Greetings, The following is a list of games from the popular behind-the-back runner genre. Please feel free to suggest your favorites. Thanks, retr0spective Behind-the-Back Runner Games List Agent Dash by Full Fat Thread Asgard Run by Ayopa Games Article Astral Origin by Yangxi Zhou Thread Blades of Brim by SYBO Thread Blood Roofs by Gamesmold Thread Boson X by Ian MacLarty Review Corridor Z by Mass Creation Review Despicable Me: Minion Rush by Gameloft Review Dungeon Highway by Substantial Inc. Thread Sequel: Adventures Hunger Games: Panem Run by Reliance Thread Indiana Stone by TwinSky Games Thread Pitfall! by Activision Thread Power Hover by Oddrok Oy Review Lara Croft: Relic Run by Square Enix Review Loony Tunes Dash by Zynga Thread The Maze Runner by Prodigy Design Thread Sequel: Scorch Trials Ninja Slash by doopop Thread Sonic Dash by SEGA Review Sequel: Sonic Dash 2 Spider-Man Unlimited by Gameloft Review Subway Surfers by Kiloo Review Temple Run 2 by Imangi Studios Review Series: Original | Brave | Oz The End App by Possible Games Review Sequel: Rush Time Tangle: Adventure Time by Cartoon Network Review
My recommendations off the list: Agent Dash Amazing Runner Axon Runners Blood Roofs One Epic Knight Pitfall Subway Surfers TheEndApp and of course he original Temple Run and it's Brave spinoff.
Hey Retro, since you have Zaxxon Escape on the list maybe you should add the car-runners as well, like Zombie Highway, The Last Driver and Mutant Roadkill.
Greetings, Thank you for the suggestions. I don't want to go to far afield into driving/racing games because they are a genre of their own. Despite their unique characteristics, all the games on the list seem to retain their Temple Run feel.
Yeah, but there are certain endless drivers, like that Freemium Chillingo one, that essentially play the exact same as BtB endless runners. The only difference being the avatar. Especially if you consider the ones, like The Last Driver or whatever that Chillingo game is called, that incorporate a lot of the elements that are "hot" right now. Such as: The ability to move foward, left, and right at junctions, inbetween which are 3 or so invisible lanes to maneuver in-between, with a jumping mechanic; The Jetpack Joyride inspired 3 missions for coins/level up system; etc. Take One Epic Knight, Subway Dash or The End App...if they sold an iap skin that made you look like a car, you'de basically have the Last Driver...if that's the name.
And another stupid question, what does behind the back mean? I assume you mean a 3rd person endless runner where you obviously see the back right? Cause joypack jetride technically do you don't have a back perspective.
Correct. Jetpack Joyride would not be considered a behind-the-back runner. I think Greyskull was just mentioning it because it really was one of the first runners of any kind to use a mission-based system and that others, including many of the BTB runners listed here, use that system. But it should not go on this list.
Awp is correct. I was just referring to the mission sytem found in almost every new endless runner (and jumper...I favor endless jumpers, but more new endless runners are released, given that Temple Run and JJ are more recent hits than Doodle Jump). Usually exactly like Jetback Joyride's mission system, in that you are almost always given 3 missions at a time.
Well, another stupid question, but how does a game like Zaxxon qualify, I know it is an endless runner and all, and it is from the back view, but it has nothing to do with humans, trolls, zombies, etc... It's space. If you define it as space, alot of space shooters would almost fall into this category. You could then almost include games like Boost 2 or Supersonic or Aaaaah if they had a ship or some other contraption. I know that these games aren't endless runners and have a FP point of view, but anyway, just though behind the back meant you were looking at someone's back, was a 3d game, but if it's not, you could add on a lot of shooters to the list, cause some of them are kind of endless.
Good point. I think maybe I will just remove Zaxxon and stick to running proper so that there is no ambiguity.
Meant to say that I totally agree with everything on this list (except Pitfall, which I unfortunately can't play on my 3GS). My personal favorite is Blood Roofs, but it seems like a love-it-or-hate-it type of game so enter at your own risk. Axon Runners is also a great game, but much more difficult than the others listed and has a fairly steep learning curve. I'd rank Agent Dash, One Epic Knight and Subway Surfers in just about a three-way-tie after those. Then Amazing Runner and TheEndApp (sorry, E-P, I know that last one would probably be near the top of your list). Temple Run is and always will be a great game, but as is the case with any genre, the more and more "clones" add new features to the mix, the more it feels a little less exciting than it once was.
Yeah, I know there is a heck of alot of them out there, every other day it seems like I download a free app that is one. Most are junk, but some are really good. I'm not much of an endless runner fan, but once in a while I do buy them like Blood Roofs or Temple Run Brave, if it is pretty good. But I think there of tons of them, wish I could help you more, but your list is pretty good. A lot of these behind the back runners are getting pretty good, and the best thing is they are free, so for people like myself that aren't runner fans, we can still play them without buying them.
Hey Retrospective! If you have time to update, would like to ask you to add the ff: Aby Escape Deluxe Ameya Jungle Warrior Bear Gryllis Frantic Flight Last Knight Knightscape Infinity Run 3D Ninja Revinja Run 'n' Gun Starship Troopers Invasion: Mobile (something.. forgot the whole title) Temple Run 2 Tinybee Dash Tinybee Snow Verticus Pocket Climber Gunner Runner and Shove Pro have a towards-the-front view... So i dunno if we could make exceptions and add them here.