Build and manage your own food processing factory. Automate production with machines, work together with skilled employees to keep operations running smoothly, expand your facility, and keep inventory under control as you grow from a small workshop into a large scale production facility.

| Hour | Peak | Average | Polls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 UTC | 26 | 26 | 1 |
| 04:00 UTC | 17 | 17 | 1 |
| 00:00 UTC | 21 | 21 | 1 |
| 9 Nov, 20:00 UTC | 40 | 40 | 1 |
| 9 Nov, 16:00 UTC | 31 | 31 | 1 |
| 9 Nov, 12:00 UTC | 37 | 37 | 1 |
| 9 Nov, 08:00 UTC | 21 | 21 | 1 |
| 9 Nov, 04:00 UTC | 20 | 20 | 1 |
| 9 Nov, 00:00 UTC | 28 | 28 | 1 |
| 8 Nov, 20:00 UTC | 36 | 36 | 1 |
| 8 Nov, 16:00 UTC | 54 | 54 | 1 |
| 8 Nov, 12:00 UTC | 55 | 55 | 1 |
| 8 Nov, 08:00 UTC | 41 | 41 | 1 |
| 8 Nov, 04:00 UTC | 34 | 34 | 1 |
| 8 Nov, 00:00 UTC | 41 | 41 | 1 |
| 7 Nov, 20:00 UTC | 52 | 52 | 1 |
| 7 Nov, 16:00 UTC | 47 | 47 | 1 |
| 7 Nov, 12:00 UTC | 50 | 50 | 1 |
| 7 Nov, 08:00 UTC | 38 | 38 | 1 |
| 7 Nov, 04:00 UTC | 28 | 28 | 1 |
| 7 Nov, 00:00 UTC | 40 | 40 | 1 |
| 6 Nov, 20:00 UTC | 45 | 45 | 1 |
| 6 Nov, 16:00 UTC | 41 | 41 | 1 |
| 6 Nov, 12:00 UTC | 39 | 39 | 1 |
| 6 Nov, 08:00 UTC | 27 | 27 | 1 |
| 6 Nov, 04:00 UTC | 15 | 15 | 1 |
| 6 Nov, 00:00 UTC | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| 5 Nov, 20:00 UTC | 44 | 44 | 1 |
| 5 Nov, 16:00 UTC | 37 | 37 | 1 |
| 5 Nov, 12:00 UTC | 23 | 23 | 1 |
| 5 Nov, 08:00 UTC | 31 | 31 | 1 |
| 5 Nov, 04:00 UTC | 19 | 19 | 1 |
| 5 Nov, 00:00 UTC | 26 | 26 | 1 |
| 4 Nov, 20:00 UTC | 45 | 45 | 1 |
| 4 Nov, 16:00 UTC | 37 | 37 | 1 |
| 4 Nov, 12:00 UTC | 39 | 39 | 1 |
| 4 Nov, 08:00 UTC | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| 4 Nov, 04:00 UTC | 20 | 20 | 1 |
| 4 Nov, 00:00 UTC | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| 3 Nov, 20:00 UTC | 49 | 49 | 1 |
| 3 Nov, 16:00 UTC | 44 | 44 | 1 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch (Early Access)December 2025 | 209 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onMarch 2026 | 74 | 36% | About average (better than 66% of 9,247 other games) |
| 12 months onDecember 2026 | — | — | Not over yet |
Food Processing Simulator kept 36% of the average players it had at its Early Access launch in December 2025 after 3 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
v1.3.10 - Pipeline Signs and Vendor Truck Improvements (30 Oct 2026): Players peaked at 1.8× the week before's average. In the week after, players averaged 8% fewer than the week before. Another update came 7 days later, so that week is partly its doing.
| Update | Peak After | Change |
|---|---|---|
| v1.3.11 - Project Needs, Custom Movement Controls, and Tablet Improvements6 Nov 2026 · week before: 6.8 of 7 days; 4 of 7 days so far | 55 (1.5×) | −1% |
| v1.3.10 - Pipeline Signs and Vendor Truck Improvements30 Oct 2026 · next update 7 days later | 73 (1.8×) | −8% |
| v1.3.04 - Multiple Supply Drop Areas and Vendor Truck Automation23 Oct 2026 · week before: 1 of 7 days; next update 7 days later | 75 (2.4×) | +31% |
Average players over the 7 days before and after each update post, and the most at once in the week after. Updates since we started counting this game’s players. How we count
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) | 36 | −2 | −5.9% | 73 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 | 38 | +1 | +1.8% | 96 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 38 | −12 | −23.9% | 86 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 50 | −20 | −29% | 125 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 70 | −17 | −19.8% | 143 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 87 | −24 | −21.6% | 171 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 111 | +29 | +35.7% | 291 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 82 | +7 | +9.8% | 173 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 74 | −39 | −34.4% | 200 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 113 | −61 | −35.1% | 309 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 175 | −34 | −16.3% | 464 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 209 | — | — | 355 |
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.