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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
Publisher website		Complete Collection also available.
Epic Games Store		DRM-free when a shortcut is made directly to the executable, with the `-EpicPortal` command appended to the Target URL.^[1]
GamersGate		Complete Collection also available.
		Complete Collection also available.
GOG.com		Complete Collection also available.
Green Man Gaming		Complete Collection also available.
Humble Store		Complete Collection also available.
Steam		Complete Collection also available.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Mexico
The Great Lakes
Crossing the Andes
Great Britain & Ireland
Germany
France
Northern Europe
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

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
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
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	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
	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.

[1] 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.

[2] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-09-12
Tested at 2560x1080 custom resolution.

[3] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-09-12
Tested with Orban Loudness Meter.

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[2]

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+|ultrawidescreen notes      = Gameplay is {{term|Hor+}}; {{term|FMV}}s are 16:9 {{term|pillarboxed}}.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Baronsmoki|date=2020-09-12|comment=Tested at 2560x1080 custom resolution.}}</ref>
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Developers

	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