Downloaded Railway Empire 2 last night from Steam, haven't played it yet. I wanted to play Railway Tycoon 3, which I own but could not find disc 1 to load the game. Since the game is no longer compatible with my computer anyway I thought I would look for another game similar and found Railway Empire. From reading reviews I was about to purchase Railway Empire 1 and then I saw 2 which looks even better.
Having played Railway Tycoon 3, I progressed fairly far into the game, so I figure this game is for me.
Having retired my mind is wasting away so I gots to do something to slow the deterioration. I have other games downloaded like Need for Speed, Total War, Chess, Civilization 1,3 and 6, but I can't motivate myself to play them. So I'm hoping this game will do it for me.
In this game you are trying to build your Railway Company by building railway lines to cities and raking in profits hauling goods. Then as you progress, buy out or merge with other companies to become filthy rich. Takes planning, careful thought as where to build and locomotives to use, etc..