# Train Tycoon: Railway World — Idle rail empire, steam trains

> Global railway simulation game with industry, logistics, and city management. (iPhone/iPad app by Sunspear Software LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/train-tycoon-railway-world/id1514672028 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Sunspear Software LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1478643604)
- Category: Games, Simulation, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases (on sale, was $0.29)
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 21 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.6 · 19 MB
- Languages: Russian, American English
- Released: 2020-05-27
- Data updated: 2026-11-03
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/train-tycoon-railway-world/id1514672028/reviews.md

## What is Train Tycoon?

A hand-drawn railroad on a real map of the world: 395 cities, six continents, and one station to start with. Here is how the first year usually goes.

Day 1. You build a station in your first city and lay track to the next one. Rails cost money, so you choose every stretch yourself.

Day 4. The lumber camp brings in timber, the mine brings in iron. Workshops turn them into beams and ingots, the factory into ties and rails. Now your own industry builds the railroad.

Day 9. New faces at the labor exchange, each with a name, an age, a trade and a price. Everyone needs a home and a bus to the job. Skip the city bus line and nobody gets to work, and the workshop stands idle.

Day 20. The city asks for a power station, police, a hospital and a cinema. Meet every need, the rating hits one hundred percent, and it can sink a diamond mine.

Day 35. Waybills arrive: ties to Leon, oil for export to Seoul. Take a contract and deliver on time, or pay the penalty.

Day 60. Every country has its own trade: coffee in Brazil, tea in India, wine in France, gold in South Africa. Goods wait in the warehouse until prices rise on the exchange, and exports to the country of the fair of the week pay half again as much.

Every morning. The Railroad Gazette reports what happened overnight, today's exchange prices and where the fair is. A game day lasts 30 minutes, and the railroad keeps running even while the game is closed. If a bus breaks down or a line is finished, a telegram arrives.

Day 312. Your album holds postcards from every city your railroad has reached, and medals for 35 honors. Your trains wear the company livery, and your name is in the Hall of Fame among tycoons from around the world.

## Key features

- Build stations and rail lines on a world map
- Develop industries and manage resources
- Transport goods and fulfill contracts
- Meet city demands and increase ratings
- Engage in global trade and commodity markets
- Receive in-game news and event notifications

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Handful of Coins | $0.99 | one-time |
| Chest of Coins | $3.99 | one-time |
| Wagon of Coins | $19.99 | one-time |
| Trainload of Coins | $39.99 | one-time |
| Depot of Coins | $59.99 | one-time |
| Tycoon's Treasury | $79.99 | one-time |
| The Golden Billion | $99.99 | one-time |
| Starter Pack | $1.99 | one-time |
| Express Liveries | $1.99 | one-time |
| Sponsor Contribution | $0.49 | one-time |


## Is Train Tycoon safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Train Tycoon.

## Is Train Tycoon legit?

Train Tycoon: Railway World appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Train Tycoon is 90 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

## Recent user reviews (10 of 21)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/train-tycoon-railway-world/id1514672028/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Это не игра, это фейк

*2026-04-08*

Удивительно, почему такое, держат в AppStore да еще и платное. По сути игры то и нет, какая-то заготовка на apple картах. Принципы не ясны, поддержки нет, обучения нет. Да и элементарные действия просто не работают. Например: построил здание, нанял сотрудника, но назначить его в это здание ты не можешь просто не работает.

**Developer response:** Управление дороги приносит извинения: та версия и правда была сырой. Игру мы переработали полностью: вместо заготовки на картах Apple теперь своя акварельная карта мира, в справочнике есть глава «Обучение», а сама игра бесплатная. А нужного сотрудника теперь находит поиск по имени и работе. Будем рады, если дадите дороге второй шанс. Вопросы — в нашу группу t.me/sunspearsoftware.
— Управление дороги

### 1/5 — Не стоит и одной звезды

*2026-03-04*

Зря потратил деньги

**Developer response:** Простите, что игра тогда разочаровала. Игру мы переработали полностью: вместо заготовки на картах Apple теперь своя акварельная карта мира, в справочнике есть глава «Обучение», а сама игра бесплатная. Покупать ничего не обязательно — дорогу можно построить и без казны. Загляните ещё раз, ваш вокзал ждёт.
— Управление дороги

