Released Jul 17, 2026 $39.99 Mixed Counts toward your Steam games

Subway Builder

By Colin Miller · published by Borough Studio

Strategy Simulation City Builder Building Management Resource Management Singleplayer Sandbox Immersive Sim2DAutomationEconomy

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Subway Builder is a game tagged Strategy, Simulation and City Builder by Colin Miller, released Jul 17, 2026. It has 447 Steam reviews (Mixed). The Steam games most like it include Super Company, Shopping Center Tycoon and Smart City Plan.

Subway Builder is a hyperrealistic transit simulation game. Build a new subway system from the ground up while dealing with real-world constraints and costs. Craft the subway system your city deserves.

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Everything Steam lists for Subway Builder · record updated 16 hours ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID4039140

Release dateJul 17, 2026

Last change number40198843

Last record update16 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Colin Miller, EJ Fox, Curran Kelleher, Nate Maue, Alex Wohlbruck, Piero Maddaleni, Brooks Flannery
Publisher: Borough Studio
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 1 day ago
Website: subwaybuilder.com

Windows macOS Linux

Steam Deck: Playable

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$39.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$39.99Oct 23, 2026

Checked6 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Sep 30, 2026 Version 1.7.2
FeaturesAdded Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand! Thanks to Max Plante for the data!Added Zurich and Geneva, Switzerland!Cmd+K to search through various menus.Added right-click context menus for routes, stations, and station groups to ac…
Sep 2, 2026 Version 1.7.0
Features - Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo, Sendai, Hiroshima, and Nagoya have been added 🇯🇵! Thanks to Mark Sustar for the data. - Light rail! You can intersect this train type with roads like commuter rail, but you can’t street-run it in mixed tra…
Aug 6, 2026 Version 1.6.0
Features - Paris 🇫🇷, Lyon 🇫🇷, Marseille 🇫🇷, and Dublin 🇮🇪 have been added to the game!- You can now create complex fare systems and charge commuters differently based on how far they travel and/or what routes they take.- You can now assign…
Jul 28, 2026 Version 1.5.0
Features - Experimental: this build plays fully offline. Your license is checked once the first time you launch online, each city's map downloads and stays on your machine, and after that you can build with no connection. - You can now vie…
Jul 18, 2026 1.4.15
Fixed "cannot read undefined stops" error
Jul 17, 2026 Post-Launch Hotfix
Fixed "cannot read undefined stops" errorAdded a "please verify files" check on the back-end that gets rid of a license issue several players were encounteringMore fixes are incoming and are currently in testing on beta.We thank you for yo…

Build	Branch	Updated
25920231	beta	Oct 13, 2026
25636185	public	Sep 30, 2026

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
4039141	—	Windows	631.6 MB	235.1 MB	931504092329018106
4039142	—	macOS	534.8 MB	201.6 MB	5939682556537626286
4039143	—	macOS	795.0 MB	303.6 MB	7280211788576786935
4039144	—	Linux	613.8 MB	220.0 MB	3737753462205185908
4039145	—	Windows	595.9 MB	223.8 MB	9003906380144377269

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	25636185	Sep 30, 2026	Open
beta CI test and staging branch for automated Steam deploys	25920231	Oct 13, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Subway Builder

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
game.exe		Windows
Subway Builder.app		macOS
metro-maker4		Linux

Space per player1.86 GB

Filesup to 1,000

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataRoaming	SubwayBuilder/saves	*.metro	All

Achievements

Achievements716 hidden

Most unlocked91.3%First Station Built

Rarest0%Problematic Commitment

First Station Built Place your first station 91.3%
Crossing Over Build your first scissors crossover 86.8%
All Aboard Get your first commuter aboard a train 68.7%
1313 Have exactly 1,313 commuters riding at once 64.5%
Just One More Lane Bro Build a quad-track station 50.3%
You Could've Walked Build five stations all within a mile of each other 41.3%
Hyperloop Build a line with exactly two stations 41.2%
Make Payroll Reach day 14 still in the black 39.3%
250 km of Track Lay 250 kilometers of track 35.2%
Spaghetti Junction Route 7 or more lines through a single station 34.2%
Million Strong Carry 5 million total commuters 33.8%
One Month In Reach day 30 in a single city 32.7%
YIMBY Spend $1 billion demolishing buildings 31.9%
You Spin Me Right 'Round Build a loop line 30.9%
Centurion Build 100 stations 30.7%
Commuter Lover Lay 50 kilometers of commuter rail 29.3%
Transatlantic Build a network in both the United Kingdom and the United States 28.8%
Watch It Burn Recover from 10 or more simultaneous warnings without going bankrupt 27.7%

