- #1 A-Train PC Classic
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 151 reviews2016
Dev: ARTDINKPub: STUDIOARTDINK
Windows
As president of a train company, lead city growth to make your transport business prosper. The retro style, square grid map, and complete tutorials are easy on the newcomer, but veterans will find a challenge with advanced resource management, research, and the passage of time.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 20.1% ★, Trains 19.6% ★, City Builder 15.8%, Management 7.3%, Transportation 6.6% ★
- #2 A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 205 reviews2021
Dev: ARTDINKPub: KOMODO
Windows
In the world of A-Train, people gather around stations, gradually developing the surrounding town. What kind of railroad will you create? How will you develop the town? All these choices and more are yours to make.
Why similar: Trains 20.7% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Management 8.7%, Transportation 7.2% ★, Sandbox 7.2%
- #3 Mad Smartphone Tycoon
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 638 reviews2024
Dev: MiradilPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Build Your smartphone Empire in Mad Smartphone Tycoon, your main goal in this game is to create the ultimate smartphone that combines both performance and aesthetics. Expand your company, dominate the global market, become a tycoon in the world of mobile phones!
Why similar: Management 18.8%, City Builder 17%, Capitalism 12.7%, Sandbox 10%, Simulation 9.1%
- #4 Station Manager
95% matchVery Positive82% of 221 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Build your own spectacular, multi-story station for your favorite trains!
Why similar: Trains 48.7% ★, City Builder 21.7%, Simulation 9.3%, Economy 4.7%, Building 4.5%
- #5 Train Fever
94% matchMixed64% of 3,527 reviews2014
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 45.6% ★, City Builder 10.3%, Management 9.8%, Simulation 8.3%, Economy 6.4%
- #6 Transport Fever 2
94% matchVery Positive90% of 32,451 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 66.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 30.5% ★, City Builder 16.5%, Transportation 10.7% ★, Management 10%, Simulation 6.9%
- #7 Metroland
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anglia Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a transport tycoon in 1900s London. Expand transport lines, housing, and businesses to fund your transport empire. Make use of urban planning to create communities that will use your services.
Why similar: Trains 23.6% ★, City Builder 17.3%, Capitalism 13.2%, Transportation 9.7% ★, Management 8.5%
- #8 Times of Progress
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pressing Thumbs Games
Windows · Linux
Times of Progress is a City Builder set during the Industrial Revolution. Build industries to extract natural resources. Produce goods to satisfy the population. Manage transportation routes by train and ship. Expand on procedurally generated maps and trade with nearby cities.
Why similar: Trains 23.8% ★, City Builder 20.4%, Real-Time with Pause 18.2% ★, Management 6.3%, Sandbox 6.2%
- #9 My Train Arrives
91% matchVery Positive87% of 98 reviews2019
Dev: Kochkin Dmitry
Windows
My Train Arrives is a railway construction simulation game. Build railroads, open new routes for trains. Enjoy the pleasant atmosphere of the game.
Why similar: Trains 28.4% ★, Real-Time with Pause 18.6% ★, City Builder 12.3%, Transportation 8.8% ★, Management 6.9%
- #10 STATIONflow
91% matchVery Positive86% of 505 reviews2020
Dev: DMM GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
STATIONflow is a game about controlling the flow of thousands of passengers by building and managing an efficient underground train station.
Why similar: Trains 28.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 15% ★, City Builder 12.7%, Management 8%, Level Editor 6.2%
- #11 Cargo Company
90% matchMixed58% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
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 32.2% ★, City Builder 13.7%, Transportation 9.5% ★, Management 9.4%, Economy 6.8%
- #12 Simutrans
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 675 reviews2016
Dev: The Simutrans Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 37%
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 43.6% ★, Management 10.3%, Simulation 10.1%, City Builder 9.3%, Sandbox 5.8%
- #13 Sid Meier's Railroads!
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,467 reviews2007
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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 55.3% ★, Management 12.4%, Real-Time with Pause 10.5% ★, Economy 7.7%, Strategy 6.4%
- #14 Train Metropolis
87% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Crystalline Green Ltd.
Windows
Train Themed Idle Clicker. Build and manage your railway company, helping the city expand and thrive.
Why similar: Trains 35% ★, City Builder 19.9%, Capitalism 9.6%, Management 8.4%, Simulation 6.2%
- #15 Railroad Tycoon 3
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,263 reviews2007
Dev: PopTopPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 37%
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 43.8% ★, Management 20.1%, Real-Time with Pause 16.8% ★, Strategy 5.6%, Economy 4.2%
- #16 Train Valley World
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 297 reviews2024
Dev: FlazmPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Train Valley World is an engrossing transport tycoon inspired by the genre classics. Build and manage efficient railroads across the globe, create sophisticated logistics chains, design your own levels, and become a business mogul – solo or in multiplayer!
