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Create and manage your own shipping empire. Control every aspect from route creation to marketing to staff handling and beat other managers to top the leaderboards.

| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 18:12 UTC | 92 |
| 14:11 UTC | 84 |
| 10:10 UTC | 75 |
| 06:10 UTC | 49 |
| 02:08 UTC | 57 |
| 9 Nov, 22:08 UTC | 74 |
| 9 Nov, 18:07 UTC | 86 |
| 9 Nov, 14:05 UTC | 68 |
| 9 Nov, 10:04 UTC | 62 |
| 9 Nov, 06:03 UTC | 49 |
| 9 Nov, 02:03 UTC | 62 |
| 8 Nov, 22:02 UTC | 73 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchSeptember 2023 | 29 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onDecember 2023 | 93 | 3.2× | Holds players well (better than all 9,247 other games) |
| 12 months onSeptember 2024 | 110 | 3.8× | Holds players well (better than all 7,786 other games) |
Shipping Manager grew to 3.2× the average players it had at its launch in September 2023 after 3 months and 3.8× after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) | 69 | +6 | +10.2% | 102 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 | 62 | −5 | −7.2% | 101 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 67 | +2 | +2.5% | 107 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 65 | −6 | −7.9% | 104 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 71 | −9 | −11.7% | 107 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 80 | +1 | +1.5% | 117 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 79 | −3 | −4% | 139 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 82 | +1 | +1.6% | 138 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 81 | −4 | −5.2% | 128 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 86 | +1 | +1.4% | 137 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 84 | +4 | +5.1% | 126 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 80 | −2 | −2.3% | 121 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 82 | +4 | +4.5% | 123 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 79 | −2 | −2.4% | 120 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 81 | −4 | −5% | 123 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 85 | −1 | −0.7% | 134 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 86 | −13 | −13.6% | 126 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 99 | −6 | −5.8% | 150 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 105 | −6 | −5.2% | 157 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 111 | −6 | −4.8% | 172 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 116 | +5 | +4.7% | 171 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 111 | +9 | +8.3% | 176 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 103 | +5 | +5.3% | 173 |
| December 2024Dec 2024 | 97 | −7 | −6.5% | 154 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 104 | −2 | −2.1% | 148 |
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 106 | −4 | −3.3% | 159 |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 110 | +2 | +1.7% | 161 |
| August 2024Aug 2024 | 108 | −3 | −2.7% | 148 |
| July 2024Jul 2024 | 111 | −14 | −11% | 159 |
| June 2024Jun 2024 | 125 | −2 | −1.9% | 184 |
| May 2024May 2024 | 127 | −19 | −13.2% | 189 |
| April 2024Apr 2024 | 147 | +3 | +2% | 224 |
| March 2024Mar 2024 | 144 | +12 | +9.1% | 222 |
| February 2024Feb 2024 | 132 | +14 | +11.7% | 215 |
| January 2024Jan 2024 | 118 | +25 | +26.5% | 198 |
| December 2023Dec 2023 | 93 | +52 | +126.9% | 188 |
| November 2023Nov 2023 | 41 | +12 | +42.4% | 97 |
| October 2023Oct 2023 | 29 | +2 | +7.7% | 64 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 27 | — | — | 52 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months up to October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.