- Simulator
Game
Railroader
You and your fellow railroaders are the lifeblood of your railroad, just like it is the lifeblood of the communities it serves. Switch cars at industries. Keep people moving while running local passenger trains. Run trains with a purpose in transition era Appalachia – in Railroader!
About Railroader
- Released
- December 2023
- Engine
- Unity
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
Where to get it
Release, studio and platform data from IGDB. Store links go to the sellers, not to us. We do not sell games and we do not host files.
Browse everything
Sorted, filterable and paged. Every link goes to the author’s own download.
- Mods981A mod changes the game itself. It needs something to load it, it may need other mods first, and it only works on the versions its author built it for.
- Frameworks68A framework is modding infrastructure rather than content: an API, injector or utility that other mods run on top of, or that helps you install, patch or manage them.
From the developers
Official announcements, newest first. Posted on Steam.
- Community AnnouncementsJuly 2026 Development UpdateHello, Railroaders! It's been a busy month for us here on the Railroader Dev Team. We've got three things to share with you today.First, it's Train Fest here on Steam, which means it's a great time to pick up Railroader for 25% off!Second, we'll have a booth at the National Train Show in Chattanooga, TN, USA, August 1st and 2nd. If you're in the area, come by and say hello! Also: I'll be presen...
- Community AnnouncementsMaintenance of Way Preview Video for National Train Day157 years ago, the driving of the golden spike marked the meeting of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads at Promontory Summit – the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. We're celebrating that remarkable accomplishment today with two things: our biggest sale on Railroader to date (25%!), and a video overview of the MOW mechanics in our forthcoming update.It took abou...
- Community AnnouncementsMarch 2026 Development UpdateHello Railroaders!We wanted to give you an update on where things stand with the MoW Update. The beginning of this year has been particularly productive, and while we are happy with the state of the game, there is still more to do before it is ready for an experimental release. In this post we’ll give you a clear view of where we are and what’s left to do. Thank you for your patience – we know...
- Community AnnouncementsNovember 2025 Development UpdateHello Railroaders!Can you believe it’s been almost two years since Railroader was released in Early Access? Some of you have been with us since before it was called Railroader! Many of you have joined us along the way, and some of you have only just become familiar with the game. Whether you’re an old head or a greenhorn, we want to sincerely thank you for your support. We’ve been fortunate to...
- Community AnnouncementsNew Bundle: Running the Railroad - Railroader & Rail RouteRailroader has coupled up to Rail Route, the railroad design and dispatching strategy game, for a railroading bundle! Take command behind the signal board in Rail Route, where you’ll design, expand, and automate your own rail network - then jump into the cab in Railroader to haul freight, run passenger services, and feel the power of classic American locomotives in the golden age of rail. Move...
- Community AnnouncementsRailroader 2025.1.0b HotfixThis release contains no game changes from 2025.1.0a, but we have updated to Unity 2022.3.62f2 in response to a Unity security vulnerability. According to Unity there is no evidence of any exploitation of the vulnerability nor has there been any impact on users or customers. Meanwhile, work continues on the MoW update!
- Mods indexed
- 1.0k
- Versions
- 0
- Newest tracked
- none yet
- Most disruptive update
- No breakage data for this game
Most downloaded
Measured from the source's own counts, summed across every release.
- EMD GP38 V4.4.284.1k downloads
- Legotrainman's Logos and Deco44.9k downloads
- Legotrainman's Library of Stuff42.8k downloads
- Asset Loader38.2k downloads
- C_L_B's Assets 0136.0k downloads
- Greenninja's Whistles Mod31.1k downloads
- Katers Sylva Interchange and Hump Yard28.6k downloads
- Standard Catalog Of Load IDs (SCOLD)24.7k downloads
- Tuckasegee Steel Works - Freight and Tender Truck Compendium21.6k downloads
- The Lunar Locomotive Works Generic Locomotive Catalog21.4k downloads
- Salty's And Freeman's Truck Project21.4k downloads
- Map Enhancer19.6k downloads
- EMD F7A16.1k downloads
- Michigan Shore Line Decal Pack15.8k downloads
- Legotrainman's Better Rolling Stock15.4k downloads
- EMD F7B14.9k downloads
- Legotrainman's Custom Reporting Marks14.0k downloads
- 2662 Mallet H613.5k downloads
- Western North Carolina Piggyback (TOFC) Service13.4k downloads
- Waypoint Queue13.2k downloads
- Legotrainman's Better Passenger12.5k downloads
- RLW RMWF-1 (JARL) And RMWF-2 (GREAT JARL)12.5k downloads
- Reading Railroad Passenger Cars12.4k downloads
- Chesapeake and Ohio T111.4k downloads
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Why Railroader mods break
A mod is compiled against one version of a game. When the game updates, anything that reached into the parts that moved stops working, and it usually stops working silently rather than with a message that explains itself.
That is what the table above counts. It is not a guess: each row is a mod the community has reported as broken by that specific release. The number is a fair measure of how disruptive an update was, and it is the reason people delay updating a game they have modded heavily.
Common questions
Does IndexGG host Railroader mods?
No, and it never will. Every download link points at the author's own page on Nexus, GitHub, CurseForge or wherever they published it. We index the ecosystem; the files stay with the people who made them.
Where does the compatibility data come from?
From the communities that maintain it in the open, not from guesswork. Each claim carries how it is known, so a reported breakage is never presented as though the author said it.
Why is a mod listed as broken when it works for me?
Compatibility depends on your exact game version and the rest of your load order. A mod marked as broken in one release may work fine on an older one, which is exactly why the version is recorded next to the claim rather than a bare yes or no.