Transport Fever
Railroad-focused transport tycoon linking growing cities and industries
Urban Games · Published by Good Shepherd Entertainment · Released Nov 8, 2016
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 82% of 9,648
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 21 in 30 days
- Players
- 45
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 3 years ago
- Apr 20, 2023
Metacritic: 71/100 (critic reviews)
What is Transport Fever?
In this transport tycoon game, you start a company in 1850 and build rail, road, water, and air routes to move passengers and freight. You earn money by connecting towns and supplying industries, either in an endless game on generated terrain or through historical missions in American and European campaigns.
For you if...
- +you enjoy planning routes across multiple towns
- +you like upgrading vehicles as transport technology changes
- +you want both open-ended play and historical missions
Not for you if...
- −you prefer fast-paced action to careful planning
- −you dislike managing budgets and freight chains
What players say
82% of 9,648 reviews are positive · 76% of 21 in the last 30 days
Players praise building and expanding transport networks over time. They complain that cargo and passenger demand is hard to read, while awkward construction, interface controls, and tutorials make troubleshooting difficult. Some also report bugs.
Players over time
▼ -34% vs a month agoPlayers online on Steam, one sample a day.
Highest since Sep 2026: 92 players on Sep 21, 2026.
Show the data
| Day | Players |
|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2026 | 45 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | 30 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | 39 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | 44 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | 44 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | 39 |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 47 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 48 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | 29 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | 40 |
| Oct 28, 2026 | 34 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | 42 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 45 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | 73 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 63 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 49 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 47 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 45 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 54 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 71 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 65 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 63 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 42 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 51 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 62 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 69 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 79 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 79 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 67 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 51 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 59 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 61 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 55 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 67 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 75 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 67 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 60 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 56 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 64 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 70 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 69 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 79 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 65 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 65 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 51 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 81 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 49 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 47 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 92 |
How many players finish Transport Fever?
7.3% of Steam players have unlocked «Shark of America», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Transport Fever system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GTX 260, 4 GB RAM, 12 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Transport Fever?
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- OS
- Windows 7, 8 or 10 (64bit)
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, ATI Radeon HD 5670, 1 GB VRAM
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 12 GB available space
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Does Transport Fever have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Transport Fever run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 53
- Steam features
- Workshop, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English, German. Text only: French, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Czech, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Portuguese - Portugal, Ukrainian, Dutch.
Does Transport Fever use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Flight
- City Builder
- Sandbox
- Building
- Driving
- Economy
- Management
- Trains
- Transportation
- Strategy
- Relaxing
- Open World
- Procedural Generation
- Simulation
- Realistic
- Moddable
Recent updates
- Dec 18, 2018 · Thank-you patch released
- Nov 30, 2018 · More info on the upcoming Thank-you patch
- Oct 18, 2018 · Thank-you patch announced
- May 3, 2018 · Performance patch released
- Mar 28, 2018 · More info on the upcoming performance patch