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Railworks

RailWorks, later simply Train Simulator, is a train simulation game developed by RailSimulator.com Ltd. It is the official successor to Rail Simulator, and was released online on 12 June 2009 and in stores on…

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Railworks is a simulator developed by RailSimulator.com Ltd, released 12 June 2009 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Railworks is

Railworks is a simulator game developed by RailSimulator.com Ltd and released in 2009. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

RailWorks, later simply Train Simulator, is a train simulation game developed by RailSimulator.com Ltd. It is the official successor to Rail Simulator, and was released online on 12 June 2009 and in stores on 3 July 2009. Compared to Rail Simulator, RailWorks contained new rolling stock, tools that previously had to be downloaded separately, graphical advancements such as modification of the existing content, bug fixes, backwards compatibility and the ability to trade elements from the virtual world with other users online. The first release of RailWorks contained all of the five real-world routes of the original European and North American releases of Rail Simulator, and added three new…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective.

How it was received

Railworks holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 34% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Railworks launched on 12 June 2009, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Infamous and Trine. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Infamous, Trine.

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When did Railworks come out?
Railworks was released on 12 June 2009 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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