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Railroader

Giraffe Lab LLC · 2023-12-07

Steam

SimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 07, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You and your fellow railroaders are the lifeblood of your railroad, just like it is the lifeblood of the communities it serves. Switch cars at industries. Keep people moving while running local passenger trains. Run trains with a purpose in transition era Appalachia – in Railroader!

422
playing now
97%
positive of 3.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
23
twitch viewers (latest)
350h
to beat · rushed 275h · completionist 640h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

422 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 422 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 442 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~55/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 71k–160k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,549 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $22.49 at Steam (2026-05-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
78978920232026Week of 2023-12-01: 789 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7052442026-08-11 19:00 — 542 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 244 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 539 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 559 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 262 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 580 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 630 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 337 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 633 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 535 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 248 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 648 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 522 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 255 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 611 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 469 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 313 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 705 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 634 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 262 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 632 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 394 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 254 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 563 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 392 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 337 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 491 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 370 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 422 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$22.492023-12-072026-08-032023-12-07 — best price $29.992024-06-27 — best price $26.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-09-16 — best price $26.992024-09-23 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $26.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992024-12-19 — best price $26.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $26.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-05-10 — best price $23.992025-05-17 — best price $29.992025-06-26 — best price $23.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $23.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-12-07 — best price $23.992025-12-14 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $23.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $23.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-05-09 — best price $22.492026-05-16 — best price $29.992026-06-25 — best price $23.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-07-20 — best price $22.492026-08-03 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

5602026-08-27 17:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 23 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DTrainsAmericaEconomyTop-DownCinematicRealisticOpen WorldSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

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