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Cheese Runner

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Cheese Runner

Trade illicit cheese in a dystopian cyberpunk city filled with police killbots trying to hunt you down in this ASCII Art text-based early 80s retro trading game. Like a fine blue cheese, this isn't for everyone.

1980s Cyberpunk Retro Text-Based Crime
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Cheese Runner is a retro ASCII-art cyberpunk crime trading game.



Play as a Cheese Runner, an underground trader of illicit cheese. Try to survive the gritty dystopia of a world gone mad. After a mysterious virus eliminates most of the livestock on earth, humanity is crushed under the boot of corporate control. Providing synthetic foods corporations now control the very ability to live for most of humanity. Against this oppressive corporate control and violent police state a small segment of the population fight back. With the food labs unable to synthesize casein a core component of milk critical to cheese making, the much loved food has become banned under the guise of public safety. The brave ranchers of Underground raise cowntraband to produce this precious substance, but its up to Cheese Runners to distribute it.



You've taken out a loan to get your start in the smuggling business. You've got 30 days to make good on the load or its the grinder for you. Can you evade the killbots and sniffcopters searching out cowntraband? Do you have the gonads to deal the gorgonzola? Its time to get rich (and tasty) or die trying.

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System requirements Windows

Windows

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Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: Yes
  • Graphics: OpenGLES 2.0 support
  • Additional Notes: Low requirements, any WIndows 7 or newer machine should run it fine.
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
Massive Corporation Game Studios
Brazilian rating
12
Steam Germany rating
12
Content warning
Brief text descriptions of: -NPC implied drug use -Police death squads -PC muggings and shootings -Government corruption -Police corruption
Achievements
32
Features
Single-player, Steam Achievements, Stats, Steam Leaderboards, Family Sharing
Languages
English
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Great Value — 88th percentile.

Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 88th percentile. Priced as Market at $2.99.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Cheese Runner worth buying right now?
Wait — $2.99. Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
When does Cheese Runner go on sale?
Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
Is Cheese Runner free to play?
Cheese Runner costs $2.99 on Steam.
What genre is Cheese Runner?
Cheese Runner is a Casual, Simulation, Strategy game.
Who developed Cheese Runner?
Cheese Runner was developed by Kai Hutchence and published by Massive Corporation Game Studios.
What platforms does Cheese Runner support?
Available on Steam for Windows.

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