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Ticket to Ride

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63%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music
63% User Score Based on 1,021 reviews

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About Ticket to Ride

Ticket to Ride is a single player and multiplayer casual management game with a kids theme. It was developed by Marmalade Game Studio Ltd and was released on November 14, 2023. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Embark on an epic train adventure that defined the modern board game era!

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63%Audience ScoreBased on 1,021 reviews
graphics23 positive mentions
stability111 negative mentions
  • Faithful and engaging digital adaptation capturing the fun and strategy of the board game.
  • Smooth gameplay with challenging AI and the option to play solo or multiplayer, including asynchronous play.
  • Developer responsiveness and ongoing improvements, including adding new maps and game modes.
  • Frequent bugs and crashes, especially during online multiplayer and end-game scoring, leading to lost progress and frustration.
  • High cost due to required repurchasing and expensive in-app purchases for additional maps and expansions, with poor family sharing options.
  • User interface and visual issues including small fonts, hard to distinguish colors/routes, cumbersome route placement, and lack of notifications for turns in async play.

  • stability

    112 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 1% neutral mentions, 99% negative mentions

    The game suffers from frequent and severe stability issues, with consistent reports of freezing during key moments such as game start, scoring, and online multiplayer sessions. These bugs often cause crashes, lost progress, disconnects, and inability to see results, significantly undermining the overall user experience despite the game's core appeal. Patches have helped somewhat but widespread glitches persist, making reliable play difficult.

    • “Frequently freezes during online play and the saved games don't work, so you can't get back to your game if you restart the app.”
    • “At the end of the game, the app freezes and you never get to see the final scores or ranking points.”
    • “The game freezes every time the trains are counted at the end of pass-and-play games.”

  • graphics

    48 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    48% positive mentions, 46% neutral mentions, 6% negative mentions

    The graphics receive mixed feedback: while many praise the visual improvements, animations, and overall attractiveness, others find them overly flashy, cluttered, or distracting, making gameplay elements like route visibility and card details harder to discern. Some users lament the loss of simpler, clearer visuals from previous versions, feeling that prioritizing fancy graphics sometimes detracts from usability. Overall, the graphics are generally seen as appealing but occasionally interfere with smooth and intuitive gameplay.

    • “The graphics are impressive, if a bit flamboyant when the trains go flying down onto the tracks.”
    • “I love the visuals of the game now and everything works very smoothly.”
    • “Superb graphics, faultless gameplay, and the expansions are arriving as promised.”
    • “The colours and map are much harder to see; it's hard to accurately select. The way the trains move when being placed is super annoying. The music never needed to change, and the graphics are weird.”
    • “Graphics are too busy, colors washed out, and cards are not legible.”
    • “This new version has unnecessary 3D graphics with zooming in and animation that distract from the gameplay.”

  • gameplay

    24 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    29% positive mentions, 58% neutral mentions, 13% negative mentions

    Gameplay receives mixed reviews: while some praise its strategic, fun, and faithful adaptation of the original board game with improved AI and neat expansions, others criticize technical issues like bugs, slow turns, paywall restrictions, and distracting 3D animations. Overall, the core gameplay is solid and enjoyable, but certain execution and monetization choices hinder the experience.

    • “Visibility issues have improved, animations don't interfere with gameplay and we've had some decent expansions and modes added.”
    • “The gameplay is fun, strategic, and a great way to pass the time.”
    • “Superb graphics, faultless gameplay, and the expansions are arriving as promised.”
    • “I have tried to play 6 online games and am yet to play more than 4 moves total due to issues with gameplay as well as players not making moves but having no consequence for doing so.”
    • “And the gameplay for the new app is not good, lots of game breaking bugs/glitches.”
    • “This new version has unnecessary 3D graphics with zooming in and animation that distract from the gameplay.”

  • music

    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    21% positive mentions, 58% neutral mentions, 21% negative mentions

    The music in the game receives mixed feedback, with many users expressing a strong preference for the original soundtrack and finding the new music generic or boring. Some appreciate the addition of multiple soundtracks and new songs that add a fresh twist, but overall, nostalgia for the old music and dissatisfaction with recent changes is common.

    • “Multiple soundtracks for each map.”
    • “Great experience, good music, add-ons a bit pricey.”
    • “Music is banging.”
    • “The music has changed, the color palette is horrible.”
    • “It's slow at times and the music is very generic.”
    • “Boring music.”

  • monetization

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 34% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    Users criticize the monetization for relying heavily on microtransactions for maps and characters, which are not shared across family libraries despite platform claims, causing frustration and extra costs. Additionally, in-app purchases do not transfer with game progress or across devices without contacting support, leading to a perception of poor value and a cash-grab approach.

    • “In-app purchases are not necessary.”
    • “There's a lot of microtransactions for maps and characters, but if you want to play just the USA map, it's very fun.”
    • “While their site says in-app purchases are shared with family members, they are not.”
    • “The new app is a pathetic and unoriginal cash grab that provides zero value.”
    • “I love the board game version, but this is slow, it crashes, it takes up 0.6GB, it's loaded with in-app purchases despite me already paying for it, and now it won't issue a refund either.”
    • “After already buying several past versions of this game, there is no way I'm paying another $120 for my family to keep playing. As confirmed with your support, your website incorrectly stated that in-app purchases on Android would be shared.”

  • optimization

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    43% positive mentions, 14% neutral mentions, 43% negative mentions

    The game exhibits mixed optimization performance, with some users experiencing smooth and efficient gameplay, while others report significant lag, poor optimization for phones, and performance issues that hinder usability. Overall, optimization appears inconsistent and in need of improvement.

    • “Game runs smoothly and efficiently; adding friends is simple. Can't wait to try out more maps.”
    • “This is a fun game that runs smoothly for me.”
    • “Love this game, but the performance issues have gotten out of hand.”
    • “Performance is also much worse as well.”
    • “The game needs optimization; I don't know how, but this game lags my phone.”
    • “Either broken install or terribly optimized and way too big.”

  • grinding

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

    Grinding in the game is widely criticized, with many users expressing strong dissatisfaction, as reflected in numerous low ratings and negative comments.

  • story

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

    The story aspect is perceived as fun but lacks a sense of continual progress or depth, with users expressing a desire for features like daily missions, win/loss records, and leaderboards to enhance engagement.

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Ticket to Ride is a casual management game with kids theme. Common tags for Ticket to Ride include turn-based, indie, family friendly, deckbuilding, tabletop and others.

Ticket to Ride is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, iPhone, Windows and others.

Ticket to Ride was released on November 14, 2023.

Ticket to Ride was developed by Marmalade Game Studio Ltd.

Ticket to Ride has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Ticket to Ride for its graphics but disliked it for its stability.

Ticket to Ride is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

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