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Train Simulator Classic cover art

Train Simulator Classic

Dovetail Games · Dovetail Games - Trains · 2015-09-17

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Simulation

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

Releases: Jun 12, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The ultimate railway hobby for more than 15 years! From historic steam locomotives to modern high-speed and heavy freight trains, and routes around the world, Train Simulator Classic is the simulation made by railfans for railfans.

Train Simulator Classic is a Simulation game released in 2015, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 29445 reviews).

518
playing now
72%
positive of 30k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
59
twitch viewers (latest)
59.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
1
Nexus mods (20 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

518 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Train Simulator Classic is a train simulation game developed by Dovetail Games. It is the successor to Rail Simulator, and was released online on 12 June 2009 and in stores on 3 July.

Trailer

Train Simulator Classic trailer thumbnail

Train Simulator Classic - 15th Anniversary Music Video

≈455,289 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 518 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 594 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~74/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 16,644 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 739k–1.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 29,555 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.92 at GamersGate (2025-06-28) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $32.73 · on sale 40 of 56 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
40540520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k2072026-09-15 12:00 — 494 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 670 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 207 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 697 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 883 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 218 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 454 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 847 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 298 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 663 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 952 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 347 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 402 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 914 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 583 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 330 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 776 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 549 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 253 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 877 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 857 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 249 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 518 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k568Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1,259 · peak 3,338Dec 2012 — avg 1,025 · peak 2,576May 2013 — avg 753 · peak 1,542Oct 2013 — avg 1,174 · peak 2,517Mar 2014 — avg 1,106 · peak 2,814Aug 2014 — avg 1,081 · peak 2,113Jan 2015 — avg 1,361 · peak 3,191Jun 2015 — avg 1,151 · peak 2,499Nov 2015 — avg 1,206 · peak 2,991Apr 2016 — avg 1,212 · peak 2,545Sep 2016 — avg 1,213 · peak 2,871Feb 2017 — avg 1,279 · peak 2,807Jul 2017 — avg 1,100 · peak 2,215Dec 2017 — avg 1,307 · peak 2,841May 2018 — avg 1,021 · peak 1,994Oct 2018 — avg 1,194 · peak 2,788Mar 2019 — avg 1,169 · peak 2,623Aug 2019 — avg 991 · peak 1,859Jan 2020 — avg 1,184 · peak 2,603Jun 2020 — avg 1,204 · peak 2,459Nov 2020 — avg 1,214 · peak 2,651Apr 2021 — avg 1,117 · peak 2,353Sep 2021 — avg 936 · peak 1,847Feb 2022 — avg 1,077 · peak 2,269Jul 2022 — avg 915 · peak 1,615Dec 2022 — avg 989 · peak 2,022May 2023 — avg 810 · peak 1,646Oct 2023 — avg 755 · peak 1,589Mar 2024 — avg 785 · peak 1,613Aug 2024 — avg 703 · peak 1,332Jan 2025 — avg 766 · peak 1,664Jun 2025 — avg 609 · peak 1,225Nov 2025 — avg 650 · peak 1,243Apr 2026 — avg 576 · peak 1,167Aug 2026 — avg 623 · peak 1,155
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
10102026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 8 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 3 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 5 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 8 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 7 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 4 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 5 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 8 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 6 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new negative2026-10-08: 4 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 4 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 10 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 4 new positive2026-10-14: 6 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$54.99$0.002015-01-062026-10-142015-01-06 — best price $39.992015-06-14 — best price $5.992015-11-25 — best price $13.492016-03-03 — best price $14.992016-07-18 — best price $29.992017-01-05 — best price $15.992018-09-18 — best price $13.992019-02-11 — best price $29.992019-11-12 — best price $29.992020-03-05 — best price $14.992020-09-09 — best price $11.992021-01-25 — best price $29.992022-05-27 — best price $24.992022-07-19 — best price $19.942022-09-14 — best price $14.972023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-05-23 — best price $7.912023-07-08 — best price $19.942023-07-31 — best price $22.492023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-06 — best price $19.882024-02-13 — best price $19.882024-03-28 — best price $4.992024-05-25 — best price $19.882024-07-25 — best price $18.362024-08-25 — best price $20.722024-12-02 — best price $24.992025-01-11 — best price $24.992025-04-04 — best price $6.242025-06-28 — best price $4.162025-09-17 — best price $29.092025-11-30 — best price $29.992026-01-08 — best price $22.492026-04-20 — best price $10.002026-06-02 — best price $29.692026-08-07 — best price $5.852026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

104442026-05-29 — 77 pageviews2026-06-02 — 65 pageviews2026-06-06 — 62 pageviews2026-06-10 — 70 pageviews2026-06-14 — 78 pageviews2026-06-18 — 59 pageviews2026-06-22 — 67 pageviews2026-06-26 — 69 pageviews2026-06-30 — 77 pageviews2026-07-04 — 50 pageviews2026-07-08 — 66 pageviews2026-07-12 — 65 pageviews2026-07-16 — 61 pageviews2026-07-20 — 81 pageviews2026-07-24 — 76 pageviews2026-07-28 — 85 pageviews2026-08-01 — 64 pageviews2026-08-05 — 68 pageviews2026-08-09 — 53 pageviews2026-08-13 — 66 pageviews2026-08-17 — 78 pageviews2026-08-21 — 72 pageviews2026-08-25 — 68 pageviews2026-08-29 — 63 pageviews2026-09-02 — 44 pageviews2026-09-06 — 65 pageviews2026-09-10 — 90 pageviews2026-09-14 — 57 pageviews2026-09-18 — 55 pageviews2026-09-22 — 58 pageviews2026-09-26 — 71 pageviews2026-09-30 — 91 pageviews2026-10-04 — 80 pageviews2026-10-07 — 66 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

7502026-09-30 22:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 18 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 59 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
21.9%
earned "Train Simulator Academy"
8.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing790 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 100 DLC released, first 2013-01-10, latest 2026-07-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15,8480%1,384

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

CasualTrainsDrivingSandboxTrackIRBuildingModdableRelaxingRealisticOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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