Four players hurtling forward, a screen scrolling without mercy, and whoever falls behind simply vanishes.

No gut-feeling ranking here, so let's read it criterion by criterion, on few votes, to be confirmed. And the picture is harsh: SpeedRunners sits near the bottom on almost every line. The urge to take it to a desert island, the attachment, the fun, the rediscovery, all stay below the bottom quarter. The feel in your hands slips right to the floor, ahead of barely 5% of games, and the soundtrack hits the very bottom, nearly last. The art style does a touch better but stays low. None of it is shocking, really: this is a frantic racing game built for the couch, in a group, in chaos and laughter. What makes it valuable, the elbow-to-elbow dash with friends, is just not what these questions are trying to measure.

In genre terms, it belongs to the competitive party games, where the joy comes from the shared moment, not the solo adventure you cherish for years.

So, who is it for? For you if you love controller nights, the rush of the last one hanging on. Much less if you want a game that marks you alone, in silence.