Runner (game genre)
Usually simple games.
Often 'infinite' runners, but not always.
Runners are in constant motion across platformy jumps and puzzles.
Usually 2D.
Collect what you can along the way, and try to stay alive!
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Maybe a good list to pick a new clone from, or a place to visit when brainstorming.
Some crossover: classic game clones
See also: Games That I Love (favorites)
A Dino game.
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A runner game with a day/night cycle.
Collect items/platforms from rooms, move them around to solve the puzzle.
By day, learn the ropes and prepare for night fall.
By night, be-ware the dreams and ghosts that haunt the rooms.
Break the loop-spell to proceed in the game.
A Dino game.
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A new take on little red-riding hood, as a game.
Blowing up into a full brother's grimm fairy-tale adventure.