The Game Census
Ride! Carnival Tycoon cover art

Ride! Carnival Tycoon

Gabriel Entertainment · Cosmi Valusoft · 2008-07-29

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 29, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Are you ready to build the Greatest Midway on Earth? Summer nights, flashing lights, stomach churning rides, girls and guys all combine to make the perfect carnival. Attract them, thrill them, feed them, frighten them, and leave them yearning for more! Run your own traveling carnival.

44%
positive of 50 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 60% of 13,788 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at WinGameStore (2015-09-04) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 14 of 23 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220102026Week of 2010-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2011-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2012-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-012015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-08-14 — best price $2.492015-11-27 — best price $1.902016-04-04 — best price $9.992016-07-25 — best price $9.992016-10-17 — best price $9.992016-11-22 — best price $1.992017-01-10 — best price $9.992017-03-22 — best price $2.002017-06-23 — best price $1.992017-09-11 — best price $1.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-01-03 — best price $9.992018-03-26 — best price $9.992018-05-28 — best price $3.492018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-08-08 — best price $9.992020-05-11 — best price $9.992020-06-24 — best price $8.992020-09-16 — best price $8.992021-02-11 — best price $6.692021-06-15 — best price $8.992021-07-20 — best price $7.342021-09-19 — best price $7.342021-10-11 — best price $7.342021-11-23 — best price $7.342022-02-26 — best price $7.342022-04-03 — best price $7.342022-04-28 — best price $7.342022-05-26 — best price $7.342022-08-14 — best price $8.992022-09-10 — best price $8.992024-03-14 — best price $6.692024-12-19 — best price $5.992025-07-25 — best price $4.992025-11-15 — best price $4.492026-04-17 — best price $3.492026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-10-01 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

ManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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