Railroad Pioneer
Skip · Strategy · 2014
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 10, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 17.5h
- Value
- $0.29/hr
- Reviews
- 61% of 265 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
Be a pioneer and build the most famous transcontinental railroad tracks in the United States of America throughout the 19th century.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, DirectX compatible card, 696 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
98 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is less well reviewed than 91 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Bounty Train ($0.99, scores 29) beats it on value, while it beats Cities in Motion 2 ($19.99, scores 4).
More about Railroad Pioneer
Critics scored it 50. Players sit 11 points higher at 61 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Players
- Players online
- 2 when we last checked, on Oct 4, 14:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I do not know why some of the comments are negative about this amazing game, if their issues are about managing everything to the micro and the age of the game, well, the game is aged but, still it has the features and attributes to fill the essential requirements of a railroad tycoon game, from auto trading routs to auto managements, even for train maintenance, after a couple to dozens of trips of the train, the...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
The game give a good feel for railroad building and commerce and can be very challenging. The bad part is that there is no auto save so if something happens while playing, you have to start over.
Although the idea and game are nice, it's difficult to enjoy the game due to its age and micromanagement issues there is too many moving parts in the game you have to control manually its a micromanagement hell
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Railroad Pioneer scores 10/100 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/306490/railroad-pioneerReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.