Derail Valley

This game simulates what it's like to die in a horrific train crash due to operator neglect but return with your newfound knowledge and safety rules written in blood. There are like 15 things I quadruple check before pulling away from a station now and the list just keeps getting longer. My latest addition is ensuring I didn't accidentally close an air pressure valve while coupling cars. You never truly respect the need for air pressure until you're trying to Indiana Jones off the side of a train speeding beyond all hope of survival trying to find why your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ brakes aren't doing anything

Last update was August 2025 outside of a small Unity update that literally every other Unity game made (even ones that were released on the other side of 2020) because of security issues. That's almost a year now without ZERO communication. Devs want us to wait until *the end* of 2027 for another update, and 2028 for the one after that. This is absurd. We're supposed to just trust that a team living off of sales (of a game that's now gone almost 1 year without updates and with an anemic player count according to steam charts) will last long enough to complete it. Been in EA for 7 years, and somehow think that saying "We're going to go silent and not say anything for 2 years, just trust us" is reasonable. It's absurd. Utterly, utterly absurd. If only the other train simulators on Steam, that are actually updated and maintained by their teams, weren't $1,000,000 for the game + DLCs. If the game were in a better state bug and performance wise, taking 1 year for a new update with regular monthly/bi-monthly updates would be reasonable. Leaving the game as it is now for 2 years with little more than "Trust me, bro" is nonsensical.

O jogo é muito bacana, legal de mais, porem tem um anexo que me deixa triste com ele, a falta de NPCs, sem eles parece um jogo muito vazio, sem NPCs gerando trafego de locomotivas, ou atendendo nos balcões, ate mesmo passando missões ou ensinando tutoriais, é um jogo perfeito, mas falta esse detalhe para parecer mais vivo.

I am a huge train enthusiast. ever since I was kid I dreamt of a game like this. it is perfect. Much appreciation to the creators of this masterpiece of train sims. Please don't change anything about this game at all, its too good as is.

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Game plays great, looks great and I'd love to play more but the speed sign system is just plain bad. I understand the map isn't really big so the speeds need to change frequently. But speed limit's change abruptly and often without any space to break. Example from my experience. I was driving from SM to HB. I choose the way going through GF as it seemed the shortest. While driving I came across a part of the track that allowed me to go up to 120 km/h and suddenly there's drop to 30. I derailed. If this game had normal speed limits signs like real world has, it would be much better. Signs placed in advance, warning about speed limit changes and to what speeds are to be expected in the next section giving the player time and space to slow down. I know this game is called derail valley. But it also is supposed to be a freight train sim. Not a "drive 20km/h all the time to actually finish one job sim". I want to stay but I can't get around this awful gameplay choice made by the developers.

It took 27.9 hours of play time to complete 2 missions. Is it for everyone, probably not. The learning curve is harsh. Like learning algebra. But once you figure out how it works, becomes like any other puzzle. I tried and stuck with it. After doin two jobs, now I can kind of like it and feel ok toward continuing. I recommend it because it has some serious long play value and if you like trains, it has stunning sounds and visuals. Not the hardest game to learn by far. It just takes a bit of effort. I must also add the 27 hours of play time is not all trying. Probably 20 hours was goofing around. I like it. It is addicting. When you discover the car you need is in the back of the pack, and somehow you got to get it, and then move others out of the way, and then back up and all that jizz....you will either love or hate it.

best train sim ever, wish they had bigger maps, and american locos and rolling stock!