Train Valley Origins

Train Valley Origins

Steam Deck Playable

Flazm · Trains · Jun 12, 2025

Worth it for the right player.

At $11.95. It has been as low as $4.78.

78%
Mostly Positive
302 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 302 player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 140 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
75% of themes are praise13% are divided12% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Trains and stations are clearly distinguishable, ensuring that gameplay remains readable even when traffic becomes dense.
19 of 140 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Despite having relatively simple graphics, it uses 100% of a CPU core and around 45% of my relatively powerful RTX 5070, even with V-Sync and a 60 fps cap enabled in the settings.
16 of 140 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
I really tried to like this game as I spent quite a while with Train Valley 2 and it was great fun at first. in the later missions (25+) both the difficulty steeply increases and a lot of bugs start appearing.
9 of 140 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack is great and the overall gameplay is very fun.
7 of 140 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I was able to get all the achievements within 15 hours, I had to replay all levels to get the "don't pause" achievement but luckily you don't have to complete all the other quests again.
6 of 140 sampled reviews raised it
Crashes
Players who bring up Crashes mostly praise it.
I never even crashed a train.
6 of 140 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 love6 themes
Gameplay19 reviews
Graphics16 reviews
Difficulty9 reviews
Audio7 reviews
Story and characters6 reviews
Crashes6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Optimization3 reviews
33%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs11 reviews
27%

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 $11.95. The lowest we've tracked is $4.78.

7 points recordedtoday · $11.95

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
78%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
19
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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