# Steam: Rails to Riches

> Classic strategy board game

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1016459121](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1016459121)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1016459121`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Acram Digital
- **Category:** Board
- **Rating:** 4.30 / 5 (135 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.4.9
- **Last updated:** 2021-03-31
- **First published:** 2015-11-03
- **Size:** 333 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-25
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/steam-rails-to-riches/id1016459121)
- **Website:** [https://rails.acram.eu/](https://rails.acram.eu/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://acram.eu/privacy-policy/](https://acram.eu/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Steam: Rails to Riches is the official Chrome experience for this award-winning railway-building strategy board game. Build and upgrade routes, deliver goods, and compete for victory points across 3-5 player maps. The extension includes the official rules, in-game interactive tutorial, original artwork, and online multiplayer.

Languages include English, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese Traditional. It’s optimized for smartphones and tablets, with colorblind mode, adjustable animation speed, and three AI difficulty levels for solo play, plus online play with friends or others.

## Rankings

- #124,756 — Overall

## Review summary

Steam: Rails to Riches is a compelling and faithful board-game adaptation with strong strategy, good online play when it works, and valuable expansions. However, it is frequently hampered by a broken tutorial, recurring bugs and crashes, a unwieldy UI, and inconsistent online features that hinder play. Pricing concerns about add-ons also appear. The game shines when stable, but reliability issues are a common barrier to enjoyment for many players.

### Pros

- Faithful, deep board-game adaptation with solid strategy.
- Well-made with strong reception from board-game fans; expansions add substantial content.
- Online multiplayer is capable, with turn notifications and easy invites when functioning.
- Good production values, balance, and replay value.

### Cons

- Tutorial is broken or not helpful, blocking learning.
- Frequent bugs and crashes, including map-specific issues.
- UI/controls are large, clumsy, and make map navigation difficult (no easy zoom).
- Multiplayer issues: unreliable invite flow and turn notifications; inconsistent online features.
- Monetization concerns: expansions are perceived as overpriced; base game pricing questioned.

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