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Alpha Runner

Alpha Runner

Alpha Runner is a challenging endless platform game, Make your way through different obstacles and mini games that get more difficult the further you get. Show off to your friends by getting the highest score on the leaderboard. Or even play with them and see who can survive the longest.

Released Sep 2, 2015 Developer LightsoutGames Publisher Lightsoutgames Platforms Windows IndieCasualAdventurePlatformerRunner
View on Steam ↗ $0.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.

77.6%positive438 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Alpha Runner is a no-frills arcade platformer that embraces the core philosophy of endless runners: simple to understand, difficult to master, and built around the pursuit of improvement through repetition. Developed and published by LightsoutGames, it strips the genre down to…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Jumping on procedually created platforms that also disappear if you ain't fast enough. Dots that create new platform are so close to lethal spikes that game is precision platforming. Dying seems to be objective of the game considering several achievements are about how many…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:31 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

0playing at last check
124-hour peak
1,811all-time peak
0 50 100 2016 2017 2018 2019 65 avg · Sep 2017

Latest official news

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Sep 16, 2024
Alpha runner 2

Hi everyone, Alpha runner 2 is coming out on steam Oktober first, if you enjoyed Alpha Runner 1, check out the sequel as it has alot of new minigames and gamemodes that have been suggested by you! Wis

Sep 02, 2017
Beta Runner

Hello Everyone, Some weeks ago we have released our other runner game called Beta Runner, it is on steam right now. So if you are enjoying Alpha Runner check out Beta Runner! http://store.steampowered

Sep 02, 2017
Beta Runner

Hello Everyone, Some weeks ago we have released our other runner game called Beta Runner, it is on steam right now. So if you are enjoying Alpha Runner check out Beta Runner! http://store.steampowered

Dec 30, 2016
Alpha Fighters

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/98349963206252185/79778AE23EA5007219A3906CAFCB7B06517B5A70/ Hello everyone! We just launched the greenlight of our next game called alpha fighters! Please

Dec 30, 2016
Alpha Fighters

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/98349963206252185/79778AE23EA5007219A3906CAFCB7B06517B5A70/ Hello everyone! We just launched the greenlight of our next game called alpha fighters! Please

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie
Player tagsIndie · Casual · Adventure · Platformer · Runner (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements20
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.lightsoutgames.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 Processor: 1.2GHz processor Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: DirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory Storage: 150 MB available space