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Railroads Online

Stefan Kelnberger · astragon Entertainment · 2024-12-05

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IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Oct 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 05, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 05, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Build your dream railroad across a huge open world! You can build tracks and stations, drive detailed locomotives, and transport goods to earn money and experience. Play exciting Online Multiplayer sessions with your friends or create your very own sandbox!

Railroads Online is an Indie and Simulation game released in 2024, priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (75% of 6029 reviews).

49
playing now
75%
positive of 6.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.53★
PlayStation Store rating (430 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

49 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Set in a huge open world reminiscent of the great American Midwest during the golden age of steam trains, Railroads Online puts you in the role of a pioneer helping to shape the future of America. Build tracks, traverse vast landscapes in various steam locomotives, transport goods to earn money, and customize and buy new locomotives and equipment as you grow to become a railroad tycoon. Play in single-player or with up to 15 friends in the online cooperative multiplayer mode. Design your dream rail network from the ground up. Scout the best route, lay down embankments, and build tracks, switc(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Railroads Online trailer thumbnail

RAILROADS Online! - Official Trailer

≈775,672 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 49 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 258 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (721 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 121k–271k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,029 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 92 of 151 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
56556520212026Week of 2021-10-01: 565 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

110332026-09-14 22:00 — 71 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 40 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 62 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 85 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 64 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 60 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 84 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 56 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 46 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 109 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 96 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 47 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 76 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 84 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 61 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 106 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 88 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 42 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 63 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 69 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 55 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 53 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 67 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 49 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
64468Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 644 · peak 2,028Dec 2021 — avg 343 · peak 759Feb 2022 — avg 399 · peak 803Apr 2022 — avg 193 · peak 392Jun 2022 — avg 97 · peak 206Aug 2022 — avg 77 · peak 155Oct 2022 — avg 206 · peak 622Dec 2022 — avg 510 · peak 1,106Feb 2023 — avg 372 · peak 861Apr 2023 — avg 371 · peak 708Jun 2023 — avg 194 · peak 366Aug 2023 — avg 157 · peak 304Oct 2023 — avg 391 · peak 1,040Dec 2023 — avg 235 · peak 534Feb 2024 — avg 194 · peak 506Apr 2024 — avg 154 · peak 349Jun 2024 — avg 179 · peak 374Aug 2024 — avg 148 · peak 330Oct 2024 — avg 179 · peak 350Dec 2024 — avg 336 · peak 961Feb 2025 — avg 131 · peak 285Apr 2025 — avg 96 · peak 186Jun 2025 — avg 76 · peak 155Aug 2025 — avg 88 · peak 166Oct 2025 — avg 94 · peak 201Dec 2025 — avg 104 · peak 211Feb 2026 — avg 107 · peak 224Apr 2026 — avg 83 · peak 175Jun 2026 — avg 69 · peak 124Aug 2026 — avg 68 · peak 155
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$34.99$12.202021-10-012026-10-092021-10-01 — best price $34.992023-03-16 — best price $31.492023-07-24 — best price $27.992023-09-14 — best price $24.492023-10-30 — best price $34.992023-12-11 — best price $21.512024-01-18 — best price $24.492024-03-04 — best price $28.032024-04-01 — best price $31.462024-05-21 — best price $34.992024-07-08 — best price $33.242024-08-20 — best price $24.392024-09-23 — best price $33.242024-10-21 — best price $15.862024-12-19 — best price $29.742025-01-21 — best price $33.242025-03-20 — best price $34.992025-04-23 — best price $33.242025-06-05 — best price $29.692025-07-10 — best price $34.992025-07-28 — best price $34.992025-08-24 — best price $24.322025-09-15 — best price $29.932025-10-16 — best price $27.642025-11-01 — best price $27.162025-11-25 — best price $17.682025-12-10 — best price $29.932026-01-21 — best price $34.992026-02-16 — best price $17.502026-03-16 — best price $24.492026-04-05 — best price $34.992026-04-22 — best price $34.992026-05-08 — best price $14.992026-05-28 — best price $34.992026-06-26 — best price $17.992026-07-17 — best price $29.392026-08-02 — best price $20.992026-08-22 — best price $34.992026-10-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
32.4%
earned "The Golden Age"
5.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFamily Sharing2 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-12-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3431%32
Xbox Series (Xbox)914%32
PS5 (PlayStation)907%32

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

TrainsDrivingEconomyPhysicsSandboxBuildingManagementOpen WorldTeam-BasedExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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