Free GTA VI alternative replaces NPCs with thousands of players
With a week and a half still to go until the launch of GTA VI ($80 on Amazon), players are apparently passing the time in no small part with Rob Run. According to SteamDB, the game recorded more than 140,000 concurrent players over the past 24 hours, making Rob Run currently more popular than Cyberpunk 2077 .
The parallels with Grand Theft Auto are obvious, as Rob Run offers more or less realistic graphics, numerous firearms, cars and heists, just like the blockbuster from Rockstar Games. However, the developers of Rob Run dispense with elaborately programmed NPCs. Instead, all important characters in the game are to be played by real people, with up to 5,000 other players potentially nearby, according to the game's description.
This not only makes the police significantly more dangerous, but is also intended to enable exciting interactions when multiple players join forces to form a criminal clan, where roles can be assigned, heists organized, territories conquered, and gang wars fought. Players and clans can also build their own base to store their possessions and defend them against other players – but raids are always an option.
Rob Run is still in Early Access and has received positive reviews from only just under half of all players. Criticism is directed not only at the unreliable servers and technical issues, but also at the gameplay – there is no gentle introduction for newcomers, and other players' behavior can reportedly quickly spoil the fun, especially for new players. Some of the game's graphics were AI-generated. Anyone who wants to try Rob Run can download the Windows version of the game for free on Steam and, at 20 GB, the game is not too large.
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