Railway Empire

Railway Empire, released on PC, PS4 and XONE, is an economic strategy game. The title was developed by veterans in this genre, Gaming Minds, that also created games such as, e.g. Patrician IV: Conquest by Trade and Grand Ages: Medieval.

Plot

Railway Empire is set in the United States and the starting point is in the year 1830. Our goal is to create a railway empire and eliminate our competition. The game spans throughout many years allowing us to even play in the 20th century.

Mechanics

Railway Empire, released on PC, PS4 and XONE, is a classic economic strategy game – that means that the game revolves around developing our company and finding a balance between the incomes and expenses. Our responsibilities are: creating new railways, buying and upgrading trains as well as transporting people and goods. We also need to invest in train stations, buildings in which we can repair our vehicles, factories and even tourist attractions for passengers.

There are more than forty types of trains and during the game we can use more than three hundred various technologies that are divided into five historical periods. With The increasing level of technologies used by the American society has an impact on the market, which forces us to adapt to new business elements.

The competition, controlled by AI, keeps the game interesting. We can play with maximum of three other companies, although the less experienced players can set their game to have one or two rivals. The fight for keeping our position on the market is not only limited to business. We can sabotage other players by using bandits and spies.

Game modes

We can play in campaign, separate scenarios that offers specific challenges or in a free mode where we can develop our business without any goals imposed on us.

Last updated on 23 January 2018