### 1/5 — Обычная накрутка денег

*2026-02-24*

Играть невозможно, обучения адекватного нет, здания построить нельзя из-за бага о том что строить можно только в крупных городах и поддержки адекватной нет

**Developer response:** Благодарим за прямоту. Игру мы переработали полностью: вместо заготовки на картах Apple теперь своя акварельная карта мира, в справочнике есть глава «Обучение», а сама игра бесплатная. Строить можно в городах на карте: у каждого своя поляна, нажмите на неё — и откроется стройка. Если что-то не выйдет, напишите в группу t.me/sunspearsoftware, разберёмся вместе.
— Управление дороги

### 1/5 — Вылеты

*2025-06-15*

Вылетает. Играть не возможно

**Developer response:** Простите за вылеты. С версии 4.0 игра собрана заново — карта, окна и расчёты переписаны. Если на вашем телефоне что-то всё ещё вылетает, напишите в t.me/sunspearsoftware, какая модель: починим.
— Управление дороги

### 4/5 — .

*2023-08-21*

Здравствуйте уважаемые разработчики игра Вылетает на айфон X исправьте пожалуйста 🙏

**Developer response:** Спасибо за терпение и четыре звезды! С версии 4.0 игра переписана заново. Если на iPhone X что-то ещё не так — напишите в t.me/sunspearsoftware, починим.
— Управление дороги

### 3/5 — Только начал и сходу ошибка

*2023-07-11*

Столкнулся с этим с самого начала выбрал город решил построиться и пишет строить можно в крупных городах. Мы люди не гордые, решил по примеру и то же самое. Проверьте пожалуйста(. Жду обратную связь и могу предоставить видео если разработчик свяжется по почте. А так проект очень заинтересовал

**Developer response:** Спасибо, что не бросили и написали! Ответ запоздал, простите. Теперь карта своя, нарисованная, и строить можно в любом городе на ней — у каждого своя поляна, нажмите на неё. Видео и вопросы всегда ждём в t.me/sunspearsoftware.
— Управление дороги

### 1/5 — Не понятно

*2022-12-13*

Невозможно играть

**Developer response:** Простите, что было непонятно. Игру мы переработали полностью и сделали бесплатной, а в справочнике появилась глава «Обучение» — она по шагам расскажет, с чего начать дорогу.
— Управление дороги

### 1/5 — Невозможно играть

*2021-03-01*

Пока что построил лишь одно здание, а дальше все.... куда не нажму все виснет без возможности возврата и все такое, приходится перезапускать. А дальше лишь есть одно действие, смотреть на карту! Все остальные действия замораживают игру. Проблема на iPhone 11 и на iPhone X идентична.

**Developer response:** Простите, что игра зависала. С версии 4.0 она собрана заново: окна, карта и расчёты переписаны. Попробуйте снова — а если что-то зависнет, напишите в t.me/sunspearsoftware.
— Управление дороги

### 1/5 — Пока нет

*2021-02-08*

Очень простая игра, не адаптировано под пользователей (яркий пример - ну тяжело что ли сделать кнопку починить все автобусы? Поиск людей нанятых среди миллиона других и т.п.) поезд запускаешь и никаких отчетов не вылезает, ну есть он и есть.. идея стандартная, да ещё с хромающей реализацией. Не советую.

**Developer response:** Спасибо за подробный разбор — многое из него теперь в игре. Есть поиск сотрудников по имени и работе, «Разом» — расселить и поставить на работу всех сразу, вкладка «Внимание» со всеми бедами сети. А о поездах докладывают телеграммы и «Железнодорожный вестник» каждое утро.
— Управление дороги

### 1/5 — Баги

*2021-02-01*

Баги баги баги, одни баги. Ни зарегаться ничего, ушел в минус, считай проиграл. Денег взять негде

**Developer response:** Простите за тот опыт. С версии 4.0 игра переписана, справочник объясняет, откуда берутся деньги: контракты, поезда, промыслы. А если всё пошло не так — кнопка «Новая игра» на стартовом экране. Вопросы — в t.me/sunspearsoftware.
— Управление дороги

## Frequently asked questions about Train Tycoon

### What is the main goal of Train Tycoon: Railway World?

The main goal is to build and manage a successful global railway empire. This involves laying tracks, developing industries, transporting goods, meeting city needs, and becoming a renowned tycoon.

