About Temple Runner

What is Temple Runner about?

An adrenaline-pumping 3D Minecraft-themed Temple Run game built for the start.ng platform.

within the stipulated time! If you fail, you plunge into molten lava!

Sprint through an ancient desert temple causeway flanked by boiling molten lava rivers, dodge obsidian spikes and ancient stone architraves, collect glittering emeralds, and survive the ancient stone Guardian stalking closely behind you.

When you sprint down the temple causeway, the solid stone road will abruptly collapse into a vast, bubbling molten lava abyss!

Temple Runner at a glance

• Made by Elsie

• On start.ng since October 2026

• Play it in your browser at temple-runner.start.ng, with nothing to download

• Categories: Endless runners, Coin collecting, Ancient ruins and treasure and 3D games

• Leaderboard: yes, ranked by Meters Run, Bridges Built and Emeralds

• Controls: [A] / [D] or Left/Right Arrow (or Swipe)

What Temple Runner says

Some of what Temple Runner tells you as you play:

• “Play Fullscreen in Browser”

• “No broken bridge ahead! Keep running.”

• “Incomplete road! You plunged into molten lava.”

• “Successfully created widget artifact at:”

• “You plunged into the molten lava abyss!”

• “Missing blocks on bridge!”

• “You plunged into the molten lava abyss! Bridge was incomplete.”

• “Tripped over temple obsidian spikes!”

How scoring works

Players are ranked by Meters Run (highest first). If two players tie, Bridges Built (highest first) and Emeralds (highest first) decides it. Only your best run counts. Sign in with start.ng to save yours.

Play Temple Runner

Temple Runner is free to play in your browser on start.ng, with nothing to download. It was made by Elsie.

It is a game for people who like endless runners, coin collecting, ancient ruins and treasure and 3d games.