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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 22.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 13.74€ on Gamivo.
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System requirements
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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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I may be a bit bias, but I have loved trains since I was a kid as well as other transport vehicles (Planes, Trucks, Automobiles, etc.) so I remember finding this game a few years back and though it wasn't love at first sight, I am happy to see that over the years it has grown into what I consider a gem within the City Builder Tycoon genre. It can get a bit cluttered and unless you plan ahead thoroughly you're gonna have a bad time, again, like most builder types, but a good way that this game cleans up a lot of its clutter is by following the "the less is more" approach. Following on that, it's a minimalist game that can be run on just about any computer and can actually look very pretty if you have a high end PC. My hardware falls around the middle line and I have no frame issues or too much lag when I run the game at max speed. My favorite detail is how it switches over to a low graphics mode when it comes to building new Tracks stations and roads. I am not much of a railroad buff. I only recognize what kinds of trains are suited for what job, HP, max haul, and other little details that make super rail-fans squeal, largely fly over my head. But I can see that a lot of care and thought were put into the engines and cars, though I can tell that it is mostly based on non-american locomotives which I love to be honest. How is the game-play? Calm, nice and adjusted to your pace. A little discussion I had with my step-brother as he was watching me play led to this review. He had told me that he couldn't play this game because it looked like I was torturing myself and that he'd fall asleep within five minutes of starting. I did have some issues with a lot of trains getting caught at signals, but that's not important. What is, is that it made me think about how niche of a game that this is. It was built for a specific kind of player and person. I absolutely love building tracks and making a system that runs efficiently. Though hills and terrain are a pain in the ass, especially where forests are concerned. I love to make my forests density relatively high and I edit terrain a lot. Probably my fault that the way the terrain edit mode highlights higher and lower elevations can be hard to distinguish unless it's a lake or a mountain. That is made even harder by the transparent trees in a forest. Despite the terrain editing appearance the terrain editing tools are much more simpler and easier to use here as opposed to other builders I've played (Cities Skylines, Surviving Mars, Sim city). Combined with the square by square grid, it makes for a easy to calculate system when it comes to connecting far-flung parts of the map, and speaking of. 126x126 Small 1034x1034 Huge I don't know the exact map size threshold but I wanted this to be an intro to the maps I suck at math, but I vaguely remember Area Equations, and I know that the upper limit of map is HUGE. I regularly play on it and I love to have large sandboxes to work in. Only issue I have is resource distribution and it may bother you too. See, Procedural Generation is a blessing and a curse. I've had No Man's Sky from launch and played Starfield so Iv'e seen every side of the spectrum and I'd rate Mashinky on a scale of 1-10 at a 6. The map terrain that the game produces are actually very pretty. Sit on a train and ride around on, just appreciating the digital scenery. But resource distribution is honestly a pain, even on the highest density settings and given that they are randomly spawned it can become a literal cluster-fuck when you need to combine several resources to make a product like steel, oil, electricity, the tool-works, and iron processing. And I'm going to nitpick here. If the Train tracks can be placed diagonally on a tile, why cant the roads? It just bothers me. It may not you, but it has kept me from using road vehicles a lot. I haven't tried the online play yet. I'm an anxious ball of stress with abandonment issues so I usually play alone, but I may add an addendum to this review if I ever get the stones to interact with strangers online.
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Perfect blend between strategy, puzzle and sandbox. Has some unique elements and can be enjoyed with friends!
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A very nice successor to classics like Transport Tycoon. I haven't played EA since the beginning, but instead only recently (7 years in development). Some of the edges are still a bit rough around the edges, often lacking explanation of how what works. One has to figure it out for oneself. Not to mention the tooltips. Anyway, these are all little things that developers generally don't want to do much of, and more importantly, are usually finished towards the end, so I fully hope that it will all be added in. Something else I struggle with a lot is traffic jams, which unfortunately many times lead to blocking the entire traffic chain. Fortunately, the game can detect these situations and so it's up to the player to resolve them somehow. CORE is undoubtedly awesome, especially if you like tycoons of this type. Nice pacing, challenges and building of the whole transport system. I definitely recommend the game at this point, but as I wrote, it still has its flaws.
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Changed to positive given the developer's gracious reply and solution. Thanks! Original review: This looks like it might be a really good game, but you have to hold down the middle mouse button to rotate buildings (!). I'm not able to do that, and there's no way to remap keys other than by editing a very obtuse configuration XML file. And it seems like you can only remap some keys, not the mouse actions. For as long as this has been in early access, you'd have thought the developer would have added something as basic as key remapping. Guess I'll try again in a few years.
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This game is great. It reminds me of the good old railway simulators I used to play in my childhood. It's also nice that the developer does not support the Russian terrorism and supports Ukraine. Even though the game is developing slowly, it's moving in the right direction, and it's interesting to follow the updates. I don't mind paying the full price for this game.
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Mashinky is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam.
Mashinky is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 22.99€ 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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Developer
Jan Zelený
Publisher
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Release
06 Oct 2018
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