### Does Train Tycoon: Railway World have ads?

No, Train Tycoon: Railway World is ad-free, allowing for an uninterrupted gameplay experience.

### Can I play Train Tycoon: Railway World offline?

The description implies an ongoing game world with news and events, suggesting an internet connection may be required for full functionality. However, the railroad continues to run even when the game is closed.

### What kind of industries can I build in Train Tycoon: Railway World?

You can build industries like lumber camps, mines, workshops, and factories to produce resources such as timber, iron, beams, ingots, ties, and rails.

### How does the in-game economy work in Train Tycoon: Railway World?

The economy involves managing resources, fulfilling waybills and contracts, and trading goods on an exchange. Prices fluctuate, and exporting goods to countries with high demand can yield greater profits.

### What is the age rating for Train Tycoon: Railway World?

Train Tycoon: Railway World has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of players.

### On which devices can I play Train Tycoon: Railway World?

Train Tycoon: Railway World is supported on iPhone and iPod devices.

### How often is Train Tycoon: Railway World updated?

The latest version is 4.1, and the last update was on October 31, 2026. This indicates a history of updates, though the exact frequency is not specified.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.1 — 2026-10-31

A CIRCULAR FROM THE RAILROAD BOARD, No. 4.1

Tycoons! The Board hereby announces: every train now has its own duty, and the post is carrying stamps. Halloween Week is on the line, with the Harvest Festival and winter to follow.

• Train roles. The Cargo train won't take passengers, the Commuter won't take ore. Passenger trains earn most between busy cities, the Cargo train by trades and workshops, the Commuter on short legs, the Long distance train on long ones, and the Military train is sturdy and trusted with gold. Match the train to the line — or build a passenger company, a freight empire or a mixed network

• The store. Each model card shows its load per trip, what it carries and what it is good at. Before you buy, compare it with the best train in your fleet

• Urgent orders. Passengers and mail between your cities: half the deadline, half again the pay. For High-speed, Superfast and Maglev only

• Buses. Forty seats — whoever doesn't fit misses the shift. At the depot: Fuel tank, Engine and a Cabin of up to a hundred seats

• Parcels and stamps. Contracts, trips, a fresh Gazette and stations in famous cities bring parcels with stamps of the world. Six series in the philatelist's album, a club that swaps duplicates, and a new livery for every full series

• Halloween Week, until November 9. Jack-o'-lanterns, bats, a ghost train and a black cat on the platform — ten night-time stamps; half the series earns the Pumpkin livery, the full series a pumpkin lantern by the station. A little late, but with a gift: a telegram and three parcels

• Harvest Festival, November 19 — December 3. A golden fall map, pumpkins and haystacks by the towns, falling leaves. Ten harvest stamps; half the series earns the Harvest livery, the full series a fair barn by the station that doubles the town's trade warehouse. On Thanksgiving — a telegram and three gift parcels

• Winter season, December 15 — January 7. Snow on the map, roofs and trains, garlands on the stations, snowfall and a winter app icon. Ten winter stamps; half the series earns the Christmas livery, the full series a tree on the station square. On New Year's Eve — fireworks and three parcels

• Decorations and results. Every station and house wears the season its own way, and the bats flap their wings. When a season closes, the post sends its results: stamps collected, rewards won and when the next season begins. Rewards stay for good

• The dining car. A kitchen at the depot: a garden, produce from parcels and your own trades, 16 dishes of the world's cities — from pancakes to paella. Every dish served brings coupons and +5% to trips for a day, and the first one adds a page to the cookbook. A 30-step season menu leads to the Orient Express restaurant — and there won't be another

• Grand stations. Five grades for every station: stars by the city's name and a bonus for the trains on its lines

• Widgets. Your treasury and what's coming up on the Home Screen, the Gazette's front page, and a line on the Lock Screen

• A big network. Pick a city with search by city and country, a Notice tab with every trouble on the network, search for staff and trains, collapse cities in the fleet, and "All at once" to house everyone and put them to work

• Balance. Treasury packs grow with your railroad's income. Handing in duplicates now keeps the ones you need for swaps. Manufactured goods on contracts pay a little less, and after eight hours away the railroad runs at half strength. "While you were away" now counts expenses too

Steam is up. Your move, tycoon.

