CasualSimulation
SimRail - The Railway Simulator
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 76% of owners
Steam reviews 85% positive of 5,597
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 20h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 76% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 5,625 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 23.8h for positive, 21h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (75.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (53)
story milestone ending side
- Mission finished Finish your first mission. 100%
- The Zgierz Hedgehog awaits for honk Sound a warning signal in Zgierz for three times. 70%
- Are you sleepy? No response to Czuwak/SHP 69%
- Explorer (DLC Łódź-Warszawa) Driving a train visit all of the stations available in the Łódź-Warszawa DLC. 56%
- Fruity Freight Drive a freight train between Łowicz and Skierniewice 51%
- Overload Cause tripping of the redundant relay 49%
- The Hermit Drive a train between Skierniewice and Puszcza Mariańska. 47%
- Invigilation First ride in FULL SUPERVISION mode of the ETCS system (not a bot) 45%
- Night run Finish passenger mission at night. 44%
- Off to work Complete a journey from Łódź to Warsaw 41%
- First thousand Drive 1,000km 40%
- Heavy hauler Finish freight mission. 38%
- Heading Home Complete a journey from Warsaw to Łódź 35%
- Explorer (DLC Łódź North Region) Driving a train visit all of the stations available in the Łódź - Northern Region DLC. 33%
- The king is dead, long live the king! Discover Sieradz - place where Casimir Jagiellon was elected 33%
- Caution! Train! Sound a warning signal in an appropriate spot a total of 100 times. 31%
- ...happens First derail 28%
- Smell of roses Drive through Kutno station with open window in the driver cabin 27%
- Prepare your ID Take train in Sosnowiec in multiplayer. 23%
- On time Do not arrive late or depart too early from any station in the timetable. 21%
- Hardcore Starting EU07/ET22 etc. with heavy starting function up to min. 30km/h 19%
- Which way to the platform? Visit the underpass at Katowice train station. 17%
- Perfectionist Finishing a scenario that leasts at least 30 min without receiving any penalty points. 14%
- Tough journey Travel between Łódź and Warszawa with a transfer at either Skierniewice or Koluszki. 13%
- Poet You have written over 100 messages in chat. 12%
- Better with company Couple two ED250 or EMU 10%
- Experienced Experienced 10%
- Raiders of the lost platform Find platform 5 in Katowice. 10%
- Hello, it's the Police Reach a speed of 249 km/h. 8.9%
- Fun and Around Complete a journey from Zgierz to Zgierz via Łódź Kaliska and Łódź Widzew (or vice-versa). You can do it in a few trains one after another. 8.7%
- Taste of coal Complete a journey from Warsaw to Katowice 8.7%
- See the world Complete a journey from Katowice to Sędziszów 7.8%
- Jars delivery Complete a journey from Katowice to Warsaw. 7.5%
- The New Capital Complete a journey from Krakow to Warsaw 7.3%
- The Old Capital Complete a journey from Warsaw toKrakow 7.0%
- Down the pipe we go! Flush the water in the toilet 6.0%
- Home sweet home Complete a journey from Sędziszów to Katowice 5.6%
- Devil Boruta Drive through Łęczyca during storm at night and overspeeding. 5.4%
- Explorer Driving a train visit all of the stations available in the game. 5.3%
- Explorer (DLC Łódź Junction) Driving a train visit all of the stations available in the Łódź Junction DLC. 4.2%
- It will be here. Eventually. You have finished a scenario being over 30 min late. 4.2%
- Kaboom! Get the boiler to blow up 4.0%
- Night shift Spend at 6 or more hours (cummuliative) dispatching trains between 22:00 and 6:00 3.6%
- Senior dispatcher (DLC Łódź-Warszawa) Spend at least 2 hours at every outpost in dispatcher mode in the Łódź-Warszawa DLC. 3.4%
- Hallo? Is this Illuminati? Type in a secret phone number 3.2%
- Senior dispatcher (DLC Łódź North Region) Spend at least 2 hours at every outpost in dispatcher mode in the Łódź North Region DLC. 2.0%
- What did you expect? 4 laps around the test track counterclockwise 1.9%
- Pioneer Wysocki Drive a train from Piotrków Trybunalski to Koluszki without active HUD 1.6%
- Leisurely pace Drive through Kutno - Łęczyca section 20 times 1.2%
- Senior dispatcher (DLC Łódź Junction) Spend at least 2 hours at every outpost in dispatcher mode in the Łódź Junction DLC. 1.2%
- Equator reached! Drive 40,076km 1.1%
- Senior dispatcher Spend at least 2 hours at every outpost in dispatcher mode. 0.9%
- Feeling dizzy? 500 laps on the test track 0.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.