Action · April 19, 2016
SpeedRunners (2016)
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 Features 4 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)
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168 Action titles launched in 2016 — top 6 by review volume.
Position in Action
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 36.7k Steam reviews | Top 16% in Action |
| Positive rating | 94% positive | Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 19% |
| Metacritic | 84/100 | Genre average 77 — top 22% of Action titles |
| Concurrent peak | 195 players | Top 25% in Action by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 12 h average | Top 40% for session depth among Action |
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Multiplayer · 524
- Racing · 462
- Local Multiplayer · 312
- Indie · 306
- Competitive · 301
- Fast-Paced · 294
- Platformer · 265
- Action · 254
- 2D · 229
- 4 Player Local · 206
- Funny · 199
- Parkour · 194
- Sports · 170
- Controller · 127
- Local Co-Op · 117
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Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (12)
- English volume_up
- French
- Italian
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Czech
- Romanian
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Dutch
- Hungarian
- Greek
Full audio (2)
- English
- Korean
Reception Metrics
Steam community
94%Very Positive · 36.7k reviews
34.5k positive · 2.2k negative
Metacritic
84/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
7.5/10
Curator recommendations
22.7k
Peak concurrent players
195
Features & Capabilities
Multiplayer
- Multi-player
- PvP
- Online PvP
- Shared/Split Screen PvP
- Shared/Split Screen
- Cross-Platform Multiplayer
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Cloud
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
Other
- Single-player
Press Quotes
“Speedrunners is the Competitive Multiplayer Mario That Nintendo Should've Made” Kotaku “A Great Example Of Early Access Development Benefitting A Game And Its Players” Rock Paper Shotgun “SpeedRunners is a fully realized idea, a great platformer, and a terrific party game that’s fun online as well.” PCGamer
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
12h
short (5–15 hours)
Median
5h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
32h
Current engagement
Achievements
29
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Apr 19, 2016 |
|---|---|
| Developer | DoubleDutch Games |
| Publisher | tinyBuild |
| Base price | $2.99 -80% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 3 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Editions & Packages
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