. Breaking the tradition of single-player, story-based platformers. Interested? This is the brand new 2D platformer experience you want.

Why similar: Racing 37.6%, Multiplayer 20.9%, Parkour 17.1%, Platformer 9.5%, Funny 7.8%

Master rocket-powered parkour! Boost, slide, wallrun, and fly through 70+ handcrafted levels... or build your own in Create Mode. Play solo, race online, or climb the leaderboards in async multiplayer.

Why similar: Racing 26.5%, Fast-Paced 20.8%, Parkour 15.6%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Platformer 8.7%