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Railroader

Giraffe Lab LLC · 2023-12-07

Steam

SimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Bird view / Isometric

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!

Railroader is a $29.99 Simulation, Strategy, and Early Access game released in 2023, estimated to have 100,000 .. 200,000 owners, with an Overwhelmingly Positive sentiment from 97% of 3565 reviews.

348
playing now
97%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
twitch viewers (latest)
1.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
1,414
Nexus mods (2.8M downloads)
350h
to beat · rushed 275h · completionist 640h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

Railroader trailer thumbnail

RAILROADER Gameplay Trailer 2023

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 348 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 7% of 16,672 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 72k–163k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,623 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 6 of 12 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

7302012026-09-15 00:00 — 585 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 229 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 330 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 548 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 292 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 327 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 490 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 307 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 260 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 618 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 420 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 222 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 449 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 514 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 266 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 653 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 685 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 226 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 456 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 585 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 320 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 419 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 578 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 348 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
904334Dec 2023Aug 2026Dec 2023 — avg 904 · peak 1,928Jan 2024 — avg 651 · peak 1,429Feb 2024 — avg 509 · peak 1,101Mar 2024 — avg 425 · peak 1,079Apr 2024 — avg 358 · peak 717May 2024 — avg 334 · peak 798Jun 2024 — avg 339 · peak 677Jul 2024 — avg 415 · peak 776Aug 2024 — avg 418 · peak 750Sep 2024 — avg 381 · peak 751Oct 2024 — avg 384 · peak 706Nov 2024 — avg 357 · peak 695Dec 2024 — avg 420 · peak 836Jan 2025 — avg 504 · peak 955Feb 2025 — avg 512 · peak 1,105Mar 2025 — avg 460 · peak 930Apr 2025 — avg 398 · peak 753May 2025 — avg 411 · peak 804Jun 2025 — avg 374 · peak 659Jul 2025 — avg 387 · peak 694Aug 2025 — avg 404 · peak 742Sep 2025 — avg 365 · peak 690Oct 2025 — avg 367 · peak 651Nov 2025 — avg 438 · peak 809Dec 2025 — avg 456 · peak 826Jan 2026 — avg 492 · peak 928Feb 2026 — avg 414 · peak 802Mar 2026 — avg 416 · peak 761Apr 2026 — avg 365 · peak 661May 2026 — avg 469 · peak 994Jun 2026 — avg 432 · peak 777Jul 2026 — avg 447 · peak 860Aug 2026 — avg 475 · peak 846
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
662026-09-222026-10-142026-09-27: 5 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 6 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 3 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

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

3202026-09-30 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DTrainsAmericaEconomyTop-DownCinematicRealisticOpen WorldSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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