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Railbound
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 2h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 94% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 1,948
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 11 reviews are negative (9%); after 5h it's 1 in 18 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 2.
- The opening is criticised less than in 92% of games we track.
- 94% 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 1,981 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 6.5h for positive, 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 (93.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (31)
- Bon Voyage! Complete all base levels in World 1 100%
- Passing Through Complete all base levels in World 2 87%
- Almost There Connected at least 3 cars in the wrong order 73%
- Going First Complete all base levels in World 3 67%
- Eastbound Complete all bonus levels in World 1 61%
- Too Dark Made 2 cars crash in the middle of a tunnel 59%
- Inbound Complete all bonus levels in World 2 49%
- Tangled Complete all base levels in World 4 45%
- Southbound Complete all bonus levels in World 3 39%
- Cutting Corners Solved a level without placing all available rails (for a puzzle with no pre-placed removable rails) 35%
- All Aboard Complete all base levels in World 5 35%
- Switched Complete all base levels in World 6 27%
- At Your Service Complete all base levels in World 7 24%
- Impostor Connected the trolley to the locomotive 22%
- Charting Paths Solved 2 levels without placing all available rails (for a puzzle with no pre-placed removable rails) 21%
- Abound Complete all bonus levels in World 4 20%
- Cartographer Solved 3 levels without placing all available rails (for a puzzle with no pre-placed removable rails) 16%
- Northbound Complete all bonus levels in World 5 14%
- Country Roads Complete all base levels in World 8 14%
- Icebound Complete all bonus levels in World 6 12%
- Raising The Bar Completed all base levels in World 9 11%
- Westbound Complete all bonus levels in World 7 11%
- Back On Track Completed all base levels in World 10 8.8%
- Homebound Complete all bonus levels in World 8 7.5%
- Twin Tracks Completed all base levels in World 11 7.4%
- Crossroads Completed all base levels in World 12 6.2%
- Ironbound Completed all bonus levels in World 9 6.2%
- Final Stop Found and completed the hidden level 5.7%
- Boundless Completed all bonus levels in World 10 5.3%
- Unbound Completed all bonus levels in World 11 4.7%
- Outbound Completed all bonus levels in World 12 4.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.