Train Simulator Classic
Intense overall intensityWhat's in it
Real money buys a large catalogue of downloadable routes and locomotives that add drivable content to the game.
Downloadable content is extensive and priced separately but is entirely optional, with no energy gating or timed lockouts on the base game.
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What it is
Train Simulator Classic is a railway driving simulator in which the player operates locomotives — from historic steam engines to modern high-speed and heavy freight trains — across recreated routes from around the world. Play centres on realistic cab controls: managing throttle, brakes, signals, coupling and decoupling, junctions and station stops in career scenarios or free-form Quick Drives. There is no combat, and the game contains no violence, sexual content, profanity or substances. Its most notable content feature is commerce: the base game is surrounded by a very large library of paid downloadable routes and locomotives, and the community shares free user-created scenarios through Steam Workshop.
How it's framed
The game frames itself as an authentic hobby for railway enthusiasts, emphasising fidelity to real trains and lines and the skill of operating them accurately. Its content is entirely mechanical and technical; the only value-laden dimension is its business model, which structures the full experience around a broad and separately priced catalogue of add-on content.
Details
- Developer
- Dovetail Games
- Publisher
- Dovetail Games - Trains
- Released
- Sep 17, 2015
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