Train Simulator Classic
Skip · Strategy · 2015
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 33, under the fair line, at $5.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.48/hr
- Reviews▼
- 72% of 29,584
- Genre rank
- Top 42% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Score at full price
Score today
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 12.6h
- Finish
- <1% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 1384
Price and sales
- Sales
- 76 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $5.99 June 2015
- Sale every
- 35d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 814 now
- Recent reviews
- 77% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 3% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 41% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
22% start to <1% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
76 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today's $5.99 at 80 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
Its score sits in the top 42 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Train Sim World® 2020 ($12.99, scores 52) beats it on value, while it beats Trainz Railroad Simulator 2022 ($7.99, scores 32).
More about Train Simulator Classic
Steam's global achievement data puts under 1 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 12.6-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 17 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written November 2023 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 37 percent of the 1,556 reviews written there were positive, against 72 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
I have always wanted to drive a train, and most boys and probably girls feel the same way. Perhaps it is the thrill of just being in control. The only trouble I have is getting it right. Practise makes perfect and at 91 years of age I still have the spirit of a young person. What I say is have this game installed on your computer and ENJOY!
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I love this game. It runs great on my personal laptop! The routes are truly beautiful and the trains are so detailed!
Not a horrible simulator on its own but dev definitely takes advantage of the obsession of railfans. New routes cost more than entire new games. Pretty sad guys, this is so greedy.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
The ultimate railway hobby for more than 15 years! From historic steam locomotives to modern high-speed and heavy freight trains, and routes around the world, Train Simulator Classic is the simulation made by railfans for railfans.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 40 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Train Simulator Classic scores 33/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/24010/train-simulator-classicReviews 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 Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.