- #1 Railway Empire 2
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,521 reviews2023
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 40.8% ★, Economy 10.2%, Management 9.5%, Western 9.1% ★, Building 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly polished train management and logistics experience with a strong focus on historical expansion.
- #2 Railway Empire
96% matchVery Positive83% of 9,620 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 42.1% ★, Management 10.3%, Economy 10%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic train tycoon game that captures the industrial spirit and economic challenges of the 19th-century rail boom.
- #3 Voidtrain
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,176 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Trains 78.1% ★, Building 12.3%, Simulation 8%, Indie 0.7%, Action 0.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a customizable train that serves as a mobile base for survival, combat, and exploration in a mysterious world.
- #4 Barotrauma
94% matchVery Positive94% of 84,235 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 54.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Why similar: Management 39.1%, Simulation 32.6%, Strategy 25.8%, Action 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep 'fortress on rails' experience where you must manage a submarine's systems while defending against threats in a hostile environment.
- #5 Railroad Tycoon 3
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,237 reviews2007
Dev: PopTopPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.6 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 54.2% ★, Management 19.8%, Strategy 9.2%, Economy 6.4%, Simulation 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive classic in the genre that balances economic strategy with the historical development of rail networks.
- #6 Mashinky
94% matchVery Positive85% of 2,785 reviews2018
Dev: Jan Zelený
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 52.8% ★, Economy 13.3%, Management 12%, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Blends complex train logistics with a unique economic system and historical progression.
- #7 FTL: Faster Than Light
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 77,568 reviews2012
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Why similar: Strategy 48.5%, Simulation 22.6%, Real-Time with Pause 20.5% ★, Indie 6.3%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: Requires intense crew and system management to keep your mobile base operational during combat encounters.
- #8 Convoy
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,462 reviews2015
Dev: Convoy GamesPub: Indietopia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.
Why similar: Strategy 82.7%, Indie 10.4%, Action 4.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on vehicle management, tactical combat, and survival while traversing a dangerous wasteland, mirroring the journey-based gameplay of Bounty Train.
- #9 Transport Fever 2
91% matchVery Positive91% of 31,208 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 65.7 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 47.8% ★, Management 12.7%, Economy 11.3%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a comprehensive logistics simulation that tracks the evolution of transportation technology over time.
- #10 Organ Trail: Director's Cut
91% matchVery Positive88% of 3,135 reviews2013
Dev: The Men Who Wear Many Hats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Organ Trail is a retro zombie survival game. Travel westward in a station wagon with 4 of your friends, scavenging for supplies and fending off the undead. Members of your party might die of dysentery or you might have to put them down yourself when they get bit.
Why similar: Strategy 59%, Simulation 26.9%, Indie 10.8%, Singleplayer 2.5%, Action 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival and resource management aspects of a long, dangerous journey across a hostile landscape.
- #11 The Oregon Trail
89% matchVery Positive80% of 1,180 reviews2022
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Oregon Trail is back in a beautiful blend of charming pixel art characters, 3D environments, and cutting-edge lighting and visual effects!
Why similar: Western 53.5% ★, Historical 41.2%, Trading 5.3% ★
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential historical journey game that emphasizes survival, resource management, and difficult decision-making.
- #12 Sid Meier's Railroads!
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,402 reviews2007
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 9.1 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 59.7% ★, Management 10.9%, Economy 10.6%, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A streamlined, accessible take on the railroad tycoon genre that focuses on competitive economic strategy.
- #13 Hard West 2
89% matchVery Positive82% of 3,037 reviews2022
Dev: Ice Code GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Western 65% ★, Strategy 32.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%, Action 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the gritty Wild West aesthetic with tactical, turn-based combat that complements the setting of Bounty Train.
- #14 Rail Route
87% matchVery Positive89% of 2,461 reviews2024
Dev: Bitrich.info
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 111.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 46.8% ★, Economy 14.6%, Management 12.5%, Building 12.3%, Simulation 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the logic and automation of train dispatching, appealing to players who enjoy the technical side of rail management.
- #15 Railroad Corporation
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,474 reviews2019
Dev: Corbie GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.1 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 44.3% ★, Management 10%, Economy 8.7%, Western 7.6% ★, Strategy 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the business and historical expansion aspects of building a rail empire in the 19th century.
- #16 Desperados III
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,197 reviews2020
Dev: Mimimi GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.
