Running in the Y2K

Running in the Y2K

guilemus · May 10, 2022 · Runner, Platformer, Procedural Generation, Shooter, Action

Running in the Y2K is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Running in the Y2K price

Running in the Y2K is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Running in the Y2K


This game is an endless runner where every run is played in a procedural level. You will jump and shoot spears to hunt mutated animals. These animals will drop food that, apart from giving you some extra points, will allow you to upgrade different aspects of your character making each run important. The farther you go, the faster you will go making the run an ever rising challenge. Your goal is to go as far as you can.

After the Y2K bug occurred (computers crashed due to not having into account the change of the millennium), catastrophe unleashed causing nuclear reactors to get unstable and inevitably cause mutations all over the world. Humanity went back to a nearly prehistoric way of living, technology was suddenly unusable the only use we can give to it is to throw it at animals or noise neighbours. After some testing the most efficient piece of technology to throw is the newly released Mokia 3210.

What didn't change was the need for humans to eat. In a world where almost every living creature mutated food became the new currency.

You are now in charge of hunting and providing for your family don't worry Turtlbbit is tastier than it sounds. After the nuclear catastrophe animals look.. well.. a bit different.

Anyway, your job is to hunt them and get as much food as you can for your family.

Food can be used to upgrade your 38m2 two floors primitive cave. These upgrades will give you an advantage when running.

Ohh, and don't forget that you will be competing against other survivors through Steam leaderboards to see who is the best neo-post-apocalyptic-runner.

Running in the Y2K — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Verified
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jan 2, 2023
alex yiik would approve
2 found this helpful
Recommended May 10, 2022
Just a silly game. Funny and easy to play. Very basic though not much to it.
2 found this helpful
Recommended May 10, 2022
Gonna be honest, its a very good game and addicting for the most part. Don't know why anyone wouldn't have it downloaded by now.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 22, 2025
I was really enjoying this until it BSoDed my PC (for the first time ever) Wait...Y2K?....Was the crash...a feature? (O_o)
Recommended Mar 29, 2023
[h1]Before I played Running in the Y2K, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]
Recommended May 14, 2022
fun...

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