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Sid Meier's Railroads!

Railroad strategy game about hauling cargo and outmaneuvering rival tycoons

Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive (Mac) · Published by 2K, Feral Interactive (Mac) · Released May 4, 2007

Strategy

Reviews
Mostly Positive
70% of 2,718
Recent reviews
Mixed
66% of 15 in 30 days
Players
57
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
7 years ago
Dec 18, 2018
Minimum PC
–
not published

Metacritic: 77/100 (critic reviews)

What is Sid Meier's Railroads!?

A railroad-building strategy game where you construct rail lines, run trains, move cargo, and manage company finances while competing with rival tycoons. You can play alone or with others over a local network.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy building rail networks and managing a business
  • +you prefer lighter strategy games with approachable controls
  • +you like competing for control of rival companies

Not for you if...

  • −you want a more detailed railroad management simulation
  • −you need multiplayer beyond local network play

What players say

70% of 2,718 reviews are positive · 66% of 15 in the last 30 days

Players praise the approachable railroad building and business competition. Many report frequent crashes on newer Windows systems; some say a community workaround helps.

Players over time

▼ -11% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 83 players on Sep 27, 2026.

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Screenshots and trailer

Sid Meier's Railroads! screenshot 1

Sid Meier's Railroads! system requirements

As published by the developer.

Can my PC run Sid Meier's Railroads!?

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Minimum

Windows 2000, Windows XP 1.4GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent 512 MB RAM 64 MB Video card with hardware pixel and vertex shaders (GeForce 3, Radeon 8500 or better) DirectX 7 compatible sound card 1.7 GB of free disc drive space

Recommended

Windows 2000, Windows XP 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent (or better) 1GB RAM 128MB videocard with pixel shader 2.0 support (Radeon x800, GeForce 6800) DirectX 7 compatible sound card 1.7 GB of free disc drive space

Does Sid Meier's Railroads! have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: multiplayer (mode not specified). It also has a single-player mode.

Does Sid Meier's Railroads! run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Default configuration is not performant
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Steam features
Family Sharing
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain.

Does Sid Meier's Railroads! 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 Nov 7, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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