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Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up

SquarePlay Games · 2020-10-06

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 06, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Design and build the most efficient metro stations known to man! Excavate. Expand. Set staff priorities. And manage the commuter flow. Overcrowd is a 2.5D management/tycoon/simulator set below the bustling city of Lubdon Town.

6
playing now
81%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up is a 2020 construction and management simulation game developed and published by SquarePlay Games. The player manages a metro station, including through construction, hiring, and scheduling. Commuters need to be kept satisfied. SquarePlay Games, a two-person indie studio, found its inspiration in the London Underground. After five years of development and an early access period from June 2019, the game was released in October 2020 to a positive reception.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 24% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–80k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,768 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-09-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

1742026-08-12 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 14 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 17 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-23 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992019-06-072026-07-272019-06-07 — best price $16.992019-12-03 — best price $16.992020-01-27 — best price $16.992020-04-24 — best price $16.992020-06-19 — best price $16.992020-10-06 — best price $13.992020-12-10 — best price $13.992021-02-01 — best price $13.992021-05-20 — best price $12.992021-07-22 — best price $12.992021-10-06 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $9.992022-02-10 — best price $9.992022-05-13 — best price $8.992022-08-18 — best price $7.992022-11-22 — best price $8.992023-02-02 — best price $5.992023-05-25 — best price $6.592023-07-17 — best price $6.592023-10-24 — best price $5.992023-12-07 — best price $5.992024-03-13 — best price $5.992024-06-06 — best price $5.992024-07-25 — best price $5.992024-11-23 — best price $4.992025-01-06 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $4.992025-05-22 — best price $4.992025-07-18 — best price $4.992025-10-30 — best price $3.992026-01-20 — best price $3.992026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-07-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-05-29 — 1 pageviews2026-06-01 — 0 pageviews2026-06-04 — 4 pageviews2026-06-07 — 4 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1 pageviews2026-06-13 — 2 pageviews2026-06-16 — 3 pageviews2026-06-19 — 2 pageviews2026-06-22 — 3 pageviews2026-06-25 — 4 pageviews2026-06-28 — 4 pageviews2026-07-01 — 5 pageviews2026-07-04 — 4 pageviews2026-07-07 — 1 pageviews2026-07-10 — 2 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2 pageviews2026-07-19 — 4 pageviews2026-07-22 — 0 pageviews2026-07-25 — 5 pageviews2026-07-28 — 6 pageviews2026-07-31 — 1 pageviews2026-08-03 — 4 pageviews2026-08-06 — 5 pageviews2026-08-09 — 4 pageviews2026-08-12 — 2 pageviews2026-08-15 — 0 pageviews2026-08-18 — 4 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1 pageviews2026-08-24 — 3 pageviews2026-08-26 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
50.5%
earned "Training day"
6.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,4951%45

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

Player tags

IndieTrainsSandboxBuildingStrategyTacticalIsometricManagementSimulationCity Builder

Census log

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

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