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RUNNING WITH RIFLES cover art

RUNNING WITH RIFLES

Osumia Games · 2015-04-02

Steam

ActionIndie

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

Releases: Apr 02, 2015 (Mac), Apr 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 02, 2015 (Linux)

RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down tactical shooter with open world RPG elements. In RWR, you join the ranks of an army as a common soldier, just like the thousands around you.

RUNNING WITH RIFLES is an Action and Indie game released in 2015 for $3.74, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 16,762 reviews).

81
playing now
88%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.74
steam price (US)

81 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Running with Rifles is a 2015 top-down open world tactical shooter game published and developed by Osumia Games. It was developed by Pasi Kainiemi in Tampere, Finland, and Jack Mayol in Stuttgart, Germany, working under the team name Modulaatio Games.

Trailer

RUNNING WITH RIFLES trailer thumbnail

RUNNING WITH RIFLES - Steam Launch Trailer

≈898,180 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 81 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 377 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~47/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,549 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 419k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,762 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.24 at Steam (2024-06-06) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 12 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,315 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

297362026-09-15 12:00 — 156 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 72 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 81 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 197 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 82 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 76 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 77 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 84 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 74 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 169 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 118 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 37 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 177 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 254 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 76 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 157 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 249 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 56 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 94 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 204 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 56 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 85 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 149 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 81 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.1k15Mar 2014Aug 2026Mar 2014 — avg 80 · peak 188Jul 2014 — avg 17 · peak 39Nov 2014 — avg 28 · peak 103Mar 2015 — avg 72 · peak 191Jul 2015 — avg 74 · peak 145Nov 2015 — avg 98 · peak 354Mar 2016 — avg 59 · peak 139Jul 2016 — avg 102 · peak 219Nov 2016 — avg 150 · peak 438Mar 2017 — avg 117 · peak 414Jul 2017 — avg 127 · peak 296Nov 2017 — avg 90 · peak 180Mar 2018 — avg 114 · peak 360Jul 2018 — avg 103 · peak 194Nov 2018 — avg 116 · peak 289Mar 2019 — avg 72 · peak 136Jul 2019 — avg 105 · peak 204Nov 2019 — avg 116 · peak 291Mar 2020 — avg 92 · peak 150Jul 2020 — avg 197 · peak 441Nov 2020 — avg 118 · peak 261Mar 2021 — avg 239 · peak 779Jul 2021 — avg 575 · peak 1,553Nov 2021 — avg 330 · peak 895Mar 2022 — avg 396 · peak 1,164Jul 2022 — avg 340 · peak 768Nov 2022 — avg 276 · peak 649Mar 2023 — avg 224 · peak 649Jul 2023 — avg 352 · peak 878Nov 2023 — avg 221 · peak 632Mar 2024 — avg 175 · peak 485Jul 2024 — avg 293 · peak 674Nov 2024 — avg 189 · peak 560Mar 2025 — avg 175 · peak 479Jul 2025 — avg 200 · peak 447Nov 2025 — avg 166 · peak 419Mar 2026 — avg 224 · peak 908Jul 2026 — avg 175 · peak 445Aug 2026 — avg 145 · peak 374
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.242015-01-012026-08-312015-01-01 — best price $10.042015-10-16 — best price $9.892016-02-05 — best price $8.992016-05-23 — best price $14.992016-07-14 — best price $14.992016-11-25 — best price $7.492017-03-25 — best price $7.492017-06-23 — best price $5.992017-11-28 — best price $14.992018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-09-13 — best price $14.992018-12-21 — best price $4.492019-05-10 — best price $3.742019-08-29 — best price $4.492019-12-19 — best price $3.742020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-11-25 — best price $3.742021-03-02 — best price $2.992021-10-05 — best price $3.742022-01-27 — best price $3.742022-09-16 — best price $3.742023-03-16 — best price $4.492023-08-22 — best price $3.742023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-06-06 — best price $2.242024-10-25 — best price $3.742025-03-13 — best price $3.742025-09-29 — best price $3.742026-03-19 — best price $3.742026-08-28 — best price $3.742026-08-31 — best price $3.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2222026-05-29 — 11 pageviews2026-06-02 — 19 pageviews2026-06-06 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 17 pageviews2026-06-14 — 12 pageviews2026-06-18 — 7 pageviews2026-06-22 — 7 pageviews2026-06-26 — 19 pageviews2026-06-30 — 7 pageviews2026-07-04 — 10 pageviews2026-07-08 — 9 pageviews2026-07-12 — 13 pageviews2026-07-16 — 5 pageviews2026-07-20 — 12 pageviews2026-07-24 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 13 pageviews2026-08-01 — 12 pageviews2026-08-05 — 17 pageviews2026-08-09 — 8 pageviews2026-08-13 — 9 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-25 — 8 pageviews2026-08-29 — 7 pageviews2026-09-02 — 16 pageviews2026-09-06 — 6 pageviews2026-09-10 — 5 pageviews2026-09-14 — 9 pageviews2026-09-18 — 9 pageviews2026-09-22 — 5 pageviews2026-09-26 — 5 pageviews2026-09-30 — 9 pageviews2026-10-04 — 9 pageviews2026-10-07 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
57.8%
earned "Wannabe killer"
13.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Achievements5 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Korean, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2017-10-26, latest 2022-04-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,9712%45

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvELootCo-opActionSandboxWargameMilitaryModdableTacticalTop-Down

Census log

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

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