Last updated on January 4th, 2026 at 07:55 pm
Trainz Simulator 3 – Family Game Review
Trainz Simulator 3 is a Family/Lifestyle/Simulation game from N3V Games Pty Ltd, first launched in 18th August 2021.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 1,537+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Trainz Simulator 3 Stand Out
Trainz Simulator 3 delivers next-generation graphics and the most realistic train driving experience wherever you are.
Take charge of steam electric or diesel locomotives and travel the world from the comfort of your home or while on the road.
Climb the Rocky Mountains, venture all over the UK, journey through the USA or explore Outback Australia.
Included Features:
- Explore 4 highly detailed locations
- Experience 12 gameplay sessions
- Master 9 in-depth tutorial sessions
- Control 14 highly detailed locomotives
- Haul over 54 types of rolling stock
- Drive in simple or realistic modes
- Issue Driver Commands to dozens of other trains
- Operate an entire railroad
Expand your experience with new routes, sessions and hundreds of locomotives available for additional purchase.
NOTE: TS3 does not currently offer world building tools or allow importing 3rd party content.
Initial install size: 4GB
This Family game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Trainz Simulator 3 is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 3rd October 2025
Recent improvements include:
Bugfixes for newer iOS devices.
Download & Availability
Trainz Simulator 3 is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Trainz Simulator 3 on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 6s / iPhone 6s Plus / iPad Pro (12.9-inch, 1st Gen) / iPad Pro (12.9-inch, 1st Gen, Cellular) / iPad Pro (9.7-inch) / iPad Pro (9.7-inch, Cellular) / iPhone SE (1st Gen) / iPhone 7 / iPhone 7 Plus / iPad (5th Gen) or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Before you read our review, do not read the others. They are mean, insulting, and outdated. Hey, everyone! CoopMan2121 here. If youre a rail fan or interested in trains, get this game! For a while, there was a white screen error. Guess what? Its fixed! And if you deleted the game and then redownloaded it on the same device, you can get everything you had and bought for FREE. If it says error when redownloading inside the game, just get out of the queue and it will be there, ready for use! We play Train Sim World 5 on Xbox S, so we have a few recommendations that would help you challenge TSW5s throne: -Adding In-Cab-Driving -Moving and breathing people -Weather events like lightning and thunder -Remove a lot of the FOUR PERCENT GRADES; REALLY? . We must tell you that this is the best mobile train game ever; tycoon or simulator, this game tops them by a landslide. We like how the cars rock back and forth but the only time Ive seen boxcars shake like that is on a 20th century railroad whose workers are on strike. We like how yall added moving wheels because on your second version of Trainz the wheels on 99% of the locomotives and rolling stock just slid down the track like they were on ice . The graphics are just breathtaking in this game. We are also kind of confused on how an SP locomotive found its way onto the Rocky Mountain map for the freight run mission. We understand that they were on the southern edge of the range, but it is not that green. Also, how are CSX trains there?! The main range they cross is Sand Patch Grade and the Appalachian Mountains! We have no complaints but we have a list of suggestions for rolling stock, locomotives, and routes: – More New York Central, Pennsylvania RR, and Penn Central rolling stock (IF YOU HAVE A DREYFUS WHERE ARE THE NYC PASSENGER CARS?!) -SP Daylight Limited trains -More F7s (A hot rot F7 really N3V? Really? ) -U.P 4014 & 844 with some of the 50s UP streamlined passenger cars -The Blue Comet -UP turbine locomotives (although maybe turn down the physics on the locomotives because they were constantly derailing in real life) -Actual derailment and crash physics; not just a rotating x -Horseshoe Curve -NYC-Washington D.C -Gulf Coast Division (South Texas to New Orleans) because of the refineries, ports, and switching and long-haul freight opportunities we have another topic: the famous Union Pacific 4014. Where is it?! Dozens of train games have it; TRAINZ TWO HAS IT! (Or at least#4008). Yall, Ive coded some games so it cant be hard to make one locomotive and a tender. Trust us, we are truly an avid Big Boy fan. We have ridden on passenger cars pulled by it (no joke, we have seen ourselves riding it on YouTube), so we would love to preserve the memory of the experience in this game. We are truly begging you to add this. If you add the formation, please please PLEASE add Sherman Hill or Cheyenne or Wasatch Grade, as that was the locomotives original area of operation. We would love to see some recognition for this iconic moving piece of railroad history. Another thing: world edit. There is no way you get out of this one, N3V. You wouldnt have to always make more routes because us railfans would be making our OWN. Just copy the code from Trainz 2, add Trainz 3 scenery coding to it, and voila! Better reviews. We are concerned with how this game acts with our iPhone. Like you know the meme with the loud PC that sounds like a jet engine? Thats what our phone acts like when we make a 90 car train. Its not loud but you can hear the fans turn on and it heats up. Is this an N3V problem or Apple? N3V, please get back to us on this. Also, this game eats up our battery. Also, it would be cool if we could make our own locomotives and/or paint schemes. Like making our own Allegheny 4-6-6-4 and maybe even a BIG BOY! Still though, this game is awesome. Good, no outstanding job N3V! We will say this: yall have dozens of steam locomotives, yet TSW5 has ONE! That is awesome! Happy railfanning! -CoopMan2121.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeees the white screen is gone ok now play.
