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Railway Islands - Puzzle cover art

Railway Islands - Puzzle

Rising Moon Games · 2021-11-18

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CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 18, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 02, 2023 (Xbox One), Mar 02, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 02, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

Railway Islands is a puzzle game about designing a railway map for a large archipelago. Make a safe path between the stations and let your train deliver all the resources and go to the next island.

0
playing now
94%
positive of 265 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (39 reviews).
  • · Top 40% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.3k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 265 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.71 at Steam (2024-10-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820212026Week of 2021-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-08-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$0.002021-11-182026-08-272021-11-18 — best price $1.492022-01-05 — best price $1.992022-02-07 — best price $1.492022-05-02 — best price $1.392022-06-13 — best price $1.792022-07-07 — best price $2.992022-08-22 — best price $2.092022-10-03 — best price $2.992022-11-23 — best price $1.792022-12-19 — best price $2.992023-01-23 — best price $1.942023-03-13 — best price $2.992023-04-04 — best price $3.992023-06-29 — best price $1.992023-08-07 — best price $3.992023-10-30 — best price $2.792023-11-28 — best price $3.992024-01-08 — best price $1.992024-02-26 — best price $3.992024-04-01 — best price $1.992024-05-20 — best price $3.992024-07-29 — best price $1.792024-09-16 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992024-12-16 — best price $3.992025-01-20 — best price $1.592025-03-10 — best price $3.992025-04-14 — best price $1.592025-06-09 — best price $3.992025-07-28 — best price $1.392025-09-15 — best price $3.992025-10-27 — best price $1.392026-01-05 — best price $3.992026-03-19 — best price $2.592026-04-06 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $1.592026-07-27 — best price $3.992026-08-27 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
39.3%
earned "First time!"
18.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)64055%24
PS4 (PlayStation)59168%25
Steam (Steam)38534%24
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

CozyCuteLogicCasualPuzzleTrainsColorfulHex GridRelaxingStylized

Census log

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

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