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Transport Giant

Fancy Bytes, Reactor · Toplitz Productions · 2014-09-05

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 11, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Oct 30, 2018 (Xbox One), Sep 05, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It's the year 1850 - The world is changing. A new era of mass production and mass transportation has begun. For a smart businessman there are many opportunities. With a little money and good ideas you can establish a business empire.

Transport Giant is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $1.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (61% of 493 reviews).

37
playing now
61%
positive of 493 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
2.38★
PlayStation Store rating (357 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

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

JoWooD Entertainment AG was an Austrian video game publisher that was founded in 1995. JoWooD went into administration in 2011 and all assets were purchased by Nordic Games.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 37 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 16,800 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 493 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at IndieGala Store (2026-09-15) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 99 of 106 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3712026-09-15 19:00 — 22 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 20 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 27 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 15 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 34 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 11 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 33 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 23 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 26 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 25 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 24 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 37 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3311Sep 2014Aug 2026Sep 2014 — avg 33 · peak 94Jan 2015 — avg 19 · peak 59May 2015 — avg 11 · peak 34Sep 2015 — avg 13 · peak 33Jan 2016 — avg 19 · peak 56May 2016 — avg 18 · peak 47Sep 2016 — avg 18 · peak 45Jan 2017 — avg 23 · peak 54May 2017 — avg 23 · peak 59Sep 2017 — avg 20 · peak 48Jan 2018 — avg 25 · peak 64May 2018 — avg 18 · peak 51Sep 2018 — avg 20 · peak 56Jan 2019 — avg 19 · peak 55May 2019 — avg 16 · peak 46Sep 2019 — avg 15 · peak 39Jan 2020 — avg 18 · peak 51May 2020 — avg 21 · peak 52Sep 2020 — avg 16 · peak 41Jan 2021 — avg 20 · peak 50May 2021 — avg 16 · peak 44Sep 2021 — avg 14 · peak 33Jan 2022 — avg 22 · peak 58May 2022 — avg 14 · peak 40Sep 2022 — avg 16 · peak 42Jan 2023 — avg 19 · peak 47May 2023 — avg 15 · peak 36Sep 2023 — avg 14 · peak 36Jan 2024 — avg 20 · peak 49May 2024 — avg 16 · peak 41Sep 2024 — avg 16 · peak 38Jan 2025 — avg 18 · peak 50May 2025 — avg 15 · peak 49Sep 2025 — avg 17 · peak 41Jan 2026 — avg 14 · peak 46May 2026 — avg 15 · peak 39Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 36
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.192015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $7.492016-08-03 — best price $9.992017-04-06 — best price $1.602017-09-05 — best price $9.992018-02-27 — best price $9.992018-09-24 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $4.992019-12-18 — best price $9.992020-07-15 — best price $9.992021-02-04 — best price $9.992021-06-03 — best price $9.992021-10-07 — best price $9.992021-12-24 — best price $7.342022-03-09 — best price $1.792022-07-21 — best price $2.992022-10-27 — best price $5.992023-03-16 — best price $1.992023-07-04 — best price $5.992023-10-20 — best price $9.992024-01-16 — best price $5.992024-03-20 — best price $2.992024-07-22 — best price $5.992024-10-10 — best price $1.192024-12-18 — best price $9.992025-04-10 — best price $1.492025-08-01 — best price $5.992025-10-20 — best price $1.192026-01-06 — best price $1.192026-03-17 — best price $1.202026-05-14 — best price $1.492026-07-23 — best price $6.292026-08-31 — best price $1.492026-09-12 — best price $5.992026-09-24 — best price $1.492026-10-06 — best price $1.492026-10-15 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

101282026-05-30 — 55 pageviews2026-06-03 — 39 pageviews2026-06-07 — 101 pageviews2026-06-11 — 74 pageviews2026-06-15 — 69 pageviews2026-06-19 — 68 pageviews2026-06-23 — 70 pageviews2026-06-27 — 60 pageviews2026-07-01 — 58 pageviews2026-07-05 — 40 pageviews2026-07-09 — 43 pageviews2026-07-13 — 51 pageviews2026-07-17 — 57 pageviews2026-07-21 — 46 pageviews2026-07-25 — 47 pageviews2026-07-29 — 47 pageviews2026-08-02 — 39 pageviews2026-08-06 — 35 pageviews2026-08-10 — 71 pageviews2026-08-14 — 67 pageviews2026-08-18 — 37 pageviews2026-08-22 — 50 pageviews2026-08-26 — 53 pageviews2026-08-30 — 39 pageviews2026-09-03 — 51 pageviews2026-09-07 — 42 pageviews2026-09-11 — 56 pageviews2026-09-15 — 33 pageviews2026-09-19 — 40 pageviews2026-09-23 — 28 pageviews2026-09-27 — 39 pageviews2026-10-01 — 39 pageviews2026-10-05 — 38 pageviews2026-10-09 — 43 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
44.9%
earned "First Blood"
8.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1944%12
PS4 (PlayStation)1492%12
PS4 (PlayStation)250%12

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

Player tags

TrainsEconomyStrategyManagementSimulationTransportation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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