How do I put the railway on my table?

The railway opens in its own window in your room. Use the grab bar beneath it to slide it onto your table or the floor and to turn it. There's no setup and no permission to grant — just place the window where you like and start building.

Why isn't my train moving?

The train runs automatically. It only stands still when the track isn't connected into a complete route, when something is parked on the rails in its path, or when your line is out on strike. Clear that and it sets off again — circling a closed loop, or shuttling back and forth along an open line.

Drag a straight or curved piece from the tray at the edge of the board onto a grid cell. Tap a placed piece to rotate it, and drag a piece off the board to remove it. Trees and buildings work the same way, each from their own tray.

Can I move the whole layout?

Yes — use the grab bar beneath the window to slide the whole railway onto a different surface, or to turn it.

Where are my saved railways?

Save a railway under a name from the build controls. It's stored on your device, and you can restore it later from the start screen.

How much does it cost?

Railway King is free to download and free to start playing. A single one-time purchase of $9.99 unlocks the full campaign. There are no ads and no subscriptions.

Now boarding · Apple Vision Pro

Lay the line.
Run the empire.

You inherit a little railway, built in 1830, that loses money spectacularly. It sits there on your real table. Lay the track, raise the town it serves, and grow one steam line into an empire that runs all the way to the modern day.

Watch it run ↓

Est. 1830· 1830 → modern day· Game Center ranked· Free to start · 4+

Railway King running on a real coffee table in Apple Vision Pro.

Train running

Line 100%

Dividend paid

Fares by the mile

All aboard✦Platform one✦Mind the gap✦Steam age · 1830✦Dividends due✦Fares collected✦Right away, guard✦Next stop · your table✦All aboard✦Platform one✦Mind the gap✦Steam age · 1830✦Dividends due✦Fares collected✦Right away, guard✦Next stop · your table✦

The whole line, in one box

First you build it. Then it has to pay.

In your room

It sits on your table

The railway opens as a window into your room and rests on your real table. Grab the bar underneath to slide it onto the coffee table or the floor, then lean in and look down the line.

Build

Lay self-aligning track

Drag straight and curved rails from the tray onto the grid; they snap into line by themselves, and red dots show where the track is still broken. The moment the line joins up — a loop, or a simple end-to-end run — the engine sets off on her own.

The economy

A railway needs a town

Folk only travel where there's both a home and somewhere to go. Set a house, then a different-coloured mill or office for the workers to reach. The farther apart the two, the bigger the fare.

The board

Beat the board's target

Each year the board sets an income target. Beat it and they pay a dividend you can plough straight back in. Fall behind and the debt mounts, and the bank's letters grow less friendly.

The long game

Climb to Railway King

The board ranks you by the company's worth. Build it up across four eras, from the Steam Age of 1830 to the Modern Age, and rise from Stationmaster through the peerage to Railway King.

Pemberton

A manager who never quits

Pemberton, your line manager, talks you through the whole campaign — fretting over the gradient, the debt and your half-empty carriages, and quietly chuffed when you finally turn a profit.

Where the money comes from

A real railway economy.

The scenery isn’t just for looks. A house brings residents; a different-coloured mill or office gives them somewhere to commute. They walk to the nearest platform and pay by the distance, so where you put your stations is the whole game.

Build the line→Houses + mills→Commuters→Fares→Beat the target→Dividend→Reinvest↺

→

The board’s report

Electric Age

Operating ratio71%

Board wants≤ 78%

Margin+7 pts

Net worth · rankBaron

Under target

Dividend due

Paid

“The farther apart two stations sit, the bigger the fare — so spread your line out across the table.”

Lay the line

Then it just runs.

Lay track between two stations and the engine pulls away by herself — shuttling up and down the line you built, or looping the bend once you close it. Leave her ticking over with the ambient sound, or wind the throttle up.

A mini-game of the real mechanics · download on Apple Vision Pro for the immersive magic

Four eras, 1830 to the modern day

Grow through the ages.

Departures · this line1830 → 1960

1830

Steam Age

1855

Grand Expansion

1905

Electric Age

1960

Modern Age

Steam

Diesel

High-Speed Rail

Pemberton, your line manager — Pemberton · your line manager

Railway King — the top Game Center achievement

Race for the crown.

Game Center keeps the score. Fourteen achievements mark your climb — your first delivery, every rung of the noble ladder, each new era — and a leaderboard races every player to be crowned Railway King in the earliest year. No ads, ever.