Railroad Corporation
Skip · Strategy · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 34, under the fair line, at $35.99.
- Length
- 30.5h
- Value
- $1.18/hr
- Reviews
- 74% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GTX560 Ti or ATI Radeon HD 7850, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
Relive the pioneering spirit of the Golden Age of Steam by establishing your own railroad empire across 19th century North America. Bring settlements together, produce and trade goods and develop new technologies to stay ahead of the competition. Want more? RAILROAD CORPORATION 2 Out Now!
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
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $5.39. That was June 2025. Its cuts run 75 percent off as a rule. There have been 71 in the 7 years tracked, about 6 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 39 percent on value. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Railway Empire ($29.99, scores 65) beats it on value, while it beats Bounty Train ($9.99, scores 29).
Of the 486 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 35 percent of the 124 reviews written there were positive, against 74 percent overall, and those are 11 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 30.5 hours; clearing it takes 69, which is 2.3 times the campaign.
The drop-off
57% start to <1% 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
Players
20 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 10:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
6/10. I have to give it a thumbs down because of the quality vs price. This is not a $35 USD game. GOOD: The gameplay loop is thoughtful, satisfying, and addictive. You have to be very careful about track placement and resource chain management in order to stay cash flow positive, let alone efficient. BAD: The UI is really bad. It's unintuitive. The styling is not cohesive. The quality of the copy is poor (there are...
The track tool is so buggy. Like 1fps buggy. It's a game about trains. There are two things that should work 100% of the time. The trains, and the things you put trains on.
You know, I have had this game in my Steam library for about 2 years, and played it only once when I first bought it. At first, I thought it was mediocre. BUT... Boy was I wrong! I was bored this weekend, and thought I would give this game a serious go. And wow! I have to say I am impressed. I'm a big fan of train games... from the old Transport Tycoon to the new Transport Fever series and so many others in between...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Railroad Corporation scores 34/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/797400/railroad-corporationReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 1.
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