Why similar: Western 50.2% ★, Strategy 42.1%, Historical 5.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%, Indie 0.7%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical stealth game that perfectly captures the atmosphere and danger of the American Old West.
- #17 Railroad Pioneer
86% matchMixed61% of 262 reviews2014
Dev: Kritzelkratz 3000Pub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Be a pioneer and build the most famous transcontinental railroad tracks in the United States of America throughout the 19th century.
Why similar: Trains 54.9% ★, Simulation 19.8%, Strategy 18.6%, Management 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic strategy game that specifically focuses on the historical expansion of railroads in the American West.
- #18 Train Fever
86% matchMixed64% of 3,520 reviews2014
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.9 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 56.8% ★, Simulation 10.6%, Economy 10.2%, Management 9.9%, Strategy 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: The predecessor to the Transport Fever series, focusing on the evolution of transport networks over a century.
- #19 Train Life: A Railway Simulator
84% matchMixed63% of 1,628 reviews2022
Dev: SimteractPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
For the first time in railroad simulation, play as both the driver and company director! Take the controls of your locomotives and grow your railway empire by negotiating deals and developing your network.
Why similar: Trains 55.6% ★, Management 14.2%, Simulation 13.2%, Economy 10.9%, Strategy 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the hands-on experience of driving trains and managing a railway company.
- #20 NIMBY Rails
83% matchVery Positive90% of 2,203 reviews2021
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 38.7% ★, Economy 16.6%, Management 14.1%, Building 12.6%, Simulation 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly detailed and realistic approach to building and managing complex railway networks.
- #21 Rise of Industry
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,155 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: Trains 24.5% ★, Economy 19.5%, Management 18.6%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A deep economic management game that challenges players to build complex supply chains.
- #22 Derail Valley
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,827 reviews2019
Dev: Altfuture
Windows
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
Why similar: Trains 74.8% ★, Economy 12%, Simulation 11.8%, Indie 1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly immersive, realistic simulation of operating trains in an open-world environment.
- #23 This War of Mine
81% matchVery Positive94% of 96,656 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Why similar: Strategy 33.8%, Management 32.1%, Simulation 29.2%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the harsh realities of survival and resource management, mirroring the difficult choices found in Bounty Train.
- #24 Train Valley 2
82% matchVery Positive90% of 3,066 reviews2019
Dev: Alexey DavydovPub: Flazm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 56.8% ★, Management 12.3%, Building 11.5%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-focused train management game that emphasizes efficiency and network design.
- #25 Frostpunk
81% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: Strategy 29.1%, Building 23.2%, Management 16.4%, Economy 14.2%, Simulation 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: An intense survival-management game where every decision is critical to the survival of your community.
- #26 Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator
79% matchVery Positive92% of 1,788 reviews2024
Dev: PentaclePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take control of a Soviet locomotive and embark on a dangerous journey along the world's longest railway line. Face mafia rivals, bandits, wild animals, constant breakdowns, severe frosts, hunger, and... a hangover. How far will you get before your supplies run out?
Why similar: Trains 86.6% ★, Simulation 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features survival mechanics and driving simulation on a massive, iconic railway line.
- #27 Wild West Legacy
80% matchMostly Negative37% of 2,108 reviews2024
Dev: Moon Punch StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Conquer the Wild West. Explore the open world of a fictitious American Midwest and survive the harsh environment. Convince other settlers to join you and manage your ever-growing settlements. Build a home, take care of your farm and become a legend in Wild West Legacy.
Why similar: Western 43.1% ★, Building 31.4%, Simulation 24.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and base-building with the historical flavor of the American frontier.
- #28 Sheltered
79% matchVery Positive82% of 6,212 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.
Why similar: Management 32.5%, Strategy 26.8%, Building 22.9%, Simulation 14.9%, Indie 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival management game that forces players to manage limited resources and crew well-being.
- #29 Train Valley
78% matchVery Positive90% of 3,405 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 54% ★, Management 11.2%, Building 10.5%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 8.2%
- #30 Train World
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 95 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 52.4% ★, Economy 11%, Simulation 9%, Management 8.8%, Strategy 8.5%
- #31 Railroad Corporation 2
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 351 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 45.7% ★, Economy 10.7%, Building 9.5%, Western 9.1% ★, Simulation 8.1%
- #32 Transport Fever
77% matchVery Positive83% of 10,800 reviews2016
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 47.9 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 48.9% ★, Economy 13.4%, Management 11.4%, Building 11.1%, Strategy 7.6%
- #33 Train Mechanic Simulator 2017
77% matchMixed67% of 815 reviews2017
Dev: Si7 StudioPub: Atomic Jelly
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take your opportunity as real Train Mechanic. Find locomotives around game world that needs your help and repair them in one of 3 workshops localized in huge 25 km2 open world. You will be face all types of damages in all genres of trains: Diesel, Electric and even Old-School Steam units.
