Tiny Rails

Tiny Train, Big Adventure!

Ratings

Age

4+

Adventure

Languages

English

Latest Version 2.22.18

Mon Feb 02 2026

- new event preparation

In Tiny Rails, you are the boss of your own train company. Travel across the globe, from the USA to Europe and beyond, delivering goods and collecting passengers. Customize your train with hundreds of different car combinations, each with unique stats. Upgrade your engines, cabooses, and facilities to become the ultimate railroad tycoon in this peaceful, addictive adventure.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

82/100

Tiny Rails is a charming, low-stress tycoon game that perfectly captures the romance of the rails. Unlike many intense management sims, Tiny Rails focuses on the journey. You inherit your grandfather's train company and set out to expand your railroad empire across the world. The pixel art is absolutely gorgeous, with famous landmarks and changing weather patterns providing a beautiful backdrop to your travels.

The gameplay is a mix of active management and idle progression. You buy and sell cargo at different stations, upgrade your train cars to keep passengers happy, and slowly unlock new regions of the map. It’s incredibly forgiving; there’s no 'game over,' only the steady growth of your fleet. It’s the perfect game for someone who wants the satisfaction of building something without the stress of constant failure. Watching your tiny train chug across a pixelated version of the Alps is one of the most relaxing experiences on iOS.

Dinsun reviewed on: Mon Nov 11 2024

Features

Hundreds of collectible train cars

Real-world locations and landmarks

Idle progression even when you aren't playing

Dynamic weather and day/night cycles

Customizable engines and cabooses

Upcoming Events

Halloween Island Has Risen

Get ready to celebrate Halloween in Tiny Rails

Thu Oct 08 2026 - Sun Oct 25 2026

Tips & Walkthrough

Maximizing Profits

Check the local market prices at each station. Buy low in one city and travel to a city where that cargo is in high demand to maximize your gold.

Gameplays

Customizing Your Train

Mix and match cars to balance Passenger Capacity, Speed, and Happiness. High happiness leads to better tips from your travelers!

Screenshot

Q&A

Yes, your train continues its journey and collects gold while the app is closed.

Ratings & Reviews

Different than others and a little buggy but overall great game

Thu Mar 28 2019 rate given

It’s a great game and what I love is that it is different than other train sims out there. This game is definitely one of a kind. Also each play is different. What I mean by this is that this game is very forgiving. I have seen some games that if you run out of money or gas etc. you lose the game. I have been playing since beta (I have seen pictures of the alpha)and I can definitely say that the alpha&beta stages of the game are beautiful because that we have seen a lot in this game and, remember back to when the upgrades and the engines/cabooses were on the same screen! That was a long time back! Anyway, I also wanted to talk about the bugs as well. One of them is if you activate the secret (spoilers) full throttle than open up the edit sceeen the train will stay down instead of going up like it’s supposed to. Next if you grab 2 train cars with 2 fingers they will overlay each other and when you release them one of them will stay in place. Please fix these. Also it needs the repair and cleaning mechanics from pc as well. Adding this would definitely add to the realism already in the game. P.S. Please update the video in the App Store!

Decent but there’s issues

Wed Dec 26 2018 Strikeforce9625

I have played tiny rails for a while now and with the recent updates I feel that the game is way harder than it was before. The main story is AMAZING, it’s really funny and addictive. A problem is the pictures, and how we should have a way to sort the pictures by country, just as a preference, and when taking the photo the monument that you are taking a photo of should be clear and not just a part of the background where you can’t see it. A really big problem for me is the train car collecting, specifically when you complete a checklist and the engine and caboose are on sale for a lot of gems. In my opinion it’s better if the player should keep the engine and caboose for that area, since the player worked hard to complete the checklist. For the paints, the cost should be 250,000 coins since they are color variants and shouldn’t be that pricy. For the rolls, you should make 3 different rolls. One for commons and 10% rare roll for 10k coins, 100% rare roll for 25 gems, and one for color variants 50% rare roll for 50 gems. There are some glitches in this game. For example, when I take off from a station, and turn my phone off, when I come back a few minutes later to check on the game, it says I barely traveled 2 miles. For the upgrades, could you make the train car upgrade a little cheaper? To me it’s a little to expensive. The cost for the station say for Paris should be 250,000just so it would be that hard to come by. This game is really fun and addictive but it’s really hard to collect without making in app purchases.

this game has so much more potential

Tue Jan 30 2024 GriffGriffThe5Th

I used to play this game back in 6th grade and it was SOOO much better back then, after coming back to this game after all the years and playing for about a month i’ve noticed it’s become buggy with the idling system not working properly or at least not how it used to. Next, i’ve noticed the game has become more pay to win rather than an “idling game” the money system has become very uneven the diamond to coin ratio is very off and makes progression in the game even slower than it needs to be i know that you don’t want people to go through the game too fast but only having two ways to get gems is ridiculous especially for such a little amount you can only watch an ad for 1-2 gems at a time and i remember it used to be 5-10 which was much more balanced and made progression in the game simple and not so grind worthy, it would be great to see an update where everything you buy with gems is cheaper or are given more gems in general to balance it out. Even though the in game offers are only $2 i feel it is still not worth the money and the vip is also ridiculously expensive! it’s $4 a week! no right minded person will pay that for a mobile game lol please make some changes i loved this game as a kid the realistic feel,art style, and simplicity of the game is what i loved about it and im sure many others did too. All im saying is it would be cool to see the game get back on the rails and go uphill not downhill ! any way hope to see some improvement Thanks :)

Love it, just needs a few fixes to be perfected.

