Endless Runner (also known as Infinite Running) is a subgenre of Platform games, in which the player controls the character, who is continuously moving forward through a randomly generated environment or the world. The controls are limited in theses to make the character attack, perform individual actions, or jump. The objective of the game is to score as many points as possible before the character dies. Endless running games are popular on mobile devices. Using the touchscreen, the player can control the character, overcome deadly obstacles, gather collectibles and effort to fulfil the requirement of each objective to unlock upgrades, and other items. Many games played from a third-person perspective like a Subway Surfer, in which the player explores the environment from a third-person viewpoint, avoid oncoming trains and hurdles, collect as many coins and collectibles as possible while scoring the best points. Some games can be played from either a side-scroll perspective like Hill Climb Racing or a third-person perspective which takes place in the open world and enables the player to move freely.
#1 Canabalt
Canabalt is an extremely addictive and a totally cool Endless Running, Action-Adventure, Arcade and Side-Scrolling video game. This game was originally designed and developed by Adam Saltsman and published by Semi-Secret Software and is available on Flash, iOS, Commodore 64, PlayStation Portable, Ouya and Android platforms. According to the story-line, the game kicks off with the protagonist escaping from an unknown threat and is running on the rooftop of a near erected building. Running forward automatically, the player must help protagonist avoid the obstacles, enemies and collect the power-ups while running and jumping over a number of different obstacles etc. The game features 3D graphics, an amazingly attracting environment and a lot of great upgrade options. Try this cool game and you’ll feel yourself glued to the device.
#2 Sonic Dash
Sonic dash developed by Hardlight is another great Action-Adventure, Arcade Endless Running and Side-Scrolling Platform-based video game. The game features the famous character Sonic who has to run to an endless distance avoiding all the obstacles and enemies in the way. Sonic moves forward on his own, the player just have to assist him in jumping, ducking, sliding over and under a number of different obstacles and collecting the power-ups, coins and a lot of other fun things on the way. All the collectibles can be used as a source to buy upgrades in the game. The game features 3D graphics and a seaside environment. This super addicting Endless Running game is available to play on iOS and Android only. Do give it a try if you haven’t yet and enjoy all the fun.
#3 Despicable Me: Minion Rush
Despicable Me: Minion Rush is a fantastic Platfor-Puzzle and Endless Running video game by Gameloft. The game has a huge player base of over 750 million and it won an award of Favorite Endless Runner game of the year. The game allows the players to control the character of Minion and start Running, Jumping, Rolling, and Sliding your way through a series of obstacles. Despicable Me: Minion Rush lets the players choose a character from the given choices and enjoy running and collecting the Sweet bananas. Players can have any of the characters such as Carl, Dave, and Jerry, customize their appearance with the help of items such as costumes, props, and more. Despicable Me: Minion Rush offers various locations from the Despicable Me movies and players can explore them, play mini games and enjoy being the tiny and funny little Minions. With all the hilarious Minion Moments (become a Mega Minion, ride Fluffy Unicorn, swoosh on Gru’s Rocket, etc.), loads of amazing power-ups and weapons, best of the best villain characters including Villaintriloquist, El Macho, and Vector, fantastic Voice-overs and all the beautiful 3D graphics, Despicable Me: Minion Rush offers a remarkably addictive and enjoyable gameplay.
