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Transport Fever

Urban Games · Good Shepherd Entertainment · 2016-11-08

SteamGOG

Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 08, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 08, 2016 (Linux), Nov 08, 2016 (Mac)

Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!

Transport Fever is a Simulation game released in 2016, priced at $29.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 10846 reviews) and an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

100
playing now
83%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

100 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Transport Fever is a business simulation game developed by Urban Games and published by Gambitious Digital Entertainment. It is the second video game of the Transport Fever franchise, and was available worldwide for Microsoft Windows and macOS on 8 November 2016.

Trailer

Transport Fever trailer thumbnail

Transport Fever - Official Launch Trailer

≈602,032 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 100 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 84 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (863 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 271k–651k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,846 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-90%
Humble Store$4.49-85%
Gamesplanet$6.40-79%
GamersGate$7.50-75%
GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 76 of 130 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
77377320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 773 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

237292026-09-15 12:00 — 69 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 71 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 29 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 116 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 123 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 38 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 74 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 129 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 68 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 144 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 208 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 77 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 78 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 158 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 136 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 73 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 145 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 130 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 49 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 171 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 188 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 52 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 100 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.2k0May 2016Aug 2026May 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2016 — avg 12 · peak 71Jan 2017 — avg 2,149 · peak 5,050May 2017 — avg 1,252 · peak 2,760Sep 2017 — avg 1,473 · peak 3,451Jan 2018 — avg 1,763 · peak 3,660May 2018 — avg 1,652 · peak 3,386Sep 2018 — avg 1,673 · peak 3,742Jan 2019 — avg 2,050 · peak 4,284May 2019 — avg 1,569 · peak 3,698Sep 2019 — avg 1,503 · peak 3,208Jan 2020 — avg 954 · peak 2,227May 2020 — avg 606 · peak 1,192Sep 2020 — avg 396 · peak 808Jan 2021 — avg 428 · peak 839May 2021 — avg 316 · peak 608Sep 2021 — avg 273 · peak 536Jan 2022 — avg 259 · peak 495May 2022 — avg 215 · peak 461Sep 2022 — avg 199 · peak 403Jan 2023 — avg 200 · peak 412May 2023 — avg 150 · peak 329Sep 2023 — avg 134 · peak 267Jan 2024 — avg 154 · peak 319May 2024 — avg 125 · peak 250Sep 2024 — avg 111 · peak 240Jan 2025 — avg 120 · peak 237May 2025 — avg 100 · peak 210Sep 2025 — avg 82 · peak 181Jan 2026 — avg 95 · peak 195May 2026 — avg 73 · peak 147Aug 2026 — avg 80 · peak 159
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$34.99$2.992016-10-132026-10-142016-10-13 — best price $31.492017-04-04 — best price $34.992017-09-18 — best price $34.992018-02-15 — best price $20.992018-08-10 — best price $28.992019-01-07 — best price $28.992019-06-22 — best price $29.742019-11-22 — best price $29.882020-02-06 — best price $29.622020-05-15 — best price $8.992020-08-20 — best price $26.992020-10-22 — best price $29.992020-12-19 — best price $28.692021-02-26 — best price $9.482021-04-30 — best price $25.382021-06-30 — best price $6.992021-09-15 — best price $8.742021-11-20 — best price $25.492022-02-08 — best price $25.382022-05-05 — best price $29.992022-08-02 — best price $26.962022-11-08 — best price $34.992023-02-22 — best price $25.382023-06-14 — best price $6.602023-11-02 — best price $25.172024-02-08 — best price $4.792024-05-06 — best price $6.252024-07-31 — best price $29.992024-10-29 — best price $5.982025-02-08 — best price $5.602025-05-28 — best price $29.992025-09-25 — best price $4.492026-03-08 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-09-13 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8422026-06-01 — 6 pageviews2026-06-05 — 2 pageviews2026-06-09 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 4 pageviews2026-06-17 — 7 pageviews2026-06-21 — 10 pageviews2026-06-25 — 8 pageviews2026-06-29 — 11 pageviews2026-07-03 — 10 pageviews2026-07-07 — 12 pageviews2026-07-11 — 19 pageviews2026-07-15 — 11 pageviews2026-07-19 — 13 pageviews2026-07-23 — 14 pageviews2026-07-27 — 21 pageviews2026-07-31 — 11 pageviews2026-08-04 — 7 pageviews2026-08-08 — 10 pageviews2026-08-12 — 10 pageviews2026-08-16 — 13 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-24 — 15 pageviews2026-08-28 — 30 pageviews2026-09-01 — 28 pageviews2026-09-05 — 11 pageviews2026-09-09 — 10 pageviews2026-09-13 — 20 pageviews2026-09-17 — 20 pageviews2026-09-21 — 34 pageviews2026-09-25 — 61 pageviews2026-09-29 — 78 pageviews2026-10-03 — 55 pageviews2026-10-07 — 46 pageviews2026-10-10 — 37 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
65.6%
earned "First line"
19.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Czech, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Portuguese - Portugal, Ukrainian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,5422%53

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FlightTrainsDrivingEconomySandboxBuildingRelaxingStrategyRealisticManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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