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九州：商旅（Nine Provinces: Caravan） cover art

九州：商旅（Nine Provinces: Caravan）

BigLight.Games · 2021-02-26

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 30, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

On the ancient nine province continent, you may become a businessman, get to know others, expand caravans, and free trade and exploration.

九州：商旅（Nine Provinces: Caravan） is a $8.99 Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2021, estimated to have 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (91% of 1146 reviews).

3
playing now
91%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (217 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 29,563 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 23k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,146 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.09 at Steam (2019-12-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20620620192026Week of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1752Jan 2020Aug 2026Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 14Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2020 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2021 — avg 53 · peak 148Jul 2021 — avg 55 · peak 132Oct 2021 — avg 25 · peak 59Jan 2022 — avg 27 · peak 90Apr 2022 — avg 19 · peak 44Jul 2022 — avg 16 · peak 48Oct 2022 — avg 15 · peak 44Jan 2023 — avg 15 · peak 42Apr 2023 — avg 14 · peak 37Jul 2023 — avg 13 · peak 32Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 39Jan 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Apr 2024 — avg 8 · peak 19Jul 2024 — avg 13 · peak 40Oct 2024 — avg 18 · peak 47Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 24Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 16Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 21Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$8.99$5.092019-12-302026-08-212019-12-30 — best price $5.092020-07-09 — best price $5.992020-11-02 — best price $8.992020-12-22 — best price $8.092021-02-15 — best price $8.992021-04-29 — best price $8.092021-05-31 — best price $8.992021-08-10 — best price $8.092021-10-08 — best price $8.992021-11-24 — best price $8.092022-01-05 — best price $8.992022-03-29 — best price $7.642022-05-09 — best price $8.992022-08-15 — best price $7.642022-10-07 — best price $8.992022-12-22 — best price $7.642023-02-03 — best price $8.992023-04-30 — best price $7.642023-06-13 — best price $8.992023-08-14 — best price $7.192023-10-08 — best price $8.992023-12-21 — best price $6.742024-02-20 — best price $8.992024-04-28 — best price $7.192024-07-11 — best price $8.992024-09-30 — best price $6.742024-11-27 — best price $6.742025-01-02 — best price $8.992025-03-13 — best price $6.742025-05-06 — best price $8.992025-09-29 — best price $6.742026-01-05 — best price $8.992026-03-19 — best price $6.742026-05-04 — best price $8.992026-08-14 — best price $6.742026-08-21 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
65.1%
earned "小贩"
30.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1343%44

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetroCasualEconomyTradingHand-drawnHistoricalManagementOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.