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Run Build Pew!
You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“I'm gonna be honest this game needs a lot of polish and balance. But, somehow, I'm still playing it.”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“not much to it, but for a $3 game it's great.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Flamethrower This is the most OP weapon I've ever seen. Even a tiny ship will annihilate you in a heartbeat. It's the main reason that I cannot recommend this game. And seeing as how old this game is. I don't believe it'll ever be fixed.”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedLatest official news
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We're Verified on Steam Deck!!
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🎮 Full CONTROLLER Support 🎮
Adding full controller support to the game was the highest on our priority list but due to the game not being built to handle it and not having the technical knowledge to do that sadly delayed the pat
Where have we been & Where to?
Hello everyone, I know it has been a long time since our last update, and well... a lot has happened, so I would like to share what has been happening behind the scenes and where the studio is heading
Ultra Wide and Balancing Update 2.1
- Added Ultra Wide Screens Support - To ensure a fair start for everyone, we made all the surrounding events when the game starts either Asteroids or Containers events. -Change the odd of the high lev
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Rogue-lite · Action Roguelike · Top-Down Shooter · Space · Shoot 'Em Up · Shooter · Arcade · Rogue-like · 2D · Procedural Generation · Action (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Adjustable Text Size · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 60 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://knightowlgamesstudio.com/Run-Build-Pew/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Core i3 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or equivalent, Integrated cards also work