# Pocket Trains: Railroad Tycoon — user reviews > 1,571 indexed App Store user reviews of Pocket Trains by NimbleBit LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 3,146 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-trains-railroad-tycoon/id635931971/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-trains-railroad-tycoon/id635931971.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,582 · 4★ 335 · 3★ 81 · 2★ 39 · 1★ 109 ## What do users think of Pocket Trains? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Great game - 👍 Fun and addictive - 🚂 Trains and train-related content - 💰 Fair monetization, no need to pay - 🕰️ Good for short play sessions **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs - 🔁 Repetitive gameplay or events - 🚢 Lack of boat/ship-related content - 🗺️ Limited map/locations - 🔄 Trains/cargo disappearing or not showing up **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashing on certain actions - Syncing issues causing lost progress - UI elements being cut off on newer devices - Inconsistent ad/reward functionality **Most requested features** - More train types and locomotives - Ability to customize trains or routes - Expanded map with more cities and countries - Improved cloud/save sync across devices - Minigames or additional gameplay modes ## Newest reviews (19 of 1,571) ### 4/5 — Solid little game. *2026-07-31, version 1.10.1* Fun and engaging at the beginning, as you expand it gets a little more chaotic as you try to keep up with all the train lines and keeping the whole world’s cargo moving. Collect parts and build trains and fuel cars to make your trains even better. ### 4/5 — Satisfying, With Occasional Frustrations *2026-07-07, version 1.10.1* I’ve been playing this game for years and one of the frustrations is that it is not a game I’ll ever “win.” Progress can be achingly slow. Seems to me that once a player gets to higher levels, gameplay ought to get easier - e.g. engine parts for clearly obsolete engine models shouldn’t clutter up what parts one earns. Recently, a frustrating bug has manifested itself: cars get lost into the bit bucket at transfer stations. It is not common, but recently it happened twice within 5 minutes. ### 4/5 — Played for several years *2026-05-31, version 1.10.1* This game keeps your attention and helps you carry out your mission. Active brain time! ### 5/5 — So good *2026-05-22* Love this game ### 5/5 — My Favorite Mobile Game of All Time *2026-05-21* One of my favorite things about this game is that once you’ve developed most or all of the map, it’s just as easy to play for five minutes as it is to play for an hour. It’s the perfect game if you’re looking for casual, slow building, low stakes gameplay. It’s possible to progress for free, and for the most part the ads aren’t too overbearing if you want to earn more coins and bux to progress faster. Great game, fun pixel art, silly and interesting cargo, and a chill and happy soundtrack. It’s perfect! Devs: have you ever considered a line from Anadyr to Nome? I think it would make geographical sense despite the way the map divides. ### 5/5 — I wasn’t ready *2026-05-17, version 1.10.0* For a simple “one trick pony” of a game the it’s pure little train bliss from the get go! ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-05-13, version 1.10.0* Hours of fun, been playing for years now :) ### 5/5 — 3801 *2026-05-10, version 1.10.0* Pls can u add in Australian steam locomotive 3801 I really want to see it in a mobile game ### 5/5 — Very good *2026-05-10* Just enjoy ### 5/5 — Classic *2026-05-10, version 1.10.0* Amazingly fun, simple game that I always come back to. Happy to see it’s still receiving quality of life updates even to this day! (5/10/26) ### 5/5 — Pleasantly surprised! *2026-05-10, version 1.10.0* This game has come a long way and is way more enjoyable now than when I first tried it years ago, if you had an interest and it didn’t live up to the hype, try it again now! ### 5/5 — Good game *2026-05-09, version 1.10.0* When an update came out with new trains, I started playing the game again. He’s also a bug when you drive a train through the underwater tunnel it looks like the train is going slower than it actually is ### 3/5 — The closest Nimblebit gets to pay to play *2026-05-06* I love the developers of this game. I appreciate every aspect of their works, in most circumstances. But I feel like pocket trains is a bit.. limited. I feel like the variety of trains deeply outweighs the "bux"/day that is possible. When you're first starting out, it's fine, leveling up usually keeps your momentum going. But after a certain point, the time investment to get the same number of bux for opening train crates that you're not sure the contents of feels a bit predatory. And with costs as low as a dollar for the equivalent of opening 10 crates (for trains that often statistically require you to open far more than 15), the microtransactional economy seems almost worthwhile compared to sitting in front of ads for 10 minutes daily, or accomplishing special jobs that have no indication of the reward. If players were empowered to be able to buy their own bux using in-game currency, I feel like the game would seem a little more forgiving, and make collecting the huge library of trains more inviting. For example a reversible "exchange" menu in the bank seems only fair. This is especially true since the rate changes, making short term players evaluate whether they want to wait another day before purchasing more bux, or spend time watching ads that would make up their losses. It would also incentivize longer term players, since they would have the most coin-flow, and resultantly the most bux. This may, of course, force rebalancing of the in-game economy. But I feel like it would be more fun if it were about trains, not bux. If a developer is reading this, no shade whatsoever. I love the slow pace of pocket trains, and a sense of growth that seems as logarithmic