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.

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

8 Comments


1 year ago

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

1 year ago

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

1 year 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

1 year 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")

1 year ago

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

1 year ago

Added!

6 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


Last updated: