Released May 22, 2026 $7 Mostly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

The Meter is Running

By Debt Driven Games

Indie Point & Click Management 2D Singleplayer Atmospheric Shop Keeper Simulation ComedyCapitalismCasualRetro

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The Meter is Running is a game tagged Indie, Point & Click and Management by Debt Driven Games, released May 22, 2026. It has 268 Steam reviews (Mostly Positive). The Steam games most like it include Gifts, Please, Soul Sorter: A Morality Personality Test and Plague M.D..

You inherited a taxi dispatch business but it came with debt attached. Hire drivers, dispatch fares, navigate Istanbul’s chaos, deal with bad customers and worse luck. You have 15 days to pay it off or lose everything. The meter is running.

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Gifts, Please 75% match · Indie, Point & Click, 2D
Soul Sorter: A Morality Personality Test 70% match · Indie, Point & Click, 2D
Plague M.D. 67% match · Indie, Point & Click, 2D
For Some Water 67% match · Indie, Point & Click, 2D
Something to Drink? 65% match · Indie, Point & Click, Management
Wait! Life is beautiful! 65% match · Indie, Point & Click, 2D
Music Band Manager 65% match · Indie, Management, 2D
The Wardrobe - Even Better Edition 63% match · Indie, Point & Click, 2D
Mini Transport 63% match · Indie, Point & Click, Management
Yorkshire Gubbins 63% match · Indie, Point & Click, 2D

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Everything Steam lists for The Meter is Running · record updated 1 day ago

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Overview

App ID4333460

Release dateMay 22, 2026

Last change number39618545

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: Debt Driven Games
Publisher: Debt Driven Games
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 1 day ago

Windows Linux

Steam Deck: Playable
Controller: Full support

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFull controller supportFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$7.00

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$7.00Oct 23, 2026

Checked6 hours agoin 41 regions

South Asia (USD)$USD

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
25804943	public	Oct 8, 2026

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
4333461	—	Windows	693.3 MB	292.6 MB	100056689620698825
4333462	—	Linux	683.2 MB	282.6 MB	1153162310115427501

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	25804943	Oct 8, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/The Meter is Running

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
TMiR.exe		Windows · 64-bit
TMiR	--no-sandbox	Linux	Experimental Linux

Space per player9.5 MB

Filesup to 20

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataRoaming	TheMeterIsRunning/saves	*.json	All

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The Meter is Running

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South Asia (USD)$USD

Americas 10

Europe 5

CIS 4

Asia-Pacific 15

Middle East & Africa 7

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