Bounty Train
Skip · Strategy · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 29, under the fair line, at $0.99.
- Length
- 18.6h 44.9h to 100%
- Value
- $0.05/hr
- Reviews
- 70% of 1,738 positive
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It is 90% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
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How to read this
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About the game
Explore the dangerous life, the accurate historic events and contemporary inventions of the North American/US 19th century. Acquire one of the most legendary steam machines and transform it into a fortress on rails.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, AMD Radeon HD 6570, GeForce 9600 GT or higher, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
110 discounts in the 11 years on record, a median of 90 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today's $0.99 at 90 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
It is pricier than 69 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 67 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Railroad Corporation ($35.99, scores 34) beats it on value, while it beats Automation Empire ($29.99, scores 11).
More about Bounty Train
This site sampled 484 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 43 percent of the 123 reviews written there were positive, against 70 percent overall, and those are 9 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 18.6 hours; clearing it takes 45, which is 2.4 times the campaign.
The drop-off
31% start to 2% 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
What players say
I gave this game a good 9 hour try a long time ago and I don't remember much about it, except that it was brutally hard to make any progress. I like challenging games, but this one was unforgivingly brutal. The learning curve was more like a Civilzation game or Endless Space: just way too involving for a story-driven RPG.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Frustrating, poorly balanced. Too much back and forth between screens. There's a contract available at the Courthouse. Will it overload my locomotive ? Will I still have the speed to make it ? Got to go back to a previous screen to figure it out. At least early in the game, you can't possibly have enough strength to repel bandits without towing a big caboose, and your locomotive just can't handle it. The save system...
I don't understand why this game hasn't become popular. It's very well-crafted in every detail. I've read some negative comments, which are simply untrue. The developers have a great sense of humor. The mechanics work perfectly. It's a shooter combined with trading and management, and there are trains (hi Sheldon). The sound and music are impeccable. The graphics are excellent and pleasing to the eye. The map is...
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Cite this score
Bounty Train scores 29/100 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/371520/bounty-trainReviews 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 23, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.