- #1 Mini Motorways
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,837 reviews2021
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?
Why similar: Transportation 31.6% ★, Management 14.7%, Minimalist 13.2%, Strategy 10.2%, Building 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the minimalist design and addictive, fast-paced network expansion mechanics found in Fly Corp.
- #2 Transport INC
96% matchMixed70% of 1,075 reviews2020
Dev: DIGIFOXPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.4 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: Transportation 32.2% ★, Time Management 12.3%, Sandbox 12.1%, Management 11.1%, Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a direct parallel to the global transportation management and route-building gameplay of the seed game.
- #3 Mini Metro
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,480 reviews2015
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Transportation 23.9% ★, Minimalist 19.8%, Management 14%, Strategy 11.9%, Puzzle 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the same core challenge of optimizing a growing transport network under increasing pressure.
- #4 Mini Airways - ATC simulator
95% matchVery Positive93% of 1,480 reviews2024
Dev: CCC GamesPub: Erabit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Mini Airways is a real-time management game where you play the role of an air traffic controller. Clear your aircraft to takeoff & land, direct them to the destination...and most of all don't let them crash!! London, Tokyo, Shanghai... Test your ATC skills in distinctive maps around the globe!
Why similar: Transportation 24.2% ★, Flight 23.8%, Time Management 12.1%, Abstract 8.2%, Minimalist 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the specific stress and satisfaction of managing air traffic control in a streamlined, accessible format.
- #5 Rail Route
94% matchVery Positive89% of 2,495 reviews2024
Dev: Bitrich.info
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 114.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Transportation 31.5% ★, Time Management 17.4%, Building 11%, Management 10.6%, Sandbox 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the logic and efficiency of building and managing complex transit networks in a minimalist style.
- #6 Airport CEO
94% matchVery Positive83% of 8,179 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Transportation 26.8% ★, Flight 20.6%, Management 12%, Building 10.7%, Sandbox 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This provides a deeper, more granular look at airport management and infrastructure development.
- #7 SimAirport
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,022 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!
Why similar: Flight 33.8%, Management 16.7%, Building 15.8%, Sandbox 13.5%, Strategy 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the construction and operational management of airports, mirroring the expansion goals of Fly Corp.
- #8 Transport Fever 2
92% matchVery Positive90% of 31,697 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 65.9 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: Transportation 42.2% ★, Management 15%, Flight 9.8%, Building 8.8%, Sandbox 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A comprehensive simulation that allows for deep control over global logistics and transportation networks across eras.
- #9 Sky Haven Tycoon - Airport Simulator
91% matchMixed59% of 1,347 reviews2022
Dev: Real Welders
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build your own airport in Skyhaven! Live out your airplane tycoon and simulation game fantasies and make the best surroundings and strategy for both airline manager and passenger alike. Schedule flight plans, build terminals, landing strips and more and create an airport tycoon empire in Skyhaven.
Why similar: Flight 31.5%, Management 22.3%, Building 15.4%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines airport building with the strategic management of flight routes and passenger flow.
- #10 Train Valley 2
91% matchVery Positive90% of 3,099 reviews2019
Dev: Alexey DavydovPub: Flazm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.6 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: Management 19.1%, Building 18.9%, Minimalist 18.3%, Family Friendly 12.5%, Puzzle 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features puzzle-like transport management that rewards efficient planning and network optimization.
- #11 Voxel Tycoon
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,756 reviews2021
Dev: Voxel Tycoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.1 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: Transportation 49.4% ★, Management 16.8%, Building 11.5%, Sandbox 10.5%, Strategy 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: It blends logistics management with network building in a visually distinct, sandbox-style environment.
- #12 Cities in Motion 2
90% matchMixed58% of 2,499 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 48.9% ★, Management 16.3%, Simulation 11.1%, Sandbox 9.4%, Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game centers on the complex task of designing and maintaining public transportation networks within a city.
- #13 Industry Idle
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,467 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Industry Idle is an idle game that combines factory building, resource management and market trading. Design & build your base, expand & scale up your productions, improve & optimize your economy. Plus all the incremental game goodies: offline earnings, prestige to unlock more powerful upgrades.
Why similar: Transportation 32.7% ★, Idler 15.3%, Building 11.1%, Minimalist 10.3%, Management 10%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the mathematical satisfaction of scaling production and logistics systems efficiently.
- #14 Airline Manager
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,168 reviews2021
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Create and manage your own airline. Create both passenger and cargo routes all over the world while you upgrade and expand your fleet of airplanes and airports. Airline Manager is among the most realistic of its genre - so prove yourself and beat your friends and other real life managers.
Why similar: Transportation 35.1% ★, Flight 29.8%, RTS 10.1%, Management 9.9%, Simulation 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the economic and logistical side of running an airline, similar to the route-buying mechanics in Fly Corp.
- #15 City Bus Manager
86% matchVery Positive91% of 2,756 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 21.6%, Logic 15.7%, Time Management 15.5%, Sandbox 11.5%, Simulation 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a realistic look at managing a public bus network, from route planning to vehicle maintenance.
- #16 Delivery INC
87% matchMostly Positive70% of 260 reviews2023
Dev: DIGIFOXPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Delivery INC is a fast-paced time management game where you’ll be challenged with quick decision making and planning. Build a fleet of vehicles and drivers. Make deliveries before the customer’s patience runs out. Put your logic and delivery skills to the test in any real-world city.
Why similar: Transportation 35.5% ★, Management 12.3%, Sandbox 10.9%, Time Management 10.3%, RTS 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It challenges players to manage a real-time delivery network, focusing on routing and fleet management.
