Nostalgic classic that still holds up
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“this game holds up INSANELY well compared to even the modern stuff.”
Steam review · 92.8 h played ↗
Sid Meier's Railroads!
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 71%Mostly Positive · 71%Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive (Mac)2007Management · Economy · Strategy
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A simple, charming, relaxing railroad tycoon that holds up well, but it crashes constantly on modern Windows. Skip it unless you'll apply a community fix or play on Linux/Mac.
Great for
Nostalgic or casual players wanting a relaxing, easy-to-learn train builder who don't mind applying a fix
Main risk
Frequent crashes on Windows 10/11 that need an unofficial patch to fix
What players love
Easy to learn, relaxing and addictive
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Watching trains go around in sandbox mode is the ultimate therapy.”
Steam review · 40.5 h played ↗
Fun economy, finance and rival-AI gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Super-easy interface and a really fun three-level game: railroad construction and operation; financing your railroad; and fights for corporate control of your competitors”
Steam review · 355.5 h played ↗
Great value and good looks for its age
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“it is quite cheap compared to the modern alturnatives”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗
Runs well on Linux and Mac
Mentioned in ~1 in 38 positive reviews
“under Linux the Steam version combined with the Steam provided Wine/Proton works out of the box.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Constant crashes on modern Windows
Mentioned in ~4 in 5 negative reviews
“The game crashes all the time, like every two minutes.”
Steam review · 42.6 h played ↗
Needs unofficial patch; abandoned
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“I can't recommend a game you have to fix just to play more than 5 minutes without a crash.”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗
Bad train routing and signals
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“the train routing is so bad I can't even tell you. You'll spend more time trying to hack together a network and untangle stuck trains than you will actually building a railroad.”
Steam review · 10 h played ↗
Too simplified, lacks depth
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“the game's mechanics were too simplistic, and I didn't feel like there were too many interesting decisions to make in any given play-through.”
Steam review · 10 h played ↗
Lost saves and broken autosave
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“occasional crashes became a crash every time you loaded a save game making the game completely unplayable.”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗
Can't zoom out; maps are small
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“You cannot zoom out. You are completely stuck in this close-up viewpoint of your map”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable2 GB
Minimum
OSmacOS 10.14
Processor1.1 GHz Intel Core M or greater
Memory4GB
Graphics512Mb Nvidia 640M, 1.5GB Intel HD 5300 or 2GB AMD M290 or better (See Notes for more details)
Storage2GB HD space
OSmacOS 10.14
Processor1.1 GHz Intel Core M or greater
Memory4GB
Graphics512Mb Nvidia 640M, 1.5GB Intel HD 5300 or 2GB AMD M290 or better (See Notes for more details)
Storage2GB HD space
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