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Guldkorn Expressen sounds cheerful, and in many ways it is—a Scandinavian oddity that feels like it was assembled with equal parts whimsy and educational intent. You guide a train across charmingly simple landscapes, juggling timing and resource management in a way that’s surprisingly tense for something featuring such friendly graphics. There’s a gentle rhythm to it, almost meditative, until you realize you’ve miscalculated and your schedule collapses like a house of cards. It’s the kind of game that sneaks up on you: approachable at first glance, quietly demanding underneath. Modest in scope but sincere, it has that earnest early-’90s personality that’s hard not to appreciate.