Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator

Pretty sure that dev has stopped and that this game has been abandoned. It's not finished and without a substantial update for over a year it's pretty unlikely that it is going to be.

Mixed feelings — great start, incredibly boring later The game was actually pretty cool at the beginning. Shooting, missions, and driving the train yourself made it feel like a really interesting combination. But then I got a mission where I had to earn 5,000 rubles, while normal missions only give you around 200–500 rubles. And now I’ve been driving the train for 10 real-life hours and I STILL haven’t reached the station I’m supposed to get to. For 10 hours, I’ve basically done nothing except drive forward and occasionally turn the power off or do some other tiny task. There’s no real gameplay during these long journeys. It’s just 10 hours of sitting there and waiting. The beginning was fun, but this completely killed the experience for me. I don’t mind realistic train driving, but when a mission requires you to spend 10+ real-life hours doing almost nothing, that’s not realism anymore — it’s just boring. The game had a lot of potential, but these extremely long and uneventful train journeys seriously need to be changed.

Overall this is a pretty enjoyable game to play, even in early access form. The game can be as chill (no pun intended) as you like...if you just want to drive a train across Siberia, you can. If you want to play mafia missions during your trip to add some excitement, you can. You can maintain the train yourself or let a mechanic do it for you (for a price). It'll be interesting to see what extras the devs add to the game before its initial release...seems there are several things you can stumble upon now that suggest lots more will be added. I do hope they allow players different levels of realism when it comes to the train though...seems to be a pretty complicated piece of machinery to keep an eye on in full realism mode.

Surprisingly in-depth train sim with survival elements and repair. like a rudimentary Derail Valley with survival/repair and story missions in close to an immersive sim. The joystick support is limited but i was able to use Joy2Key to map controls to a side panel. The elements are very simplified but work well together to make an engaging and fun game. The braking is some of the best ever.

Driving a loco seems and feels very natural due to same appearance, genuine station views, similar train sounds, so if you're a railroad fan, the game is definitely for you. Sometimes loco controls are far from reality, e.g. brakes control acts absolutely different rather than in a iron loco. Nevertheless, the game is a must.

The game is good, commrade.