# Runaway: A Road Adventure

> Adventure

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id648253740](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id648253740)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id648253740`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Numeric Pipeline
- **Category:** Adventure
- **Rating:** 3.90 / 5 (45 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1
- **Last updated:** 2017-10-11
- **First published:** 2013-06-06
- **Size:** 2.38 GB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/runaway-a-road-adventure/id648253740)

## Description

IMPORTANT: Compatible with iPad 2 and up, iPhone 4 and up and iPod touch 5th generation – WILL NOT RUN ON EARLIER DEVICES 

21st century New York...

Brilliant science student Brian is getting ready to join the prestigious UC Berkeley, but his life is turned upside-down when he gets caught up in some business involving a stolen crucifix and the mafia.

Runaway is now available for iOS platforms, so discover or rediscover the beginnings of this cult series and plunge into an adventure with plenty of humor and twists at every turn. 

Features: 

• A stunning, exceptional storyline
• Overriding fun and eye-catching graphics
• Close to 100 scenes to visit
• Discover over 30 charismatic characters
• Many exciting puzzles
• A redesigned interface for iPhones and iPads
• Languages included: English, French, German, Spanish and Italian
• Many charismatic characters

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## Rankings

- #193,578 — Overall

## Review summary

Runaway: A Road Adventure is praised for its art, music, story, and classic Runaway puzzle design, and fans appreciate the series being on iPad. However, players repeatedly report major stability and performance issues, especially crashes when using inventory or during cutscenes, frequent freezes, and black screens. Compatibility problems on older devices and iOS versions worsen access, plus slow character movement and overly long storytelling with few skip options. Save/load reliability is a recurring problem, causing loss of progress. Despite production value and engaging puzzles, these technical issues keep it from being consistently playable as reported by many users.

### Pros

- High production value: strong art/graphics, music, storyline, and puzzles.
- Positive Runaway series reputation and bringing the games to iPad.
- Easy/handy touch controls on iOS.
- Engaging puzzles and overall enjoyment for fans.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes across devices, including inventory actions and cutscenes.
- Compatibility issues on older devices and iOS versions.
- Slow pacing with long cutscenes and story segments; few options to skip.
- Save/load progress issues and potential loss of progress.
- Some players dislike the heavy hidden-object segments in the gameplay.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id648253740)