SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed
SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed
Game
Game2016
SpeedRunners
Developer DoubleDutch Games
SpeedRunners is a multiplayer side-scrolling racing game developed by DoubleDutch Games and published by tinyBuild. Originally a free web browser game titled SpeedRunner and later an Xbox 360 game by the name SpeedRunner HD on Xbox Live Arcade, SpeedRunners was released on Steam on 26 August 2013 into Steam Early Access, and as a full game on 19 April 2016. SpeedRunners was released on Xbox One in June 2017 as a… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
261 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Oct 30, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
91
LovedLoved
173 positive · 18 negative
95% range 86–94%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 173 | 18 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 2 | 2 | 35 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 15 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
15,354 of 16,397 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
91% recommend · 174 yes, 18 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 192 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (34,981 of 37,213 positive).
Players praise SpeedRunners as a fantastic party game and competitive platformer. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the game is best enjoyed with friends, but online lobbies are empty. [4][5][6] A few players warn about a toxic community and technical issues. [7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
Tangerine is a top 100 player who bullies new players and cultivates a toxic culture on this game. He and his clique have made this game cold and ruthless; I do not recommend it to any new players as they will also seek you out, target you, and bully you off the game. They have no jobs and play 24/7, they will find you.
- [3]
Legitimately one of my favorite multiplayer games of all time. I'm so serious. Combining the energy and ridiculous antics of Super Smash Bros and Mario Kart in the form of a 2D Platformer has got to be one of the most compelling concepts for a semi-competitive party game like this. It's really easy to get into, the skill ceiling is INSANE, and every moment is a total blast, especially with friends. I own this game …
- [4]
The certified indie classic whose title comes with an asterisk. Had you asked me to describe Speedrunners ten years ago, I would have painted a flowery and exciting canvas of a game beloved by casual and hardcore gamers alike. Nowadays, I'd do the same, but I'm old and tired and I don't feel like it. But I suppose it would be remiss of me not to cite the conspicuous lack of people actually playing the dang thing, so …
- [12]
totally worth the lost sanity over the playitime and plan on losing more but great game if your playing with friends XDDDDD highly reccomend playing with friends while high or drunk, my only issue is just how unforgiving the game can be to newer players who get into a lobbie witha bunch of sweats other than that great game
- [1]
Just amazing, either as party game or as competitive platformer, enjoying it since Xbox Arcade days.
Summarised from 34 of the 262 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked SpeedRunners talk about fun with friends, great for parties; those who didn't talk about online lobbies are empty. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Kotaku's Alex Jones termed SpeedRunners as "competitive multiplayer Mario that Nintendo should've made". PC Gamer's Emanuel Maiberg said it to be a "fully realized idea", with the exception of "occasional bug and some rough art assets". Rock, Paper, Shotgun's Ben Barrett praised the game's simplicity. SpeedRunners won the Gamer's Voice Award in the 2015 SXSW Gaming Award, the 2014 Best Multiplayer Game Award by Indie DB, and was nominated for Best PC/Console Game at the 2012 Dutch Game Awards. The game received criticism from Brett Posner-Ferdman who reviewed the game on Nintendo Switch for Nintendo World Report, who criticised the game for lacking story mode, having little content outside…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 261 · most liked firstSpeedrunners aloud when they achieve a Personal Best time in their favorite video game
neutral · AI labelView post →Speedrunners and runescape players are using performance enhancing drugs called titty skittles. These "estrogens" let them game longer and more comPETitively (like you know nyah). Gamer with cat ears are tripping balls so hard that their balls don't even work anymore. No arguing with results though.
