Railroads Online on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Build your dream railroad across a huge open world! You can build tracks and stations, drive detailed locomotives, and transport goods to earn money and experience. Play exciting Online Multiplayer sessions with your friends or create your very own sandbox!

Railroads Online is a trains, multiplayer and online co-op game developed by Stefan Kelnberger and published by astragon Entertainment.
Released on December 05th 2024 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal and Russian.

It has received 5,508 reviews of which 4,285 were positive and 1,223 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 34.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 19.17€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Railroads Online into these genres:

Trains Multiplayer Online Co-Op Open World Automobile Sim Building Physics Sandbox Driving Immersive Sim Team-Based Singleplayer Exploration Economy Management First-Person Family Friendly Nature Colony Sim 3D

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System requirements

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Windows

OS: Windows 10 or Windows 11 64-bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-8100 or similar
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (2 GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon R9 285 (2 GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 6000 MB available space

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Dec. 2024

Since playing this game from open beta this game has been many things to me, Ill do my best to summarize. After 2 years and 800 Hours of this game I have mixed feeling, Love it or hate it the concept of this game is wonderful and makes for an enjoyable experience performing tasks, gaining rewards, building your own interpretation of a productive railroad, challenge you to find a way and spending time with like minded company. Being that this game started in open beta I recognized that the experience would not be perfect. Some slack was given and adjusted during this time. The problem with railroad online has nothing to do with the Concept though. As stated before the concept is wonderful and a winning procedure. However, this has come at the expense of the game from one update to the other either being an unplayable wreck or a acceptable improvement. After how ever many years of development, here we are with a product that is in full release and still not able to be a fully functioning game without some issues. While AAA titles do not do this either, and respecting the teams behind the game, The hope was always that we the community of gamers would have a stable product that is fun, relaxing and functioning to enjoy. this has turned out to be a mixed bag. This is not to diminish the work that the staff, Dev... Devs?, and community managers have done in the past. This game has came a long way from where it was. And my hope for it. well, continued development, optimization and further performance upgrades. My promise to the Railroads online team, RRO. is to continue supporting them when new content becomes available. We all have to get paid, so buy the DLC when they come out. This gives all parties the opportunity to continue developing the games for which I appreciate. The online experience is not perfect. There is an issue called popcorning and what can be described a rubber banding that occurs under certain conditions. (usually when over 30 rolling stock is in motion on the map for me) However, if this issue crops up you can always host, play other roles in the co-op game or play in single player mode. While I say this, the game is Truly in its finest form at the time of this review. I am able to play with a friend across the globe on acceptable performance terms. This has helped me be content with the game as it sits today. The question, Should you buy railroad online. The answer is Absolutely Yes. There is a community out there that would love to run a train with you in the discord or in game chat. There are pre-laid maps out there and dev made maps to get your feet wet on. There are endless possibility's for you to build, operate, fail, succeed and enjoy RRO. Should you chose to buy this game I implore you to get involved in the community, have fun and lets play.

Nov. 2024

Year after year, these developers have molded this one into a gem of a train game. Set into the 1800's, we perform a mix of route planning and delivery skill to earn the ability to purchase a generation of locomotives. The variety of cargo and the needs to access them provide a long playing game that is likely to plateau when access to the final cargo has been achieved. The online game-play is a key to its extended longevity as helping others to achieve their goals is enjoyable too. The growth of the game is likely to relent; additional engines, cars, cargo, structures and terrain mods should be the future. Hoping for a community workshop too.

Nov. 2024

I seriously can't get enough of this game. I love the way it looks and plays and like I'm actually in the world I create. Reminds me so much when when I would play with my toy trains as a kid and now I can do that as an adult and I love it!

Sept. 2024

If you like American Railroading and Railroading in general in the steam era but don't enjoy train games which require a lot thinking to drive(run) the locomotives and manage the logistics ii.e. (a less realistic experience), then I do recommend you give this game a try. Even if you do enjoy more realistic railroading gameplay do consider possibly giving it a a shot. ALTHOUGH, I do not confidently outright recommend this game (i.e. I don't 100% recommend it) due to its bugs, glitchs or quirky gameplay features which are frustrating/annoying -- so do also note if you don't have a high tolerance for these things you may want to consider avoiding this game. In all this is a train Sandbox w/ the option of being multiplayer or singleplayer thats quite enjoyablee to play but with some frustrating flaws. To summarize the pros: -the locomotive/train driving(running) feels very satisfying and enjoyable. -very satisfying deliverng and transporting goods between industries -easy/intuitive to construct track (you can get as complicated as you'd like. -lots of settings to make the game harder or easier and even what time of day it is, etc. -a decent selection of different facilities you can place and even props (e.g. different buildings, boxs, etc) -good looking models for the most part The cons: -Quirky/odd gameplay features and quite a few unintended features. Outright buggy at times. -Low customiization in terms of paint schemes, text on cars, etc. (plenty of variety just not much customization) -Still some Performance issues with Multiplayer -Questionable future developing path (i.e. how much monetization including(DLCs), console release, etc) -Development generally seemlying focused on features over improvements.

July 2024

This game has had some interesting reviews so here's one from an average autist joe like me. When it comes to controls, I enjoy how the game plays and I like how the build menu is easy to use. I really enjoy how easy the track building mechanics are; there is a bit of learning curve to the track building but once you learn how it all works, it makes fun and interesting tracks possible while you can still make mundane lines that even little Betsy can handle. The simulation of train and rolling stock physics is good, BUT only good; my main issue with the physics is how the game calculates track values (grade, derail values ect.) and how they can somtimes yeet cars and locos into the air or off the track if you are moving too fast. Yes, that sound funny but I sear i'm not crazy. I would lay 100M+ radius curves which should let betsy go 30+ mph with no trouble but, there would be the odd time where the loco would be thrown from the tracks because of some weird physics calculations or the physics themselves lagging behind. The physics is the only part of this game that has made me sigh a sad sigh when it happens. My conclusions is that this game is something a person could spend hours playing! god knows im in for many many many more!!!

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