Railway Islands - Puzzle Reviews

The game has it's flaws, overall I would give it about 6/10. There are a couple of annoying things about it. The train tracks with the numbers need to have some explanation behind it. Also why are some of them green and some are red? Again, an explanation or a tutorial would be nice. The other thing that could be improved is the ability to choose levels. There are 50 puzzles (or "levels") in the game. Currently I'm stuck on a really hard puzzle and it would be nice to skip past this one and come back to it another time.

I don't know. The puzzles are OK, I guess? It's not at all clear what the difference between some of the switches are, and it's never really explained, so I spend a lot more time guessing than I probably should. It's also not clear under what circumstances a mouse wheel spin will rotate a tile clockwise or counter-clockwise - it seems to change, and I get it wrong each time. I could one hundred percent do without the toneless, procedurally-generated, too-quickly-looped "music" in the background. On my installation, when you kick the train into 2x speed, the last car flaps around and waggles like it's doing a club dance or trying to flap a vestigial tail around or something. It's unnerving. It's not *quite* as unnerving as the way the screen shakes and makes a noise when your train crashes, though. The puzzles are reasonably fun, at least for about 2 hours for me. It's probably not a game I'll keep playing.

This game is a great little puzzle experience, offering a nice variety of challenges with a solid Steam Workshop integration. The main game includes 50 puzzles that can be completed fairly quickly, but the Steam Workshop adds a nearly endless supply of community-created puzzles, extending the game's longevity. While the tools for creating your own levels might be a bit clunky at first, they become easier to navigate once you get the hang of them. If you're a fan of puzzles or train tracks, this game is definitely worth checking out! Highly recommended for puzzle enthusiasts.

A fun train themed puzzle game. Swap and rotate tiles with railroad tracks on them until you've completed the perfect route for your cargo train to follow, pick up all shipments and get out through the exit tunnel. I have only two nitpicks. The first is that the Workshop maps fully reset if you fail to complete them on your first attempt, meaning you have to start your track from scratch if you make a small mistake. This does not apply to the 50 default puzzles. The second is that once you figure out that every single tile HAS to be used, many spots can clearly only have one type of track on them (a turn, a straight piece, a ramp, etc.), which makes the start of every puzzle simply a matter of first getting all the obvious tiles out of the way before dealing with the trickier leftovers (X-shapes, T-shapes, etc.). But all in all this is a great little puzzle games that should provide you with several hours of fun. Grab it while it's on sale, it seems to frequently be 75% off.