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Train Fever has delivered the promised Linux support that was missing from their initial Steam release. It doesn't show up in the Linux new section though due to being already released for Windows which is again annoying, and I am still surprised Valve is letting that bug continue.
Looks like a pretty good management game for fans of trains and simulators. Are any of you planning on picking it up, or have you already tried it? Let us know in the comments section.
Official About
Train Fever is a railroad-focused business simulation game. In other words, it's a modern-day Transport Tycoon with procedural content and a sophisticated city simulation.
"It’s the year 1850, and there are great times ahead! Establish a transport company and be its manager. Build infrastructure such as railways and stations, purchase transportation vehicles and manage lines. Fulfill the people’s needs and watch cities evolve dynamically.
Train Fever runs on an engine specifically developed for this game. The engine has a great innovative scope and is specialized in procedural content and urban simulation. A key point is the fact that there is no grid that game objects have to be aligned to, allowing for a great degree of freedom.
Check out Train Fever on Steam, or buy it directly.
It can be bought from Humble Bundle store as well.
http://www.train-fever.com/buy/
QuoteIt doesn't show up in the Linux new section though due to being already released for Windows which is again annoying, and I am still surprised Valve is letting that bug continue.
This has annoyed me for ages. The only way to currently find these games is by digging through SteamDB (or following the SteamDB_Linux bot on Twitter), articles like these or by word of mouth. The average gamer probably isn't going to discover these games unless they pop up in a sale, feature or bundle and I'm almost certain Linux sales suffer because of it.
Quoting: ApopasLooks interesting.It should be noted as well that this is probably first game ever that is cheaper when bought in Euros, thus making buying on Steam a good deal :D
It can be bought from Humble Bundle store as well.
http://www.train-fever.com/buy/
Anyway, this is currently as close to "3D openttd" as one can get and works great even on my crapiest machine.
Based on the comments by the devs, they are looking forward to improving the game performance.
Quoting: subI guess it does not feature a single-player campaign?
You mean like missions? At the moment, no.
Basically, at the moment it is a free play game which can start in 1850, 1900 or 1950 (if I recall correctly), with no AI competitors, but with financial/economic constraints (i.e., no sandbox game with "loadsa" money). A nice feature is that the maps are randomly generated (you can input the random seed so you can replay a map). I hope this answers your question.
Quoting: jsa1983Quoting: subI guess it does not feature a single-player campaign?You mean like missions? At the moment, no.
Basically, at the moment it is a free play game which can start in 1850, 1900 or 1950 (if I recall correctly), with no AI competitors, but with financial/economic constraints (i.e., no sandbox game with "loadsa" money). A nice feature is that the maps are randomly generated (you can input the random seed so you can replay a map). I hope this answers your question.
It does. Thank you!
Crazy Penguin Sep 12, 2014
Quoting: jsa1983Quoting: subI guess it does not feature a single-player campaign?You mean like missions? At the moment, no.
Basically, at the moment it is a free play game which can start in 1850, 1900 or 1950 (if I recall correctly), with no AI competitors, but with financial/economic constraints (i.e., no sandbox game with "loadsa" money). A nice feature is that the maps are randomly generated (you can input the random seed so you can replay a map). I hope this answers your question.
So no campaign, no AI and no Multiplayer?!? Shame, it looks pretty good :(
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