Can you believe that the game is fixed already.
You guys may need to make the Acela express.
PLEASE add route creator to the game, it gets boring over time to reuse the same routes over and over. Especially when the previous game also had route builder and multiplayer which made it fun so please can we get a route creator update.
We love the game we spent $120 dollars on it and it is worth it we love the game.
It defeats the purpose of fun when the white screen comes. It happens every time we wait and dont play too long when we come back it shows a white screen that stays for bout 30 minutes.
This game is good to play but its not a saving method so good bye to your buying process.
We love the game, but it has been buggy for us recently and we have no idea why. Ive uninstalled and reinstalled it multiple times and that didnt work. We hope the devs will take a look at this and fix it.
We love the game but we wish it could have route building and custom horns.
It is understood its not easy to program this to the game but if it is possible could the developers if a 4-8-4 type and The Union Pacific 4014 can be added sometime later on ios and mobile devices.
Happy to see big boy added, and only for 0.99 ( Big boy in the rockies) havent got it yet, another big change is the white screen, finally happy to know we can play again, when we go on cruises this kept us happy, unfortunately we had to bring our old, about to bust phone to play last time, but now we can bring one phone, But a suggestion that may get this popular, is charging 0.99 for all locomotives and 1.99 for routes, and packs. Players like a game that is highly detailed, has well know locomotives, and is cheap to buy more. When we first bought it we got 3 passes, for the devs thank you for the white screen fix.
Um we dont think this has a make your own route map! So what are waiting MAKE IT.
Not able to get more things in the game.
We love this game from the freedrive to the missions but using the default trains gets old so we went to the shop to see what they had and there was a lot but after you buy all the ones you want the game slowly but surely gets old. We still love this game but it would get better if they add some more trains.
The best game ever but the literally got rid of the white screen of death and we played it in August of 2025 its still there after they removed it but a good game but Im still md.
Could you guys please add the Clinchfield Railroad in the transition from steam to diesel power because we think it would be cool to run steam and diesel together.
Love the game, but PLEASE add the Big Boy 4014. Also fix the glitches. The camera is horrible to control.
So we re-downloaded this game after they release the update to fix it on iOS Ive been playing it a lot, and we love it very much as Ive been playing. Ive noticed that on almost every single one of the diesel locomotive scratched to every single locomotive the numbers dont show up anymore. Ive tried deleting re-downloading uninstalling everything, but it wont work. Hopefully, theres a fix for this.
This game use to be fun we spent a good bit of money on it. It crashed about a year ago. We deleted it thinking it was our phone beings it was an older phone. Recently got the 17 and the white screen of doom comes on. But it only comes on if restore our purchases and try playing with them. This game NEEDS to be fixed its fun and you can do anything you want with your train. Overall though the game is 5/5 but because of the screen of doom its like a 2/5.
We love the game except one thing where are the building tools? The building tools are not in there or editor tools. We want them. Its not really that fun without the woman we wanna see that. We bought the game and we dont like that it doesnt have and its not really that fun if we dont get building tools, then we probably will delete the game, but yes, please add building tools. We wish it was there, so please add him. We would love to have the build tools.
Great game however it always freezes when we load a train and it white screens Also some of the models are broken the numbers dont load we dont know what to do since we love this game.
We do like the graphics, and additional details it has compared to Trainz Simulator 2, however, at least from our personal experience, we are still sticking with Trainz 2 on our devices for now as Trainz 3 on our tablet consumes a lot of data storage space as well as our tablets battery power. In addition, one thing Trainz 3 has less of compared to Trainz 2 is versatility. You can only get your cars loaded and unloaded at certain depos in stead of using surveyor and loading them which ever way you like, you cant create your own layout, or route, and you can only add and delete locomotives and rolling stock. If Trainz 3 cant get the Surveyor Mode anytime soon, then we hope at the least they would update it to include the Create Sessions in very much the same way with the Trainz 2 app where you can make your own missions, set up other trains in advance where and when to go rather than always you having to temporarily leave your train to get to others and get them to automatically drive then you tap them, set up switches to lock mode and arrange in advance for them to switch to other and when to do it so you wont have to do it yourself while on the go, load up the rolling stock with what you would like before running the session, create your own messages and instructions, the list goes on. In short, the differences of creating sessions so far between Trainz 2 and 3 is that with Trainz 2 you can do it and set it up in advance, where as Trainz 3 the session is only Free Drive where you would need to create your own trains and move them to the required load and unload destinations while on the fly, and constantly leaving your train to setup other trains. If Trainz 3 can eventually be set up with that, we would much appreciate it.
