IndieSimulationEarly Access
Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 51% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 1,964
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (20%); after 7h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- Only 51% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,987 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 11.6h for positive, 6.6h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (51% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (86)
- First Transportation Task Complete the first transportation task. 100%
- Saboteur Destroy the railroad bridge. 92%
- Forger Put counterfeit money into circulation. 78%
- Serial Killer Kill 3 people. 76%
- Suicide Have suicidal thoughts. 66%
- Strainer Die from a bullet. 64%
- Sapper Plant a mine. 64%
- Collector Find 10 useful items. 62%
- Alcoholic Get drunk and don't die. 59%
- Thousand Earn your first thousand. 57%
- Lawbreaker Kill a police officer. 54%
- Pole Dancer Become a nightclub star. 52%
- 100 km Tackle the first 100 km. 47%
- Butcher Quarter an animal. 46%
- Quick bill Reach a speed of 100 km/h. 44%
- Surgeon Skin your first animal. 42%
- Walking Simulator Perform 10000 steps. 39%
- Sanitary Inspector Destroy barrels of poisoned alcohol. 34%
- Prepared Mechanic Have 30 spare parts in your equipment. 33%
- Rebel Fail to complete a mission for the mafia. 33%
- Animal Rights Activist Return a deer to freedom. 32%
- Speed Demon Drive above 80 km/h continuously for 2 minutes. 30%
- Terrorist Kill 100 people. 29%
- Bodyguard Protect the meeting. 29%
- Trap Car Cause a car to explode, from which at least 3 people will die. 28%
- Sharpshooter Do 50 shots to the head. 27%
- Scientist Get promoted to head of the lab. 27%
- Be Careful Where You Shoot Kill 3 people with a firearm while under the influence of alcohol. 25%
- Stabber Use a knife for the wrong purpose. 24%
- Thief Steal an icon. 24%
- Not Needed by Anyone Steal a broken part from a junkyard. 23%
- Animal Feed Be killed by an animal. 23%
- Vegetarian Survive 5h by not eating meat. 22%
- Paparazzo Photograph a star. 20%
- Prepared For War Have 1,000 rounds of ammunition in your equipment. 19%
- Informer Report to the militia. 19%
- Gun Collector Have at least 20 weapons in your equipment. 18%
- Advanced Alcoholic Die from an overdose of alcohol. 18%
- Brave Worker Perform 10 transportation tasks. 16%
- Entrepreneur Earn 5 thousand. 16%
- Exemplary Train Driver Drive 200 km while obeying the signs. 16%
- Light as a Feather Drive a route of 50 km without connected wagons going in the same direction. 13%
- Alcohol Tester Taste every type of alcohol during one game. 10%
- Experienced Driver Tackle 500 km. 8.0%
- Experienced Mechanic Replace 100 parts. 8.0%
- Blind Man Drive a route of 20 km with the signaling system turned off. 7.6%
- Butcher Sell 100 pieces of meat. 7.6%
- Sniper Hunt an animal from 300 meters away. 7.6%
- Camel Die from dehydration. 6.9%
- Scrap Metal Dealer Earn 1000 by selling parts. 6.9%
- Carnivore Survive 5h by just eating meat. 6.1%
- 100% Vegan Survive 5h by not eating meat and drinking milk. 5.9%
- I Am Rich Earn 10 thousand. 5.5%
- Loser Get yourself kicked out of the mafia. 5.3%
- Walker Move 2 km away from the locomotive. 5.3%
- Regular Customer Visit 5 bars. 4.9%
- Abstainer Die due to lack of alcohol. 4.3%
- They Can Make a prostitute die at the hands of a pimp. 4.3%
- Empty Pockets Spend all the money. 3.9%
- Drunken Master Kill 3 people with a knife while under the influence of alcohol. 3.5%
- Eliminator Complete the protection of the meeting without sustaining injuries. 2.9%
- King of the Tracks Tackle 1000 km. 2.9%
- Snowman Die from hypothermia. 2.9%
- Anorexic Die from malnutrition. 2.7%
- Veteran Worker Perform 25 transportation tasks. 2.5%
- Addict Keep your alcohol level at above 40% for 1 hour. 2.4%
- Arms Dealer Sell 100 weapons. 2.4%
- I Don't Carry Change Have an even 5000 2.4%
- They're the Only Ones I Get Paid For Kill all the nightclub pimps without killing anyone else. 2.4%
- They Certainly Didn't Notice Me Steal an icon without killing anyone. 2.4%
- Milk Connoisseur Drink 100 bottles of milk. 2.0%
- Beer Connoisseur Drink 100 beers. 1.8%
- Continues to Drive Drive 100 km with 20 completely worn out parts. 1.8%
- Swiss Cheese Receive 20 gun shots per minute without dying. 1.4%
- Antler Trader Sell 100 antlers. 1.2%
- Car Destroyer Destroy 100 cars. 1.2%
- Music Lover Get 5 cassettes of music. 1.2%
- Workaholic Perform 50 transportation tasks. 1.2%
- Deer Hunter Kill 100 deer. 1.0%
- Organ Donor Die 100 times. 1.0%
- Tanner Sell 100 animal skins. 1.0%
- Vodka Connoisseur Drink 100 glasses of vodka. 1.0%
- Bear Hunter Kill 100 bears. 0.8%
- Time to Retire Perform 75 transportation tasks. 0.8%
- Wolf Hunter Kill 100 wolves. 0.8%
- Faithful Dog Complete all missions for the mafia. 0.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.