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Railroad Tycoon 3 cover art

Railroad Tycoon 3

PopTop · 2K · 2007-05-04

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 22, 2004 (Mac), Oct 27, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo in a dynamic economy, and participate in...

Railroad Tycoon 3 is a Strategy game released in 2007, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive (77% of 1266 reviews) sentiment.

38
playing now
77%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Railroad Tycoon 3 is a video game, part of the Railroad Tycoon series, that was released in 2003.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 38 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 43 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 14,091 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 51k–101k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,266 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-75%
GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.19 at GOG (2018-11-07) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 50 of 86 observed days · $7.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

74232026-09-14 23:00 — 44 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 25 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 46 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 43 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 28 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 34 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 53 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 34 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 38 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 63 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 48 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 23 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 53 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 47 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 33 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 74 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 44 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 31 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 48 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 46 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 34 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 53 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 35 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 38 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7919Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 21 · peak 45Dec 2012 — avg 30 · peak 66May 2013 — avg 22 · peak 49Oct 2013 — avg 33 · peak 77Mar 2014 — avg 39 · peak 79Aug 2014 — avg 45 · peak 102Jan 2015 — avg 65 · peak 161Jun 2015 — avg 46 · peak 96Nov 2015 — avg 44 · peak 92Apr 2016 — avg 49 · peak 99Sep 2016 — avg 58 · peak 123Feb 2017 — avg 58 · peak 115Jul 2017 — avg 55 · peak 116Dec 2017 — avg 65 · peak 126May 2018 — avg 45 · peak 90Oct 2018 — avg 45 · peak 93Mar 2019 — avg 52 · peak 124Aug 2019 — avg 53 · peak 113Jan 2020 — avg 61 · peak 119Jun 2020 — avg 56 · peak 110Nov 2020 — avg 57 · peak 103Apr 2021 — avg 51 · peak 101Sep 2021 — avg 46 · peak 82Feb 2022 — avg 62 · peak 112Jul 2022 — avg 48 · peak 90Dec 2022 — avg 52 · peak 100May 2023 — avg 47 · peak 87Oct 2023 — avg 44 · peak 89Mar 2024 — avg 52 · peak 101Aug 2024 — avg 43 · peak 83Jan 2025 — avg 60 · peak 117Jun 2025 — avg 52 · peak 96Nov 2025 — avg 46 · peak 91Apr 2026 — avg 53 · peak 96Aug 2026 — avg 48 · peak 88
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.492016-01-19 — best price $9.492016-02-09 — best price $9.492016-08-19 — best price $4.002017-03-20 — best price $9.992017-08-10 — best price $7.992017-09-18 — best price $7.992017-10-31 — best price $7.992017-12-07 — best price $7.992018-01-27 — best price $9.992018-03-11 — best price $9.992018-07-20 — best price $7.992018-09-07 — best price $7.992018-10-04 — best price $7.992018-11-13 — best price $2.492019-05-21 — best price $9.992020-01-07 — best price $2.492020-03-12 — best price $2.492020-12-16 — best price $2.492021-10-11 — best price $9.992022-03-02 — best price $9.792022-08-19 — best price $2.492023-01-12 — best price $9.042023-07-04 — best price $9.992024-03-20 — best price $2.492024-07-27 — best price $9.632025-02-05 — best price $9.992025-09-11 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-08-07 — best price $9.322026-09-13 — best price $9.992026-10-03 — best price $2.492026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

64202026-06-01 — 36 pageviews2026-06-05 — 26 pageviews2026-06-09 — 20 pageviews2026-06-13 — 34 pageviews2026-06-17 — 32 pageviews2026-06-21 — 47 pageviews2026-06-25 — 32 pageviews2026-06-29 — 41 pageviews2026-07-03 — 26 pageviews2026-07-07 — 24 pageviews2026-07-11 — 31 pageviews2026-07-15 — 31 pageviews2026-07-19 — 31 pageviews2026-07-23 — 46 pageviews2026-07-27 — 64 pageviews2026-07-31 — 39 pageviews2026-08-04 — 26 pageviews2026-08-08 — 29 pageviews2026-08-12 — 33 pageviews2026-08-16 — 28 pageviews2026-08-20 — 34 pageviews2026-08-24 — 36 pageviews2026-08-28 — 22 pageviews2026-09-01 — 38 pageviews2026-09-05 — 28 pageviews2026-09-09 — 29 pageviews2026-09-13 — 34 pageviews2026-09-17 — 25 pageviews2026-09-21 — 27 pageviews2026-09-25 — 33 pageviews2026-09-29 — 39 pageviews2026-10-03 — 38 pageviews2026-10-07 — 21 pageviews2026-10-11 — 40 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

TrainsClassicEconomySandboxBuildingStrategyHistoricalManagementSimulationSingleplayer

Census log

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

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