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In this exciting Card Building Roguelike game you create your cards from scratch adding different upgrades. Build your train, explore the Labyrinth and survive. Discover infinite synergies. How far will you go?

Railroads & Catacombs is a early access, roguelike deckbuilder and turn-based tactics game developed by MadRails and published by IndieArk.
Released on June 06th 2025 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese and Korean.

It has received 324 reviews of which 262 were positive and 62 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Railroads & Catacombs into these genres:

Early Access Roguelike Deckbuilder Turn-Based Tactics Base-Building Dungeon Crawler Difficult Lovecraftian Dark Card Battler Deckbuilding Strategy Perma Death Tactical Turn-Based Turn-Based Strategy Card Game RPG 2D Rogue-like Rogue-lite

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows Vista, 7, 8/8.1, 10
  • Processor: 2,5 Ghz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 2Gb Video Memory
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Sound Card: any

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Aug. 2025
Railroads & Catacombs receives a positive rating out of respect for the dev's effort across many years and because it's a solid foundation for a good game, but in its current state would not normally qualify for a thumbs-up review. Pros: + Good graphics / character art and animations which translate into an appropriately dark, foreboding atmosphere + Card mechanics, combos and synergies do work and are very satisfying to pull out + In the absence of music the sound effects do a good job evoking the brutality of combat Cons: - Very unbalanced gameplay, some classes are significantly overpowered while others struggle quite a lot - Extremely grindy. You have to do multiple runs just to be able to find and/or gather enough resources to upgrade your cards (not to mention that every run incurs the risk of perma-killing the very character that you're trying to upgrade) - No manual saving allowed. In such a grindy, permadeath-based game, imposing an ironman mode as the sole option to play is restrictive to say the least. Not to mention that cloud saving isn't implemented either - Many of the mechanics are poorly explained or not explained at all (e.g. which enemy attacks have the push ability, how does push work at the edge of the board, etc.). You have to learn the game through trial and error - No enemy attack order indicated (e.g. extremely important for enemy with push when positioning is paramount) - Few enemy types; encountering them again and again becomes very tedious very quick - No undo button. In an ironman-only game such as this it is an added layer of punishment - No keys rebinding possible. In this day and age it's an inexcusable sin - No mouse support for movement. Map navigation can only be done with WASD / arrow keys. Very tedious - No point-and-click card play possible. Cards have to be dragged and dropped unto the target both for movement and attacks, 4-5 times per turn, every turn. Very tedious - No music - UI is functional but amateurish. (What even is up with that pop-up during every game start? I get it that you, the dev, want people to know that it's been a long, solitary effort to make the game, but it could've been done more elegantly and less annoying in an About or Credits menu section)
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Aug. 2025
Really fun indie game. It's not the smoothest ride, but dang it's fun. The game started by making me feel overwhelmed, like I was barely scraping by. Then, I got to know the mechanics better, and how some powers interacted with others in ways that were fantastic. Mechanically, it holds together pretty well, but you'll wind up discovering that combining aspects of several warpaths with each other can unlock the key to creating a godlike character who has little to fear from the hardest bosses. The art is gorgeous and I love it. The animations are great. Sometimes transitioning from one room to the next is a little abrupt, and the tilesets are largely samey, but that did little to diminish the joy I found in grinding out resources or experience points. Thematically, the game is great. It ties in the weird, repetitive things that games make you do into the narrative of the game, and I really appreciate that. The story is fun. It's more of a background piece, but it comes together really well at the end. There were a few small bugs I found, but nothing that really kept me from enjoying the game or getting 100% achievements. I'd definitely recommend this game if you like roguelikes, and especially if you liked Darkest Dungeon.
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July 2025
Darkest Dungeon Roster Management + Town Building (Train this time lol) meets Monster Train styled deck building. The combat loop and bosses are great so far, this is the kind of game that always produces a different play-through each time you do a run. Loving it a lot so far!
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July 2025
Really fun game, reminds me of Darkest Dungeon and Slay the Spire. Didn't take long to get use to and the learn curve isn't as steep as some rogue likes which is nice. Its still VERY hard and easy to loose people but it's the right level of hard where it feels like there are stakes and success feels good without being impossible.
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July 2025
Amazing game, the pacing, the skills, the quantity of cards, the enemies. funny enough i feel there is a boss lvl 4 that is harder than the final boss ( which is lvl 6 ). can't wait to see new versions or DLC ( OP if you crowdfund don't hesitate to PM me, i will be more than glad to help you in the building of the game ). Cheers from the labyrinth !
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Frequently Asked Questions

Railroads & Catacombs is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

Railroads & Catacombs is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.

Railroads & Catacombs received 262 positive votes out of a total of 324 achieving a rating of 7.55.
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Railroads & Catacombs was developed by MadRails and published by IndieArk.

Railroads & Catacombs is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Railroads & Catacombs is not playable on MacOS.

Railroads & Catacombs is not playable on Linux.

Railroads & Catacombs is a single-player game.

Railroads & Catacombs does not currently offer any DLC.

Railroads & Catacombs does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Railroads & Catacombs does not support Steam Remote Play.

Railroads & Catacombs 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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Railroads & Catacombs
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MadRails
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Release 06 Jun 2025
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