Why similar: Trains 27.1% ★, City Builder 12.7%, Capitalism 11%, Transportation 10% ★, Level Editor 8.8%
- #17 Transport Fever 3
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Transport Fever 3, the ultimate transport tycoon returns, bigger, deeper, and more dynamic than ever. Build the routes that transform the world across land, sea, and sky using over a century of evolving transport options. Design and build your ideal transport network.
Why similar: Trains 27.7% ★, City Builder 17.7%, Transportation 10.6% ★, Management 9.4%, Economy 6.2%
- #18 Cities in Motion
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,089 reviews2011
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Manage transportation for commuters in four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam
Why similar: Trains 27.8% ★, City Builder 17%, Management 14.8%, Simulation 14.2%, Transportation 9.3% ★
- #19 A-Train 9 V5.0 : Japan Train Simulator Ultimate Edition
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: ARTDINK
Windows
Build railroads. Construct your city. Master transport economics. A-Train 9 V5.0 Ultimate Edition is a realistic railroad management and urban development sandbox where every choice – from track layout to industry logistics – affects the prosperity of your metropolis.
Why similar: Trains 36.3% ★, City Builder 21.1%, Simulation 9.7%, Transportation 8.1% ★, Economy 6.7%
- #20 Smart City Plan
84% matchMixed65% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Smart City Plan is a modern old-school style city builder game: Plan zones, roads, public transport like trains, trams, buses, subways and even the hypertube. Set taxes and policies and implement smart city technologies.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 28.6% ★, City Builder 19.6%, Simulation 9.3%, Management 8.1%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #21 Metro Architect
82% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Northern21 Studio
Windows · Mac
In Metro Architect, you will design, expand, and optimize metro and subway networks in a metro simulator inspired by real-world transit systems. Build stations, manage trains, reduce congestion, and keep your city moving.
Why similar: Trains 33.4% ★, City Builder 16.9%, Transportation 10.9% ★, Management 9.2%, Simulation 5.8%
- #22 Railroad Corporation
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,496 reviews2019
Dev: Corbie GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 30.1% ★, Real-Time with Pause 21.8% ★, Management 8.3%, Capitalism 7.3%, Transportation 7.1% ★
- #23 MiniTrans
82% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: DD Metaverse
Windows
MiniTrans is a city building and traffic simulation game. Players independently build main cities and satellite cities, develop metropolitan areas and city clusters, and build various transportation facilities between urban areas to transport commuters to earn taxes.
Why similar: Trains 31% ★, City Builder 19.2%, Transportation 10.9% ★, Management 8.1%, Economy 6.4%
- #24 Rail Capital
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dave RamseyPub: SemyarSoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build railway empires in real time. Lay tracks, run passenger and freight services, trade shares and even takeover rival companies - against your friends and/or with AI opponents. Features handcrafted scenarios, sequenced campaigns, Game of the Day, seeded maps and a rogue-lite game mode.
Why similar: Trains 46.3% ★, Capitalism 18.5%, Management 9.9%, City Builder 8.6%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #25 Train World
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Turn Point Games
Windows
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 35.7% ★, Transportation 9.1% ★, City Builder 8.1%, Sandbox 8%, Management 7.3%
- #26 Steam & Heather
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Flag Hippo Games
Windows
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 31.9% ★, City Builder 18%, Management 9.8%, Transportation 9.2% ★, Simulation 6.1%
- #27 Railroad Engineer
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: SP Digital Arts Inc.
Windows
Build railroads, drive trains, collect resources, deliver goods, and grow cities.
Why similar: Trains 33.9% ★, City Builder 15.5%, Transportation 10.2% ★, Management 8.6%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #28 Train Station Simulator
80% matchMixed57% of 256 reviews2017
Dev: Appliks Apps Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 48.3% ★, Management 13.8%, Simulation 9.1%, City Builder 6.9%, Strategy 6.2%
- #29 Transport Fever
78% matchVery Positive83% of 10,841 reviews2016
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 47.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 29.5% ★, City Builder 16.7%, Transportation 9.1% ★, Management 8.4%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #30 OpenTTD
77% matchVery Positive95% of 16,941 reviews2021
Dev: OpenTTD
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 31.4% ★, City Builder 12.6%, Management 9.7%, Transportation 9.6% ★, Sandbox 8.1%
- #31 Transport Tycoon Deluxe
76% matchMixed54% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Chris SawyerPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Transport Tycoon Deluxe challenges you to become the ultimate Transport Tycoon by creating a transit empire. Build a network of trains, trucks, ships, planes, and more to grow your business, make money, and fend off rivals in this 1995 building sim from Chris Sawyer.
