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Runaway Train

Hammer Games · My Way Games · 2017-07-14

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 14, 2017 (Mac), Jul 14, 2017 (Linux), Jul 14, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Train is leaving the station, but soon you notice, that something is missing... Rails! You have to lay tracks right in the path of the moving train to keep it from crashing. The goal is connect all stations, if you can... The problem is that the train is getting faster and faster with each laid piece of track.

Runaway Train is a Casual Indie game released in 2017, priced at $0.80, with an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (86% of 21 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-07

86%
positive of 21 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
−73% · $0.80
was $2.99
steam price (US) · on sale

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 150% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 72% of 29,378 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220172026Week of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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