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A-Train 8 cover art

A-Train 8

ARTDINK · KOMODO · 2013-09-18

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 21, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

As the owner of a brand new railway company, you must manage train schedules, develop new railways, construct buildings, and manipulate the stock market on your quest to earn one trillion dollars.Have you ever wondered what it's like to manage a railway company, or how trains can impact the fate of an entire city?

A-Train 8 is a Simulation game released in 2013, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (48% of 63 reviews).

0
playing now
48%
positive of 63 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 63 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2016-06-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 18 of 35 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320132026Week of 2013-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$25.33$3.992015-01-012026-07-272015-01-01 — best price $7.992015-04-20 — best price $19.832015-07-08 — best price $24.682015-08-28 — best price $19.992015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-02-22 — best price $19.992016-08-22 — best price $19.992017-03-21 — best price $19.992017-11-10 — best price $19.992018-06-21 — best price $9.992019-01-04 — best price $19.992019-08-22 — best price $19.992020-01-12 — best price $9.992020-04-27 — best price $7.992020-08-27 — best price $7.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-06-24 — best price $7.992021-12-09 — best price $7.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-05-09 — best price $19.992022-09-06 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $7.992023-03-10 — best price $19.992023-05-05 — best price $7.992023-08-25 — best price $19.992023-11-20 — best price $6.792024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-05-08 — best price $19.992025-08-06 — best price $5.992025-10-13 — best price $6.792026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-27 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $7.992026-07-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

TrainsStrategyManagementSimulationCity Builder

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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