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Virtual Rides 3 - Funfair Simulator cover art

Virtual Rides 3 - Funfair Simulator

Pixelsplit Simulations · 2017-03-16

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

CasualSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 16, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 16, 2017 (Mac), Mar 16, 2017 (Linux)

Design! Control! Ride! Virtual Rides III is here! Set foot in an even bigger, more colorful, and more impressive fairground than ever before! Let your imagination be your guide! Design, control, and ride more than 15 unique attractions!

Virtual Rides 3 - Funfair Simulator is a 2017 Casual and Simulation game priced at $24.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 1016 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

9
playing now
88%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Cooling
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 52% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–61k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,016 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.49-74%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.11 at GamesPlanet US (2025-07-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 67 of 97 observed days · $0.38 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020172026Week of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2512026-09-15 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 18 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 19 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 15 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
200Jan 2017Aug 2026Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2017 — avg 10 · peak 49Jul 2017 — avg 10 · peak 47Oct 2017 — avg 7 · peak 28Jan 2018 — avg 5 · peak 24Apr 2018 — avg 6 · peak 23Jul 2018 — avg 6 · peak 24Oct 2018 — avg 5 · peak 21Jan 2019 — avg 8 · peak 27Apr 2019 — avg 12 · peak 51Jul 2019 — avg 11 · peak 40Oct 2019 — avg 13 · peak 36Jan 2020 — avg 7 · peak 22Apr 2020 — avg 17 · peak 60Jul 2020 — avg 10 · peak 28Oct 2020 — avg 14 · peak 53Jan 2021 — avg 10 · peak 31Apr 2021 — avg 8 · peak 26Jul 2021 — avg 13 · peak 40Oct 2021 — avg 10 · peak 34Jan 2022 — avg 10 · peak 30Apr 2022 — avg 14 · peak 41Jul 2022 — avg 16 · peak 65Oct 2022 — avg 15 · peak 50Jan 2023 — avg 10 · peak 29Apr 2023 — avg 14 · peak 48Jul 2023 — avg 17 · peak 44Oct 2023 — avg 20 · peak 80Jan 2024 — avg 9 · peak 36Apr 2024 — avg 17 · peak 52Jul 2024 — avg 14 · peak 38Oct 2024 — avg 18 · peak 60Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 31Apr 2025 — avg 13 · peak 41Jul 2025 — avg 18 · peak 72Oct 2025 — avg 16 · peak 52Jan 2026 — avg 7 · peak 29Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 23Jul 2026 — avg 7 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$5.132017-03-172026-10-142017-03-17 — best price $21.242017-09-04 — best price $15.992017-11-28 — best price $24.992018-07-05 — best price $24.992019-07-09 — best price $24.992020-07-09 — best price $24.992021-03-01 — best price $24.992021-12-04 — best price $24.992022-05-13 — best price $14.992022-12-02 — best price $24.992023-07-24 — best price $8.742023-11-06 — best price $24.992024-01-18 — best price $12.492024-03-13 — best price $24.992024-04-29 — best price $18.892024-08-07 — best price $8.742024-10-08 — best price $24.992024-11-14 — best price $8.742025-01-03 — best price $24.992025-03-13 — best price $8.742025-05-08 — best price $24.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-09-23 — best price $24.992025-11-20 — best price $7.492026-02-12 — best price $7.492026-04-03 — best price $6.492026-05-21 — best price $24.992026-08-12 — best price $24.992026-09-03 — best price $6.492026-09-13 — best price $24.992026-09-23 — best price $6.492026-10-03 — best price $6.492026-10-13 — best price $6.492026-10-14 — best price $6.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
86.9%
earned "Everything under control."
57%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing11 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 11 DLC released, first 2019-02-04, latest 2025-07-16 (Steam store data)

Player tags

VRIndieCasualComedyPhysicsModdableRelaxingRealisticSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

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