Games Like Railway Empire

The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!

Why similar: Trains 29.6% ★, Transportation 14.9% ★, Management 11.7%, Economy 10.3%, City Builder 7.4%

Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.

Why similar: Economy 16.3%, Management 15.6%, Trains 13.7% ★, Trading 9.6% ★, City Builder 9.2%

Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!

Why similar: Trains 29.8% ★, Transportation 13.4% ★, Economy 12.2%, Management 10.3%, Building 8%

It’s the year 1850, and there are great times ahead! Establish a transport company and be its manager. Build infrastructure such as railways and stations, purchase transportation vehicles and manage lines. Fulfill the people’s needs and watch cities evolve dynamically.

Why similar: Trains 42.8% ★, Economy 11.3%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 8.6%, Transportation 6.2% ★

Explore the dangerous life, the accurate historic events and contemporary inventions of the North American/US 19th century. Acquire one of the most legendary steam machines and transform it into a fortress on rails.

Why similar: Trains 42.1% ★, Management 10.4%, Economy 10%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 8.5%

Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.

Why similar: Trains 21.2% ★, Transportation 9.7% ★, Western 8% ★, Economy 7.9%, Management 7.4%

Manage transportation for commuters in four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam

Why similar: Trains 25.9% ★, Management 16.8%, Simulation 14.7%, Transportation 12.4% ★, Economy 9.6%

Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!

Why similar: Management 18.7%, Strategy 17.9%, Simulation 17.3%, Economy 14.9%, Building 12.2%

Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...

Why similar: Management 30.2%, Building 19.2%, Simulation 15.2%, Strategy 14.7%, Economy 10.3%

Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.

Why similar: City Builder 17.6%, Economy 15.2%, Management 14.5%, Building 13.2%, Simulation 11.1%

Cities in Motion 2 is the sequel to the popular mass transit simulation game Cities in Motion. Build, manage and lead your transportation network to provide cities with their ever changing needs. CIM2 introduces new features including multiplayer game modes, day and night cycles, timetables and dynamic cities.

Why similar: Transportation 21.1% ★, Management 15.4%, Trains 13.9% ★, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 10.9%

Sid Meier's Railroads! marks the return of the watershed title in simulation/strategy gaming that launched the popular "tycoon" genre, and inspired a new generation of games. Sid Meier's Railroads!

Why similar: Trains 52.8% ★, Management 14.4%, Economy 13.9%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 5.8%

The ultimate railway hobby for more than 15 years! From historic steam locomotives to modern high-speed and heavy freight trains, and routes around the world, Train Simulator Classic is the simulation made by railfans for railfans.

Why similar: Trains 74.2% ★, Simulation 15.8%, Transportation 3% ★, Building 3%, Sandbox 1.6%

Relive the pioneering spirit of the Golden Age of Steam by establishing your own railroad empire across 19th century North America. Bring settlements together, produce and trade goods and develop new technologies to stay ahead of the competition. Want more? RAILROAD CORPORATION 2 Out Now!

Why similar: Trains 28.3% ★, Transportation 9.8% ★, Management 9.5%, Western 8.3% ★, Economy 8.2%

El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.

Why similar: Economy 21.9%, City Builder 19.7%, Management 18.1%, Strategy 15.9%, Simulation 10.9%

Mashinky is a transport strategy game about trains. The goal is to create your own transport empire on a procedurally generated map. It’s a unique blend of realistic graphics combined with an isometric construction mode and board game-like rules.

Why similar: Trains 34% ★, Transportation 14% ★, Economy 12.7%, Management 11.5%, Strategy 7.4%

Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!

Why similar: Management 32.9%, Economy 25%, Simulation 14.4%, Strategy 11.2%, Building 6.9%

Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.

Why similar: City Builder 22.6%, Strategy 21.4%, Economy 15.3%, Simulation 14.1%, Management 10.6%

Voxel Tycoon — a management sim set in the infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods on your custom factories. Set up supply chains and passenger routes with a huge fleet of trains, trucks, and buses, and turn small towns into prosperous megacities with a thriving economy!

Why similar: Trains 30.8% ★, Transportation 15.2% ★, Economy 11.7%, Management 11.4%, Building 6%

Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.

Why similar: Management 21.3%, Building 19.3%, Economy 15.5%, Simulation 13.9%, Sandbox 9.5%

The 20th century heralds the new age of electrification for the railroad, and a new opportunity to make your fortune. Build your corporation carefully, as you deploy modern electric and diesel locomotives, lay new tracks, transport goods and passengers, and stay ahead of the competition.