Why similar: Trains 59% ★, Building 12.6%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 8.1%, Management 7.6%
- #34 Sweet Transit
74% matchMixed68% of 1,227 reviews2024
Dev: Ernestas NorvaišasPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 49.9% ★, Economy 12.6%, Management 11.1%, Building 10.1%, Simulation 8.2%
- #35 RAILGRADE
73% matchVery Positive85% of 1,194 reviews2023
Dev: Minakata Dynamics
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 53.4% ★, Economy 11.1%, Management 9.6%, Building 9.3%, Strategy 8.3%
- #36 Train Station Simulator
76% matchMixed57% of 256 reviews2017
Dev: Appliks Apps Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 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 55.7% ★, Management 12.9%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 9.7%, Economy 5.2%
- #37 Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
75% matchVery Positive90% of 1,368 reviews2007
Dev: PopTopPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Includes Railroad Tycoon II and the expansion The Second Century It can take you from New York to South Africa. It can take you from the year 1804 to the year 2000. It can take you from penniless manual laborer to powerful multi-millionaire.
Why similar: Trains 57.4% ★, Management 15.6%, Strategy 11.9%, Economy 7.7%, Simulation 5.9%
- #38 Transport Giant
75% matchMixed61% of 483 reviews2014
Dev: Fancy Bytes, ReactorPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 55%
It's the year 1850 - The world is changing. A new era of mass production and mass transportation has begun. For a smart businessman there are many opportunities. With a little money and good ideas you can establish a business empire.
Why similar: Trains 42.2% ★, Simulation 20.1%, Strategy 18.7%, Economy 11.6%, Management 7.4%
- #39 Transporter
73% matchMixed49% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Shattered Mirror Studio
Windows
Modern transport sim game combining realistic simulation with indie game style, old-school grid environment, newest features, and modern transport options. Transport a wide variety of cargo and passengers over road, rail, and water, and create your own transport company!
Why similar: Trains 39.9% ★, Management 16.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 12.1%, Economy 8.7%
- #40 Loco Shortline Operations
72% matchVery Positive88% of 69 reviews2021
Dev: TSRS
Windows
Openworld Railbuilder Simulator with Realistic Physics based Locomotives,Trucks,Cranes,Boats,Economy
Why similar: Trains 57.3% ★, Building 14.8%, Economy 14.3%, Simulation 12.3%, Indie 0.8%
- #41 Transports
74% matchMixed65% 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 43.8% ★, Economy 12.7%, Management 11.8%, Building 9.5%, Simulation 8.7%
- #42 Train Yard Builder
71% matchMixed69% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: GameFormatic S.A.Pub: Frozen Way
Windows
Enter the world of Train Yard Builder and customize your railway to your heart's content. Work with different models of trains and wagons, control them the way you want, and use modeler tools to unleash your creativity.
Why similar: Trains 55% ★, Economy 12.7%, Building 11.9%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 8.7%
- #43 Station Manager
71% matchVery Positive83% of 204 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Build your own spectacular, multi-story station for your favorite trains!
Why similar: Trains 62.7% ★, Simulation 12.2%, Economy 7.6%, Building 7%, Strategy 5.5%
- #44 Iron Village
69% matchVery Positive89% of 65 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 51.6% ★, Economy 12.1%, Building 11.6%, Management 9.8%, Strategy 5.2%
- #45 National Machine
73% matchMixed61% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: Eric Sun
Windows
You are a munitions manufacturer in 1930s. Help your nation for arms race. Before war break, you need to produce enough aircraft, tanks and guns.
Why similar: Trains 34.9% ★, Simulation 18.7%, Strategy 16.7%, Building 12.1%, Management 8.7%
- #46 Industry Giant
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2018
Dev: QLOCPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
In Industrial Giant you have to find a route to profit to prove your management skills in this resource management business simulation. Experience the soaring heights and the shattering depths of being an industrial giant!
