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NIMBY Rails
Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Solve global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Suggestion: Add "Transport Density" and "Passenger-Kilometers" to Line Statistics Thank you for creating such an incredible transit sandbox. As a hardcore railway enthusiast, I’d love to suggest two key performance indicators (KPIs) that would significantly enhance the…”
— a player, Steam review · 375 hrs played“This gaming is doing unspeakable things to my autism 15/10 ign”
— a player, Steam review · 193 hrs played“Don't go into this expecting a game, this is more a gameified CAD software for people who (like me, with a severe case of The Train Autism) will genuinely spend hours with mapping software just sketching out train lines because trains and public transport are inherently…”
— a player, Steam review · 326 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:19 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Devblog for May 2026
Raster layers are now implemented in the new 1.19 map renderer. They use the same raster data as the current version, but adapted to the new coordinate system, which required a lot more work than anti
Devblog for March 2026
Version 1.19 is shaping up to be one of the largest, most significant updates to the game. It will bring a long overdue redesigned train motion physics simulation with the aim of once for all fix all
Version 1.18.30
- Stop selection signals now again perform a (possibly redundant and unnecessary) goal stop selection at the last possible moment, both from a stop or a pass-by. - Fix: queue_train_drive_to() was full
Version 1.18.27
- Fix: script operator precedence for "!" and unary "-" was incorrect. You might need to review your code if you used these operators without parentheses. - Fix: crash when loading saves with potentia
Version 1.18.26
- Remove debug display of train reservations on the map - Fix: shared simulation multiplayer did not properly sync train motion state - Fix: wrong auto scroll listing position in some cases - Fix: mor
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Transportation · Simulation · Economy · Management · Building · Sandbox · Politics · Open World · Singleplayer · City Builder · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64bit Processor: Dual core, 2 Ghz+ Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 5000 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 28 GB available space Additional Notes: Installing in FAT32 is not supported.