Why similar: Trains 27.1% ★, Economy 9.4%, Transportation 9.3% ★, Western 9.1% ★, Building 6.7%

Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?

Why similar: Trains 48.5% ★, Strategy 14.4%, Management 12.8%, Transportation 10% ★, Simulation 9%

Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.

Why similar: Management 23.9%, Economy 15.7%, Building 14.8%, Simulation 11.5%, City Builder 10.7%

Design and build the most efficient metro stations known to man! Excavate. Expand. Set staff priorities. And manage the commuter flow. Overcrowd is a 2.5D management/tycoon/simulator set below the bustling city of Lubdon Town.

Why similar: Trains 26.7% ★, Management 13.6%, Transportation 10.3% ★, Building 9.1%, City Builder 9.1%

Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo in a dynamic economy, and participate in...

Why similar: Trains 46.2% ★, Management 25.1%, Strategy 10.2%, Economy 8%, Simulation 4.3%

Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.

Why similar: City Builder 22.1%, Strategy 19.6%, Economy 13.8%, Real-Time 9.3% ★, Simulation 8.8%

Become the manager of the largest transport corporation ever! Create new planes, bus, trains and truck connections. Optimize them to ever-changing demands and adapt to unexpected events. Beat the competition. Connect cities all around the real world map!

Why similar: Trains 26.3% ★, Transportation 13.5% ★, Economy 11.5%, Real-Time 11% ★, Management 10.2%

Build railways, manage traffic and stay accident-free. Play in Europe, America, Japan and USSR in 1830-2020. Complete the story mode from the Gold Rush of 1849 to the first manned spaceflight, and then explore the random mode. Management. Construction. Trains. Welcome to Train Valley!

Why similar: Trains 38% ★, Transportation 16.3% ★, Management 11.8%, Building 8.8%, Strategy 7.6%

Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.

Why similar: Management 35.1%, Building 21.1%, Simulation 21%, Strategy 8.5%, Sandbox 6.6%

Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!

Why similar: Trains 19.6% ★, Management 12.9%, Economy 11%, Transportation 10% ★, City Builder 9.3%

Sweet Transit is a unique city builder where the railway is king. Build and automate the dream supply chain for your citizens, giving them all they need to expand quaint villages into bustling cities. Progress from steam power to diesel and beyond in this advanced train-driven experience.

Why similar: Trains 30.2% ★, Transportation 13.5% ★, Economy 11.3%, Management 10%, City Builder 7.7%

In Rail Route, you will design, construct, upgrade, and automate your railway network in one of the many maps based on real-life cities worldwide. Dispatch the trains to make the traffic flow and the network grow!

Why similar: Trains 28.6% ★, Economy 13.2%, Management 11.4%, Transportation 11.1% ★, Building 9%

Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.

Why similar: Trains 22.5% ★, Transportation 15.5% ★, Economy 12.2%, Management 9.9%, City Builder 9.1%

In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

Why similar: City Builder 30.4%, Strategy 18.2%, Simulation 13.9%, Economy 8.9%, Sandbox 7.5%

Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Economy 15.2%, Management 14.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 10.7%

Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.

Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Economy 22.5%, Strategy 16.1%, Simulation 10.9%, Management 6.6%

Simutrans is a freeware and open-source transportation simulator. Your goal is to establish a successful transport company. Transport passengers, mail and goods by rail, road, ship, and even air. Interconnect districts, cities, public buildings, industries and tourist attractions.

Why similar: Trains 39.8% ★, Management 11.6%, Simulation 10.1%, Economy 9.4%, Strategy 7.2%

Develop your newspaper and become New York’s new media mogul! In this tycoon, build and manage your newspaper from printer to toilet. Create your editorial line and lead your journalists through unique 1930's stories and dig out the latest scoops!

Why similar: Management 21%, Economy 15.5%, America 9.8% ★, Strategy 9.8%, Building 9.7%

Become a railroad pioneer in Train World - a railway simulator that spans centuries as you design, manage, and operate your own train network. Start at the dawn of railroad technology and evolve into a complex, modern railway company.

Why similar: Trains 31.7% ★, Transportation 12% ★, Economy 9.9%, Management 7.9%, Strategy 6.8%

With the help of your railway, build houses, farms, warehouses, and more to create your village. Trade what your people make for other resources and gold to grow your village into a prospering town, and grow the railway into a powerhouse.

