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Train Life: A Railway Simulator

Train Life: A Railway Simulator

For the first time in railroad simulation, play as both the driver and company director! Take the controls of your locomotives and grow your railway empire by negotiating deals and developing your network.

Released Aug 25, 2022 Developer Simteract Publisher Nacon Platforms Windows SimulationFamily FriendlyRealisticOpen WorldSingleplayer
View on Steam ↗ $1.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

64.0%positive1,525 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Looks good. Runs well. No DLC spam. Ability to drive continuously to different cities that are far apart from each other unlike Train Simulator which gives only 20 mile routes! Ability to paint your trains and the gameplay has Transport Fever like elements. I recommend this!…”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Many have said that this is ETS2 for trains. That seems about right. A more casual version of other rail sims, which suits me just fine and may suit you too. Graphics, gamplay, systems etc all good without being great. I bought it as it was on a deep sale, just to 'give it a go'…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Not recommended · 7 found this helpful

“Game is abandoned!”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:32 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

21playing at last check
2524-hour peak
386all-time peak
0 50 100 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 92 avg · Sep 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 2026-07-25.

40achievements
2.2%median completion
0.3%rarest: Early Bird
33.2% of players 29.8% of players 22.2% of players 20.3% of players 18.1% of players 18.0% of players 17.8% of players 17.6% of players 17.4% of players 13.6% of players 13.1% of players 10.8% of players 6.6% of players 5.0% of players 4.0% of players 3.6% of players 3.3% of players 2.8% of players 2.4% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.4% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 33.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
33.2%Sunday Driver — Drive from a station in one city to a station in a different city without being fined (this must be done in a career or scenario)
29.8%Ding! — Level up once in a career
22.2%New Wheels — Purchase a new locomotive in a career
Rarest badges of honor
0.3%Early Bird — Complete all non-tutorial scenarios faster than the estimated time
0.4%World Domination — Level up all cities to level 3 in a single career
0.4%The Wild West — Level up all cities in the Western region to level 3 in a single career

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.

$1.99−90% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99base price
$1.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-20
US1.99 USD−90%
EU1.99 EUR−90%
UK1.69 GBP−90%
Australia2.89 AUD−90%
Canada2.27 CAD−90%
Japan205 JPY−90%
Brazil4.79 BRL−90%
China7.00 CNY−90%

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

Brazil≈$0.9 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$2.3

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

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

Mar 03, 2026
Discounts up to 90% on the Life games collection!

Your next favorite Life game awaits! Nacon Publisher Sale is live now, with discounts from 60% to 90% on the Life games collection. https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/45577585/2f4cf30126612505

Dec 02, 2022
Patch #24 | Patch 1.20 IS NOW LIVE!

Engineers! It’s been a long time since our last patch and with multiple delays, blood, sweat and tears that have been shed, we’re finally proud to announce the second patch for Train Life! As you can

Oct 21, 2022
Developer Note: Things that we're working on for the next patch!

Hello Engineers! Thanks for taking the time in joining us once again in our weekly update regarding some of the things that we’re working on to improve Train Life. You all have been great in reporting

Oct 12, 2022
Patch Note# 23 | Patch 1.10 is now LIVE!

Hello Engineers! Welcome to patch 1.10! Your friendly neighborhood community manager Mike is here 😊 We’re pleased to announce that you’ll be able to experience the new HUD we teased over the last coup

Sep 30, 2022
Developer Note: Next bug fixes and optimizations incoming!

Greetings Engineers! Welcome to another developer note written by yours truly, Mike! We have been rolling out the hotfixes left and right and we’re coming back to tell you what we’re working on next.

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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.

GenresSimulation
Player tagsSimulation · Family Friendly · Realistic · Open World · Singleplayer · Atmospheric · Management · Transportation · Casual · Trains · Immersive Sim · Driving (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish *
Achievements40
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 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 770 | AMD Radeon RX 570 DirectX: Version 10