Islands & Trains
Build miniature island railways in a goal-free sandbox
Akos Makovics · Published by Future Friends Games · Released May 29, 2025
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 87% of 579
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 13 in 30 days
- Players
- 2
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 1 month ago
- Oct 1, 2026
What is Islands & Trains?
A single-player building sandbox set on miniature islands. You lay railway tracks past villages and through forests, shape the landscape, place animals, and watch trains travel through your creations. There are no missions or timers.
For you if...
- +you enjoy arranging model train layouts and miniature scenery
- +you prefer unhurried building without objectives or deadlines
Not for you if...
- −you prefer guided challenges over open-ended construction
What players say
87% of 579 reviews are positive · 76% of 13 in the last 30 days
Players praise the miniature train-set look and relaxed pace. Their most common complaint is cumbersome placement: tracks and scenery often cannot overlap, and tracks cannot run beneath ordinary bridges.
Screenshots and trailer
Islands & Trains system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GTX950, 2 GB RAM.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Islands & Trains?
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- OS
- Windows 7, 8 or 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent
- Graphics
- Nvidia GeForce GTX950 or higher
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10
Does Islands & Trains have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Islands & Trains run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- The native resolution is not the default one
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 15
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Hungarian.
Does Islands & Trains use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- City Builder
- Sandbox
- Trains
- Building
- Minimalist
- Relaxing
- Simulation
- Procedural Generation
- Nature
- Casual
- Stylized
- Family Friendly
- Level Editor
- Colorful
- Atmospheric
- Cozy
Recent updates
- Oct 10, 2025 · Daily deal and new update is here!
- Aug 27, 2025 · The long awaited update has finally arrived at the station!
- Jun 17, 2025 · New update!
- Jun 2, 2025 · First update since launch!
- Dec 16, 2024 · Christmas Demo Update is now live!
1 DLC available.