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Railroad Tycoon 3
#2334 most played
Playing now
49
7d trend
+14%
52 vs 45
24h peak
78
low 33
7d peak
91
All-time peak
91
Jul 2016 · now 54% of peak
Avg 30d
49
Hours played
14,245
30d
Best rank
#2091
now #2334
Top sellers
#7,814
Positive reviews
77%
1,258

Railroad Tycoon 3

Live player count and Steam charts

77% positive · 1,258 reviews
24h low 3324h high 78

Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo in a dynamic economy, and participate in...

DeveloperPopTop
Publisher2K
ReleasedMay 4, 2007
Runs onWindows
Price$2.49

Player history

2015201820202023

Each point is the highest number of players online in that month (UTC). History before July 14, 2026 is imported; everything after is our own readings. Zoom in for finer detail.

Monthly player counts

* current month, data so far
MonthAvg playersGain% gainPeak
Jul 2026 *48+4+9.1%91
Jun 202644-3-6.4%88
May 202647-6-11.3%88
Apr 202653+3+6.0%96
Mar 202650-3-5.7%100
Feb 202653+2+3.9%106
Jan 202651-1-1.9%110
Dec 202552+6+13.0%99
Nov 202546+1+2.2%91
Oct 20254500.0%98
Sep 202545-6-11.8%91
Aug 202551-3-5.6%109

* current month, data so far

When people play

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78avg players

Average concurrent players by day and hour over the last 15 days, shown in .

Daily activity peaks around 20:00 — a pattern consistent with a player base concentrated in Europe, the Middle East & Africa. Steam publishes no per-country player data, so this is inferred from play times.

Audience

English
85%
Polish
4%
German
3%
Hungarian
3%
Norwegian
2%
Spanish (Spain)
2%
Other
1%

Language mix of 100 Steam reviews spanning 430 days — a rough proxy for where the player base is.

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