### 4.0 — 2026-10-30

A CIRCULAR FROM THE RAILROAD BOARD, No. 4.0

Tycoons! The Board hereby announces: the railroad has moved into a storybook. Everything is redrawn in watercolor and ink — from the map of the world to the last waybill. Set your watches accordingly.

• The look. The map is a watercolor meadow with groves, rivers and a clearing round every city. Windows are torn-edged sheets of paper, buttons are honey-colored, labels are handwritten. On the start screen a little engine runs between two of your own cities. And a new icon: station No. 1 by moonlight

• "The Railroad Gazette". A fresh issue on the map every morning, price two cents: a leading article about your line, the exchange report, the weather and notices. Trade prices move in waves — sell on the rise

• The fair of the week. A new country every Monday. Exports there pay half as much again, and the first delivery wins a livery. Once a week the board also shows a big fair order: four times the goods for two and a half times the money. Look for it in the first section

• Trades of the world. Oil, coal, copper, mast timber, coffee, tea, cotton, fish, spices, wine, gold and rubber — each in its own countries. A shift rides out by bus, the goods spread through your network, and luxuries go to the treasury through the bank. A trade grows to the seventh tier, and each further one of a kind costs a tenth more

• Exports. Waybills stamped "ready to go" or "preparation": carry coffee, oil or gold where none is produced

• Postcards. Bring a famous city to a hundred percent and the post brings its view: Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, St. Basil's Cathedral… Ninety cities and their own chapter in the album. Open a postcard full page and send it to a friend

• The album of honors. The medals are cast anew — bronze, silver and gold on a ribbon, each with its own little scene in the window: an engine in a field, a bank on a hill, a mine with a diamond. Held by photo corners, in chapters; "Almost there" is on the first page

• Liveries. Eleven color schemes for the whole fleet: fair prizes, a golden one for your first gold medal, and treasury sets. Repaint with one tap in the album

• "Finish now". Crews falling behind? Hire extra hands in the station window and the line opens at once

• The Hall of Fame. The top three on cards with medals, your own line as a milestone post, your place in the shared table. And all 35 awards are now in Game Center too

• The treasury. A starter set for the first three days: coins and the Emerald livery. The "Expresses" liveries: Oriental Express, Imperial and Polar. Larger coin packs are more generous — up to +39% coins. A sponsor contribution: a star by your name for each one

• The warehouse. Your trades no longer dump their surplus at half price: build a warehouse and the wine, coffee and gold of the whole network wait for their hour. Goods bound for an export order it guards with special care

• Telegrams. While you are away the Board wires its dispatches — illustrated, on a stamped form: a bus on its last miles of range, a train worn thin, an engineer retiring, a treasury running dry, a line opened. Tap one and you are at the right window. At night the telegraph keeps quiet until nine

• A clock on every workshop. How much it will turn out before sundown and when the next tie is due — right there in the window

• The guide is updated: trade prices, "Finish now", sets and contributions

Steam is up. Your move, tycoon.

### 3.5 — 2026-09-15

A CIRCULAR FROM THE RAILWAY BOARD

Tycoons! This one is repairs, end to end: we ran an audit of the whole railway — from the cash desk to the job board — and closed everything we found.

• The books for your absence are kept properly. Costs for all the missed days used to be taken at once, before the first ruble of takings — a sound railway could return to an empty treasury and a scattered staff. Now takings first, then the bills, day by day, just as when you are here

• The treasury never goes below zero — not when you decline a job, not when you pay off a loan. The gifted train No. 444 can no longer be sold for four million

• The mechanic leaves the crew with the man, rather than servicing the train from beyond the grave. Hiring counts three required places and adds a mechanic when it can, and a full crew in a city with a depot has an "Add a mechanic" button

• Honest building. The menu and the build itself finally agree on one price: the first building of a kind in a city needs no materials, each next one costs a tenth more, and the depot costs the advertised three hundred thousand. A demolished station can be built again — a city used to be left without one for good