neutral · AI labelView post →Speedrunners after finally showcasing their game off at a GDQ
neutral · AI labelView post →Speedrunners looking at the game they just ran at SGDQ after the event is over
neutral · AI labelView post →(COMPLETE) Steam keys for the community. Leave a comment with the name of the game you want, and I'll send a DM. Please redeem right away (keys will expire) and let me know that you did so I can take it off the list! - ~~BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE~~ - ~~Cassette Beasts~~ - ~~Coromon~~ - ~~Eastward~~ - ~~GemCraft – Chasing Shadows~~ - ~~Ghostrunner II~~ - ~~Immortality~~ - ~~Jazzpunk: Director’s Cut~~ - ~~Moonstone Island~~ - ~~Nuclear Throne~~ - ~~Pawnbarian~~ - ~~SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell~~ -…
neutral · AI labelView post →Pokemon Scarlet and Violet is a game that has NOT stood the test of time for Speedrunners... And so, after two years of struggles from the community I sadly present a video on "Why Speedrunners Gave up on Scarlet and Violet"...😢 youtu.be/KoxECoJbbqU?...
neutral · AI labelView post →How Speedrunners Make the Hardest Resident Evil Game SUPER EASY
neutral · AI labelView post →SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed - Release Date Trailer (Sept 3 - PS5/Xbox Series/Switch/Steam/Game Pass with crossplay support) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySTL...
neutral · AI labelView post →Coming to XBOX Game Pass: RuneScape: Dragonwilds, SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed, The Royal Writ, and more! news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
neutral · AI labelView post →Speedrunners 🤝 Disabled gamers Figuring out how to break the game to play it
neutral · AI labelView post →"Speedrunners are vulnerability researchers, they just don't know it yet" Trust me when I say that speedrunners ABSOLUTELY know it. If anything, they overestimate how good they are at it
neutral · AI labelView post →This week’s free Steam key giveaway: 2 winners • pick from 250+ game keys. Featured: LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Call of Cthulhu, SEUM: Speedrunners From Hell. Ends Feb 2 @ 10PM ET. Enter: thealabaster.one/giveaways?ut... #Steam #Giveaway #PCGaming #FreeGames
neutral · AI labelView post →Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake releases in 2 days! Speedrunners! There is a Time Trial mode where you run through the game while racing against the clock! The game keeps track of two different high scores: finishing the game with the normal ending or the true ending! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart
neutral · AI labelView post →B-side gaming zine #11 (news - indie - open-source - homebrew, fantasy console humor). ## Welcome It has been about three months, and another issue is ready. This issue focuses a bit on fantasy consoles with a small article explaining what they are and 10 fantasy console game recommendations. Of course, there's a lot of news about new indie games, open-source projects, and homebrew. A top 10 and a new top game per type: paid indie, open-source, homebrew, and demake. I hope you enjoy…
neutral · AI labelView post →Posting from pawb.social, I don't want this to come off as too self-aggrandizing, but there are two communities people should start watching and learning from for the post-corporate internet: **furries** and **speedrunners**. 1. **Furries:** If you've ever wondered *why* there seem to be so many furries in tech and cyber security, there's a good reason. They were some of the first digital natives to colonize the early internet; use it to connect distant weirdos into an online community. The…
neutral · AI labelView post →Zaibatsu Speedrunners (free cyberpunk board game). A friend of mine started getting into [Tabletop Simulator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/Tabletop_Simulator/) on steam. It's a surprisingly robust platform for building board games, with the ability to shuffle cards, roll dice, place items on a board, etc. The simulator itself isn't a game but there are a bunch of DLCs available which represent individual board games. That's neat and all, but what we didn't realize until recently…
neutral · AI labelView post →Speedrunners please stop deleting your sr.c accounts when I’m making a video on your game challenge Difficulty: IMPOSSIBLE
neutral · AI labelView post →they may not always be Speedrunners but they do know enough to try speedrunning their game
