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Construction Simulator

weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung GmbH · astragon Entertainment · 2022-09-20

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CasualSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 20, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Sep 20, 2022 (Xbox One), Sep 20, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 20, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Sep 20, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Construction Simulator has returned – larger and more impressive than ever! Fulfil your ambition to become a successful construction entrepreneur by establishing your business from scratch, assisted by your mentor Hape.

632
playing now
81%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
10
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

632 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

On the European map inspired by the idyllic cities of Southwest Germany, you’ll find rolling hills and beautiful riversides. In Friedenberg your mission is to help design solutions for renewable energy and improve the city’s infrastructure during the campaign. Aside from these larger jobs, you’ll get assorted tasks to test out every bit of equipment that you earn. Take pride in your accomplishments as you ride through the city! On the American map you start from scratch assisted by your mentor Hape, you get bigger and more interesting jobs to grow your company and expand your fleet. You’ll al(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 632 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,344 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~168/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 288k–647k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,387 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2026-05-31) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 135 of 163 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20222026Week of 2022-09-01: 1,287 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 374 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 762 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.2k2512026-08-06 22:00 — 539 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 344 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 902 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 603 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 436 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 1,122 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 689 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 521 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 1,229 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 608 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 302 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 882 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 492 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 320 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 845 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 495 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 323 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,010 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 683 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 251 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 656 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 802 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 337 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 885 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 920 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 278 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 652 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 1,231 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 632 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$10.372022-06-222026-08-262022-06-22 — best price $34.992022-10-20 — best price $31.872023-01-23 — best price $34.992023-03-16 — best price $24.492023-05-07 — best price $19.992023-07-17 — best price $23.882023-09-21 — best price $34.992023-11-28 — best price $34.992024-01-18 — best price $20.992024-03-14 — best price $20.992024-05-13 — best price $34.992024-08-12 — best price $23.992024-11-04 — best price $21.802024-12-21 — best price $24.992025-01-27 — best price $21.092025-03-17 — best price $34.992025-04-19 — best price $20.992025-06-03 — best price $29.022025-07-12 — best price $34.992025-08-12 — best price $34.992025-09-01 — best price $28.002025-10-16 — best price $17.492025-11-20 — best price $17.632025-12-03 — best price $20.992026-01-03 — best price $20.992026-01-27 — best price $15.992026-02-26 — best price $39.992026-03-27 — best price $24.992026-04-12 — best price $20.992026-05-03 — best price $32.482026-06-01 — best price $14.992026-06-26 — best price $13.742026-07-17 — best price $20.742026-08-09 — best price $32.482026-08-26 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

34202026-08-26 19:15 — 50 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 118 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 253 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 10 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
71%
earned "Trial Course Completed"
3.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support19 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)7,1732%33
Steam (Steam)6,1101%33
Xbox One (Xbox)3,1661%33
PS4 (PlayStation)3,0692%33

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CasualDrivingPhysicsBuildingRelaxingEducationRealisticOpen WorldSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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