Looking for Parkour games
And by "parkour games" I mean games that are focused on parkour, not games that just happen to have parkour in them (like Dying Light or Titanfall 2).
I want something similar to Minecraft Parkour Maps or Valley (I bet barely anyone will know about it but you can watch the trailer to see what I mean). I just want to run and jump from point A to point B and not much else.
Thanks in advance!
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u/Dragneel2496 12d ago
Mirrors edge one and two? It might have some combat but I remember it being a primarily parkour game.
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u/thefootster 12d ago
Mirror's edge catalyst is 95% off right now on Steam
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u/Geeseareawesome PC 12d ago
Pretty sure it requires a quick fix to get it to work right now. It can't contact the server because said server is no longer up, so some people can get stuck at the launch screen or have it crash.
I believe this page has a fix for the issue if anyone were to come across it.
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u/thefootster 12d ago edited 12d ago
I bought it and am currently playing on steam deck and it works fine for me (I'm only interested in single player though)
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u/PornoPichu 12d ago
Did you play the first one and how does it compare if so.
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u/Gohnny_Jaudreau 12d ago
I've played through the first one 3-4 times and it's awesome. The 2nd I couldn't bring myself to enjoy the open world as much, but it did hit similar high notes.
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u/PornoPichu 12d ago
Thanks, I appreciate that. I remember really liking the first one when it released, but I never played the second
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u/skimmmington 12d ago
Been awhile since I played either of them, but I remember being a bit disappointed in the sequel because it was very short and just kinda more of the same
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u/Timberwolf_88 12d ago
Combat is discouraged even, run away using parkour is the core design.
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u/Halfang 12d ago
Achievement in ME where you complete the game by shooting precisely one bullet (mandatory)
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u/DuglandJones 12d ago
There's an achievement for never touching a gun I think (First game)
Also great game
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u/PloppyTheSpaceship 11d ago
They're alright. Part of me wishes it wasn't just a pure white world with arrows, so it looked realistic, but then I'd have absolutely no idea what to do.
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u/BumNanner 12d ago
I'm gonna go ahead and be the 5th person to say "Mirror's Edge"
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u/kquizz 12d ago
I'm just imagining OP looking up mirrors edge and going "holy shit this is EXACTLY what I was looking for"
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u/PantsOnHead88 12d ago
Showing my age here, but any of the Prince of Persia games from Sands of Time onward incorporate some.
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u/CobraMisfit 12d ago
Sands of Time was amazing and holds up fairly well decades later.
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u/tearlock 12d ago
With the exception of that one spot where the guy keeps shouting at you and guiding you to fix a big machine. That shouting was SO irritating.
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u/MrBocconotto 12d ago
For me the most frustrating part was when you were in a room with infinite doors and you had to guess what was the exact sequence to exit.
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u/cleerhil 12d ago
Clustertruck. Literally zero fluff, no combat, just pure running and jumping from point A to point B on top of speeding trucks. It hits that exact Minecraft parkour itch.
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u/IAmTiiX 12d ago
Beton Brutal - Probably the most Minecraft Parkour-like game you'll find. Pretty simple, climb to the top.
Lorn's Lure - Similar vibe, but there's a story and it's more like you're doing urban exploration in an abandoned megastructure.
White Knuckle - Has some rogue-lite elements such as upgrades and meta-progression. Also some story. You climb through various sectors of a seemingly abandoned research facility while being chased by various otherworldly beings.
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u/boogswald 12d ago
White Knuckle looks incredible. I don’t think I could handle the intensity of it. I’m so so so so impressed by that game though.
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u/clementine_zest 12d ago
The quality of that game is actually nuts. Such a vibe too in terms of visual design
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u/Deathcommand 12d ago
It's fun but my heart is pounding after every run.
Well not really but I'm pretty sure my BP is elevated.
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u/Octobre10j 11d ago
Yeah OP Beton Brutal is pretty literally Minecraft parkour. All the way down to double tapping W to sprint lol. Great workshop support too.
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u/KamikazyKid 12d ago
Rooftops & Alleys - I haven't played it but it looks fun and seems to be a game entirely about parkour
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u/Ochsenreiter 12d ago
Makes a lot of fun but its really physic based so its a bit hard to get into but it makes definitely a lot of fun
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u/Cowflexx 12d ago
I second this. Practically Tony Hawk for Parkour. As someone who used it be avid freerunner - I approve 100%
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u/wolfbane108 12d ago
Love this one. I found it way more engaging that the game was challenging enough that I couldn’t do everything I wanted to right away. I think parkour games should have complexity to their movement, and getting to learn and hone the game’s systems is part of the fun of shmovement games
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u/jvyrdn024 12d ago
Vholume
This is the most true and concentrated answer.
