Automatic running

Video game concept

Player character and others automatically run or jog.

61
games
9
platforms
Implied:
* Walking

Contrast:
* Stamina
These may additionally have a sprint option which may occasionally make people think they're actually simply walking (at immense speed). For some reason many of these games include functionality for plain walking, but this is usually not default and no-one in multiplayer uses it and even in singleplayer this is mostly used as artificial difficulty increase.

Common in competitive multiplayer games, especially those with deathmatch style default mode.

Implies there's no stamina, but can coexist in cases where the auto run is actually auto jog and running is actually sprinting.

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Parent groups

Game-like elements, Velocity, Walking

Games by year

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The first Automatic running video game was released on September 30, 1997.

Tripwire Interactive, Deep Silver and Dreamcatcher published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 29
Linux 17
X360 5
Mac OS X 3
Xbox 2
PS3 2
MS-DOS 1
PS2 1
BeOS 1