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Railroad Tycoon 3
Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo i
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“[h3]TLDR: Excellent Game, but Buyer Beware[/h3] Railroad Tycoon 3 is old enough to drink. It was made for computers that have been outdated for quite some time. Because of its age and niche popularity, 2K has made no effort to support the game or update it for modern systems.…”
— a player, Steam review · 200 hrs played“I've been looking for a modern day successor to this game and find myself coming back to Railroad Tycoon 3. No game in 23yrs has been able to combine transportation + economic sim + business management aspects better than RRT3... fortunately or unfortunately...”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played“Takes me 20 years to figure out where I am at. The games goals are you guessed it 20 years. It is like a 5 second video game every game. Miss the days when you could build your railroad through the ages (from the dawn of trains to them being no longer useful. The original is far…”
— a player, Steam review · 63 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:40 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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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 | Strategy |
| Player tags | Management · Strategy · Trains · Simulation · Singleplayer · Economy · Real-Time with Pause · Classic · Building · Sandbox · Resource Management · Historical (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Windows 2000/XP (only), 400 mhz, 128 MB RAM, 1.2 GB Free Disk Space, 16 MB 3D Video Card, mouse, and keyboard, DirectX compatible sound card with speakers/headphones recommended.