Stick Run Fills the Stands with Endless Running Fans on Facebook
Stick Run by Manuel Otto is an independently developed endless-running game for Facebook. The title first caught our eye earlier this month and wound up on our list of fastest-growing Facebook games by daily active users today.
According to our traffic tracking service AppData, Stick Run currently has 1,716,127 monthly active users and 316,930 daily active users.
Stick Run challenges players to travel as far as possible through a randomly generated side-scrolling level filled with obstacles. The player’s stick figure character runs on its own, but players can speed up and slow down using the left and right arrow keys. Pressing the up arrow key makes the figure jump, while pressing down causes it to slide under obstacles.
Obstacles range from single crates to stacks of them, panes of glass and rotating saw blades. Running headlong into walls of crates or any saw blade ends the game, at which point players can restart and try again. Achievements can be unlocked for meeting certain performance criteria. The game also has a multiplayer component wherein players can run through a level alongside up to three other players in real time. The winner is the player that runs the farthest. Hitting obstacles eliminates players and they must wait until the next round to compete again.
In addition to the multiplayer mode, Stick Run offers social interaction in the form of a chat room, leaderboards (both score and number of boxes jumped), friend to friend challenges and bragging about achievements on viral channels.
Stick Run is monetized through the sale of soft currency and special items, and apparently through display ads (see screenshot below). Some of the items for sale are cosmetic enhancements while others, such as various types of running shoes, can actually make players’ characters run faster, jump higher and so on. There’s a roughly even mix of items that can be purchased using coins versus those that can only be had by spending Facebook Credits.
You can follow Stick Runs’s progress using AppData, our traffic tracking service for social games and developers.
August 31st, 2011 at 11:34 am
Thank you very much for featuring my game here!
Very nice article.
best regards,
Manuel Otto
September 1st, 2011 at 2:55 pm
Lol this game sucks! the only reason I agreed to be a moderator was to show off!
Best Regards,
Kevin Pabis
September 1st, 2011 at 2:57 pm
We will be leaving BETA soon
Say bye bye to beta!
best regards,
Manuel Otto
September 4th, 2011 at 10:25 am
This Game Rules!!!
September 8th, 2011 at 8:06 pm
Manuel otto how to have rare :( i want some plzz
September 18th, 2011 at 2:57 am
When Can i get Hey Stick Run Team??? That’s my only 1 achieve i dont get
September 22nd, 2011 at 6:01 pm
please rare
September 24th, 2011 at 7:52 am
hey i still havent got full out fit or lose a multiplayer game or win a multie player game
September 27th, 2011 at 7:49 am
Hey to get the ‘Hey StickRun Team’ achievement is easy. just go to a game lobby that has a Moderator or Admin. and there you have it. i already have the achievement
September 29th, 2011 at 7:41 pm
@manuel otto how to get rare?
October 1st, 2011 at 2:55 am
gift me 6 rares
October 1st, 2011 at 11:06 pm
♥
October 15th, 2011 at 11:03 am
plssss stickrun team im sorry for disturbing but
why eror the game stckrun game
October 15th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
hay can you make me moderator plzzzz i will do anything you rock:))
October 15th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
can you make me moderator plzzzz Manuel Otto if you did i would the would make my day
:))
October 19th, 2011 at 6:19 am
Sir Manuel Otto
You’re not good GM
You’re not good giver
Maybe you can make mission on event then if the mission complete player got the item!
Make it sure dont make it hard
October 26th, 2011 at 8:47 am
how do i become vip plz help me i give people free rares and they say i will have it in 2 days and its been like 2 weeks plz help me out manuel otto
November 9th, 2011 at 8:32 am
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November 11th, 2011 at 2:51 am
how to get moderator or admin and hwo to meet stick run team
November 11th, 2011 at 10:46 am
please unban me hey Felix hey Manuel pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
November 12th, 2011 at 9:16 pm
BACK MY STICK RUN
IM NOT CHEATER AND DON’T BANNED ME
FUCK SHIT BACK MY STICK RUN…..
November 16th, 2011 at 5:33 am
first time i play Stickrun,i trade my normal item and someone give me 6 rare item…is this the only way to get rare or more other way?
pleaaaase help me..
November 19th, 2011 at 12:47 am
How to get some rare items mr otto? i wonder why people get it. It can be hacked or they buy it.. but how? help me mr otto.. everyone? help!!!
November 29th, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Up to what level is stick run?
Is it level 30 only?
December 17th, 2011 at 1:10 pm
manule otto make me a V.I.P
December 21st, 2011 at 8:46 am
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December 28th, 2011 at 1:29 pm
.. i like playing STICK RUN .. :))
hehe
.hey !! i dont see any stick run TEAM ?? .. i cant get through my task ..
December 31st, 2011 at 11:12 am
how to get rares plzzzzzzzz give me i am begging u all i am a beggar thats why
January 6th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
I JUST GOT HACKED THEY TOOK AWAY ALL MY RARES AND EVERYTHING NOW I HAVE NOTHING CAN YOU PLEASE TRY TO GET THEM BACK Manuel Otto?
January 22nd, 2012 at 5:35 pm
goood game
February 20th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
what are the keys to use your power
April 11th, 2012 at 10:59 am
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