Why similar: Trains 30.8% ★, Transportation 12.7% ★, Economy 10.7%, Trading 9.8% ★, Management 8.7%

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum combines the excitement of rollercoasters with the fun of a great strategy simulation. RCT3 Platinum combines the roller coaster theme park fun of the Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 with included expansion packs Soaked! and Wild! Now enjoy more options than ever.

Why similar: Management 29.6%, Simulation 16.9%, Building 16.4%, Economy 11.3%, Sandbox 11%

Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.

Why similar: Management 22.9%, Building 21%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Economy 10.3%

DeckEleven's Railroads 2 is a fun and addictive railroads building game. Like a true Tycoon, you are in charge of everything! Design and build the perfect railways network.

Why similar: Trains 28.4% ★, Economy 13.8%, Strategy 13.6%, Simulation 12.6%, Transportation 11.6% ★

Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.

Why similar: Management 26.2%, Building 15.8%, City Builder 13.1%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 11.9%

Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.

Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Management 16%, Building 14.7%, Economy 13.2%, Simulation 11.6%

OpenTTD is a business simulation game in which players earn money by transporting passengers and cargo via road, rail, water, and air. It is an open-source remake and expansion of the 1995 Chris Sawyer video game Transport Tycoon Deluxe.

Why similar: Trains 28.6% ★, Economy 13.6%, Transportation 12.8% ★, Management 10.8%, Building 10%

Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

Why similar: Economy 17.3%, Management 15.2%, City Builder 12.6%, Historical 11.6%, Building 11.4%

Venice: As a young man striving for success, power and wealth and with the support of your family, you begin to build up a trading empire across Genua, Tripoli, Rome, Alexandria and Constantinople in addition to many other significant cities from the Renaissance. This is where your story begins...

Why similar: Trading 21.6% ★, Strategy 19.9%, Economy 18.7%, Simulation 14%, Management 13.6%

Build bigger and more complex railway networks than ever before! Building on the success of the original, you’ll get more of what you loved about the original and then some. With increasingly difficult and complex challenges from local industries, the Valley has never felt so vast! ALL ABOARD!

Why similar: Trains 41.2% ★, Transportation 15.6% ★, Management 13.3%, Building 9.9%, Strategy 8.3%

Optimise and grow your railways in this challenging train management game. Instead of waiting for money to arrive, earn resource tokens by refining your network until your towns are thriving. Avoid queues, jams, or angry passengers to be recognised as the unsung train hero you know you are.

Why similar: Trains 32.8% ★, Transportation 12.7% ★, Economy 11%, Management 11%, Building 8.1%

The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.

Why similar: City Builder 25.3%, Management 20.9%, Strategy 15.6%, Simulation 13.5%, Economy 10.9%

A cosy railway management builder set in 19th-century Scotland. Shape the land, lay track, connect industries, and watch towns grow as steam reshapes the Scottish landscape.

Why similar: Trains 29.8% ★, Transportation 12.6% ★, Management 11.1%, Economy 10.5%, City Builder 7.9%

Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.

Why similar: Economy 17%, City Builder 14.4%, Strategy 12.8%, Management 11.3%, Building 11.3%

RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!

Why similar: Trains 29.3% ★, Real-Time 14.3% ★, Economy 9%, Management 7.9%, City Builder 6.4%

Cargo Company is a transport simulation tycoon game where you make money by transporting passengers, wood, steel, goods, cars, tanks and more - using trains, trucks, busses, and even rockets between planets.

Why similar: Trains 32.3% ★, Transportation 13.9% ★, Economy 12.7%, Management 11.4%, Strategy 6.7%

Explore a vast and detailed world and build a Transportation Empire!

Why similar: Trains 42.1% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Management 12.9%, Simulation 12.8%, Transportation 10.4% ★

Build railroads, drive trains, collect resources, deliver goods, and grow cities.

Why similar: Trains 32.3% ★, Transportation 14.2% ★, Economy 10.6%, Management 9.9%, Building 7.9%

Transports is a transportation business simulation game. Build your business empire by building transportation routes for trucks, trains, ships and planes to transport goods between industrial buildings and cities.

Why similar: Trains 26.1% ★, Transportation 13.1% ★, Economy 11.2%, Management 10.5%, Trading 8.6% ★

Train Station Simulator is a station builder and manager game. Create and maintain your dream station! Ride the rails and operate your ultimate grand central empire!

Why similar: Trains 45.4% ★, Management 15.7%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 9.4%, Economy 6.3%