neutral · AI labelView post →Just amazing, either as party game or as competitive platformer, enjoying it since Xbox Arcade days.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Speedrunners flocking to a new casual single player relaxation game because it isn’t competitive enough
neutral · AI labelView post →'SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed' launches in July on Xbox Series, Game Pass, PS5, Nintendo Switch and PC. youtu.be/evKOmXYoOQ4
neutral · AI labelView post →Releasing this week — June 30, 2026. Info via [Play-Asia.](https://play.asia/blog/2026/06/30/releasing-this-week-june-30-2026/) Upcoming on Playstation: 1. Antichrist (1 Jul 2026) 2. SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed (1 Jul 2026) 3. Where Winds Meet: Hidden Mountain (1 Jul 2026) 4. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem Pack (1 Jul 2026) 5. Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (1 Jul 2026) 6. EA Sports College Football 27 (2 Jul 2026) 7. Ganbare Goemon Daishuugo (2…
neutral · AI labelView post →How Silent Hill 2 Speedrunners Easily Beat the HARDEST Boss in the Game #silenthill2 #speedrun
neutral · AI labelView post →My friend goons to this game. After playing it for myself, I can see why he does. 10/10 would goon again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →From the creators of SpeedRunners, a demo of Sprint City is live now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/from-the-creators-of-speedrunners-a-demo-of-sprint-city-is-live-now/ #SprintCity #Gaming #IndieGames #PCGaming #SpeedRunners
neutral · AI labelView post →Speedrunners be like WHY IS MY GAME WORKING PROPERLY? 😡
neutral · AI labelView post →Absolute blast, play this instead of the sequal. It's 10 years older but somehow way better in quality than that mess.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun party game to play with mates. Played a lot of my hours on my PS4.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Me and @kc.diaper.church being world champions at this game. Speedrunners, even.
neutral · AI labelView post →It can't even beat Usain Bolt. Speedrunners can beat this game in about 15 minutes without abusing glitches, so it's more like "I built a tractor that keeps getting lost and takes 8 times as long as Usain Bolt."
neutral · AI labelView post →Sprint City from the creators of SpeedRunners sounds like a great spiritual successor https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/sprint-city-from-the-creators-of-speedrunners-sounds-like-a-great-spiritual-successor/ #SprintCity #Gaming #IndieGames #PCGaming #SpeedRunners
neutral · AI labelView post →Speedrunners are going to full on destroy this game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tangerine is a top 100 player who bullies new players and cultivates a toxic culture on this game. He and his clique have made this game cold and ruthless; I do not recommend it to any new players as they will also seek you out, target you, and bully you off the game. They have no jobs and play 24/7, they will find you.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Speedrunners. What do you call the game mechanic where dying multiple times makes the game easier in your community?
neutral · AI labelView post →I would love if any bug hunters or #speedRunners wanted to try and break my game because you are all fascinating people and I am amazed at what you can do! WILDxCARD is out now for iOS and Mac it’s free to try and cheap to buy! #DeckBuilding #chaos #GDQ #soloDev #indiegames
neutral · AI labelView post →happy 10th birthday to SpeedRunners!
neutral · AI labelView post →Sprint City from the creators of SpeedRunners arrives on Steam https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/sprint-city-from-the-creators-of-speedrunners-arrives-on-steam/ #SprintCity #Gaming #IndieGames #PCGaming #SpeedRunners
neutral · AI labelView post →NEW SPEEDRUNNERS GAME I AM DEAD
neutral · AI labelView post →Speedrunners have thoroughly dissected Hitman's AI and found ways to completely break the game. There's a brief explanation of the systems at the beginning of [this video](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SFSFEus68aM), but basically the devs wanted cinematic moments where guards rush past 47 to check out a distraction, but bungled the implementation to the point where you can reliably waltz past armed guards while undisguised and with your weapon out after half a second of preparation.
neutral · AI labelView post →Couch competitive multiplayer? Because it's not a fighting game, and I'd say it has more in common with Speedrunners than it does Smash Bros. And Samurai Gunn is a good one of those.
