Coming soon- May 25th https://store.steampowered.com/app/4630570/RUNNING_TRAIN/ Have been looking forward to this one, made with UE5.
For a moment I thought that was actual real life footage like the Ongakukan games but looks as if it’s actually a proper game engine. Will definitely bookmark it, the only caveats being early access and how much it will cost. I’m getting a premonition of £39.99 flashing in front of my eyes. Also my CPU is slightly below the minimum spec (though GPU okay).
When I looked at the screenshots, I thought this was just another one of those train simulator games. It wasn’t until I watched it a second time that I realised these were the game’s graphics, which are stunning and look absolutely brilliant. DTG really ought to take a leaf out of their book. Here you can see just what you can achieve with the Unreal Engine, and these aren’t just tracks running through empty landscapes, but mostly routes that pass through densely populated areas.
I feel like im going to sink an unhealthy amount of time into this game solely due to heritage i cant lie.
This looks incredible, the track and lineside detailing alone looks insane, so many details. Looking forward..
I'll have to see it with my own eyes to make a final judgement, but from the screenshots it looks stunning, even when comparing it to 'normal' games. I'll keep my eye on it and see if it's too good to be true.
Watching that clip, I'm wondering if they have somehow managed to combine real video into a graphics overlay. It just looks too realistic to be any sort of game engine and, if it is, then going to need a NASA computer to run it on.
I've been following this developer for at least three years. I never thought this program would ever actually be available on Steam, even though that was indeed the goal, as the developer themselves stated a couple of years ago. There was also the option (or still is?) of subscribing for a few euros to become part of the development. Perhaps there was also the option of getting a demo? By the way, has anyone tried it? That said, it all looks truly astonishing, even considering the fairly reasonable PC requirements. If everything were this fantastic, it would be truly difficult for me to go back to a program with graphics that aren't this good . However, before getting carried away with facile triumphalism, it's best to wait until you get your hands on the whole thing. Please note that the route is fictitious. Let's see if the developer is a master of PC game optimization... In the meantime, I've added "Running Train" to my wishlist.
In this game, there are no videos playing; instead, these are the actual graphics that you see as the train driver. At first glance, the whole environment looks like real images or a film, but these are really just the game’s graphics.
JNR 115-series, local suburban lines, a timetable mode, livery editor, and service variations. I’m sold.
Maybe the release date now is May 2026? Translated from Italian (7 days ago): "This is a solo project I've been working on for years. Finally available for EA release in MAY (cool) , if all goes according to plan."
Solo project, not wishing to be negative but definitely getting a Train Crew or Hakodate Tram vibe here. Will wait and see what the early adopters have to say.
Not really. Train Crew is the better of the two, but even with relatively simple graphics suffers optimisation issues and the route is still quite short. Not bad, but not great and obvious limited by being a one person effort. Hakodate Tram has even more basic graphics so it looks and plays like something from pre MSTS era. In fact, the old Densha de Go tram game on the Playstation looked better!
Okay, but in this case, the graphics are definitely the main attraction. After that, if the product isn't stable on PC, then that's another matter.
Oh my word, looks incredible, is this going to be the new standard for train simming? And 19.99? That's pretty cheap.
I dont know how they done it, but what I see I say: they done it well (only the sounds could be a little better)