Wed Dec 08 2021 The Infinit Dryver

Okay, I love this game, let me say that first and foremost, these are my ideas that I think need to be implemented ASAP: 1) Add a feature where you can choose your routes more selectively, not just choosing a destination and letting the game do the rest, there’s been many times where the route goes in completely unnecessary directions making it take longer to get there. And that way you can plan stops with cargo you need without having to reset the destination every time you get where you wanted to go. 2) Make it so the larger gift boxes don’t require ads, or heck maybe even the smaller ones, but those ads eat up at my screen time and it gets really annoying. Maybe just add some other feature that requires an ad like a free acceleration token, or something like that. 3) Add a feature where you can buy all of one type of cargo along your route, like if you go through three cities with honey, it would buy all of it for you, as long as you have enough money for it. This would significantly help people who want the game to work for you more while you’re not on it. 4) Add a setting that changes whether your train can leave the region it’s in while your not on the game. I hate going onto my game and finding my train halfway across the country, because then I have to take the time to get back. Plus this would help with quests where you have to travel a certain distance in a specific region. Thank you for reading this review, I hope the developers take these ideas and implement them, because I feel like it would be so much better, and helps the game work for you more, rather than against you. -Goatking80

Good potential, lots of bugs

Tue Nov 28 2017 Martyshka123

The game is neat and can be entertaining if a number of bugs is resolved. Not in order of importance, 1) notifications that the train arrived, while the train has just left a station. Consequently, no notifications when the train actually arrives, so I miss all waypoints. 2) Little transparency as to how to earn money. When I started, every time I logged there were credits coming. Then at some point the bank suddenly dried out and now I can’t even afford the whatchacallit machine to get new cars. 3) What is the deal with the car weight? My train is always 10-30% over, and continuous improvement of weight doesn’t seem to have any impact whatsoever. 4) Got a bonus mission to clear snowmen from the tracks. Having played for a couple weeks now, not a single snowman to be seen. 5) Just a side note, is it supposed to inform some action that passengers say “jerk” and some such? I don’t see any functionality to interact with the passengers or improve their morale other then adding food and game cars. 6) If removing obstacles is an important part of the game, it should not be taking several minutes of watching the screen to get one. All I currently do is check in at destination station to trade goods and advance the mission. I was hoping to have some interaction while the train is running, but it’s just landscape watching and nothing is happening.

Good game with flaws

Mon Sep 02 2019 Lemom_Man_7274

This is a good game I just have a couple problems with it. My fist problem with it is that it is a HUGE battery drainer. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve played this game, and then have my phone die because of the game. (I personally think it’s because of the background. If there was a low power mode for the game, I would have that thing on 24/7. This really does turn me off from playing the game. Another problem I have with the game is that you either have to be actively playing the game or close the app completely. The game takes no time to start and loud. I just find it inconvenient to close the app for the train to move. I personally like to keep them open so I can get to them later quickly. But this is not possible with this game. Another con about having to be active or closed is that if you do leave the app open but are not actively playing, the train does not move. This happens way to often and is very frustrating to me. If I were to be nitpicking, I could also say that the lights in factories and depots don’t match (as in the lights just flout and have no source) but this is not problem in any way gameplay wise. Other than these few (semi big) flaws, the game is great and as a random stranger to you, I do recommend you play this game.

Fun but hard to play

Mon Nov 20 2023 Blueray12386

When I say hard to play I don’t mean the wait time or anything like that. I used to play in a previous version where regular prize boxes would give 3-7 gems if you watched the ad. And the mega prize box was so exiting to get because if you watched the add you would not only get the gems but you would also get a crap ton of coins plus a chance for speedups and gum balls. But it’s mostly the gems I’m concerned about. Once you complete a checklist it’s shows an engine and a caboose you unlock. But you don’t actually unlock it, you just make it available to buy for 25-35 gems. This used to be no problem because the prize boxes would give you so many gems but now in the newer versions you’d be lucky if you even found a prize box that even gave one gem, I thought it would be better for the mega prize boxes, but it wasn’t because instead of watching an ad you have to pay WITH gems to open it setting you even further back from getting the new train and caboose that you “unlocked”. Also, when ever you would complete a checklist you’d get like 15 gems or something to boost you in obtaining that set but now you only get two, and that barely does anything at anything So my problem is that because it’s so hard to obtain gems now you’ll have to play for many MANY hours on end to just barely get enough to buy both the engine and the caboose. And literally for what because you didn’t immediately go into the next area we have another checklist to do that doesn’t give you enough gems and then you’ll have to spend many many MORE hours to get that engine and caboose. I probably shouldn’t be saying bad things about the people who I’m trying to get to change something, but I think this is tiny titan studios elaborate scheme to get us to play the game longer. Which result in them getting more money.

Great game, but it could be the best.

Tue Jan 02 2018 Silv3rCapybara

Tiny rails has not failed to astound me. I’m not usually a huge fan of these types of management games but the art style reeled me in and the gameplay has kept me hooked. This game has some of the best game references I’ve ever seen and the gameplay itself is a diamond in the rough. Despite my countless hours in the game there are some issues and annoyances but that’s to be expected. First, checklists once you get out of the U.S. These checklists simply become icons and have no way to see what it is that you have to do unless you look it up. Second, taking optional photos is rendered useless when important monuments are crowded by simple houses and buildings. Third, the storing of goods into warehouses is almost completely useless. Unless I can sell to stations directly from the warehouse they serve no purpose. Fourth, there needs to be a way to set a course or at least a waypoint from the cargo menu to places that have a demand for that good. Finally, there needs to be a way to set an infinite loop in an area as I’m trying to obtain miles in Asia while being offline but the train goes to Australia and loops there instead. Once those are fixed there will only be a perfect game left over.