This week on Steam, it’s all about rails and locomotives—and in addition to big discounts, there are plenty of puns.
Steam’s Train Fest has been underway since Monday:Through July 27, there are discounts across the entire train genre, from highly realistic simulations to building strategy games and even horror spin-offs on rails. On Reddit, the sale is providing the perfect fodder for plenty of corny jokes.
What’s Behind the Train Fest
Train Fest is one of Valve’s scheduled themed sales for 2026, following the same pattern as, for example, the recently concluded Social Deduction Fest: a week of discounts, a new trailer, and a dedicated store category for a specific genre. This time, it’strain and rail games in every conceivable form—here are a few examples:
- Transport Fever– 3 euros (90 percent off)
- Train Simulator Classic– 6 euros (80 percent off)
- Loco Motive – 11 euros (40 percent off)
- Choo-Choo Charles– 7euros (60percent off)
You can discover even more deals at Steam Sale pageor in the trailer:
The Best Reactions from the Comments
In the r/Steam subreddit, the announcement of the sale’s start garnered over 1,200 upvotes and 84 comments within a single day. The reason lies less in the sale itself than in its announcement, which is affectionately referred to in the post title as the “I-like-Trains Festival”—a nod to an ancient internet meme: A cartoon boy who stoically claims to like trains in a viral video from 2010 is immediately run over by a train.
The comments are just as silly; here are a few highlights:
- SweetcreamScoops:“Fans of Thomas the Little Engine, RISE UP! We’re going to buy ALL the Wonders of Sodor.”
- Z3t4:“You probably mean the ‘I Like DLCs’ Festival.”
- Head_Crab_Enjoyer: “I can’t wait to transport tons of ore using an oversized rail network that cost 40 percent of my city’s GDP.”
- doglywolf:“Here’s a $60 game for $2. Cool! Jump into the game—it’s a little empty… Oh, but look—$300 worth of DLC, none of which is on sale for more than 10 percent off.«
- Green-Collection-968:“FYI to everyone, Factorio is always on sale—you can build tons of trains in this game.”
- Ralliare:“I’ll never recover from this financially.”
- Tinyzooseven:“Of course I’ll get paid the day after [this sale] ends.”
By the way, my personal recommendation in this sale would be Monster Train 2:Strictly speaking, it’s more of a deck-builder than a classic train simulation, but if you enjoy tactical card battles and clever synergies, this is one of the strongest games of 2025.
On the other hand, if you’d rather plan rail networks, connect cities, and set up entire economic cycles, you should check out Transport Fever. Parts 1 and 2 are currently available at a special discount as part of Train Fest—making this the perfect opportunity to get in the mood for Transport Fever 3.
For us, the third installment is one of the most exciting building games set to be released this year. In our preview, we’ll give you a sneak peek at the new features planned and explain why Transport Fever 3 could be so interesting for fans of the genre. You can read more about both games in the link box above.
