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Goat Simulator 3

Coffee Stain North · Coffee Stain Publishing · 2024-02-15

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AdventureCasualSimulation

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

Releases: Dec 05, 2023 (Android), Dec 01, 2023 (iOS), Oct 24, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Aug 27, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 17, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 16, 2022 (PlayStation 5)

Pilgor's baaack! Gather your herd and venture forth into Goat Simulator 3; an all-new (at least on Steam), totally realistic, sandbox farmyard experience. Invite up to three friends in local or online co-op, create carnage as a team, or compete in mini-games and then not be friends anymore.

Goat Simulator 3 is an Adventure, Casual, and Simulation game released in 2024 for $29.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive sentiment (98% of 15943 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

261
playing now
98%
positive of 16k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
twitch viewers (latest)
0.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
70/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (51 ratings)
55
Nexus mods (26k downloads)
4.40★
PlayStation Store rating (13,972 ratings)
18h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 37h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

261 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Goat Simulator 3 is an action video game and the sequel to Goat Simulator. The game is suffixed with a '3' rather than a '2' as a joke by the developers; "Goat Simulator 2" does not exist. The game was announced by Coffee Stain Studios during Summer Game Fest and was released on November 17, 2022. The game features a four-player cooperative mode, and it is set on the fictional island of San-Angora.

Trailer

Goat Simulator 3 trailer thumbnail

Goat Simulator 3 - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games

≈420,702 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 261 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,324 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~291/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 324k–728k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,182 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2025-06-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 19 of 43 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.9k1.9k20242026Week of 2024-02-01: 984 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 586 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 732 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 714 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,927 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,171 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 760 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

824772026-09-14 21:00 — 199 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 95 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 219 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 242 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 181 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 169 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 159 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 123 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 193 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 551 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 285 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 205 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 464 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 309 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 497 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 824 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 335 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 270 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 410 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 354 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 323 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 361 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 257 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 261 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
802149Feb 2024Aug 2026Feb 2024 — avg 802 · peak 1,778Mar 2024 — avg 241 · peak 1,290Apr 2024 — avg 405 · peak 1,343May 2024 — avg 149 · peak 311Jun 2024 — avg 567 · peak 2,400Jul 2024 — avg 578 · peak 1,463Aug 2024 — avg 267 · peak 480Sep 2024 — avg 195 · peak 398Oct 2024 — avg 377 · peak 1,476Nov 2024 — avg 415 · peak 2,562Dec 2024 — avg 627 · peak 2,302Jan 2025 — avg 417 · peak 1,158Feb 2025 — avg 352 · peak 941Mar 2025 — avg 445 · peak 1,504Apr 2025 — avg 371 · peak 971May 2025 — avg 233 · peak 505Jun 2025 — avg 393 · peak 1,231Jul 2025 — avg 485 · peak 960Aug 2025 — avg 305 · peak 822Sep 2025 — avg 248 · peak 724Oct 2025 — avg 309 · peak 937Nov 2025 — avg 674 · peak 3,598Dec 2025 — avg 452 · peak 955Jan 2026 — avg 439 · peak 997Feb 2026 — avg 339 · peak 661Mar 2026 — avg 465 · peak 1,140Apr 2026 — avg 343 · peak 828May 2026 — avg 279 · peak 559Jun 2026 — avg 285 · peak 656Jul 2026 — avg 412 · peak 706Aug 2026 — avg 310 · peak 536
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
56562026-09-262026-10-122026-09-26: 56 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 21 new positive2026-09-28: 9 new positive2026-09-29: 10 new positive2026-09-30: 10 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 8 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 20 new positive2026-10-04: 15 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 14 new positive2026-10-06: 8 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 8 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 5 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-12: 16 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$8.992022-11-172026-10-102022-11-17 — best price $29.992023-02-02 — best price $22.492023-04-06 — best price $19.492023-08-08 — best price $17.992024-01-10 — best price $29.992024-02-25 — best price $29.992024-03-28 — best price $14.992024-04-24 — best price $29.992024-05-21 — best price $29.992024-07-04 — best price $29.992024-08-05 — best price $11.992024-09-19 — best price $11.992024-11-25 — best price $9.892025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $9.892025-04-30 — best price $39.992025-05-15 — best price $9.892025-06-12 — best price $29.992025-07-17 — best price $8.992025-08-14 — best price $9.892025-09-18 — best price $29.992025-11-10 — best price $11.992025-11-24 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-02-09 — best price $11.992026-03-12 — best price $29.992026-04-09 — best price $29.992026-05-28 — best price $29.992026-06-29 — best price $29.992026-07-30 — best price $11.992026-09-05 — best price $11.992026-10-03 — best price $29.992026-10-10 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

204942026-05-31 — 136 pageviews2026-06-04 — 128 pageviews2026-06-08 — 156 pageviews2026-06-12 — 152 pageviews2026-06-16 — 151 pageviews2026-06-20 — 140 pageviews2026-06-24 — 155 pageviews2026-06-28 — 164 pageviews2026-07-02 — 118 pageviews2026-07-06 — 136 pageviews2026-07-10 — 114 pageviews2026-07-14 — 109 pageviews2026-07-18 — 136 pageviews2026-07-22 — 128 pageviews2026-07-26 — 166 pageviews2026-07-30 — 128 pageviews2026-08-03 — 145 pageviews2026-08-07 — 132 pageviews2026-08-11 — 110 pageviews2026-08-15 — 145 pageviews2026-08-19 — 149 pageviews2026-08-23 — 143 pageviews2026-08-27 — 136 pageviews2026-08-31 — 139 pageviews2026-09-04 — 117 pageviews2026-09-08 — 132 pageviews2026-09-12 — 153 pageviews2026-09-16 — 143 pageviews2026-09-20 — 176 pageviews2026-09-24 — 101 pageviews2026-09-28 — 131 pageviews2026-10-02 — 129 pageviews2026-10-06 — 121 pageviews2026-10-10 — 137 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

26902026-09-30 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
88.4%
earned "Forgotten Sorority"
8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions available6 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2024-02-15, latest 2026-04-01 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)34,1180%64
PS5 (PlayStation)31,4171%64
PS4 (PlayStation)6,6041%64
Steam (Steam)5,3342%64
Switch (Nintendo)550%0
Switch 2 (Nintendo)280%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

3DCasualComedyPhysicsSandboxCartoonyColorfulAdventureOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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