Rob Run, the free crime game from Last Day on Earth: Survival developer Kefir, launched in Steam Early Access on November 4. In its first ten days, its player count multiplied, pushing it into Steam’s most-played games.
According to SteamDB data obtained by Oyun Günlüğü, Rob Run reached an all-time peak of 418,021 concurrent players on November 14. The game drew 23,641 concurrent players on launch day and had passed 140,000 by its first weekend. Since the record, it has held above 300,000 concurrent players and ranks 7th in Steam’s daily active users chart.
The surge has carried over to streaming as well. Rob Run set its own Twitch recordwith 116,515 concurrent viewers. Analytics platforms estimate the game’s Steam owner count at between 1.75 and 2.17 million.
Every cop and criminal is a real player
In Rob Run, around 5,000 players share the same world, and every cop and criminal is controlled by a real player. Players can rob banks and build and upgrade their own hideouts. They can also form clans and fight rival groups for territory. Servers wipe every seven days, so the power struggle starts over each week.
Mixed reviews
Despite the player surge, Rob Run’s Steam reviews are mixed. Of more than 34,000 reviews, 52 percent are positive and 48 percent are negative.
Rob Run is Kefir’s first PC game on Steam and is available only on Windows. In-game purchases are made with cosmetic B-Coins. The game supports English, Russian, French, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, with no Turkish option. Servers are located in Europe and the eastern United States.
