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RAILGRADE

Minakata Dynamics · 2023-10-13

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 29, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 29, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 29, 2022 (Mac)

RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!

RAILGRADE is a Simulation, Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $8.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 1268 reviews).

26
playing now
85%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

26 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

RAILGRADE is a construction strategy game about building railway networks to connect future, off-world cities with valuable industry. As the last remaining employee on a corporate-owned earth colony, it’s up to you to salvage the remains of the planet’s economy following a disastrous management mishap. With dozens of trains at your disposal, it’s up to you to manage the production of goods and ensure the delivery of essential resources in order to create a thriving industrial colony once more. In a near-future, corporations have transformed distant planets into industrial colonies, harvesting(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 26 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 123 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 16,715 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–57k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,268 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.99-70%
Steam$8.99-70%
GOG$8.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2026-07-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 69 of 96 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20820820232026Week of 2023-10-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

52122026-09-15 02:00 — 32 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 28 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 36 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 30 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 46 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 37 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 22 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 19 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 37 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 33 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 14 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 24 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 18 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 32 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 28 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 14 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 20 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 29 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 25 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 27 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 46 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 22 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 26 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
28223Oct 2023Aug 2026Oct 2023 — avg 282 · peak 892Nov 2023 — avg 105 · peak 238Dec 2023 — avg 124 · peak 260Jan 2024 — avg 160 · peak 369Feb 2024 — avg 75 · peak 163Mar 2024 — avg 82 · peak 168Apr 2024 — avg 124 · peak 294May 2024 — avg 60 · peak 132Jun 2024 — avg 60 · peak 145Jul 2024 — avg 93 · peak 218Aug 2024 — avg 51 · peak 113Sep 2024 — avg 60 · peak 148Oct 2024 — avg 42 · peak 83Nov 2024 — avg 38 · peak 81Dec 2024 — avg 42 · peak 81Jan 2025 — avg 47 · peak 121Feb 2025 — avg 32 · peak 69Mar 2025 — avg 38 · peak 83Apr 2025 — avg 38 · peak 91May 2025 — avg 28 · peak 62Jun 2025 — avg 33 · peak 83Jul 2025 — avg 95 · peak 352Aug 2025 — avg 72 · peak 169Sep 2025 — avg 53 · peak 136Oct 2025 — avg 53 · peak 113Nov 2025 — avg 45 · peak 103Dec 2025 — avg 47 · peak 92Jan 2026 — avg 55 · peak 118Feb 2026 — avg 41 · peak 110Mar 2026 — avg 34 · peak 102Apr 2026 — avg 35 · peak 85May 2026 — avg 23 · peak 53Jun 2026 — avg 30 · peak 70Jul 2026 — avg 39 · peak 136Aug 2026 — avg 34 · peak 86
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$8.992022-09-292026-10-152022-09-29 — best price $17.992023-02-02 — best price $15.992023-08-17 — best price $29.992023-12-13 — best price $19.492024-02-09 — best price $19.492024-03-05 — best price $19.492024-04-21 — best price $29.992024-06-04 — best price $17.992024-07-25 — best price $29.992024-09-10 — best price $14.992024-10-24 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992025-01-14 — best price $14.992025-02-28 — best price $14.992025-04-08 — best price $14.992025-05-22 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-08-21 — best price $29.992025-09-25 — best price $9.892025-11-17 — best price $9.892026-01-23 — best price $8.992026-03-17 — best price $9.002026-04-17 — best price $29.992026-06-20 — best price $29.992026-08-12 — best price $29.992026-09-01 — best price $8.992026-09-09 — best price $8.992026-09-17 — best price $8.992026-09-25 — best price $8.992026-10-03 — best price $8.992026-10-11 — best price $8.992026-10-15 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
94.8%
earned "Trevithick's Legacy"
24%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,7142%37
Switch (Nintendo)230%0

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

Player tags

MiningPuzzleTrainsEconomySandboxBuildingCraftingModdableStrategyAutomation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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