The Best New TRAIN Games In 2024 | Tracks, Rails & Engine Simulation
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2024
- Train games in 2024. Of course there’s a plethora of simulation and locomotive games out there but I know that if you’re here you’re a train aficionado. Today I’ve collected for you a line of upcoming games but will they take you where you need to go? Let’s find out and welcome to the best new train games arriving in 2024. If you want to support the channel, buy games using this GOG referral link: af.gog.com/?as=1715648857 Thank you!
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Intro | 0:00
1. Steel Republic Rail Defender | 0:28
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2. Train Valley World | 2:26
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3. Frostrain | 4:13
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4. Railroad Corporation 2 | 6:35
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5. Art of the Rail | 8:32
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6. Sweet Transit | 10:37
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7. Unrailed 2: Back on Track | 12:50
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8. Iron Roads | 14:43
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9. Train Traffic Manager | 15:59
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10. Train Mechanic Simulator 2024 | 17:24
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11. Railroader | 18:59
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12. Times of Progress | 20:51
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Trains have always been a subgenre of gaming that has been popular so 2024 brings us all these new train games that could be the best economic simulation and locomotive sims for us to play. Who knows which of these upcoming sim games will reach their destinations but there's a lot of options on which train you want to board in this new year.
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How many 'chuggas' do you say before the 'choo choo'? Also there are so many more upcoming games, dont miss them in the other lists: ruclips.net/p/PLYVqUDxY6COh7bkuJoBb1koNRX7mAX2yp
Eight chuggaz
I can sound exactly like a locomotive
The ‘chug gas’ are the steam engine going. The ‘Choo choo’ is the whistle.
For me sweet transit feels like a new Sid mires railroad
What is it with trains and people saying "choo choo"? it's literally every time a train is mentioned, so weird.
Derail Valley is the best train game I played in recent times.
Oh yeah that's good, just been in early access since 2019 so a bit too long for me to include in my lists.
@@GamerZakh It did get some huge updates recently though
And according to the roadmap they wanna add stuff like a new expansion, passenger jobs, electrification and AI trains soon this year
@@GamerZakheven for an early access game it's definitely quite a treat, especially so with the recent simulator update
@@crazynachos4230 Oh yeah it's good, it's just I don't list or mention a ton of early access games that started 3-4 years ago. 5 years ago I really don't list them anymore. The Universim was in early access for 10 years, I didn't mention it at all for 6 of those.
Oh wow, SRRD is like a 3D remake of a classic Flash game called Rails of War! That game was my CHILDHOOD, and one I loved, and still do, to _death._ This looks like a true successor to that game, with elements added that RoW didn't have itself. I think I'll definitely be checking it out when it's released!
As for me, the first game is more like Locoland released in 2003
I was about to say!
Was about to say😂
Yeah! Rail of War is my favorite train game I've ever played. Mostly because I love the concept of various eras of trains ranging from classic steam engines all the way to modern high-speed bullet trains being utilized as heavily armed war trains. That game was so much fun. I hated the hostile bulldozer units, though.
Factorio is completely revamping how their train system works in preparation for their upcoming Expansion pack. I think they have released at least 3 different dev logs with details on their website. I am excited to see how this will turn out
When it comes to train games, not many talks about Transport Fever 2, since its not predominantly a train game. But in my opinion, its the best of the lot.
Agreed, I like making megalomaniac sandbox maps and making MEGA sized train networks! But I also sometimes play career which puts your brain to work.
Looking a bit confusing for a "Railroad game" not to have an ability to decouple cars and do shunting. But it has graphics better than all mean railroad simulators at market.
Just a note since I saw a few seconds of it in the opener, OpenTTD 14.0 Rc1 is now out, full 14.0 release coming soon. This will be one of the biggest updates in the game's history.
There's a train game I'd like to put on your radar, Zakh: Century of Steam by Studio346. Its been in development for well over half a year now with a currently unknown release date, but they've had some showing off of what they've got so far on their RUclips channel. You also might be interested in checking out the work of Mark Huber, aka Hyce here on RUclips, who' got roped into helping Studio346 with this project, due in large part to his extensive steam locomotive/railroading experience.
Hyce is in fact the President of the studio.
I saw that clip a while ago and I did put it immediately on my wishlist.
This game has only one, but huge disapointment for me - it is all about USA Frontier and steam engines of 19th Century. I don't like game all about american steam, banjo, rednecks and moonshine.
I'm still having nightmares about Chris Sawyer's Locomotion
Railroader looks interesting, thx for putting it on my radar
It's currently the most popular one, I hadn't really heard of it before researching specifically into train games either. Might be a sleeper hit.
