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Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition

Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition — Genres, rating & game data

Ticket to Ride is a turn-based strategy game, an adaptation of a board game of the same name. ### Gameplay The gameplay copies the board game entirely. The game takes place on a map of the United States and south Canada filled with multicolored railroads. Each player starts with 45 train pieces

Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition is a turn-based strategy game developed by Plug In Digital, 2009. It stands out for casual gameplay, tactical combat and a historical setting. Available in single-player and multiplayer mode. With an NextGameLike Score of 78/100, it ranks as a highly rated title in our catalog.

About Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition

Ticket to Ride is a turn-based strategy game, an adaptation of a board game of the same name.

### Gameplay The gameplay copies the board game entirely. The game takes place on a map of the United States and south Canada filled with multicolored railroads. Each player starts with 45 train pieces and has to choose two Destination Cards. The Destination Ticket cards show two cities that player has to connect. Each turn every player chooses one of three actions: spend their train pieces to claim part of the railroad, draw three more destination tickets and keep at least one of them and draw two railway car cards. You can only claim railroad parts if you have enough railway car cards that match the road’s color. The amount of train pieces you spend depends on the length of the railroad fragment. Claiming routes and connecting cities on your Destination Ticket card give you points at the end of the game. However, incomplete tickets make you lose points. The player with the most points wins the match.

### Downloadable content Ticket to Ride features several DLCs in the form of extra maps. Europe and 1910 USA maps were released in 2008 for Xbox 360 version of the game. These maps appeared later in the Mac and PC versions of the game alongside the Switzerland and Legendary Asia maps.

How Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition was received

Of the 5,451 Steam player reviews, 86% are positive. Critics score it 91/100 on Metacritic, reflecting acclaim.

Players

  • Steam players5,451 reviews86%Very positive
  • IGDB community28 reviews79/100

Critics

  • Metacritic91/100
  • IGDB3 reviews63/100

Aggregated from public ratings on Steam, IGDB, Metacritic and OpenCritic. NextGameLike does not host its own reviews.

NextGameLike Score

78/100 ↗

Rating

👍 67%

117 votes

Type

Turn-Based Strategy, Card Game, Adventure

Released

2009

Updated May 2026

Developer

Plug In Digital

Publisher: Microsoft Studios

Avg. playtime

~3h

Platforms

PC, PlayStation, Xbox, iOS, Android, Apple Macintosh

Official trailer for Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition

Screenshots of Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition

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