Run Build Pew!

Run Build Pew!

Released Jun 2022

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.

72% positive · 568 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Run Build Pew! launched on June 6, 2022 as a small indie project by two-person studio Knight Owl Games. The game received active post-launch updates, including a major content update on July 15, 2022 that added 5 new missions, 10 new parts, new enemies, global leaderboards, and Steam Trading Cards. On February 5, 2023, the developers published a detailed post explaining the studio's situation and explicitly stating that the game is complete: "after a lot of consideration, we believe the game is complete, it has over 31 upgradable abilities, 6 game modes, leaderboards for each mode, and a fair RNG to ensure decent replayability each time, we believe that is a fair amount of content for a 3$ game, thus we have to focus our studio effort on our new title." The developers confirmed they are moving on to their next game, Station Watch. Following that announcement, one additional quality-of-life patch shipped on March 4, 2023, adding full controller support — a feature that had been requested but not previously delivered. No further updates have been made since then, consistent with the developers' stated intent to conclude work on this title. The game is finished and represents the complete intended experience.
Evidence
Developer explicitly states 'we believe the game is complete' with 31 upgradable abilities, 6 game modes, and leaderboards, and that the studio is moving on to their next title (Station Watch).
news post · Feb 5, 2023 source development ending
high
Major content update (v2.0) shipped with 5 new missions, 10 new parts, new enemies, leaderboards, and Steam Trading Cards.
news post · Jul 15, 2022 source content shipped
high

Media

Details

Publisher
Knight Owl Games
Achievements
60
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

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.




Run from the hunters, hide and maneuver your way through the map and always make sure to pick the fights that you can win.




Building is simple, your drones will collect scraps, and your ship Factory will create Random Parts, Pick one and add it to your ship.




Lots & lots of pew pew!




A large Arsenal of parts from weird weapons to crazy contraptions, and just adding the right part will tip the scale in your favor.




Endless possibilities!





Features:


⚔️ Grow and Become the hunter.
🤖 Fight waves and waves of unique Enemy ships.
🔨 Build ships with Endless possibilities.
🧠 A lot of synergies to discover between the parts.
🎲 Randomized Gameplay from the parts you get to the encounters you face.
⌛ 20-30 minutes action-packed sessions.
Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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