This game was 5+ stars almost like virtual reality, then an IOS update came down in Oct 2025 and it barely runs now. We updated our phone, uninstalled the app and reinstalled it. Still crashes, locks up, and wont download purchases. Its almost like it went back to Beta mode. Is anyone else having issues.
Havent you heard about the white screen of death! Its the worst! We have to delete and reinstall it every time Upgraded version: its the worst thing ever.
We have an iPad Pro 13 running on iOS 26. We have been a Trains2 addict for years. Time to upgrade to 3, right? Absolutely not! We installed Trains 3 on our iPad Pro 13. While the graphics on Trainz 3 are far superior to Trainz 2, the controls and responsiveness are not. Tutorials helped a bit, but not much. Also we downloaded free add on routes each of which had numerous errors on download, like missing tracks, mountains which appear and disappear. Although Trainz 2 is no longer supported by the developer, 2 still works better than 3. We should have heeded the low rating on the App Store.
Overall, pretty good, but the Chicago route and Fremont mills are completely messed up. It does not display properly on various iPads that we own, including a brand new one. The white screen problem has disappeared, which is nice, now if you could just get all the routes to display properly wed be in business. And maybe some new content as well. Devs Please dont wait forever for to update.
When we play this game, we get no white screen. Its very weird, all of you get white screen, while we dont get white screen.
So far everything has seem to be good on this game but Im still confused on where is the BNSF locomotives with the cab problem on the mid western ranch. We have seen that you have added the big boy 4014 on the rockey mountains but when we look at all the mission packs we didnt find it. But we think this might be a good idea. We think its time to add railroad trucks.Why you might say? But its good bc we only have locomotives but not railroad trucks and it could be a good idea. Pls developers leave a message at the bottom of here what you think.
This is a 5 star game but just PLEASE fix the white screen ill always be waiting.
This game is as Great as Train Simulator 2 The only thing that stops players from loading their game is the 1 white screen bug it happens to some players we have also Experienced this bug if its not possible fix its alright.
We love this game but the locomotives do not have their tenders when we tapped on one! And that upsets us.PS there is no redo button.
The white screen that hasnt been fixed at all like cmon now its super expensive as it is and you guys still cant fix it we wont lie we will still be on the look out for an update we want to change this review and give it 5 stars already please.
5 star all the way just love the horns on the trains but not the horn form trainz 2.
Could you add a Penn Central route with bad track like a branch line to a coal ours.
Reading 2101 with reading hooter and reading six chime reading 425 and reading blue mountain and northern map changeable whistles ( if you dont like the whistle(s) on your train you can change them Pennsylvania k4 also bring back the paint shed.
Could you add the rest of the Amtrak 50th Anniversary heritage units as well as the NS SD70ACE Heritage units and the rest of the UP Heritage units please please please and could you please add a Union Pacific Big Boy.
If you by to many DLC the game just wont open and it just white screens and it hasnt been updated in 3yr.
Add CN SD60,SD75I ES44DC CN ES44AC revamp, UP AC6000, UP hertiage, UP ES44AC,UP SD70M,CN SD70M-2.
Love the game. Its a varied improvement over Trainz Driver 2, however theres a lack of content compared to the previous game. Some suggestions would be the California Zephyr or SP Daylight and more North American engines and rolling stock from the 30s to the 50s as most of the North American items are modern day stuff with some exceptions.
Welcome To The Island Of Sodor.
Pls ad a SD40-3 and CSX Saginaw Sub and route were the 8888 incident happened and more steam engines add the ES44AC locomotive and rolling stockthanks.
Every time we try to play our game it goes white and nothing happens.
In our earlier review we forgot about the western and Atlantic railroad number 3 the general and Norfolk and western railroad 611 the spirit of Roanoke and Pere Marquette 1225 and the polar express locomotive based on previous locomotive.
How do we create a flat set train in train simulator 3 we been looking on YouTube we still cant find it, we can create flat train set please if someone reads this please tell us how we can do it and we really like train sim world 5 it look realistic,but we have a iPhone we cant download the train sim world 5 ok.
Trainz its been 3yrs and no update the game is breaking.
Its an amazing game but when we redownload all our trains since we deleted it to install another game once everything is downloaded in game it freezes then crashes and when we try to log back in all we get is a white screen.
Amazing graphics, good train modeling, and overall just good. DONUT.
We absolutely love it! The only problem is that it keeps crashing and it brings up a white screen that we cant get rid of. Can this be fixed.
Im really love your simulator but we encountered with overheating of the iPad and we have to by a cooler for cooling down that because of too realistic graphics that causes overheating gust would you mind to make options of the graphics pls.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.1.18
- Size: 2,207.95 MB
- iOS: 16.6 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: N3V Games Pty Ltd
Last updated: 3rd October 2025 | Genre: Family, Lifestyle | Developer: N3V Games Pty Ltd