Railroads Online leaves early access in December

Publisher astragon Entertainment and developer Stefan Kelnberger have announced Railroads Online will leave early access next month alongside console ports.

Railroads Online is leaving early access and hitting full release on December 5th alongside a console release on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5.

The railroad management simulator was originally released for Windows PC (via Steam) back in October of 2021.

Here’s a rundown on the previously announced game, plus a new trailer:

Build your dream railroad across a huge open world! You can build tracks and stations, drive detailed locomotives, and transport goods to earn money and experience. Play exciting Online Multiplayer sessions with your friends or create your very own sandbox!

Get instant access and start playing; be a part of the game as it develops. Note: This Early Access game is not finished and may or may not undergo further changes. If you are not excited about playing this game in its current state, we recommend waiting to see how it progresses during development.

Set in a huge open world reminiscent of the Americas during the golden age of steam trains, Railroads Online puts you in the role of a pioneer helping to shape the future of America. Build tracks, traverse vast landscapes in various steam locomotives, transport goods to earn money, and customize and buy new locomotives and equipment as you grow to become a railroad tycoon. Play alone or with up to 15 friends in the online cooperative multiplayer mode on 3 different large maps including Lake Valley, Aurora Falls and Pine Valley.

Tracks, trains & more

Design your dream rail network from the ground up. Explore the world, scout the best route and lay down embankments, switches, turntables and more. Select and build tracks, bridges and other infrastructure buildings afterwards. Then cross the vast, open landscape in finely detailed locomotives and wagons. Interact with regulators, valves, brakes, couplers, and many more features in first-person view as you drive your vehicles. But you won’t simply be driving around aimlessly! Your mission is to build up your company by transporting goods across the country, including timber, ore, coal, cattle, gold and other various freight items for a broad variety of industries. Earn money for every successful shipment and invest in new vehicles or upgrade and customize your existing locomotives. Plus: build stations, yards, and other infrastructure along your routes to service your trains with fuel, water, and sand. You can also build up a wide variety of iconic buildings and objects to create a beautiful surrounding for your railroad network.

Experience the Railroad Sandbox with up to 16 players

Enjoy a realistic railroad experience with the advanced Unreal Engine physics system for deep railroad simulation. All collisions and forces are rendered dynamically in real time, making the train driving experience much more immersive. So, be careful about derailing your train! And to top it all off, you can play Railroads Online with up to 15 players on a server and enjoy the ultimate train simulation in multiplayer sessions with your friends. Lay tracks together and cooperate to move trains seamlessly or share the work while you play independently. It’s also possible to save and load your progress, so you can enjoy the best tracks or most creative layouts again and again.

If you like trains, start your journey today!

Features

• Open World Sandbox for you to explore
• Online multiplayer sessions with up to 16 players
• Manage your own company
• 3 different maps
• Extremely detailed locomotives and other equipment
• Drive your customized steam engines
• Interact with regulators, valves, brakes, and appliances
• Build stations, yards, and other infrastructure to service your trains
• Build tracks, switches, and railroad facilities
• Transport goods and earn money
• Unreal 5 Engine for great visual quality
• Enjoy a realistic railroad physics system