Choo choo train, coming down the track....

Can you derail trains on purpose, Rollercoaster Tycoon style?

Looks great and has a Linux version too!

Wishlisted for now.

Noticed one review out for it so far:

https://www.gamewatcher.com/reviews/railway-empire-review/12958

Meh . Paid review .

The devs are fucking nuts. 50 bucks for a game that doesnt have large maps. Nope. wait until a sale.

BTW,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD9deZp17TE

Many of the Let's Play's I've seen for it are the same.

*shrug* I don't like how they do the towns. OUCH. Didn;t even notice that. I don;t even recall paying that for the original Railroad Tycoon

I'll pick this up at some point... wishlist for now though.

chu chu chu, one star for you!

it's not ok to have achievements for steam and no achievements for GOG. it's not ok at all!

This was my thought exactly. Why in the world would you not have a map of the entire USA, at the very least? I have not doubt however that they will DLC this to death, with large maps or each map sold separately. (Europe, etc.)

I can't help but notice a troubling amount of menu time.

And the UI seems a little clunky?

And it's a bit silly that the USA is the only location and you can't play it all.

This looks like Sid Meier's Railoads or Rails Across America, not Railroad Tycoon. Where's the stock shortselling and cutthroat competition?

And you can say the graphics look nice until the cows turn blue, but it still doesn't change the fact that the game looks a bit too...dusty.

50 dollars isn't helping when RRT3 is 2.49 on sale and 10 bucks normally.

Fifty Dollars? No. Will wait and see how much DLC you're expected to buy for more map area. Game will be $100 before it has a good range of map options, I'm afraid.

Graphics are nice, but I'm also a bit put off by the hostility to a "pause" function. Real-life managers/planners spend a LOT of time in "pause" mode, so a realistic management game should reflect that. If it's a good game, there will be complex challenges & decisions. Bus Ad School will teach you not to make ill-considered judgments, but this game seems to demand them. This isn't DOOM.

I think that this will be only temporary.
You were entitled to a free OST (and an "exclusive locomotive skin") because you pre-ordered this game. (Source) Right now the OST isn't in the shop as a separate item - but customers have get to get it somehow.
I have already written to the support about this. Might be a missing flag in the database, might be miscommunication or a missing signature from Kalypso Media Digital. Either way I'm confident that the OST will arrive in the shop rather sooner than later.