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Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ cover art

Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™

Chris Sawyer · Atari · 2015-03-17

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 07, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Explore a vast and detailed world and build a Transportation Empire!

Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ is a 2015 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $0.89, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 680 reviews).

9
playing now
86%
positive of 680 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.89
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Chris Sawyer's Locomotion is a video game designed and programmed by independent game developer Chris Sawyer, and published by Atari Interactive in September 2004. The game is a simulation game in which the player takes on the role of a transportation company manager, building transportation networks and managing the flow of goods and passengers in order to compete against rival companies. Sawyer independently developed the game over nine years from the 1990s as a "spiritual successor to Transport Tycoon", with the game featuring "fundamentally the same" gameplay but with "differences in detail, scale and presentation" to update and refine the features that Sawyer "wanted to get right" in its predecessor.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 16,907 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 680 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.89-85%
GOG$0.89-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.77 at Fanatical (2021-04-01) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 67 of 110 observed days · $0.12 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520172026Week of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5312026-09-15 23:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 16 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 13 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 13 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 53 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 13 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
236Mar 2015Aug 2026Mar 2015 — avg 23 · peak 58Jul 2015 — avg 6 · peak 16Nov 2015 — avg 7 · peak 26Mar 2016 — avg 10 · peak 27Jul 2016 — avg 12 · peak 29Nov 2016 — avg 9 · peak 22Mar 2017 — avg 10 · peak 22Jul 2017 — avg 10 · peak 25Nov 2017 — avg 9 · peak 24Mar 2018 — avg 11 · peak 26Jul 2018 — avg 10 · peak 22Nov 2018 — avg 9 · peak 21Mar 2019 — avg 10 · peak 25Jul 2019 — avg 11 · peak 29Nov 2019 — avg 13 · peak 29Mar 2020 — avg 14 · peak 41Jul 2020 — avg 13 · peak 31Nov 2020 — avg 15 · peak 41Mar 2021 — avg 14 · peak 32Jul 2021 — avg 11 · peak 26Nov 2021 — avg 11 · peak 30Mar 2022 — avg 12 · peak 30Jul 2022 — avg 11 · peak 25Nov 2022 — avg 11 · peak 24Mar 2023 — avg 10 · peak 27Jul 2023 — avg 10 · peak 24Nov 2023 — avg 10 · peak 25Mar 2024 — avg 11 · peak 25Jul 2024 — avg 10 · peak 22Nov 2024 — avg 10 · peak 20Mar 2025 — avg 10 · peak 26Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 21Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 25Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 22Jul 2026 — avg 9 · peak 23Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 23
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.66$0.792015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-07-18 — best price $10.822016-01-18 — best price $5.992016-05-07 — best price $5.992016-11-29 — best price $5.992017-05-11 — best price $2.032017-11-06 — best price $1.492018-02-02 — best price $4.712018-08-09 — best price $5.992018-12-20 — best price $1.492019-09-18 — best price $2.092019-12-13 — best price $5.782020-02-18 — best price $4.992020-05-26 — best price $4.922020-07-10 — best price $5.992020-08-29 — best price $5.282020-10-09 — best price $5.992020-11-15 — best price $5.992020-12-23 — best price $4.402021-05-02 — best price $6.132021-12-04 — best price $5.992022-05-09 — best price $2.032022-11-29 — best price $5.992023-07-13 — best price $5.992024-01-15 — best price $4.402024-06-27 — best price $2.392024-11-24 — best price $4.402025-05-01 — best price $1.192025-10-16 — best price $1.192026-02-19 — best price $5.992026-07-13 — best price $0.892026-09-11 — best price $5.992026-10-06 — best price $0.892026-10-15 — best price $0.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

217292026-06-02 — 60 pageviews2026-06-06 — 43 pageviews2026-06-10 — 49 pageviews2026-06-14 — 57 pageviews2026-06-18 — 51 pageviews2026-06-22 — 48 pageviews2026-06-26 — 59 pageviews2026-06-30 — 33 pageviews2026-07-04 — 63 pageviews2026-07-08 — 62 pageviews2026-07-12 — 44 pageviews2026-07-16 — 49 pageviews2026-07-20 — 56 pageviews2026-07-24 — 217 pageviews2026-07-28 — 121 pageviews2026-08-01 — 58 pageviews2026-08-05 — 50 pageviews2026-08-09 — 80 pageviews2026-08-13 — 50 pageviews2026-08-17 — 51 pageviews2026-08-21 — 58 pageviews2026-08-25 — 103 pageviews2026-08-29 — 104 pageviews2026-09-02 — 69 pageviews2026-09-06 — 62 pageviews2026-09-10 — 52 pageviews2026-09-14 — 63 pageviews2026-09-18 — 60 pageviews2026-09-22 — 63 pageviews2026-09-26 — 48 pageviews2026-09-30 — 64 pageviews2026-10-04 — 65 pageviews2026-10-08 — 47 pageviews2026-10-11 — 52 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

TrainsClassicEconomyStrategyManagementSimulationCity BuilderTransportation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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