Runaway: A Road Adventure badly at all" in the United States, where its lifetime sales at brick-and-mortar retailers totaled 12,928 units by the end of that month. Chris Kellner of German publisher DTP Entertainment declared "Runaway" "a huge success" in Germany. By late 2003, it had surpassed the sales of any other adventure localized by DTP; as of March 2003, it had spent six months on Germany's computer game sales charts. According to the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce's "Hamburger Wirtschaft" magazine, "Runaway" it ultimately sold 60,000 units in Germany and helped to revive the country's adventure game industry. It remained DTP's best-selling adventure release
Runaway GO finals of the JD Set Unsigned and Road to V competitions in 2007 and performing showcase gigs for Channel 4 in both instances. A period of transition from 2010-2011 saw the band change name twice, performing for a short time under the moniker Phoenix Fire before settling on Runaway GO. After recording the tracks for what would later become the "Runaway GO" EP, the band decided that their music was taking a new direction, one which was not best represented by their current name. Following some deliberation, they decided to re-emerge as Runaway GO for the release of their debut