- #1 Transport Fever 2
97% 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 36.8% ★, Transportation 21% ★, Simulation 12.9%, Management 12.5%, Strategy 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This is the current gold standard for transportation simulations, offering deep logistics, modern graphics, and extensive network management tools.
- #2 OpenTTD
96% 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 39.4% ★, Transportation 19.6% ★, Simulation 13.4%, Management 12.6%, Economy 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: As the open-source successor to the engine that inspired Locomotion, this is the most authentic experience for fans of the original transport management formula.
- #3 Mashinky
96% matchVery Positive85% of 2,814 reviews2018
Dev: Jan Zelený
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 36.7 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 41.1% ★, Transportation 18.9% ★, Management 11.9%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Directly inspired by the classic tycoon era, this game features a unique engine-upgrade mechanic and grid-based construction that feels very familiar to Locomotion players.
- #4 Sweet Transit
95% 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 41% ★, Transportation 20.3% ★, Management 11.6%, Simulation 10.1%, Economy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This grid-based, train-focused city builder emphasizes complex logistics and supply chain management, capturing the core appeal of classic tycoon games.
- #5 Simutrans
94% 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 48.5% ★, Simulation 17.3%, Management 11.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Transportation 7.3% ★
Why You'll Like It: A highly complex and deep logistics simulator that shares the same roots as Locomotion, focusing on the intricate details of transportation networks.
- #6 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
92% matchVery Positive91% of 27,069 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 71.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Management 28.3%, Simulation 26.7%, Strategy 23.6%, Economy 21.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers the most comprehensive logistics and supply chain management experience available, perfect for players who want a deep, challenging simulation.
- #7 Railway Empire 2
93% 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 39.7% ★, Transportation 20.1% ★, Management 11.7%, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A polished and accessible train network management game that focuses on historical expansion and economic growth.
- #8 Railroad Tycoon 3
94% 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 48.9% ★, Management 23.3%, Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 6.7%, Economy 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive classic of the genre that balances economic strategy with rail network building in a way that remains highly engaging today.
- #9 Cities in Motion 2
91% matchMixed58% of 2,500 reviews2013
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 27.9% ★, Simulation 21.4%, Trains 16.6% ★, Management 15.7%, Strategy 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the complexities of urban transit networks, mirroring the city-building and transportation management aspects of Locomotion.
- #10 Transport Giant
91% matchMixed62% of 490 reviews2014
Dev: Fancy Bytes, ReactorPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 14.9 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 32% ★, Simulation 23%, Strategy 18.8%, Transportation 11.6% ★, Economy 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic management title that mirrors the economic and transportation-focused gameplay of the early 2000s era.
- #11 Voxel Tycoon
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,786 reviews2021
Dev: Voxel Tycoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Voxel Tycoon is a management sim set in an infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods in 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 40.4% ★, Transportation 22.2% ★, Management 12.7%, Simulation 8.9%, Economy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines deep logistics and supply chain management with a charming voxel aesthetic, providing a modern take on the classic tycoon loop.
- #12 Train Fever
90% 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 51.1% ★, Simulation 14.4%, Management 11.3%, Transportation 8.2% ★, Economy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: The game that launched the modern era of transportation simulations, sharing many core mechanics and the focus on network growth with Locomotion.
- #13 Railway Empire
89% 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 42% ★, Management 13.2%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 12.7%, Transportation 10.9% ★
Why You'll Like It: The predecessor to the modern Railway Empire series, offering solid network building and economic management in a historical setting.
- #14 Industry Giant 2
88% matchVery Positive86% of 1,022 reviews2015
Dev: Fancy Bytes, ReactorPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Economic booms, stock market crashes, oil crises, upswings, triumphs... Now you can become the greatest power in industry!
Why similar: Simulation 33.3%, Strategy 31.2%, Management 18.7%, Economy 16.7%
Why You'll Like It: This classic focuses heavily on the production and transportation side of the economy, which is essential for fans of the industrial logistics found in Locomotion.
