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Chinese Rail SIm

Lawliet · 2023-02-10

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 10, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Start with an empty Chinese map, create, build a rail network with your own imagination and sophisticated design, help millions of people to reach where they want to go. Ready yourself as a lead rail engineer to make some challenging decisions along the way.

Chinese Rail SIm is a 2023 Simulation title priced at $2.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (50% of 52 reviews).

0
playing now
50%
positive of 52 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
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.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (26 reviews).
  • · Top 56% of 16,655 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 52 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2023-02-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620232026Week of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2DIndieLogicPuzzleTrainsSandboxBuildingStrategyMinimalistSimulation

Census log

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

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