After careful consideration—and a lot of time spent playtesting—we’ve made the decision to shift Empire Builder: Europe from a fixed release date to a “Coming Soon” status on Steam. During recent multiplayer testing, we uncovered some communication and synchronization issues that don’t meet our standards for a great player experience. Rather than continue to push out the date in small increments, we feel it’s more honest and respectful to our players to hold off on setting a new release date until we fully understand the scope of the work ahead.
Our current goal is to launch in November or December of 2025, but we’re not making that official just yet. We want to take the time to do this right—and when we do lock in a date, it’ll be because we’re confident in delivering the experience you deserve. We’re incredibly grateful for the support, feedback, and patience you’ve shown us. The finish line is still in sight—we’re just giving ourselves the space to reach it properly.
Stay tuned. We’ll have more updates soon.
—The Empire Builder Team