# OpenTTD OpenTTD 15.0 released

- Product: OpenTTD (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openttd)
- Vendor: OpenTTD
- Date: 2026-01-01
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1536610/view/517481543704250978
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openttd/releases/2026-01-01-openttd-15.0-released

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- **changed** — Companies in multiplayer no longer have passwords, invite specific players using buttons in the Online Players list instead
- **added** — Island maps can be surrounded by infinite water instead of void
- **added** — Rivers can end in wetlands if unable to reach sea
- **added** — Bridges can be placed over stations and road stops
- **added** — Roads can now have waypoints
- **added** — Houses can be placed manually
- **added** — Industries and towns have graphs of their cargo history
- **changed** — Improvements to menus, including a new main menu and a combined game options and settings window

New Year, New You, New OpenTTD!

OpenTTD 15 is now out and ready for you to play!

New features include:

- Companies in multiplayer no longer have passwords, invite specific players using buttons in the Online Players list instead

- Island maps can be surrounded by infinite water instead of void

- Rivers can end in wetlands if unable to reach sea

- Bridges can be placed over stations and road stops

- Roads can now have waypoints

- Houses can be placed manually

- Industries and towns have graphs of their cargo history

- Improvements to menus, including a new main menu and a combined game options and settings window

- Many more features, changes, and fixes

For a full breakdown of new features, check out this video by Master Hellish:

For more details, check out our release post (https://www.openttd.org/news/2026/01/01/openttd-15-0), or the full changelog below.

- (https://cdn.openttd.org/openttd-releases/15.0/changelog.md)

- [Bug tracker](https://github.com/OpenTTD/OpenTTD/issues)

- [Questions and player support](https://www.openttd.org/contact.html) ((https://discord.gg/openttd))