Imangi Studios and their hit game Temple Run managed to grab over 5 million downloads in just over a week on Android — a number I’m betting many Temple Run users still haven’t scored. There’s no denying its popularity and it’s certainly well deserved. Temple run is fun, addicting, and best of all it’s free! I don’t think I’ve managed to go a day without at least playing a couple games myself, and my kids — forget about it! The initial release did have a few bugs but Imangi was able to quickly patch those up and things seems to be running quite smoothly now.

Hit iOS game Temple Run caused quite a shockwave in the mobile ecosystem when it was released in August of 2011 and seems to be all the rage these days. Android users have been feeling left out as they eagerly await its release onto the Android Market. There hasn’t been much news up until now, but we finally have a release date to look forward to and that date is March 27th.

“We are excited to finally share the Android release date with our fans who have been so enthusiastic and supportive of Temple Run,” said Keith Shepherd, co-founder of Imangi Studios. “By expanding to more mobile devices, we hope to provide the same addictive and fast-paced gameplay to an entirely new group of players.”