ABC Runner
Compete with friends!
Ratings
Age
4+
Category
Puzzle
Languages
English
Mon Jul 11 2022
- Minor bugs fix
ABC Runner is a unique competitive word game that challenges both your brain and your typing speed. Race against others in a sprint where hurdles are cleared by providing words that match a specific category and starting letter. From countries to colors, the faster you think and type, the faster you run. Collect coins, unlock new characters, and prove you are the fastest wordsmith in this addictive arcade experience.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
ABC Runner is a standard but effective entry in the hyper-casual 'racing' subgenre. It combines a traditional footrace with a quick-fire word game. As you run, you are presented with categories—like 'Animals' or 'Fruits'—and you must type a word starting with a specific letter to pass through gates. It’s surprisingly good for sharpening your vocabulary under pressure.
The competitive element is simple; you’re racing against AI (or other players' ghosts) in a race where typing speed is just as important as your mental lexicon. The environments are bright and low-poly, which keeps the focus on the UI and the letters. It’s a great 'brain break' game—fast, educational in a light way, and satisfying when you manage to think of an obscure word to beat your opponents at the finish line.
Features
Fast-paced competitive word gameplay
Dozens of categories to test your knowledge
Easy-to-use interface and smooth typing mechanics
Variety of fun, unlockable characters
Tips & Walkthrough
Don't aim for the longest word; aim for the one you can type fastest. In ABC Runner, a 3-letter word typed in one second is better than a 10-letter word that takes three seconds to input.
Gameplays
Use the coins earned from winning races to buy mystery boxes. Different characters have different running animations, though they all move at the same base speed—the real speed comes from your keyboard!
Screenshot
Q&A
Currently, the game primarily focuses on English vocabulary, which is excellent for ESL learners to practice their speed.
Ratings & Reviews
Because I love it
Mon Dec 23 2024 Marley wordsIt’s just like I love it but it’s just like when it makes you mad and then you just like screaming. Do you get in trouble and all that and then like and when I like keep losing it’s like it’s giving you like when you’re the last one you get higher gems so if you lost you need to get that punishment so so why would it get you the higher gems the higher gems and then would you get when you get like a second place it gets you like any coins because when I I will give this like a three because it’s like it’s like free and it doesn’t have no ads that means that I don’t like it when I do like it I don’t like it. I do like it, but it’s just like that. I hate it and I like it but it’s like it’s like I think people like playing I think those are AI because you really think that they will lose like just like that because we have the better ones and you are the last ones so how to make sense when like we are winning and the people a.k.a. AI I don’t like it and I’ll probably give it a three or four so bye
Fun but a little boring
Sun Dec 19 2021 Ace5053This game is pretty fun but later on it gets boring. It’s mysterious that there are other players but you can’t tell if they are fake or not. Because of this it’s either REALLY easy to win or very very hard so that means you have no clue if the people your going against are fake or not. This game has a lot of adds so your mostly watching adds not playing the game and I found out that some of the questions don’t have answers so you have to watch a add to skip but I found out that watching a add is useless so your just stuck there and you either have to stop playing or get out of your round to find a add and another useless round. I get what the developers were trying to do but it just isn’t working. Some people have experienced glitches and bugs with this game, so have I. I’m sorry if this review is long but these are my feelings and my thoughts and my opinions. Also you should try making more games people will play them and please try to add a multiplayer choice in them because in this game the developers are good at hiding if your really playing against people or not. Also the amount of adds in this game is unnecessary and needs to take it down a notch. People might say this game is a ripoff but really it’s just a useless game that takes your info and your storage. Some parents might get this useless game for you and say it’s “educational” when really it’s just a speed run game. Stick to prodigy kids. Also whenever I play this useless game I figure out that this is somehow brainwashing me to thinking my friends or people I know are playing and I really want to beat them but really I have absolutely no clue if the people are even real. That is it and once again sorry for my long review goodbye :)
Satisfied
Tue Feb 16 2021 Pretty good but…I’m not gonna be starting of with things that will make u play. This game has bots. It’s clear, and proof, is that u can skip a question when u don’t know the answer, and the “people” are still there, so don’t ever think you’re gonna be playin with a friend. But, one want thing that I really like about it is that there are very easy answers, but not to easy, so it is a little challenge but I enjoy the setup. There are also like, 5 second ads, that you have to wait to X out, but some make you wait 1 min to 1 min + 30 SECS!!! So clearly, that is very good. Also, I don’t like how we have to win to choose from characters. I wish we could just have, like, 2 people, one girl, one boy, or 4 people, 2 girls, 2 boys, and also, I am sorry of this is unrealistic when u download this, because I got this game about 5 mins ago... Well, thanks for reading!!! Bye! 😊 Edit: Umm, well now I’ve had this game for a whole night, and I just have to type, the ads no longer have x’s (until the end where have to wait another 5 secs). Im assuming the creators expect u to write the review right away. Another Edit: I am actually in the middle of a game (watching a ad to skip, and I’ll go back an’ explain...... ......So, I just came back, and the “people” were still in the SAME place, after a 45 SEC ad!! Ok, that’s all for today, bye!