neutral · AI labelView post →Legitimately one of my favorite multiplayer games of all time. I'm so serious. Combining the energy and ridiculous antics of Super Smash Bros and Mario Kart in the form of a 2D Platformer has got to be one of the most compelling concepts for a semi-competitive party game like this. It's really easy to get into, the skill ceiling is INSANE, and every moment is a total blast, especially with friends. I own this game on almost every platform I have where it is available, and it's worth the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →totally worth the lost sanity over the playitime and plan on losing more but great game if your playing with friends XDDDDD highly reccomend playing with friends while high or drunk, my only issue is just how unforgiving the game can be to newer players who get into a lobbie witha bunch of sweats other than that great game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate this game. My friend makes me drink every time I loose. I hate this game. I hate my friend. I hate my life. I hate EVERYTHING!!! Except the vodka! ;)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its been 10 years. We had such a blast with this back in the day. Great couch gaming with friends
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game! This is a ping-pong of video games - easy to get into, fun with friends, yet if you want to get competitive, there is like whole other world to explore there. Also, the Dev's support is unparalleled. Very positive review here!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The certified indie classic whose title comes with an asterisk. Had you asked me to describe Speedrunners ten years ago, I would have painted a flowery and exciting canvas of a game beloved by casual and hardcore gamers alike. Nowadays, I'd do the same, but I'm old and tired and I don't feel like it. But I suppose it would be remiss of me not to cite the conspicuous lack of people actually playing the dang thing, so I'll do that much. The lobbies are as a Kenyan cornfield, which is to say:…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I see this in other games too, and I call it the 'speedrunner tool'. Normal players (me) get stomped by a boss a few times until they figure it out and can beat it without the buff (fire paper, lightning grease, etc); Maybe they use them, but then they run out and are never used again... Some players might use the buff and get an easier win; but if they don't, then they are wasted and are hard or impossible to replace, so players learn to not rely on them. Speedrunners use lightning…
neutral · AI labelView post →SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed is Now Available on XBOX Game Pass Ultimate. 🎮🖥️☁️ xbox.com/m/p/9PPKR9N3...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you want to ragebait your friends, this is the perfect game. -Thanks to Mate for gifting this game.🎅🏼
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Being the fastest at anything isn’t about optimization as much as it’s about craft. Speedrunners may be able to do an individual play through faster than anyone but that’s because they invest more time into the game in the first place.
neutral · AI labelView post →Speedrunners Have Already SHATTERED Halo Campaign Evolved | WaifuRuns. Halo has one of the largest and most dedicated speedrunning communities out there and with the release of the halo campaign evolved a remake of the first game we have been putting in the work. the speedrun is already faster than 1 hour, this is the story of how we have gotten to where we are 1 month post release
neutral · AI labelView post →After playing this for 3 hours straight with friends, had a great time but felt a little pain behind my eye which kept on getting more and more painful. Then the next morning I kept almost vomitting from the side effects of playing this game, genuinely this game has bodies mate IT KILLS YOU DON'T PLAY IT. Fun as ♥♥♥♥ though turned all my friends and myself evil and full of hatred.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SpeedRunners 2 is the most stressful multiplayer game ever
negative · AI labelView post →She speed on my runner until I 1
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun game, cutthroat, but fun nonetheless
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really? Bot aren't even "hard" they just have a stupid Speed boost
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Depending on the implementation, client side anticheat isn't needed at all. Take the game Speedrunners for example. There is zero need for the server to do anything other than accept player inputs, process them, and return them to the clients. So if coded correctly, where the server trusts nothing and does the math itself, it is impossible to cheat while having zero anticheat on the client. And that's without there being any additional cost.
neutral · AI labelView post →Speedrunners unfortunately use YouTube and twitch only. So it’s pick your cancer on that front.
neutral · AI labelView post →Really, *any* speed settings would help make the game more accessible and approachable. Some people may enjoy the parkour elements but not have the motor skills to handle high-speed reactions. Other folks may be great at the fast paced movement, but get frustrated by the number of enemies or the speed of projectiles. If you are able to offer sliders (or even just low/medium/high) options for things like movement speed, enemy frequency, damage taken, and grid reaction time? If you can do…
neutral · AI labelView post →Get good at this game, introduce new friends to it and feel completely unstoppable. One of my passions in life.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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