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Rail Route cover art

Rail Route

Bitrich.info · 2024-02-22

SteamGOG

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 23, 2021 (Linux), Jun 23, 2021 (Mac), Jun 23, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 20, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

In Rail Route, you will design, construct, upgrade, and automate your railway network in one of the many maps based on real-life cities worldwide. Dispatch the trains to make the traffic flow and the network grow!

Rail Route is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2024, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 2596 reviews).

65
playing now
88%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

65 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Expand your system, add new trains, optimize everything as best you can within the limits of the map. Build tracks to new stations, accept new train contracts and upgrade your rail network!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 65 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 193 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 52k–117k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,596 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.51-22%
GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Fanatical (2025-03-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 84 of 128 observed days · $15.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12212220212026Week of 2021-06-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

26002026-08-07 00:00 — 99 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 142 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 230 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 179 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 241 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 99 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 180 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 260 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 112 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 104 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 210 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 115 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 119 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 221 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 80 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 64 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 223 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 130 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 72 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 160 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 144 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 74 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 182 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 183 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 74 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 117 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 142 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 65 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$9.242021-06-232026-08-302021-06-23 — best price $13.492022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $15.992023-10-23 — best price $24.992023-12-19 — best price $18.622024-02-13 — best price $22.392024-03-23 — best price $24.992024-04-20 — best price $22.392024-05-30 — best price $24.992024-07-19 — best price $24.992024-08-23 — best price $22.392024-09-24 — best price $18.892024-10-30 — best price $19.152024-12-02 — best price $24.992025-01-07 — best price $11.552025-02-03 — best price $18.892025-03-11 — best price $12.492025-04-08 — best price $12.892025-05-02 — best price $14.492025-06-03 — best price $24.992025-06-27 — best price $19.152025-07-19 — best price $14.492025-08-19 — best price $10.292025-09-23 — best price $24.992025-11-06 — best price $14.492025-11-25 — best price $14.492026-01-01 — best price $24.992026-01-19 — best price $24.992026-02-28 — best price $12.492026-04-03 — best price $24.992026-05-11 — best price $14.492026-06-14 — best price $22.392026-08-01 — best price $19.512026-08-30 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
80.2%
earned "Story of Jozic"
14.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller Support4 DLC

12 supported languages: English, German, Russian, French, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,4411%76
Switch (Nintendo)80%0

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

LogicPuzzleTrainsEconomySandboxBuildingAutomationManagementSimulationCity Builder

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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