Runners
Main Characters
These runners can be unlocked by collecting EXP:
SpeedRunner | Unic | Cosmonaut Comrade | Hothead |
The titular hero. He wears an all black suit with blue highlights and has an aerodynamic helmet. | A superhero dressed as a pink unicorn. He knows a lot about horses. | A hero who wears a red outfit with a golden star on his round helmet. Designed to be reminiscent of the USSR in his design. | A character with a fire motif and a tiki head. Inspired by Hawaiian mythology. |
Moonraker | The Falcon | Buckshot | Maneki Neko |
The first female character to be added to the game. Wears a silver suit and has brown hair. | A superhero who is SpeedRunner's rival. He's a man with glasses who wears a white bird costume. | An anthropomorphic deer and an expert marksman who carries a rifle. | An anthropomorphic cat with a red collar and a golden bell. Inspired by Japanese culture. |
Gil | SkullDuggery | Salem | Luc J'adore |
A undercover detective wearing a shark costume. Is The Falcon's ally/partner. | A skeleton in brown rags with a purple scarf. Wields a shovel. | A black cat dressed as a witch. She carries a broom. | A macho man with a blue mask and a rose in his mouth. |
Sherlock Bones | Jailbird | Fort Knight | Excel/XL |
An anthropomorphic dog with gold fur. Is a parody of Sherlock Holmes. | A female prisoner, who has her hands bound together, which make her animations unique. | A 'knight' wearing armor made of cardboard boxes, paper bags, and crates. Is equipped with a wooden sword. | A typical business man who carries a suitcase around all the time. XL wears sunglasses and a cap, and instead carries a boombox around. Excel is playable during weekdays, and is replaced by XL on weekends. |
Burger | The Original Mr. Quick | Flamenco | Doctor Smart |
A man dressed like a burger, likes to eat lots of ketchup and mayonnaise. | SpeedRunner's likely predecessor, with an even more retro design. | A man who is dressed and runs like a bull. | A gorilla dressed as a doctor. |
Veloci-T-Rex | Beach-Body Speedrunner | Summertime Cosmo | Scout |
A velociraptor. Wears black jeans. | SpeedRunner, but in a summer-themed outfit. | Cosmonaut Comrade, but in a summer-themed outfit. | The character Scout from the game Team Fortress 2. |
DLC Packs
These characters can be bought on the Steam store, and cannot be unlocked. They are split into two packs:
Team Falcon (YouTuber Pack 1):
Markiplier - Wears a black-and-red outfit with an "M" in the center. He has a pink mustache.
PeanutButterGamer - Wears an outfit similar to Toon Link's from the "The Legend of Zelda" series.
UberHaxorNova - Wears a grey jacket and has short, pink hair.
Jesse Cox - Wears an orange and purple costume with wings.
Team SpeedRunners (YouTuber Pack 2):
PewDiePie - Wears a crown, headphones and a pink outfit.
Strippin - Wears a tiara and a princess dress.
CinnamonToastKen - Wears a bear headdress. Doesn't have an upper costume.
Dodger - Wears an orange fox costume.
Civil Dispute!:
Showtime - Wears sunglasses and a white outfit.
Cannon Fyodor - Wears an eyepatch, a helmet and a white shirt.
Diamond Diva - Wears a diva costume, her face is makeup in black and white.
Dashwell - Wears a majordome costume.
Secret Characters
These characters can be played by typing in their respective commands on the character select screen (case insensitive):
Gang Beast- The character from gang beasts. Command: /gangbeast.
Hoxton - Character from the game PAYDAY 2. Command: /hoxton.
Dallas - Character from the game PAYDAY 2. Command: /dallas.
Wolf - Character from the game PAYDAY 2. Command: /wolf.
Cloaker - Special Enemy from the game PAYDAY 2. Command: /cloaker.
Octodad - The main character in Octodad: Dadliest Catch. Command: /octodad.
These characters were removed in the r44.9 patch (6 October 2015):
Potato - Normal potato. Command: /sallad ( not accessible )
Goat- The goat from "Goat Simulator". Command: /baaaahhh!!! (not accessible)
QWOP - The character from "QWOP" the game. Command: /qwop (not accessible)
PewDuckPie - A duck in a barrel. Command: /pewduckpie (was only accessible by certain people) [citation needed].