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Cargo Commander cover art

Cargo Commander

Serious Brew · 2012-11-01

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 01, 2012 (Mac), Nov 01, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 16, 2013 (Linux)

Alone in space, light years away from your family, armed with only your Fistcannon™; you are Cargo Corps' latest recruit, a Cargo Commander.

Cargo Commander is a 2012 Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game priced at $4.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 925 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

1
playing now
82%
positive of 929 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

"In a galaxy far far away, you are one of thousands of Cargo Commanders, facing ambushes and dangers as they scavenge abandoned containers for valuable cargo. Competing with the other commanders for leaderboard positions in various space sectors, you need to find enough cargo to earn you way back home!"(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 37k–74k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 929 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.25 at GamersGate (2018-04-23) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 13 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820162026Week of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.372015-01-012026-07-162015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-07-23 — best price $9.992015-11-17 — best price $0.992016-03-02 — best price $9.992016-09-26 — best price $9.992016-12-15 — best price $2.002017-07-21 — best price $9.992018-03-02 — best price $4.992018-08-21 — best price $9.992019-02-11 — best price $2.992019-07-09 — best price $2.992019-12-20 — best price $2.992020-04-29 — best price $2.402020-06-09 — best price $2.992020-07-07 — best price $2.992020-08-03 — best price $1.992020-10-09 — best price $1.792020-11-04 — best price $1.792020-11-27 — best price $1.992020-12-19 — best price $1.592021-01-21 — best price $1.592021-03-11 — best price $2.442021-04-04 — best price $2.992021-04-26 — best price $2.442021-05-17 — best price $2.442021-06-24 — best price $0.502021-10-28 — best price $0.592021-12-16 — best price $0.442022-04-25 — best price $0.442022-07-08 — best price $2.292022-11-07 — best price $2.992023-04-10 — best price $4.992023-12-05 — best price $4.992024-05-02 — best price $4.992024-08-02 — best price $2.692025-01-16 — best price $0.942025-08-16 — best price $2.692026-02-09 — best price $1.252026-07-16 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
41.9%
earned "Eradicator"
6.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,1704%19

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

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Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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