To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Train Simulator Classic, Dovetail Games has released Train Simulator Classic 2024 on Steam. This version brings a free performance update, a new routes collection, and allows players to experience over 450 km of railways across five countries. The Deluxe Edition includes an exclusive '15th Anniversary Scenario Pack' with new scenarios and three iconic locomotives, including the LNER Peppercorn Class A2 'Blue Peter'.

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In addition, the Rail Subscription service was introduced. This offers the base game and a selection of DLC £8.99/month (out of the 700 DLCs the game has). It is priced at £24.99 for the Standard Edition and £34.99 for the Deluxe Edition.

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SOURCE: GBAtemp Inbox

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

This definitely deserves a front page article

 

[MaxiBash]

This game showed up in my library uninvited, I swear I've never interacted with this game whatsoever

 

[YuseiFD]

This game showed up in my library uninvited, I swear I've never interacted with this game whatsoever

Nice lie, we all know you love trains

 

[Localhorst86]

This did not just launch on steam. They simply renamed their "Train Simulator Classic" to "Train Simulator Classic 2024", as they do on a yearly basis:
https://steamdb.info/app/24010/history/?filterkey=518
presumably in an effort to make it appear more "recent" than it is, instead of the 2009 game it actually is.
That, and trying to establish a subscription model, that's shockingly expensive for what it is.

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This game showed up in my library uninvited, I swear I've never interacted with this game whatsoever

you probably, at some point, added the game to your library when it was free and only called "Train Simulator Classic", or "Train Simulator 2022", "2021", "2020", "2019", "2017", "2016", "2016: Steam Edition", "2015", "2014", "2014: Steam Edition" or "2013".

The game has been given away free at some point, possible multiple times in july of last year:
https://steamdb.info/app/24010/

It's also been bundled in various humble bundles as early as 2016:
https://barter.vg/i/2412/

This is non-news. In other news, I put on socks this morning.

 

[SDA]

Ahhh... the good ol' Densha de Go. I remember there was an almost identical game on the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color.

 

[AndorfRequissa]

imagine paying a monthly fee to play this train simulator. unless ur using this for business i dont see the point and think this is complete garbage having so many dlc in a game. simps love giving up their money.

 

[Bladexdsl]

who the fuck plays this boring AF shit?! oh noz my trains are running late ima have a nervous breakdown playing this! it's not the worst simulator game on there though not even close i dare you to go search

 

[BraveDragonWolf]

I've seen enough "Wii Game Simulators" already.

No real shading and lighting, visuals are too crisp for low res textures.
This one however is however kinda alright but, still... How many simulator 20XX games do we need? Just go fuckin' do the real thing and get paid for it.

 

[The Catboy]

Train simulator, bitch motherfucker, what you know?

 

[DS1]

Ahhh... the good ol' Densha de Go. I remember there was an almost identical game on the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color.

I freaking WISH. These games are a far cry from Densha de Go.

 

[SDA]

I freaking WISH. These games are a far cry from Densha de Go.

Look, I knew someone would say that to me. I know these are different games, they only share the concept of controlling a train in real time.

 

[DS1]

Look, I knew someone would say that to me. I know these are different games, they only share the concept of controlling a train in real time.

That's the beauty of good game design - the concept can be the same, but one game can be fun, and the other can be boring

 

[Winduss]

Rebadged shit simulator from 2009 made purely for getting as much money as possible with endless expensive crap dlc

 

[Lostbhoy]

Did it meet the eta without any delays or cancellations?

Not a real train sim then...

 

[raxadian]

This did not just launch on steam. They simply renamed their "Train Simulator Classic" to "Train Simulator Classic 2024", as they do on a yearly basis

That explains why I already have it on my library.

It says something that a Nintendo 64 game in Japanese is best that this.

I freaking WISH. These games are a far cry from Densha de Go.

There is an English patch for the Nintendo 64 game, just saying.

 

[DS1]

That explains why I already have it on my library.

It says something that a Nintendo 64 game in Japanese is best that this.



There is an English patch for the Nintendo 64 game, just saying.

There's also a PC version that's really good, but it's not on steam. The official company threw it on a plug-and-play device that doesn't even have save support lol.

I have the PS4 version which is good enough, but I'd love to actually pay them for the PC version.

 

[Maximo101]

Another train sim? I think there are 50 train simulators on the switch. I believe there is actually a simulator of a train simulator for the switch.
Does this one come with hobos and railyard bulls?

 

[Chrisssj2]

Ever4y game with simulator in the name i skip

 

[DoctorBagPhD]

ooh

Rebadged shit simulator from 2009 made purely for getting as much money as possible with endless expensive crap dlc

Lmao sure, not like the game has been actively developed and updated since then.