They Always Run

They Always Run
Developer(s)Alawar
Publisher(s)PID Games (Console)
Platform(s)Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch
ReleaseWindows
  • WW: 20 October 2021
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PS4, XOne, Switch
  • WW: 19 May 2022
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

They Always Run is a platformer video game by Alawar. It was released for Windows by PID Games in 2021 and published for console in 2022. Described by the developer as a "story-driven action scroller",[2] the game is a science-fiction and Western themed action-platformer. The player is Aiden, a three-armed bounty hunter tasked to take down bounties across linear two-dimensional stages.

Upon release, They Always Run received average reviews, with critics praising the detail in the game's visual presentation and animation and combat mechanics, whilst raising mixed views on the controls and integration of the use of the player's third arm in and outside of combat sections of the game.

  1. ^ "They Always Run". Gematsu. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
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