Released in December 2017, the Steam Simulator officially turned 5 years old in December 2022.
A retrospective: computers and tech move fast, and a lot happened in 5 years. Apple released four iPhones since then, and game engines improved too. The Simulator was built on Unity 5, which was the latest at the time, and the Sim did look “mostly” photorealistic…for 2017. So, while I do think it looked good for its time, it is definitely showing its age when compared to the latest game engines.
To celebrate its big milestone birthday, the Simulator is now available at only $19.
I do not have any updates planned for the Simulator at the moment, and porting the Sim into a new engine is only a daydream for now. This new price also reflects its legacy status.
Maybe one day I will get back into rebuilding it “from the ground up” with the newest tech. But, at least now that it’s an older game, it should run pretty on most modern hardware!
It may be old, but where else can you fire and pull the original Disneyland Railroad engines, other than getting a job at the park?