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Railway Empire 2

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

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SimulationStrategy

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

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.

Railway Empire 2 is a Simulation, Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 2675 reviews).

242
playing now
73%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
76/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
3.68★
PlayStation Store rating (479 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 242 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 8% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 54k–121k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,697 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99-50%
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 143 of 201 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

3591212026-09-15 00:00 — 190 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 195 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 325 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 211 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 216 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 279 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 221 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 135 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 275 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 342 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 138 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 194 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 260 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 127 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 272 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 359 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 136 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 184 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 307 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 168 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 251 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 282 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 157 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 242 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.8k225May 2023Aug 2026May 2023 — avg 1,757 · peak 3,095Jun 2023 — avg 891 · peak 2,240Jul 2023 — avg 576 · peak 1,269Aug 2023 — avg 382 · peak 792Sep 2023 — avg 301 · peak 602Oct 2023 — avg 327 · peak 691Nov 2023 — avg 289 · peak 575Dec 2023 — avg 305 · peak 672Jan 2024 — avg 363 · peak 767Feb 2024 — avg 325 · peak 823Mar 2024 — avg 308 · peak 613Apr 2024 — avg 245 · peak 511May 2024 — avg 257 · peak 523Jun 2024 — avg 231 · peak 453Jul 2024 — avg 240 · peak 556Aug 2024 — avg 346 · peak 771Sep 2024 — avg 298 · peak 660Oct 2024 — avg 325 · peak 713Nov 2024 — avg 295 · peak 646Dec 2024 — avg 339 · peak 657Jan 2025 — avg 313 · peak 659Feb 2025 — avg 266 · peak 517Mar 2025 — avg 329 · peak 749Apr 2025 — avg 257 · peak 509May 2025 — avg 266 · peak 515Jun 2025 — avg 306 · peak 764Jul 2025 — avg 361 · peak 750Aug 2025 — avg 298 · peak 688Sep 2025 — avg 261 · peak 548Oct 2025 — avg 289 · peak 651Nov 2025 — avg 353 · peak 829Dec 2025 — avg 320 · peak 581Jan 2026 — avg 310 · peak 618Feb 2026 — avg 265 · peak 535Mar 2026 — avg 234 · peak 461Apr 2026 — avg 237 · peak 464May 2026 — avg 225 · peak 507Jun 2026 — avg 251 · peak 500Jul 2026 — avg 269 · peak 730Aug 2026 — avg 279 · peak 537
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
332026-09-212026-10-122026-09-21: 1 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 2 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 1 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$99.99$23.922022-08-262026-10-142022-08-26 — best price $99.992023-06-30 — best price $42.492023-08-10 — best price $49.992023-09-25 — best price $44.992023-11-11 — best price $49.992023-12-17 — best price $39.742024-01-27 — best price $44.442024-02-28 — best price $49.992024-04-01 — best price $42.492024-05-13 — best price $39.992024-06-27 — best price $33.982024-07-26 — best price $39.992024-09-05 — best price $39.992024-10-18 — best price $34.992024-11-21 — best price $34.992024-12-18 — best price $34.992025-01-22 — best price $49.992025-02-27 — best price $34.992025-04-07 — best price $34.992025-05-09 — best price $29.992025-06-16 — best price $24.832025-07-25 — best price $24.832025-09-01 — best price $29.992025-10-09 — best price $41.472025-11-20 — best price $23.922026-01-05 — best price $24.832026-02-06 — best price $45.992026-03-26 — best price $27.242026-04-30 — best price $49.992026-06-09 — best price $27.492026-07-27 — best price $49.992026-09-02 — best price $24.992026-09-22 — best price $24.992026-10-12 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

502026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 17:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 19:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 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

Post-launch support: 11 DLC released, first 2023-05-25, latest 2025-10-28 (Steam store data)

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.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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