Why similar: Trains 41.5% ★, Economy 14.9%, Management 12.1%, Simulation 9.7%, Strategy 9%
- #47 Railroads Online
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,879 reviews2024
Dev: Stefan KelnbergerPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 67.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build your dream railroad across a huge open world! You can build tracks and stations, drive detailed locomotives, and transport goods to earn money and experience. Play exciting Online Multiplayer sessions with your friends or create your very own sandbox!
Why similar: Trains 63% ★, Economy 13.3%, Building 12.1%, Management 11.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #48 Tumbleweed Express
71% matchVery Positive90% of 128 reviews2016
Dev: The Dirigiballers, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Trains with guns on them in the Wild West! Shoot, upgrade, customize, and mount up to defeat brutal outlaws and ruthless businessmen! Tumbleweed Express is a tower, or travel, defense game set in the American West.
Why similar: Trains 95.1% ★, Indie 3.2%, Action 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #49 Automation Empire
70% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
Why similar: Trains 30% ★, Simulation 14.5%, Economy 13.9%, Building 12.6%, Strategy 12.6%
- #50 Voxel Tycoon
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,743 reviews2021
Dev: Voxel Tycoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 51.1% ★, Economy 13.1%, Management 12.6%, Building 8.3%, Simulation 7.5%
- #51 Train Valley World
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 275 reviews2024
Dev: FlazmPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 56.7% ★, Economy 12.6%, Management 11.6%, Simulation 9%, Strategy 8.8%
- #52 Tiny Rails
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 688 reviews2018
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Tiny Rails is a relaxing train management adventure. Travel across an immersive and meticulously crafted pixel world. Collect hundreds of beautiful cars, each with their own set of stats, to create your own unique multi-car masterpiece!
Why similar: Trains 65.8% ★, Economy 9.4%, Management 8.1%, Simulation 7.6%, Strategy 7.5%
- #53 Constracktion
67% matchMixed70% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Lapioware
Windows
Drive a track laying train up and down steep hills and canyons to connect industries. Navigate your network carefully as AI-trains begin to use it. Help industries level up by optimizing tracks, signals and speed limits for efficient flow of traffic.
Why similar: Trains 63.5% ★, Management 13%, Building 12.7%, Simulation 9.8%, Indie 0.6%
- #54 Infinite Rails
66% matchVery Positive91% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Benjamin Voráč
Windows · Mac
A railway-building adventure in an endless, procedurally generated world. Lay tracks, transport passengers and goods, complete tasks, and unlock unique locomotives. Play solo or with friends and create your ultimate railway network!
Why similar: Trains 76.8% ★, Simulation 11.6%, Building 11.3%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #55 Chinese Rail SIm
68% matchMixed51% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Mai
Windows
Start with an empty Chinese map, create, build a rail network with your own imagination and sophisticated design, help millions of people to reach where they want to go. Ready yourself as a lead rail engineer to make some challenging decisions along the way.
Why similar: Trains 62.9% ★, Building 14.6%, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 9.1%, Indie 0.7%
- #56 Freight Tycoon Inc.
70% matchMixed51% of 487 reviews2014
Dev: NikitaPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Freight Tycoon is an economic simulation game which challenges players’ management skills. It puts one into the shoes of an owner of a cargo transportation company. One has to evaluate the profitability of contracts, contact customers, and appoint drivers to deliver goods.
Why similar: Strategy 39.6%, Management 23.3%, Economy 20.9%, Simulation 15.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #57 Frostrain
65% matchVery Positive93% of 2,685 reviews2024
Dev: STEWDIOPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Be the last train conductor roaming the postapocalyptic frozen world! Expand, strengthen, and build synergies on your train. The promised land beyond the toxic zone awaits you and your passengers.
Why similar: Trains 74.7% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 10.7%, Indie 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #58 Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™
68% matchVery Positive87% of 655 reviews2015
Dev: Chris SawyerPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Explore a vast and detailed world and build a Transportation Empire!
Why similar: Trains 53.6% ★, Simulation 15.1%, Strategy 13%, Management 11%, Economy 7.3%
- #59 Train Station Renovation
66% matchVery Positive82% of 2,712 reviews2020
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to an old, ruined train station. A place that will give you a lot of fun! In Train Station Renovation you play as a renovation company specialized in restoring old and damaged railway stations.
Why similar: Trains 53.5% ★, Simulation 14%, Building 10.5%, Economy 10.1%, Management 9.2%
- #60 My Train Arrives
67% matchVery Positive86% of 95 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 46.6% ★, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 10.5%, Management 9.2%, Economy 8.4%