The Best Runner Games for Nintendo Switch

Hit the Retro Highway and return to the days of 16-bit blast processing and pure arcade fun! Retro Highway is a throwback game aiming to combine the accessibility of modern titles with the high-skill challenge and charming aesthetics of old.

• Experience high octane old school action on your console in 60 fps

• Complete daring challenges and compete with your friends or the whole world for the highest scores

• Explore six unique environments ranging from a hot desert freeway to a futuristic moon base

• Customize your playstyle by choosing from a diverse garage of 10+ bikes and by upgrading various powerups

• Embrace the nostalgia rush caused by stylish pixel art visuals and chiptune soundtrack

Play as Olive, a sprightly old lady, to collect gems and progressively fill the scene with colour in this arcade runner style game. Grow plants with the coins you collect, unlock new abilities, and collect outfits to customise your look.

Get ready to defy gravity in Gravity Runner! This addictive platformer game takes you on a retro journey with its 80's style and music. Navigate through well-designed levels, collect cassette tapes to power up, and beat your high score. The unique gravity-shifting gameplay will keep you on your toes. Can you outrun the ever-growing black hole?

Run, jump and roll on your way to the new high score! Sounds easy, right? Not when you try to keep up with the hazards and bonuses that are constantly appearing all around the planet!

Woosh! Get ready to flee! Welcome to Running on Magic, a forced-scroll platformer where a quirky wizard is being chased by a tireless Grim Reaper. Hurry through procedurally-generated mindfully drawn environments as you defeat unalike enemies. Don’t let the Grim Reaper get to you!

Across the endless desert and atop an alpine expanse two journeys full of wonder await. Choose your path and set off on a thrilling snowboarding or sandboarding adventure with Alto & friends in both critically acclaimed titles: Alto’s Adventure and Alto’s Odyssey.

Magma Tsunami is a frenzied arcade platformer game. Beat your records in 1P or Co-op mode, and don't get caught by the Magma Tsunami!!! Could you stay alive for more than one minute??

Get ready to hop into the driver's seat and embark on an epic journey like no other in Super Box Delivery: Beyond the Horizon!

A challenging runner-style platforming adventure, in which you’ll have to guide a burger loving llama in its quest to defeat the Hotdog Aliens and recover the stolen hamburgers... before they get cold!

Hurtle through beautiful unforgiving worlds, where every frame is enthralling, every moment is exhilarating, every death is deserved, and every success is earned. RACE | DODGE | DIE | REPEAT