Construct intricate railway networks and use the power of trains to connect vital industries with the resources they require. Manage inputs and outputs to optimise production, and create efficient supply chains using multi-level tracks and a variety of unique engine types.
• Customise your trains using different engines and freight types, with hundreds of unique engine and cargo combinations.
• Create efficient supply chains by connecting industrial sources and placing dozens of busy trains on the map.
Combine strategic decision-making with creative construction in order to rebuild a thriving industrial colony. Succeed, and you might just impress your corporate overlords enough to be allowed back home to earth.
• Help restore prosperity to an industrial colony across a single player campaign with over 50 missions.
• Spend tokens awarded by each mission and use them to unlock new industries, upgrades and options.
• Use effortless construction tools to instantly build and manage a busy railway network packed by trains.
• Optimise your train set-up and place tracks strategically to navigate challenging environmental terrain and create the most effective delivery route possible.
• Control the flow of resource production through careful management of inputs and outputs. Watch out for bottlenecks to keep trains and their precious cargo moving.
• Admire your fleet of trains with the cinematic view mode.
• Challenge yourself in bonus side missions. Explore arid deserts in search of oil supplies, or develop a rocket launch program.
• Show off your most impressive railway setups with a photo mode that includes a variety of filters and visual options.
• Invest in the growth of your cities, or use zeppelins to export goods for extra profit.
Storyline
RAILGRADE is a construction strategy game about building railway networks to connect future, off-world cities with valuable industry. As the last remaining employee on a corporate-owned earth colony, it’s up to you to salvage the remains of the planet’s economy following a disastrous management mishap. With dozens of trains at your disposal, it’s up to you to manage the production of goods and ensure the delivery of essential resources in order to create a thriving industrial colony once more.
In a near-future, corporations have transformed distant planets into industrial colonies, harvesting their resources for commercial gain. Your employer, Nakatani Chemicals, has lost control of one colony following a complete economic collapse - so it’s now up to you to salvage what’s left using retrofitted train transport.
Build tracks, buy trains and transport the required cargo to reach your goal. Develop a truly successful transport economy by creating the most efficient system possible, and perhaps what’s left of the colony, and your career, will be restored.
With simple construction tools it’s easy to jump in and start building a busy railway delivery system. Carefully consider the placement of tracks to overcome mountains, canyons or other challenging terrain, and create the fastest, or most cost-efficient route for delivery.
Control resource inputs and outputs, optimise workflow, or increase the speed of production with catalysts and workers. Maintain a constant level of production across industries, or deliver enough water and other necessities, and the cities of the colony will begin to expand and thrive once again.
Use your earnings to buy new train engines with different attributes, construct useful buildings like a lawyers firm or water pumps, and even research new industries to invest in: such as Steel, Oil and Ore. It’s up to you to decide whether to invest in the growth of your city, or focus purely on your own profit.
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