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Bounty Train cover art

Bounty Train

Corbie Games · Daedalic Entertainment · 2017-05-16

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 16, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 25, 2015 (Mac)

Explore the dangerous life, the accurate historic events and contemporary inventions of the North American/US 19th century. Acquire one of the most legendary steam machines and transform it into a fortress on rails.

Bounty Train is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (70% of 1739 reviews).

16
playing now
70%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
54/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 40 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 49,345 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 43k–104k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,739 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.99-90%
GOG$0.99-90%
GamersGate$1.00-90%
GreenManGaming$1.00-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.42 at Gamer Thor (2024-10-20) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 152 of 196 observed days · $0.57 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820172026Week of 2017-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3822026-09-14 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 17 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 38 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 19 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 21 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 23 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
825Aug 2015Aug 2026Aug 2015 — avg 80 · peak 157Dec 2015 — avg 9 · peak 28Apr 2016 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2016 — avg 16 · peak 56Dec 2016 — avg 29 · peak 142Apr 2017 — avg 9 · peak 35Aug 2017 — avg 28 · peak 66Dec 2017 — avg 82 · peak 587Apr 2018 — avg 35 · peak 191Aug 2018 — avg 23 · peak 56Dec 2018 — avg 31 · peak 73Apr 2019 — avg 23 · peak 61Aug 2019 — avg 20 · peak 55Dec 2019 — avg 62 · peak 307Apr 2020 — avg 36 · peak 110Aug 2020 — avg 22 · peak 55Dec 2020 — avg 17 · peak 41Apr 2021 — avg 16 · peak 43Aug 2021 — avg 17 · peak 46Dec 2021 — avg 15 · peak 35Apr 2022 — avg 14 · peak 38Aug 2022 — avg 12 · peak 30Dec 2022 — avg 12 · peak 35Apr 2023 — avg 14 · peak 31Aug 2023 — avg 17 · peak 58Dec 2023 — avg 11 · peak 29Apr 2024 — avg 10 · peak 24Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 29Dec 2024 — avg 10 · peak 27Apr 2025 — avg 9 · peak 21Aug 2025 — avg 9 · peak 18Dec 2025 — avg 11 · peak 24Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 20Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 23
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$27.49$0.642015-08-212026-10-142015-08-21 — best price $27.492016-02-08 — best price $24.992016-07-05 — best price $24.992016-12-09 — best price $8.742017-05-17 — best price $21.992017-11-21 — best price $13.742018-05-17 — best price $19.992018-10-22 — best price $6.252019-03-18 — best price $6.242019-08-19 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $2.492020-04-20 — best price $2.492020-08-06 — best price $24.992020-11-18 — best price $18.362021-02-11 — best price $2.492021-05-15 — best price $14.992021-08-28 — best price $12.742021-11-29 — best price $1.492022-03-22 — best price $0.992022-07-08 — best price $7.892022-11-07 — best price $0.922023-03-27 — best price $9.992023-07-31 — best price $0.992023-12-19 — best price $9.992024-04-11 — best price $9.992024-07-31 — best price $9.992024-10-30 — best price $0.772025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-07-17 — best price $0.992025-10-09 — best price $0.992026-02-04 — best price $9.992026-06-19 — best price $0.992026-09-08 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
30.9%
earned "First Savings"
8.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2016-05-31, latest 2018-06-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3094%30

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

Player tags

IndieActionTrainsEconomyTradingWesternBuildingStrategyHistoricalManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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