Railway Empire

Railway Empire is a rail tycoon simulation game released on 26 January 2018 for Windows and Linux and later 30 January for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game was developed by the German studio Gaming Minds Studios and produced by Kalypso Media.[2][3] In Japan, the physical copy of the game was distributed by Ubisoft in May 2018.[4]

Railway Empire
Developer(s)Gaming Minds Studios[lower-alpha 1]
Publisher(s)Kalypso Media
Artist(s)Bruno Frasca, Daniel Lieske
Platform(s)
ReleaseWindows, Linux, PS4, Xbox One
  • EU: January 26, 2018
  • NA: January 30, 2018
Nintendo Switch
  • JP: February 14, 2020[1]
  • WW: June 19, 2020
Genre(s)Simulation
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

Railway Empire's base game takes place in the United States from 1830 to 1930. The player can build a large network of railway lines and buy various locomotives to serve cities and industries - growing cities in the process, and hire railway personnel for both train operations and office positions, all with individual bonuses and personality types. The game has several game modes like campaign mode, scenario mode, free mode and sandbox mode.[5][6][7]

In the campaign mode, the player plays against different competitors. In the Scenario mode, these competitors are selectable and playable characters with specific gameplay bonuses.[8]

Expansions

As of 8 May 2020, the game has nine downloadable content (DLC) available. Most DLCs add new Scenarios to the game, new maps for Free Game and Sandbox mode, new engines and tradeable goods. One DLC, Railway Empire - Official Soundtrack, does not add to the base game and instead is the release of the soundtracks of the base game and the other DLCs.[9]

Name Release date Ref.
Mexico 8 June 2018 [10]
The Great Lakes 17 August 2018 [11]
Crossing the Andes 19 October 2018 [12]
Great Britain & Ireland 14 December 2018 [13]
Germany 1 March 2019 [14]
France 24 May 2019 [15]
Northern Europe 13 December 2019 [16]
Down Under 8 May 2020 [17]

Reception

The game has a score of 74 on Metacritic.[18]

Awards and nominations

Railway Empire won two awards, being in total four times nominated by the Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2018.[22][23]

  • WINNER - Best German PC/Console Game
  • WINNER - Best German Technical Performance Game
  • Nominated - Best German Game
  • Nominated - Best Graphics

Railway Empire has also been nominated by TOMMI - Der deutsche Kindersoftwarepreis 2018.[24]

Notes
  1. Nintendo Switch version ported by Independent Arts Software.

References
  1. "レイルウェイ エンパイア". Nintendo of Japan. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  2. "About Railway Empire". GameSpot. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  3. "Railway Empire comes to consoles and PC in January".
  4. "Railway Empire in Japan".
  5. "Railway Empire is a mostly satisfying management sim".
  6. "Wot I Think: Railway Empire". 13 February 2018.
  7. "Railway Empire (PC) - Wertung, Fazit - GameStar". www.gamestar.de.
  8. "Railway Empire - Complete Guide". Gameplay.tips.
  9. "Railway Empire - Official Soundtrack". Kalypso US. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  10. "Railway Empire - Mexico". Kalypso US. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  11. "Railway Empire - The Great Lakes". Kalypso US. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  12. "Railway Empire - Crossing the Andes". Kalypso US. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  13. "Railway Empire - Great Britain & Ireland". Kalypso US. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  14. "Railway Empire - Germany". Kalypso US. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  15. "Railway Empire - France". Kalypso US. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  16. "Railway Empire - Northern Europe". Kalypso US. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  17. "Railway Empire - Down Under". Kalypso US. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  18. "Railway Empire for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  19. "Railway Empire for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  20. "Railway Empire for Xbox One Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  21. "Railway Empire: Switch Edition for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  22. "Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2018: Die Nominierten". GamesWirtschaft. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  23. "Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2018 - Die Gewinner: FAR wird bestes Spiel, Desperados 3 ist "Most Wanted"". gamestar.de. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  24. "TOMMI - Der deutsche Kindersoftwarepreis 2018". kindersoftwarepreis.de. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
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