Announcement of the City-Train Building Simulator in the Steampunk-Fantasy World Steel Artery
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The new publisher Crytivo is pleased to introduce a new project titled Steel Artery: Train City Builder, under development by independent developer SoulAge23. This unique city-building simulator features a city that is a gigantic train racing through a diverse world. Thousands of beings live here, each with their own desires and personalities. They choose where to work, how to relax, and how to spend their money. Your task is to guide this community while maintaining a balance between the economy, logistics, and survival.

Long ago, the Empire had a unique project — the "Steelpolis" train, a symbol of technology, economic superiority, power, and authority. This gigantic city on rails completed a full circuit around the Empire, visiting the largest conquered provinces. For the locals, its arrival was always the highlight of the year: a harbinger of news, a festival of trade and entertainment... or a symbol of enslavement and plunder.

But times have changed. The Empire has plunged into crisis, the treasury is empty, infrastructure is crumbling, and vast territories are fending for themselves. To salvage the remnants of former glory, the Emperor decides to resurrect the Steelpolis project and bring the legendary train back onto the rails. It is up to you, as the newly appointed mayor, to lead this city and ensure it again becomes a symbol of the Empire's strength.

Key Features of Steel Artery

  • City on Rails: expand the train car by car, creating new residential quarters, workshops, warehouses, service areas, and other buildings.

  • Massive Simulation: hundreds of autonomous beings live by their own rules, like living creatures, making their own decisions on how to meet their needs, where to work, when to quit their jobs, etc...

  • Different Races, Different Fates: humans, orcs, elves, and other races have their own needs and values. A well-developed economic system naturally distributes all beings across different tiers of a class system. Their interactions can lead to cooperation, cultural conflicts, or even extremes like cannibalism.

  • Economy and Logistics: every building either produces or consumes resources. Space is limited, and the layout of the train cars directly affects the city's efficiency.

  • Exploration of New Lands: stop in various regions, gather resources, and uncover new opportunities for development.

  • Steampunk Atmosphere: atmospheric pixel art immerses players in a world where industrial trains coexist with a fantasy world and cultural diversity.

  • Replayability: create a compact high-speed express or a slow titan with thousands of inhabitants. Each playthrough will be unique.

Additional Information

  • Genre: strategy, city-building simulator, management

  • Platforms: PC (Steam)

  • Mode: single-player campaign (~30 hours)

  • Release Date: Q4, 2025 - Q1 2026

About the Developer

SoulAge23 is an independent developer for whom creating games was a childhood dream. Inspired by projects like Oxygen Not Included, RimWorld, and Songs of Syx, he decided to independently learn programming and game design to bring his idea of a city-train, conceived during tabletop role-playing games, to life. Steel Artery: Train City Builder is his debut project created with a love for strategy and simulation games.