- #15 Rise of Industry
86% 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: Trains 21.9% ★, Management 21.3%, Simulation 15.4%, Economy 14.8%, Strategy 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the production and transportation of goods, making it a great choice for players who enjoy the economic side of Locomotion.
- #16 Sid Meier's Railroads!
87% 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 55.9% ★, Management 13%, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 8.7%, Economy 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A more streamlined and accessible take on the classic railroad management formula that still offers plenty of strategic depth.
- #17 Train Valley 2
86% matchVery Positive90% of 3,155 reviews2019
Dev: Alexey DavydovPub: Flazm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.4 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 57.4% ★, Management 16.4%, Simulation 14%, Strategy 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-oriented approach to train logistics that requires careful planning and efficiency to optimize your transport networks.
- #18 Railroad Corporation
84% 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 43.8% ★, Transportation 16.8% ★, Management 12.6%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the business and expansion side of running a railroad empire, emphasizing the economic challenges of the 19th century.
- #19 Railroad Pioneer
85% matchMixed61% of 264 reviews2014
Dev: Kritzelkratz 3000Pub: THQ Nordic Mobile
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 46.5% ★, Simulation 25.3%, Strategy 20.9%, Management 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic western-themed management game that emphasizes expansion and the logistics of building a transcontinental rail network.
- #20 Cities in Motion
84% 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 29.7% ★, Simulation 23.4%, Management 16.3%, Transportation 16.1% ★, Strategy 8%
Why You'll Like It: The original urban transit simulator that paved the way for modern city-transport games, focusing on complex bus and rail routes.
- #21 Transport INC
83% matchMixed70% of 1,084 reviews2020
Dev: DIGIFOXPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 38.1% ★, Transportation 21.7% ★, Management 12.6%, Economy 9.5%, Simulation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A modern management game where you run a global transportation company across various modes of transit, including planes and buses.
- #22 RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic
81% matchVery Positive91% of 3,107 reviews2017
Dev: Origin8 Technologies Ltd.Pub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 61.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Create incredible parks in the original rollercoaster sim from Chris Sawyer.
Why similar: Management 38%, Simulation 26.6%, Strategy 17.9%, Classic 17.5% ★
Why You'll Like It: Sharing the same engine and design philosophy as Locomotion, this offers a nearly identical management experience in a theme park setting.
- #23 Cargo Company
82% 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 40% ★, Transportation 19.1% ★, Management 12%, Simulation 11.5%, Economy 9%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled logistics game that focuses on building transport networks to fuel industrial growth, much like the classic tycoon games.
- #24 Train Station Simulator
82% 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 52.7% ★, Management 15.6%, Simulation 15.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Economy 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of transit hubs, a key component of the transportation network experience found in Locomotion.
- #25 Railroads Online
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,018 reviews2024
Dev: Stefan KelnbergerPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 64.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 71.3% ★, Management 16%, Economy 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a more immersive, open-world experience for those who want to build and operate their own rail networks in a 3D environment.
- #26 Train Valley World
79% 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 40.1% ★, Transportation 24.1% ★, Management 10.5%, Simulation 9.6%, Strategy 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A fresh take on the logistics puzzle genre with a focus on global transport networks and cooperative play.
- #27 Train Life: A Railway Simulator
80% matchMixed63% of 1,693 reviews2022
Dev: SimteractPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.7 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 39.4% ★, Transportation 21.7% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Management 12.8%, Economy 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a more hands-on, driver-focused perspective while still requiring you to manage the growth of your rail company.
- #28 Soko Loco Deluxe
81% matchVery Positive81% of 98 reviews2019
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Soko Loco Deluxe is a cute train tycoon! 🚂🧱🎁💎 Transport resources, develop towns and build a giant monument! Choo-choo!
Why similar: Trains 44.8% ★, Transportation 21.1% ★, Simulation 18.5%, Strategy 15.7%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, indie take on the logistics genre that emphasizes simple, satisfying network building and resource management.
