Posted on: October 5, 2025
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Railway Empire
Description
United States, 1830: ‘The New World’ is in its ascendancy. Industry is booming, and the race is on to establish the most dominant and powerful rail empire in all of North America. It’s time to outthink and outmaneuver your competitors as you lead your company into the 20th century!
In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition. You’ll also need to hire and manage your workforce if you want to ensure an efficient train service, whilst also develop over 300 technologies ranging from mechanical improvements to the trains themselves to workplace infrastructures and advanced amenities as you progress through five eras of technological innovations.
However, you can’t just build and research your way to the top – the competition never sleeps, and to keep your business on track you’ll have to survive against up to three rival tycoons. To get to the top you may have to resort to more cutthroat tactics as you attack and sabotage your opponents through raids and industrial espionage.
In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition. You’ll also need to hire and manage your workforce if you want to ensure an efficient train service, whilst also develop over 300 technologies ranging from mechanical improvements to the trains themselves to workplace infrastructures and advanced amenities as you progress through five eras of technological innovations.
However, you can’t just build and research your way to the top – the competition never sleeps, and to keep your business on track you’ll have to survive against up to three rival tycoons. To get to the top you may have to resort to more cutthroat tactics as you attack and sabotage your opponents through raids and industrial espionage.
- Exploit the economic opportunities of the United States in an extensive campaign, working your way step by step from coast to coast across this great continent.
- Lead your Railway Empire to success by establishing a comprehensive rail network and optimizing transportation of passengers and goods.
- Master challenges and objectives through a range of scenarios, or create your perfect railway network in construction mode without any financial pressure.
- Over 40 historically accurate locomotives and more than 30 different wagons can be acquired over the course of the game, and must be put to use in the best way in order to take advantage of their strengths and weaknesses.
- Invest in over 300 new technologies across five different eras to progress and maximize the potential of your rail network.
- Compete with up to three rival companies, and even sabotage their efforts with the use of bandits and spies.
Railway Empire Copyright © 2018 Kalypso Media Group GmbH. Developed by Gaming Minds Studios. Published by Kalypso Media Group GmbH. Railway Empire is a trademark of Kalypso Media Group GmbH and is used under license. All rights reserved. All other logos, copyrights and trademarks are property of their respective owner.
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Windows Central
3.5/5 stars
Overall, Railway Empire is a good game which should appeal to newcomers more than seasoned veterans of the genre.
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75/100
Railway Empire possesses the strategy, complexity and choice of any good resource management or tycoon game.
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8.2/10
Railway Empire is simply one of the best real-time strategy experiences that I've ever played on a console and juggling its many rewarding tasks in order to succeed in building a nation is nothing short of satisfying.
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Posted on: March 7, 2022
Kovasz
Games: 137 Reviews: 22
This game might be good...
...but you need to get there. The UI and the whole user experience is just awful. You need to google how to finish the first tutorial, because you can simply stuck, or because important information is downright missing from the tutorial text. Also, the UI is very unintuitive, ie. you might think that some options should be found at one location, yet it can be found in a totally different location. Otherwise, the graphics, the sound, etc. looks nice, and the gameplay is probably good too AFTER you've learned how to get around, but the beginning is way too rough.
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Posted on: October 5, 2024
SuperGis
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Fun
I like trains
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Posted on: January 27, 2018
Anzacc
Verified ownerGames: 309 Reviews: 8
The train i was waiting for.
This is the game i was waiting for. A mix of train/railway/trade and business sim very well done. It is nice, very fun and has a lot of replayability. I look forward to new updates and DLC´S. Thank you very much Devs.
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Posted on: October 12, 2024
Eric_Barends
Verified ownerGames: 40 Reviews: 5
Very good
Very good
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