Developer posts and news about this game.
Now available on the Experimental branch: Log camps, pulpwood spurs and maintenance of way yards now load and unload cars faster. Logs about 2.5X, pulpwood about 11X, MoW supplies 3-10X. Crops are now laid out in fields. Added a separate grass distance preference to allow for mor
This bugfix release includes: Start setup changed: T-17 is on the tracks, G-16 is in the ditch. Changed due to in-cab control differences and tutorial. Adjusted system that builds seams between terrain tiles in the hopes that it will address some players’ issues with broken terra
Hello Railroaders! We have two exciting items to share with you: The Experimental branch release of Railroader, version 0.6.0, is now available! We have launched a new forum: community.railroadergame.com Bulletin to All Crews Before you change to the branch to try it out, you nee
We've posted our September 2026 Development Update! Have a look: Spoilers follow! We plan to release the update to an Experimental branch on October 27th! Watch the video for the full background, as well as a preview of our upcoming equipment customization and map editor features
Hello, Railroaders! It's been a busy month for us here on the Railroader Dev Team. We've got three things to share with you today. First, it's Train Fest here on Steam, which means it's a great time to pick up Railroader for 25% off ! Second, we'll have a booth at the National Tr
157 years ago, the driving of the golden spike marked the meeting of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads at Promontory Summit – the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. We're celebrating that remarkable accomplishment today with two things: our bigges
Hello Railroaders! We wanted to give you an update on where things stand with the MoW Update. The beginning of this year has been particularly productive, and while we are happy with the state of the game, there is still more to do before it is ready for an experimental release.
Hello Railroaders! Can you believe it’s been almost two years since Railroader was released in Early Access? Some of you have been with us since before it was called Railroader! Many of you have joined us along the way, and some of you have only just become familiar with the game
Railroader has coupled up to Rail Route, the railroad design and dispatching strategy game, for a railroading bundle! Take command behind the signal board in Rail Route , where you’ll design, expand, and automate your own rail network - then jump into the cab in Railroader to hau
This release contains no game changes from 2025.1.0a, but we have updated to Unity 2022.3.62f2 in response to a Unity security vulnerability . According to Unity there is no evidence of any exploitation of the vulnerability nor has there been any impact on users or customers. Mea
Hello Railroaders! Progress continues on our Maintenance of Way (MoW) update! In our last update we shared a number of items, including that we are reworking track construction milestones to work with the MoW system: MoW trains will build the track and need to be supplied with ti
Hello Railroaders! Today we are happy to share our progress on the Maintenance of Way (MoW) update we've been hard at work on. We knew this was going to be a big update, and as we have playtested and iterated on MoW that has certainly proven true. It's also driven us to revisit s
This is a hot fix release that includes the following: Tutorial bug/typo fixes. Fix for broken Crews panel in the Company window.
There's a lot to learn about Railroader and for a long time now we have wanted to create a more interactive tutorial, with better cues and feedback. For those of you who are new to Railroader we hope that it helps get you on the right track, pun intended. If you run into any stum
Hello Railroaders! Today we are sharing what we've been up to since the release of 2024.6.11 back in March. We've been focused on two big features/efforts: Maintenance of Way and an enhanced tutorial. Before we go into it, please keep in mind that this is all "work in progress" a
We are pleased to announce that Railroader 2024.6 is now available on the main branch after several months on the experimental branch! This release brings major new features like Auto Engineer Waypoint Mode and Timetables, along with new engines, new scenery, and numerous other e
Hello Railroaders! On Monday, March 3rd , we are finally bringing our work on the Experimental branch to everybody! Those of you who have not opted into the Experimental branch will finally experience Auto Engineer Waypoint Mode, Timetables (if you so choose), new engines, and mo
As with 2024.6.9, focusing on refinements with the goal of this being our last release before 2024.6 is posted on the default branch! Adjusted Auto Engineer to make hard couples less likely. (RR-750) Adjusted Auto Engineer Waypoint Mode to take current train direction into accoun
Added timetable symbol dropdown to car inspector Operations tab. Timetable symbol dropdown now shows next departure time, or last arrival time if the next departure is too distant. Fixed Auto Dest on timetable passenger cars incorrectly checking passed stops. Note that it will ch
We're continuing to work toward wrapping up work on the experimental branch, so our programming effort has been focused on bug fixes and refinements to Auto Engineer Waypoint Mode and Timetables, but we've also been working on several new locomotives and buildings that are ready