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Mashinky

Jan Zelený · 2018-10-06

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 06, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mashinky is a transport strategy game about trains. The goal is to create your own transport empire on a procedurally generated map. It’s a unique blend of realistic graphics combined with an isometric construction mode and board game-like rules.

Mashinky is a $24.99 Indie, Simulation, Strategy, and Early Access game released in 2018, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (85% of 2819 reviews).

24
playing now
85%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Mashinky is a transport strategy video game developed by Jan Zelený. The goal is to create a railroad empire on procedurally generated maps, combining schematic construction mode and game rules inspired by board games. It has been available in early access since 6 October 2017.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 61 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 49,345 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 70k–169k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,819 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $23.49 at PlayerLand (2026-06-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $23.49 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
828220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5562026-09-14 22:00 — 20 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 36 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 29 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 15 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 16 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 32 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 24 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 44 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 24 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 45 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 13 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 30 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 48 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 21 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 36 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 21 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 24 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 39 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 25 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2470Aug 2017Aug 2026Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2017 — avg 103 · peak 267Feb 2018 — avg 74 · peak 215May 2018 — avg 39 · peak 112Aug 2018 — avg 49 · peak 123Nov 2018 — avg 76 · peak 196Feb 2019 — avg 78 · peak 178May 2019 — avg 92 · peak 284Aug 2019 — avg 48 · peak 109Nov 2019 — avg 79 · peak 211Feb 2020 — avg 48 · peak 115May 2020 — avg 70 · peak 219Aug 2020 — avg 51 · peak 114Nov 2020 — avg 99 · peak 227Feb 2021 — avg 61 · peak 144May 2021 — avg 52 · peak 152Aug 2021 — avg 49 · peak 118Nov 2021 — avg 51 · peak 107Feb 2022 — avg 79 · peak 210May 2022 — avg 71 · peak 186Aug 2022 — avg 45 · peak 106Nov 2022 — avg 63 · peak 147Feb 2023 — avg 46 · peak 119May 2023 — avg 33 · peak 83Aug 2023 — avg 47 · peak 131Nov 2023 — avg 54 · peak 137Feb 2024 — avg 41 · peak 106May 2024 — avg 33 · peak 79Aug 2024 — avg 29 · peak 76Nov 2024 — avg 40 · peak 96Feb 2025 — avg 36 · peak 88May 2025 — avg 40 · peak 99Aug 2025 — avg 32 · peak 75Nov 2025 — avg 42 · peak 122Feb 2026 — avg 37 · peak 94May 2026 — avg 24 · peak 63Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 61
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

2702026-05-30 — 8 pageviews2026-06-03 — 0 pageviews2026-06-07 — 9 pageviews2026-06-11 — 21 pageviews2026-06-15 — 8 pageviews2026-06-19 — 4 pageviews2026-06-23 — 4 pageviews2026-06-27 — 2 pageviews2026-07-01 — 10 pageviews2026-07-05 — 7 pageviews2026-07-09 — 9 pageviews2026-07-13 — 4 pageviews2026-07-17 — 2 pageviews2026-07-21 — 12 pageviews2026-07-25 — 10 pageviews2026-07-29 — 9 pageviews2026-08-02 — 14 pageviews2026-08-06 — 6 pageviews2026-08-10 — 4 pageviews2026-08-14 — 10 pageviews2026-08-18 — 8 pageviews2026-08-22 — 8 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1 pageviews2026-08-30 — 5 pageviews2026-09-03 — 9 pageviews2026-09-07 — 10 pageviews2026-09-11 — 7 pageviews2026-09-15 — 13 pageviews2026-09-19 — 10 pageviews2026-09-23 — 9 pageviews2026-09-27 — 12 pageviews2026-10-01 — 11 pageviews2026-10-05 — 8 pageviews2026-10-08 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
99.1%
earned "Early Steam Age "
6.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudStats

10 supported languages: English, German, Russian, Czech, French, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Polish, Ukrainian, Greek

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9810%58

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

2D3DRTSTrainsEconomySandboxStrategyDifficultIsometricManagement

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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