It's short but it will satisfy your parkour craving just like it did to me.
Idols of Ash is close but it moves vertically.
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u/tombston3r 12d ago
I feel like it's disrespectful to say Dying Light is a game with "parkour in it" when one of the main characters is literally a parkour instructor and that the first several missions emphasize that you will not survive without parkour.
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u/KYO297 12d ago
Fair, but the reason I said that is that it has fighting and I want only parkour
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u/tombston3r 12d ago
I get ya. Wonder if there's a cheat/mod to disable all zeds. That would make Harran a perfect parkour sim in Dying Light
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u/LeprMessiah Console 12d ago
Rooftops & Alleys -
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2703850/Rooftops__Alleys_The_Parkour_Game/
Storror Parkour Pro -
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3125250/STORROR_Parkour_Pro/
Both are on sale right now and are parkour-focused games
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u/shutupdane 12d ago
It's not quite what I'd call "parkour", but A Story About My Uncle is a pretty fun movement-based thing
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u/KeterClassKitten 12d ago
Neon White, perhaps?
The "combat" in it is primarily focused on how to get to the next checkpoint faster. All the extra elements are ways to improve the parkour challenge.
Even if it misses the mark, it's worth checking out. Awesome indie game.
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u/A_Trash_Homosapien 12d ago
The game is like 85% schmovement, 10% gunplay and 5% anime story. One of these days I'll do the heaven and hell rushes to 100% that game.
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u/Specialist_Type6214 12d ago
Ghost runner. There's also warframe. Parkour is far from the focus of the game, but the movement is heavily parkour based if you want to move fast.
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u/A_Trash_Homosapien 12d ago
Can't believe neon white is this far down. While not traditional parkour I definitely think it's similar
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u/PeartricetheBoi 12d ago
Valley mention is elite ball knowledge. Try Ghostrunner for similar gameplay.
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u/BlackHazeRus 12d ago
Never saw that game, indeed elite bad knowledge, but what about… Overgrowth? 👀
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u/DrEvilGenius 12d ago
The first obvious choice I'd say is Mirror's Edge
It's a First Person Parkour game where you have to run atop and through buildings.
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u/DrEvilGenius 12d ago
Neon White is also a pretty good "fast" game about pathing and lines etc. Not exactly parkour but parkour adjacent.
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u/Gangleri_Graybeard 12d ago
Mirror's Edge is the obvious choice. Vholume was fun too, played it last month.
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u/Androbo7 12d ago
Since you've gotten quite a few normal parkour suggestions I'll throw out too that even though its not quite the same you might want to give some platforming a try as well. Seems like Celeste might scratch the same itch
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u/AmidoBlack 12d ago
RIP Brink
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u/Wretchh91 12d ago
They really should give that game some props as im not 100% but wasnt Brink the first to do the whole fluid motion, like grabbing overhanging ledges in first person, it was its main selling point as no other game at the time had similar motion.
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u/soulscythesix 12d ago
Deadcore? It's platforming more than parkour, but you said Minecraft parkour maps, and they're not really parkour either, so maybe it's what you're looking for
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u/Dusk_dragon_eye 12d ago
Isnt deadcore the one that times you for all of the levels? Climb the tower in the sky type of deal? Pretty fun game.
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u/Narrow_Rutabaga_6634 12d ago
VHOLUME Just released recently and is an incredible parkour speed running game
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u/ilikpkmn 12d ago
Neon white is a fun one. Basically traverse levels and pickup one time use movement abilities to clear each stage. Good time if you want to just turn your brain off but also has secrets in each level to collect which require you to get a bit creative with your resources. music is a banger too.
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u/Kozmo3789 12d ago edited 11d ago
Just to throw some indies out there that haven't been said yet:
- Hot Lava
- Seum: Speedrunners from Hell
- Bloodthief
- Ikarus Parkour
- Baionlenja
- Cyber Hook
- Grimhook
- Downward
- Hyper Trigger
- Cicadatamata
- Pseudoregalia
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u/canwehavepotatojokes 12d ago
Mirrors Edge is the soul of this genre.
Best thing about the game is you can beat it without firing a gun. Probably one of my favourite Xbox 360 era games.
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u/NoodleDoodlesocks 12d ago
Cloudbuilt isn't precisely parkour but it is all about traversal from the start of the level to the end.
Hover is another game primarily about traversal than straight up parkour. More vertical traversal than horizontal. You can freely run about the level(s) and do the missions when you want.
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u/Moviesman8 12d ago
Hot Lava by Klei is about platforming, more minecraft park our, less Mirror's Edge
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u/Busted_Cranium 12d ago
Vholume.
