Action · September 16, 2015

Train Valley (2015)

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Build railroads in order to connect cities, tunnels and bridges. New railways are cheap when laid across bare fields, but can be expensive when demolishing forests, villages and other existing structures. Manage increasing traffic by constructing, switches, sidings and spurs so that multiple trains can run without delays, at the same time. Stay accident-free by precisely controlling trains during crucial moments, using pause for planning (you can build railways and schedule trains while on pause). Play through 4 seasons: Europe (1830–1980), America (1840–1960), USSR (1880–1980) and Japan (1900–2020). Complete the story mode featuring such real-life events as the Gold Rush of 1849, the construction of the Florida Overseas Railroad, World War II, the Cold War, the launch of the first manned space flight Vostok 1 and more. Explore the game in different game modes: in story mode (5-10 minutes), in random mode (15-20 minutes – the level looks and develops differently every time you launch) or in sandbox-like regime (can be turned on for both story and random modes. It allows to play without time and money limits). Discover 15 types of trains – from early steam-powered locomotives to modern high-speed trains, driving 18 types of cars – from old-time passenger cars to hoppers and cisterns and to military-use tank and gun platforms.

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146 Action titles launched in 2015 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Replay Value · 549
  • Resource Management · 538
  • Indie · 522
  • 3D · 474
  • Trains · 414
  • Casual · 400
  • Puzzle · 396
  • Strategy · 393
  • Simulation · 391
  • Relaxing · 389
  • Transportation · 386
  • Singleplayer · 377
  • Management · 373
  • Family Friendly · 370
  • Building · 366

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume3.3k Steam reviewsTop 75% in Action
Positive rating90% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 37%
Metacritic69/100Genre average 77 — top 84% of Action titles
Engagement hours6 h averageTop 63% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Czech
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Romanian
  • Japanese
  • Simplified Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

90%Very Positive · 3.3k reviews

3.0k positive · 330 negative

Metacritic

69/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

2.6k

Press Quotes

“The care and attention to detail in the scenes helps create a beautiful game.” 88/100 – Impulsegamer “The gameplay is the real winner in Train Valley.” 8/10 – The Sixth Axis “If you're looking for a game you can play for countless hours, this may be it.” 75/100 – Vandal Online

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 16, 2015
DeveloperAlexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, Timofey Shargorodskiy, Flazm
PublisherFlazm, META Publishing
Base price$1.49 -85%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

6h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

4h

Typical completion time

Achievements

39

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Train Valley