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Tiny Rails

Trophy Games · 2018-05-28

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 08, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 13, 2016 (Android), Aug 08, 2017 (Mac)

Tiny Rails is a relaxing train management adventure. Travel across an immersive and meticulously crafted pixel world. Collect hundreds of beautiful cars, each with their own set of stats, to create your own unique multi-car masterpiece!

Tiny Rails is an Adventure, Casual, Indie and Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 729 reviews).

8
playing now
73%
positive of 729 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 729 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.79 at Fanatical (2025-10-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 72 of 96 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2702026-09-15 16:00 — 14 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 12 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 19 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 15 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 22 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 22 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 15 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 27 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
616Aug 2017Aug 2026Aug 2017 — avg 53 · peak 148Nov 2017 — avg 13 · peak 30Feb 2018 — avg 19 · peak 51May 2018 — avg 19 · peak 59Aug 2018 — avg 11 · peak 24Nov 2018 — avg 8 · peak 17Feb 2019 — avg 7 · peak 15May 2019 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2019 — avg 6 · peak 15Nov 2019 — avg 6 · peak 14Feb 2020 — avg 9 · peak 23May 2020 — avg 20 · peak 51Aug 2020 — avg 15 · peak 32Nov 2020 — avg 17 · peak 34Feb 2021 — avg 16 · peak 27May 2021 — avg 10 · peak 20Aug 2021 — avg 10 · peak 19Nov 2021 — avg 11 · peak 24Feb 2022 — avg 10 · peak 20May 2022 — avg 9 · peak 19Aug 2022 — avg 10 · peak 19Nov 2022 — avg 12 · peak 25Feb 2023 — avg 11 · peak 21May 2023 — avg 11 · peak 21Aug 2023 — avg 11 · peak 20Nov 2023 — avg 10 · peak 19Feb 2024 — avg 10 · peak 20May 2024 — avg 10 · peak 19Aug 2024 — avg 9 · peak 19Nov 2024 — avg 10 · peak 29Feb 2025 — avg 10 · peak 20May 2025 — avg 10 · peak 24Aug 2025 — avg 9 · peak 20Nov 2025 — avg 10 · peak 18Feb 2026 — avg 11 · peak 18May 2026 — avg 11 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 33
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.652017-08-092026-08-282017-08-09 — best price $9.992017-09-28 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $6.992018-10-30 — best price $6.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-05-23 — best price $9.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-07-15 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992024-12-05 — best price $6.292025-03-13 — best price $1.602025-04-14 — best price $1.602025-05-14 — best price $9.992025-06-03 — best price $0.992025-07-08 — best price $1.502025-07-26 — best price $9.992025-08-14 — best price $0.992025-09-12 — best price $1.002025-09-30 — best price $9.992025-10-24 — best price $9.992025-11-17 — best price $0.652025-12-01 — best price $6.292025-12-19 — best price $1.002026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-02-02 — best price $6.292026-02-18 — best price $9.992026-03-10 — best price $1.002026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-04-16 — best price $0.992026-05-05 — best price $7.892026-05-26 — best price $9.992026-06-16 — best price $7.892026-07-13 — best price $0.652026-07-29 — best price $9.992026-08-16 — best price $9.992026-08-28 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
52.9%
earned "Celebrity Sightings"
25.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)90214%12

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

Player tags

2DCuteIndieRetroCasualTrainsStrategyAdventureSimulationSingleplayer

Census log

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

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