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They Always Run cover art

They Always Run

Alawar · 2021-10-20

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 19, 2022 (PlayStation 4), May 19, 2022 (Xbox One), May 19, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 20, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Become Aiden, a three-armed mutant who hunts the most dangerous bounties in the galaxy. Catch, slice, dice and destroy enemies in this exciting 2D platformer with a space-western setting.

80%
positive of 973 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.49
steam price (US)
They Always Run is a platformer video game by Alawar. It was released for Windows by PID Games in 2021 and published for console in 2022. Described by the developer as a "story-driven action scroller", the game is a science-fiction and Western themed action-platformer. The player is Aiden, a three-armed bounty hunter tasked to take down bounties across linear two-dimensional stages.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 61 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 15,163 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 973 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-85%
Steam$1.49-85%
DreamGame$1.50-85%
Fanatical$2.47-84%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.47-84%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2026-04-16) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 172 of 178 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
888820212026Week of 2021-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$1.492021-10-202026-09-152021-10-20 — best price $16.992021-11-26 — best price $13.992022-01-14 — best price $9.992022-03-12 — best price $16.492022-04-26 — best price $7.492022-06-10 — best price $6.372022-07-28 — best price $14.992022-09-03 — best price $14.992022-11-14 — best price $6.002022-12-21 — best price $14.992023-02-13 — best price $3.932023-04-04 — best price $14.992023-05-23 — best price $14.992023-07-03 — best price $13.482023-08-18 — best price $4.492023-10-03 — best price $9.992023-11-22 — best price $4.492024-01-18 — best price $4.492024-03-25 — best price $3.382024-05-15 — best price $3.492024-07-11 — best price $3.392024-08-20 — best price $9.992024-10-16 — best price $14.992024-12-02 — best price $9.992025-01-13 — best price $2.992025-03-12 — best price $9.992025-04-26 — best price $9.992025-06-17 — best price $14.992025-08-06 — best price $2.492025-09-24 — best price $3.602025-11-15 — best price $9.992026-01-02 — best price $9.992026-02-20 — best price $9.992026-04-03 — best price $9.992026-05-19 — best price $2.242026-07-10 — best price $2.242026-08-10 — best price $1.992026-09-02 — best price $1.492026-09-15 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1612026-06-17 — 8 pageviews2026-06-20 — 4 pageviews2026-06-23 — 6 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1 pageviews2026-06-29 — 6 pageviews2026-07-02 — 8 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1 pageviews2026-07-08 — 3 pageviews2026-07-11 — 5 pageviews2026-07-14 — 3 pageviews2026-07-17 — 4 pageviews2026-07-20 — 3 pageviews2026-07-23 — 4 pageviews2026-07-26 — 11 pageviews2026-07-29 — 4 pageviews2026-08-01 — 5 pageviews2026-08-04 — 5 pageviews2026-08-07 — 6 pageviews2026-08-10 — 16 pageviews2026-08-13 — 3 pageviews2026-08-16 — 3 pageviews2026-08-19 — 4 pageviews2026-08-22 — 5 pageviews2026-08-25 — 4 pageviews2026-08-28 — 7 pageviews2026-08-31 — 6 pageviews2026-09-03 — 3 pageviews2026-09-06 — 2 pageviews2026-09-09 — 5 pageviews2026-09-12 — 3 pageviews2026-09-14 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
29.2%
earned "Mercy"
16.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)49726%11
PS4 (PlayStation)6235%11
PS4 (PlayStation)5133%11
Xbox One (Xbox)4529%11
Switch (Nintendo)100%0
PS4 (PlayStation)40%11

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

Player tags

2DCrimeNinjaSpaceActionCombatSci-fiWesternHand-drawnPlatformer

Census log

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

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