#4 Boson X
Boson X is an Action, Arcade, Endless Runner, Platform, Third-person Perspective and Single-player video game created and published by Ian MacLarty. The game takes place in a stunning world filled with obstacles and hurdles. Control a character and jump your way while avoiding obstacles and other traps. Your main task is to survive as long as possible to score the highest points in fast-paced gameplay consists of up to eighteen levels. The game introduces achievements and leaderboards to show your progress on the screen and lets you a chance to show off your skills and abilities. In the game, you have built up your speed and generate energy to discover new particles. As you advanced, the game becomes challenging and hard to master. Complete each level, gain points and use them to enhance your abilities and unlock further characters. Boson X offers prominent features such as Fast-paced Gameplay, Leaderboards, Coins and XP points System, No Power-ups, Eighteen Challenging Levels and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#5 3D Jungle Runner
3D Jungle Runner is one best Action-Adventure and Endless Running game among all the top trends right now. Developed and published by CreationSoft, 3D Jungle Runner offers quite satisfying and immersive game-play, stunning 3D visuals, and all the exciting things that anyone can wish for. The game is set in a Lush Green and quite amazing Jungle where you have to Run, Jump, Slide and Side-Step in order to complete the game objectives. With no specific End to the game, you’ll have to keep on running as far as you can possibly go, collect a number of the amazing item on the way such as power-ups, coins etc. and avoid all the obstacles in order to stay on the track and enjoy your epic run in the Jungle. As you love running, so you can’t stop once you have started, keep on your pace, avoid all the challenging obstacles, collect whatever you see interesting, earn rewards such as unlock a number of cool upgrades, break your own maximum distance covered records, compete against the advanced game AIs or your friends and mark your spot at the top of the leader board. The game actually lets you be a tiny baby in the game and that’s why you’ll have very easy touch and tilt based controls, luring and captivating and awesome music and realistic sounds, enhanced and quite easy on eyes visuals and loads of other exciting things. If you are fed up of all the other typical Endless Running games, try 3D Jungle Runner out and cheer yourself up. You’ll definitely love this game.
#6 Torch Runner
Torch Runner, by the popular Artery Studios is a brilliant Action-Adventure and Platform Endless Running video game that takes you to the beautiful streets of London where your task is to simply keep on running to the unlimited distances bearing a Torch and carrying the Flame to as far as possible. According to the story-line, you act in the game as Igor, an athlete who must keep the flame blowing and while keeping it mobile by running. You can’t stop in the game as the character moves but you can handover the torch to your friends and keep it going to where it should reach finally. However the game has no end but you must keep on running and the flame must stay burning. Torch Runner offers multiple fantastic and real-life locations and lets you choose anyone of them as your running ground, collect gold medals on your way and avoid all the obstacles to keep on running. Keep in mind that if you hit an obstacle, the game will end for you. Torch Runner features 4 beautiful and unique characters, 50 exciting game levels, loads of power-ups (Energy Drinks, Extra Life, Score Multiplier and Magnets etc.) and extras, beautiful 3D visuals and a totally addictive game-play to enjoy.
#7 Run Chubby Dudes!
Run Chubby Dudes is an Action, Endless Runner and Single-player Simulation developed and published by Talbone. The game offers a breathtaking gameplay that you’ve never experienced before. It revolves around Chubby Dudes, the innocent creatures who stuck in a destructive world filled with insane obstacles, and deadly machines which cut them into several pieces. The game is a mix of Survival and Endless Runner elements. Control the creatures and struggle to survive as long as possible to score the highest points while overcoming obstacles, killing the creatures. Complete the objectives and save as much Chubby as possible to earn extra points. As the game progresses, it becomes challenging to play and other dangerous hazards and obstacles will be unlocked. The innocent creatures can run and jump using simple controls. Explore the terrain from side-scroll perspective and become the master by surviving longer. With brilliant features, addictive gameplay, and superb mechanics, Run Chubby Dudes is the best game to play and enjoy.
#8 Last Knight: Rogue Rider Edition
Last Knight: Rogue Rider Edition is a 3D, Endless Runner, and Single-player video game developed and published by Toco Games. The game offers a thrilling gameplay by mixing the platforming, action-packed and ragdoll physics elements. In the game, the player assumes the role of the protagonist, a knight who embark himself on an adventure where he has to explore the jungle-themed world while gathering as many coins as possible to score the highest points. The world is full of hungry creatures, obstacles, water traps, unique power-ups and more. The player manipulates the world from a third-person perspective on horseback, overcome obstacles and kill hungry monsters using his classic weapon. The dynamic weather system is available, and the game introduces quest-based gameplay. It has two different modes such as Endless and Story. Through customization features, the player can change the appearance of his character or can unlock further characters using points. Last Knight: Rogue Rider Edition offers core features such as three different Perspectives (Bird-eye view, First-person, and Third-person), Customization, and Unique Power-ups, Unlockable, dynamic Weather, Fantasy Environment and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#9 Alto’s Adventure
Alto’s Adventure is an Action-Adventure, Casual, and Single-player video game developed by Noodlecake Studios for iOS and Android. Throughout the gameplay, the player takes on the role of a protagonist named Alto, who jumps into an endless adventure of snowboarding.
