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Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up

Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up

Design and build the most efficient metro stations known to man! Excavate. Expand. Set staff priorities. And manage the commuter flow. Overcrowd is a 2.5D management/tycoon/simulator set below the bustling city of Lubdon Town.

Released Oct 6, 2020 Developer SquarePlay Games Platforms Windows ManagementCity BuilderBuildingStrategySimulation
View on Steam ↗ $3.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

81.5%positive1,693 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Its "okay" its just... Its messy and sloppy. By that I mean, the way the level system works for Ground, -1, -2, etc is the worst part of it. Makes it super confusing to work around.”

— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“its quite fun, you build a staion and there are problems that come up that you have to fix”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Not recommended · 5 found this helpful

“I dont like posting a reivew like this, especially when I know it pair of devs trying there best. Its not finished, it still has bugs, its not balanced. That's it really and not little ones. Items have disapeeared, one of my biggest puzzles in the game was trying to move the…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:53 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

11playing at last check
1224-hour peak
802all-time peak
0 250 500 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 236 avg · Oct 2020

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

45achievements
6.8%median completion
0.2%rarest: Long arm of the law
50.5% of players 48.2% of players 35.0% of players 28.5% of players 27.9% of players 27.3% of players 26.9% of players 21.7% of players 20.6% of players 17.0% of players 16.7% of players 15.1% of players 12.2% of players 10.3% of players 9.3% of players 9.3% of players 9.1% of players 8.2% of players 7.8% of players 7.7% of players 7.6% of players 7.0% of players 6.8% of players 6.6% of players 6.0% of players 5.8% of players 5.8% of players 5.6% of players 5.5% of players 4.8% of players 4.7% of players 4.7% of players 4.1% of players 3.7% of players 2.8% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.7% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 50.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
50.5%Training day — Complete tutorial
48.2%One track mind — Build 1 platform in one station in network sandbox
35.0%Off the rails — Repair a train in network sandbox
Rarest badges of honor
0.2%Long arm of the law — Caution 1000 commuters in network sandbox
0.3%Shock and awe — Taser 1000 commuters in network sandbox
0.4%Duke of puke — Mop 1000 vomits in network sandbox

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$3.99−80% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99base price
$3.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-20
US3.99 USD−80%
EU3.79 EUR−80%
UK2.99 GBP−80%
Australia5.90 AUD−80%
Canada5.19 CAD−80%
Japan460 JPY−80%
Brazil11.99 BRL−80%
China15.20 CNY−80%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$2.2 Brazil Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$4.3

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 05, 2026
SquarePlay Games is launching a new Demo Tomorrow!

Hi All,Tomorrow myself and Sarah are launching a demo for our upcoming game Monk Took Book. What is that? It's a game about organizing, stacking and remembering where you put hundreds of books in a co

Oct 31, 2025
Developer profile update

Hi everyone,We're coming up to 5 years since Overcrowd went full release, and 6 since Early Access. How time files! I wanted to drop a quick note to let you know we have updated our Steam developer pr

Sep 19, 2025
We're making a new game called Monk Took Book

Hi everyone,I wanted to let you know that we're making a new game called Monk Took Book! Check it out and maybe give us a wishlist here:

Dec 04, 2021
Revealed🪐Space Trash Scavenger🪐Available to wishlist now!💥

We're excited to announce that our next game, Space Trash Scavenger, is available to wishlist now. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1759350/

Oct 05, 2021
Anniversary update! And what we're doing next...

Hi everyone, One year ago today we released Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up on Steam, after nearly 1.5 years in early access. Since then we've been blown away by the great feedback and support we have had

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresSimulation
Player tagsManagement · City Builder · Building · Strategy · Simulation · Sandbox · Isometric · Indie · Resource Management · Singleplayer · Replay Value · Trains (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Dutch * , Japanese * , Korean * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * , Turkish * *
Achievements45
Estimated owners20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://overcrowd.co.uk/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: i5 or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Desktop nvidia GTX 960 4gb or equivalent (integrated GPUs/lower spec mobile laptop GPUs not supported) Storage: 500 MB available space