@@GamerZakh to answer both of you, Railroader is amazing, and is definitely a sleeper hit. To put it lightly, it's basically an american Derail Valley set in the golden age of steam in the US(the 1940's). It's one of the most recent releases to date, with a loving community and great devs.
I love how the train system works in Transport Fever 2. Placing curved rails with Bezier-like curves is so smooth.
Railroader is amazing. My only gripe with it right now is that the surroundings look kinda empty and sameish. Everything else about it rocks!
agreed, will be sweet once the world comes more alive. But the mechanics are great as is
I have no idea how you knew!
I worked on the railway here, and have a critical eye!
I've been replaying Railroad Tycoon 3 these last weeks and seeing this video makes me super salty. I need to RANT HARD.
How on earth is it possible that a game released in facking 2003 still hasn't ever been surpassed?? All these game devs are all asleep at the wheel!
1) The most gorgeous and realistic 3D rendered landscapes ever. Maps in RT3 are rendered from real world height vector maps, and the game came with a tool to snip any part of the world map you want. Want a France scenario? Ireland? Madagascar??? You have it, with all the perfectly callibrated mountain ranges down to the local level.
2) The sheer pleasure of laying down tracks making curves through dozens of valleys avoiding steep inclines, while going from city to city. No stoopid arcade looking giant icons of cities 3 meters apart from each other and loopy looking, bridge abusing, legoland parodying nets of railtracks with cartoony graphics and characters screaming howdydo to your face. If you played a scenario from Boston to Buffalo, you made dozens of stations in dozens of cities in between. EXPANSES. SCALES. Meditate on the concept.
3) The impressive economic simulator, supply-demand dynamics with gradient areas accross the map depending on the location of houses and industries. A complex yet balanced system of geoeconomic simulation i have yet to see in any other videogame out there.
4) An inspiring simulation of personal finances, stock exchange, dividens, credit rating, etc. that is also impossible to see in any other similar videogame to my knowledge.
5) A good amount of micro logistics but not too much to overwhelm and demoralize the non-autistic player. A bit simplified compared to RT2 but a RT4 sequel could fix this.
WHY IS THERE NO CONTINUATION TO THIS? Why every single new train game insists on developing quirky angles and situations, of making it a city builder, or focusing on signalling systems to the expense of everything else, of making a low poly arcade fest for 9 year olds? Why no current game makes a serious 3D successor to RT3???? It's been 21 years already!!
Btw, the soundtrack to RT3 is a precious compilation of instrumental country music that needs to by remembered more.
Who remember Transarctica on Amiga?
I was thinking exactly the same thing :)
I was obsessed with the poster. I never played the game, I was a bit too young, but my local computer store had the poster and it left a deep imprint on me.
The good old days before needing adult diapers…
good video. Thanks for showing this year's games. I hope to one day play one that's worth it. greetings.
Factorio team has been working on a massive update recently and yeah it’s not straightforwardly a train game, but railroad is a significant part of the gameplay. How is that related to 2024? Well in that new version they’re bringing massive amount of stuff to trains. Like 2nd floor railway bridges, huge amount of new automations and much more. Hoping that all enters release in 2024.
Trains are one of my favorite parts of Factorio! Its like a train minigame within an extremely refined game itself.
Railroader ist one of the best Train Game that i have play so far
I love train and public transportation games.
Something to note about Train Mechanic simulator 2024 is that it was meant to be released back in 2022 (possibly earlier even but that's the earliest year I could find)
I will say, the fact they're taking a long time on it at least gives me hope they're putting in time and effort to make it a really polished product, so hopefully it won't disappoint after being at least 3 or more years in development.
Almost 200k subs🎉
Thanks! I'm trying to not care too much about sub count, but have to say I've been seeing that creep up the last few weeks haha
The first game reminds me of Rail of War, but looks like way more elaborated.
It really feels like a remaster of Rail of war.
Yeah, totally rehauled and now in 3d!
Hey, Zakh! Have you ever played the Kingdom series (Classic, New Lands and Two Crowns)?
I am currently playing it and I really enjoy it. It is a very creative and interesting take on the base/city-building genre with a gorgeous aesthetic.
Would love to see your playthrough/review of it.
Railroader is great. 250+ hours into it and I still love it. Really fun as a company management and train driving game. Lots of frequent updates in early access
While not upcoming, Railgrade is another banger
Rail of War... oh, how I loved that game. Finally, a spiritual successor!
Oh boy trains... my favourite...
