How many people are playing Empire Builder right now?

Empire Builder has 3 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 9 and an all-time peak of 29 on Jan 2026.

What is the all-time peak player count of Empire Builder?

29 concurrent players on Jan 2026.

When was Empire Builder released on Steam?

Empire Builder was released on Steam on 20 Nov 2025.

Empire Builder

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Game update17 Aug 2026Patch Notes: (1.0.25)- Fixed a bug where double clicking Next Phase when you have 0 money would skip the next player's operations phase. - Removed a bunch of code that was no longer in use. - Improved pathfinding while building. It now knows about rivers, lakes and inlets and tries to path more intelligently around them. Carefully planning a build route, while still valuable, should be less of an issue for many bui…

Published	Kind	Announcement	Build
3 Jan 2026, 21:02 UTC	Game update	Solo Challenge Mode Hotfix Bug Fixes · Your track now shows up on the mini map like it used to. · Fixed a couple of bugs in bug reporting. · Added code to help us troubleshoot local network issues coming from the game's underlying network code. · Fixed an issue where the full screen dialog would hide a lobby join error. This hotfix allows us to address the network issues that came to light with solo challenge mode.	21373259
31 Dec 2025, 20:20 UTC	Major update	Solo Challenge Mode is here! Bug Fixes · Building north-east from Dublin to Belfast will now charge you for building across the inlet correctly. No more free rides. · The event card, 152 for Munich now properly says Munchen to match the map. · Added a Join Our Discord menu item to help increase participation on these forums and increase chances to find ready to play games. · Players may no longer build out of a major city…	21354815
22 Nov 2025, 01:06 UTC	Game update	Patch Notes for Version 0.9.27 Update your game from Steam. Should happen automatically but if it is not, try logging out and in of Steam or restarting your Steam client. Patch notes published to our Discord as well: Matchmaking Improvements and Bug Fixes · Fixed a bug where matchmaking could not be used more than once in a given lobby. · Fixed a bug where exiting the game would allow you to enter a solo lobby. \ · Fixed an…	20899117
17 Jul 2025, 03:50 UTC	Game update	New Screenshots... While upgrading how we handle lobbies, invites and matchmaking, we added a few quality-of-life improvements to the game. - Events now show up on the mini-map. - Hovering over a demand or resource shows both the demand and the resource on the mini-map and the main map. - Added a table behind the map so that you can scroll the map area into view more easily. This improves the visuals quite a bit…	—
15 May 2025, 04:16 UTC	Major update	Roadmap for 2025 and Beyond As we get closer to our July 25th release date, we'd like to give an update on what's in the game, what's not in the game and what we plan to include post launch. First, a bit of background. We developed this game in cooperation with Darwin's Toys with a single goal in mind; a desire to be able to play with friends online because getting physical time to play the board game version was difficul…	—

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3 Jan 2026, 21:02 UTC

Game update

Solo Challenge Mode Hotfix

Bug Fixes · Your track now shows up on the mini map like it used to. · Fixed a couple of bugs in bug reporting. · Added code to help us troubleshoot local network issues coming from the game's underlying network code. · Fixed an issue where the full screen dialog would hide a lobby join error. This hotfix allows us to address the network issues that came to light with solo challenge mode.

21373259

31 Dec 2025, 20:20 UTC

Major update

Solo Challenge Mode is here!

Bug Fixes · Building north-east from Dublin to Belfast will now charge you for building across the inlet correctly. No more free rides. · The event card, 152 for Munich now properly says Munchen to match the map. · Added a Join Our Discord menu item to help increase participation on these forums and increase chances to find ready to play games. · Players may no longer build out of a major city…

21354815

22 Nov 2025, 01:06 UTC

Game update

Patch Notes for Version 0.9.27

Update your game from Steam. Should happen automatically but if it is not, try logging out and in of Steam or restarting your Steam client. Patch notes published to our Discord as well: Matchmaking Improvements and Bug Fixes · Fixed a bug where matchmaking could not be used more than once in a given lobby. · Fixed a bug where exiting the game would allow you to enter a solo lobby. \ · Fixed an…

20899117

17 Jul 2025, 03:50 UTC

Game update

New Screenshots...

While upgrading how we handle lobbies, invites and matchmaking, we added a few quality-of-life improvements to the game. - Events now show up on the mini-map. - Hovering over a demand or resource shows both the demand and the resource on the mini-map and the main map. - Added a table behind the map so that you can scroll the map area into view more easily. This improves the visuals quite a bit…

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15 May 2025, 04:16 UTC

Major update

Roadmap for 2025 and Beyond

As we get closer to our July 25th release date, we'd like to give an update on what's in the game, what's not in the game and what we plan to include post launch. First, a bit of background. We developed this game in cooperation with Darwin's Toys with a single goal in mind; a desire to be able to play with friends online because getting physical time to play the board game version was difficul…

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