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Railway Empire

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

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Railway Empire is a Simulation, Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 9720 reviews).

84
playing now
83%
positive of 9.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
4.16★
PlayStation Store rating (1,463 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

84 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 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.

Trailer

Railway Empire trailer thumbnail

Railway Empire - Gameplay Trailer | PS4

≈865,551 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 84 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 4% of 16,800 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 243k–583k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,720 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$5.99-80%
Microsoft Store$19.99
GOG$29.99

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 157 of 205 observed days · $5.00 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

248702026-09-15 12:00 — 142 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 146 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 80 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 170 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 211 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 70 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 119 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 176 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 110 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 193 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 170 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 96 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 106 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 189 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 125 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 91 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 167 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 126 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 93 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 217 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 203 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 81 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 133 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 84 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k0Feb 2017Aug 2026Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2018 — avg 977 · peak 3,095May 2018 — avg 271 · peak 566Aug 2018 — avg 336 · peak 713Nov 2018 — avg 476 · peak 1,344Feb 2019 — avg 556 · peak 1,443May 2019 — avg 359 · peak 799Aug 2019 — avg 350 · peak 717Nov 2019 — avg 490 · peak 1,216Feb 2020 — avg 420 · peak 930May 2020 — avg 670 · peak 2,065Aug 2020 — avg 490 · peak 910Nov 2020 — avg 463 · peak 961Feb 2021 — avg 446 · peak 891May 2021 — avg 966 · peak 2,576Aug 2021 — avg 444 · peak 844Nov 2021 — avg 438 · peak 886Feb 2022 — avg 575 · peak 1,109May 2022 — avg 378 · peak 704Aug 2022 — avg 472 · peak 913Nov 2022 — avg 428 · peak 815Feb 2023 — avg 419 · peak 802May 2023 — avg 394 · peak 740Aug 2023 — avg 238 · peak 458Nov 2023 — avg 226 · peak 420Feb 2024 — avg 214 · peak 428May 2024 — avg 163 · peak 295Aug 2024 — avg 212 · peak 376Nov 2024 — avg 263 · peak 612Feb 2025 — avg 202 · peak 394May 2025 — avg 164 · peak 339Aug 2025 — avg 164 · peak 298Nov 2025 — avg 200 · peak 377Feb 2026 — avg 162 · peak 340May 2026 — avg 138 · peak 254Aug 2026 — avg 144 · peak 258
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$3.992017-11-092026-10-152017-11-09 — 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 $5.852026-09-17 — best price $5.992026-10-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

48132026-05-31 — 39 pageviews2026-06-04 — 32 pageviews2026-06-08 — 23 pageviews2026-06-12 — 26 pageviews2026-06-16 — 37 pageviews2026-06-20 — 27 pageviews2026-06-24 — 39 pageviews2026-06-28 — 29 pageviews2026-07-02 — 19 pageviews2026-07-06 — 25 pageviews2026-07-10 — 19 pageviews2026-07-14 — 20 pageviews2026-07-18 — 35 pageviews2026-07-22 — 38 pageviews2026-07-26 — 41 pageviews2026-07-30 — 34 pageviews2026-08-03 — 41 pageviews2026-08-07 — 48 pageviews2026-08-11 — 26 pageviews2026-08-15 — 30 pageviews2026-08-19 — 13 pageviews2026-08-23 — 22 pageviews2026-08-27 — 28 pageviews2026-08-31 — 47 pageviews2026-09-04 — 34 pageviews2026-09-08 — 38 pageviews2026-09-12 — 34 pageviews2026-09-16 — 21 pageviews2026-09-20 — 29 pageviews2026-09-24 — 34 pageviews2026-09-28 — 25 pageviews2026-10-02 — 32 pageviews2026-10-06 — 24 pageviews2026-10-09 — 21 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

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2018-06-08, latest 2021-05-07 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

TrainsAmericaEconomySandboxTradingWesternBuildingStrategyReal-TimeHistorical

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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