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I Hate Running Backwards cover art

I Hate Running Backwards

Binx Games · Devolver Digital · 2018-05-22

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 19, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), May 22, 2018 (PlayStation 4), May 22, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 22, 2018 (Linux), May 22, 2018 (Xbox One)

I Hate Running Backwards is a never-ending adrenaline packed shoot'em down roguelite that puts the emphasis on destruction and fighting never ending waves of enemies while time traveling through procedurally generated worlds!

I Hate Running Backwards is a 2018 Action and Indie game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and Mostly Positive reviews (75% of 245 reviews).

0
playing now
75%
positive of 245 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
4.05★
PlayStation Store rating (85 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

I Hate Running Backwards is a 2018 shoot 'em up game developed by Binx Interactive and published by Devolver Digital. One or two players traverse procedurally generated levels using several characters, including Sam "Serious" Stone, the protagonist of the Serious Sam series. The screen scrolls vertically as the player character runs backwards through a partially destructible environment and battles enemies approaching from the bottom of the screen. The player can use two weapons, a melee attack, and an "ultimate" ability that requires the prior defeat of several enemies.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (24 reviews).
  • · Top 27% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.1k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 245 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-80%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2019-06-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 21 of 37 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920182026Week of 2018-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992018-05-232026-10-152018-05-23 — best price $14.992018-11-21 — best price $7.492019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-11-10 — best price $3.742020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-05-20 — best price $3.742020-11-02 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $3.742021-03-29 — best price $14.992021-10-28 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-05-05 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $2.992023-10-02 — best price $14.992024-02-12 — best price $2.992024-05-23 — best price $14.992024-09-02 — best price $2.992024-10-23 — best price $14.992024-12-02 — best price $14.992025-01-23 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-05-28 — best price $14.992025-07-17 — best price $14.992025-09-19 — best price $14.992025-10-20 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-03-12 — best price $2.992026-06-08 — best price $2.992026-08-03 — best price $14.992026-09-10 — best price $2.992026-09-19 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $2.992026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6482026-05-31 — 14 pageviews2026-06-04 — 19 pageviews2026-06-08 — 29 pageviews2026-06-12 — 22 pageviews2026-06-16 — 16 pageviews2026-06-20 — 27 pageviews2026-06-24 — 22 pageviews2026-06-28 — 29 pageviews2026-07-02 — 14 pageviews2026-07-06 — 16 pageviews2026-07-10 — 17 pageviews2026-07-14 — 24 pageviews2026-07-18 — 18 pageviews2026-07-22 — 12 pageviews2026-07-26 — 19 pageviews2026-07-30 — 14 pageviews2026-08-03 — 12 pageviews2026-08-07 — 42 pageviews2026-08-11 — 23 pageviews2026-08-15 — 18 pageviews2026-08-19 — 20 pageviews2026-08-23 — 16 pageviews2026-08-27 — 15 pageviews2026-08-31 — 64 pageviews2026-09-04 — 34 pageviews2026-09-08 — 20 pageviews2026-09-12 — 27 pageviews2026-09-16 — 14 pageviews2026-09-20 — 12 pageviews2026-09-24 — 13 pageviews2026-09-28 — 12 pageviews2026-10-02 — 17 pageviews2026-10-06 — 25 pageviews2026-10-09 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
80.7%
earned "Die Hard"
5.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Cloud

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3091%40
Xbox One (Xbox)4530%40
PS4 (PlayStation)4182%41
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

Co-opIndieVoxelActionRunnerDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet HellDestruction

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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