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GearCity

Visual Entertainment And Technologies · 2022-01-14

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 30, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 30, 2014 (Mac), May 30, 2014 (Linux)

Do you find tycoon games too simplistic? GearCity is a complex and in-depth business simulator. It focuses on a realistic economic simulation of the global automobile industry. The game takes several hours to grasp and hundreds of hours to master. Can you succeed where many other CEOs have failed?

GearCity is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 1512 reviews).

22
playing now
90%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 22 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 61 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 30k–68k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,512 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$11.99-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Humble Store (2015-04-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 70 of 94 observed days · $4.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
515120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

42142026-09-15 06:00 — 17 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 34 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 22 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 27 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 38 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 18 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 22 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 31 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 25 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 19 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 18 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 18 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 15 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 42 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 31 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 21 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 19 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 23 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 22 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 41 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 26 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
977Jun 2014Aug 2026Jun 2014 — avg 20 · peak 54Oct 2014 — avg 9 · peak 29Feb 2015 — avg 25 · peak 71Jun 2015 — avg 18 · peak 42Oct 2015 — avg 14 · peak 37Feb 2016 — avg 18 · peak 41Jun 2016 — avg 18 · peak 42Oct 2016 — avg 14 · peak 31Feb 2017 — avg 25 · peak 73Jun 2017 — avg 21 · peak 47Oct 2017 — avg 21 · peak 48Feb 2018 — avg 28 · peak 80Jun 2018 — avg 20 · peak 42Oct 2018 — avg 25 · peak 56Feb 2019 — avg 35 · peak 70Jun 2019 — avg 28 · peak 61Oct 2019 — avg 24 · peak 51Feb 2020 — avg 28 · peak 61Jun 2020 — avg 47 · peak 105Oct 2020 — avg 30 · peak 62Feb 2021 — avg 31 · peak 59Jun 2021 — avg 29 · peak 55Oct 2021 — avg 29 · peak 63Feb 2022 — avg 73 · peak 155Jun 2022 — avg 33 · peak 65Oct 2022 — avg 27 · peak 54Feb 2023 — avg 32 · peak 80Jun 2023 — avg 27 · peak 56Oct 2023 — avg 24 · peak 47Feb 2024 — avg 34 · peak 69Jun 2024 — avg 29 · peak 59Oct 2024 — avg 31 · peak 59Feb 2025 — avg 28 · peak 54Jun 2025 — avg 25 · peak 55Oct 2025 — avg 24 · peak 56Feb 2026 — avg 30 · peak 58Jun 2026 — avg 23 · peak 46Aug 2026 — avg 27 · peak 59
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$7.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $11.992015-08-31 — best price $15.992016-03-07 — best price $12.742016-09-19 — best price $16.992017-02-13 — best price $16.992017-11-16 — best price $11.242018-05-10 — best price $7.492018-11-01 — best price $16.992019-02-25 — best price $12.742019-08-05 — best price $15.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-05-07 — best price $14.992020-09-14 — best price $14.992021-01-18 — best price $14.992021-06-21 — best price $19.992022-01-21 — best price $19.992022-08-22 — best price $19.992023-02-03 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-14 — best price $19.992024-01-24 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-03 — best price $19.992024-09-25 — best price $13.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-03-11 — best price $12.992025-05-14 — best price $19.992025-08-11 — best price $19.992025-10-07 — best price $11.992025-12-04 — best price $19.992026-02-20 — best price $11.992026-05-11 — best price $11.992026-08-24 — best price $11.992026-09-08 — best price $11.992026-09-20 — best price $11.992026-10-02 — best price $11.992026-10-14 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
33.6%
earned "50%+ Effective Marketing"
7.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4550%115

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

Player tags

IndieRetroEconomyBuildingStrategyEducationRealisticCapitalismManagementOld School

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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