Rails Across America

I love this game. Bought it years ago and now have bought it on Steam. A simple game compared to today's standards, but I have so much fun playing it. Build your railroad empire, play against other robber barons, and even learn something about railroads and locomotives. I'm glad a bought it again.

I grew up playing this game. When windows 7 came out it would not work on the new system. I was very happy to find that they re-released it on Steam. It is just like I remember. great play. highly recommend

This game is kind of a classic I played when I was younger and finally going back to it. It's disappointing overall. They couldn't bring internet matchmaking back because the AI is STUPID. They'd take out a crapton in loans and throwing themselves into bankruptcy in fatal mode. So don't play with bankruptcy being fatal. Now I think the AI part is a problem the original game had as well but not having internet features restored in some way makes this thing surely lacking. Another issue too is that for some reason.... the game lags and it's a pretty old game. I don't know how they restored it to modern systems but however they did it just barely functions as it should. Where does the lag even come from? I have a pretty modern computer.

Fun weird little game

It was alright when it came but today it is a horrible game. The A.I. is poor and the game mechanics awful. - There is a special action that lets you basicaly acquire almost all the target's cash. With that action, I went from 1,3 billions to 50 million... not only that, but all that money goes into the pocket of the one performing the attack. A big no! Someone should fix this and make it like 5% of what you have not like almost all you have. - A.I. bumrushes everything creating itself huge debts and eventualy bankrupts itself within the first 10 years if not 5. - Other special actions should be revised too some are underpowered while others are too powerful (the forced auction one is the only one that is fun and not overpowered as others can participate in the auction). The devs obviously did not playtest their game seriously and did not balance thigns out either. How to further improve this game? Industrial hubs and manufacturing hubs. Industrial one would be the intermediary between the raw materials towns and the big manufacturing cities. Those hubs would pull raw materials. Manufacturing hubs would pull cargo from industrial hubs. All would be pulled by the ports.…

Is it dated? Sure. But if you love railroading (the industry, not just trains), you'll probably enjoy this game. I haven't been able to find anything else that captures the strategic layer of building a railroad like this. I'd happily pay for a remastered version of this with a more detailed map, a better economy, and more options for even more strategic control over your railroad.