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Rolling Line cover art

Rolling Line

Gaugepunk Games · 2018-04-27

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 27, 2018 (SteamVR), Apr 27, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build your own model railway tracks and scenery or explore pre-made maps, including 1000s of player-made maps and mods on the Steam Workshop! Play solo and in multiplayer, both in virtual reality and on PC!

61
playing now
96%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

61 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Rolling Line is an independent PC and VR sandbox game developed and published by New Zealand game developer Gaugepunk Games. The game simulates railway modelling with a low-poly aesthetic in which players can explore and create model-train layouts and share them online for others to play. The game had a delayed release of 28 April 2018 for Microsoft Windows initially with HTC Vive support. It now supports almost most VR headsets including Oculus, Vive, Valve Index and WMR headsets.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 61 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 201 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 65k–155k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,581 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.19 at Steam (2018-06-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
565620182026Week of 2018-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

11102026-08-07 00:00 — 93 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 30 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 78 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 92 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 31 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 85 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 85 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 33 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 90 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 95 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 34 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 85 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 35 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 83 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 85 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 38 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 80 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 95 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 36 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 45 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 77 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 73 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 46 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 77 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 57 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 37 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 70 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 61 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$11.192018-04-302026-07-272018-04-30 — best price $13.992018-11-14 — best price $16.992019-06-26 — best price $12.742019-12-03 — best price $16.992020-02-10 — best price $19.992020-10-29 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-06-24 — best price $14.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992022-01-27 — best price $14.992022-04-08 — best price $13.992022-06-18 — best price $19.992022-08-19 — best price $14.992022-10-24 — best price $14.992022-12-01 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $14.992023-05-13 — best price $19.992023-08-11 — best price $13.992023-11-04 — best price $19.992023-12-15 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $13.992024-05-29 — best price $17.992024-08-10 — best price $19.992024-09-30 — best price $13.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-11 — best price $19.992025-03-03 — best price $12.992025-05-24 — best price $19.992025-10-28 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $16.992026-03-19 — best price $16.992026-06-25 — best price $16.992026-07-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3122026-05-31 — 4 pageviews2026-06-03 — 7 pageviews2026-06-06 — 12 pageviews2026-06-09 — 24 pageviews2026-06-12 — 7 pageviews2026-06-15 — 8 pageviews2026-06-18 — 7 pageviews2026-06-21 — 13 pageviews2026-06-24 — 11 pageviews2026-06-27 — 12 pageviews2026-06-30 — 16 pageviews2026-07-03 — 31 pageviews2026-07-06 — 28 pageviews2026-07-09 — 15 pageviews2026-07-12 — 7 pageviews2026-07-15 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 7 pageviews2026-07-21 — 14 pageviews2026-07-24 — 19 pageviews2026-07-27 — 9 pageviews2026-07-30 — 5 pageviews2026-08-02 — 22 pageviews2026-08-05 — 4 pageviews2026-08-08 — 9 pageviews2026-08-11 — 6 pageviews2026-08-14 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 4 pageviews2026-08-20 — 14 pageviews2026-08-23 — 15 pageviews2026-08-26 — 13 pageviews2026-08-28 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedSteam Trading Cards1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

VRIndieCasualTrainsDrivingSandboxBuildingModdableRelaxingSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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