Sid Meier's Railroads!
Skip · Strategy · 2007
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 31, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.67/hr
- Reviews▼
- 71% of 3,502
- Critics
- 77 players 6 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 47% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 15h
Price and sales
- Sales
- 74 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $2.49 June 2014
- Sale every
- 49d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 58 now
- Cheaper than
- 29% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 37% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 74 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 47 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 71 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 63 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Railroad Corporation ($6.47, scores 38) beats it on value, while it beats Cities in Motion 2 ($19.99, scores 4).
More about Sid Meier's Railroads!
7 of the 625 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 42 percent of the 348 reviews written there were positive, against 71 percent overall, and those are 13 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- 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
Love this game! Wish they would make a new one due to this game keeps crashing on me every five minutes. Still love it though!
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Sid Meier's Railroads! marks the return of the watershed title in simulation/strategy gaming that launched the popular "tycoon" genre, and inspired a new generation of games. Sid Meier's Railroads!
Minimum specs
Runs on Windows, macOS.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Sid Meier's Railroads! scores 31/100 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/7600/sid-meier-s-railroadsReviews 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.