All 71 achievements

Light Rail Devotee Lay 30 kilometers of light metro 27.1%
Bankrupt Let your balance fall below zero 26.4%
Debt Free Pay off your last remaining bond 25.7%
Pay It Off Pay off a bond before its term ends 25.1%
Ups and Downs Create a station group with both an elevated and an underground station 24.6%
Quad Track Expert Build 25 quad-track segments 24.5%
Spaghetti Monster Have two lines cross at three or more non-consecutive stations 19.7%
Ferries Out of Stock Build an underwater tunnel more than 10 km long 19.5%
The Team That Moves Millions Reach a daily ridership of 1,000,000 people 19.1%
Mixed Fleet Run commuter rail, heavy metro, and light metro all in one city 18.3%
I Would Walk 500 Miles Lay 500 miles (804.5 km) of track in a single save 16.9%
Knees-Deep Reach $1 billion in debt 15.3%
Aggressive Optimization Demolish a single building that costs over $1 billion to remove (not in sandbox) 14%
Déjà Vu Have five or more station groups sharing the same name 10.6%
The Beckoning Export a schematic diagram of any save 7.9%
Slim Margins Run a profitable network with 50,000+ daily riders charging $2.00 or less per ride 7.3%
People's Transit Make every ride free — set the fare to zero 7.2%
…And I Would Walk 500 More Hidden achievement 6.3%
Largest Subway Ever Build 500 stations 5.1%
Unoriginal Hidden achievement 4.1%
Purist Survive a full year — reach day 365 3.2%
Subway More Like Submarine Build a rail tunnel in Florida or New Orleans 2.7%
Nepo Baby Hidden achievement 2.3%
Null Is Not an Object Hidden achievement 2.3%
Shanghai Build 750 stations 1.8%
Wheels of Steel Play for 50 hours 1.3%
Where Am I Supposed To Go? Have a station group made up of more than 10 stations 1.1%
Traffic No More Have more commuters riding transit than driving 1.1%
Bougie Metro Run a profitable network with 50,000+ daily riders charging $10.00 or more per ride 0.8%
One-Line Wonder Reach day 120 running a single route 0.7%
Railbert Moses Demolish 500 buildings with a single blueprint 0.7%
Kilostation Have 1,000+ operational stations while still turning a profit 0.5%
Stayin' Classy! End a day with at least $250 million profit in San Diego 0.5%
Paul Is Dead Hidden achievement 0.5%
Tiptoe Reach 50% transit share without demolishing a single building 0.3%
America's Finest Transit System End a day with at least 25% transit mode share in San Diego 0.1%
Touch Grass Build 1,500 stations and run 1,500 trains. Then maybe step outside 0%
Bursting at the Seams Have a single station handle 250,000 boardings in a day 0%
Megahub Have a station group reach 100,000 daily transfers 0%
Gigahub Have a station group reach 500,000 daily transfers 0%
Nobody Actually Goes Here Have a station with 10× more transferring passengers than origin/destination passengers 0%
Mansa Musa Reach a balance of $1 trillion 0%
Take That, Oil! Reach 50% transit mode share in Houston 0%
Cabin Fever Reach 15% transit share in New York using only stations on Manhattan island 0%
Mamdanistan Reach 75% transit mode share in New York 0%
Leaving on a Jet Plane Reach 50% transit share at an airport station 0%
Commute with a View Have a line carrying 100,000+ daily riders that never dips below grade 0%
Ground Game Have a profitable line that runs mostly at grade 0%
Roller Coaster Build a line with a section over 10 m underground and a section over 10 m in the air 0%
The Boonies Train Have your longest line also be your least-ridden line 0%
Better Than Nothing, Apparently Have a profitable line with an average speed below 40 km/h 0%
Perpetual Construction Keep a single blueprint unbuilt for 40 days 0%
Problematic Commitment Hidden achievement 0%

Update history

Oct 25, 2026 · 01:28 #40198843
- common.store_tags.10 ~~255534~~ → 3871
- common.store_tags.9 ~~3871~~ → 255534

News

Sep 2, 2026 · Community Announcements Version 1.7.0 Now Live
Version 1.7.0 is now live for all players.Features- Tokyo 🇯🇵, Osaka 🇯🇵, Sapporo 🇯🇵, Sendai 🇯🇵, Hiroshima 🇯🇵, and Nagoya 🇯🇵 have been added! Thanks to Mark Sustar for the data. - Light rail! You can i…
Aug 7, 2026 · Community Announcements Version 1.6.0 Now Live
Version 1.6.0 is now live for all players.Features- Paris 🇫🇷, Lyon 🇫🇷, Marseille 🇫🇷, and Dublin 🇮🇪 have been added to the game!- You can now create complex fare systems and charge commuters different…
Jul 28, 2026 · Community Announcements Version 1.5.0 Now Live
Version 1.5.0 is now live for all players.Features- Experimental: this build plays fully offline. Your license is checked once the first time you launch online, each city's map downloads and stays on…
Jul 17, 2026 · Community Announcements Service Begins Today
Following final system preparations, Subway Builder is now available on Steam.Launching today for $39.99 USD, Subway Builder is available at a 25% introductory discount for the first two weeks, bring…

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Subway Builder

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Middle East & Africa 7

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