Subway Builder

Do not buy this game for 10 reasons 1. It can't be run locally, and is basically a website 2. The ui, while looking good is extremely unintuitive for a subway building game, (ie manually routing trains backwards and forwards 3. Bugs! train stations constantly decide not to connect and trains cannot route to them 4. and now imagine i had the energy to think of another 7 things

Many, many more hours on the non-Steam release (from before commuter rail was added). Yes, the game can be buggy at times (though not often in my experience), the always online DRM thing was crappy (though that's now been fixed) and I hate generative AI so finding out that this game was developed using its help was a bit of a blow (at least it's something worthwhile and not boomer slop disinformation). However, despite the mixed reviews, I've had nothing but fun playing this game. The game runs fine with large networks on my absolutely non-gaming machine (see specs). The dev listens to feedback ( e.g. offline mode) and consistently adds new features such as bridges, more customisable train lengths, more station layouts, ect... AND there's support for modding. Great idea, most of the hate unjustified/overblown imo - wish AI wasn't used but at least it's being used for something somewhat productive. I enjoy this game and would recommend.

Echoing what most others said, this game has much potential, but also a lot it struggles with at the moment. Overall though, I do have faith in Colin and the rest of the development team to continue SB into something that's genuinely a great game. Pros: - Genuinely fantastic metro/pop simulation that you won't find in any other city/map builder; fundamentally this is what makes SB one of a kind (you're able to build an actual, real-world network) - Great looking map and UI - Decent mod support w/ Railyard - In intensive development with frequent updates and responsive dev team Cons: - $45 (steep for the current product) - Performance is rather limited even on medium-end specs - The occasional dev crashout that throws the whole project into question (pls log off of twitter colin) Overall, with the current state of the game, for most, I'd recommend holding off for a more finished product, especially at $45 but if you're a urbanist/map enthusiast who's in it for the long haul, I do think it'll be worth the money in the end.

Im a nimby rails player and have recreated belgium with fully realistic scheduling and speed limits. Map looks cool and the way it calcs (slang for calculates) the ridership is interesting, but thats about it. Nimby rails is much more intricate when it comes to scheduling and building tracks, making it much easier to recreate existing stations and networks than in this game. You just have a few station layouts and you need to make station groups or whatever. and trains in nimby rails are actual sprites instead of a rectangle like in subway builder. Also, it looks like the trains move at 20fps while the game itself is running fine. Its always online and its an electron app.

I've been following this game since last year. Bought it twice. Still, too many bugs, you might be a good UX designer, but you will never be a good software engineer.

this game is the definition of a scam

Don't buy. Exceptionally broken game, and it's a vibecoded mess. Even worse, their AI usage isn't disclosed on the Steam page. Shame, really, I was excited for this.

Game is almost purely AI coded and always online. Plus dev goes maks off on twitter like an idiot. Plus almost 30 euros for this ♥♥♥♥ is insane.