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Transport Fever 2
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 64% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 33,337
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (50%); after 20h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 77% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 64% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 33,472 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 37.6h for positive, 11.4h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (64% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (61)
story milestone ending side
- First line Create a line with at least two stops in free game. 100%
- First cargo item waiting Have a cargo item waiting at a terminal in free game. 91%
- First cargo item on board Have a cargo item transported with one of your vehicles in free game. 90%
- First bus stop Build a bus stop in free game. 88%
- First passenger waiting Setup a line so that town residents use your vehicles in free game. 83%
- First passenger on board Have a passenger on a vehicle in free game. 82%
- First bus arrived Buy a bus and run a line in free game. 81%
- First train station Build a passenger train station in free game. 80%
- Cadet Complete the first mission of the campaign. 79%
- First steam train arrived Buy a steam train and run a line in free game. 74%
- First industry upgraded Let a manufacturing industry upgrade in free game. 70%
- Transport millionaire Accumulate a fortune of 1 million (without debt) in free game. 68%
- Cargo hub Have at least 300 cargo items waiting at a train station in free game. 66%
- Transport master Accumulate a fortune of 10 millions (without debt) in free game. 65%
- Exemplary student Earn all medals in one of the campaign missions. 63%
- Sculpturer Use the terrain tool to change the terrain in free game. 61%
- Settled down Build the company headquarters in free game. 60%
- First electric train arrived Buy an electric train and run a line in free game. 57%
- Now what? Have two trains stuck facing each other in free game. 57%
- First ship arrived Buy a ship and run a line in free game. 54%
- Transport shark Accumulate a fortune of 100 millions (without debt) in free game. 52%
- High speed Reach a speed of at least 120 km/h with a train in free game. 51%
- First aircraft arrived Buy an aircraft and run a line in free game. 47%
- Mass production Reach 400 production at a manufacturing industry in free game. 46%
- Crowd in a train Have a train filled with at least 100 passengers in free game. 41%
- City Have a town with a population of at least 750 in free game. 39%
- Aircraft entrepreneur Earn 1 million with airplanes within a month in free game. 39%
- The future is now, old man Reach the present in free game. 38%
- The king of the sea Earn 1 million with ships within a month in free game. 37%
- Not in my backyard Reach an emission value of 80 in a town in free game. 36%
- The ugly smell of success Have at least 300 passengers waiting in a train station in free game. 32%
- Transport tycoon Accumulate a fortune of 1 billion (without debt) in free game. 31%
- Heavily loaded Have a train filled with at least 250 cargo items in free game. 31%
- Old timer Complete the first era of the campaign. 28%
- Climate change Play a free game in all three climates. 25%
- Bob Ross Use the paint tool to change the terrain in free game. 25%
- Truck Fever Earn 50 millions not using any train in free game. 22%
- Back to the future Travel back and forward in time using the time control in sandbox mode. 19%
- No free seats Have a train filled with at least 200 passengers in free game. 18%
- Penny pincher Don't take any additional loan until the year 2050 in free game. 17%
- Campaign expert Complete the first and second era of the campaign. 14%
- Transport belt Have a train longer than the longest possible station in free game. 14%
- Metropolis Have a town with a population of at least 1500 in free game. 12%
- Cannot get enough Build a train line with at least 10 trains in motion in free game. 10%
- Transport corporation Reach the maximum headquarters level in free game. 9.4%
- E.P.E.C. Deliver every product to every city that requires it in free game. 9.2%
- Campaign shark Complete the entire campaign. 8.6%
- Transport shark (Hard mode) Accumulate a fortune of 100 millions (without debt) in free game with hard mode. 8.3%
- Speed of light Reach a speed of at least 300 km/h with a train in free game. 7.8%
- Antique Keep a train built before 1900 running until the year 2000 in free game. 7.0%
- Charles Alton Ellis Have 50km of railway bridges in free game. 6.9%
- Industrialist Have every industry shipping items using your transport network in free game. 5.9%
- Trans-Siberian Railway Have 400km of tracks in free game. 5.8%
- Transport tycoon (Hard mode) Accumulate a fortune of 1 billion (without debt) in free game with hard mode. 5.6%
- Campaign tycoon Earn all medals of the entire campaign. 5.2%
- No country for old trains Have all tracks electrified and high speed in free game. Have at least 100km of tracks. 5.0%
- Train Fever Reach the year 2050 using only trains in free game. 5.0%
- Louis Favre Have 100km of railway tunnels in free game. 3.4%
- Big spender Have a monthly maintenance cost of 200 million in free game. 3.3%
- Glacier express Have a train that reaches higher than 450 meters in free game. 3.1%
- Museum line Have a line with every passenger road vehicle type available from 1850 to 2020 in free game. 1.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.