Why similar: Trains 41.3% ★, City Builder 18.3%, Capitalism 12.8%, Management 6.4%, Building 5.3%
- #32 Tropico 4
77% matchVery Positive92% of 12,733 reviews2011
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 38.6%, Real-Time with Pause 16.4% ★, Management 12.3%, Simulation 8.7%, Strategy 6.2%
- #33 A-Train 8
78% matchMixed48% of 63 reviews2013
Dev: ARTDINKPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 23%
As the owner of a brand new railway company, you must manage train schedules, develop new railways, construct buildings, and manipulate the stock market on your quest to earn one trillion dollars.Have you ever wondered what it's like to manage a railway company, or how trains can impact the fate of an entire city?
Why similar: Trains 28.5% ★, City Builder 18.5%, Transportation 8.6% ★, Management 8.3%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #34 Iron Roads
75% matchPositive84% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: Cowleyfornia Studios
Windows · Linux
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 35.6% ★, City Builder 13.6%, Management 9.8%, Transportation 9.4% ★, Sandbox 7.3%
- #35 NIMBY Rails
76% matchVery Positive90% of 2,300 reviews2021
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Solve global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.
Why similar: Trains 21.1% ★, City Builder 14%, Capitalism 12%, Transportation 11.5% ★, Management 9.4%
- #36 Stoplights
74% matchPositive90% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: Wicked Blobfish
Windows
Stoplights is a strategy simulation game about creating an efficient train network to support the growing needs of your cities. Make connections by building rails, control train routes with traffic signals to get essential resources where they need to be - in time.
Why similar: Trains 36.7% ★, City Builder 14.3%, Transportation 10.9% ★, Management 10.8%, Simulation 6.9%
- #37 Logistik
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dysnomia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, schedule, and optimize your rail network, with every track reshaping the world. Balance fuel costs, adapt to the terrain, and fulfill demands. Elevate Trains to the ultimate means of transport!
Why similar: Trains 31.5% ★, City Builder 13%, Capitalism 9.9%, Transportation 8.6% ★, Management 8.5%
- #38 Chaos Cities
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AAlex
Windows · Linux
Chaos Cities is a city builder where your citizens directly react to everything you do. Build a futuristic city or plunge it into chaos, the choice is yours!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 30.3% ★, City Builder 22.4%, Management 11.4%, Economy 8.4%, Building 6.8%
- #39 Speed Rivals - Model Trains
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BabelGamesPub: Speed Rivals
Windows
Build wild railway worlds, master fast and risky train driving, complete chaotic delivery missions, and race or cooperate with friends in a multiplayer train game where every track, wagon, and second matters.
Why similar: Trains 31.1% ★, City Builder 15.2%, Level Editor 10%, Transportation 9.3% ★, Management 8.1%
- #40 Rise of Industry
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,193 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: City Builder 20.2%, Trains 14.1% ★, Management 13.2%, Economy 8.9%, Capitalism 8.4%
- #41 Sweet Transit
72% matchMixed68% of 1,268 reviews2024
Dev: Ernestas NorvaišasPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 28.5% ★, City Builder 15.4%, Level Editor 9.3%, Transportation 8.7% ★, Management 7.8%
- #42 Railway Empire
73% matchVery Positive83% of 9,710 reviews2018
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.
Why similar: Trains 38.7% ★, Management 11.7%, City Builder 9.8%, Simulation 7.6%, Economy 7.2%
- #43 Bounty Train
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,731 reviews2017
Dev: Corbie GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 52.8% ★, Management 10.8%, Simulation 9.6%, Strategy 6.8%, Real-Time with Pause 6.7% ★
- #44 Iron Village
70% matchVery Positive91% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar Chippy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 35.6% ★, City Builder 20.2%, Transportation 10% ★, Management 8.3%, Building 6.6%
- #45 Cargo Protocol: Cyberpunk Trains
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Flat Lab
Windows
Build a logistics empire in a grim cyberpunk world: lay tracks, optimize production and delivery chains, research technologies, and expand your influence. Corporations are the new gods, and the Market decides who survives.
