The Game Census
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Cargo Commander

Serious Brew · 2012-11-01

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
82%
positive of 925 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 36% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 37k–74k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 925 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 14 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 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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Similarity via IGDB.

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