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Railroad Tycoon II Platinum

PopTop · 2K · 2007-05-04

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 31, 1998 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Includes Railroad Tycoon II and the expansion The Second Century It can take you from New York to South Africa. It can take you from the year 1804 to the year 2000. It can take you from penniless manual laborer to powerful multi-millionaire.

Railroad Tycoon II Platinum is a Strategy game released in 2007, priced at $4.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 1396 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners.

100
playing now
90%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Railroad Tycoon II is a business simulation video game in the Railroad Tycoon series developed by PopTop Software and published by Gathering of Developers. It was released for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation and Dreamcast. It was later ported and released for Linux.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 100 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 45 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 14,170 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 56k–112k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,396 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2014-11-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 51 of 83 observed days · $4.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

149522026-09-15 14:00 — 76 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 77 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 62 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 104 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 126 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 52 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 78 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 103 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 73 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 81 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 121 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 72 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 53 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 104 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 85 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 68 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 94 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 79 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 63 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 129 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 112 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 58 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 100 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
13536Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 40 · peak 81Dec 2012 — avg 48 · peak 107May 2013 — avg 36 · peak 78Oct 2013 — avg 51 · peak 133Mar 2014 — avg 53 · peak 122Aug 2014 — avg 58 · peak 134Jan 2015 — avg 71 · peak 186Jun 2015 — avg 56 · peak 115Nov 2015 — avg 67 · peak 134Apr 2016 — avg 77 · peak 165Sep 2016 — avg 68 · peak 134Feb 2017 — avg 87 · peak 174Jul 2017 — avg 77 · peak 158Dec 2017 — avg 98 · peak 193May 2018 — avg 74 · peak 142Oct 2018 — avg 76 · peak 144Mar 2019 — avg 90 · peak 180Aug 2019 — avg 89 · peak 157Jan 2020 — avg 99 · peak 205Jun 2020 — avg 87 · peak 151Nov 2020 — avg 99 · peak 171Apr 2021 — avg 94 · peak 170Sep 2021 — avg 76 · peak 133Feb 2022 — avg 99 · peak 180Jul 2022 — avg 91 · peak 148Dec 2022 — avg 92 · peak 161May 2023 — avg 90 · peak 154Oct 2023 — avg 82 · peak 145Mar 2024 — avg 91 · peak 183Aug 2024 — avg 81 · peak 147Jan 2025 — avg 105 · peak 202Jun 2025 — avg 86 · peak 153Nov 2025 — avg 92 · peak 175Apr 2026 — avg 95 · peak 175Aug 2026 — avg 88 · peak 159
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.52$1.242015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $1.242016-06-03 — best price $4.992016-12-12 — best price $5.992017-06-06 — best price $1.492017-12-21 — best price $1.242018-03-12 — best price $1.492018-09-28 — best price $6.522019-02-04 — best price $1.242019-06-25 — best price $1.242019-12-11 — best price $1.492020-01-16 — best price $4.992020-02-08 — best price $3.852020-06-15 — best price $5.992020-11-27 — best price $1.492021-05-02 — best price $4.252021-11-01 — best price $4.992022-01-31 — best price $5.992022-03-21 — best price $1.492022-06-28 — best price $5.992022-11-04 — best price $5.992023-01-12 — best price $4.512023-04-06 — best price $1.492023-10-03 — best price $5.992024-02-14 — best price $1.492024-04-17 — best price $1.492024-07-27 — best price $4.992024-11-05 — best price $4.812025-02-20 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-12-03 — best price $5.992026-03-27 — best price $1.492026-06-25 — best price $1.242026-09-02 — best price $1.492026-09-14 — best price $5.992026-09-26 — best price $1.492026-10-08 — best price $5.992026-10-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

104272026-06-02 — 51 pageviews2026-06-06 — 46 pageviews2026-06-10 — 38 pageviews2026-06-14 — 42 pageviews2026-06-18 — 38 pageviews2026-06-22 — 37 pageviews2026-06-26 — 58 pageviews2026-06-30 — 46 pageviews2026-07-04 — 40 pageviews2026-07-08 — 45 pageviews2026-07-12 — 56 pageviews2026-07-16 — 42 pageviews2026-07-20 — 48 pageviews2026-07-24 — 51 pageviews2026-07-28 — 47 pageviews2026-08-01 — 49 pageviews2026-08-05 — 30 pageviews2026-08-09 — 30 pageviews2026-08-13 — 38 pageviews2026-08-17 — 43 pageviews2026-08-21 — 52 pageviews2026-08-25 — 38 pageviews2026-08-29 — 50 pageviews2026-09-02 — 36 pageviews2026-09-06 — 55 pageviews2026-09-10 — 27 pageviews2026-09-14 — 33 pageviews2026-09-18 — 46 pageviews2026-09-22 — 50 pageviews2026-09-26 — 35 pageviews2026-09-30 — 37 pageviews2026-10-04 — 65 pageviews2026-10-08 — 35 pageviews2026-10-11 — 46 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

TrainsClassicEconomyStrategyHistoricalManagementSimulationSingleplayerTransportationGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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