1:12 essentially Rail Of War 3D which I enjoyed on the school computers at lunch haha
Saving this, I wanna play all of them
Railroader is genuinely amazing if you love model railroads, especially the operations side of things. You spend most your time either running multiple trains at once, or setting up the next train at various yards. It has its niche but it does it SO well.
I have been playing Railroader for a while now and I can confirm it is really fun. Personally I have been using it as a training tool of sorts to teach me the basics before getting out there and actually doing the thing in preservation.
keep in mind it could take a significant while before they even let you drive the real thing.
@@luisitobardajibenitez8013 true. But I am currently working with a non profit that’s working to restore a local engine and a friend of mine that works at a tourist line in Nevada gave me and a friend the opportunity to come out for a weekend next summer and do the thing. So while I’m by no means gonna be a hardcore railroader for a hot minute, I am in training.
@@luisitobardajibenitez8013 I’m actually part of a group that’s restoring a locomotive currently. It’s our hope to have her up in a few years.
Train Valley... I love how i was little kid playing old Train Valley games when they were flash games...
My hearts with Railroads Online. Been through some hard times, but I’ve had thousands of fun hours in it.
Am here because this was on my recommendation page
Fun fact: the new train mechanic simulator was supposed to be 2023 (i had it on my wish list) but I guess they couldn't finish it in time.
Oooooh, trains... Shiny!
train is my favorite genre
Railroader is a blast but you need to check out a game that's going to come out in about a year from 346 Studios called Century of steam
you guys have some gret F'n trains here in 2024
I just want a game like Railroader, but where you pick your Railroad company (i.e. Conrail or BNSF) and help it grow.
Here's my pitch: a 3d train simulator which has procedurally generated terrain for you to build a route on. My biggest herdle making routes in trainz or railworks is spending hours uppon hours wiggling the mouse around to make terrain.
Above all else, i just wish we'd get train games that weren't tycoons or puzzles. Railworks and trainz have held a monopoly for real train games for a very long time, and many are fed up with their problems. Railroader and railroads online are extremely promising.
I would soo love to have a crossover train extension for European Truck Simulator…
I played Railroader and It runs pretty good for an early Acces game. Even in Multiplayer it runs smooth and my friends didn't lag like in Railroads Online! I like the game. And they have in fact released it in Early acces one week before the date they said they will release.
Holy crap! Steel Republic Rail Defender is literally the game I've been wanting for years.
This looks like the gritty, realistic spiritual successor to the rather niche, cute and quirky Locoland I used to play a lot as a kid. It's practically the same game. I am super hyped for that now.
We have a metric crap ton of cookie cutter Train Sims, fairly stale formula of infrastructure development tycoon games and even puzzles - it's about time someone tried something unique and outside the box. Frostrain also looks like it breaks the mold quite a bit.
On a personal note, Derail Valley is as of late my absolute go-to Train 'Sim', it just does what it does so well and is so engaging. Nothing else out there that's quite like it. Still in early access but well worth a look if you want to have total freedom to do things your way but also the freedom to make mistakes and suffer their consequences.
I tried playing Sweet Transit, I would describe it as more of a Factorio clone with trains and a sprinkle of City buildings. It's very hard to learn and seems tedious. I returned before I played for 2 hours.
Railroad Corporation seems cool
I wish a remake of sid meiers railroads would come out
That first game is kinda similar to rail of war a online computer game that was out some years back I used to play
i think Century of Steam may come out this year too
Ive been waiting for train traffic manager a while cus its on some of the consoles but id rather get it on steam
I can't wait for a mad Dev to make an X-treme Express successor.
One that should be on the list: Century of steam.
I just want to relax and build virtual train sets, just I did with model trains sets when I was a kid. I don't want to do any of the tycoon, resource and money management, or anything that resembles administration work. Aren't there any good trains sims like that?
I think you might have missed "Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator" :)
Trainsimworld and train ststion2 is nice
There needs to be a train game where you play as a Hobo hopping trains, evading bulls, and camping by the railroad.
The first one kinda reminds me of a flash game.
May I recommend Derail Valley or Rail Nation
SRRD reminds me of the old youdagames game called rail of war
Anyone else thinking steel republic rail defender is kind of a spiritual successor to an old flash game called rails of war?
Train games supose to be relaxing, most of those game seams like they are really stressfull
RUclips algorithm knows me very well
You MUST feature Railroads online! It’s a masterpiece in the making!
