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Train Life: A Railway Simulator cover art

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.

7
playing now
63%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 24% of 6,714 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 34k–76k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,693 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-90%
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 115 of 172 observed days · $0.59 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1512026-08-11 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 13 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 8 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.462021-08-312026-08-302021-08-31 — best price $11.242021-11-30 — best price $11.992022-02-02 — best price $14.992022-04-07 — best price $14.992022-06-14 — best price $15.892022-08-07 — best price $17.992022-09-09 — best price $17.792022-11-18 — best price $11.832022-12-21 — best price $14.992023-02-13 — best price $14.992023-03-24 — best price $14.692023-05-08 — best price $8.972023-06-21 — best price $8.892023-07-25 — best price $17.772023-09-11 — best price $6.742023-11-08 — best price $6.992023-12-22 — best price $7.022024-02-05 — best price $19.992024-03-13 — best price $5.992024-04-20 — best price $4.782024-05-29 — best price $15.892024-07-15 — best price $3.992024-08-19 — best price $5.222024-09-26 — best price $19.992024-11-18 — best price $2.992025-01-03 — best price $5.002025-02-13 — best price $14.692025-04-08 — best price $1.992025-05-22 — best price $19.992025-07-28 — best price $1.992025-09-10 — best price $1.992025-10-26 — best price $19.992025-12-07 — best price $1.992026-02-02 — best price $1.702026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-05 — best price $1.992026-06-09 — best price $1.992026-07-20 — best price $1.992026-08-19 — best price $1.992026-08-30 — best price $1.99
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…

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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