Railroad Tycoon 3 on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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...

Railroad Tycoon 3 is a management, strategy and trains game developed by PopTop and published by 2K.
Released on May 04th 2007 is available only on Windows in 5 languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 1,169 reviews of which 900 were positive and 269 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.25€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Railroad Tycoon 3 into these genres:

Management Strategy Trains Simulation Singleplayer Economy Real-Time with Pause Classic Building Sandbox Resource Management Historical

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System requirements

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Windows
Minimum: Windows 2000/XP (only), 400 mhz, 128 MB RAM, 1.2 GB Free Disk Space, 16 MB 3D Video Card, mouse, and keyboard, DirectX compatible sound card with speakers/headphones recommended.

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June 2025
I used to play this as a kid with my father. Its very fun and well rounded despite its age. It adds on more to the economic side of things than most games would.
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March 2025
Love this game. One can focus on "big picture" management. Lay rails switching not a worry. Graphics were not the best on day one, time hasn't been kind to it that way. While not as pretty, I still find it more enjoyable. Stock market can be your end if not wary of it. Lost a few games via hostile takeover. Game play 9/10 Difficulty 4-10/10 dependant on settings Graphics 2/10 {when game was new 5/10} Over all 8/10 Better than RT2 in some ways, but it's growing on me.
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Jan. 2025
It's an older game with a fair degree of depth. I used to play the heck out of this when it first came out. Nostalgia and a surplus of free time brought me back.
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Nov. 2024
Still the GOAT train management game. It doesn't have the intricate details of other games, you can't place signals or even quadruple track or anything, and there's invisible passing sidings everywhere, but this just streamlines the core gameplay of finding profitable industries, finding the best way to build track between them, financing, and then running trains. It's not a perfect smooth experience for this purpose; I think the ideal train game would make it easier to group trains and change cargo consists in bulk, but nothing I am aware of even comes close to being as smooth of a focused experience on this aspect of railroad management. Also, it's old as shit, and is a pain in the ass to get running on windows. It's plug and play on Linux though.
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June 2024
While the city generation looks a bit odd, it still works better than any other railroad game. Cargo transportation is realistic, and trains are both realistic and unique. You can find new maps and a few other mods if you search, and you can also search about how to have this 20-year-old game work without crashing, which is not true of many 20-year-old games.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Railroad Tycoon 3 is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

Railroad Tycoon 3 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.

Railroad Tycoon 3 received 900 positive votes out of a total of 1,169 achieving a rating of 7.38.
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Railroad Tycoon 3 was developed by PopTop and published by 2K.

Railroad Tycoon 3 is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Railroad Tycoon 3 is not playable on MacOS.

Railroad Tycoon 3 is not playable on Linux.

Railroad Tycoon 3 offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Railroad Tycoon 3 offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

Railroad Tycoon 3 does not currently offer any DLC.

Railroad Tycoon 3 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Railroad Tycoon 3 does not support Steam Remote Play.

Railroad Tycoon 3 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 3 PEGI 3
9.99€ -98% 9.99€ 0.25€
7.4
900
269
Game modes
Features
Online players
77
Developer
PopTop
Publisher
2K
Release 04 May 2007
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