Let your fingers do the running in these challenging quests, games
The following running games require nimble reflexes to assist your control of characters running at high speeds through obstacle courses, dodging all manner of threats.
Apple apps
Banana Kong (Free)* In Banana Kong, you’ll use just one finger to control the mayhem as your character moves through a dangerous jungle, dodging obstacles such as lava flows. (Score: 96/100)
Despicable Me: Minion Rush (Free)* This popular endless runner features the opportunity to have your favorite Minion ride a fluffy unicorn. (Score: 95/100)
Running Fred (Free)* Running Fred has great motivation to keep moving: Everyone is trying to kill him in a variety of ways that will tickle those with a dark sense of humor. (Score: 94/100)
Smashy City (Free)* In Smashy City, you move through the landscape as quickly as you can, destroying everything in your path. (Score: 94/100)
Agent Dash (Free)* In Agent Dash, you play a super spy negotiating the trap-filled island home of your archenemy, Dr. Quantumfinger. (Score: 90/100)
Android apps
Talking Tom Gold Run (Free)* Talking Tom and his friend Talking Angela are the stars of this app, where they run through the world on a quest to save stolen gold. (Score: 94/100)
Battle Run (Free)* Battle Run is a runner that focuses on providing an exciting, real-time, multiplayer environment where you can race up to three friends. (Score: 93/100)
Sonic Dash (Free)* Sonic the Hedgehog battles his way through a series of dangerous courses in this endless runner, where he also challenges his enemy Dr. Eggman. (Score: 91/100)
Subway Surfers (Free)* Subway Surfers features a runner navigating subway tracks and avoiding fast-moving trains with a combination of crazy moves. (Score: 91/100)
Temple Run (Free)* In Temple Run, an adventurer steals an idol from a jungle temple and ends up on the run from a gang of angry monkeys. (Score: 89/100)
*Available on Apple and Android.
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This story was originally published September 2, 2016 at 2:21 PM with the headline "Let your fingers do the running in these challenging quests, games."