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DeckEleven's Railroads 2 is a single player casual management game with a economy theme. It was developed by DeckEleven and was released on June 18, 2023. It received positive reviews from players.

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82%Audience ScoreBased on 1,743 reviews
graphics53 positive mentions
stability21 negative mentions

  • Engaging and challenging gameplay with good balance between casual and strategy elements.
  • No intrusive ads and reasonable pricing for additional content; expansions add significant value and depth.
  • Good graphics and smooth controls, with a robust campaign and sandbox modes; supportive developer with ongoing updates.
  • Signaling system and train pathfinding often buggy or unintuitive, causing train jams and frustration.
  • Limited free content; majority of locomotives, campaigns, and advanced features require payment behind a paywall.
  • Sandbox mode lacks buildings or map customization options in free version, leading to repetitive and less engaging gameplay.
  • graphics

    87 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    61% positive mentions, 36% neutral mentions, 3% negative mentions

    The graphics of the game are generally praised for being enjoyable, clean, and sometimes realistic, with many users highlighting improvements over time and a pleasing art style. However, some note that the visuals could be enhanced further for detail, realism, or optimization, especially regarding effects like tree movements or 3D elements. Overall, while graphics are a strong point and contribute to a relaxing and engaging experience, a few users suggest room for improvement and better performance optimization.

    • “This game is truly awesome, amazing graphics and just enough sim aspect to keep it interesting but not so overdone it will ruin it for those that want a relaxing game.”
    • “Further it really is an amazing game to get you through your break or your free time, the graphics are amazing; the trains really look stunning in light and dark!”
    • “The graphics are fantastic.”
    • “Good concept, but poor graphics (too noisy) and signal systems.”
    • “This is a very bad game and the graphics of this game is too poor.”
    • “Graphics can be improved.”
  • story

    83 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    28% positive mentions, 67% neutral mentions, 5% negative mentions

    The game's story campaigns offer engaging missions that require strategic thinking, but are criticized for being too short, repetitive, and sometimes buggy, with only 10 free missions available before paid content unlocks more. Players appreciate the challenge and creative potential but desire more varied, harder, and longer missions, as well as additional story content and features to enhance replayability. Frequent requests include mission variety, bug fixes, and free unlockable trains to maintain sustained interest.

    • “I loved the campaign missions.”
    • “Tutorials make some of the more advanced aspects really easy to pick up and make the campaign missions much more achievable.”
    • “Number 1 game in train simulation and strategy planning, wonderful concept and mind blowing missions, requires your skills to top level to complete the game missions and cross levels.”
    • “Only 10 short missions, and no new missions— all paid content.”
    • “The game is good but the game is a sandbox game in game it's no fun to play missions; remove missions and make all trains free in the next update.”
    • “Many users are stuck on missions (e.g., mission 10 or mission 12) due to bugs or unclear objectives, making it impossible to progress.”
  • gameplay

    57 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    49% positive mentions, 46% neutral mentions, 5% negative mentions

    The gameplay is widely praised for its smooth mechanics, engaging challenges, and addictive rail-building features, appealing both to casual players and train enthusiasts. Users appreciate the lack of ads, intuitive controls, and sandbox mode replayability, though some note issues with control schemes, limited complexity, and occasional frustrating bugs. Overall, the gameplay is considered enjoyable, with room for improvement in content depth and user interface refinements.

    • “Generally great gameplay but the control scheme is awful - placing buildings should be offset from your finger so you can actually see where you're putting stuff - guessing whether an incline will be too steep for a train isn't fun, maybe show the max weight a given incline will hold when placing tracks - it's likely an entire rework but if buildings/tracks could snap-to a grid it might be easier to place things and test levels - no complexity to upgrades, just buy what you need and wait.”
    • “I'm surprised to realize that the experience and gameplay have been improved to a far extent.”
    • “Gameplay is great, graphics are simple and clean and sandbox mode offers good replayability.”
    • “The gameplay gets boring after 5 minutes of playing sandbox; managing the trains and production is nice, but the gameplay lacks depth.”
    • “Mission 10 is kind of impossible unless you have unlocked all the stuff by using your money; this challenge spoils the gameplay experience.”
    • “Extremely poor gameplay and controls make the game frustrating to play.”
  • monetization

