Endless Runner Games
The runners shelf is for games where the world keeps moving and you decide only what to do next: jump, slide, switch lanes, swing or tap. Some run on rooftops, some down a wireframe canyon, one across a river. Every run ends in a mistake, and the next one starts with one tap. Scores come from distance, streaks and clean timing.
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Filament Run
1980 Vector, Lane Runner
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Lilypad Lane
1986 Arcade, Lane crossing
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Matchstick Marathon
1988 Stick-figure, Runner-hurdler
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Scribble Shinobi
1992 Stick-figure, Runner
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Dialup Dash
1999 Runner
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Pencil Dojo
2009 Action, Stick-Figure
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Spring Spire
2012 Endless, Jumper
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Flutterby
2013 Endless, One-Tap
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One Thumb Hop
2013 Endless, One-Tap
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Pendulum Pop
2013 Endless, One-Tap
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Tint Tumble
2013 Arcade, One-tap colour match
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Hairspring
2014 Timing, One-Tap
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Plankwright
2014 One-Tap, Timing
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Slab Stack
2016 One-Tap, Stacking
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Pin Wheel
2018 One-tap, Aim
15 runners games, oldest first
- Filament Run 1980 Skim a wireframe canyon at rising speed, thread each barrier's gap and centre the rings to chain boosts.
- Lilypad Lane 1986 Hop a frog up nine lanes of river, riding logs and dodging gators, to fill five home pads.
- Matchstick Marathon 1988 A match-headed hurdler on an endless stadium track: tap to hop, hold to fly, clear every bar tight.
- Scribble Shinobi 1992 A pen-drawn ninja sprints down a notebook margin, double-jumping spikes and slashing flying stars.
- Dialup Dash 1999 A four-lane dash down a beige 1999 modem hall, squeezing through gates on a draining bandwidth bar.
- Pencil Dojo 2009 A doodled sensei on lined paper strikes scribble raiders from both sides, and only when they are close.
- Spring Spire 2012 A round critter bounces up an endless spire of leaf pads. Ride the red springs, grab coins, and skip the cracked brown pads. The mist rises, so keep climbing.
- Flutterby 2013 Tap to flap a butterfly through the gaps between flower stems. Nectar and gates fill the glide lamp; keep your finger down after a tap and time slows to a crawl.
- One Thumb Hop 2013 One tap bounces a flat blob between sliding rooftops. Hop from a roof, slam in the air.
- Pendulum Pop 2013 A glowing seed on a stretchy line: let go, pop orbs in flight, then catch the next anchor before the mist.
- Tint Tumble 2013 Hop a glossy ball through walls of coloured bands, changing colour with each pad you tap.
- Hairspring 2014 A watch hand sweeps the dial. Tap inside the glowing arc and it snaps back, faster each time.
- Plankwright 2014 Hold to grow a plank, let go to drop it across the gap, then walk your little builder over. Land the end on the red mark for a perfect. Some pillars slide about while you build.
- Slab Stack 2016 Slabs slide in from the left and the right. Tap to drop, slice off the overhang, and build a tower to the summit. Land one dead-on and nothing is lost.
- Pin Wheel 2018 Fire pins into a spinning wheel without touching the ones already stuck in it. Wheels speed up, wobble and reverse, and every fifth is a boss with pegs in the way.