SimRail - The Railway Simulator: Prologue

SimRail - The Railway Simulator: Prologue

Steam Deck Playable

SimRail S.A. · Trains · Dec 16, 2021

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

81%
Very Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Interface: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 250 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise45% are divided22% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics looks really good, although some improvements could be made here and there.
45 of 250 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Also, to those people who say "oh the game doesn't believe in keyboard controls" LOOK AT THE SETTINGS MENU (which is also really well done, in fact the whole UI is and I love it, especially the ability to enter a specific settings menu and then change settings menus without coming back out of the settings).
11 of 250 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
But now to the pros, the Sound is very good (!), the Train models are very well made, the communication with the Dispatchers is a good Feature, I would like to see how it will work in the Multiplayer.
9 of 250 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 love3 themes
Graphics45 reviews
Interface11 reviews
Multiplayer9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay13 reviews
77%
Performance12 reviews
50%
Optimization10 reviews
40%
Controls6 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes13 reviews
38%
Bugs8 reviews
63%

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. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 5 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
81%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
4
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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