Bounty Train
Train management strategy with frontier trading and armed ambushes
Corbie Games · Published by Daedalic Entertainment · Released May 16, 2017
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 70% of 1,738
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 70% of 10 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 9
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 9 years ago
- Sep 5, 2017
Metacritic: 66/100 (critic reviews)
What is Bounty Train?
A single-player train management and strategy game set in nineteenth-century America. You build and upgrade a train, hire crew, carry passengers and goods between cities, manage supplies, and defend against attacks. Its nonlinear story follows an effort to reunite a family and prevent the forced removal of Native people.
For you if...
- +you enjoy balancing trade, supplies, and train upgrades
- +you want a nonlinear campaign set in nineteenth-century America
Not for you if...
- −you dislike checking weight limits before taking delivery contracts
- −you want unhurried trips without hostile encounters
What players say
70% of 1,738 reviews are positive · 70% of 10 in the last 30 days
Players praise the mix of trading, train upgrades, and tactical fights. They most often criticize the difficulty balance, frequent ambushes, and repetitive deliveries and combat; some also find the save system frustrating.
Screenshots and trailer
Bounty Train system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 SP1
- Processor
- 2.5 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 6570, GeForce 9600 GT or higher
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 (32/64 bit versions), Windows 10
- Processor
- 2.8 GHz Multi Core CPU
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 6570, GeForce 9600 GT or higher
- Memory
- 6 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 30
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, Russian, Ukrainian, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese.
Tags
- Simulation
- Strategy
- Trains
- Management
- Building
- Economy
- Indie
- Western
- Historical
- Singleplayer
- Trading
- Action
- Real-Time with Pause
- Early Access
Recent updates
- Sep 5, 2017 · Changelog Update 10 [ENGLISH] - 05.09.2017
- Sep 5, 2017 · Changelog Update 10 [ENGLISH] - 05.09.2017
- Apr 21, 2017 · Bounty Train News - Release Date Announcement
- Jan 17, 2017 · Changelog Update 08.1 [ENGLISH] - 31.01.2017
- Jan 17, 2017 · Changelog Update 08.1 [ENGLISH] - 31.01.2017
2 DLC available.
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