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Simutrans

The Simutrans Team · 2016-05-24

Steam

Free To PlaySimulationStrategy

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

Releases: May 24, 2016 (Mac), May 24, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 24, 2016 (Linux)

Simutrans is a freeware and open-source transportation simulator. Your goal is to establish a successful transport company. Transport passengers, mail and goods by rail, road, ship, and even air. Interconnect districts, cities, public buildings, industries and tourist attractions.

Simutrans is a Free To Play, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2016, free-to-play, with a Mostly Positive sentiment (76% of 677 reviews) and an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000.

35
playing now
76%
positive of 677 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

35 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Simutrans is a cross-platform simulation game in which the player strives to run a successful transport system by constructing and managing transportation systems for passengers, mail and goods by land, air (airplanes) and water (ship) between places. Like OpenTTD, Simutrans is an open-source transportation game based on the Transport Tycoon idea.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 35 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 9,589 Free To Play games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220172026Week of 2017-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3902026-09-15 16:00 — 18 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 17 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 19 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 25 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 22 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 23 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 32 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 27 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 19 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 32 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 25 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 21 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 29 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 38 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 27 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 28 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 21 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 27 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 37 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 23 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 24 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 35 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
978May 2016Aug 2026May 2016 — avg 97 · peak 188Sep 2016 — avg 10 · peak 23Jan 2017 — avg 17 · peak 41May 2017 — avg 13 · peak 32Sep 2017 — avg 12 · peak 32Jan 2018 — avg 14 · peak 31May 2018 — avg 13 · peak 30Sep 2018 — avg 17 · peak 39Jan 2019 — avg 17 · peak 41May 2019 — avg 14 · peak 33Sep 2019 — avg 13 · peak 28Jan 2020 — avg 18 · peak 35May 2020 — avg 22 · peak 44Sep 2020 — avg 14 · peak 33Jan 2021 — avg 23 · peak 49May 2021 — avg 23 · peak 57Sep 2021 — avg 21 · peak 46Jan 2022 — avg 24 · peak 54May 2022 — avg 18 · peak 40Sep 2022 — avg 18 · peak 44Jan 2023 — avg 22 · peak 44May 2023 — avg 21 · peak 47Sep 2023 — avg 22 · peak 45Jan 2024 — avg 24 · peak 52May 2024 — avg 24 · peak 47Sep 2024 — avg 22 · peak 44Jan 2025 — avg 24 · peak 49May 2025 — avg 26 · peak 51Sep 2025 — avg 25 · peak 48Jan 2026 — avg 27 · peak 51May 2026 — avg 22 · peak 43Aug 2026 — avg 22 · peak 46
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

57202026-06-01 — 28 pageviews2026-06-05 — 25 pageviews2026-06-09 — 24 pageviews2026-06-13 — 24 pageviews2026-06-17 — 23 pageviews2026-06-21 — 33 pageviews2026-06-25 — 33 pageviews2026-06-29 — 28 pageviews2026-07-03 — 31 pageviews2026-07-07 — 32 pageviews2026-07-11 — 34 pageviews2026-07-15 — 33 pageviews2026-07-19 — 22 pageviews2026-07-23 — 44 pageviews2026-07-27 — 57 pageviews2026-07-31 — 29 pageviews2026-08-04 — 26 pageviews2026-08-08 — 26 pageviews2026-08-12 — 28 pageviews2026-08-16 — 33 pageviews2026-08-20 — 28 pageviews2026-08-24 — 31 pageviews2026-08-28 — 26 pageviews2026-09-01 — 29 pageviews2026-09-05 — 38 pageviews2026-09-09 — 30 pageviews2026-09-13 — 27 pageviews2026-09-17 — 38 pageviews2026-09-21 — 33 pageviews2026-09-25 — 25 pageviews2026-09-29 — 20 pageviews2026-10-03 — 34 pageviews2026-10-07 — 23 pageviews2026-10-10 — 24 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

4
achievements tracked
1.9%
earned "Play Pak192.Comic"
0.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing7 DLC

19 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian…

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2016-05-26, latest 2016-07-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)673%4

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

Player tags

2DIndieTrainsEconomySandboxBuildingModdableStrategyManagementSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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