Is ROB RUN free? Consoles, player count, wipes and servers

Every cop in ROB RUN is another player, the server wipes every week, and whatever you own when it does turns into a prison sentence. Kefir's help center says plots, bases, weapons and cash are converted into jail time and authority at each wipe, and the studio's pre-launch FAQ says the richer you are when it hits, the longer you serve. That loop had 309,097 people playing at the same time on November 12, eight days after launch.

Is ROB RUN free to play?

Yes. ROB RUN costs nothing to download and play on Steam, where the store lists it as Free To Play with in-app purchases. Those purchases are B-Coins, and Kefir's help center says they buy cosmetic items only and "do not affect stats, balance, or game progression". Kefir gave the same answer to the pay-to-win question in its pre-launch FAQ in October.

ROB RUN went into Early Access on November 4, 2026, and the store page's Early Access section says Kefir doesn't plan to change the price when the game leaves Early Access, which it expects to take roughly 6 to 12 months. You'll need a Steam account, a broadband connection and agreement to the ROB RUN EULA, and the game installs Easy Anti-Cheat, which the store lists as kernel-level anti-cheat.

The store's mature content note flags in-game gambling: a roulette table that uses in-game currency only.

Kefir does use generative AI: Steam's AI content disclosure says it is used "in the creation of certain graphic elements".

Is ROB RUN on PS5, Xbox or other consoles?

No. ROB RUN is a PC game: Steam lists Windows only, with no Mac or Linux build, and Kefir's game page links only to Steam. As of November 13, 2026, neither Kefir's Steam announcements nor its help center mention a PS5, Xbox or Switch version, and the plans for the full release on the store page (more maps, items, progression and better matchmaking) don't include consoles, so there's no sign yet of ROB RUN coming to console. Everyone plays on PC, so crossplay doesn't come up.

On Steam Deck, ROB RUN is untested: Valve's compatibility report for the game returns no rating. The store lists no controller support, and Kefir's error-code list includes two codes for Easy Anti-Cheat not running or being blocked. Kefir hasn't said whether the anti-cheat works on SteamOS, so we wouldn't count on it.

On PC, the official requirements are:

Kefir hasn't published recommended in-game settings.

ROB RUN player count and Steam charts

ROB RUN peaked at 309,097 concurrent players on November 12, 2026, per Steam's own most-played chart, the same figure SteamDB posted to the game's Steam news feed. At 07:30 UTC on November 13 it had 133,967 players in game, fifth on Steam's chart by current players. SteamCharts had no page for it yet that morning. The store page promises "5,000 players around you", and every cop and criminal among them is a real player.

The player count and the reviews are telling different stories. Steam rates ROB RUN Mixed, with 50% of 12,533 English-language reviews positive as of November 13. When the score had already slipped to Mixed on November 9, PlayGround.ru's summary of the reviews listed solo players outgunned by groups and cops, offline base raids, disconnects and loading screens, cheat spam in chat and AI-generated cosmetic art as the main complaints.

When does ROB RUN wipe?

Every seven days. Kefir's help center calls the wipe the Federal Raid: all plots, bases, weapons and cash are wiped and converted into jail time and authority. Your cosmetics, player name, tutorial progress, settings and accumulated jail time carry over. Kefir's FAQ says each cycle lasts seven days for now and that wipe lengths "could adjust down the road".

There's no single global reset day. Kefir opens at least one fresh server per region every day, and it hasn't published when individual servers wipe, so "when does ROB RUN reset" and the date of your next wipe depend on your server. You can switch clans during a wipe cycle, and the more money you've piled up when the raid hits, the longer your prison sentence, per the FAQ.

ROB RUN servers: regions, changing servers and joining friends

ROB RUN has two server regions, EU and East US, per Kefir's launch-day server schedule, which promises at least one fresh server a day in each: EU at 5 PM UTC and East US at 8 PM ET. More open automatically when load demands it, and Kefir says it will add regions "when we can". Only official servers exist; custom community servers weren't supported at launch, per the FAQ. Clans hold up to 100 players and exist only on their own server.

To join a friend's server, Kefir's help center says to open the global map, select the Prison location and click "Surrender to Feds", then switch to your friend's server inside the prison and resend the party invite. That's also how you change servers. Kefir's article doesn't say what you keep. DTG Reviews' guide reports that surrendering gives up your current run's cash, weapons, base and vehicles on that server, and that you can see what server you are in from the number in the top-left corner of the global map, so compare numbers with your friend before anyone surrenders.

How to be a cop in ROB RUN

Enlist at the Looty Bay Police Station when it has open slots, says Kefir's help center. You get standard gear and a patrol car, earn pay by fighting crime and seizing contraband, and unlock better equipment by leveling up your badge. When officers are stretched thin, players get a call for backup that pays a temporary bonus and better gear. On the other side, you only become a Criminal when you put on a mask, per Kefir's gameplay overview.

Cops got reined in at launch. Kefir's November 4 patch notes lengthened their respawn time with each consecutive death, limited patrol cops on a fresh server to pistols, and let them buy police badges, with the selection depending on their district. A cop who dies loses only department-issued gear.

Best way to make money in ROB RUN

Kefir's help center lists five ways: collect and sell loot, haul and flip cargo, produce goods at your base, join the police, or collect taxes as a settlement owner or a clan that controls territory. The launch patch tilted the economy toward bases, with "massively increased" profits from farms, labs and contraband, more cash in dumpsters and more profitable but rarer shipments.

What you earn is only safe once it's laundered. Open an account at the Looty Bay Bank as a Civilian, then run cash through the Laundering Desk at your base; banked money can't be stolen until the next wipe, though the wipe still takes it. Raiding a rival's base takes a decoder used on their Security System, and Kefir's FAQ says breach decoders "aren't bought off a shelf", which keeps raiders picky about targets; it hasn't said exactly where they drop.

Is ROB RUN down? Error codes and fixes

Kefir doesn't run a public server status page that we could find; it posts announcements on Steam, X and its Discord, among other channels. Its help center explains each error code:

If the game won't load or freezes, Kefir's advice is to check your connection, restart the game and Steam, update your graphics driver and verify the game files in Steam.

What we don't know yet

• Whether ROB RUN will come to PS5, Xbox or Mac; nothing has been announced.
• A Steam Deck rating from Valve, and whether Easy Anti-Cheat is enabled for SteamOS.
• The wipe time of each individual server.
• Which server regions come after EU and East US, and when.

Sources

• Steam: ROB RUN store page
• Kefir: ROB RUN help center
• Kefir: first changes and server schedule
• Kefir: pre-launch FAQ
• Steam: most-played chart
• Kefir: Early Access launch trailer