Amazing but hard but yeah
Sun Jan 31 2021 Chanel peraltaThanks bro this game is amazing I all wrote of this because I love this game is insane I’m it’s interesting and it’s super super fun everybody will probably say five stars say about me if they were 10 stars I would definitely take because this is amazing I will give this lady a stuffed pig 10. So I can know this is amazing I love you so much hi make sure you love his text if it’s wrong I’m so sorry I want to see you were you doing right now I’m sorry but yeah I love you so much and hopefully we should buy stuff or should I saySo I wish you were OK you were helpful you are OK everything everything you’re amazing thank you so much for doing this game everybody will bless you bless you bless everybody is helping you cook a blessed cute you’re bad people who care if you were a blessing I love you so much you’re a boy or a girl you’re amazing thank you so much for doing this helps so much for me to learn it live you some stuff whoever made this game but come in double low if you have ever because I have never been good at make a game that’s insane you read this kid is probably one of the best games in the world so how do we or they can put it in their language but yeah this game is amazing thank you so much and I hope you are good luck and I’ll call you hope everybody to lift hopefully you can help glove for me today because I will do that to you love you so much thank you I love you but it’s because of the message that I’m sending a love message hopefully if you are with Kobe not sure you were OK OK cause I’m sick but I’m still going to be nice told me but OK I’m OK I really wish you’re fine cause I don’t know how to play tag because I’m sick but this is amazing day thank you so much I wish I wasYou because you hate me thank you so much and I’ll give you good luck bye
It’s Amazing,but one thing
Fri Sep 03 2021 jr is stupidI got this game for a road trip and it was really good my mom loved it. Me and her actually stayed in the car instead of the hotel just to play more but the only problem is…I guess since it free then need ads but every time you get a new character you have to watch an add to get it and my mom and I were pretty annoyed by that and to do anything you have to watch an add. And also I think it’s a little fake because my mom and I typed a country for a state question and it worked for the country question and the state one. Also I typed some fake words to see what would happen and it went threw. They reapeat some too. Over all a good game though. Thanks for reading! Edit:I have something else to say it might just be me but even when I do a lot of letter I always end up getting 6x Another Edit: I just finished a game and this absolutely shocked me I had an about 45 sec add in the middle of the game and when I pressed x the game resumed, besides the fact that I had and add in the middle of the game but also I thought this was real people but turns out they are just robots not what I thought at all. If you read all of this than thanks but that’s all o have to say! Bye!
Good game at first but now…
Fri Jul 30 2021 IcekingdomdragonWhen I got the game I was sooooooooo excited. I started jumping up and down when the game downloaded. I started playing and hey, it wasn’t THAT bad. I won a lot of times and now I’m on the platinum league. But that’s when I STOPPED playing. The app was really fun and I had a fun time playing it when something WRONG had happened. There was this really hard question I had to answer. I just ended up skipping it. When it played the ad, and I exited it, it ended up making ME answer the question. The question was to hard and the thing wouldn’t skip the question no matter how hard I tried. So I ended up resetting the app. Once I did, I joined another match. But the SAME thing happened! Also, once I finished a round and unlocked a new skin, I couldn’t claim it! I tried watching an add five times but I STILL couldn’t claim it! I just had to live with these problems, oh and also when you watch some adds, you can’t exit them. I ended up resetting the game for THAT to. When I tried playing the game while IGNORING the problems I got so angry I didn’t play this game for a while. This is why I’m writing this review. In till you guys fix this problem, I’m NOT playing this game. So, thank you for reading my review. Have a good day 😡
It’s ok but..
Thu Apr 08 2021 iTs Me dA gAmER GiRLSo this game is great it has us in our brain and hands to use or creativity and speed but i don’t like that we have to watch a add to get our diamonds when we are not getting extra diamonds. Like i mean, when we are done we have a choice to get 3x more diamonds or just stick with what we have. If we choose not to, it will make us still watch a add. This is isn’t really good because it gets in the way of playing with people. Ik how I’m righting a whole paragraph on how the game is but it isn’t effortless. Another thing i hate is that we are not actually ever making the the end of the thing at the end. Like, I’m talking about when we are done we get a bunch of letters to run on at the end. This isn’t a problem for you to fix I’m just saying i wish it can be shorter. A 7 year old would probably would not want to not make it to the end until 6 months later. This is such a fun game and it’s definitely approved to kid friendly! It helps us remember more important stuff👻👻^^ I’m so hyped at remembering Ohio is a state from this game! Third paragraph i know. Don’t worry! I have so much to say but i think this is it. Just want to say this is a awesome game!
If you want to download this game, read this!!
Thu Dec 30 2021 ❄️😎❄️Hi, so for starters this is a pretty good game 😌. When I downloaded I received a notification from the app saying “Sorry for all the adds but we need to cover our production costs”. Well, I have to say the adds are not at all excessive, which is great. I really appreciated the notification, this is the first app I’ve downloaded that did something like this 😍. I’ve mentioned a couple times how great the game is but I do have a few complaints. Firstly, the game is very repetitive. It always asks similar things, for example, it always asks “Girls names with _ “ or “Boys names with _”. It just gets a little boring, so I’m hoping you can fix it. ❤️ Secondly, after you win and you get a prize, you have to watch an add to claim it. I know you are just trying to pay production costs but maybe-and this is just a suggestion-you could make it so that in order to get the prize we have to pay coins or gems or something? And this is another idea but, every other one is a “watch an add to claim” type of one or maybe add a special feature like “Freeze your opponents for 10 seconds” and you need to watch an add to get the feature? Other than that this is an AMAZING app and I really enjoy playing it. This application is awesome and playing has been great fun so I don’t understand the negative and kind of hateful things people have to say. That’s all. :) I hope you download and enjoy the game. I also hope that the creators of the game can fix the small issues and make the game even more fun! 😊🤩 Thank you 😊!
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