Tracks - The Train Set Game
Released Nov 2019
Jump into the ultimate toy sandbox and build the train set of your dreams! Create colourful railway systems, decorate beautiful towns, transport commuting passengers, and even ride your train in first-person.
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Evaluation
Tracks - The Train Set Game launched out of Early Access on November 14, 2019. Since then, the solo developer has maintained a consistent history of meaningful post-launch updates. Major content releases include the free Suburban Pack (May 29, 2020), the paid Sci-Fi Pack (June 26, 2020), a significant core systems overhaul (April 22, 2021), the September 2023 update introducing a tram vehicle, utility poles, and a wave of new decorations, and the quality-of-life overhaul in September 2024. Feature patches have continued alongside these, with the most recent landing on March 13, 2025.
The developer took an unannounced hiatus before January 2023, but publicly confirmed a return to development on January 26, 2023, and delivered a substantial major update in September 2023. All three listed DLC entries are released. The developer has not announced specific future content, nor have they made any statement indicating development is complete.
Looking at the spacing between major content drops: May 2020, June 2020, April 2021, September 2023, September 2024 — the cadence is irregular but spans the full post-launch lifetime of the game, with gaps ranging from a few weeks to roughly two years. The most recent developer communication of any kind was on March 13, 2025. As of today (October 8, 2026), that is approximately 19 months without a post — which is notable and exceeds the 6-month silence threshold. However, the developer has a documented history of long quiet periods (the pre-January 2023 hiatus lasted an unknown but substantial duration) followed by resumed activity and no "final update" statement has ever been made. Given this specific developer's history of returning from silence, the absence of any completion statement, and the overall pattern of the game being a long-running passion project, the situation is ambiguous — but the 19-month silence from a solo developer who has previously gone quiet and returned without announcement warrants acknowledging the uncertainty. The cadence analysis does not support calling the game definitively complete, but the silence is now meaningfully beyond the established pattern.
Evidence
Feature patch delivering autosave, large-world performance overhaul, toybox UI revamp, brakes decoration, and various fixes — described by the developer as work they had needed to do for years.
Major content update adding a tram vehicle type, utility poles with auto-wiring, new passenger styles, and a large batch of decorations.
Content
3 of 3 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Excalibur Games
Achievements
15
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Tracks is a beautiful toy train set builder which gives you the tools to play without limits.
Jump into an expansive sandbox and lay down track pieces, create bridges and build towns with Tracks’ easy to get to grips with gameplay.
Once you’re ready, hop into the driver’s seat and ride your little train in first-person view – controlling the speed and direction, as you ride the rails.
Start with a pre-made environment, be it a modern lounge or a night time Winter wonderland, or jump into an entirely blank world canvas. Add trees and foliage from various world biomes, buildings, stations, animals, vehicles, decor and more. Customise your world further by altering terrain and fog colours. Make your train your own, selecting colours and patterns.
Play with boosters, musical bells and ramps to make your train set an exciting ride! For a more complex railway system, add junctions and even introduce multiple trains.
From sprawling green countryside to desert towns, and atmospheric foggy industry sites to vibrant circus setups, countless options await you and your train set. Let your imagination thrive and build the toy train set of your dreams.
Jump into an expansive sandbox and lay down track pieces, create bridges and build towns with Tracks’ easy to get to grips with gameplay.
Once you’re ready, hop into the driver’s seat and ride your little train in first-person view – controlling the speed and direction, as you ride the rails.
Start with a pre-made environment, be it a modern lounge or a night time Winter wonderland, or jump into an entirely blank world canvas. Add trees and foliage from various world biomes, buildings, stations, animals, vehicles, decor and more. Customise your world further by altering terrain and fog colours. Make your train your own, selecting colours and patterns.
Play with boosters, musical bells and ramps to make your train set an exciting ride! For a more complex railway system, add junctions and even introduce multiple trains.
From sprawling green countryside to desert towns, and atmospheric foggy industry sites to vibrant circus setups, countless options await you and your train set. Let your imagination thrive and build the toy train set of your dreams.
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Last evaluated Oct 8, 2026
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