The player comes to travel through the beautiful hills, neighboring villages, ancient woodlands, and long-abandoned ruins. The character moves automatically through the landscapes towards the right side of the screen, where the player has to jump for overcoming the obstacles. The player can tap the screen once to jump and holds the screen to perform tricks.
The player has to complete almost 180 goals offered by the game, but the game provides these goals as a set of three missions at a time. Some included goals are traveling a set distance, rescuing llamas, crossing dangerous gaps, and outsmarting the mountain elders. The game awards the player as he completes the goals which he can use to purchase the items.
#10 Fotonica
Fotonica focuses on Adventure, Endless Runner and Single-player gameplay developed by Santa Ragione. The game deals with the thrill of speed and traveling through strange environments from a first-person perspective elements. It offers easy to play but hard to master gameplay. The game centers on the traditional arcade games and introduces multi-layered level design around eight different tracks. The player needs to control a character from a first-person view, run as fast as possible his way through eight different levels to become the master. There are three new endless levels available to compete for high scores. Up to twenty-four achievements can be unlocked during the gameplay. Three different level difficulties such as Easy, Normal and Hard available in the game. The player needs to avoid complex obstacles to further progress through the game. Fotonica includes core features such as 8 Levels, Split-Screen Multiplayer Mode, 20 Achievements, Online Ranking, Vector-style Graphics, and more. Try it out.
#11 Power Hover
Power Hover is an Action, Endless Runner, and Single-player video game developed and published by Oddrok. It takes place in the stunning environment where the player can assume the role of the character who must explore the beautiful landscape and struggle to complete the objectives. The player manipulates the world from a third-person view with a task to collect as many coins as possible to score the highest points. The game offers the opportunity to the player to immerse himself in the experienced of riding a hoverboard. It features a variety of levels with increasing difficulties take place in the desolated world full of hazards. During the gameplay, the player needs to explore the world, avoid obstacles and collect coins to unlock additional features, items and upgrades. Each level comes with different environment and a set of objectives that the player has to accomplish at any cost. Power Hover includes core features such as Navigate the Beautiful Landscapes, Experience the Story, Gather Hoverboards, Endless Boss Levels, and more.
#12 Temple Horse Run: Crazy Ghost Chase Brave Rider
Temple Horse Run: Crazy Ghost Chase Brave Rider is an Arcade, Action-Adventure, Endless Runner, and Single-player video game published by Titan Game Productions. The game brings an exciting gameplay, in which the setting of the game takes place in an ancient temple, situated outside the fictional city holds the secret diamond. To maintain the safety of the city, you as the hero must bring that diamond back. The ultimate game starts when you run to escape the ancient temple but the brutal monster is awaken and start chasing you. To save your life, you must run as fast as possible in the 3D environment while experience the Endless Runner simulation. In the game, your horse has gone wild and running over the insane obstacles and hurdles. The monster who chase you is also a ghost rider and struggle to capture you before completing the objectives. The path is full of diamonds, jewels, power-ups, hurdles and obstacles. Temple Horse Run: Crazy Ghost Chase Brave Rider includes prominent features such as Escape the Temple, Endless Gameplay, 3D Environment, Immersive Sound, HD Graphics, and more.
#13 The Next Penelope
The Next Penelope is a Futuristic Racing, Single-player and Multiplayer video game created by Aurelien Regard and published by Plug in Digital. It takes place in the futuristic Odyssey and offers the fast-paced racing gameplay with an original story, loud colours and a challenging system. The game lets the player control the micromachine in the colourful environment, and explore the land from a top-down perspective while competing against enemies to earn the best points. During the gameplay, the player can mix multiple weapons and use at any time throughout the game, but all these weapons cost vital energy, that means, the player is very close to death at the same time. The player is free to navigate the land of planets, and each world offers unique situations, even bosses, races, and new abilities to enhance the spaceship of Penelope. In Multiplayer mode, the player can compete against up to four friends and can show off his driving skills to impress and defeat them. With advanced mechanics, immersive gameplay, and smooth controls, The Next Penelope is the wonderful game to play.
