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SchoolBoy Runaway

Linked Squad · 2024-12-07

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 16, 2024 (Android), Dec 07, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 16, 2024 (iOS)

“You little rascal! Go study your lessons right now!” said the angry parents, grounding you. Try to outsmart them and find a way to have fun with your friends.

SchoolBoy Runaway is a 2024 Indie title priced at $1.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 3899 reviews).

25
playing now
91%
positive of 3.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5,297
twitch viewers (latest)
5297.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
62/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 08:00 UTC (census sample)

"Ah, scoundrel! Hurry up and study your lessons!" the parents said and placed under house arrest. Try to outsmart your parents and find a way to hang out with your friends. Immersed in the role of a schoolboy whom his parents have punished for a bad grade at school, and tries to run away from home without being noticed by his father and mother.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

SchoolBoy Runaway trailer thumbnail

TRAILER - SCHOOLBOY RUNAWAY (ENGLISH)

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 25 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 234 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~29/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 50,052 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 78k–175k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,899 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-12-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17017020242026Week of 2024-12-07: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-12-07: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-14: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-14: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-21: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-12-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-28: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-12-28: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-04: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-01-04: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-11: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-01-11: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-18: 161 positiveWeek of 2025-01-18: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-25: 170 positiveWeek of 2025-01-25: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-08: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-02-08: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-15: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-02-15: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-22: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-02-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-08: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-03-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-15: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-03-15: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-22: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-03-22: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-29: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-03-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-05: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-04-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-12: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-04-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-19: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-04-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-26: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-03: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-10: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-17: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-17: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-24: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-05-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-31: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-07: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-14: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-21: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-28: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-06-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-05: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-12: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-19: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-26: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-02: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-09: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-16: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-23: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-30: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-06: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-13: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-20: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-27: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-27: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-04: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-11: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-18: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-25: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-08: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-15: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-22: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-11-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-29: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-11-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-06: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-12-13: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-12-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-20: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-12-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-27: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-12-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-03: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-01-03: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-10: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-01-17: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-24: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-01-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-31: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-01-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-07: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-07: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-14: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-14: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-21: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-28: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-07: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-03-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-14: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-21: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-28: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-03-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-04: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-11: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-04-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-18: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-18: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-25: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-25: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-02: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-09: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-16: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-05-23: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-30: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-06: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-13: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-20: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-27: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-06-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-04: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-04: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-11: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-07-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-18: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-25: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-08: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-08-08: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-15: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-15: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-22: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-22: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

82152026-09-15 18:00 — 52 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 18 players2026-09-18 09:00 — 24 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 64 players2026-09-21 00:00 — 34 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 30 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 43 players2026-09-24 23:00 — 27 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 51 players2026-09-27 14:00 — 62 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 27 players2026-09-30 05:00 — 23 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 50 players2026-10-02 20:00 — 49 players2026-10-04 04:00 — 36 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 46 players2026-10-06 19:00 — 41 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 22 players2026-10-09 10:00 — 29 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 82 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 22 players2026-10-13 09:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 58 players2026-10-15 08:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
35027Dec 2024Aug 2026Dec 2024 — avg 27 · peak 70Jan 2025 — avg 350 · peak 858Feb 2025 — avg 227 · peak 611Mar 2025 — avg 155 · peak 406Apr 2025 — avg 75 · peak 174May 2025 — avg 55 · peak 129Jun 2025 — avg 47 · peak 97Jul 2025 — avg 47 · peak 83Aug 2025 — avg 41 · peak 79Sep 2025 — avg 30 · peak 83Oct 2025 — avg 30 · peak 70Nov 2025 — avg 38 · peak 85Dec 2025 — avg 61 · peak 145Jan 2026 — avg 67 · peak 139Feb 2026 — avg 60 · peak 133Mar 2026 — avg 52 · peak 125Apr 2026 — avg 54 · peak 115May 2026 — avg 54 · peak 124Jun 2026 — avg 58 · peak 135Jul 2026 — avg 50 · peak 91Aug 2026 — avg 50 · peak 96
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$1.992024-12-072025-12-102024-12-07 — best price $5.392024-12-14 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $4.192025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-06-27 — best price $4.192025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-12-10 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Indonesian, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Japanese

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DIndieArcadeHorrorPuzzleStealthViolentLife SimStylizedAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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