How to Play ROB RUN With Friends

How do you play ROB RUN with friends?

Grouping up in ROB RUN, the free crime sandbox from Kefir (Kefir Games), needs two things: a shared server and a shared party. Miss either and your crew loads into separate maps. Everything below is the ROB RUN play with friends routine in order, from checking servers to sending the invite.

The server part trips people up first because the game uses a different word for it. Players report that servers are called states, and your first one is whatever you pick on the Select State screen when a new character walks out of prison. Friends who start apart often choose different states without noticing.

Matching states is not the whole job. Two players say you still will not share a map unless you are partied; once grouped, you choose a map and drop in as one. A September 10 developer post, written before launch, pitched ROB RUN as co-op for parties of up to three, with clans covering anything bigger.

Check	Where it happens
Same state	Select State screen, or prison
Same party	Menu, then Party
Same map	Pick a map after grouping

How do you get on the same server?

Compare server IDs before anything else. Several players point out that the ID is printed at the bottom of the Settings screen (Escape, then Settings), and the map shows it too unless streamer mode is on. It reads as a region followed by a number, for example US 4867 or EU 05848.

If the IDs match, skip to the invite. If not, someone has to move, and the route Kefir’s support center gives goes through prison. The button you want is Surrender to Feds, reached by choosing Prison on the global map. Once inside, you change to your friend’s server, and the party invite has to go out a second time.

Players list two ways to reach the surrender button:

Where	Path
Escape menu	Settings, Other, near the bottom
Map	Prison icon, top left

What waits inside the prison comes from community threads, not from Kefir:

Prison detail	Source
A poster on the cell wall lists servers, their uptime and how full each is	Two reports
A search bar takes a server number, so a friend can confirm the match	Single guide
Setting the same region under Settings, Other helps	Two reports

Moving has a price. Two players report that surrendering to switch server drops everything you hold except your authority. In one thread, a commenter believed friends who chose different states at the first exit could never play together; a reply pointed back to prison, matching Kefir’s route. The server guide covers states, and the prison guide covers what surrendering costs.

How do you invite a friend to your party?

Open the menu, choose Party, and either type the friend’s ID or select them from your Steam friends list. Your own player ID, a friend code, sits at the bottom of that screen according to two reports, so you can copy it and send it over instead.

Once the friend accepts, the name shows up along the bottom, which is your confirmation. If the attempt fails with a message about a different server, the invite was never the problem; see the last section.

How many players can be in a party?

The cap is three. Kefir gave that figure in the same September 10 post, and players who have run into the limit since launch agree: a fourth friend cannot join, and sharing a clan does not change it. Four or more friends have to split up or coordinate through a clan.

Does a party change your loot and prices?

Smaller groups come out ahead. The support center says solo players and duos start with a higher Notoriety level, which is the streak meter behind better fence deals and extra perks. In its October 2 FAQ, before launch, Kefir also said solo players struggle in straight fights against full parties but get advantages that party players miss.

Community threads put rough shape on those advantages, though not everyone agrees about duos:

Group	Reported effect	Source
Solo	Better fence prices, more rare loot	Three reports
Duo	Same bonuses, but smaller	Three reports
Duo	Decreased loot	Single report
Trio	No bonus	Three reports

Our read: a trio gives up the bonus for numbers in a fight. The Notoriety guide covers how the meter climbs.

Can party members use your base?

Partying up also opens your home, though accounts conflict on how far. Two players say party members can enter your property and take from your storage. Everything else about house access rests on one account each:

House access claim	Source
Access is total	Single report
No computer, workbench or wardrobe	Single report
A party is the only way to share a house for now	Single report
Party members see your exact house location on the map	Single report
Clan members get no house access	Single report

So a party slot hands over your storage and your location; fill it carefully.

What is the difference between a party and a clan?

A party is a small crew for one run; a clan is what Kefir points to once three is not enough.

	Party	Clan
Size	Three players	Up to 100
Server	Same server to play	Your chosen server only
House access	Storage (two reports)	None (single report)
Shortcut	None needed	L opens the tab (single report)
Opened from	Menu, then Party	Clan tab in side menu

The clan limits come from the pre-launch October 2 FAQ, where Kefir added that the one-server rule might change later. Per the support center, founding a clan from the side-menu Clan tab takes laundered money in your bank, and members claim desert districts and city businesses as a group. Open clans can be joined from that tab, provided you are already on the clan’s server. The clan guide covers founding and joining.

Why does it say your friend is on another server?

This message is the most common snag in ROB RUN play with friends sessions, and it means your states differ. One player calls it a common problem when a friend has just downloaded the game, and the replies match Kefir’s answer: surrender to the Feds and choose the matching server in prison. The support center has an article built around this exact message, with the prison route above as its fix.

Looty Bay adds confusion. Parties of up to three still load into it despite its solo label, according to two reports. Several players report that its instances can mix people from different servers, so meeting someone in the city does not prove you share a state. One reply says this does not match that player’s experience, and we found no official word on how Looty Bay matchmaking works.

If someone has to move anyway, agree on the target first. A pair of threads describe surrendering to pick a newer server to start fresh with less competition. Server rules can shift during Early Access, so treat these steps as current as of November 11, 2026.