Start Running for Pc & Linux - Free Download (2025)

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How to Install Start Running on Windows Pc

Click on the Start Running download button below.
Choose "Install" to install the game on the windows steam client.
Follow the on-screen prompts
Let it download the Full Version.
Once a game is downloaded, use the Windows Steam Client to play the game.

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Guide: Installing Start Running on Linux with Steam Proton

This guide describes how to use Steam Proton to play and run Windows games on your Linux computer. Some games may not work or may break because Steam Proton is still at a very early stage.

1. Activating Steam Proton for Linux:
Proton is integrated into the Steam Client with "Steam Play." To activate proton, go into your steam client and click on Steam in the upper right corner. Then click on settings to open a new window. From here, click on the Steam Play button at the bottom of the panel. Click "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles."

Alternatively: Go to Steam > Settings > Steam Play and turn on the "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles" option.

Valve has tested and fixed some Steam titles and you will now be able to play most of them. However, if you want to go further and play titles that even Valve hasn't tested, toggle the "Enable Steam Play for all titles" option.

2. Choose a version
You should use the Steam Proton version recommended by Steam: 3.7-8. This is the most stable version of Steam Proton at the moment.

3. Restart your Steam
After you have successfully activated Steam Proton, click "OK" and Steam will ask you to restart it for the changes to take effect. Restart it. Your computer will now play all of steam's whitelisted games seamlessly.

4. Launch Stardew Valley on Linux:
Before you can use Steam Proton, you must first download the Stardew Valley Windows game from Steam. When you download Stardew Valley for the first time, you will notice that the download size is slightly larger than the size of the game.
This happens because Steam will download your chosen Steam Proton version with this game as well. After the download is complete, simply click the "Play" button.

System Requirements

Windows Pc Requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Windows 7
Processor: 1 Ghz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Storage: 500 MB available space

Recommended:

Memory: 512 MB RAM

Linux Requirements

Minimum:

OS: Ubuntu / SteamOS
Processor: 1 Ghz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card
Storage: 500 MB available space

No maximum requirements!!

Mac Requirements

Minimum:

OS: Mac OS X 10.6-10.14
Processor: 1 Ghz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card
Storage: 500 MB available space

No maximum requirements!!

What is Start Running? Features and Description

A horror point and click game where choices matter about trying to do your final marathon training run.

Fight against inertia.

Start Running is part visual novel, part escape room, and part Greek tragedy.

Luis, a procrastination prone runner, has been training for his first marathon. Today is the day of his last training run. He knows he has 20 miles ahead of him, but unfortunately he's having a hard time starting. When he does though, strange things start to happen, pushing him ahead and forcing his hand.

The world, shifting and bending to some unseen force's hand, doesn't fit reality. Luis and his dog Pistachio have to escape whatever is happening, and they have to do it quickly, before they have no other option.

In order to survive, players will find themselves drawn into a surreal world where buildings shift, doors refuse to cooperate, and the city itself seems to reshape around them. The stunning visuals and mind-bending puzzles reveal layers that help you confront whatever is causing this.

Every choice in the game matters, from stopping to look at your running medals in your apartment to intentionally sending a mother to a possible violent death. Puzzles take inspiration from the items you may find in a normal world like phone combinations and printer jams, but nothing is ever what it seems.