Transport Fever 3 arrives on Steam September 29, 2026, and it’s the biggest entry yet in Urban Games’ transport tycoon series. You’re building rail, road, sea, and air networks across more than a century of history, and that kind of scale means a lot more happening under the hood than the last game. Here’s what your PC needs to keep it running smoothly.
Minimum Requirements
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit or Windows 11
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X (AVX2 support required)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon RX 480, or Intel Arc A380 (4 GB VRAM)
- Storage: 90 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD required
That AVX2 requirement is worth flagging on its own. It rules out a chunk of older CPUs that would otherwise pass for a game like this, including some Intel chips from before the 4th-generation Core lineup. If your rig is more than eight or nine years old, it’s worth double checking that your processor actually supports AVX2 before buying.
Recommended Requirements
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: Intel Core i7-13700K or AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (AVX2 support required)
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, AMD Radeon RX 6800, or Intel Arc A770 (8 GB VRAM)
- Storage: 90 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD required
The jump from minimum to recommended is steep on both ends. The GPU goes from a GTX 1060 to an RTX 3070, more than doubling the VRAM along the way, and the CPU recommendation lands on some of the fastest gaming chips on the market right now. Urban Games clearly built this game expecting players to run huge, sprawling networks rather than small maps.
What to Expect at Each Tier
Ninety gigabytes of storage is a lot for a tycoon game, and the SSD requirement at both tiers tells you where that space is going. Transport sims like this stream terrain, assets, and simulation data constantly as your network grows, so a mechanical hard drive would likely choke well before your CPU or GPU became the bottleneck.
On the processor side, this is less about rendering frames and more about pathfinding and scheduling. Every train, truck, and ship on your map is being simulated individually, and that workload scales with the size of your network rather than your graphics settings. Players building modest regional lines will likely get by fine on the minimum spec, but anyone planning a continent-spanning empire should budget for something closer to the recommended CPU.
Release Date, Platforms, and Price
Transport Fever 3 releases September 29, 2026 on Steam for Windows, with Mac and Linux support also listed on the store page. Urban Games developed it and Paradox Interactive is publishing, continuing the partnership from Transport Fever 2. It’s priced at $49.99, with a Collector’s Edition also available through the official merch store for players who want physical extras alongside the game.
