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.

Alien Soldier
Alien Soldier
Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami
Copy Kitty
Copy Kitty
Dustforce
Dustforce
Freedom Planet 2
Freedom Planet 2
Hi-Fi Rush
Hi-Fi Rush
Risk of Rain 2
Risk of Rain 2
Teardown
Teardown
Bangai-O Spirits
Bangai-O Spirits
Dead Cells
Dead Cells
Flywrench
Flywrench
Freedom Planet
Freedom Planet
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Mischief Makers
Mischief Makers
High Hell
High Hell
HoPiKo
HoPiKo
Rollerdrome
Rollerdrome
Silver Grapple
Silver Grapple
SuperHot
SuperHot
Super Meat Boy
Super Meat Boy
Zineth
Zineth
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog

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Anger Foot
Anger Foot

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Lovely Planet
Lovely Planet

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Neon White
Neon White

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RunMan: Race Around the World
RunMan: Race Around the World

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Celaria
Celaria

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Clustertruck
Clustertruck

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Cyber Hook
Cyber Hook

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DeadCore
DeadCore

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Eqi
Eqi

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Ghostrunner
Ghostrunner

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Glyph
Glyph

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Hot Lava
Hot Lava

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Katana Zero
Katana Zero

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Mirror's Edge
Mirror's Edge

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Phantom Abyss
Phantom Abyss

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Post Void
Post Void

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Remnants of Naezith
Remnants of Naezith

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Severed Steel
Severed Steel

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Slow Mole
Slow Mole

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Spark the Electric Jester 3
Spark the Electric Jester 3

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The End Is Nigh
The End Is Nigh

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Verlet Swing
Verlet Swing

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Vivid Surf
Vivid Surf

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


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