Last Updated: September 2026 | The full run from Kansas to Mexico, and the one leg that is easier than the two around it.
RUNAWAYS is a Roblox crime and escape game about one long drive. You have been found guilty, so you rob what you can, pawn it for money, keep the tank full and head south. Kansas, then Oklahoma, then Texas, then the border. Fifty players share a server and the police chasing you are other people, not machines.
This page lays out that whole run using the game’s own counters, and they tell a stranger story than you would expect. The hardest part is not the end. It is the first state line, and the leg right after it is the easiest stretch in the game.
RUNAWAYS Overview
| Genre |
Action and open world |
| Developer |
supercat games |
| Released |
23 April 2025, and still marked beta |
| Players per server |
50 |
| Visits |
More than 61 million |
| Likes |
About 96 percent of 224,857 ratings |
| Group members |
307,310 |
| Badges |
12 |
| Shop items |
26 listed, but only 5 are real |
One note before the numbers. The counter that logs your arrival was switched on in May 2025, but the four checkpoint counters were only added in July 2026. So we never compare a checkpoint against arrivals. Every figure below compares the checkpoints against each other, which is fair because all four went in on the same day.
How to Play RUNAWAYS
- Rob whatever you can reach. Shops, houses and safes all hold something worth taking.
- Take the loot to a pawn counter and sell it. That is where your money comes from.
- Buy fuel and repairs before you set off. Both cost money and both run out.
- Drive south and cross the Kansas line. That first crossing is the one most people never manage.
- Keep going through Oklahoma and Texas, staying ahead of the police as your heat climbs.
- Cross into Mexico to finish the run. About 6 in every 100 who reach Kansas get this far.
Safes are worth a word of their own. You are told to blow them open but never how, and the answer is simply that you hit them. A safe is something you damage until it gives way, so a melee weapon is a tool and not just a fallback.
RUNAWAYS Gameplay: The Run South
| Checkpoint |
Players who reached it |
Kept from the leg before |
| Kansas state line |
5,038,409 |
This is the starting point for the rest |
| Oklahoma state line |
2,286,263 |
45 in every 100 |
| Texas state line |
1,281,776 |
56 in every 100 |
| Escaped to Mexico |
304,156 |
24 in every 100 |
Read the last column and the shape jumps out. The first state line throws out 55 in every 100 people who try it. The next one only throws out 44. Then the border throws out 76.
So the run is hard at the front, easy in the middle and hardest at the very end. That is unusual. Most games get steadily harder, but this one gives you a breather in Oklahoma before the worst part.
The practical lesson is simple. If you have crossed into Oklahoma once, you are past the worst of the early game and better than half the players who started with you.
The Other Eight Badges
| Badge |
Players who have it |
What it takes |
| Anger Management |
3,354,245 |
The game does not say, and neither will we |
| Heist |
1,649,666 |
Breach into a vault |
| FDI Most Wanted |
586,353 |
Reach police level 5 |
| Hunting Bounties |
127,165 |
Added on 26 August 2026, so it is very new |
| Hardened Criminal |
112,854 |
Reach Mexico at police level 5 |
| Getaway Driver |
69,440 |
Drive 100 miles across your whole career |
| High Roller |
6,180 |
Hold 50,000 at one moment. The rarest thing here |
Two things here are worth pointing at. Holding fifty thousand at one moment is the rarest thing in the game by a mile, with 6,180 players against the 304,156 who left the country. Getting rich is harder than escaping.
And of everyone who reached Mexico, 112,854 did it with the police at maximum heat. That is about 37 in every 100 escapes happening while the whole map is chasing you.
The Shop Is Much Smaller Than It Looks
| Item |
Price |
What you get |
| Floppy Truck |
1,499 Robux |
Speed 4, acceleration 7, handling 4, armour 4 |
| EX-MILITARY class |
1,399 Robux |
A class built around a sniper |
| Fastbacker |
499 Robux |
A car added on 27 August 2026, with no details given |
| Mudrunner |
249 Robux |
Speed 5, acceleration 4, handling 4, armour 3 |
| SMUGGLER class |
119 Robux |
A class built around staying unpredictable |
The game lists 26 items but only these five are real. The other 21 are empty slots the developers made and never filled in, all priced at nothing and none of them on sale. A few of them are even duplicates of each other.
Of the five that exist, the two cars with details tell you something useful. The expensive truck trades top speed for acceleration, while the cheaper Mudrunner is faster flat out but has the weakest armour of the pair. Neither of those numbers appears anywhere on the game page.
Two of the five went on sale in late August, eight days apart. Cars are clearly what the studio is working on at the moment.
Tips for New RUNAWAYS Players
- Fill the tank before you leave. The cars run out of fuel and the game never warns you about it.
- Hit safes rather than looking for a button. Damage is what opens them.
- Do not stop after Kansas. The leg straight after it is the easiest one in the game.
- Sell loot as you go. Carrying it does nothing for you and losing a run loses the lot.
- Buy the cheap class before any car. It changes how you play rather than how fast you travel.
- Some things can only be bought back in the lobby, so check the shop before you set off.
- Watch your heat. More than a third of successful escapes happen at maximum police level, so it is survivable.
RUNAWAYS FAQ
Is RUNAWAYS free to play?
Yes. It costs nothing to join, and nothing in the shop is needed to finish the run. The five real shop items are two classes and three cars, and none of them is required.
How do you open a safe?
You hit it. The game treats a safe as something you damage until it opens rather than something you unlock, so bring a melee weapon and keep swinging.
What is the hardest part of the run?
Crossing into Mexico at the very end, which only about a quarter of the players who reach Texas manage. The first state line is the second hardest and it stops more people overall.
What is the rarest badge?
High Roller, for holding 50,000 at one moment. Only 6,180 players have it, which makes it about 49 times rarer than escaping to Mexico.
Are there codes for RUNAWAYS?
Two, and both work. One pays 1,000 Credz and the other hands you a light pistol. Our codes page has both of them and how to type them in.
Do cars run out of fuel?
Yes. There is a fuel level and there are pumps to refill at, though the game page never mentions any of it. Running dry mid-run ends the run.
Why is it still called a beta?
The studio has never taken the label off. The game opened in April 2025 and is still marked beta sixteen months later, while getting regular updates the whole time.
About RUNAWAYS
RUNAWAYS is made by supercat games, a studio whose group has 307,310 members and exactly one game to its name. This is it.
At about 96 percent likes across 224,857 ratings, it holds the highest score of any game we have written up. It has passed 61 million visits since April 2025.
The studio keeps separate rooms for building loading screens and for photographing the pictures you see on the game page. Two more of its six rooms are named unused.