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SimRail - The Railway Simulator: Prologue
SimRail - The Railway Simulator Prologue presents the full range of possibilities of the newest and best simulator of the work of train driver. Take on the challenge and take the controls of a freight or passenger train!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“SimRail: The Railway Simulator: Prologue is a train simulator that takes the driving side of railways pretty seriously. I am put into the cab of either a passenger train or a freight locomotive and expected to actually pay attention to things like speed, braking, signals and…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“it is for xbox seris x”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Controls are really awkward, not very well explained”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
SimRail - The Railway Simulator EA available now
Hello, Railfans! As you probably already know, from 13.01 you can try the Early Access version of SimRail - The Railway Simulator. We strongly encourage everyone who has not yet had the opportunity to
SimRail Publishing Roadmap & free Playtests
Hello, Railfans! The day you've been waiting for so long is approaching! You can sign up today on our Steam page for free playtests starting December 7. And on January 13, the full version of SimRail
Patch notes 21.12.2021
- Improved performance of vegetation shadows rendering - Modified behaviour of mouse manipulation of cabin controls - Fixes to waypoints used by road traffic - TrackIR translation should now be always
Patch notes 17.12.2021
- Performance improvements - Bugfixes related to departure time indicator - Rotation is now correctly applied to TrackIR data - 34WE brake controller behavior improvements, EP at full braking position
SimRail - The Railway Simulator: Prologue LIVE STREAM
Hello, Railfans! SimRail - The Railway Simulator Prologue live stream... with one of the developers. You will have the opportunity to watch the gameplay of the prologue streamed by one of the develope
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Simulation |
| Player tags | Trains · Simulation · Driving · Transportation · Immersive Sim · Realistic · Exploration · Education · Tutorial · Automobile Sim · Life Sim · Walking Simulator (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Polish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech * |
| Achievements | 4 |
| Official site | https://www.facebook.com/simrail2021/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8 / 8.1 or Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-4690 @ 3.5 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X @ 3.7 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 | AMD Radeon RX 580 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 25 GB available space