I generally have a 3 or 4 year cutoff for listing early access games. That's why I use the term 'new' in the titles. I sometimes make exceptions but most of the time I cut those out so the list isn't the same games again and again every year. Railroads Online was supposed to release after "up to 1 year" in early access. It's approaching 3 now and for the scope of a 2024 list, 2021 is usually too old. I do however have a rule that if a long early access game announces an actual full release date, I list it again. Or if I'm specifically doing an 'everything included' list, like I do in the simulation megalist: ruclips.net/video/736u-KTNn4E/видео.html
Any of you guys remember rails of war? First game is that games older brother.
try factorio.... even if the trains arent the main part of this game it s a huge part of the game.
Im put off from trail valley world not because of the graphics but because of a lack of signals
A lot of rail based games that are coming out lately have either really weird mechanics that players have to juggle like limited pieces or many different currencies or limit how many stations per industry or just outright no signals :(
Some interesting games to look forward to and try out but not sure if they will be enjoyable in the long term :(
I'm not a reason afficionado, but my 2 year old son loves trains. Especially Japanese trains and Thomas the Tank Engine
Art of The Rail seems like Mashinky?
Frostrain seem a lot like Bounty Train, but icey landscapes instead of the old western train era.
I want one for my 5 year old who loves trains. Which one of the less obviously kiddy ones is simplest? He likes realistic trains
A bit disappointed that there seems to be a million variations or railroad tycoon, but nothing that pulls the genre forewards. A key aspect of railroad operations are the railyards and not simple point to point, preconfigured trains in all of these games
Nothing ever beat transport fever 2 in that genre, everything just seems a downgrade ever since
the only train game that tickled me in the right way was/is MaSzyna xD rp1 to those who know it
Not out, but on the horizon: Century of Steam.
For me it's Trans-Siberian Railway Sim
“You’re a train aficionado”
Actually I’m just locomotive-curious.
You are 100% about that
SRRD seems like old game Steamland/Locoland/Khon-ka-doo, that looks like kids puzzle game, have actual tactic depth, but unfortunately have no skirmish nor multiplayer.
Trainz is a W
here's to hoping atomic jelly actually releases the new TMS game here in 2024. It's been announced orignally being called TMS 2022, then TMS 2023...
hell, that trailer? that's the OG one they used announcing the game as TMS 2022
You missed Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator which recently received a "Prologue" version (a demo). It's very promising!
I'm trying to not list too many Playway games that plan to be in long early access and haven't begun them yet. I have Playway games I listed 5 years ago because of a demo or prologue which still haven't begun early access. That game is planning up to several years in early access, so when they start it I will include it more regularly.
@@GamerZakh Got it. Just thought I'd mention it as I was impressed with the prologue.
Though I do find it a bit disappointing that you judge a game based on the publisher.
After finishing the prologue the developers linked to a poll and asked for feedback in detail.
They do seem determined and what they have so far is nothing to scoff at.
Edit: Just want to add that the prologue is sitting at 92% Steam rating with 425 reviews.
@@Cyan37 I don't judge a game by a publisher. Publishers have distinct styles and approaches to how they make games. I don't hold grudges, but Playway continues to do what they did 5 years ago. How Playway works is frequently by publishing fake gameplay trailers which are actually animations to gather wishlists. Only if a fake trailer gets enough wishlists do they actually make the game. When they begin development it's actually from scratch because the trailer was just animated, so it takes years to then release a demo then after that a prologue, which often is nothing like the original trailer and can stay as a prologue for 5 or more years if not longer.
On top of that, Playway works under many different names and if you pay attention you start to see these different names always appearing together or being replaced by one another. Like on the City of Atlantis Steam page, it says that it's published by 'Creative Forge Games' but clicking on that name actually just links you to the Steam page for Playway. Or you see games like El Dorado: The Golden City Builder published by 'Gamesparic' and 'Games Incubator' but there's sections where it's "Check out games from our friends" and it just links to Playway games. You often see a game trailer and page go up on Steam and it's listed as a being published by Playway, then you check back a year later and it says Creative Forge Games. They keep swapping their IPs around to different names but as far as I can tell it's the same people.
Basically, Playway used to and continues to publish fake gameplay trailers under various different names and use those Steam pages to promote their other existing games, so even if they never actually make the game it's an advertisement page for the games they have already made. Just look at this page: store.steampowered.com/app/2410890/El_Dorado_The_Golden_City_Builder__Prologue/
It's for El Dorado published by "Gameparic and Games Incubator", so why under "About this game" it begins with a link to Orc Warchief: Strategy City Builder? That is supposedly published by "CreativeForge Games and G-DEVS(dot)com"... BUT on the Orc Warchief page, the "About" section begins with links to Colonize, Monsters Domain, and Anonymous Hacker Simulator, yes those also being published by "CreativeForge Games" and "G-DEVS(dot)com"... but those in turn link to Builders of Greece and Beer Factory, both published by Playway. So why are all these different games by 'different publishers' all linking to each other? As far as I can tell, Gameparic, Games Incubator, CreativeForge Games, G-DEVS(dot)com, and Playway are all the same people. If they aren't, they behave like they are.
