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Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.

Railway Empire 2 is a simulation, strategy and trains game developed by Gaming Minds Studios and published by Kalypso Media.
Released on May 25th 2023 is available only on Windows in 13 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Arabic, Turkish and Korean.

It has received 2,132 reviews of which 1,548 were positive and 584 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 49.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 12.90€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Railway Empire 2 into these genres:

Simulation Strategy Trains Management Transportation Sandbox Economy Resource Management Building Exploration America City Builder Historical Western Trading Crafting Co-op Singleplayer Tutorial Immersive Sim

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 (64 bit)
Processor: 4 core | Intel i5-3450 | AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: 4 GB VRAM | Nvidia GTX 780 | Radeon RX 480
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 40 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card with latest drivers
Additional Notes: DirectX Version 11 and Shader Model 5.0.

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025

I love this game franchise. That being said, Railway Empire 2 is still buggy as of march 2025. As soon as cities start to get big, trains get stuck at station with no ways to unstuck them. Other trains get stuck behind and its a snowball effect, soon you have 20 trains getting in the way of other routes and its global paralysis. Another draw back is speed. Campaign are very long and even at full speed, things are slow. I tried different strategies to bypass these issues with no big success so far. Still a decent game, hopefully patches will fix these but so far it looks likes it's getting worse with more expensions. I recommend this game but not at full price. Wait for a sale like I did.

Nov. 2024

Everything I hoped for. Started playing at 11pm, next time I noticed the clock was 2am. Next time I noticed the clock was 3:30 am. The next time after was 5:30. I stopped at 6:30.

Nov. 2024

More of a meh, than a straight thumbs up or down. the issue for me are the trains breaking down. Yes it does happen to mechanical things. But this is rediculous, doesn't matter how many bonuses I pay, maintenance depots I install, the trains beak down way too frequently. Yet the AI trains never seem to break down. That issue breaks the game for me. Everything else is fairly nice.

Oct. 2024

Let's keep this short, simple and straight to the point. If you've played Railway Empire 1 and enjoyed it then IMO you'll enjoy RE2 even more. It's similar with lots of QOL improvements over what RE1 has. For example - auto signalling (which can be toggled on/off). I'll let you decide what the QOL stuff you'll like/appreciate the most.

Sept. 2024

I played the first RE for hundreds of hours. First time I played the second one, I didn't adapt so well. Everything felt so different and cumbersome. But after I gave it a second chance, played the first campaign throught, I loved it. This game improves the first one in every aspect. One point that helped me a lot was to remap the keys to be similar to the first one and more intuitive (t - tracks, g - gridiron, b - build, s - supply towers, f - flow of goods, etc....). Default keymap is terrible in my opinion.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Railway Empire 2 is currently priced at 49.99€ on Steam.

Railway Empire 2 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 49.99€ on Steam.

Railway Empire 2 received 1,548 positive votes out of a total of 2,132 achieving a rating of 7.04.

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Railway Empire 2 was developed by Gaming Minds Studios and published by Kalypso Media.

Railway Empire 2 is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Railway Empire 2 is not playable on MacOS.

Railway Empire 2 is not playable on Linux.

Railway Empire 2 offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Railway Empire 2 includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

There are 10 DLCs available for Railway Empire 2. Explore additional content available for Railway Empire 2 on Steam.

Railway Empire 2 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Railway Empire 2 does not support Steam Remote Play.

Railway Empire 2 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.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Railway Empire 2.

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