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Train Life: A Railway Simulator

Simteract · Nacon · 2022-08-25

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Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 25, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 22, 2022 (Xbox One), Sep 22, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), TBD (PlayStation 4), TBD (PlayStation 5), Mar 09, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

For the first time in railroad simulation, play as both the driver and company director! Take the controls of your locomotives and grow your railway empire by negotiating deals and developing your network.

Train Life: A Railway Simulator is a 2022 Simulation game priced at $19.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 1694 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

25
playing now
63%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.54★
PlayStation Store rating (613 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 25 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 92 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 34k–76k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,694 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

WinGameStore$1.99-90%
GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.40 at GameBillet (2026-08-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 138 of 199 observed days · $0.59 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20720720212026Week of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3902026-09-15 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 13 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 39 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 28 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
927Sep 2021Aug 2026Sep 2021 — avg 92 · peak 325Nov 2021 — avg 42 · peak 139Jan 2022 — avg 28 · peak 98Mar 2022 — avg 19 · peak 57May 2022 — avg 19 · peak 66Jul 2022 — avg 17 · peak 58Sep 2022 — avg 91 · peak 297Nov 2022 — avg 30 · peak 71Jan 2023 — avg 48 · peak 180Mar 2023 — avg 37 · peak 92May 2023 — avg 16 · peak 55Jul 2023 — avg 19 · peak 48Sep 2023 — avg 15 · peak 39Nov 2023 — avg 15 · peak 43Jan 2024 — avg 17 · peak 61Mar 2024 — avg 16 · peak 49May 2024 — avg 11 · peak 37Jul 2024 — avg 14 · peak 36Sep 2024 — avg 11 · peak 35Nov 2024 — avg 7 · peak 24Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 23Mar 2025 — avg 17 · peak 52May 2025 — avg 9 · peak 32Jul 2025 — avg 11 · peak 27Sep 2025 — avg 15 · peak 41Nov 2025 — avg 20 · peak 55Jan 2026 — avg 16 · peak 35Mar 2026 — avg 15 · peak 37May 2026 — avg 13 · peak 49Jul 2026 — avg 14 · peak 38Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.492021-08-312026-10-142021-08-31 — best price $11.242021-12-09 — best price $13.492022-03-04 — best price $14.992022-05-18 — best price $14.992022-08-07 — best price $17.992022-09-21 — best price $19.992022-12-03 — best price $14.992023-02-01 — best price $12.992023-03-24 — best price $14.692023-05-14 — best price $8.972023-07-07 — best price $7.992023-08-28 — best price $14.692023-11-08 — best price $6.992024-01-06 — best price $15.892024-02-20 — best price $8.002024-04-12 — best price $17.402024-05-29 — best price $15.892024-07-25 — best price $15.892024-09-10 — best price $19.992024-10-30 — best price $4.782025-01-03 — best price $5.002025-03-03 — best price $3.392025-05-02 — best price $3.382025-07-11 — best price $14.692025-09-10 — best price $1.992025-11-06 — best price $1.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-17 — best price $2.002026-05-05 — best price $1.992026-06-19 — best price $1.552026-08-05 — best price $19.992026-09-07 — best price $1.992026-10-02 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
33.2%
earned "Sunday Driver"
2.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-09-01, latest 2022-09-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4001%40
PS5 (PlayStation)2145%41
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2032%40
PS4 (PlayStation)994%41
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

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

Player tags

CasualTrainsDrivingEconomyRelaxingRealisticControllerManagementOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

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