• Electricians work on site: no bus carries them, and no "not getting to work" alert is raised over them

• The diamond mine: unpaid, it stands until you pay; fix the city's troubles and it starts at once

• The job board no longer freezes: untaken offers expire, and a "three-day" deadline lasts exactly three days. The bank grows to level five, as do its rates — the "Upgrade the bank" job is doable again. At the market a lot can be bought in parts, as long as you can afford a single unit

• Words now match deeds: leisure houses bring 7,200 per level, which is what it says; an empty cinema raises an alert; an unpowered building says "unpowered"; the workshop descriptions quote the real norms

• The clock. The notification shade and the app switcher no longer count your seconds twice, and turning the system clock forward no longer gifts a month of mining

• Small things: a leaderboard name with an underscore is no longer reported as taken; the tutorial can be restarted right from the map; the store opens over any window; a bus with a dry tank draws its lines gray

Steam is up. Your move, tycoon.

### 3.4 — 2026-08-29

A CIRCULAR FROM THE RAILWAY BOARD

Gentlemen tycoons! This issue is repairs from end to end: one fault was pointed out by a player, three more turned up while we were tracing it.

• The railway works again while you are away. Returning after a long absence, you could find your stores untouched: no raw material at all, though wages and upkeep had been charged for every day. The order of business was to blame — the buses spent their whole range before the office counted who had come to work, and by those dry machines it appeared that nobody had. Now the shift is counted before the buses set out, and the workshops are credited with exactly the time the buses could cover

• The power station is now within a city's means. Last issue we made power compulsory and misjudged the measure: a station fed one building per level, while a city holds a dozen and a half. Where stations stood without an electrician, the city stopped altogether. Now one station feeds five buildings per level, and in older games the capacity is recalculated by itself

• The ghosts are gone. In long-running games, places at your buildings were held by people long departed: the office could not find the building's record and never freed the place. Those ghosts counted towards city power, police and medical coverage and the takings of your leisure houses — in your favour, but untrue. Places are now recounted against the living when you enter the game

• Retirement no longer takes you unawares. A shift hired all at once used to retire all at once, and a city would crumble in a couple of days without a word of warning. Now notice comes a week ahead, and the city panel holds a line reading «Retiring soon» until you hire a replacement

The engines are under steam. Your move, tycoon.

### 3.3 — 2026-08-25

Gentlemen tycoons! This time we saw to two things: your fleet, which had no way to grow, and the handbook, which — we confess — the railway never properly had.

• The handbook. Five books, nineteen sections: rules, the city, people, industry, the railway. Workshop norms, building prices, market rates, the cost of a line — all of it is read straight from the game's own mechanics rather than from separately written text. So it cannot lie: change the balance and the handbook changes with it. It opens from the start screen and from a button on the map, because questions arise mid-game, not before it

• Train upgrades. Wagons — up to five, each adding to your freight. And three branches of three grades: running gear for speed, body for capacity, endurance against wear. What you invest goes into the machine's price, so daily return, upkeep and resale value all rise with it — an upgraded train is honestly dearer to run

• The depot. A new building, one per city. Without it there is nowhere to upgrade, its level caps the grades, and repairs in a city with a depot cost a third less

• The mechanic. Fourth in the crew, hired only where a depot stands. Optional, but with him a machine lasts markedly longer: together with a specialist driver and the endurance branch, wear drops almost fourfold

• A train sitting in the depot no longer asks for money: upkeep is charged only to those on a route

• The leaderboard is now our own. Game Center is gone entirely — no sign-in, no borrowed interface. The shared list shows the name, kilometres of track, cities and people; you choose the name yourself, and no two tycoons may share one. The railway board may grant a tycoon a gift — it arrives straight in the treasury

• The power station has stopped being an ornament. Short on power and the surplus buildings go dark and stand idle, rather than merely denting the rating. Power now shows in the city panel, and every darkened building raises an alert

• The diamond mine was far too large: fifty places ate almost its whole output in wages. Now fifteen — the mine has become a reward for a city brought to perfection, not a second job

• No more than three leisure houses of a kind per city: beyond that it pays better to raise a level than to multiply small ones

The engines are under steam. Your move, tycoon.

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