Railroad Tycoon 3
Fair · Strategy · 2007
The verdict
WAIT.
Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$9.99Fair
Typical seasonal cut
$2.4975% offFair
- Cost per hourS
- $0.38/hr
- Reviews▼
- 77% of 1,273
- Critics
- 80 players 3 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 15% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.49 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 26.2h
- To 100%
- 38h 1.5x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 63 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $2.49 November 2014
- Sale every
- 56d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 65 now
- Cheaper than
- 29% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 70% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
63 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 15 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 71 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 70 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Railroad Tycoon II Platinum ($4.99, scores 80) beats it on value, while it beats Railroad Corporation ($6.47, scores 38).
More about Railroad Tycoon 3
Of the 411 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 39 percent of the 205 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 18 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
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
Game holds up after many years. I played this elementary and middle school, and now as I pursue my masters, I still love it
1 more review
My favorite game of all time, was literally playing it last night, this morning, STEAM UPDATE BRICKED THE GAME!!! I AM BEYOND PISSED, EDIT: FIXED find the discussion thread for running on win 10/11, Mr. Skinny, it worked for me
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo in a dynamic economy, and participate in...
Minimum specs
Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Railroad Tycoon 3 scores 52/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/7610/railroad-tycoon-3Reviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.