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GRIDROAD cover art

GRIDROAD

RAJACORP · 2024-12-09

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 20, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 20, 2023 (Linux), Dec 09, 2024 (Mac)

GRIDROAD is a traffic optimisation puzzle/simulation game. Build roads, place road markings and tweak traffic lights to build the most efficient traffic junction!

85%
positive of 437 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 33 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 66% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 50,825 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.7k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 437 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2024-01-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
424220232026Week of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$3.992023-12-072026-10-082023-12-07 — best price $4.992024-01-25 — best price $3.992024-02-01 — best price $4.992024-02-07 — best price $5.992024-03-14 — best price $4.492024-03-21 — best price $5.992024-06-27 — best price $4.192024-07-11 — best price $5.992024-09-16 — best price $4.012024-09-23 — best price $5.992024-11-27 — best price $4.792024-12-04 — best price $5.992024-12-09 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $6.692025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-16 — best price $4.992025-06-23 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $6.692025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-20 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-05-28 — best price $5.992026-06-01 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-10-01 — best price $4.992026-10-08 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
67.1%
earned "Priorities"
17.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, German, Dutch, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4869%35

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

Player tags

2DIndieLogicPuzzleDrivingBuildingColorfulStrategySimulationCity Builder

Census log

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

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