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Back in Service: a Metro Driver cover art

Back in Service: a Metro Driver

Dominik Vojta · 2025-01-27

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 27, 2025 (Mac), Jan 27, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Join the adventure and become the master of the metro in our game, which takes you into the underground world. Overcome challenges on the tracks from the cabin of a historic train. Can you complete the route, transport all passengers, and avoid delays?

97%
positive of 581 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$18.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 43 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 87% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 581 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.99 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
444420252026Week of 2025-01-27: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-03: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-17: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-21: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$18.99$13.992025-01-272026-07-272025-01-27 — best price $15.992025-05-21 — best price $17.492025-06-27 — best price $13.992025-07-10 — best price $17.492025-11-14 — best price $13.992025-11-24 — best price $17.492025-12-18 — best price $13.992026-01-05 — best price $17.492026-03-19 — best price $13.992026-03-26 — best price $17.492026-03-27 — best price $18.992026-05-02 — best price $15.192026-05-09 — best price $18.992026-06-25 — best price $15.192026-07-09 — best price $18.992026-07-20 — best price $14.242026-07-27 — best price $18.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
57.9%
earned "81-71 owner"
5.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Czech, Russian, Ukrainian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)745%5

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DCasualTrainsDrivingSandboxRealisticSimulationAtmosphericExplorationUnderground

Census log

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

Recent updates

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