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Railbound cover art

Railbound

Afterburn · 2022-09-06

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 06, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 06, 2022 (Android), Sep 06, 2022 (Mac), Sep 06, 2022 (iOS), Dec 01, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), May 31, 2023 (Xbox One)

A relaxing puzzle game about fixing train connections and travelling the world - now with a level editor!

Railbound is a 2022 Casual and Indie game priced at $12.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 1,932 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-02

20
playing now
94%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Railbound is a 2022 puzzle video game developed by Polish indie developer Afterburn. It was released on Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS in September 2022 by Afterburn, then later released on consoles by publisher 7Levels, to Nintendo Switch in December 2022 and Xbox One and Xbox Series X and Series S in May 2023.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 20 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 94 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (286 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 29,120 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 39k–87k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,932 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$12.99
Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.80 at GreenManGaming (2026-05-16) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 98 of 161 observed days · $8.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27427420222026Week of 2022-09-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2022026-09-15 00:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 12 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 17 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 13 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1129Sep 2022Aug 2026Sep 2022 — avg 112 · peak 365Nov 2022 — avg 21 · peak 75Jan 2023 — avg 16 · peak 40Mar 2023 — avg 25 · peak 93May 2023 — avg 13 · peak 50Jul 2023 — avg 17 · peak 53Sep 2023 — avg 52 · peak 346Nov 2023 — avg 39 · peak 127Jan 2024 — avg 25 · peak 62Mar 2024 — avg 39 · peak 121May 2024 — avg 15 · peak 46Jul 2024 — avg 29 · peak 78Sep 2024 — avg 23 · peak 74Nov 2024 — avg 27 · peak 81Jan 2025 — avg 16 · peak 42Mar 2025 — avg 19 · peak 46May 2025 — avg 13 · peak 56Jul 2025 — avg 17 · peak 51Sep 2025 — avg 25 · peak 116Nov 2025 — avg 14 · peak 44Jan 2026 — avg 15 · peak 37Mar 2026 — avg 11 · peak 27May 2026 — avg 9 · peak 26Jul 2026 — avg 16 · peak 37Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 49
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$4.242022-09-062026-10-142022-09-06 — best price $11.692023-04-07 — best price $9.742023-07-31 — best price $9.742023-11-21 — best price $9.092024-02-06 — best price $12.992024-04-03 — best price $9.892024-05-28 — best price $12.992024-07-06 — best price $12.992024-08-14 — best price $9.092024-10-07 — best price $9.892024-11-07 — best price $8.442025-01-02 — best price $12.992025-02-05 — best price $12.992025-03-11 — best price $8.572025-04-28 — best price $12.992025-06-03 — best price $12.992025-07-14 — best price $8.442025-08-07 — best price $7.792025-09-12 — best price $7.142025-10-08 — best price $12.992025-11-14 — best price $7.142025-12-19 — best price $6.502026-01-26 — best price $12.992026-02-26 — best price $12.992026-03-27 — best price $5.892026-04-22 — best price $12.992026-05-25 — best price $12.992026-07-09 — best price $6.492026-08-08 — best price $6.102026-09-01 — best price $6.492026-09-13 — best price $12.992026-09-25 — best price $6.492026-10-07 — best price $12.992026-10-14 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2212026-05-30 — 8 pageviews2026-06-03 — 6 pageviews2026-06-07 — 7 pageviews2026-06-11 — 7 pageviews2026-06-15 — 4 pageviews2026-06-19 — 6 pageviews2026-06-23 — 22 pageviews2026-06-27 — 7 pageviews2026-07-01 — 5 pageviews2026-07-05 — 4 pageviews2026-07-09 — 4 pageviews2026-07-13 — 3 pageviews2026-07-17 — 3 pageviews2026-07-21 — 6 pageviews2026-07-25 — 5 pageviews2026-07-29 — 5 pageviews2026-08-02 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 7 pageviews2026-08-10 — 13 pageviews2026-08-14 — 3 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-22 — 10 pageviews2026-08-26 — 7 pageviews2026-08-30 — 12 pageviews2026-09-03 — 5 pageviews2026-09-07 — 10 pageviews2026-09-11 — 10 pageviews2026-09-15 — 7 pageviews2026-09-19 — 5 pageviews2026-09-23 — 8 pageviews2026-09-27 — 10 pageviews2026-10-01 — 12 pageviews2026-10-05 — 5 pageviews2026-10-08 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
93.7%
earned "Bon Voyage!"
18.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty

11 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,90911%31
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)45454%27
Switch (Nintendo)2320%0

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

Player tags

LogicCasualPuzzleTrainsCartoonBuildingColorfulRelaxingStrategyDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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