Rail Nation vs Poleana
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rail Nation
Become a railway tycoon in this transport simulation strategy game. Build your empire by managing goods, researching technologies, and cooperating with other players. Experience the history of railways across six eras and lead your city to prosperity.
- Realistic economy simulation
- Cooperative and competitive gameplay
- Real-time decision making
- Six eras of railway history
- Multiple game scenarios
- Cross-platform play (PC/Mac browser)
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Welcome to the world of Rail Nation. Here YOU will become a railway tycoon! Enter the transport simulation and discover the globally popular strategy game, train by train. You start in a small city that needs to be supplied with goods. Boost the economy to make the city – and your railway company – grow fast. Experience the history of railways in six authentic eras. Research modern technologies and choose from 150 realistic engines and trains. Feel the power of your team: Get together with other players in corporations, dominate your game world, and lead your city to victory! Find the right tactics, build your railway empire, and become a successful entrepreneur. Features: • Realistic economy simulation: Pay attention to supply and demand, consider production times, and smartly trade 48 different goods. • Cooperation and competition: Play with other players in corporations and become a powerful alliance to beat the competition. • Real-time calculation system: Make decisions throughout the day. • 6 eras of railway history: Experience historic steam engines, powerful diesel engines, and ultramodern electric engines. All trains are modeled with great attention to detail. • 3 different scenarios: Play Classic on a fantasy map featuring 50 cities. Fight for supremacy in the battle of East vs. West on the USA map. Travel through Europe in Steam over Europe and bring the continent to prosperity. • Also on your PC: Playable in a browser on your PC or Mac with the same account! Issues & Questions: https://support.rail-nation.com/ Blog: https://blog.rail-nation.com/ Community Discord: https://discord.gg/railnation Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RailNation T&Cs: https://agb.traviangames.com/terms-en.pdf Requirements Recommended: Dual Core CPU, 1.5 GB RAM Rail Nation can be downloaded and played for free. Some in-game features may be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this function, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. A network connection is required.
Poleana
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Poleana is the Mexican classic of dice and tokens: the board game you grew up with, with its real rules and no shortcuts. Get your pieces out, go around the board and reach home before anyone else. Sounds easy until they eat you one square from the goal. THE COMPLETE RULES, NOT A SOFTENED VERSION • Mandatory priorities: if you can eat, you eat. If you don't, it's a foul and your most advanced piece goes home. • Eating grants you 10 free squares — and those 10 can land you on another capture. • Blockades that stop everyone, you included. • Police squares: if a rival stops there and you roll their number, they go back to start without costing you a die. • Bridges to cut across and safe squares where nobody can touch you. ONLINE OR OFFLINE • Find a rival instantly, or create a private room and pass the code to whoever you want. • No signal? Play the machine, with four levels. The expert doesn't forgive. • Up to four players on the same phone, taking turns. • If your connection drops, your seat waits for you: the match goes on and you can come back. TWO BOARDS • Classic: the usual match. • Express: short board, three pieces, about eight minutes. DAILY CHALLENGE A different hand-built position every day. Win it and keep your streak. CUSTOMIZE WITHOUT PAY TO WIN Pieces, boards, dice, animations and profile picture. All cosmetic: nothing you get gives you an advantage on the board. Ever. REACTIONS Tell your rival what you think without typing a word. LEARN BY PLAYING The tutorial isn't a wall of text: it's a real match with a copilot that speaks up exactly when it's needed, and gets out of the way when it isn't. You will never see an ad during a match. That's the promise.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Rail Nation at none against Poleana's shown. Rail Nation also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Poleana's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Rail Nation sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Poleana sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rail Nation ships an update every 3 weeks, Poleana every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rail Nation | Poleana |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (281 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 41.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 281 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.3 GB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Travian Games GmbH | DIEGO DAVILA |
Bugs and requests
Rail Nation
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues and account problems
- Inability to claim rewards and bonuses
- Unresponsive UI and freezing screens
Requested features
3 requests- Add Russian/Ukrainian language support
- Improve compatibility with newer iOS devices
- Optimize app for better battery life
Poleana
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rail Nation
- Gold Package A$1.99
- Gold Package B$4.99
- Gold Package C$9.99
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- Full-steam box Basic$9.99
- Gold Package D$19.99
- Full-steam box Medium$22.99
- Full-steam box Premium$44.99
- Gold Package E$49.99
- Full-steam box Deluxe$79.99
- Gold Package F$99.99
Poleana
- Season Pass 2$0.99
- 50 Diamonds$0.99
- Season Pass$0.99
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- 150 Diamonds$2.99
- 500 Diamonds$4.99
- 1200 Diamonds$9.99
- 3000 Diamonds$19.99









