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Railway Empire

Gaming Minds Studios · Kalypso Media · 2018-01-26

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 30, 2018 (Xbox One), Jan 30, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Mar 27, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 26, 2018 (Linux), Jan 26, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.

112
playing now
83%
positive of 9.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

112 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Railway Empire is a railroad construction and management simulation game developed by Gaming Minds Studio and published by Kalypso Media. It was announced in early 2017 and released on 26 January 2018 for Linux and Microsoft Windows, 30 January 2018 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and 14 February 2020 for Nintendo Switch. In Japan, the physical copy of the game was distributed by Ubisoft in May 2018. A sequel, Railway Empire 2, was released in 2023.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 112 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 117 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (560 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 243k–583k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,712 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$5.45-82%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.45-82%
GOG$5.99-80%
Humble Store$5.99-80%
IndieGala$5.99-80%
GOG$5.99-80%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Fanatical (2021-09-29) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 127 of 182 observed days · $4.46 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
45245220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

222862026-08-06 22:00 — 140 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 92 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 199 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 154 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 119 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 213 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 169 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 139 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 222 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 174 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 93 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 170 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 110 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 95 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 180 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 128 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 97 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 191 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 162 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 90 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 142 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 179 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 88 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 192 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 174 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 91 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 131 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 176 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 112 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$3.992017-11-092026-08-302017-11-09 — best price $42.492018-05-28 — best price $49.992018-09-14 — best price $49.992018-12-13 — best price $24.992019-03-21 — best price $24.992019-06-26 — best price $19.982019-09-27 — best price $36.992019-12-28 — best price $14.992020-03-28 — best price $39.072020-07-07 — best price $36.742020-09-08 — best price $24.992020-11-25 — best price $14.992021-02-17 — best price $25.192021-04-27 — best price $9.892021-07-17 — best price $25.352021-10-29 — best price $9.892022-01-19 — best price $29.992022-04-13 — best price $9.892022-07-16 — best price $29.992022-10-17 — best price $8.992023-01-16 — best price $8.092023-04-10 — best price $8.992023-06-29 — best price $7.922023-09-16 — best price $7.912023-12-11 — best price $7.792024-02-22 — best price $29.992024-05-16 — best price $4.992024-08-05 — best price $8.992024-11-05 — best price $9.002025-01-24 — best price $7.492025-04-19 — best price $7.502025-07-14 — best price $7.502025-10-07 — best price $7.352026-01-14 — best price $5.992026-04-17 — best price $25.792026-07-24 — best price $5.852026-08-30 — best price $5.45
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

48122026-05-31 — 39 pageviews2026-06-03 — 27 pageviews2026-06-06 — 32 pageviews2026-06-09 — 23 pageviews2026-06-12 — 26 pageviews2026-06-15 — 25 pageviews2026-06-18 — 29 pageviews2026-06-21 — 32 pageviews2026-06-24 — 39 pageviews2026-06-27 — 30 pageviews2026-06-30 — 25 pageviews2026-07-03 — 48 pageviews2026-07-06 — 25 pageviews2026-07-09 — 29 pageviews2026-07-12 — 16 pageviews2026-07-15 — 12 pageviews2026-07-18 — 35 pageviews2026-07-21 — 28 pageviews2026-07-24 — 40 pageviews2026-07-27 — 42 pageviews2026-07-30 — 34 pageviews2026-08-02 — 21 pageviews2026-08-05 — 19 pageviews2026-08-08 — 24 pageviews2026-08-11 — 26 pageviews2026-08-14 — 27 pageviews2026-08-17 — 21 pageviews2026-08-20 — 22 pageviews2026-08-23 — 22 pageviews2026-08-26 — 31 pageviews2026-08-28 — 26 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
89.9%
earned "What is a steam engine"
17.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing10 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,7951%128
PS4 (PlayStation)2,1873%128
Xbox One (Xbox)1,8731%128
Switch (Nintendo)110%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

TrainsAmericaEconomySandboxTradingWesternBuildingStrategyReal-TimeHistorical

Census log

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

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