as it is exponential. But I think that patience should be incentivized, and building good and sustainable railroads that increase cash flow should be the deciding factor of whether a player succeeds or fails. Thanks for viewing my winded review, and have a wonderful rest of your day/evening. ### 2/5 — TOO SSSSLLLLOOOOWWWWW. Not worth the time. *2026-04-27, version 1.9.0* I had the original version and played for years…had covered the world with my vast railroad empire….then the developer stopped updating the app and it was no longer supported. So I tried this new one….BORING!!!!! Too much time for little reward and way too many ads and requirement to spend money. Just NOT WORTH THE TIME INVESTMENT….BYE BYE…WOULD RATHER DRIVE MY CAR. ### 5/5 — I’ve played off and on for years *2026-04-27, version 1.9.0* It’s a great game. Takes a lot of planning and route management. It’s fun. ### 5/5 — Hours of Idle Fun Creativity and Strategy *2026-04-25, version 1.9.0* Give it a try! ### 5/5 — Overview *2026-04-08* Personally, I think it’s just right. Has balanced difficulty, let‘s you have a choice to play or not to play ads and has a calming slow down pace and theme. And I am mad for trains. But please add some valves gear for the steam Engines at some point maybe, that would be perfect, seeing those Rods spin around, turning the wheels is very mesmerising to watch and if that was implemented into this game, that would be the icing on the cake for me. ### 5/5 — peak game *2026-04-02, version 1.9.0* a bit slow when you start but once you actually get into playing it, it gets addicting ### 4/5 — Good game *2026-03-30, version 1.9.0* Great game but takes a while to earn money Either way amazing game ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not IPad compatible *2026-04-18, version 1.9.0* Can’t get through the tutorial, can’t skip it. Buttons don’t line up, cancel and restarted the app about 8 times before I finally gave up. Also my old account connected to apple just doesn’t exist anymore.. disappointing ### 1/5 — Skip the tutorial *2026-03-09, version 1.9.0* Put a button to skip the tutorial. I don't need to learn how to play every time I get a new device. ### 1/5 — Poor design *2026-02-16, version 1.9.0* Consumes consumables at an astounding rate! It treats each train as a railroad unto itself, and each line can only be traversed by one train. ### 1/5 — I deleted this trash *2026-02-10, version 1.8.7* It’s too slow and you make progress slowly. Terrible game. ### 1/5 — PORTRAIT MODE *2026-01-27, version 1.8.7* PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ADD PORTRAIT MODE! ### 1/5 — I used to like this game *2025-08-15, version 1.8.0* But the ads are out of control. Literally 10 minutes of ads to collect your daily gifts. And if that wasn’t enough - half the time the ads bug out and don’t allow you to close them without closing the entire app - which you guessed it - forfeits the reward. ### 1/5 — Would love to play, but *2025-03-29, version 1.6.3* On the iPhone16 ProMax, there aren’t any margins. so i cannot see what level i am or how many trains are there. if they could just make it so there’s a safe-zone on the margins i could play ### 1/5 — Scammed out of £20 VIP false advertising. *2025-02-20, version 1.6.3* The VIP says “Free Bux Offers Without Ads”, so I paid for VIP. This problem includes all the free bux offers, in the menu top-right and at every station in the list of jobs - it still makes me watch every video ad to get the Bux. This is not “free bux offers without ads” which is the main selling point of VIP, blatantly false advertising, illegal in the UK. The game is amazing, but this an actual scam. ### 1/5 — Get rid of the AI icon *2025-02-02, version 1.6.3* Bring back the original icon instead of the AI generated art icon ### 1/5 — Misleading App Icon *2024-11-12, version 1.6.3* Have enjoyed the game for years but noticed the app icon updated some time ago to some AI generated train that's completely unrelated to the games style ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Supply and demand *2026-08-08, version 1.10.2* Love the game but would really like a way to recycle parts for trains I don’t want/ don’t use into parts for trains I do want/ use ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-08-08, version 1.10.2* I see you are not working the developers so hard as not so many people yawning anymore ### 5/5 — Quite addictive *2026-07-16, version 1.10.1* Pocket trains is a really fun tycoon game. Its 2d art style gives it such a charm and unlocking and leveling up trains are cool. Only wish you didn’t have to pay to retrieve old data. 10/10 no complaints other than that. ### 5/5 — Love it. *2026-07-16, version 1.10.1* Great. Love it. ### 5/5 — Good game *2026-07-14, version 1.10.1* The modern version does a fantastic job bringing back the nostalgia of playing the game way back in the past on my iPhone 06. Very very glad the devs still update the game without major changes to the base game. Loved it back then, love it still now. ### 5/5 — Been playing this since middle school *2026-06-23, version 1.10.1* Came back like 10 years later and it’s still peak ### 5/5 — Greatest game ever *2026-06-19, version 1.10.1* It’s alright I guess ### 5/5 — Ja… *2026-06-08* … ein älteres Game… bei mir zum ersten Mal auf dem Handy… was soll ich sagen 😏 hält locker mit neuen Spielen mit. Die Pixelgrafik sieht toll aus und altert ja nie, Spaßfaktor 100% Ein klasse Spiel, tief genug um den Kopf etwas zu beschäftigen, leicht genug um einen schönen Flow zu haben. Spielt sich sehr angenehm… Tip von mir-> Holt euch euren Pixeltrain… echt ein schönes Spiel! Stresst nicht, bringt einfach nur ein tolles Sammeln und Wachstum auf das Handy. Top 👍 ### 5/5 — Greatest mobile game ever made *2026-05-25, version 1.10.1* See title ### 5/5 — Epic *2026-05-23, version 1.10.1* Ok to be honest this is better then tiny rails a bit 5 stars! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*