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Run Build Pew! cover art

Run Build Pew!

Knight Owl Games · 2022-06-06

Steam

ActionCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 06, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.

Run Build Pew! is an Action, Casual, Indie and Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $1.49, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 572 reviews).

4
playing now
72%
positive of 572 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.49
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (187 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 572 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2024-03-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14914920222026Week of 2022-06-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
732Jun 2022Dec 2025Jun 2022 — avg 73 · peak 364Jul 2022 — avg 53 · peak 226Aug 2022 — avg 53 · peak 216Sep 2022 — avg 16 · peak 35Oct 2022 — avg 9 · peak 19Nov 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Mar 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 20May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 25Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$2.99$0.002021-03-272026-08-242021-03-27 — best price $0.002022-06-13 — best price $2.992023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-04-24 — best price $2.992023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-10-02 — best price $2.992023-11-20 — best price $2.992023-11-28 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-05-20 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-09-24 — best price $2.992024-12-11 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-02-07 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-05-21 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-09-18 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-10-30 — best price $2.992025-12-11 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-01-29 — best price $2.992026-03-18 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-06-15 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-07-25 — best price $2.992026-08-24 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
84.6%
earned "Mini Hunter"
24.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeSteam Cloud

4 supported languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6610%60

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

Player tags

2DSpaceActionArcadeCasualShooterBuildingColorfulStrategyRogue-like

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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