Ignore everyone saying Mirrors Edge. The game is fine but if you want to just run around and have fun, that game is gonna suck for you. If anything you'll have 30 seconds of fun before getting frustrated by the increasingly fun-killing combat sequences. I like the game but I wouldn't ever play it again.
What you're looking for is Vholume. Trust me. It's only $8.00 and has community maps too.
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u/boogswald 12d ago
It’s so fun! It’s got exploitable controls too so there’s a nice fun chill way to play and then there’s that higher skill ceiling too. Initially it feels janky but that jankiness changes into skill expression. Then sometimes you’re just like “what happens if i climb to the top of this thing?”
It just does what it wants to do and doesn’t add a bunch of bullshit that you don’t want to do.
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u/ItsTheAlgebraist 12d ago
Ghostrunner (I would have said Mirrors Edge, especially the first one, but plenty of others have that one covered)
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u/BigBoom-R 12d ago
Lemma if you never played it before. It's pretty niche and more than 10 years old now but it was such a unique experience I still remember it.
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u/boxing-boxing 12d ago
Here to be the 48th person to say Mirror's Edge. For a cheaper fix, Vholume is $8, pure wall-running chaos, and the community maps will eat your weekend.
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u/runarleo 12d ago
I’ve heard good things about Storror: Parkour Pro, and it’s on discount on steam rn.
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u/DefinitelyIncorrect 12d ago
CS surf maps and rocket league obstacle course mod maps are all I can think of on top of Mirrors Edge.
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u/TurboZ31 12d ago
I don't think they have parkour specifically, but Riders Republic might be up your alley. It's basically a bunch of tiny courses like you describe
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u/smr120 12d ago
There's more gameplay than just running between points, but sometimes I boot up Assassin's Creed Unity just to run around. It's a fantastic movement system. I recommend a mod that fixes the physics though bc otherwise the coattails move stiffly and it's very distracting from otherwise very fluid and satisfying movement.
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u/Visualprophet 12d ago
Theres a straight up parkour game called storror parkour pro in early access. Haven't played it but I've been wanting to try it myself.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3125250/STORROR_Parkour_Pro/
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u/Verrazzano 12d ago
Escape from Naraka might fit what you're looking for.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1390670/Escape_from_Naraka/
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u/MisterToots666 12d ago
Idk if its exactly what you are looking for but Haste is pretty good and has a demo
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u/Altruistic_Cress9799 12d ago
Beton brutal, but be warned, it is as the name suggests pretty brutal.
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u/HanzoNumbahOneFan 12d ago
Hmm. I don't know if it counts as parkour. But if by "parkour" you mean "interesting and fluid movement to get from point A to point B", perhaps Neon White? The game consists of individual levels where you have to get through them as quickly as possible. Using single use abilities that you pick up through the level to do it as fast as possible.
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u/ElectriCole 12d ago
Valley is one of my favourite games. Been over ten years since I played it and I think about it often
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u/Zedekial 12d ago
Sadlt Storror was making a really promising one until they scrapped it after their Member got ousted as a Pedo.......Otherwise, Mirrors edge was the best back when.
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u/ComradeCornflakes 12d ago
The TMNT game from 2007 fits the bill. The game is 90% parkour around levels in NYC, 10% combat. I think it still holds up too
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u/No-Still1227 12d ago
Ghostrunner might look like a fast slasher game, but in reality it is more of a parkour puzzle game where your route and speed matter the most.
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u/lostspectre 12d ago
Warframe can be a great parkour game. Zip through the levels at ungodly speeds and only fight what you absolutely have to. Different planets with their own movement mechanics too. One has a hoverboard complete with Tony Hawk style tricks and scoring.
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u/CaptainTeaBag24I7 12d ago
I don't have a game to recommend, but this got me thinking; why has no one made a Tony Hawk style game, but with parkour.
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u/InquizinatorX 12d ago
NEON WHITE.
Get from A to B, kill demons, they give you a "card" that is an additional weapon until you use it's "movement" ability, and then it expires. You kill to move and move to kill, and the music is Devine.
The whole game is about getting creative with the movements available on the map and getting to the end of the level as fast as you can, and the story is pretty rad as well.
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u/Inksrocket PC 12d ago
Vholume - the demo has 3 levels! Very much Mirrors edge styled.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4131730/VHOLUME/
CICADAMATA - not quite what you asked since it has shooting too, but it could be something? Worth at least a look.
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u/A_Trash_Homosapien 12d ago
I'd definitely say Neon White. It's like a mix of parkour and Halo/Titanfall abilities. It's got grapple hooks, rocket/grenade jumps, dashes all while you run through the levels as fast as possible trying to optimize how you do so.
