NIMBY Rails
Worth it · Strategy · 2021 · Early Access
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $19.99.
- Length
- 58.6h
- Value
- $0.34/hr
- Reviews
- 90% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Intel HD 5000, 55 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, Linux.
Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Solve global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
August 2023 is where it bottomed out, at $15.19. Its cuts run 20 percent off as a rule. There have been 38 in the 6 years tracked, about 7 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 2 percent on value. It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Factory Town ($19.99, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats Cities: Skylines II ($49.99, scores 4).
This site sampled 530 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 13 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written January 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 56 percent of the 220 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 10 percent of everything written about it.
Players
249 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 15:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
i'm very glad this exists its wonderful my one criticism is that it still doesn't take into account elevation at all, which is a little sad
This is a really fun game/light sim. If you like rails/trains and have ever thought about how you would build a route then you'll love this game.
i've been looking for a game like this for maybe the past 10 years, and i'm so happy to have finally found it. One of the best aspect of the game is its fluidity, i've never experienced lag even while loading pretty complex and intricate networks spanning hundreds of lines. On top of that, it's very easy to mod, using a lightweight proprietary file system. However, to enjoy the game, you'll have to endure a pretty...
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Cite this score
NIMBY Rails scores 75/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1134710/nimby-railsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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