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Freeways cover art

Freeways

Captain Games · 2018-02-06

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 15, 2017 (Android), Oct 01, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 01, 2017 (Mac), Sep 15, 2017 (iOS)

You are a traffic engineer. Draw freeway interchanges. Optimize for efficency and avoid traffic jams!

Freeways is an Indie and Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 2209 reviews).

11
playing now
90%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Freeways is a simulation video game developed and published by Canadian studio Captain Games. It was released for mobile in September 2017 and for Steam on 1 October 2017.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 176 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 49,616 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 55k–133k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,209 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2018-06-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11511520182026Week of 2018-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2662026-09-15 00:00 — 18 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 16 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 19 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 14 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 24 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 10 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 22 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 26 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 23 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 12 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 25 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 14 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1272Feb 2018Aug 2026Feb 2018 — avg 26 · peak 75May 2018 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2019 — avg 2 · peak 11May 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2020 — avg 3 · peak 7May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2021 — avg 106 · peak 217Feb 2022 — avg 43 · peak 79May 2022 — avg 40 · peak 104Aug 2022 — avg 61 · peak 124Nov 2022 — avg 16 · peak 35Feb 2023 — avg 15 · peak 34May 2023 — avg 14 · peak 39Aug 2023 — avg 12 · peak 29Nov 2023 — avg 14 · peak 35Feb 2024 — avg 10 · peak 22May 2024 — avg 10 · peak 23Aug 2024 — avg 13 · peak 33Nov 2024 — avg 11 · peak 27Feb 2025 — avg 82 · peak 208May 2025 — avg 53 · peak 97Aug 2025 — avg 29 · peak 58Nov 2025 — avg 29 · peak 56Feb 2026 — avg 22 · peak 44May 2026 — avg 24 · peak 45Aug 2026 — avg 18 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$2.992018-02-072026-07-092018-02-07 — best price $3.992018-06-22 — best price $2.992018-07-05 — best price $3.992019-11-26 — best price $2.992019-12-03 — best price $3.992019-12-19 — best price $2.992020-01-02 — best price $3.992020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-07-09 — best price $3.992021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-07-08 — best price $3.992021-12-06 — best price $2.992021-12-08 — best price $3.992023-04-24 — best price $2.992023-05-01 — best price $3.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $3.992024-09-16 — best price $2.992024-09-23 — best price $3.992025-01-28 — best price $4.992025-04-07 — best price $3.492025-04-14 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $3.742026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2822026-05-30 — 14 pageviews2026-06-03 — 11 pageviews2026-06-07 — 12 pageviews2026-06-11 — 9 pageviews2026-06-15 — 6 pageviews2026-06-19 — 6 pageviews2026-06-23 — 7 pageviews2026-06-27 — 9 pageviews2026-07-01 — 10 pageviews2026-07-05 — 10 pageviews2026-07-09 — 17 pageviews2026-07-13 — 4 pageviews2026-07-17 — 8 pageviews2026-07-21 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 3 pageviews2026-07-29 — 10 pageviews2026-08-02 — 13 pageviews2026-08-06 — 28 pageviews2026-08-10 — 10 pageviews2026-08-14 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 8 pageviews2026-08-22 — 5 pageviews2026-08-26 — 10 pageviews2026-08-30 — 4 pageviews2026-09-03 — 6 pageviews2026-09-07 — 5 pageviews2026-09-11 — 6 pageviews2026-09-15 — 12 pageviews2026-09-19 — 4 pageviews2026-09-23 — 6 pageviews2026-09-27 — 10 pageviews2026-10-01 — 7 pageviews2026-10-05 — 7 pageviews2026-10-08 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

4
achievements tracked
7%
earned "Maximum Efficiency"
0.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2528%4

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

2DIndieCasualPuzzleSimulationTransportation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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