Steam: Rails to Riches

A Google user

6 years ago

Wonderfully fun tile laying game. The idea is to lay tile rail road tracks in order to transport goods for money/points. The game itself is simple but you need to compete with the AI as well. The AI is fairly challenging and provides a good opponent as you play. They can be a little predictable in what they do sometimes. However, this does not detract from the game. A lot of fun!

A Google user

6 years ago

If you like looking at "Please wait..." and "Loading..." this game is for you. The developers did an amazing job with the graphics, animation, and loyalty to the real game play, but for some reason really dropped the ball on the biggest draw of the app: the asynchronous multiplayer. Every time you come to the game, you're met with a loading screen. If you back out while it's loading, it can get stuck at a "Please Wait..." and you must for stop and restart the app. The state information in this nearly static board game should be miniscule compared to larger richer games that have no problem playing online in real time. The developers should consider caching the last game state locally and allowing the user to interact with it while server syncing occurs in the background. It even makes me wait when I return to a game where it's my turn! device: Pixel 2 on Android 8.1.0

A Google user

5 years ago

I buy and install game, and for 5 minutes, when open game it just I don't have Internet connection and 404 not found and game closes.

Benjamin Schmauss

10 months ago

The game is great, but I hate the app. The UI is just hostile with its level of unintuitiveness.

Jon Reed

4 years ago

Why does this app require an internet connection even when playing an offline game? I don't have access to WiFi where I use my tablet so this app is useless to me.

T Lee

3 years ago

Requires internet connection to play. You didn't originally need to be online. Requiring a constant internet connection is a deal breaker. One star.

A Google user

5 years ago

The best board game app. Period. Great gameplay, easy to learn and finally a developer gets the AI just right! I dropped my rating by 1 star because after the update, the game is agonizingly slow. What happened?

A Google user

4 years ago

UPDATE: I have come back to the game after a few years and acknowledge there are indeed seven maps now, well done. Why don't you say in your advertising that you have to buy most of the maps, this would have altered my decision. How do you get a refund on an app ?

Lukáš Miča

2 years ago

Internet is required to play, it doesn't make sense for single player game. Otherwise great adaptation of board game. Edit:Thank you for reply.if it will work offline, definitely giving 5 stars! Edit2: unforunately, I still need internet to launch the game. I tried to lunch the game online first, but once i am offline, game will not lunch

A Google user

5 years ago

Great implementation of the board game. Like TTR but with deeper strategy. Everything works perfect and i have a lot of fun playing it. My only suggestion is can you make the undo work per step not all step that the player take so we can just correct the last wrong step.

Andrew B

2 years ago

There are a number of apps out there which lock expansions when not online, which is terrible enough. But this one actually won't launch the game at all. In fairness it seems like a bug, not an intentional restriction. But its a very annoying one that I certainly hope gets fixed

Jeppe Kirk Bonde

4 years ago

Not a well made app. You can't undo your last action, only the whole turn. Also for some actions, there is no undo at all (e.g. upgrade locomotive) and it just instantly ends your turn. There is no tips or keywords when clicking things, so you just have to know the rules to play. I think it is a good game, that has not been done justice by the app developer. I suggest the app developers play some other mobile board games, e.g. Through the Ages, to see how it should be done.

Alex Crosse

4 years ago

A very good implementation of the board game. The UI is a bit idiosyncratic and rotating track is a bit fiddly but not too bad once you get used to it. The AI responds quickly and plays decently. One of the better board game implementations I have played.

A Google user

5 years ago

Was broken, is now fixed – thank you! Steam is an abstract, puzzle-y, strategy game where you move cubes along your tracks to the appropriate city. I really enjoy the puzzle and the AI is actually almost challenging. However it is quite abstract so probably not for everyone.

A Google user

5 years ago

Was good. Now buggy. Website no longer exists. A.I. has delivered wrong color freight to city (red box to purple city). 'Track out of bounds' message doesn't go away. Locks up at start of A.I. turn after I go. I don't know if this game is still supported, I have my doubts. Too bad, its a great game, when it works.

Juliette D

4 years ago

Needs internet/4G on to play, which I hate and is ridiculous. *Awful* tutorial, that shows just a tiny bit and then asks you to download a PDF rulebook (with fuzzy pictures) to learn the game (most digital boardgames include rulebook). No pop-up descriptions either so don't even know what some action cards do without outside research. "Undo" also resets whole turn, not just last action. Otherwise app seems fine.

A Google user

5 years ago

good game, but app is weird. track laying very wonky - trying to get the tile to set will often rotate it, or vice versa. if you need to undo that last track you laid - well the undo button undoes all your tracks that turn rather than just the last one. looking up rules is painful. they haven't put rules clarifications on the app where they'd be needed, they've just done the lazy thing of scanning the boardgame manual. except it isn't even in the app - it's a separate download. map charges stingy