Speedrunner's Delight

Games that encourage or are even designed for speedrunning

Also, no racers! If I opened this up car games, the list would never end. Those all count in spirit, but I'm leaving them off.

Neon White
Neon White
Dustforce
Dustforce
Lovely Planet
Lovely Planet
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog
Mirror's Edge
Mirror's Edge
HoPiKo
HoPiKo
Super Meat Boy
Super Meat Boy
Teardown
Teardown
Severed Steel
Severed Steel
Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami
Zineth
Zineth
High Hell
High Hell
Bangai-O Spirits
Bangai-O Spirits
DeadCore
DeadCore
Rollerdrome
Rollerdrome
Ghostrunner
Ghostrunner
Cyber Hook
Cyber Hook
Copy Kitty
Copy Kitty
Clustertruck
Clustertruck
Vivid Surf
Vivid Surf
SuperHot
SuperHot
Freedom Planet 2
Freedom Planet 2
Hi-Fi Rush
Hi-Fi Rush
Remnants of Naezith
Remnants of Naezith
Glyph
Glyph
Hot Lava
Hot Lava
Freedom Planet
Freedom Planet
Katana Zero
Katana Zero
Phantom Abyss
Phantom Abyss
Celaria
Celaria
Silver Grapple
Silver Grapple
Mischief Makers
Mischief Makers
Alien Soldier
Alien Soldier
Verlet Swing
Verlet Swing
Dead Cells
Dead Cells
Post Void
Post Void
Anger Foot
Anger Foot
Risk of Rain 2
Risk of Rain 2
Slow Mole
Slow Mole
Spark the Electric Jester 3
Spark the Electric Jester 3
Flywrench
Flywrench
The End Is Nigh
The End Is Nigh
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
RunMan: Race Around the World
RunMan: Race Around the World
Eqi
Eqi

8 Comments


11 months ago

I've been recently playing Verlet Swing recently, fits here perfectly.

11 months ago

I'll add it! Though this is missing a lot of titles I just haven't thought to add.

11 months ago

Would also like to suggest games like Pizza Tower, The End is Nigh, and even Hollow Knight (that last one may seem weird, but it actually has a couple of achievements that actively encourage completing the game as fast as possible)

11 months ago

Speedrun achievements would balloon this list to unmanagable proportions IMO. Beating the game quickly is a relatively common achievement for games and doesn't really get at the core idea

11 months ago

a few suggestions:
- Post-Void
- Ape Out
- Anger Foot (full version not released yet but the demo is a similar kind of high speed FPS - you can even drink energy drinks to speed up the game)
- Gonner & Gonner 2 (platformer / run&gun rougelites with a combo mechanic that encourages speed, and a soundtrack that speeds up as you get combos)
- Slow Mole ("8-bit platformer for the NES that makes everyone a speedrunner")

11 months ago

Katana ZERO needs to be here. It unlocks a speedrun mode after you beat the game.

11 months ago

Added!

5 months ago

only just started playing but RAYZE fits this to a tee. all abt making quick movements nd building up speed by making big combos


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