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Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle

Pendulo Studios · Focus Entertainment · 2007-03-14

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 17, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 25, 2008 (Nintendo DS), Nov 26, 2009 (Wii), Oct 17, 2013 (iOS)

Travel to the four corners of the world with Brian and Gina in a crazy story packed full of surprises. Pirates, spies, surfers, soldiers, and even aliens get in on the act - all combining to create a wonderfully rewarding experience to savour and remember forever!

Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle is a 2007 Adventure game priced at $4.99, with an estimated owner base of 100,000 to 200,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (56% of 385 reviews).

1
playing now
56%
positive of 385 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle is a 2006 graphic adventure game developed by the Spanish company Pendulo Studios and published by Focus Home Interactive. The sequel to Runaway: A Road Adventure, it follows protagonists Brian Basco and Gina Timmins as their vacation in Hawaii goes awry, sweeping up the two of them into a secret project by the United States military. The player controls Brian and explores the game world while collecting items, solving puzzles and interacting with non-player characters.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 92% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 15k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 385 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$0.74-85%
Steam$0.74-85%
GOG$0.75-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.60 at GameBillet (2025-01-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 99 of 141 observed days · $0.14 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.00$0.602015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.842015-03-28 — best price $5.242015-06-18 — best price $5.562015-11-25 — best price $2.492016-07-07 — best price $9.012017-01-23 — best price $9.992017-09-13 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $1.992018-10-26 — best price $2.492019-07-08 — best price $2.492019-12-19 — best price $1.992020-03-16 — best price $1.992020-07-17 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-04-25 — best price $1.852021-09-02 — best price $9.992021-12-02 — best price $4.992022-04-04 — best price $4.992022-07-27 — best price $4.992022-11-18 — best price $0.992023-04-04 — best price $4.992023-08-25 — best price $0.992023-12-13 — best price $0.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-17 — best price $4.042024-09-09 — best price $0.882024-12-12 — best price $0.742025-03-07 — best price $0.642025-04-25 — best price $4.992025-06-21 — best price $4.492025-09-02 — best price $0.652025-10-31 — best price $4.992026-01-04 — best price $4.992026-02-23 — best price $0.672026-05-14 — best price $0.752026-08-16 — best price $0.742026-09-11 — best price $0.742026-10-01 — best price $0.752026-10-14 — best price $0.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2772026-06-01 — 22 pageviews2026-06-05 — 15 pageviews2026-06-09 — 20 pageviews2026-06-13 — 13 pageviews2026-06-17 — 25 pageviews2026-06-21 — 20 pageviews2026-06-25 — 9 pageviews2026-06-29 — 20 pageviews2026-07-03 — 25 pageviews2026-07-07 — 20 pageviews2026-07-11 — 15 pageviews2026-07-15 — 17 pageviews2026-07-19 — 23 pageviews2026-07-23 — 23 pageviews2026-07-27 — 23 pageviews2026-07-31 — 9 pageviews2026-08-04 — 13 pageviews2026-08-08 — 15 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-16 — 27 pageviews2026-08-20 — 20 pageviews2026-08-24 — 11 pageviews2026-08-28 — 14 pageviews2026-09-01 — 14 pageviews2026-09-05 — 12 pageviews2026-09-09 — 7 pageviews2026-09-13 — 19 pageviews2026-09-17 — 15 pageviews2026-09-21 — 16 pageviews2026-09-25 — 12 pageviews2026-09-29 — 10 pageviews2026-10-03 — 15 pageviews2026-10-07 — 12 pageviews2026-10-11 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Player tags

2DFunnyRetroCasualComedyPuzzleClassicAdventureStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

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