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Train Simulator: Pacific Surfliner® LA - San Diego Route cover art

Train Simulator: Pacific Surfliner® LA - San Diego Route

Dovetail Games · Dovetail Games - Trains · 2013-10-17

Steam

Simulation

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

Releases: Oct 17, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It’s not all beaches and surfing in California – the stunning Pacific Surfliner® LA – San Diego route for Train Simulator takes you through some of the US state’s most stunning scenery, past golden beaches and into sprawling cityscapes.

Train Simulator: Pacific Surfliner® LA - San Diego Route is a $19.99 Simulation game released in 2013, with Positive reviews from 97% of 37 reviews and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

0
playing now
97%
positive of 37 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 64% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $2.79 at JoyBuggy (2022-09-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 33 of 44 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220182025Week of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$44.99$2.792015-01-012026-08-252015-01-01 — best price $19.992015-08-06 — best price $39.992016-06-23 — best price $19.992017-10-26 — best price $7.992018-04-03 — best price $19.992018-09-05 — best price $19.992018-10-29 — best price $7.992019-02-04 — best price $7.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992020-01-09 — best price $6.992020-04-01 — best price $16.682020-06-13 — best price $16.682020-07-23 — best price $17.992020-08-29 — best price $17.992020-10-04 — best price $17.992020-11-08 — best price $19.992020-12-10 — best price $19.992021-01-21 — best price $4.992021-03-11 — best price $4.992021-05-10 — best price $19.992021-06-17 — best price $3.592021-11-22 — best price $19.992022-05-10 — best price $16.882022-08-01 — best price $19.992023-01-24 — best price $15.952023-07-25 — best price $17.772024-01-21 — best price $19.992024-05-25 — best price $15.892024-10-17 — best price $13.492025-03-04 — best price $21.072025-09-29 — best price $5.242026-01-10 — best price $19.992026-06-26 — best price $7.902026-08-25 — best price $7.90
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

TrainsSimulation

Census log

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

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