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Crowd Simulator

ZHANG FAN · SHEN JIAWEI · 2019-09-23

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 24, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 24, 2019 (Mac)

It's really crowded!!! Crowd Simulator is a unique, fun experience that places you in different crowd scenarios. The main objective is to move with and against crowds.

Crowd Simulator is a Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2019, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Mostly Positive (71% of 547 reviews).

1
playing now
71%
positive of 547 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 547 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2019-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120192026Week of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
130Oct 2019Feb 2026Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 11Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2023 — avg 5 · peak 24Apr 2023 — avg 5 · peak 38May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2023 — avg 5 · peak 32Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 19Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2024 — avg 13 · peak 66Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 14Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 16Feb 2026 — avg 2 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$2.99$0.492019-09-242026-08-022019-09-24 — best price $0.892019-11-26 — best price $0.892020-01-23 — best price $0.892020-06-25 — best price $0.542020-10-29 — best price $0.492020-12-22 — best price $0.492021-02-11 — best price $0.592021-05-10 — best price $0.592021-07-09 — best price $0.592021-10-28 — best price $0.792021-12-22 — best price $0.542022-03-07 — best price $0.842022-07-07 — best price $0.992022-11-07 — best price $0.992023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-03-23 — best price $0.992023-07-13 — best price $0.992023-11-13 — best price $0.992024-01-04 — best price $0.992024-03-21 — best price $0.992024-05-20 — best price $0.992024-08-05 — best price $0.992024-10-28 — best price $0.992024-12-16 — best price $0.992025-01-27 — best price $0.992025-03-20 — best price $0.992025-07-10 — best price $0.992025-09-08 — best price $0.992025-10-17 — best price $2.992026-02-02 — best price $2.992026-05-04 — best price $2.992026-08-02 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
89.9%
earned "Go upstream"
18.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-04-01 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)47118%28

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

Player tags

3DCuteNoirIndieCasualPuzzlePhysicsLife SimSurvivalManagement

Census log

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

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