When Was Temple Run: Brave Released On IOS And Android?

Stumbled across this little slice of mobile nostalgia and it still makes me smile: 'Temple Run: Brave' launched on iOS on June 14, 2012, and then hit Android a couple of weeks later on June 27, 2012. I was way into endless runners back then, so I downloaded the iOS version the day it dropped and played it on my old iPhone while waiting in lines and on a cramped bus ride. The game was a straightforward crossover — Imangi Studios teamed up with Disney/Pixar to dress the familiar temple-running mechanics in the Scottish wilderness of the film 'Brave', with Merida as the protagonist and thematic visual changes that made it feel fresh without reinventing the wheel.

From my viewpoint as someone who bounced between phones a lot (early twenties me with a flip between iPhone and a cheap Android after a dropped screen), the staggered release was typical of the era. iOS often got the title first because of how dev pipelines and distribution worked then, and Android users had to wait those extra couple of weeks for the Google Play build to appear. When I finally installed it on an Android phone, the look and feel were mostly the same: same tilt-and-swipe controls, same endless-run loop, just with tartan textures, new obstacles, and a few Merida-themed power-ups. Fans of both platforms felt the crossover was a fun promotional tie-in — the movie released around that time too — and it was one of those rare mobile tie-ins that actually felt polished rather than slapdash.

If you’re digging into specifics because you’re cataloging mobile game releases or just feeling warry about vintage apps, those two dates (June 14, 2012 for iOS and June 27, 2012 for Android) are the ones people cite in app store listings and contemporary press coverage. I still find it charming that mobile games used to drop like this: small, hype-driven bursts, then everyone comparing who got it first and whether their high score was legit. Nowadays, I catch myself thinking about how much simpler the mobile scene felt — no heavy monetization debates for a minute, just the delight of unlocking themed characters and trying to beat a friend’s score.

If you want to go deeper, checking old App Store/Google Play archives, press posts from June 2012, or Imangi’s blog posts from that era will corroborate the timeline. Personally, I’ll always associate those dates with sunburned thighs on a summer vacation and furiously swiping left to avoid a log while someone else screamed about a bear on the lawn in the movie theater parking lot — small, silly memories tied to a specific, very 2012 mobile moment. If you’ve got your own memory of playing 'Temple Run: Brave', I’d love to hear which device you first played it on and whether you preferred the iOS or Android controls.