Railroad Tycoon II Platinum delivers a deep strategy experience built entirely around authentic railroads. Players rise from penniless laborers to multimillionaires while laying tracks across real maps from New York to South Africa, spanning 1804 to 2000. Period videos, pictures, and a late-1800s interface capture the true essence of railways, with AI opponents modeled on historical figures and maps drawn from satellite photography.
This game hooks train enthusiasts who crave every detail of rail operations. It skips planes, cars, or ships to focus on obsessive rail management. True fans of railroads find their perfect match here.
Includes Railroad Tycoon II and the expansion The Second Century
It can take you from New York to South Africa. It can take you from the year 1804 to the year 2000. It can take you from penniless manual laborer to powerful multi-millionaire.
It can take you from a normal, well-adjusted, well-rounded person to an obsessed, singled-minded, one-tracked train head. This is a real railroad game, not just a strategy game that happens to involve railroads. If you want to hop on a plane, car or ship, hop on another game.
This game is about trains for people who love trains. Everything about the game is centered around an authentic look and feeling of the railways. Period video and pictures are interlaced with the game. The design and interface are true to the character of the fabled late 1800's railroads. A.I. opponents are based on real people. And all maps are real (based on satellite photography from US Geological Service and other sources).
