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Rails Across America

Rails Across America is a game of railroad empires in North America, covering the period from 1830 to the near future. It is a real-time strategy game with a "sim" flavor. Rails allows hundreds of tracks with thousands of trains crossing the continent.

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Developer
Flying Lab Software, ZOOM Platform Media, Jordan Freeman Group
Publisher
Strategy First
Release
January 6, 2024
2 years and 209 days ago
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Mostly Positive18 reviews72.2%

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Rails Across America is a game of railroad empires in North America, covering the period from 1830 to the near future. It is a real-time strategy game with a "sim" flavor. Rails allows hundreds of tracks with thousands of trains crossing the continent. Players must focus on strategic decisions: where to expand, where to compete, and when to call in favors from government officials, union leaders, and other powerful figures.

  • Sophisticated cargo routing system enables large-scale play enabling hundreds of routes and thousands of engines.
  • Influences let you directly affect other players: cause a financial panic, start an investigation into the player's company, instigate a strike, petition a city for route assignment or force independents out of business.
  • 60 different engines and cars.
  • Intelligent AI modeled after 12 real world rail barons.
  • Up to 8 players in multiplayer over LAN.
  • Create new worlds using the Map Editor and unleash your creativity to craft your ultimate train fantasy.
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