Railway Empire
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| Developers | |
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| Gaming Minds Studios | |
| Publishers | |
| Kalypso Media | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | January 26, 2018 |
| Linux | January 26, 2018 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 74 |
| OpenCritic | 76 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Genres | Business, Simulation |
| Vehicles | Train |
| Themes | Industrial Age |
| Series | Railway Empire |
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| Railway Empire | |
|---|---|
| Railway Empire | 2018 |
| Railway Empire 2 | 2023 |
Railway Empire is a singleplayer business and simulation game in the Railway Empire series.
General information
- Publisher Discord server
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Publisher website | |
Complete Collection also available. | |
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| Epic Games Store | |
DRM-free when a shortcut is made directly to the executable, with the -EpicPortal command appended to the Target URL.[1] |
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| GamersGate | |
Complete Collection also available. | |
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Complete Collection also available. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Complete Collection also available. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
Complete Collection also available. | |
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| Humble Store | |
Complete Collection also available. | |
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| Steam | |
Complete Collection also available. | |
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | |
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| The Great Lakes | |
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| Crossing the Andes | |
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| Great Britain & Ireland | |
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| Germany | |
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| France | |
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| Northern Europe | |
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| Down Under | |
Version differences
- The Complete Collection includes the base game, all DLC, and the Original Soundtrack.
Game data
Gameplay settings
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Railway Empire\settings\settings.dat |
| Epic Games Launcher | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp\EpicRailwayEmpire\datastorage\93b333eb973b45b582f3bdf68dfc1dc9\*\settings\settings.dat |
| Steam | |
| Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Railway Empire\savegames\ |
| Epic Games Launcher | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp\EpicRailwayEmpire\datastorage\93b333eb973b45b582f3bdf68dfc1dc9\*\savegames\ |
| Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\503940\remote\savegames\ |
| Linux | $HOME/Kalypso Media/Railway Empire/docs/savegames/ |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Video settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Gameplay is Hor+; FMVs are 16:9 pillarboxed.[2] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate limit can be set between 10 - 200 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
Control settings
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | Gamepad must be enabled in Controls settings via mouse. | |
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Overall, Music, Atmospherics, Effects, Voice, Videos, Competitors | |
| Surround sound | Stereo.[3] | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| Linux |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1, 8.1, 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-750 2.6 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 3.2 GHz |
Intel Core i5-2400S 2.5 GHz AMD FX-4100 3.6 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon HD 5870 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible Shader model 5.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 AMD Radeon HD 7970 2 GB of VRAM |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, SteamOS | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-750 2.6 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 3.2 GHz |
Intel Core i5-2400S 2.5 GHz AMD FX-4100 3.6 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon HD 5870 1 GB of VRAM Shader model 5.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 AMD Radeon HD 7970 2 GB of VRAM |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2022-12-31
- Successfully managed to run the game offline. It complained about not being logged in, but it otherwise let me play for ten minutes with no issues.
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-09-12
- Tested at 2560x1080 custom resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-09-12
- Tested with Orban Loudness Meter.