Overhead view of Running With Rifles, featuring soldiers, weapons, and terrain on a map with concrete walls and crates.

Top-down view of Running With Rifles gameplay. Soldiers in combat, tanks firing, paratroopers descending, and a train on the tracks.

Overhead view of the game Running With Rifles. Soldiers battle in a town, surrounded by buildings and a tree. Text: "We need to stop him!"

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While it may seem like an odd title, Running With Rifles is actually a rather deep experience. For in this top-down arcade style war shooter, you'll be a part of an army who's tasked with routing an enemy force. The twist is that you're given a very open world in which to try and finish the enemy. That means that battles can take place anywhere, whether you want them to or not. To that end, that also means that you can choose the path you want to go down to end the war. That's right, it's your choice. If you want to try and just take down the enemy head-on, you totally can do that. Or, if you want to do the stealth approach and sneak behind enemy lines to try and sabotage them before they can get to you, and weaken them for a final strike, that's your call too. Whatever you feel is the best strategy, Running With Rifles will let you do it. Plus, the more you do, the more your rank in the army will grow. With each new rank comes new abilities and powers. Including being able to call in artillery strikes, being able to command soldiers to get them to do what you want to in order to fulfill your strategies, and more. As if all of this wasn't enough, you can also have intense multiplayer battles with up to 40 people! Meaning that war can become quite complicated, and run! So, you ready to win the day?

Patch Notes

7/2/25 (Summer Event Hotfix)
1.98.1 - 1/9/25 (Update 1.98.1 Content Patch 1)
1.98.1 - 7/26/24 (Update 1.98.1)
1.98 - 6/27/24 (Update 1.98 Content Patch 2)
1.97 - 12/8/23 (Update 1.97 Content Patch 1)
1.96.1 - 5/26/23 (Update 1.96.1)
1.96 - 4/21/23 (Update 1.96 Content Patch 2)
1.96 - 4/8/23 (Update 1.96 Content Patch 1)
1.94 - 10/7/22 (Update 1.94 Content Patch 2)
1.94 - 9/24/22 (Update 1.94 Content Patch 1)
1.93 - 4/23/22 (Update 1.93)
1.89 - 11/9/21 (Update 1.89)
6/28/21 (Update June 28 2021)
6/26/21 (Update June 26 2021)
#2 - 12/16/20 (EDELWEISS hotfix #2)
#1 - 12/16/20 (EDELWEISS hotfix #1)
1.77.2 - 7/3/20 (Update 1.77.2 released!)
1.73 - 8/8/19 (1.73 update released!)
1.72 - 6/14/19 (Update 1.72 released!)
1.71 - 4/16/19 (Update 1.71 released!)
1.70.3 - 1/12/19 (1.70.3 update released!)
1.64 - 3/23/18 (1.64 update released!)
1.63 - 12/21/17 (1.63 update released!)
1.62 - 12/8/17 (1.62 update released!)
1.61 - 11/16/17 (1.61 update released!)
1.60 - 10/26/17 (RUNNING WITH RIFLES: PACIFIC (DLC) launch and 1.60 update!)
1.54 - 9/5/17 (Pacific DLC store page + 1.54 update released!)
1.53 - 7/5/17 (1.53 update released!)
1.52 - 6/22/17 (1.52 update released!)
1.51 - 5/30/17 (1.51 update released!)
1.50 - 3/25/17 (1.50 update released!)
1.46 - 2/9/17 (1.46 update released!)
1.45 - 1/21/17 (1.45 update released!)
1.40 - 11/15/16 (1.40 update released!)
1.36 - 9/29/16 (1.36 update released!)
1.35 - 9/10/16 (1.35 update released!)
1.34 - 9/4/16 (1.34 update released!)
1.33 - 9/1/16 (1.33 update released!)
1.32 - 8/24/16 (1.32 version released!)
1.31 - 6/21/16 (1.31 update released!)
1.30 - 5/11/16 (1.30 Workshop update released!)
1.25 - 2/17/16 (1.25 update released!)
1.24 - 2/9/16 (1.24 update released!)
1.23 - 2/6/16 (1.23 update Released!)
1.22 - 12/8/15 (1.22 update Released!)
1.21 - 10/24/15 (1.21 update Released!)
1.20 - 10/16/15 (1.20 update Released!)
1.10 - 6/10/15 (1.10 update released!)
1.02 - 4/17/15 (1.02 update released!)
1.01 - 4/9/15 (1.01 update released!)
4/2/15 (RUNNING WITH RIFLES RELEASED!)
0.99.9 - 3/29/15 (0.99.9 update released, last one before the game is released as final!)
0.99.8.2 - 3/19/15 (0.99.8.2 update released, and the final version release date has been set!)
0.99.8.1 - 3/14/15 (0.99.8.1 update released!)
0.99.8 - 3/7/15 (0.99.8 update released!)
0.99.7 - 2/22/15 (0.99.7 update released!)
0.99.6 - 2/13/15 (0.99.6 update released!)
0.99.5 - 2/9/15 (0.99.5 update released!)
0.99.4 - 1/31/15 (0.99.4 update released!)
0.99.3 - 1/22/15 (0.99.3 update released!)
0.99.2 - 1/18/15 (0.99.2 update released!)
0.99.1 - 1/11/15 (0.99.1 update released!)
0.99 - 12/19/14 (0.99 update released!)
0.98.8 - 12/4/14 (0.98.8 update released!)