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NIMBY Rails cover art

NIMBY Rails

Weird and Wry · 2021-01-26

Steam

SimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jan 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Solve global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.

173
playing now
90%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

173 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

NIMBY Rails is a railway simulation game developed by Carlos Carrasco. The game involves developing a railway network on an in-game map based on the real world. It was released as an early access game in 2021.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 173 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 162 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 46k–103k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,290 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $15.19 at Steam (2023-08-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24724720212026Week of 2021-01-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3721352026-08-11 19:00 — 257 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 281 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 157 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 249 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 242 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 159 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 298 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 278 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 159 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 307 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 215 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 146 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 332 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 175 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 180 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 341 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 174 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 220 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 372 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 138 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 226 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 317 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 152 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 213 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 296 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 135 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 238 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 307 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 173 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$15.192021-01-262026-07-092021-01-26 — best price $15.292021-05-27 — best price $15.292021-06-24 — best price $15.292021-08-30 — best price $15.292021-10-28 — best price $15.292021-11-24 — best price $15.292021-12-22 — best price $15.292022-01-27 — best price $15.292022-04-11 — best price $15.292022-06-23 — best price $15.292022-09-05 — best price $15.292022-11-22 — best price $15.292022-12-22 — best price $15.292023-03-16 — best price $15.292023-05-08 — best price $15.292023-06-30 — best price $15.292023-07-20 — best price $18.992023-09-04 — best price $18.992023-10-23 — best price $18.992023-11-28 — best price $18.992024-01-04 — best price $18.992024-01-15 — best price $18.992024-03-21 — best price $18.992024-05-13 — best price $18.992024-07-11 — best price $18.992024-08-12 — best price $18.992024-09-23 — best price $18.992024-12-04 — best price $18.992025-01-02 — best price $18.992025-03-20 — best price $18.992025-05-12 — best price $18.992025-07-10 — best price $18.992025-08-18 — best price $18.992025-10-06 — best price $18.992026-01-05 — best price $18.992026-02-16 — best price $18.992026-03-26 — best price $18.992026-05-11 — best price $18.992026-06-25 — best price $15.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

119142026-05-31 — 33 pageviews2026-06-03 — 32 pageviews2026-06-06 — 18 pageviews2026-06-09 — 30 pageviews2026-06-12 — 20 pageviews2026-06-15 — 39 pageviews2026-06-18 — 28 pageviews2026-06-21 — 28 pageviews2026-06-24 — 20 pageviews2026-06-27 — 31 pageviews2026-06-30 — 40 pageviews2026-07-03 — 31 pageviews2026-07-06 — 32 pageviews2026-07-09 — 32 pageviews2026-07-12 — 31 pageviews2026-07-15 — 45 pageviews2026-07-18 — 119 pageviews2026-07-21 — 70 pageviews2026-07-24 — 49 pageviews2026-07-27 — 42 pageviews2026-07-30 — 24 pageviews2026-08-02 — 30 pageviews2026-08-05 — 63 pageviews2026-08-08 — 29 pageviews2026-08-11 — 26 pageviews2026-08-14 — 27 pageviews2026-08-17 — 32 pageviews2026-08-20 — 43 pageviews2026-08-23 — 31 pageviews2026-08-26 — 43 pageviews2026-08-28 — 40 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DEconomySandboxBuildingPoliticsStrategyCapitalismManagementOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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