- #29 Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 383 reviews2025
Dev: Andrii BychkovskyiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Effortlessly build and automate intricate railroads and deliver goods to meet the demands of a dynamic world! Make clever use of signals and signposts to avoid traffic jams, and watch your villages blossom into bustling towns in this cozy take on the train tycoon genre.
Why similar: Trains 42.5% ★, Transportation 20.6% ★, Management 10.3%, Simulation 10.2%, Economy 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxed, modern take on the automation and logistics genre for those who prefer a lower-stress, cozy experience.
- #30 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 40.5% ★, Transportation 20.3% ★, Management 12%, Economy 9.5%, Simulation 9.3%
- #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 60.3% ★, Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 10.6%, Management 9.7%, Economy 8.1%
- #32 Train Simulator Classic
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 29,402 reviews2015
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - Trains
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 73.8% ★, Simulation 22.1%, Transportation 3.4% ★, Strategy 0.8%
- #33 NIMBY Rails
75% 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 29.8% ★, Transportation 26.5% ★, Management 13.8%, Simulation 11.9%, Economy 10.8%
- #34 Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
77% matchVery Positive90% of 1,392 reviews2007
Dev: PopTopPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 9.0 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 48.8% ★, Management 16.9%, Strategy 13.5%, Classic 7.9% ★, Simulation 7.4%
- #35 Train World
76% 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 43.8% ★, Transportation 18.3% ★, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 9.4%, Management 9.3%
- #36 RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe
75% matchVery Positive94% of 8,281 reviews2014
Dev: Chris Sawyer ProductionsPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
One of the best games from acclaimed Tycoon series, with well designed gameplay mechanics, appealing graphics, and really high re-playability value. There’s no limit to what you can create so design and build the most thrilling roller coaster the world has ever seen!
Why similar: Management 30.6%, Simulation 29.6%, Classic 25.7% ★, Strategy 14%
- #37 RAILGRADE
73% matchVery Positive85% of 1,255 reviews2023
Dev: Minakata Dynamics
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 49% ★, Management 11.3%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 10%, Transportation 9.9% ★
- #38 Railroad Corporation 2
73% 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 45.3% ★, Transportation 17.4% ★, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Economy 9%
- #39 Train Valley
74% 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 46.1% ★, Transportation 21.8% ★, Management 12.2%, Simulation 10.6%, Strategy 9.2%
- #40 Train Sim World® 4
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,012 reviews2023
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 52.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Feel the power of simulation in your hands. Experience immense velocity and express unrivalled creativity with Train Sim World 4! Expand your rail hobby and discover the raw emotion of driving a diverse array of iconic routes and trains. From training center to mountain pass, this is your journey.
Why similar: Trains 65.2% ★, Transportation 20.7% ★, Simulation 14.1%
- #41 Rail Route
71% matchVery Positive88% of 2,604 reviews2024
Dev: Bitrich.info
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 113.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 42.3% ★, Transportation 19.7% ★, Management 11.2%, Simulation 9.8%, Economy 9%
- #42 Station Manager
73% matchVery Positive82% of 221 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Build your own spectacular, multi-story station for your favorite trains!
Why similar: Trains 62.8% ★, Simulation 18.4%, Strategy 7.3%, Economy 6.4%, Management 5%
- #43 Transports
74% 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 37.2% ★, Transportation 20.7% ★, Management 12.8%, Simulation 11.1%, Economy 9.1%
- #44 Train Sim World® 2020
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,995 reviews2017
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 113.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Train Sim World is an immersive first-person simulator perfect for everyone, with complete in-cab interactivity, accurate detail on locos, real-world routes and hours of gameplay. Take to the rails with the brand-new Train Sim World 2020 Edition and find everything you need to master new skills.
