Train Valley

Railroad puzzle game about building tracks and avoiding train crashes

Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, Timofey Shargorodskiy, Flazm · Published by Flazm, META Publishing · Released Sep 16, 2015

Action Adventure Casual Indie Simulation Strategy

Reviews: Very Positive; 90% of 3,469
Recent reviews: Mixed; 66% of 12 in 30 days
Playing now: 6; right now
Steam Deck: Untested
Last update: 6 years ago; Jun 18, 2020

Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.

Metacritic: 69/100 (critic reviews)

What is Train Valley?

A single-player railroad puzzle game set across historical periods in Europe, America, the USSR, and Japan. Build tracks between cities, control switches to route trains, and manage costs while avoiding collisions. Story levels reference historical events, while random levels and an optional sandbox setting provide other ways to play.

For you if...

+you enjoy replaying short puzzles to improve your results
+you like coordinating several trains on shared tracks
+you want a sandbox option without time or money limits

Not for you if...

−you want a consistently slow, low-pressure experience
−you dislike managing switches as train traffic grows
−you need track junction rules explained clearly

What players say

90% of 3,469 reviews are positive · 66% of 12 in the last 30 days

Players praise the replayable rail-routing puzzles and the challenge as traffic grows. Some complain that junctions are poorly explained and that the pace becomes stressful.

Screenshots and trailer

Train Valley system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows XP (SP3)+ (can crash in Win10)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ @ 2.8 GHz
Graphics: ATi Radeon HD 2400 or NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or better
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 1 GB available space
DirectX: Version 9.0c

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 39
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Romanian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Turkish.