JR West-Licensed Train Plus West Japan Launches on Switch and Steam
The release brings a JR West-licensed driving simulator to Switch and Steam with all-route, both-direction play and a deck-building scoring twist, a combination new to the series.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Shinise Games released Train Plus West Japan today, August 27, on Nintendo Switch and Steam. The JR West-licensed railway driving simulator covers three fictional lines with 29 stations, lets players drive all routes in both directions, and introduces a scoring system plus a deck-building card mechanic. It includes 65 scenarios across seven train types.
The game's core Keishin Line, modeled after the JR Kobe and JR Kyoto Lines, includes a dedicated Special Rapid track and quadruple-track sections where players overtake local trains running at 130 km/h. The Oohan East and West Lines inherit the atmosphere of the Osaka Higashi Line as suburban routes with more stations than their real counterparts.
Driving accuracy is scored to the centimeter for stopping position and to the second for passing time, with results ranked C through SS. The deck-building system collects driver skills and train characteristics as cards, with 14 train types appearing as cards. Cards come from in-game gacha with no microtransactions.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.