Why similar: Trains 76% ★, Simulation 22.3%, Transportation 1.7% ★
- #45 Subway Builder
70% 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: Simulation 23.7%, Strategy 23%, Trains 20.6% ★, Management 17.8%, Transportation 9.3% ★
- #46 Airport CEO
70% matchVery Positive83% of 8,330 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Transportation 30.1% ★, Management 23.1%, Simulation 18.2%, Economy 14.3%, Strategy 14.3%
- #47 SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
71% matchVery Positive82% of 9,827 reviews2010
Dev: EA - MaxisPub: Electronic Arts
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.
Why similar: Management 27.1%, Simulation 21.7%, Economy 21.2%, Strategy 19%, Classic 10.9% ★
- #48 Derail Valley
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,700 reviews2019
Dev: Altfuture
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
Why similar: Trains 56% ★, Transportation 23.1% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Economy 7.4%
- #49 Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,744 reviews2019
Dev: N3V Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 47.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Much more than just a train driving simulator. Build, drive and operate the railroad of your dreams with Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019.
Why similar: Trains 69.7% ★, Simulation 30.3%
- #50 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
69% 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 38.4% ★, Management 16.7%, Transportation 16.3% ★, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 10.2%
- #51 Captain of Industry
66% matchVery Positive90% of 11,469 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 84.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Management 19.8%, Simulation 19.4%, Economy 17.1%, Trains 15.9% ★, Strategy 15.9%
- #52 A-Train 8
71% 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 42.2% ★, Transportation 20.7% ★, Management 12.7%, Economy 10.5%, Strategy 8%
- #53 Station to Station
66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,951 reviews2023
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Prismatika
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
‘Station to Station’ is a minimalist & relaxing game about building railway connections. Grab your conductor’s hat and bring the voxel-art world to life through the magic of trains!
Why similar: Trains 48.1% ★, Transportation 19.7% ★, Simulation 12.2%, Management 12.2%, Strategy 7.7%
- #54 A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
68% 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 33.3% ★, Transportation 19% ★, Management 14.5%, Simulation 12.8%, Economy 10.7%
- #55 Mini Metro
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,721 reviews2015
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 49.6% ★, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 12.8%, Transportation 11.5% ★, Management 11.2%
- #56 Steel Artery: Train City Builder
65% matchMostly Positive72% of 317 reviews2026
Dev: SoulAge23Pub: Crytivo
Windows
Hardcore city-building sim in a fantasy steampunk world. Manage multi-racial colonies with hundreds of autonomous citizens, balance their needs, grow the economy, build logistics, and travel a vast world carrying out the Emperor’s orders.
Why similar: Trains 51.7% ★, Management 15.2%, Economy 12.4%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 9.8%
- #57 Worldwide Rush
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 568 reviews2025
Dev: Memel Games
Windows
Worldwide Rush lets you experience passenger transportation and management on a global scale. Expand your company, meet the growing travel demand, compete against other companies, and discover new continents with its unique vehicles. The entire world is yours to control.
Why similar: Transportation 36.1% ★, Management 17.9%, Simulation 17.9%, Economy 15.7%, Strategy 12.5%
- #58 Pizza Connection 2
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 317 reviews2017
Dev: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
It's your empire... Take control! The game has it all! the depth of gameplay will have you on the edge of your seat for hours on-end. Build, manage, strategize and conquer the competition with the richest gameplay tycoon product ever offered!
Why similar: Simulation 29.1%, Strategy 23.3%, Management 23%, Classic 12.5% ★, Economy 12%
- #59 City Bus Manager
64% matchVery Positive91% of 2,842 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data. Buy buses, maintain them, take care of your staff and lead your bus company to become the #1 in town!
Why similar: Management 28.7%, Simulation 28.3%, Economy 21.4%, Strategy 14.7%, Transportation 7% ★
- #60 Train Sim World® 6
63% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,114 reviews2025
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 36.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Embark on your next journey and discover the joy of train simulation. Be ready for anything as you master formidable trains across 3 new routes. Unlock new skills and expand your hobby - Expect the Unexpected in Train Sim World 6!
Why similar: Trains 53% ★, Transportation 24.2% ★, Simulation 14.1%, Strategy 8.7%
