
Railbound is an exceptional Casual/Indie that raises the bar for the genre.
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Very Positive on Steam (95% positive from 1.9K reviews)
Steep difficulty curve may not appeal to casual players
Railbound is a 2022 puzzle video game developed by Polish indie developer Afterburn. It was released on Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS in September 2022 by Afterburn, then later released on consoles by publisher 7Levels, to Nintendo Switch in December 2022 and Xbox One and Xbox Series X and Series S in May 2023.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 18d ago
It's irritating. "Chill", "comfy", "cozy", and "relaxed" are not words that describe this game. I have 261 hours and counting in Train Valley 2, so I'm very familiar with small train puzzles, but this is just frustrating. The puzzles are so small and so limiting (no three-way track connections are allowed). Sometimes you get stuck, but you cannot switch to a different level and come back later with a fresh mindset because you're forced to progress linearly through each level. You just end up brute forcing every possibility until something happens to work. Completing levels does not feel satisfying at all -- either it ends early with an unexpected "oh, did that work?" or it takes forever with an exasperated "oh god, finally!". I don't feel relaxed. I don't feel engaged. I don't feel accomplished. I'm not having fun at all. Even on a $5 sale this game was absolutely not worth what I paid.
Great game if you dont mind getting mental breakdown, however satisfaction after beating level that you were stuck to is indescribable espesially when it turns out that you were complete moron all that time 10/10
A fun but challenging puzzle game that barely takes any space on your harddrive. IMO the game is overpriced - wait for a big discount before buying. Warning: This game gets very hard quite fast, and doesn't offer any way to skip past the main line puzzles if you're stuck (beyond looking up the solution). If you are not prepared to spend 20+ minutes on a single puzzle, this game will stop being fun very fast.
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