Derail Valley Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-18
- Best Train Simulator Available
- Realistic Train Driving Experience
- Strongly recommended for train simulator fans
- Active Developer with Free Updates
- Development pace remains slow
- Lack of content
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositiveWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 9,788
- Positive
- 9,46096.6%
- Negative
- 3283.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 612,268
- Estimated revenue
- $24,484,597
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 130.69%
- Estimated copies lost
- 813
- Estimated revenue lost
- $32,512
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 130.7% Avg playtime 0.9h | 100.5% Avg playtime 1.3h |
| > 2h playtime | 492.6% Avg playtime 59.2h | 1,80896.2% Avg playtime 119.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.7 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 4.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 34.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,792.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,880 total
Organic purchasers1,80696.1%
Voted up: 97%
Key activations743.94%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,880 total
First impression0-2h412.18%
Voted up: 61%
Mid game2-10h35719.0%
Voted up: 96%
Late game10-20h31416.7%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+1,16862.1%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 96.7%
12 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 9,788 total.