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A view down the Taff valley in the game: wooded hills, terraced towns and a railway beside the river.

Valleys Rising

Out now on Google Play

Build the railways of Wales from 1910 and watch the Valleys grow around them.

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  • No intrusive ads
  • No pay-to-win
  • Fully offline

A transport tycoon set in Wales

It's 1910. Coal is king.

The Valleys are full of collieries and terraced streets, and Cardiff is the busiest coal port in the world. You have £100,000, a depot and a dream.

Lay track up the valleys, run coal down to the docks, carry miners to work and families to the seaside, and grow your company through a century of change, from steam to tram-trains.

200+towns and villages, sized from the 1911 census
14industries in real supply chains
55trains, buses and lorries through the eras
1910to the 2000s and beyond
The game's main menu on a phone: the Valleys Rising logo over a village, with the new era card for 1910, The Steam Age.

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What's in it

Build. Connect. Prosper.

Everything you need to run a railway empire from your pocket, in a country that's really there.

The real Wales

The whole country from real height data: valleys, mountains, rivers and coast, from the Rhondda to Snowdonia and Anglesey. Place names in Welsh and English, or either.

Build your railway

Draw track as smooth curves with live cost, gradient and curve radius. Bridges, tunnels and cuttings, stations with passing loops, double track with automatic signals, depots and path signals.

Lines and trains

A full line manager with stops, waypoints and even spacing. Steam, diesel and electric trains through the eras, built carriage by carriage, ageing and breaking down until you renew them.

14 industries

Coal, iron, steel, slate, bricks, timber, food and more in real supply chains, and a shipyard at Barry Docks that launches the ships you supplied.

Buses and lorries

From horse carts and charabancs to coaches and HGVs, on the free lanes of 1910 or on roads of your own.

History happens

Two world wars, the Depression and the decline of coal change what pays and what's wanted. Towns grow when you serve them well, and their streets spread across the map.

Made for phones

Plays in portrait or landscape, with controls built for touch, autosave, and a battery saver for long journeys.

Fair and offline

No intrusive ads, no pay-to-win, no accounts. Fully offline: no internet needed and no data collected.

Screenshots

From the pits to the docks

A coal train on the Taff Vale line, between wooded hills and the river.
Coal down the Taff Vale line
Cardiff in 1910, with its stations labelled in Welsh and English.
Caerdydd: Cardiff's stations
The train builder: a Valley Tank engine with steel wagons, and its speed, weight and running costs.
Build trains wagon by wagon
The line manager over a map of the valleys, showing the Taff Vale line with four stops and three trains.
Run lines with many trains
The Barry Docks shipyard panel, listing the steel, iron, planks and logs a steam coaster needs.
Launch ships at Barry Docks
Buses at Pontypridd in 1935, on a road between terraced streets.
Buses at Pontypridd, 1935
Snowdonia on a tablet: Yr Wyddfa, Carnedd Llewelyn and the slate quarries, with the build bar below.
Snowdonia and the slate quarries, on a tablet
Abercynon station on the Taff Vale line, between Abercynon Colliery and Albion Colliery, with the river beside the track.
Abercynon, between two collieries
Cardiff and its docks from above, with the city's streets and the Bristol Channel beyond.
Cardiff, the coal port of the world

A century of change

Through the eras

New trains arrive, old ones wear out, and the towns and hills change with the decades.

  1. A red Valley Tank engine with three open coal wagons.
    1910

    The steam age

    Saddle tanks on the colliery branches, horses and carts in the streets, and coal pouring down to the docks.

    Saddle Tank, Valley Tank, County 4-4-0

  2. A green Castle class express engine with two corridor coaches.
    1920s–40s

    Big steam

    Express engines, the first diesel railcars and buses, and wartime demand at the munitions works.

    Castle, King, Pannier Tank, Austerity

  3. A green Type 3 diesel with two coaches.
    1950s–60s

    Diesels arrive

    Diesel multiple units on the valley lines, the first electrics, and the motorway-age lorry.

    Valley DMU, Type 1 and Type 3 diesels, Electric Type 4

  4. A blue Electric Type 4 with two air-conditioned coaches, its pantograph raised.
    1970s–90s

    Speed and change

    125 mph diesels, Sprinters and heavy freight, as the pits close and the valleys change.

    High Speed Diesel, Sprinter, Heavy Hauler

  5. A purple Freight 66 diesel hauling three hopper wagons.
    2000s+

    Modern railways

    Bi-modes and tram-trains on electrified lines, low-floor buses, and a Cardiff Bay waterfront.

    Freight 66, Bi-Mode Express, Tram-Train

Out now

Get Valleys Rising on Google Play

For Android phones and tablets. No intrusive ads, no pay-to-win, and no internet needed once it's installed.

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Feedback, questions or press? hello@valleysrising.com

Questions

FAQ

Where can I get Valleys Rising?

On Google Play, for Android phones and tablets.

How much does it cost?

The current price is shown on its Google Play page. There are no in-app purchases: what you get from Google Play is the whole game.

Are there ads?

No intrusive ads. In fact there are no adverts in the game at all: no banners, no pop-ups and no videos to watch for rewards.

Is it pay-to-win?

No. There's nothing to buy inside the game: no premium currency, no boosts and no shortcuts. Your company grows on what your railways earn.

Do I need an internet connection?

No. Valleys Rising is fully offline. There are no accounts and no sign-in, and the app doesn't even ask for permission to use the internet, so it plays the same in a tunnel as it does at home.

Which phones and tablets does it run on?

Android 7.0 or newer, on phones and tablets, in portrait or landscape. It's designed for mid-range phones, and its battery saver helps on long journeys.

Is it on iPhone or iPad?

Not yet: Valleys Rising is on Android only for now. If that changes, it'll be announced here.

Can I play in Welsh?

Place names are shown in Welsh and English, or in either one, as you prefer. The menus and text are in English.

Does the game collect my data?

No. It collects nothing, and your saved games stay on your device. See the privacy policy.