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Goat Simulator

Coffee Stain Studios · Coffee Stain Publishing · 2014-04-01

SteamPlayStation StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jun 27, 2014 (Linux), Jun 27, 2014 (Mac), Apr 01, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 11, 2015 (PlayStation 3), Aug 12, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Apr 17, 2015 (Xbox 360)

Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.

Goat Simulator is a Casual, Indie, Simulation game released in 2014, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a review sentiment of Very Positive (91% of 70271 reviews).

47
playing now
91%
positive of 70k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
52/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
54/100
IGDB user rating (309 ratings)
4.09★
PlayStation Store rating (77,453 ratings)
60/100
opencritic · weak · 22% recommend · from 47 critics
13h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 22h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Goat Simulator is an action video game developed and published by Coffee Stain Studios. The game was released for Windows in April 2014, and ports for Linux and OS X were released in June 2014. Mobile versions for Android and iOS were released in September 2014. Versions for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One were released in April 2015, and for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in August 2015; these ports were developed by Double Eleven. A Nintendo Switch version containing the game and downloadable content was released in January 2019, and a remastered version for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S was released in November 2024.

Trailer

Goat Simulator trailer thumbnail

Goat Simulator Official Launch Trailer

≈426,689 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 47 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,500 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~188/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 1.8M–4.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 70,271 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$2.00-80%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.12 at GamersGate (2019-09-26) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 51 of 79 observed days · $0.88 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
84484420182026Week of 2018-03-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 844 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

155272026-09-15 11:00 — 44 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 59 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 27 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 48 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 109 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 43 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 41 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 58 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 93 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 108 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 130 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 75 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 96 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 142 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 137 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 71 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 113 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 91 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 43 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 118 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 94 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 41 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 47 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.2k65Mar 2014Aug 2026Mar 2014 — avg 1,161 · peak 2,709Jul 2014 — avg 1,204 · peak 2,936Nov 2014 — avg 1,074 · peak 4,181Mar 2015 — avg 571 · peak 1,790Jul 2015 — avg 534 · peak 983Nov 2015 — avg 492 · peak 1,529Mar 2016 — avg 397 · peak 875Jul 2016 — avg 383 · peak 837Nov 2016 — avg 398 · peak 1,130Mar 2017 — avg 227 · peak 510Jul 2017 — avg 297 · peak 626Nov 2017 — avg 204 · peak 474Mar 2018 — avg 188 · peak 399Jul 2018 — avg 190 · peak 359Nov 2018 — avg 178 · peak 484Mar 2019 — avg 115 · peak 269Jul 2019 — avg 132 · peak 239Nov 2019 — avg 163 · peak 397Mar 2020 — avg 142 · peak 258Jul 2020 — avg 138 · peak 236Nov 2020 — avg 110 · peak 224Mar 2021 — avg 99 · peak 207Jul 2021 — avg 123 · peak 238Nov 2021 — avg 89 · peak 188Mar 2022 — avg 93 · peak 188Jul 2022 — avg 137 · peak 280Nov 2022 — avg 248 · peak 666Mar 2023 — avg 115 · peak 306Jul 2023 — avg 141 · peak 277Nov 2023 — avg 139 · peak 430Mar 2024 — avg 120 · peak 349Jul 2024 — avg 118 · peak 231Nov 2024 — avg 90 · peak 233Mar 2025 — avg 86 · peak 233Jul 2025 — avg 96 · peak 172Nov 2025 — avg 81 · peak 194Mar 2026 — avg 112 · peak 318Jul 2026 — avg 91 · peak 166Aug 2026 — avg 78 · peak 180
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $6.692015-08-07 — best price $9.992016-01-01 — best price $9.992016-08-23 — best price $9.992017-01-15 — best price $9.992017-11-03 — best price $9.992018-04-19 — best price $2.002018-11-08 — best price $9.992019-04-12 — best price $4.792019-11-01 — best price $9.992020-02-20 — best price $9.992020-06-03 — best price $9.992020-07-19 — best price $9.992020-09-10 — best price $1.872020-10-19 — best price $1.872020-11-28 — best price $2.992021-01-13 — best price $9.992021-02-20 — best price $8.382021-04-19 — best price $1.872021-05-28 — best price $7.342021-09-08 — best price $8.382022-01-14 — best price $2.492022-06-27 — best price $1.872022-11-22 — best price $1.992023-04-11 — best price $9.992023-09-12 — best price $7.892024-02-05 — best price $9.992024-06-20 — best price $1.992024-10-08 — best price $7.342025-05-08 — best price $9.992025-10-10 — best price $9.992026-03-05 — best price $1.992026-06-17 — best price $7.482026-09-30 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $2.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7601712026-05-31 — 225 pageviews2026-06-04 — 237 pageviews2026-06-08 — 217 pageviews2026-06-12 — 271 pageviews2026-06-16 — 189 pageviews2026-06-20 — 232 pageviews2026-06-24 — 221 pageviews2026-06-28 — 261 pageviews2026-07-02 — 239 pageviews2026-07-06 — 215 pageviews2026-07-10 — 171 pageviews2026-07-14 — 231 pageviews2026-07-18 — 232 pageviews2026-07-22 — 214 pageviews2026-07-26 — 211 pageviews2026-07-30 — 233 pageviews2026-08-03 — 190 pageviews2026-08-07 — 212 pageviews2026-08-11 — 174 pageviews2026-08-15 — 189 pageviews2026-08-19 — 214 pageviews2026-08-23 — 243 pageviews2026-08-27 — 240 pageviews2026-08-31 — 234 pageviews2026-09-04 — 218 pageviews2026-09-08 — 230 pageviews2026-09-12 — 235 pageviews2026-09-16 — 760 pageviews2026-09-20 — 278 pageviews2026-09-24 — 239 pageviews2026-09-28 — 250 pageviews2026-10-02 — 244 pageviews2026-10-06 — 207 pageviews2026-10-10 — 226 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
54.5%
earned "FINALLY"
8.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editor4 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2014-11-26, latest 2016-05-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)161,0063%83
Xbox One (Xbox)106,4491%85
Steam (Steam)86,9122%127
Xbox 360 (Xbox)12,3095%85
PS3 (PlayStation)9,66451%31
Windows (Xbox)4,6775%85
Switch (Nintendo)2800%0
Switch (Nintendo)140%0

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

Co-opFunnyIndieMemesActionCasualComedyPhysicsSandboxOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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