Derail Valley

Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.

Derail Valley is a early access, simulation and trains game developed and published by Altfuture.
Released on January 25th 2019 is available only on Windows in 16 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Finnish, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Traditional Chinese and Ukrainian.

It has received 6,663 reviews of which 6,407 were positive and 256 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 38.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Derail Valley into these genres:

Early Access Simulation Trains Realistic VR Transportation Driving Open World First-Person Physics Immersive Sim Economy Singleplayer Resource Management Indie Sandbox Replay Value Adventure Relaxing Procedural Generation

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 64-bit
Processor: Intel i5-7400 or equivalent
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 650 (VR: GTX 970)
Storage: 6 GB available space
VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus/Meta PC

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Nov. 2024

I just realized ive never put a review out for this game. New update just dropped, so ill keep it short Masterpiece of a game and excellent execution of a train simulator, Dovetail games sims struggle to keep my interest more than a few hours, but this game ive logged almost as much time into as ive done with war thunder and GTA V. The devs care about this game and still support it with the same attention to detail as they did when overhauled came out. Each update brought noticeable changes, from improvements to tracks to allow higher speeds in 2020, to new industries and even a museum in the update that was released just minutes before the posting of this review. If you have a minor interest in trains and railways, i reccommend this game, it wont let you down.

July 2024

It's good, but I don't like that you are forced to beat the game to use a custom difficulty setting. I don't feel I should have to clear the entire game and start over just to play it the way I want. Let the player have control over their experience

June 2024

This is THE best train sim game on steam. Devs actually care, no DLC, updates, actually FUCKING works (I wish I could refund TRS19), no extra download crap, no crippleware, no pay service, just an excellent game.

March 2024

Nothing matters more to me than developers who care. Take for instance my review of Railroads Online, where an ok game gets decimated by having a chaotic mess of a dev team. Altfuture has worked wonders with this game. While I wont call it perfect, every update the fit and finish is improved. The latest patch updated the sound files for the DE6 locomotive, a change the likeness of flaky sea salt on a brownie. The game was good before, but the little touches that no one notices are what makes it shine. The game itself follows a basic and intuitive cycle. Get jobs at station office, drive train, get money. Despite what sounds like the most boring gameplay cycle since throwing dirt at a fan, it never gets old. Shunting provides a unique challenge of managing your consist, and hauls never get old due to the (for good reason) wildly varied grade (slope) and curves. As per the name, the real challenge in the game is working with the fairly realistic train physics. You cant just set the throttle to notch 8 and glide along at 100km/h. The track bends and twists. The grade can flip from +1.2% to -1% (railroad grades are in percent don't worry about it) in the blink of an eye, and if you aren't ready, you will end up in the dirt. Heck, if you're pulling hazmat loads you will go up in a ball of flames. Extra little things: This game has a decently large modding community on nexusmods where you can find everything from reskins to a wheel arrangement selector for the S282 locomotive. This game supports VR, which I have not yet tried. When I inevitably get a VR headset this will be one of the first games I play. Passenger loading platforms are in the game, but no passenger cars or passengers. I patiently await the day that comes out. For now, you can mod these features into the game. This is a game about trains, but the weather feels like it was pulled straight out of a horror game. Clear skies can turn to torrential downpour like that. (snaps fingers) I found this game through youtube, because I watched videos about trains. I came into this with high expectations and they were met. That is why I recommend this game, not just because its about something I like, but because it does such a good job with representing something I am passionate about. If you like trains, buy this. If you don't like trains but need something to burn time, this is a great option.

Feb. 2024

I don't care about trains. At all. But I was bored and figured this might be a relaxing way to waste time in VR. Sneaky bastards tricked me into liking trains. So far I've only done a few jobs in career mode, but already hooked. DV is an interesting mix of relaxation with a bit of challenge. And the devs seem to be on top of bug fixes and feature updates on a regular basis. ----Update---- I've now played for several more hours, and I gotta say this is one of the most immersive VR games I've played. Sometimes while hauling ass cross country just before sunrise, I swear I can feel the breeze in my hair and smell the dew on the tall grass. It's a meditative experience, especially on a dark and rainy night when the fog starts rolling in.

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38.99€

9.3

6,407

256

Online players

374

Developer

Altfuture

Publisher

Altfuture

Release 25 Jan 2019

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