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Railroad Ink Challenge

Horrible Guild · 2021-06-17

Steam

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jun 16, 2021 (iOS), Jun 17, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The critically acclaimed roll and write game that is all about connections. Plan your routes, connect the exits around your board, expand your transportation system, and reach networking nirvana! Play solo to beat your own best scores, or challenge players from all over the world!

82%
positive of 103 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 21,003 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1k–4.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 103 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820212026Week of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$1.992021-06-172026-01-052021-06-17 — best price $6.792021-08-23 — best price $5.992021-10-11 — best price $5.832021-10-21 — best price $5.592021-10-28 — best price $5.352021-12-22 — best price $4.792022-01-27 — best price $4.632022-04-11 — best price $4.392022-05-23 — best price $4.392022-06-23 — best price $3.992022-08-29 — best price $5.592023-06-29 — best price $3.192023-11-21 — best price $3.192023-12-21 — best price $1.992024-03-14 — best price $3.992024-06-27 — best price $2.392024-09-18 — best price $3.192024-11-27 — best price $2.392024-12-20 — best price $1.992025-02-24 — best price $3.192025-03-13 — best price $3.192025-06-26 — best price $2.392025-12-18 — best price $2.392026-01-05 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
60%
earned "Unity"
5.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing2 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-01-28 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DPvPCuteLogicCasualPuzzleColorfulRelaxingTabletopTop-Down

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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