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Train Sim World® 2

Dovetail Games · Dovetail Games - TSW · 2020-08-20

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Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Aug 19, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Aug 20, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 20, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Aug 20, 2020 (Xbox One)

The evolution of train simulation! Master iconic locomotives on high-speed services, long freight hauls or precise commuter traffic, and get creative with customisation tools in this advanced sequel. Climb into the cab in Train Sim World 2.

Train Sim World® 2 is a Simulation game released in 2020, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 8261 reviews).

14
playing now
82%
positive of 8.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Train Sim World® 2 trailer thumbnail

Train Sim World 2: Rush Hour - London Commuter Out Now

≈511,560 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 103 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (606 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 16,758 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 165k–372k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,261 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.98 at GameBillet (2022-07-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 13 of 18 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
47947920202026Week of 2020-08-01: 479 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5072026-09-15 12:00 — 37 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 25 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 20 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 35 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 42 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 28 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 50 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 19 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 27 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 26 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 17 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 28 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 20 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 26 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 17 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 30 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 19 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 18 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
82223Aug 2020Aug 2026Aug 2020 — avg 737 · peak 1,799Oct 2020 — avg 382 · peak 1,099Dec 2020 — avg 482 · peak 1,204Feb 2021 — avg 555 · peak 1,657Apr 2021 — avg 504 · peak 1,179Jun 2021 — avg 444 · peak 958Aug 2021 — avg 554 · peak 1,346Oct 2021 — avg 545 · peak 1,411Dec 2021 — avg 586 · peak 1,546Feb 2022 — avg 603 · peak 1,192Apr 2022 — avg 599 · peak 1,553Jun 2022 — avg 589 · peak 1,215Aug 2022 — avg 497 · peak 919Oct 2022 — avg 192 · peak 389Dec 2022 — avg 176 · peak 345Feb 2023 — avg 132 · peak 331Apr 2023 — avg 107 · peak 220Jun 2023 — avg 94 · peak 183Aug 2023 — avg 80 · peak 167Oct 2023 — avg 68 · peak 161Dec 2023 — avg 77 · peak 156Feb 2024 — avg 83 · peak 196Apr 2024 — avg 59 · peak 126Jun 2024 — avg 53 · peak 115Aug 2024 — avg 51 · peak 104Oct 2024 — avg 46 · peak 104Dec 2024 — avg 41 · peak 87Feb 2025 — avg 40 · peak 89Apr 2025 — avg 33 · peak 75Jun 2025 — avg 32 · peak 65Aug 2025 — avg 31 · peak 59Oct 2025 — avg 30 · peak 76Dec 2025 — avg 32 · peak 70Feb 2026 — avg 30 · peak 72Apr 2026 — avg 24 · peak 54Jun 2026 — avg 23 · peak 51Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 59
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$30.59$0.002020-08-062026-10-152020-08-06 — best price $26.992020-09-08 — best price $25.382020-09-20 — best price $25.382020-10-01 — best price $29.992020-10-13 — best price $29.992020-10-25 — best price $29.992020-11-04 — best price $25.382020-11-16 — best price $25.382020-12-02 — best price $29.992020-12-16 — best price $25.382021-01-10 — best price $29.992021-01-22 — best price $23.362021-02-09 — best price $29.992021-03-04 — best price $11.392021-03-27 — best price $11.482021-04-16 — best price $25.382021-05-10 — best price $29.992021-05-22 — best price $29.992021-06-03 — best price $25.382021-07-08 — best price $29.992021-08-02 — best price $8.882021-09-13 — best price $29.992021-10-05 — best price $24.592021-11-24 — best price $16.492021-12-21 — best price $29.992022-01-24 — best price $29.992022-03-03 — best price $29.992022-03-29 — best price $23.932022-05-01 — best price $6.252022-05-19 — best price $10.492022-06-06 — best price $4.492022-07-11 — best price $4.092022-08-05 — best price $4.562022-08-26 — best price $29.992022-10-20 — best price $30.592024-05-13 — best price $19.992026-05-25 — best price $19.992026-09-17 — best price $0.002026-10-15 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
91.2%
earned "TSW2: New Recruit"
7.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportStatsFamily Sharing52 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian

Post-launch support: 52 DLC released, first 2020-08-20, latest 2022-07-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)9,2310%431

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

TrainsDrivingPhysicsRelaxingAdventureRealisticOpen WorldSimulationAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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