Railway Empire Reviews

Railway Empire is ranked in the 67th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
7.5 / 10.0
Jan 17, 2020

Easy to get into with a decent amount of challenge to the end. The most accessible railway sim I've played yet.

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74 / 100
Jun 23, 2020

A game than simulation managers will love, and especially classic train lovers, that offers some interesting ideas, very well adapted to Nintendo Switch and very polished in some aspects, like the spanish voiceover. But if you came here looking for great graphics, forget about that. What it's worst is that it also has random crashings.

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7.3 / 10.0
Aug 5, 2020

if you are looking for a good strategy game, Railway Empira is a must try. It only adds to the experience if you like trains it even comes with history lessons and can get hard and complicated.

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Feb 13, 2018

Overall, Railway Empire is a good game which should appeal to newcomers more than seasoned veterans of the genre.

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7 / 10
Jan 26, 2018

Railway Empire is a good management game, interesting,deep and complex. But it is clearly not for beginners despite its presence on PS4 and Xbox One. The tutorial is too frail and we often end up going around in circles before finding the solution which make a run extremely time-consuming and artificially long. Despite that, this title has many interesting game mechanics, in particular the economy system which is a perfect representation of modern capitalism and what the history of the American railway might have been.

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7 / 10.0
Jan 26, 2018

A passionate and capable title with some pretty egregious flaws.

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7 / 10.0
Jan 26, 2018

Despite slightly unintuitive controls, Railway Empire offers just enough depth and detail to make it worth a play. We can't help wishing for a much more encompassing railway management sim though.

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7 / 10.0
Jun 23, 2020

In other words, if you’re considering Railway Empire because you love the sound of a train in the distance, you’re not likely to enjoy the game. This is a management seem that digs deeply into the technology, the business strategy, and the economic acumen required to tame America’s landscape and reach the pinnacle of what this nation’s all about: corporate power.

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7 / 10.0
Feb 3, 2018

The core of the game is sound, it just needs to be more upfront with the player about what it's doing. It's really frustrating for me because I keep booting it up and I keep playing it, but eventually tangled web of systems gets the better of me and I've got to close it in a rage.

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70%
Feb 27, 2018

On the first glance, Railway Empire is an interesting addition to the tycoon genre. However, a closer look reveals plenty of issues that make it hard to recommend at retail price. It could definitely find its fans, though.

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70 / 100
Jun 19, 2020

Railway Empire Nintendo Switch Edition is a great railway company management game during the expansion of the railway in the United States. Complete in terms of options, modes and content that only sin from a technical section much lower than other versions and below what the Nintendo console can offer. Despite this, the gameplay is still intact and is a good option if your proposal calls us.

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6.5 / 10.0
Feb 12, 2018

Railway Empire is a game that has a lot of promise, plenty of substance, and can be enjoyable to those who have 20ft train sets in their basements. However, most will find this game poorly designed, easily finished, and a tedious use of their time. Suddenly doing laundry sounds like a good idea.

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Jan 29, 2018

Railway Empire is a good game held back by its own design and general bugginess. They certainly don’t make them like they used to, but this is a close facsimile of what those games were like. It’s a game that has enough depth to keep you going, but not enough to losing a whole night to it. Railway Empire comes close to greatness, but settles for just being good in the simulation and management.

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Loved
Jun 29, 2020

Railway Empire is a deep, engrossing simulation strategy game. Once you get the hang of the controls and the finer points of running a mega railway empire, you’ll spend many hours playing with trains. For train enthusiasts this is the game you need and for those of us that are looking for their next strategy simulation hit then look no further than Railway Empire! That only leaves me with one thing to say before I rush off to carry on building my vast rail empire across the UK and transport some much needed meat to those hungry folk in Kilkenny, my score is Two Thumbs Up.

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Unscored
Feb 13, 2018

Railway Empire should be so much better.

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