A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
Skip · Strategy · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 37, under the fair line, at $59.99.
- Length
- 65h
- Value
- $0.92/hr
- Reviews
- 74% of 207 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
In the world of A-Train, people gather around stations, gradually developing the surrounding town. What kind of railroad will you create? How will you develop the town? All these choices and more are yours to make.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 4600 or higher (*You can play without a graphics card), 12 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 32 discounts in the 5 years tracked, the median cut is 40 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 35 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Factory Town ($19.99, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats Railway Empire 2 ($49.99, scores 33).
More about A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating, which is the one that means it just works.
The drop-off
36% start to 1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 23 when we last checked, on Oct 13, 18:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
The basic idea of a city builder / transport tycoon type game is there - but it does feel like it has a almost vertical learning curve when it comes to figuring out the mechanics of this specific game. The very oddball UI thats evidently designed for a Switch first as well as the very clunky control didn't help either. I also don't particularly like the characters in the game though - I find them a bit distracting...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
A great game but with a steep learning curve to overcome before things make sense. Just stick with it and it will pay off. I wish they would release the DLC outside of Japan.
Is a fun port but what the game needs is a signal system for the trains. I don't know why key part of the game is missing. Will change this if they add or unlock a signal system later on. But you have to use old school departure times and that is a lot of math. That aside it is fun. Never played the earlier versions. But anyhow that is that. I also like how city develop and how you can as play buy property and...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism scores 37/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1685460/a-train-all-aboard-tourismReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.