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ROB RUN Wiki & Field Guide+

From Hobo to Shadow Governor. Sourced answers for ROB RUN, Kefir’s free-to-play crime sandbox: how to make and launder money, rent a plot, raid and defend bases, play cop, survive the weekly wipe and fix the loading bugs. Every claim links to Kefir’s help center, a dev post or the patch notes.

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  • Kefir dev & publisher
  • Free to play
  • Windows only
  • Early Access 4 Nov 2026
  • Wipe every 7 days
  • Party 3 · Clan 100
  • 63,024 playing now ↗
Live

Next fresh servers

Nov 4 post
  • EU Daily · 5 PM UTC — —
  • East US Daily · 8 PM ET — —

Kefir opens at least one fresh server per region each day and adds more automatically under load. Each wipe cycle lasts seven days. Times are shown in your time zone.

What is ROB RUN?

The thirty-second briefing, all of it from Kefir.

ROB RUN is an online crime sandbox built on extraction-shooter rules. You drive into the city of Looty Bay, rob anything from corner stores to bank vaults, and try to get out with the loot. The cops chasing you are real players. Dev post Kefir lists it on Steam as free to play, in Early Access since 4 November 2026, with worlds built for about 5,000 players. Official

Money drives progression. You sell loot to fences, launder cash through your base so it can’t be stolen, rent land in a desert settlement, and climb a five-tier power pyramid in which owners tax everyone below them. Dev post Every seven days the Federal Raid wipes plots, bases, weapons and cash and turns them into jail time. Official On 8 November it peaked at 140,440 concurrent players. Data

Pick a role. Know the stakes.

You choose your role every time you enter Looty Bay. Here’s what each one risks if you die in the city. In the desert, death always costs all your loot.

Official · death rules

Criminal: mask on, everything at stake

Putting on a mask makes you a Criminal: you can rob, and cops and other Criminals can kill you. Only leaving the city clears the status. Surrendering keeps your equipped gear. Official

If you die in Looty Bay

BagLost
Equipped gearLost · kept if you surrender
Banked cashSafe till wipe
Read the criminal file

The power pyramid

Kefir’s own progression ladder. Each tier taxes the one below it, and there is only one Shadow Governor per world, until the wipe.

Dev post · Oct 28

Clans & territory

  1. HoboFresh out of prison, broke, sleeping at Lenny’s Motel. Goal: your first plot.
  2. Settlement ResidentRent a plot, build a base, unlock new Shipments and the Sales Center.
  3. Settlement OwnerBuy a whole settlement and tax residents’ laundering and Black Market buys.
  4. District OwnerA clan holds a district, takes a cut of owners’ taxes and launders faster.
  5. Shadow GovernorLeader of the clan holding the central Highlands. One per world.

Case files

Seventeen guides, one per real question players search for. Each opens with a short answer.

Start

File 16 Map & key locations How Looty Bay and the desert global map fit together: districts, levels, the Highlands, Motel and Prison. File 01 Beginner guide Your first hour: Lenny, the free car, the first heist, the first sale, and what to buy first.

Money & base

File 02 How to make money Every official income path, what the Nov 4 patch made more profitable, and where to sell. File 03 Bank account & laundering Open an account as a Civilian, run cash through the Laundering Desk, and keep it safe until the wipe. File 04 Base, plots & settlements Rent a plot, buy a settlement, build item-based structures and move your base at any time. File 05 Raiding, decoders & fuses How decoders breach a Security System, how fuses defend it, and what a full base wipe takes.

Crime & law

File 06 Heists & Notoriety Masks, Criminal status, alarms, Notoriety streaks, bank vaults and what you lose if it goes wrong. File 07 Cops, surrender & jail time How to become a cop, badges, backup calls, surrender versus bribe, and how jail time works. File 08 Vehicles & helicopters Free rentals, owning and upgrading a car, trunk lockpicking, and the central-district helicopter.

Online

File 09 Wipe schedule & live clock The 7-day Federal Raid, what carries over, and a live clock for fresh EU and East US servers. File 10 Servers, parties & friends Join a friend on another server, party size, regions, and why a party of three fails to load. File 11 Clans & the power pyramid From Hobo to Shadow Governor: clans, district control, taxes and the five tiers of power.

Info

File 12 Loading bugs & error codes Fixes for "waiting for status information", Looty Bay not loading, FPS drops and every E-code. File 13 Platforms & requirements Windows only for now: PS5, Xbox, Mac, Linux, Steam Deck, controller and the PC specs. File 14 Patch notes & updates The Nov 4 launch patch line by line, the server schedule, and every official post since September. File 17 Player count (live) How many people play ROB RUN right now, straight from Steam, plus the 140,440 launch-week peak. File 15 ROB RUN FAQ Quick answers: developer, price, pay-to-win, party size, clan size, languages and AI use.

How we source

ROB RUN changes every week in Early Access. Instead of guessing numbers, we tag every claim with where it came from, so you can check it yourself.

Sourcing policy
Official

Kefir’s ROB RUN help center and the Steam store page. The strongest evidence.

Dev post

Kefir’s Steam announcements and pinned forum posts, dated.

Patch

Patch notes. Newer patches override older dev posts.

Players

Reports and workarounds from the Steam forum that Kefir hasn’t confirmed.

Quick answers

What is ROB RUN?

ROB RUN is a free-to-play online crime sandbox and extraction shooter by Kefir, in Steam Early Access since 4 November 2026. You rob targets in the city of Looty Bay while other real players work as cops, then sell and launder the money, build a base in the desert and fight in clans for territory until the weekly wipe.

Is ROB RUN free and is it pay-to-win?

It is free to play on Steam. Kefir says purchases use B-Coins, which buy cosmetic items only and do not affect stats, balance or progression.

Where should a new ROB RUN player start?

Talk to Lenny at his Motel, take a free rental car from a Parking Terminal, scout Looty Bay unmasked, then do one small, fast robbery and sell to a fence. Open a bank account as a Civilian and save for your first plot.

How many players can be in a party or a clan?

A party holds up to three players. A clan holds up to 100 and, for now, exists only on the server where it was made.

Is robrungame.org the official ROB RUN site?

No. RobRun+ at robrungame.org is an unofficial fan wiki, not affiliated with Kefir. Official sources are the Steam store page, Kefir’s ROB RUN help center and the official Discord.

More in the full FAQ. Sources: Official Official Official Dev post Dev post

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