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Islands & Trains

Akos Makovics · Future Friends Games · 2025-05-29

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 29, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Craft tiny railway dioramas in a stress-free island sandbox. No rules or timers - just design, build, and enjoy.

Islands & Trains is a Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2025, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 594 reviews).

3
playing now
90%
positive of 594 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Create tiny dioramas with just one shed or idyllic villages nestled in dense forests. Lay your own railroad atop your beloved island and make your model train dreams come true. Place animals in the countryside andwatch & enjoy your peaceful creation. Get lost in finding the most perfect place for all these little pieces to come alive. No goals, no timer, no missions, and no mistakes - just happy accidents.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (115 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 29,342 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 594 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10310320252026Week of 2025-05-29: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
313Jun 2025Aug 2026Jun 2025 — avg 31 · peak 150Jul 2025 — avg 13 · peak 40Aug 2025 — avg 10 · peak 35Sep 2025 — avg 9 · peak 27Oct 2025 — avg 25 · peak 167Nov 2025 — avg 12 · peak 34Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 27Jan 2026 — avg 9 · peak 27Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2026 — avg 6 · peak 20Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 20May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 20Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 20Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$3.492025-05-292026-07-272025-05-29 — best price $6.292025-06-12 — best price $6.992025-07-17 — best price $5.592025-07-28 — best price $6.992025-08-27 — best price $5.592025-09-03 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $5.592025-10-06 — best price $6.992025-10-10 — best price $4.192025-10-17 — best price $6.992025-11-17 — best price $4.192025-11-24 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $4.192026-01-05 — best price $4.892026-01-19 — best price $6.992026-02-18 — best price $4.892026-03-04 — best price $6.992026-03-19 — best price $4.892026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-04-03 — best price $4.892026-04-17 — best price $6.992026-05-28 — best price $4.192026-06-07 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $3.492026-07-09 — best price $6.992026-07-20 — best price $3.492026-07-27 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
95.7%
earned "Getting into it"
29%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Hungarian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-05-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)53817%15

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

Player tags

CasualNatureTrainsSandboxBuildingColorfulRelaxingStylizedMinimalistSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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