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Rail Route

Rail Route

In Rail Route, you will design, construct, upgrade, and automate your railway network in one of the many maps based on real-life cities worldwide. Dispatch the trains to make the traffic flow and the network grow!

Released Feb 22, 2024 Developer Bitrich.info Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux BuildingManagementSandboxEconomyLogic
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (US · as of 2026-09-05)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

88.3%positive2,609 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“I really enjoy the game, definitely worth a buy. I even bought it on switch so I could play a game on the go should I wish to. I do have a slight issue with experience points (green/red train tokens), although the beginning is slow I still feel like some of the upgrade token…”

— a player, Steam review · 183 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Great train network management game. There's a cool intro to get the gist of the system with The Story of Jozic (which also works as a free demo), and from there it's quite easy to understand how the rest works. The automation adds another interesting twist, and the few game…”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Fun, if you are interested in this kind of stuff.”

— a player, Steam review · 294 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

1,026all-time peak
0 250 500 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 249 avg · Jun 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.

76achievements
9.7%median completion
0.4%rarest: Dual Century Dispatcher
80.3% of players 78.6% of players 77.5% of players 76.6% of players 75.3% of players 72.0% of players 70.5% of players 64.3% of players 52.4% of players 49.0% of players 45.4% of players 45.3% of players 40.5% of players 37.4% of players 37.0% of players 36.5% of players 35.2% of players 34.9% of players 34.1% of players 29.3% of players 28.8% of players 20.8% of players 19.7% of players 17.0% of players 16.1% of players 15.9% of players 15.4% of players 15.1% of players 15.1% of players 14.9% of players 14.2% of players 13.2% of players 12.7% of players 12.2% of players 11.6% of players 11.6% of players 11.1% of players 10.3% of players 9.7% of players 9.5% of players 8.9% of players 8.5% of players 7.9% of players 7.5% of players 7.4% of players 7.2% of players 7.0% of players 7.0% of players 6.1% of players 6.0% of players 5.9% of players 5.8% of players 5.8% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 5.0% of players 4.8% of players 4.5% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 80.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
80.3%Story of Jozic — Start the story with Jozic.
78.6%Off and Gone — Dispatch your first one-time train.
77.5%Go Time — Complete the signaling tutorial.
Rarest badges of honor
0.4%Dual Century Dispatcher — Run 200 on-time trains per cycle
0.6%Magnate — Have 200 ongoing contracts on a map.
1.0%Hourly Hundred Hero — Run 100 on-time trains per cycle

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$24.99current · sampled 2026-09-05 20:23 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-20
US24.99 USD
EU24.99 EUR
UK20.99 GBP
Australia36.90 AUD
Canada34.99 CAD
Japan2,900 JPY
Brazil73.99 BRL
China88.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$13 Brazil Japan US Canada Australia UK EU≈$29

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-04). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-21 08-01 08-13 08-24 09-05

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 01, 2026
Patch 3.0.16

Performance Fixed multi-second freezes on big automation maps and when closing the build menu on large saves Train labels and panels no longer rebuild the UI every frame Smoother spawn/despawn bursts,

Aug 03, 2026
The Performance Update on Beta Branch

This build is all about performance. No gameplay changes intended, just the same game running a lot smoother, especially on large automation maps at high speed. What's fixed Multi-second freezes on bi

Jul 31, 2026
Hotfix 3.0.14

New Contract period is now editable on accepted contracts. Changing the period replans all upcoming services, and the contract view follows the replanned schedule automatically. Updates Map progress a

Jul 24, 2026
Expect Delays is Out Now!

The timetable said July 24. For once, no delay. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4540370/Rail_Route__Expect_Delays/ Hey dispatchers, Rail Route: Expect Delays is out now. After months of building, t

Jul 16, 2026
Waypoints for Everyone

Expect Delays releases July 24 , and it does not travel alone. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4540370/Rail_Route__Expect_Delays/ Hey dispatchers, The DLC arrives together with the free update 3.0

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsBuilding · Management · Sandbox · Economy · Logic · Puzzle · City Builder · Time Management · Base-Building · Trains · Automation · Simulation (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards
LanguagesEnglish * , German, Russian, French, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean *
ControllerFull support
Achievements76
Official sitehttps://railroute.eu
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 64bit Processor: 1.6 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: On board Storage: 2 GB available space