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Train Sim World

Train Sim World is an all-new First Person Simulator that brings to life the experience of operating powerful and heavy freight trains on one of America's most stunning and famous railroads; Sand Patch Grade.

16 March 2017

Train Sim World is a simulator developed by Dovetail Games, released 16 March 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Train Sim World is

Train Sim World is a simulator game developed by Dovetail Games and released in 2017. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Train Sim World is an all-new First Person Simulator that brings to life the experience of operating powerful and heavy freight trains on one of America's most stunning and famous railroads; Sand Patch Grade.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Train Sim World launched on 16 March 2017, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, Mass Effect: Andromeda and NieR: Automata. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, Mass Effect: Andromeda, NieR: Automata.

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When did Train Sim World come out?
Train Sim World was released on 16 March 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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