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Train Sim World® 2020 cover art

Train Sim World® 2020

Dovetail Games · Dovetail Games - TSW · 2017-03-16

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Simulation

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

Releases: Jul 24, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Mar 16, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 24, 2018 (Xbox One)

Train Sim World is an immersive first-person simulator perfect for everyone, with complete in-cab interactivity, accurate detail on locos, real-world routes and hours of gameplay. Take to the rails with the brand-new Train Sim World 2020 Edition and find everything you need to master new skills.

8
playing now
78%
positive of 7.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Train Sim World® 2020 trailer thumbnail

Train Sim World 2020 | Announce Trailer | PS4

≈431,873 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 41 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (325 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 175k–419k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,989 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.48 at GameBillet (2022-07-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28928920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1902026-09-15 13:00 — 18 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 19 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 15 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5053Feb 2017Aug 2026Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 19May 2017 — avg 74 · peak 154Aug 2017 — avg 68 · peak 125Nov 2017 — avg 86 · peak 204Feb 2018 — avg 122 · peak 296May 2018 — avg 115 · peak 364Aug 2018 — avg 219 · peak 922Nov 2018 — avg 174 · peak 510Feb 2019 — avg 213 · peak 736May 2019 — avg 200 · peak 464Aug 2019 — avg 364 · peak 1,069Nov 2019 — avg 296 · peak 688Feb 2020 — avg 403 · peak 854May 2020 — avg 372 · peak 728Aug 2020 — avg 253 · peak 514Nov 2020 — avg 129 · peak 287Feb 2021 — avg 101 · peak 193May 2021 — avg 67 · peak 140Aug 2021 — avg 62 · peak 110Nov 2021 — avg 46 · peak 101Feb 2022 — avg 38 · peak 79May 2022 — avg 30 · peak 65Aug 2022 — avg 33 · peak 66Nov 2022 — avg 25 · peak 56Feb 2023 — avg 25 · peak 55May 2023 — avg 20 · peak 43Aug 2023 — avg 19 · peak 45Nov 2023 — avg 17 · peak 40Feb 2024 — avg 17 · peak 38May 2024 — avg 14 · peak 34Aug 2024 — avg 12 · peak 29Nov 2024 — avg 11 · peak 29Feb 2025 — avg 13 · peak 28May 2025 — avg 10 · peak 23Aug 2025 — avg 11 · peak 24Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 24Feb 2026 — avg 10 · peak 24May 2026 — avg 8 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$52.00$3.482017-03-032026-08-032017-03-03 — best price $35.992018-02-15 — best price $19.992018-10-30 — best price $36.402019-01-21 — best price $52.002019-08-15 — best price $29.992019-11-06 — best price $26.992019-12-08 — best price $27.352020-01-15 — best price $30.052020-01-31 — best price $16.532020-02-16 — best price $29.232020-04-10 — best price $17.992020-05-19 — best price $14.002020-06-19 — best price $26.992020-07-24 — best price $11.992020-08-13 — best price $14.992020-08-29 — best price $29.992020-09-16 — best price $29.992020-10-04 — best price $29.992020-10-22 — best price $29.992020-11-11 — best price $23.932020-12-01 — best price $24.992020-12-16 — best price $29.992021-01-13 — best price $29.992021-02-04 — best price $26.882021-03-01 — best price $23.362021-04-08 — best price $29.992021-05-08 — best price $23.362021-05-25 — best price $11.992021-06-17 — best price $8.992021-07-31 — best price $25.382021-10-05 — best price $25.382021-11-19 — best price $26.992022-01-07 — best price $25.382022-03-30 — best price $25.382022-05-15 — best price $29.992022-07-19 — best price $23.932022-08-16 — best price $23.932023-01-17 — best price $32.342026-07-20 — best price $5.192026-08-03 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
64.4%
earned "CSX: Trailblazer"
8.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

ActionCasualTrainsAmericaDrivingBuildingRelaxingAdventureRealisticOpen World

Census log

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

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