Game

RunMan: Race Around the World 2009

Developed by Tom Sennett, Maddy Makes Games

  • Platform, Adventure, Indie, Action

You may know RunMan from his appearance as a playable character in Super Meat Boy. Or you are a true indie gaming hipster and know him from even earlier. An epic collaboration between Tom Sennett (Deepak Fights Robots) and Maddy Thorson (TowerFall, Celeste), RunMan: Race Around the World is a platformer with an emphasis on speed and flow. To get a good score on each course, you have to run through it really fast without stopping. The actual scoring is a bit more complex than that, but that's basically it. You can't die, because dying's not fun. There was a race to determine who was the fastest. Racers came from all over to prove their mettle. But when RunMan arrived, all the other racers quaked in their boots, and left for fear of embarrassment. RunMan was declared the winner. But what good is an unearned crown? And what fun is a race without running???

PlatformAdventureIndieActionComedyKidsabstractPC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Log it

Sign in to log this.

Where do you stand?

Three questions people argue about. Answer first, then see how your circle and the community split.

  • Would RunMan: Race Around the World hit harder if it came out today rather than in 2009?

    Sign in to answer

    Be the first to answer.

  • Is RunMan: Race Around the World overrated?

    Sign in to answer

    Be the first to answer.

  • Has RunMan: Race Around the World aged badly?

    Sign in to answer

    Be the first to answer.

Ask the title a question

Answered from the reviews and content notes on file, never made up. If nothing on file settles it, it says so.

Character

Warm, plot-driven, relentless and spare.

  • warmbleak
  • character-ledplot-driven
  • contemplativerelentless
  • sparerichly built
  • cooloverwhelming

Who loves it, who doesn't

No profiled raters yet.