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SchoolBoy Runaway

Linked Squad · 2024-12-07

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

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.

39
playing now
91%
positive of 3.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3,472
twitch viewers (latest)
62/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

39 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 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)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 39 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 11% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 77k–173k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,841 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

74222026-08-12 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 58 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 42 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 50 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 67 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 39 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 54 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 71 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 27 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 42 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 74 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 29 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 47 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 74 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 27 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 52 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 67 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 33 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 63 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 66 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 22 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 51 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 55 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 26 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 52 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 54 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 34 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 70 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 39 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

Twitch viewers

8.5k2.9k2026-08-16 19:12 — 8,323 viewers2026-08-16 20:12 — 7,849 viewers2026-08-16 21:12 — 7,001 viewers2026-08-17 18:12 — 8,502 viewers2026-08-26 17:12 — 2,938 viewers2026-08-27 17:12 — 3,472 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

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

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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