SimRail - The Railway Simulator

SimRail - The Railway Simulator

Steam Deck Playable

SimRail S.A. · Multiplayer · Dec 13, 2024

Yes, worth buying.

At $34.99. It has been as low as $20.64.

85%
Very Positive
5k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Multiplayer: 122 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 36 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 5k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise42% are divided25% are caveats
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
The multiplayer here is EVERYTHING I wanted, finally getting the ability to communicate with others and organise things - and wow has it been a joyous experience!
122 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are pretty amazing, i play on a Lenovo Legion gaming laptop at 2K resolution (RTX 3070-Ti GFX card) and have all my settings on max except for 'Vegetation Density' i wind that back to 80% because it reveals more content around the tracks that is hidden with it on 100% and gives me an extra 10 fps.
56 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
TSW, TS etc have one issue - replayability.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Controller support - yet
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Multiplayer122 reviews
Graphics56 reviews
Gameplay27 reviews
Controls10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking32 reviews
63%
Monetization23 reviews
35%
Interface21 reviews
67%
Optimization15 reviews
40%
Story and characters8 reviews
75%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs36 reviews
56%
Performance19 reviews
58%
Crashes15 reviews
53%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $34.99. The lowest we've tracked is $20.64.

4 points recordedtoday · $34.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
85%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
41
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.