In Temple Run, the player controls characters like Guy Dangerous, an explorer, Scarlett Fox, an escape artist, Barry Bones, a city cop and Karma Lee, the fastest runner in the Far East. The character chosen will embark on an adventure to seek an ancient and valuable golden idol from an Aztec temple. They will not realize that the temple is inhabited by a family of demonic monkeys who want to devour them. As the game is an endless running game, there is no end to the temple; the player plays until the character collides into a large obstacle, falls into the water or is overtaken by the demon monkeys.