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Game Overview

Ever wanted to be a 19th-century railroad tycoon, but without the actual moral consequences? 1830 Railroads & Robber Barons lets you live that fantasy—complete with stock manipulation, shady backroom deals, and watching your so-called friends go bankrupt because of your brilliant (or disastrous) decisions.

It’s like if Monopoly had a baby with a spreadsheet, but somehow way more fun. You start by buying stocks in railroad companies, then frantically lay tracks to connect cities before your opponents do. The catch? You can also tank a company’s value just to screw over someone who invested too heavily in it. Pure, unfiltered capitalism.

What’s wild is how well this MS-DOS classic holds up. The mechanics are deep enough that you’ll spend your first few games just figuring out how not to go broke by 1850. But once it clicks, there’s something weirdly satisfying about orchestrating a rival’s financial ruin while sipping your third coffee of the night.

Fair warning: friendships have ended over this game. But if you’re into cutthroat strategy with a side of historical flavor, it’s hard to find anything else that scratches the same itch.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".