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Mashinky is a transport strategy game about trains. The goal is to create your own transport empire on a procedurally generated map. It’s a unique blend of realistic graphics combined with an isometric construction mode and board game-like rules.

Mashinky is a early access, strategy and simulation game developed and published by Jan Zelený.
Released on October 06th 2018 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, German, Russian, Czech, French, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Polish, Ukrainian and Greek.

It has received 2,778 reviews of which 2,332 were positive and 446 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Mashinky into these genres:

Early Access Strategy Simulation Trains Management Sandbox Economy Transportation Procedural Generation Difficult RTS Open World 3D Isometric 2D Historical Realistic Resource Management Level Editor Moddable

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Windows

OS *: Windows Vista
Processor: Dual Core 2.0 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce 750 or equivalent
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 2 GB available space

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Dec. 2025

You really have to commend the developer, Jan Zeleny, for sticking with this project over the best part of a decade. He's taken Transport Tycoon, A-Train and Transport Fever and combined them into a single game that is equisitely satisfying, accessible and fun to the point of leaving you wondering where the day went as you want to develop just one more line before eating/sleeping. This game, and Workers and Resources, show the real power of EA on Steam, funding passion projects for talented individuals that bring joy to thousands. Nice work, Jan.

Nov. 2025

6 hours in, made it to the early diesel age. So far, the game seems pretty nice. I do like the build similarities to Transport Tycoon/Locomotion. Building is a breeze and very intuitive, though the tunnel tool took some getting used to. Apparently digging down takes you to water and that threw me, initially. Some of the build button icons could use redesigns to make what they do more apparent, but that's so minor, it's not worth more than a mention. My chief complaint so far is the fact that you have to juggle a wide variety of "tokens" to build your fleet and keep things operational. I wouldn't have an issue with it if it weren't so easy to have a spiraling failure where your vehicles are backed up on mainlines due to lack of tokens to keep them running, which causes you to spiral further into debt. It's extremely longwinded to climb out of that issue once it starts. Because you are required to acquire various industry tokens to advance, you must cover all industries and passenger/mail/goods services. You cannot focus on one. I feel this is a weak point to the game and does cut into my enjoyment slightly. My ADHD ass wants to build whatever I feel like, which is easy to do in a game like Transport Tycoon, where the only goal is to make the money numbers change so fast, you can't read half the digits in your wealth. I find myself quitting Mashinky far more often when I realize I have to build up an industry to keep going and I just don't feel like it. "I need more coal tokens? Ugh. I just wanna play around with passenger services right now..." I still recommend the game. It has a level of challenge and strategy that I know many people would enjoy, especially that token system that I personally find stifling.

Oct. 2025

This game is very fun to play in co-op with your friends. Although it is a little unstable here and there yet and we needed to reload every once and again, we really enjoyed the dynamics of this game.

Oct. 2025

I am in love with this game. It sucks me in just like these games used to. To me, it feels like a direct evolution of Chris Sawyers locomotion more than TTD. The tokens system is excellent, it gives you a reason to branch out from your core industries and drove me to experiment with mainlines. I find it extremely satisfying working out ways to balance out the lines between ageing and slower vehicles with newer and faster ones before you can balance the whole fleet. (Disclamer, i am using workshop content for thsi comment) I do have to say though, im playing on the largest map size available in the diesel age and have had several crashes to desktop. I wish i could say wether this is caused by the workshop items or the game itself. To be fair, i do have quite a large fleet of various vehicles so its a difficult to run map att the best of times. Beyond that, i am not a competitive or well versed player of previous titles in the genre. i dont know the min max strategies, i tend to plainly treat this as almost a factory sim with inputs and outputs with pretty little trains. And for that I absolutely love it. Its very welcoming. And thats not to mention the advertised ability to go into 'pretty mode' and drive trains or vehicles. Its just an all round step forward for the genre. Its a great comfort game.

June 2025

"I built a transport empire powered by trains, dreams, and pure logistical delusion." Mashinky is that beautiful kind of game where everything starts so simple — a station here, a line there, a cute little steam engine chugging along. And then BAM: you blink, it's 4AM, you're routing coal through seven switchbacks and building spirals like you're trying to summon a transport god. My rail network looks like it was designed by a sleep-deprived spaghetti monster with a track addiction. Passengers are getting whiplash. My freight trains are in a permanent traffic jam. I built a viaduct over a town by accident. But hey — I’m making money… somehow. There’s no other game that lets you fail so beautifully. It’s complex, rewarding, and just when you think you’ve mastered it, you unlock a new tech era and your entire network begs for a redesign — or a ritual cleansing. 9/10 — would bankrupt myself laying down decorative bridges again.

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Mashinky is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.

Mashinky is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.50€ on Steam.

Mashinky received 2,332 positive votes out of a total of 2,778 achieving a rating of 8.08.

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Mashinky was developed and published by Jan Zelený.

Mashinky is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Mashinky is not playable on MacOS.

Mashinky is not playable on Linux.

Mashinky offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Mashinky offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

Mashinky does not currently offer any DLC.

Mashinky is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

Mashinky does not support Steam Remote Play.

Mashinky is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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