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Constructor

System 3 · 2017-05-26

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SimulationStrategy

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

Releases: May 26, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 26, 2017 (PlayStation 4), May 26, 2017 (Xbox One), 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

You can’t rise to the top without taking a few others down. If that means engaging in a workplace accidents, dodgy deals, and a shifty trick or two then so be it! You're going to need every trick in the book if you want to go from small-time slumlord to property tycoon!

Constructor is a 2017 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 766 reviews).

4
playing now
77%
positive of 766 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Constructor is a 1997 video game released originally for MS-DOS computers and later ported to the PlayStation and macOS It was developed by System 3 and published by Acclaim Entertainment.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (47 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–46k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 766 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.80 at DotEmu (2014-02-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
373720172026Week of 2017-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
450Mar 2017Aug 2026Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2017 — avg 31 · peak 121Sep 2017 — avg 7 · peak 31Dec 2017 — avg 14 · peak 57Mar 2018 — avg 20 · peak 87Jun 2018 — avg 10 · peak 53Sep 2018 — avg 6 · peak 20Dec 2018 — avg 14 · peak 43Mar 2019 — avg 15 · peak 75Jun 2019 — avg 8 · peak 30Sep 2019 — avg 7 · peak 18Dec 2019 — avg 6 · peak 24Mar 2020 — avg 9 · peak 41Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 18Sep 2020 — avg 7 · peak 29Dec 2020 — avg 6 · peak 25Mar 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 16Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2022 — avg 5 · peak 26Sep 2022 — avg 7 · peak 25Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 20Mar 2023 — avg 6 · peak 22Jun 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Sep 2023 — avg 7 · peak 23Dec 2023 — avg 7 · peak 27Mar 2024 — avg 9 · peak 31Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 20Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$2.392015-01-012025-08-042015-01-01 — best price $5.992017-08-07 — best price $22.492017-12-21 — best price $10.192018-06-21 — best price $5.992018-12-20 — best price $7.492019-06-25 — best price $7.492019-12-19 — best price $7.492020-06-25 — best price $7.492020-11-25 — best price $5.992021-06-24 — best price $5.992021-11-01 — best price $5.692021-12-22 — best price $5.992022-01-27 — best price $5.992022-03-29 — best price $5.692022-06-20 — best price $5.392022-08-26 — best price $5.542022-10-24 — best price $2.992022-12-07 — best price $5.542023-01-25 — best price $29.992023-03-08 — best price $5.542023-04-22 — best price $29.992023-06-23 — best price $2.992023-07-31 — best price $2.992023-09-16 — best price $29.992023-11-01 — best price $29.992023-12-04 — best price $2.992024-01-15 — best price $2.992024-03-02 — best price $2.992024-03-25 — best price $2.992024-05-19 — best price $29.992024-07-27 — best price $29.992024-09-16 — best price $2.992024-11-16 — best price $29.992024-12-11 — best price $2.992025-02-25 — best price $29.992025-04-14 — best price $2.992025-06-20 — best price $2.992025-08-04 — best price $2.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

70162026-06-02 — 27 pageviews2026-06-06 — 16 pageviews2026-06-10 — 18 pageviews2026-06-14 — 23 pageviews2026-06-18 — 19 pageviews2026-06-22 — 27 pageviews2026-06-26 — 19 pageviews2026-06-30 — 34 pageviews2026-07-04 — 19 pageviews2026-07-08 — 25 pageviews2026-07-12 — 19 pageviews2026-07-16 — 28 pageviews2026-07-20 — 46 pageviews2026-07-24 — 33 pageviews2026-07-28 — 70 pageviews2026-08-01 — 27 pageviews2026-08-05 — 20 pageviews2026-08-09 — 23 pageviews2026-08-13 — 17 pageviews2026-08-17 — 27 pageviews2026-08-21 — 55 pageviews2026-08-25 — 53 pageviews2026-08-29 — 34 pageviews2026-09-02 — 35 pageviews2026-09-06 — 35 pageviews2026-09-10 — 24 pageviews2026-09-14 — 46 pageviews2026-09-18 — 29 pageviews2026-09-22 — 43 pageviews2026-09-26 — 36 pageviews2026-09-30 — 43 pageviews2026-10-04 — 18 pageviews2026-10-08 — 36 pageviews2026-10-12 — 35 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
65.7%
earned "NO MORE COMPLAINING"
19.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-07-25, latest 2018-02-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)1,32621%34
Steam (Steam)8805%34
Xbox One (Xbox)5074%34

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

Player tags

RTSCrimeFunnyComedyRemakeClassicViolentBuildingStrategyManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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