Game update7 Aug 2026Unable to Find Lobbies Issue (resolved)At or around 3pm EST users began reporting that they could not find lobbies or join lobbies with a code. We have confirmed this to be an outage with Microsoft's PlayFab service that we use to facilitate lobby creation and discovery. As far as we know, this issue is impacting many games that use Microsoft's PlayFab back-end services. We are working with Microsoft to fix the issue and will report…
Take a step back in time, before the Chunnel existed and revisit one of the original implementations of Eurorails. This DLC is as close to the game as released in 2004 that the digital format would allow. Demand cards, event cards, ferry costs, card, train and map art are all recreated from the original source material in coordination with Darwin's Toys. New music, exclusive to the DLC is added…
Save Games are here! Solo players and hosts of multiplayer games can now save a game at any time. The game will also auto save in between every turn. Now, when your network decides to take a vacation in the middle of your game just as you are about to win, you can restart from where you left off when it returns refreshed and tanned. After solo play, this was the most requested feature and we're…
It's been a couple of months since our last release, and we've been heads-down building. Here's what's coming. Save Games The big one. You can now save and resume games at any point — and you don't need the same players to pick back up where you left off. The host can swap players from the save file into the current lobby, so if someone can't make it back, the game doesn't have to die with thei…
2026 Roadmap (Quick Look) Here’s what’s coming next for Empire Builder: · Eurorails (2004) DLC map · Multiplayer improvements including host recovery · Deck Seed of the Week community challenge · Empire Builder: Ireland in development · Xbox for PC release expanding platform support. · Playable at GenCon 2026 in Indy as an official event 2026 Roadmap Update It’s been a while since our last road…
Tutorial Changes · Added a tutorial item explaining how to move the map. · Tutorials will remain properly sequenced from game to game. Build Up Phase Bug Fixes · Flushing your cards on your first build turn will no longer sometimes prevent you from building on your second turn. · Floods, Gales and Wildcat Strike will no longer apply their build restrictions to the first two turns of the game wh…
Bug Fixes · Your track now shows up on the mini map like it used to. · Fixed a couple of bugs in bug reporting. · Added code to help us troubleshoot local network issues coming from the game's underlying network code. · Fixed an issue where the full screen dialog would hide a lobby join error. This hotfix allows us to address the network issues that came to light with solo challenge mode.
Bug Fixes · Building north-east from Dublin to Belfast will now charge you for building across the inlet correctly. No more free rides. · The event card, 152 for Munich now properly says Munchen to match the map. · Added a Join Our Discord menu item to help increase participation on these forums and increase chances to find ready to play games. · Players may no longer build out of a major city…
As the year comes to a close, we want to offer our sincere thanks to this incredible community. Separately, but very much together, the two of us have carried the dream of building our own game for decades. In 2025, that dream finally became real with the release of Empire Builder: Europe . Since launch, we’ve already shipped fixes and improvements, and we’re deep into planning what comes next…
Bug Fixes, Feature Changes · Video settings will now save and restore properly from game load to game load. · Properly implemented Exclusive Fullscreen video. · Prior versions of the game will be forced to update to the latest version. If Steam will not update, try logging out and back into Steam. · Version is now checked when attempting to join a lobby with a code, rejoin a lobby or join a lob…
NEW FEATURES · Your track map is now reflected in the mini map so that you can tell where you have built to at a glance. · Derailment events now more clearly display their requirements to you when the event is drawn. If you are inside the impacted area, it will tell you that you have lost a turn AND also give you either a prompt to drop a resource from your train or tell you that you had nothin…
Update your game from Steam. Should happen automatically but if it is not, try logging out and in of Steam or restarting your Steam client. Patch notes published to our Discord as well: Matchmaking Improvements and Bug Fixes · Fixed a bug where matchmaking could not be used more than once in a given lobby. · Fixed a bug where exiting the game would allow you to enter a solo lobby. \ · Fixed an…
We're happy to announce that we have set a release date for Empire Builder: Europe, digital edition. November 20th @ noon EST Many thanks must go out to Darwin's Toys, Train Gamer's Association and our personal circle of friends for all their testing support. Without them and the hundreds of games played since our July announcement, we would not have been able to get here. Additional thanks go…
We're set to release this month. Final testing is in progress now and we believe we have the game in a place where it should be for general use. Stay tuned. We cannot wait to play online. Join our Discord for more information, the latest updates and to join players all over to play Empire Builder: Europe. Sincerely, Zombie Possum Games
Update from all of us at Zombie Possum Games. Since our last update, we've been continuously testing the game to make sure that it lives up to the user experience that we want to have on release day. Chief among the reasons for the delay of the release was that network disconnects and flaky internet connections were not being handled as well as we would have liked. This was unacceptable and was…
While upgrading how we handle lobbies, invites and matchmaking, we added a few quality-of-life improvements to the game. - Events now show up on the mini-map. - Hovering over a demand or resource shows both the demand and the resource on the mini-map and the main map. - Added a table behind the map so that you can scroll the map area into view more easily. This improves the visuals quite a bit…
After careful consideration—and a lot of time spent playtesting—we’ve made the decision to shift Empire Builder: Europe from a fixed release date to a “Coming Soon” status on Steam. During recent multiplayer testing, we uncovered some communication and synchronization issues that don’t meet our standards for a great player experience. Rather than continue to push out the date in small increment…
Great progress over the past month towards polishing up the game for release. We've been playtesting internally and have ironed out a number of issues and added enhancements from the feedback we've received by our testers. Today, we published a gameplay trailer / cinematic and all new screenshots showing how the user interface has progressed since our last update. We're marching forward for a J…
As we get closer to our July 25th release date, we'd like to give an update on what's in the game, what's not in the game and what we plan to include post launch. First, a bit of background. We developed this game in cooperation with Darwin's Toys with a single goal in mind; a desire to be able to play with friends online because getting physical time to play the board game version was difficul…
We're attending GenCon 2025 with the Train Gamers Association again this year. Game should be released by then so come visit us and tell us about your experience playing online. We'll be happy to answer questions and share stories about the past 20 months of development to bring Empire Builder - Europe to market. With the Kickstarter for the physical board game release also happening around thi…
We'll be attending GenCon this year in Indy. Come visit us at the Crowne Plaza hotel most mornings and afternoons. We'd love to talk about our upcoming Steam release and our plans for the rest of the entries in this series. As fans of this series of games, we're delighted to be working with Darwin's Toys to bring them to Steam and later iOS, Xbox and other platforms. Come visit, say hi and get…
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