Is Transport Fever 3 Worth It?

What players and critics say

On October 11, 2026, the Steam store page showed 72% of 2,536 English reviews positive (Mostly Positive), and 70% of 5,663 reviews in all languages. It also showed a Metacritic score of 83. Review counts move every day; these are the numbers the Steam page showed on the date above. We do not rate the game ourselves.

What it costs

$49.99 on Steam, or $64.99 for the Deluxe Edition ($15.00 more). On console it costs $59.99 on PlayStation and $59.99 on Xbox. Owners of Transport Fever 2 get 10% off the Standard and Deluxe Editions if they buy or pre-order Transport Fever 3 on the platform where they own Transport Fever 2, using that same account, until October 13, 2026. What the Deluxe Edition adds is in the Deluxe Edition guide.

Vehicles	275+ vehicles, from horse-drawn wagons to helicopters	vehicle list
Economy	32 industries and 36 cargo types in the manual's table	production chain planner
Climates	4: temperate, dry, tropical, subarctic	new game settings
Start years	Any decade from 1900 to 2020	vehicle unlock dates
Campaign	8 missions	campaign guide
Achievements	41	achievement list
Mods	Free, from a mod browser in the game, on PC and console	mods guide
Multiplayer	None	beginner guide

Buy it now if

you enjoyed Transport Fever 2: the new game has more vehicles, a fourth climate, helicopters, cargo trams and warehouses (see Transport Fever 3 vs 2)
you want to run a transport company and grow towns through it, rather than zone a city yourself (see Transport Fever 3 vs Cities: Skylines 2)
you play on PS5 or Xbox Series X|S, where it came out the same day as on PC (see the PS5 and Xbox guide)
you want to plan production chains, where industries feed each other and towns ask for the goods (see the production chain planner)

Wait or skip it if

you want to play with friends: there is no multiplayer (see the beginner guide)
your processor lacks AVX2, your Mac has an Intel chip, or you cannot spare 90 GB on an SSD (see the system requirements)
you want to play on a Steam Deck: Valve has not rated the game for it yet (see the Steam Deck rating)
you want to start in the 1800s: a free game starts in 1900 at the earliest (see vehicle unlock dates)
you rely on Transport Fever 2 mods: they have to be adapted before they run in the new game (see the mods guide)

The minimum on Windows is 8 GB of memory and a graphics card such as an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060; the full tables are in the system requirements guide.

Problems so far

Urban Games keeps a list of confirmed problems with fixes. The common ones are covered step by step in our troubleshooting guide: black screen, won't start, won't start on linux, no mouse pointer, low frame rate, fast-forward too slow. The latest update is Version 40420 (October 8, 2026); what it changed is in updates and patch notes.

What the official pages do not say

How many hours the campaign takes: the manual lists its missions but no play time.
Whether multiplayer will come later: Urban Games only says that the single-player game comes first.

Frequently asked questions

That depends on how you like to play, but the numbers are good: on October 11, 2026, 72% of 2,536 English reviews on Steam were positive, and Steam showed a Metacritic score of 83. It costs $49.99 on Steam, or $64.99 for the Deluxe Edition ($15.00 more). It is single-player only and needs a processor with AVX2 and 90 GB on an SSD.

Is Transport Fever 3 good?

Players and critics mostly say yes. Steam rated it Mostly Positive on October 11, 2026: 72% of 2,536 English reviews were positive, and 70% of 5,663 reviews in all languages. The Metacritic score shown on Steam was 83.

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