TransOcean 2: Rivals

TransOcean 2: Rivals

Skip · Strategy · 2016

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 1, under the fair line, at $19.99.

Length
12.2h
Value
$1.64/hr
Reviews
55% of 708 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Value$1.64/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews55% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 56% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 174 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

In TransOcean 2: Rivals you face a new challenge as the boss of your own shipping line in both single-player and - for the first time - multiplayer mode: The international competition has gotten a lot tougher and the battle for the most lucrative contracts has only just begun.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Geforce GTX 260, Radeon HD 4850 (1 GB VRAM) or comparable, 8 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

The value story

58 discounts in the 11 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is pricier than 92 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Railroad Corporation ($35.99, scores 34) beats it on value, while it beats On The Road - The Truck Simulator ($29.99, scores 0).

More about TransOcean 2: Rivals

Critics scored it 69, but players land 14 points lower at 55 percent. The reviews were kinder than the room.

Inside the two-hour refund window, 17 percent of the 121 reviews written there were positive, against 55 percent overall, and those are 24 percent of everything written about it.

The drop-off

16% start to <1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

What players say

I don't know how to explain the magic of this game, but it's incredibly addictive! I definitely recommend it to anyone who loves logistics and factory types games! The soundtrack is also beautiful!
OrlangorRecommendedafter 45hMar 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Great game, but the 1st is still better due to graphics. A 3rd game with the beat of re 1st and 2nd would bea top ship tycoon game. Campaign is fun in this one.
StaticWolfRecommendedafter 34hDec 2025Read on Steam
should be able to play with friends n seriously restricted in places to purchase n repair ships when it shouldnt be so restrictive!!!
SordrosNot recommendedafter 6.8hOct 2025Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

Cite this score

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TransOcean 2: Rivals scores 1/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/350110/transocean-2-rivals
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-14
Critics69
Players55
Critic darling, cooler with players. Read recent reviews before buying.
Metacritic critics · 708 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperDeck13 Hamburg
Publisherastragon Entertainment
GenreStrategy
Released2016
Players150Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements25