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Subway Builder

Subway Builder

Subway Builder is a hyperrealistic transit simulation game. Build a new subway system from the ground up while dealing with real-world constraints and costs. Craft the subway system your city deserves.

Released Jul 17, 2026 Developer Colin Miller, EJ Fox, Curran Kelleher, Nate Maue, Alex Wohlbruck, Piero Maddaleni, Brooks Flannery Publisher Borough Studio Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux StrategySimulationCity BuilderBuildingManagement
View on Steam ↗ $39.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

59.9%positive414 reviews
Recommended · 65 found this helpful

“I got the website version of the game a month or so after release, so I've been playing for a while, between 50-100 hours. The game has improved significantly since the start and i am confident that it will keep improving which is why I am OK giving this a thumbs up review.…”

— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played
Recommended · 21 found this helpful

“Please make an offline mode, its kinda absurd a game that uses static data from every ten years cant work ofline. I understand its in the works but i bought the steam version after playing the webversion and the webversion used to let me play ofline, so i was incredibly…”

— a player, Steam review · 67 hrs played
Not recommended · 862 found this helpful

“"the customers are so annoying" "my fans are as*holes so f*ck them" "they're so insanely out of the loop" This has to be the worst way to manage criticism. All of these quotes have been tweeted by colin, one of the devs. I don't think I need to say much about why a dev should…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
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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.

71achievements
5.8%median completion
0.0%rarest: Touch Grass
91.7% of players 86.9% of players 68.0% of players 63.6% of players 50.0% of players 41.0% of players 38.5% of players 35.9% of players 34.8% of players 33.2% of players 33.1% of players 32.0% of players 31.9% of players 30.4% of players 29.4% of players 28.4% of players 27.4% of players 26.9% of players 26.5% of players 25.8% of players 24.8% of players 24.4% of players 24.2% of players 23.5% of players 19.2% of players 18.5% of players 18.4% of players 17.5% of players 16.4% of players 14.4% of players 14.2% of players 9.8% of players 7.6% of players 7.4% of players 7.2% of players 5.8% of players 4.6% of players 4.1% of players 3.3% of players 2.8% of players 2.3% of players 2.1% of players 1.6% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.3% of players 0.1% of players 0.0% of players 0.0% of players 0.0% of players 0.0% of players 0.0% of players 0.0% of players 91.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
91.7%First Station Built — Place your first station
86.9%Crossing Over — Build your first scissors crossover
68.0%All Aboard — Get your first commuter aboard a train
Rarest badges of honor
0.0%Touch Grass — Build 1,500 stations and run 1,500 trains. Then maybe step outside
0.0%Take That, Oil! — Reach 50% transit mode share in Houston
0.0%Roller Coaster — Build a line with a section over 10 m underground and a section over 10 m in the air

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$39.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$39.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US39.99 USD
EU28.49 EUR
UK26.99 GBP
Australia53.95 AUD
Canada44.99 CAD
Japan4,050 JPY
Brazil99.99 BRL
China145.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$19 China Japan Canada EU UK Australia US≈$40

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

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 02, 2026
Version 1.7.0

Features - Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo, Sendai, Hiroshima, and Nagoya have been added 🇯🇵! Thanks to Mark Sustar for the data. - Light rail! You can intersect this train type with roads like commuter rail, b

Sep 02, 2026
Version 1.7.0 Now Live

Version 1.7.0 is now live for all players. Features - Tokyo 🇯🇵, Osaka 🇯🇵, Sapporo 🇯🇵, Sendai 🇯🇵, Hiroshima 🇯🇵, and Nagoya 🇯🇵 have been added! Thanks to Mark Sustar for the data. - Light rail! You can

Aug 07, 2026
Version 1.6.0 Now Live

Version 1.6.0 is now live for all players. Features - Paris 🇫🇷, Lyon 🇫🇷, Marseille 🇫🇷, and Dublin 🇮🇪 have been added to the game! - You can now create complex fare systems and charge commuters differe

Aug 06, 2026
Version 1.6.0

Features - Paris 🇫🇷, Lyon 🇫🇷, Marseille 🇫🇷, and Dublin 🇮🇪 have been added to the game! - You can now create complex fare systems and charge commuters differently based on how far they travel and/or wh

Jul 28, 2026
Version 1.5.0 Now Live

Version 1.5.0 is now live for all players. Features - Experimental: this build plays fully offline. Your license is checked once the first time you launch online, each city's map downloads and stays o

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Simulation · City Builder · Building · Management · Resource Management · Singleplayer · Sandbox · 2D · Immersive Sim · Automation · Economy (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukr…
Achievements71
Official sitehttps://www.subwaybuilder.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64bit Memory: 4 GB RAM Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 700 MB available space