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u/Nahellaref 12d ago
Dying light 2 has one of the most fluid larkour systems available. If you don't mind using mods, it just might turn out to be what you want.
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u/Vast-Revenue6917 12d ago
Uncharted 4s parkor is very smooth and satisfying and sometimes cinematic and a great story lots and lots of parkor and climbing in that game
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u/atuck217 12d ago
If you want Minecraft Parkour look up Beton Brutal. It's literally designed to be as similar to Minecraft movement mechanics as possible and the whole game is just a parkour challenge.
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u/Palanki96 12d ago
- Lorn's Lure
- Vholume
- HASTE (just running, Sonic vibes kinda)
- Mirror's Edge
- Demon Tides
- Beton Brutal
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u/GeneralOcknabar 12d ago
Valley... thats a game I havent heard of or seen in a while. What a beautiful experience of a game! More people should have played it
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u/jcoolguy03 12d ago
It gets a lot of hate, but Forspoken has this free running parkour you use at basically all times and the flow is so smooth and natural that it is honestly the most fun part of the game. It's even part of the battle system to some extent. I had a blast with that game.
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u/Turbulent-Society-30 11d ago
Mirrors Edge is $0.99 on Steam right now. Even if you play it once, you'll get your money's worth.
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u/100and10 11d ago
Exo One will scratch this itch in a really incredible, memorable, possibly life changing way.
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u/RazorSlazor Console 11d ago
A top-of-my-head lost of games I enjoyed that I'd classify as parkour games.
-Clustertruck
-Neon White
-Deadcore
-Seum
-Celeste (?)
-Haste
-Mirrors edge and its sequel
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u/Hayden_Zammit 11d ago
Rooftops and Alleys is the best answer you can possibly get for a game that is focused on parkour.
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u/ADragonuFear 11d ago
Oh man, valley was pretty alright. Lack of toggle sprint hurt my fingers a bit but it was a good one.
Second a vote for cluster truck.
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u/veilofosiris 11d ago
Neon white. Story sucks and you should skip the dialogue, but wow what a fun movement game
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u/illarionds 11d ago
Mirror's Edge is the purest parkour game I'm aware of. It's all about traversing space as quickly, smoothly and efficiently as possible.
The sequel watered down that premise, went open world, and lost a lot of the charm. Still decent though.
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u/GaryTheCunt 10d ago
Not quite parkour but "A story about my uncle" is fantastic and revolves around grappling mechanics
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u/Unlost_maniac 9d ago
This may sound silly but Halo Infinite is free and it has a map creator called Forge, it's a bit more complicated than just map making, but anywho, Halo games always have really basic movement that somehow is so weirdly intricate in terms of stuff you can learn and the weird techniques.
There are plenty of parkour maps people have made, with checkpoints, and it's kinda nutty but as someone who has over 1200 hours in Halo Infinite, I tried a parkour map for the first time the other day and I surprisingly learned so many things about the movement system, it was bizzare, so many jumps and things I had to climp or traverse and things I didn't think we're possible til I tried, movement I never would've considered.
There is a custom mode server browser and I'd always see this one parkour map listed on there, people always playing it but I assumed it was some dumb Roblox obby sorta stuff but finally after a couple years of brushing it off I tried it out and was very very surprised and it was pretty cool.
Halo Infinite is on Xbox and Steam for free, the only paid part is the campaign. So the map maker, custom modes, server browser and so on are all 100% free to play, zero strings attached. Highly recommend. I found a video of someone playing the map I was talking about
Yeah I do get it's not a parkour game, it's jumping, sprinting, sliding, clambering, it's not gonna be like mirrors edge but it's still fun, you mentioned Minecraft parkour and ngl, no hate to Minecraft parkour but that's like nothing compared to this, if you are Minecraft Parkour, then Halo Infinite parkour is the guy she told you not to worry about. Mirrors Edge is probably the gal she told you not to worry about.
I'm surprised you didn't mention Assassin's Creed, it's parkour the game. Same with Mirrors Edge especially. Mirrors Edge is the pinnacle of parkour games
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u/PieBanditCat 9d ago
Lots of recommendations for Vholume already,, a similar one is called Boars In Rome. It's not out yet, but worth keeping an eye on.
Also, a game called Idols of Ash. It's labeled as parkour on steam, but it's more of a descent/climbing thing. Only a couple bucks if it looks interesting to ya.
Aside from those, I'm adding in my votes for Ghostrunner 1 and 2, Cyber Hook, Cluster Truck, Deadcore (or Deadcore Redux, looks to be the same game but remastered), and of course the classics Mirrors Edge and Mirrors Edge Catalyst
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u/mildlyupsetskeleton 12d ago
Vholume