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Railway Empire 2 cover art

Railway Empire 2

Gaming Minds Studios · Kalypso Media · 2023-05-25

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 25, 2023 (PlayStation 5), May 25, 2023 (PlayStation 4), May 25, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), May 25, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 25, 2023 (Xbox One), May 25, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.

201
playing now
72%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 201 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 189 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 53k–119k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,643 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$27.49-45%
Microsoft Store$29.99-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $17.49 at Nuuvem (2025-05-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 120 of 179 observed days · $7.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26326320232026Week of 2023-05-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4331142026-08-11 19:00 — 353 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 230 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 201 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 365 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 254 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 217 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 417 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 396 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 247 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 384 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 219 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 212 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 322 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 155 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 227 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 321 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 208 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 343 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 433 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 144 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 296 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 301 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 123 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 219 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 259 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 114 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 275 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 357 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 201 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$23.922022-08-262026-08-302022-08-26 — best price $99.992023-06-19 — best price $43.992023-07-26 — best price $41.992023-08-29 — best price $44.492023-10-03 — best price $43.892023-11-11 — best price $49.992023-12-11 — best price $39.992024-01-08 — best price $39.992024-02-09 — best price $39.992024-03-06 — best price $49.992024-04-01 — best price $42.492024-05-06 — best price $49.992024-06-11 — best price $49.992024-07-11 — best price $49.992024-08-02 — best price $33.992024-09-05 — best price $39.992024-10-12 — best price $33.992024-11-04 — best price $41.392024-12-03 — best price $41.992024-12-23 — best price $34.992025-01-22 — best price $49.992025-02-22 — best price $34.992025-03-24 — best price $34.992025-04-19 — best price $29.992025-05-15 — best price $29.992025-06-16 — best price $24.832025-07-18 — best price $44.992025-08-20 — best price $29.992025-09-18 — best price $27.492025-10-22 — best price $27.242025-11-20 — best price $23.922025-12-22 — best price $24.832026-01-23 — best price $24.732026-03-03 — best price $25.292026-04-02 — best price $42.992026-04-30 — best price $49.992026-06-04 — best price $27.492026-07-16 — best price $24.992026-08-12 — best price $49.992026-08-30 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

402026-08-26 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
86.9%
earned "Country Bumpkin"
27.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsSteam Leaderboards11 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Arabic, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series (Xbox)6,4070%87
Steam (Steam)1,0750%87
PS5 (PlayStation)2683%88
PS4 (PlayStation)454%88
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

TrainsAmericaEconomySandboxTradingWesternBuildingStrategyHistoricalManagement

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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