Railroad Tycoon 3

Railroad Tycoon 3

PopTop · 2007 · Management, Strategy, Trains, Simulation, Economy

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Mostly Positive78% · 1,11780Metacritic39playing now
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About Railroad Tycoon 3

✦ AI summary

Build transcontinental rail empires across 25 historical scenarios, managing locomotives, cargo economies, and stock markets while laying track through stunning 3D landscapes that scale from continental views to intimate train details. The franchise reaches new heights with its advanced 3D engine, dynamic economic systems, and expanded multiplayer support alongside an authentic Americana soundtrack.

Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo in a dynamic economy, and participate in an advanced stock market.
The new 3-D engine takes the franchise to the next level, allowing smooth scaling from an 'eye in the sky' view of an entire continent down to super detailed close-up of a beautifully modeled train, building, or just the landscape.
Railroad Tycoon 3 also includes more multiplayer support than its predecessor, integrating an on-line chat and matchmaking service. To top everything off, the game's soundtrack features another installment of some of the best authentic blues, bluegrass, and Americana music around.

Multiplayer available in LAN mode only.

What Steam players say

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Not recommended Jul 15, 2026
to old and to slow
Recommended Jul 14, 2026
Really nice game! Did play it on cd at least 500 hours
Not recommended Jul 12, 2026
Uninstalled and contact Steam about a refund prior to writing this review, but wanted to put it out there for folks to know: Even though the store page specifies, "Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions," the game does NOT actually work on Windows 10. My experience is that the game would launch, play the intro, and crash about a minute into it. I would verify the files and it would say two were missing and the game would do the same thing on a second launch after that. Without verifying the files each time it's even worse, going straight to the menu when you launch the game only for it to flash on the screen for a moment and then crash. Some people have indicated there may be a fix for this, but it involves downloading a third party patch, which understandably is not something everyone may be keen to do.
Recommended Jul 11, 2026
My favorite game of all time, was literally playing it last night, this morning, STEAM UPDATE BRICKED THE GAME!!! I AM BEYOND PISSED, EDIT: FIXED find the discussion thread for running on win 10/11, Mr. Skinny, it worked for me
Recommended May 31, 2026
This is a fun building strategy game. I enjoy the built in challenges. It's highly relaxing to play and doesn't include any resource gathering.
Recommended May 19, 2026
An old game with somewhat outdated menu design and rather poor graphics, but a fantastic economic engine and good map design. Can be run on a brick. Worth it despite the minor annoyances

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