Why similar: Trains 38.2% ★, Transportation 10.2% ★, Capitalism 9.7%, City Builder 9.3%, Management 8.2%
- #46 Transports
71% matchMixed66% of 107 reviews2018
Dev: Jens P. Behrens
Windows
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 29.2% ★, City Builder 12.2%, Transportation 10% ★, Management 9.7%, Capitalism 8.2%
- #47 Train Valley
70% matchVery Positive90% of 3,454 reviews2015
Dev: Alexey DavydovPub: Flazm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 30.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 26.5% ★, Transportation 8.9% ★, Management 7.8%, Resource Management 4.9%
- #48 Ethics Empire
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Nullgrid Studios
Windows
Become the richest business owner in this strategy-based simulator, choose your playstyle trying to balance ethics and profits in this chaotic low poly world. Will you keep your ethical businesses thriving or will you let it all crumble down for a quick buck?
Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Capitalism 13.6%, Management 13.3%, Simulation 12%, Strategy 10.2%
- #49 Citystate Metropolis
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
The creative, pragmatic, limitless city builder. Engineer a masterpiece of urban design, a small sustainable town or a futuristic metropolis. With procedurally generated buildings, grid-less zoning and powerful editor tools, everything is customizable: the city is yours.
Why similar: City Builder 24.3%, Management 10.5%, Capitalism 9.9%, Sandbox 9.4%, Transportation 8.5% ★
- #50 Railroad Corporation 2
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 417 reviews2026
Dev: Corbie GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
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 36.4% ★, City Builder 13.3%, Transportation 8.6% ★, Sandbox 7.3%, Economy 6.7%
- #51 Station Master RPG
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Telegraph Studios
Windows
Play the role of the station master at a railway station in rural Japan and cope with the ever-increasing flow of passengers in this RPG management simulation! Use the station's funds to upgrade the station and design it to your liking!
Why similar: Trains 35.5% ★, City Builder 17.8%, Transportation 9.9% ★, Management 8.4%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #52 Steam To Electric
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Build and optimize your railway network in this elegant voxel rail tycoon. Transport passengers and goods, unlock crazy-but-real historical train inventions, and evolve from steam to electric. Easy to start, deep to master. From the creators of Station to Station and Town to City.
Why similar: Trains 41.5% ★, City Builder 9.4%, Management 9%, Simulation 8.1%, Transportation 7.8% ★
- #53 Trains & Things
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: bitshift
Windows · Linux
Build a rail empire from a single track to a continent-spanning logistics network. Lay track that goes exactly where you meant it, meet supply and demand, and grow a company one profitable route at a time. Real-time economic strategy — solo, or head to head and co-op with friends.
Why similar: Trains 28.3% ★, City Builder 13.5%, Strategy 11.3%, Management 10.1%, Capitalism 8.8%
- #54 Train Frontier Classic
69% matchVery Positive88% of 248 reviews2017
Dev: Team Train Frontier
Windows
Train Frontier Classic is a stylized landscape building and multiplayer train riding sandbox, inspired by the fun of model railroad building. Fill a scene with miles of scale track, hundreds of props, and a personal train car setup -- then go online to share and ride your creation with friends!
Why similar: Trains 66.2% ★, Simulation 11.2%, City Builder 5.7%, Level Editor 3.7%, Sandbox 2.9%
- #55 Subway Builder
66% matchMixed57% of 360 reviews2026
Dev: Colin MillerPub: Borough Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Subway Builder is a hyperrealistic transit simulation game. Build a new subway system from the ground up while dealing with real-world constraints and costs. Craft the subway system your city deserves.
Why similar: City Builder 27.3%, Trains 14.1% ★, Management 11.8%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 8.7%
- #56 Super Company
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Dawn Studio
Windows
You will act as an entrepreneur in the 1990s, producing all kinds of goods that citizens need; Providing residential and educational services for citizens; Carry out international trade and upgrade industries. You should choose the right development strategy to grow the company.
Why similar: City Builder 25.6%, Capitalism 17.5%, Management 10.7%, Economy 9.9%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #57 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
67% matchVery Positive81% of 1,769 reviews2020
Dev: SquarePlay Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 27.6% ★, City Builder 20.1%, Management 11.6%, Sandbox 7.5%, Transportation 7.2% ★
- #58 Mars Rapid Transit
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crystalline Green Ltd.
Windows
Train tycoon game set on Mars. Engineer a fast and efficient train network, build a thriving business and grow a dynamic economy.
Why similar: Trains 33.1% ★, City Builder 16.7%, Capitalism 10.6%, Transportation 10.1% ★, Management 8.5%
- #59 Railway Empire 2
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,651 reviews2023
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 32.3% ★, City Builder 14.3%, Transportation 10.1% ★, Management 9.2%, Sandbox 7%