They Always Run
Skip · Action · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a fair price before.
Today
$9.99Skip
On its price record
$7.95Fair
- Length
- 6.3h
- Value
- $1.59/hr
- Reviews
- 80% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is at full price today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Autumn Sale cooldown
- None on record
- Typical seasonal cut
- 75% ($2.49)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 80% ($1.99)
- Last discount ended
- 3 days ago
Watch it for a saleSources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 or equvalent. Windows only.
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.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
The lowest price on record is $1.49, set in April 2026. 43 discounts in the 5 years on record. They run about 70 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 3 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 16 percent on value. It is pricier than 69 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 78 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Nine Sols ($14.99, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Solar Ash ($39.99, scores 44).
Of the 467 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 4 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 51 percent of the 118 reviews written there were positive, against 80 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
29% start to 5% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Love the look and feel of everything. Gameplay is very smooth. Combat mechanics are fun. Having a good time without getting so frustrated I end up rage quitting which is good since I am prone to that.
Very Cool World they built. Wouldn't mind more of these kind of games with a little more difficulty.
A game with big qualities and even bigger flaws, which makes me think it's probably not finished and lacked testing. But I'll start with the positive. The graphics are outstanding, full of details and in an original art style, especially the animations. (The camera ruins it a bit, but I'll come to that later.) It's interesting that we play as a bounty hunter who can capture his targets alive for bigger rewards...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
They Always Run scores 47/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1585440/they-always-runReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 1.
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