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Mashinky cover art

Mashinky

Jan Zelený · 2018-10-06

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

10
playing now
85%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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
  • · 10 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 13% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 70k–169k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,813 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

4982026-08-06 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 26 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 20 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 36 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 26 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 36 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 42 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 40 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 31 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 20 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 31 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 25 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 41 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 47 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 25 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 46 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

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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.

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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