Railway Empire

Railway Empire is a 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
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. As of 13 December 2019, there are several DLC packs players can buy to unlock additional regions, with new locomotives included. These include the Great Lakes region (southern Canada and northern US), Mexico, South America, Great Britain & Ireland, Germany, France, and northern Europe (Scandinavia). 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]

Reception

The game has a score of 74 on Metacritic.[9]

Awards and nominations

Railway Empire won two awards, being in total four times nominated by the Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2018.[10][11]

  • 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.[12]

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". Metacritic.
  10. "Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2018: Die Nominierten". GamesWirtschaft. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  11. "Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2018 - Die Gewinner: FAR wird bestes Spiel, Desperados 3 ist "Most Wanted"". gamestar.de. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  12. "TOMMI - Der deutsche Kindersoftwarepreis 2018". kindersoftwarepreis.de. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
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