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Taxi cover art

Taxi

Excalibur · Excalibur Publishing · 2014-08-22

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 22, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Run your own taxi cab company by hiring drivers, upgrading vehicles and getting behind the wheel to complete fares. Some passengers will even encourage you to break traffic laws to get to their destination quickly, but try to avoid the watchful eye of the police.

Taxi is an Indie and Simulation game released in 2014, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (49% of 377 reviews).

0
playing now
49%
positive of 377 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Choose your staff wisely, while one driver may be expensive to hire they are less likely to take risks which will end in a collision catastrophe that’ll see you picking up the costly tab at the local garage. Each driver will excel in a particular area but some may be less experienced so you’re not going to want to risk one of your fully upgraded cars on an inexperienced driver that is more likely to prang the vehicle into an unidentifiable mess of metal. Each of the three cities, based in America, Europe and the U.K includes its own unique cars and will require you to consider what side of th(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 125% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.4k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 377 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.20 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-02) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.39 · on sale 39 of 40 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820152026Week of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$0.492015-01-012026-08-172015-01-01 — best price $3.892015-07-27 — best price $4.992016-01-15 — best price $1.292016-08-01 — best price $12.992016-11-30 — best price $12.992017-04-22 — best price $4.992017-08-15 — best price $1.002017-12-21 — best price $0.992018-05-24 — best price $4.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992019-01-09 — best price $1.492019-04-26 — best price $4.992019-08-20 — best price $1.492019-12-04 — best price $1.502020-02-18 — best price $1.992020-05-31 — best price $4.992020-07-12 — best price $4.082020-09-12 — best price $4.992020-10-11 — best price $4.392020-12-02 — best price $3.662021-01-20 — best price $4.992021-02-21 — best price $4.992021-04-02 — best price $0.802021-05-10 — best price $1.992021-07-12 — best price $1.492021-10-05 — best price $4.142021-12-13 — best price $1.542022-04-09 — best price $4.992022-07-01 — best price $3.892022-12-02 — best price $4.992023-05-23 — best price $4.992023-09-29 — best price $1.002024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-05-25 — best price $3.892024-12-02 — best price $1.282025-03-28 — best price $3.892025-09-01 — best price $1.282026-01-10 — best price $4.992026-05-22 — best price $4.992026-08-17 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)140%11

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

Player tags

IndieDrivingSimulationAutomobile Sim

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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