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Released Oct 6, 2020 $19.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up

By SquarePlay Games

Followers —
Reviews 1,700 Very Positive
Players yesterday 10 at the busiest moment
Owners 20K–50K estimated

About Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up

Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up is a game tagged Management, City Builder and Building by SquarePlay Games, released Oct 6, 2020. It has 1,700 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 20K–50K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Rise of Industry, Iron Roads and Hotel Magnate.

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.
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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up · record updated 16 hours ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID726110
Release dateOct 6, 2020Early Access Oct 6, 2020
Last change number37436921
Last record update16 hours ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
SquarePlay Games
Publisher
SquarePlay Games
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 1 day ago
Franchise
SquarePlay Games

Languages

12 · 12 with full audio
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Dutch Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
All 12 languages
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes Yes

Platforms

Windows
Steam Deck
Playable

Features

3
Single-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Related apps

Patches

Patch notes

13
  1. 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 profile. This is the hub on Steam that sh…

  2. Oct 5, 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 from the community. Overcrowd was an a…

  3. Jan 7, 2021 Beta 1.0.39

    Hi all You can help beta test the latest updates to Overcrowd by opting into the open beta branch. Right click on the game in your library > Properties > Beta tab > select beta from the dropdown. Beta 1.0.39: -Do not add duplicate build go…

  4. Dec 18, 2020 Hotfix 1.0.36

    Hotfix 1.0.36 Hi all. Today's hotfix will resolve a few little issues you have let me know about. Do feel free to let me know about anything using the in-game bug form. Also, a quick reminder about the screenshot competition! Just make you…

  5. Dec 15, 2020 Hotfix 1.0.35

    Hi all Quick hotfix for you. Build 1.0.35: -K.O. commuters are no longer invisible (little error related to depth setting from the optimisations last week) -HUD clock updates more frequently, so doesn't appear to only update every 2 minute…

  6. Dec 10, 2020 Festive Pack: Winter Update

    Season's Greetings! Today's free Festive Pack brings a stocking-load of Christmas themed items to both entertain and delight your commuters with this winter. Along with a snowy themed landscape, you can expect Christmas trees, Santa's Grot…

  7. Dec 9, 2020 Beta 1.0.33

    Beta 1.0.32: -Correct entrance door depth -Correct escalator railing depths -updated floor and wall retiling to function and remove walls after selling stairs, escalators, lifts -Updated languages -Check staff chair exists when standing to…

  8. Dec 8, 2020 Beta 1.0.31

    You can help test the beta branch by right licking on the game in your library, going to properties and selecting the beta tab followed by the beta dropdown. Beta 1.0.31: -Major optimisation to the layering/tiling system. Possibly signific…

  9. Dec 3, 2020 Autumn Update - Steam Cloud, Optimisations, Bug fixes

    Hi all, Since I put Overcrowd into 1.0 full release almost 2 months ago I've been working away tweaking, updating and fixing any issues you have brought to me. I've also made some optimisations, so there are some performance improvements, …

  10. Nov 29, 2020 Hotfix - Beta 1.0.30

    Hi Hotfix Beta 1.0.30 fixes up a compiling error causing unusual regular crashes that I introduced in 1.0.29. Sorry about that! Al.

  11. Nov 27, 2020 Beta 1.0.28

    Beta 1.0.28 -tests approach to prevent save/load crash from unknown causes related to corrupted saves where commuters and staff are outside the station/grid. Potentially related to incomplete steam cloud overwrite/upload or save interferen…

  12. Nov 18, 2020 Beta 1.0.26

    Beta 1.0.26 -Optimisation. Move walls textures into same group as floors to minimise swaps. -Optimisation. Changed sleep timing mode to default v_sync rather than sleep margin which may improve performance on some systems eg laptops, may p…

Builds

2
BuildBranchUpdated
7389214publicOct 5, 2021
7389214betaSep 20, 2021

Packages & DLC

Packages

4
IDNameGamesPrice (US)
211503 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up 1 $19.99
16415 Bundle Overcrowd: High Volume Edition 1 $24.28
86872 Bundle SquarePlay Collection 2 $25.27
72556 Bundle Hotel Architect x Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up 2 $42.48

Depots

Depots

1
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
726111 — All 538.2 MB 388.1 MB 2641423508405528166

Branches

2
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 7389214 Oct 5, 2021 Open
beta 7389214 Sep 20, 2021 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Overcrowd

Launch options

1
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
Overcrowd.exe Windows

Cloud saves

Space per player93.13 GB
Filesup to 10,000
Save locations0

Screenshots

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News

  1. Mar 5, 2026 · Community Announcements 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 c…

  2. Sep 19, 2025 · Community Announcements 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:

  3. Dec 4, 2021 · Community Announcements 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/

  4. Apr 26, 2021 · Community Announcements Bugs fixes and tweaks: Build 1.1.0 is live

    Hi all, Build 1.1.0 is live. I continue to check in and fix up any remaining issues I can that you have reported. I'm keen to have the game in as best a state as I can going forward. So if you have a…

  5. Mar 5, 2021 · Community Announcements Build 1.0.42 live

    Hi all, Thanks to everyone for taking the time to file issues you have come across in Overcrowd in recent months. This build fixes all known crashes and few remaining serious bugs I am aware of that …

  6. Jan 10, 2021 · Community Announcements Build 1.0.41

    Setting beta branch changes lives along with additional fixes. Thanks for those filing bugs using the bug form, a big help. Build 1.0.41: -Further fixes on track extension/reduction process. -Level 2…

  7. Jan 5, 2021 · Community Announcements Competition winner + Build 1.0.38

    Happy New Year! Lets hope 2021 works out better than 2020 for obvious reasons. Although COVID ruined 2020, professionally it has gone well for me and Sarah (aka SquarePlay Games). I'm really happy wi…

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