Sid Meier's Railroads!

Sid Meier's Railroads! marks the return of the watershed title in simulation/strategy gaming that launched the popular "tycoon" genre, and inspired a new generation of games. Sid Meier's Railroads!

Sid Meier's Railroads! is a trains, strategy and management game developed by Firaxis Games and published by Feral interactive (Mac) and 2K.
Released on May 04th 2007 is available on Windows and MacOS in 5 languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 3,148 reviews of which 2,219 were positive and 929 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.9 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 2.49€ on Steam and has a 75% discount.

The Steam community has classified Sid Meier's Railroads! into these genres:

Trains Strategy Management Economy Simulation Singleplayer Multiplayer Real-Time with Pause Casual Building Classic Historical

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Minimum
Windows 2000, Windows XP
1.4GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
512 MB RAM
64 MB Video card with hardware pixel and vertex shaders (GeForce 3, Radeon 8500 or better)
DirectX 7 compatible sound card
1.7 GB of free disc drive space

MacOS

OS: macOS 10.14
Processor: 1.1 GHz Intel Core M or greater
Memory: 4GB
Graphics: 512Mb Nvidia 640M, 1.5GB Intel HD 5300 or 2GB AMD M290 or better (See Notes for more details)
Hard Drive:2GB HD space
Multiplayer Notes: Multiplayer is only available over LAN and is compatible between Mac versions only.

The game is officially supported on the following Macs. To check your Mac model and when it was released, select About This Mac from the Apple menu on your menu bar.
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* All MacBooks released since Early 2015
* All MacBook Airs released since Mid 2012
* All MacBook Pros released since Mid 2012
* All Mac minis released since Late 2012
* All iMacs released since Late 2012
* All iMac Pro released since Late 2017
* All Mac Pros released since Late 2013 with a recommended Metal-capable graphics card

Please note for your computer to meet the minimum requirements it must match or better all elements of the listed spec. For more detailed specifications check the Feral website.
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Pre 10.14 Users: Players using a version of OS X before 10.14 can access a compatible version of the game via the Beta tab in the game’s properties window. Select the ‘mac_retail_111 - macOS 10.13.6 or older only' branch for a version that is compatible with 10.12.4 up to 10.13.6.

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

Baseline - I keep coming to back to this game periodically. I haven't quite beaten all levels/scenarios (although some I can do consistently), so there's still some challenge in it for me. What I like: variety of geographic & temporal scenarios. Different hardness factors (# of AI competitors, starting capital), What I dislike: the big one - the train routing is a little buggy and trains can get themselves stuck; however, a little extra track building keeps trains moving. Small stuff: Putting railroad barons in places and times they weren't; no trains past the 90's

March 2024

Such a fun game. Wish they had built out more maps, game modes, etc. but as a base game, it is complete and endless enjoyment. Very simple LAN setup—easy to play with a couple friends!

Feb. 2024

Notes to Self: The game has a bit of a "snowballing" issue. And not enough maps. "+" and "-" raise / lower the track on laying. Shorter distances are generally a lot more profitable, even compared to higher prized goods. Feed a factory you own as much as you can and as fast as you can, best from two ressource nodes if possible, to make it grow big faster, because then the percentage of the profit goes up (20%, 35%, 50% of all delivered cargo). The game is best balanced at "Tycoon" (2nd hardest) difficulty level: and even then it is pretty much over after 70 years. - If you want to see the later trains, choose the later starting date. If you just want to have a bit of fun, consider playing at "Mogul" (one easier). At the highest difficulty level, the AI inevitably snowballs harder / faster than you, which isn't really fun. Anything easier than Mogul is just not worth playing: you will have won after a few decades, without seeing half the trains. EDIT: On Tycoon the AI isn't buying me out - which means letting me win on purpose... - that's a deal breaker. The predecessor games were a lot harder, with lots more interesting scenarios - I played them with all scenarios a long time ago; not sure wether you can even get them running, or wether you even want to see their age old graphics. - This Sid Meier's Railroads is good for a few hours every year, when you want to play something easy and for comfort.

Feb. 2024

Very Nostalgic Game for me, however I can't play the game without crashing now. I can't get anywhere without it crashing, saving very often is kinda annoying, but its not the games fault, just really old.

Dec. 2023

An old classic the best train / strategy game at it,s time This was my first steam game i ever bought on steam even played the game YEARS before i even had a steam account Still play this game even today maybe once every 1-2 years never gets old

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