Railroads Online
The first 2 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (67%); after 20h it's 1 in 4 (24%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- The opening is criticised more than in 94% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 33% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 6,083 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 52.4h for positive, 66.4h 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 (33.3% 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 (32)
story milestone ending side
- The Golden Age Drive 32ft (10m) with a locomotive for the first time. 100%
- The First Mile Place a total of 1 miles (1,6 km) of track. 59%
- Dumpin' Logs Deliver 20 logs to the sawmill. 54%
- Lumberjack I Cut down 50 trees. 53%
- Turnout Place a total of 10 switches. 52%
- Robber Baron I Earn 1 thousand dollars. 51%
- All Aboooooaaarrrdddd! I Play a multiplayer session for 10 minutes with at least 1 other player. 39%
- Bridge Builder I BBBuild a 300ft (91m) long bridge. 38%
- Tycoon I Reach Player Level 5. 31%
- Tenmile Place a total of 10 miles (16 km) of track. 29%
- Your own Locomotive Customize every part to make your locomotive unique. 28%
- Lumberjack II Cut down 400 trees. 27%
- Big Spender Spend $20,000 on Locomotives and Rolling Stock. 27%
- Master of disaster Rerail a locomotive 100 times. 27%
- The Extra Mile Place a total of 15 miles (24 km) of track. 24%
- Bridge Builder II Build a 1000ft (305m) long bridge. 20%
- Decorator Decorate your world with 50 props. 18%
- Lumberjack III Cut down 1000 trees. 15%
- The Big Haul Drive a train with at least 25 cars for at least 300ft (91m). 15%
- Tycoon II Reach Player Level 10. 14%
- All Aboooooaaarrrdddd! II Play a multiplayer session with at least 3 other players. 12%
- Redwood Sidewinder Purchase your first Shay. 12%
- The Big One Purchase your first Class 125/K-27. 9.6%
- Bridge Builder III Build a total of 10 miles (16km) of bridges. 9.3%
- Networker Build 10 telegraph offices on your map. 9.3%
- Iron Racehorse Drive a locomotive at 50 mph. 9.0%
- Robber Baron II Earn 300 thousand dollars. 3.6%
- Struck Oil Deliver 100 Oil Barrels to the Freight depot. 3.3%
- Howdy Farmer Deliver 50 Cattles to Meat Packing Plant. 2.1%
- Robber Baron III Earn one million dollars. 1.2%
- Gold Digger Deliver 100 Gold Ingots to the Railway Express Agency. 0.9%
- The Golden Spike Unlock all Achievements. 0.3%