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Railroad Corporation cover art

Railroad Corporation

Corbie Games · Iceberg Interactive · 2019-11-18

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 18, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Relive the pioneering spirit of the Golden Age of Steam by establishing your own railroad empire across 19th century North America. Bring settlements together, produce and trade goods and develop new technologies to stay ahead of the competition. Want more? RAILROAD CORPORATION 2 Out Now!

Railroad Corporation is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $35.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Mostly Positive (73% of 1498 reviews).

21
playing now
73%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$35.99
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 21 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 49% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (80 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 16,655 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 37k–90k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,498 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$5.40-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.63 at eTail.Market (2022-12-06) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $35.99 · on sale 46 of 65 observed days · $2.77 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
545420192026Week of 2019-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

39102026-09-14 23:00 — 24 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 17 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 20 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 30 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 21 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 33 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 11 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 25 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 20 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 17 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 35 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 15 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 14 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 23 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 25 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 19 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 22 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 22 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9420Jun 2019Aug 2026Jun 2019 — avg 55 · peak 146Sep 2019 — avg 27 · peak 72Dec 2019 — avg 67 · peak 168Mar 2020 — avg 59 · peak 146Jun 2020 — avg 64 · peak 194Sep 2020 — avg 54 · peak 123Dec 2020 — avg 88 · peak 188Mar 2021 — avg 61 · peak 182Jun 2021 — avg 41 · peak 88Sep 2021 — avg 50 · peak 105Dec 2021 — avg 64 · peak 161Mar 2022 — avg 53 · peak 125Jun 2022 — avg 44 · peak 98Sep 2022 — avg 47 · peak 102Dec 2022 — avg 85 · peak 155Mar 2023 — avg 53 · peak 118Jun 2023 — avg 41 · peak 91Sep 2023 — avg 38 · peak 83Dec 2023 — avg 47 · peak 95Mar 2024 — avg 47 · peak 102Jun 2024 — avg 41 · peak 82Sep 2024 — avg 37 · peak 91Dec 2024 — avg 38 · peak 73Mar 2025 — avg 28 · peak 65Jun 2025 — avg 76 · peak 303Sep 2025 — avg 23 · peak 55Dec 2025 — avg 26 · peak 56Mar 2026 — avg 26 · peak 67Jun 2026 — avg 21 · peak 49Aug 2026 — avg 23 · peak 52
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$35.99$2.632019-05-242026-10-112019-05-24 — best price $29.992019-08-12 — best price $25.122019-12-05 — best price $31.492020-01-30 — best price $27.962020-04-14 — best price $28.822020-06-26 — best price $17.992020-08-23 — best price $17.492020-10-08 — best price $31.382020-12-05 — best price $29.992021-02-01 — best price $34.992021-03-14 — best price $29.642021-05-02 — best price $25.712021-06-24 — best price $13.992021-08-21 — best price $27.942021-10-18 — best price $11.892021-12-10 — best price $9.992022-01-31 — best price $34.992022-04-12 — best price $7.852022-06-20 — best price $11.892022-08-31 — best price $25.712022-11-23 — best price $7.492023-01-20 — best price $8.742023-04-05 — best price $7.502023-07-15 — best price $34.992023-10-13 — best price $8.752023-12-28 — best price $34.992024-03-03 — best price $30.492024-05-11 — best price $8.752024-07-12 — best price $33.242024-09-30 — best price $9.002024-12-09 — best price $7.192025-04-14 — best price $7.192025-08-05 — best price $30.492025-12-19 — best price $6.992026-06-23 — best price $5.392026-09-12 — best price $5.242026-10-11 — best price $5.40
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
57.3%
earned "Started Strong"
2.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud10 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, Russian, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2019-11-18, latest 2023-08-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,7940%79

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

Player tags

TrainsEconomySandboxWesternBuildingStrategyRealisticHistoricalManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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