Railroad Tycoon II Platinum on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Includes Railroad Tycoon II and the expansion The Second Century It can take you from New York to South Africa. It can take you from the year 1804 to the year 2000. It can take you from penniless manual laborer to powerful multi-millionaire.

Railroad Tycoon II Platinum is a strategy, management and trains game developed by PopTop and published by 2K.
Released on May 04th 2007 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 1,295 reviews of which 1,162 were positive and 133 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.65€ on K4G.

The Steam community has classified Railroad Tycoon II Platinum into these genres:

Strategy Management Trains Simulation Economy Classic Singleplayer Historical Great Soundtrack Transportation

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System requirements

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Windows
Minimum: Windows 95/98, Pentium 133 (recommended 166), 16 MB Ram, 100 MB disk space, 1024x768 capable video card AND a monitor capable of this resolution.

User reviews & Ratings

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July 2025
The next step in sim game greatness after Roller Coaster Tycoon was this game here. Very little on the updating of graphics, but a solid building game nonetheless. I had this game during the wave of games that you had to have a disc drive for many years ago. It still rates as one of my favorite all-time games. Connect cities and resources by rail across real maps around the world. Scenarios include dealing with time difficulties, income, map limitations and even the stock market! For a game around 25 years ago it still holds up. Scenarios do not take that long to play, but there are plenty to keep you occupied for months of game time.
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June 2025
great past time, the game will keep you moving building to the end. This is a classic empire build
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June 2025
I have been playing this game for years. I still enjoy going back every now and then. I like the random aspect of resource placement. I can look at the map and come up with a plan before starting. If the configuration of resources is not to my liking, I can restart and get a new setup.
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Jan. 2025
Maybe I'll write mote later, but I'm in a weird mood right now and doing my best to avoid the very real pile of actual work in front of me. I got this bad boy on disk, the store listing here says Halloween of 1998 and that sounds about right to me. I'm sure the nostalgia is talking (or shouting like a baboon) but I think this is the best game in the tycoon genre I have ever played. Ever. Nothing has compared since and in my 25 years of playing, there's still something new, something to keep me coming back. If attesting to the quarter century I've spent with this game isn't enough, here's two more things: The stock market mechanic is really great. I think that combined with a high level approach to management (who needs to worry about designing a complex signal system, I've got guys who will do that if I tell them to) have made this the only game where I feel like I'm running a railroad and not solving a routing and logistics puzzle game... even though I like those, too and that is part of running a railroad. Still, this helps you sit in the big chair. Sure, by my time count, I haven't spent much time here, but my old disk? That looks like a dog chewed it. I won't say much out of fear of doxxing myself in a public Steam review, but this game and a few others presented to me at the exact right (wrong?) age have colored my professional life and personal interests in ways that I cannot describe. All I can do is thank the people who purchased them before before I had my own money. In summary: Play with trains, sit in the big chair.
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Jan. 2025
One of the best games of all time. It's so simple yet so brilliant. Move items X to A city. City A makes Y items. Move Y from city A to city B. City B has a building that uses Y to makes items Z. Move Z back to city A. Then use the profits to buy all of the buildings in the entire process. Continue expanding until you have a virtual monopoly and start buying out competitors. Eventually, you'll grow so big and get so rich, you can break the law without repercussion, buy elections, become president, and even dismantle democracies using the same laws meant to protect them! It's the perfect capitalist simulator! Hey, wait a second... Okay, maybe I got carried away there, but still, it's a great game.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Railroad Tycoon II Platinum is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

Railroad Tycoon II Platinum is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.

Railroad Tycoon II Platinum received 1,162 positive votes out of a total of 1,295 achieving a rating of 8.51.
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Railroad Tycoon II Platinum was developed by PopTop and published by 2K.

Railroad Tycoon II Platinum is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Railroad Tycoon II Platinum is not playable on MacOS.

Railroad Tycoon II Platinum is not playable on Linux.

Railroad Tycoon II Platinum is a single-player game.

Railroad Tycoon II Platinum does not currently offer any DLC.

Railroad Tycoon II Platinum does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Railroad Tycoon II Platinum does not support Steam Remote Play.

Railroad Tycoon II Platinum 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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Railroad Tycoon II Platinum PEGI 3
4.99€ Visit Store 🔥 -87% 4.99€ 0.65€ Visit Store
8.5
1,162
133
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Developer
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Release 04 May 2007
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