    40 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    43% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 40% negative mentions

    The game features a monetization model with no in-game ads, which is widely praised by users for creating a pleasant experience without intrusive interruptions. In-app purchases are available to unlock additional content and expand gameplay, though some find these purchases somewhat restrictive as progression beyond the free content requires payment. Overall, the no-ads approach combined with reasonable pricing for extras is appreciated, making the game feel fair and enjoyable even before paying.

    • “No ads in-game at all which is a first for this decade's mobile games.”
    • “Very refreshing to find a game not advertising driven, made me happy to buy the expansion.”
    • “No ads, and very reasonable in-game purchases.”
    • “Very nice game, but you need to buy the game to unlock the other trains. I just wish that at least one train in their respective tier could be unlocked by completing missions or by watching ads.”
    • “Quite fun but can there also be an option to watch enough ads to pay off the package cost? I would rather watch 590 ads instead of using a voucher, and if every ad would make a cent of ad revenue and both packs combined would be 5.90 euros then it would add up to 590 ads.”
    • “I am also very upset with the amount of in-game purchases.”
  • stability

    22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    5% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 95% negative mentions

    The game suffers from frequent glitches and freezes, especially during camera movement, track building, and station placement, which often render it unplayable or frustrating despite its fun gameplay. Signal and path bugs hinder progression, and stability issues persist across various modes, undermining the overall experience.

    • “Very buggy for me at least, even though the game is fun, the bugs make it unplayable sometimes, which prevents it from getting a higher rating.”
    • “Was a good game but now when I try to build a station, track, or do anything really, the game just freezes.”
    • “Don't waste your time, game glitches; they have a bonus level for an additional $5 and haven't upgraded it. I purchased the $5 upgrade 3 years ago and nothing has been done.”
  • optimization

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    40% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions

    Users appreciate improvements in performance and optimization updates, but highlight ongoing issues such as poor signal handling in complex track intersections and high battery consumption. Overall, optimization has progressed but still requires further enhancement.

    • “I can really recommend it if you like trains, tycoons, building, route management, and optimization.”
    • “Updates have improved performance!”
    • “Needs more features such as better signal performance at intersections with multiple tracks and at 2-way merges.”
    • “Pay to play game now, graphics have improved but optimization required as it consumes battery.”
    • “Very bad optimization.”
  • replayability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers strong replayability, especially through its engaging gameplay and sandbox mode, all at an excellent price point.

    • “A lot of replayability at fantastic prices.”
    • “Gameplay is great, graphics are simple and clean, and sandbox mode offers good replayability.”
  • grinding

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game becomes tedious due to the complexity of managing trains, routes, and track directions, making extended play feel cumbersome and repetitive.

  • music

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music is widely praised for its fantastic quality, significantly enhancing the overall experience.

    • “The soundtrack is fantastic.”
  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game is praised for its wholesome and emotionally engaging experience, standing out as one of the best rail tycoon games available on mobile.

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Play Times

7h Median play time
7h Average play time
5-8h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 2 analyzed playthroughs
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DeckEleven's Railroads 2 is a casual management game with economy theme. Common tags for DeckEleven's Railroads 2 include 3D, indie, transportation, building and trains.

DeckEleven's Railroads 2 is available on PC, Phone, Windows, Linux and others.

On average players spend around 7 hours playing DeckEleven's Railroads 2.

DeckEleven's Railroads 2 was released on June 18, 2023.

DeckEleven's Railroads 2 was developed by DeckEleven.

DeckEleven's Railroads 2 has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked DeckEleven's Railroads 2 for its graphics but disliked it for its stability.

DeckEleven's Railroads 2 is a single player game.

Similar games include DeckEleven's Railroads, Railway Empire, Railroad Corporation, Pocket City Free, Designer City: building game and others.