#14 Rolly Vortex
Rolly Vortex is an Arcade, Endless and Single-player video game available to play on Android and iOS, developed by Voodoo. It takes place in the simple environment where the player controls a ball with a task to manage his way through numerous challenging obstacles and struggle to score as many points as possible while completing a series of objectives to win the crown. The game offers endless gameplay full of deadly obstacles of different colours, and the speed of the game will be increased as the player proceeds through it. After progressing through the game, the player will face a challenging environment, obstacles, and more. There are lots of gems available placed in a various section of the world, and the player must navigate to collect them and score the points to conquer the game.
#15 Turbo Pug
Turbo Pug is a mix of Pixel Graphics, 2D Side-scroll Platform, and Runner elements developed by Space Cat Studios and published by Back to Basics Gaming. The game deals with runner gameplay with random and difficult generated levels. During the gameplay, the player experiences the random weather and struggle to avoid getting zapped by lightning. There are a series of levels with increasing difficulty, and the player must accomplish each level to earn points and use these points to unlock new costumes for his pug and new characters to unlock. The game has featured awesome music and the global leaderboards. There are various playable characters available, and the player can select his favourite one to start the game. He can run and jump his way through a series of levels while collecting coins and avoiding obstacles. Turbo Pug includes prominent features such as Procedurally Generated Environment, Random Weather, Earn Pug Points, World Leaderboards, Awesome Soundtrack, Unlock new Costumes, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#16 AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! (Abbreviated as AaAaAA!!!) is a First-person Perspective, Arcade, Sports, and Single-player video game with an emphasis on VR, Action and Cyberpunk elements developed by Dejobaan Games, LLC. The game takes place in the year 2011 in an alternate reality of Boston, where the player must jump from the highest building and struggle to get as many points as possible while avoiding obstacles and hurdles. The game is played from a third-person perspective, and the player scores the points by flying near objects on his way down, smashing through different coloured plates, landing via parachute on the specific drop zone. The player will receive points for flying very close to buildings or any other objects. There are numerous levels, and the player must score the best points in each level to become the master. AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! includes prominent features such as 80 exciting Levels, Unique Game Mechanics, Perform Stunts, Multiple Modes, and more.
#17 Gravity Guy
Gravity Guy a great Endless Runner, Action-Adventure and Side Scrolling video game is developed and published by Miniclip. This super cool game provides a player with an addicting and quite engaging game-play, super awesome graphics and single and multiplayer gaming mode options. This piece of art is playable on multiple platforms such as iOS, Android, Flash, Windows Phone, Windows 8, Mac OS X, Symbian OS, MeeGo and Series 40. According to the plot of the game, a player (Gravity Guy) must run as far as he can avoiding all the obstacles and a policeman behind him. With Sixty levels of excitement and thrill at player’s disposal, and the multiplayer feature that allows up to 4 players in a single run, this game is totally filled with awesomeness. With all the beautifully created visuals, sounds and fantastic environments, addictive game-play and loads of other things to discover, Gravity Guy is a fun game to play and enjoy.
#18 Cave Run 3D
Cave Run 3D is an awesome Action-Adventure and Endless Running video game by Trollu Games. The game draws its inspiration from the popular Temple Run and offer s a similar game-play and other characteristics in order to engage yourself into quality gaming. Your task in the game is to run on a path to collect Gems in order to increase your treasures and on your way to the infinity, don’t forget to collect other wonderful objects, power-ups and upgrades and later use them to enhance your character and its abilities. Achievement bundles in the game are a way to make your experience a bit more engaging and enjoyable. With multi lingual support, amazingly addictive game-play and all the great things combined, Cave Run 3D is a fantastic Endless Running video game to enjoy.
#19 Talking Tom Gold Run
Talking Tom Gold Run is an Action, Arcade, Endless Runner, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Outfit7 for mobile devices. The game offers the beautiful world where it takes place and lets your character from Talking Tom and Talking Angela. It embarks you on an epic adventure to gather your gold after being stolen by the bad guy. During the gameplay, you will explore the beautiful worlds, enjoy various runner mechanics and collect boosters on your adventure to go longer. To progress through the game, you have to avoid or dodge fast trains and cars as you go after the robber to collect your gold. In the game, you have to run, slide, jump, and fly your way to explore the beautiful land as Talking Ginger, Talking Tom, Talking Hank, and more. You can create your favourite animal after collecting enough gold. Talking Tom Gold Run offers prominent features such as Talking Tom Leaderboards, Collect Boosters, Runner Items, Favorite Talking Animals, dodge 3D Objects, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.