Running on Empty

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Running on Empty is a minimal yet deep post-apocalyptic role-playing game with resource management mechanics (in 64x64 retro pixel graphics!)

Developer: T.F.A.N.C.S.
Released: 10 Sept 2022
Price: $3.99
Platforms
Languages: English

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Public builds

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Counted once we have watched for 90 days (since 21 Oct 2026)

Last 90 days · as of 27 Oct, 22:29 UTC

How this is measured

Distinct builds deployed to a game's public (default) Steam branch, as Steam's client network describes them.

Checked within minutes of each Steam change. Observed since 21 Oct 2026.

We see a game's builds only from the day we started watching it. Before that we know just the build it was on, so counts over a window are shown only for games watched for the whole window.
A build is not necessarily a content update: developers also ship fixes, and some builds change only files players never see.

Source: Steam client network (PICS), App info, public branch. Full methodology

Latest public build

20 Sept 2023, 18:03 UTC

Build 12238824

Update posts

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Posts announcing an update, tagged or not

Last 365 days · as of 29 Oct, 02:49 UTC

How this is measured

Posts in a game's official Steam news feed that announce an update: tagged as patch notes by the developer, or plainly about a patch or a released update.

An announcement is not a build. Developers can ship updates without a post, or post about several updates at once.
Untagged posts are recognised from their words, so a few updates are missed and a few other posts may be counted. Tagged posts are marked Patch notes on the Updates tab; recognised ones are marked Update.
Older posts are being read back through each game's history, most played games first, so months before October 2026 fill in over the coming days.

Source: Steam Web API, ISteamNews/GetNewsForApp. Full methodology

Typical gap between builds

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Public Builds

Public builds of Running on Empty, newest first
Build	Went live	After the one before	Patch notes
12238824	20 Sept 2023, 18:03 UTC	—	None posted

From Steam’s client network, last checked 27 Oct, 22:29 UTC. Builds before 21 Oct 2026, when we started watching, aren't listed. Patch notes are the developer’s update post from an hour before to a day after the build. Not every build gets one. How we count

Earlier Updates

Updates to Running on Empty announced on Steam before 21 Oct 2026, newest first
Posted	After the one before	Update
20 Sept 2023	—	Patch Sep/20/2023 Patch notes

Steam keeps no record of past build numbers, so before 21 Oct 2026 a game’s update history comes from its own Steam news: posts tagged as patch notes, and untagged posts that plainly announce a patch or a released update. Older posts are still being read in, most played games first. How we count

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Build

Went live

After the one before

Patch notes

12238824

20 Sept 2023, 18:03 UTC

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None posted

Posted

After the one before

Update

20 Sept 2023

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Patch Sep/20/2023 Patch notes