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Steel Artery: Train City Builder

Steel Artery: Train City Builder
Steam Deck Unsupported 🖥 Windows
Mostly Positive · 75% of 273
DeveloperSoulAge23
GenreIndie
$14.99
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Quality75/100
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  • 75% positive of 273 reviews
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  • Currently $14.99
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About

Hardcore city-building sim in a fantasy steampunk world. Manage multi-racial colonies with hundreds of autonomous citizens, balance their needs, grow the economy, build logistics, and travel a vast world carrying out the Emperor’s orders.

Steel Artery is a train-city building simulator set in a steampunk fantasy world. Your task is to create a thriving city on wheels, where every wagon is a new piece of infrastructure and every decision shapes the lives of thousands of inhabitants.

Once upon a time, the Empire built the legendary Steelpolis, a colossal train that showcased technological power, economic dominance, and authority. It traveled across vast provinces, enforcing order, collecting tribute, and dazzling the masses. But now, the Empire’s treasury is empty, its lands fractured, and its infrastructure on the brink of collapse. To save it, the Emperor revives the abandoned project—and you are appointed as the mayor of this reborn city on rails.

A living world on wheels

Unlike traditional city-builders, you do not give direct commands. Citizens are autonomous, driven by their own needs and choices. They work, eat, rest, and spend money based on their own choices and circumstances. A worker may refuse a faraway job, quit after earning enough gold, or pick a new profession entirely. You provide opportunities—they shape their lives.

Multiracial colonies

Humans, elves, orcs, and other races bring unique needs and values to your train. They form relationships, carry their own histories, and interact in ways that can foster cooperation or create cultural tension. Managing these diverse communities is as vital as expanding your economy.

Economy and logistics

Every building generates or consumes resources. Workers need salaries, inns charge for rest, and diners demand payment for meals. To keep your city thriving, you must stop in resource-rich regions, extract what you need, and plan your wagon layouts carefully. Space is limited, logistics are complex, and efficiency is the key to survival.

Your city, your story

Will you design a compact, fast-moving train for a tight human colony, or create a sprawling leviathan filled with thousands of inhabitants? Each path offers unique challenges and emergent stories.

Key Features

  • Unique city-on-train building with wagon-based expansion

  • Colonies of autonomous citizens with economy-driven behavior

  • Multiracial populations with distinct needs and cultures

  • Resource gathering and logistics across diverse regions

  • Steampunk fantasy world brought to life with atmospheric pixel art

  • High replayability through countless city variations

Steel Artery Train City Builder challenges you to balance growth, survival, and social harmony aboard a moving city. The future of the Empire rides with you.

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System requirements

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  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7 (64 bit)
  • Processor: Dual Core 2 GHz
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (AMD or NVIDIA equivalent)
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
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          Showing the 16 most-earned of 35 achievements

          • ACH_POPULATION_50
            66.0% of players
          • ACH_SESSION_DISTANCE_100
            52.4% of players
          • ACH_TUTORIAL_COMPLETE
            45.6% of players
          • ACH_SESSION_DISTANCE_1000
            28.7% of players
          • ACH_CUSTOM_PRESET
            21.5% of players
          • ACH_DIRTY_DECK
            8.7% of players
          • ACH_CUSTOM_MAP
            7.2% of players
          • ACH_UNFORGIVEN
            7.0% of players
          • ACH_FORBIDDEN_RATION
            6.4% of players
          • ACH_POPULATION_200
            6.1% of players
          • ACH_CABIN_T2
            5.5% of players
          • ACH_TRAIN_NAME_STEELPOLIS
            3.2% of players
          • ACH_WISDOM_SEEKER
            3.2% of players
          • ACH_BACKGROUND_MEADOWS_BONES
            2.8% of players
          • ACH_GREEDY
            2.6% of players
          • ACH_TRAIN_NAME_SNOWPIERCER
            2.3% of players

          Age rating & content

          dejus10
          Atos criminososViolência
          igrs15
          Rokok dan/atau rokok elektronik, minuman beralkohol, narkotika, psikotropika, dan/atau zat adiktif lainnyaKekerasan
          steam_germany12
          GewaltAlkohol / Tabak

          Price history

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          All-time low $11.99
          2026-07-07
          Current $14.99
          3-month low $11.99
          12-month low $11.99
          All-time low $11.99
          2026-07-07

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          Game info

          Developer SoulAge23
          Publisher Crytivo
          Platforms Windows
          Compatibility
          Steam Deck Unsupported
          Features
          Single-playerStatsIncludes level editorSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily SharingAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsStereo SoundPlayable without Timed InputMouse Only OptionAdjustable DifficultySave Anytime