Nothing illegal is being done here, but surely you see why the hangup.
@@GamerZakh I fully agree and understand your mistrust of a shady publisher like that and appreciate the detailed reply!
On the game I had mentioned, it did have a fake gameplay trailer in the beginning, which I saw but wishlisted it anyway as I thought let's see what happens. Wishlisting is just a press of a button for me. To add to that, the trailer was not designed to fool anybody, I think it was supposed to present the general idea which anyone who ever interacted with a game would understand and not think it's real gameplay.
So when they did eventually release the prologue and I tested it, it blew me away as I expected nothing as detailed as that. With many systems already working and seemingly 'easily' expendable. A solid foundation if you will. And even IF it takes another few years for it to become more than that, that's fine by me.
I understand your reasons for excluding playway games and might even exclude the game I suggested based on the info you provided. Though I'm still looking forward to what's to come of it.
Hands down, Railroad Tycoon 2 is the best tycoon-like traingame ever
So for the longest time I've wanted a train game thats more than a simulator or a puzzle game or a tycoon game. I want a train racing game that also has an adventure mode.
Something thats a lot like the Disney Pixar Cars games, but with something like Thomas and Friends. A game featuring Thomas' expansive roster of characters where you can race around the shows famous locations and then have an adventure mode where you explore the island and do missions.
Ambitious? Yes. Impossible? No, i think it can be done. Alternative a general train racing game would also be great and I don't know why it hasn't been attempted.
this is another that Hyce has put out that he and a group are working on and slowing revealing.Not sure when it will come out but it's on the radar! Just search the below to get his reveal video. It's a game sort of similar to Railroads Online
We've been secretly making our own TRAIN GAME for OVER A YEAR!
I see there are a lot simulators and tycoon-y games. Not necessarily my cup of tea.
Does anyone know a game that is in first person, where you go on adventure driving your steam engine down a long track?
(...which preferably isn't Choo Choo Charles?)
To be honest the old Railroad Tycoon 2 still looks better then number of those games with sharp 90 degree track curves.
From all those mentioned - I think Steel Republic and Railroad corporration 2 seems the most promising projects. The train mechanic seems very interesting and unique. However I'm afraid when people being lazy today - will find it too complicated and not bother learning how to play this game. But seing developers putting allot of work into it, I wish their game do get popular among players.
I'm just begging for a Transport Fever 3 😂
It seems the final update for Transport Fever 2 is on the way this year, so they might announce something after that.
Derail Valley is still the best IMO but I am expecting Century of Steam to be good. I would like Railroader if you actually had to operate the trains.
The bast train game of alltime for me, is "A-Train" from Artdink
My laptop can’t run Trainz: a new era!
Heat Death: Survival Train should definitely be on the list. There is currently a demo available and it looks very promising.
No mention of Voxel Tycoon? - which does seem stuck in early access
I listed Voxel Tycoon for years. Generally I have a 3-4 year cutoff date for early access games depending on the video and game. Otherwise the lists end up pretty much the same every year and new games get covered by games that have been there forever.
Hey, one game you forgot about is Century of Steam, a game that is supposed to release sometime this year and it's developer is Studio 346, Inc. who were former members of the dev team for Railroads Online. Studio 346 is headed by Mark of the Colorado Railroad Museum based in Golden Colorado, Mark is more commonly known as the RUclipsr "Hyce." Century of Steam is supposed to be an interactive railroading game that has "historical equipment built between 1869 and 1969" so you can have an accurate narrow guage railroading experience across the landscapes of North America.
and isn't released yet
I am not sure where you heard it will release this year, as there is currently no release date announced.
Train Planet? Demo out now on steam
You missed Rail Roads Online 😢.
17:52 they aren’t even using a welder that’s just a Stick welding stick in a pair of pliers
monster train is still the most realistic train game imo
I Like Trains
TRAIN. GAMES.
You forgot TSW4 !
Transport fever 2 is best
Rail Route and Simrail
I was avoiding simulators for the most part in this list, but I included more train simulators in my simulation list.
I didn't include Rail Route because that felt less about trains and more about maps and the track specifically, but of course you can feel different about that.
@@GamerZakh valid reasons, have a nice day