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Derail Valley
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
View on Steam ↗ $29.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I've been playing Derail Valley for two, maybe three years at this point. I recall playing it back when it was still called Overhauled before the Simulator update. The game has come a long way. It's now genuinely one of my favorite sims, full stop. The thing that sets it apart…”
— a player, Steam review · 57 hrs played“TL/DR: A Train game that breaks all known molds, Read more. OK First of all: Full Disclosure, "Simulator" is just a subtitle, it does not reflect what the game is. This is a game first and foremost, not a simulator. That being said, the game fills kind-of a niche category that…”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“fun train sim both in vr and flat screen mode. I love trains and even in this games current state its one of the best train sims out there, and with the dev's plans for 2026/27, there is huge potential for it to become one of the best on the market.”
— a player, Steam review · 38 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:44 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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B100 Progress Update 1
Hi everyone! We have a couple of items to discuss today: reporting on the progress of our next major update; taking part in Train Fest 2026; celebrating 10 years of Derail Valley development and; anno
Unity Security Patch
Hey everyone!About This PatchWe have a small and quick update today. Two days ago, Unity, the game engine that Derail Valley is based on, announced a newly discovered security vulnerability and a patc
B99.7 - More Small Bug Fixes
Hello everyone!We've released another set of minor fixes today. Thank you for your bug reports! You can see the changes listed here:B99.7 ChangelogIn the meantime we're hard at work on the next major
B99.6 - Bug Fixes, Ladder-climbing & More
Hi everyone! As promised, we’re delivering more bug fixes in today's release - addressing many of the remaining less critical issues. Thank you for your bug reporting!To spice it up a little, we've al
B99.5 - Long-term Stability, Discount, Performance Boost & More
Hi everyone! Over the past several weeks, we've released 8 hotfixes that resolved the last remaining major bugs and more than doubled FPS in certain situations. With today's hefty hotfix just out, we'
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Trains · Simulation · Realistic · VR · Transportation · Driving · Open World · First-Person · Physics · Immersive Sim · Economy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Tracked Controller Support · VR Supported · Camera Comfort · Adjustable Difficulty · Keyboard Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Finnish, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.derailvalley.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 64-bit Processor: Intel i5-7400 or equivalent Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 650 (VR: GTX 970) Storage: 6 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR or Meta Quest Link