The Game Census
Running on Empty cover art

Running on Empty

T.F.A.N.C.S. · 2022-09-09

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 10, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Running on Empty is a minimal yet deep post-apocalyptic role-playing game with resource management mechanics (in 64x64 retro pixel graphics!)

0
playing now
96%
positive of 25 reviews
Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 87% of 11,438 Adventure games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $1.59 at Steam (2024-03-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

002026-08-11 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$1.592022-09-102026-07-092022-09-10 — best price $2.692022-11-29 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-02-06 — best price $2.992023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-07-17 — best price $3.992023-09-18 — best price $3.992023-11-28 — best price $3.992024-01-04 — best price $3.992024-02-05 — best price $3.992024-03-21 — best price $3.992024-05-27 — best price $3.992024-07-11 — best price $3.992024-09-30 — best price $3.992024-12-04 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $3.992025-02-24 — best price $3.992025-03-20 — best price $3.992025-04-07 — best price $3.992025-07-10 — best price $3.992025-10-06 — best price $3.992026-01-05 — best price $3.992026-03-16 — best price $3.992026-03-26 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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