- #17 shapez 2 - Factory
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,303 reviews2026
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 29.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.
Why similar: Transportation 32.5% ★, Management 15.2%, Building 12.1%, Logic 10.8%, Sandbox 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a minimalist approach to complex automation and logistics, perfect for fans of network optimization.
- #18 Railway Empire 2
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,561 reviews2023
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 26.6 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: Transportation 44.5% ★, Management 15.3%, Building 12.8%, Sandbox 12.7%, Strategy 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the strategic expansion of rail networks and the management of complex supply chains.
- #19 Worldwide Rush
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 524 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 41.5% ★, RTS 12.9%, Management 12.1%, Sandbox 11.2%, Logic 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the global scale and rapid-fire decision-making required to manage transport routes across continents.
- #20 Sweet Transit
85% matchMixed68% of 1,248 reviews2024
Dev: Ernestas NorvaišasPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.5 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: Transportation 43.7% ★, Management 14.7%, Building 13.9%, Sandbox 11.5%, Strategy 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A unique city-builder that relies entirely on rail-based logistics and network connectivity to grow.
- #21 GRIDROAD
82% matchVery Positive84% of 415 reviews2024
Dev: RAJACORP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
GRIDROAD is a traffic optimisation puzzle/simulation game. Build roads, place road markings and tweak traffic lights to build the most efficient traffic junction!
Why similar: Transportation 47.3% ★, Building 12.6%, Logic 10.3%, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on traffic management and road network design in a clean, minimalist style.
- #22 Train Valley
83% matchVery Positive90% of 3,417 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: Transportation 33.6% ★, Time Management 14.1%, Management 11.1%, Building 10.7%, Family Friendly 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: The original game provides a tight, puzzle-focused experience centered on managing train traffic and track layouts.
- #23 Masterplan Tycoon
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 735 reviews2023
Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Welcome to the resource management game where your creativity and logistics skills are put to the test! In this minimalistic simulation you will build interconnected chains of products and open new missions by completing various tasks to create the biggest system you can.
Why similar: Management 15.4%, Abstract 15.2%, Building 15.1%, Logic 14.1%, Minimalist 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist resource management game that emphasizes the visual layout of production chains and networks.
- #24 Puffin Planes
81% matchVery Positive95% of 344 reviews2024
Dev: CATINRAIN LLC
Windows
A casual airline management game set on Earth and Mars. Supports singleplayer and Steam co-op.
Why similar: Transportation 33.1% ★, Flight 22.6%, Time Management 16.3%, Management 9.7%, Sandbox 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a casual, time-management-focused approach to flight logistics and airport operations.
- #25 Captain of Industry
79% matchVery Positive90% of 10,894 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 84.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 26.2%, Transportation 25.5% ★, Building 22%, Strategy 13.5%, Simulation 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: It features deep logistics and supply chain management within a large-scale industrial simulation.
- #26 ATC Ground Point
80% matchVery Positive80% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: Blueon
Windows
Control the ground movement of airplanes at various airports. As the air traffic controller, ensure the airplanes move safely and get to the stand or runway on time.
Why similar: Flight 25.7%, Time Management 21.6%, Transportation 14.4% ★, Strategy 6.9%, Minimalist 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A specialized simulator that focuses on the time-management and tactical aspects of air traffic control.
- #27 Aviassembly
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,776 reviews2025
Dev: Jelle Booij
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and fly your own airplane! Complete missions to earn money, upgrade your plane, and discover new locations in an open world.
Why similar: Transportation 35.6% ★, Flight 26.1%, Building 17%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 3.9%
- #28 Train Fever
81% matchMixed64% of 3,525 reviews2014
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.8 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: Transportation 27.8% ★, Management 22.7%, Simulation 14.4%, Sandbox 12.7%, Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: The predecessor to the Transport Fever series, it offers a solid foundation in logistics and transport simulation.
- #29 Rise of Industry
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,169 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: Management 24.9%, Transportation 24.5% ★, RTS 11.9%, Strategy 10.6%, Building 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the logistical challenge of moving goods through a complex supply chain network.
- #30 Production Line : Car factory simulation
78% matchVery Positive82% of 3,473 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
Why similar: Management 31%, Building 20.2%, Sandbox 16.2%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It challenges players to design and optimize the flow of a factory, which shares the same logic as transport networks.
- #31 Transport Fever
78% matchVery Positive83% of 10,810 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: Transportation 33.3% ★, Flight 22.7%, Building 11.8%, Management 11.7%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #32 Air Traffic: Greenlight
76% matchVery Positive94% of 180 reviews2022
Dev: GyroX
Windows
Air Traffic: Greenlight is an air-traffic-control-themed game. Direct aircraft in the area where radar coverage is limited. Prevent collisions, organize and expedite the flow of air traffic.
Why similar: Transportation 26.3% ★, Flight 19.8%, Time Management 16.3%, RTS 11.4%, Management 9.7%
- #33 AirlineSim
76% matchVery Positive80% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: simulogics
Windows
Manage and grow your own virtual airline in this business simulation. Plan operations by acquiring aircraft and scheduling flights. Monitor finances using realistic tools as you cooperate and compete with other players on a real-time market and turn your company into a flourishing business.
Why similar: Transportation 36.1% ★, Flight 26.5%, Management 15%, Sandbox 11.8%, Simulation 5.6%
- #34 Train Valley Origins
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 287 reviews2025
Dev: FlazmPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
The cutest management game about trains. 🚂 Choo-choo! Manage increasingly complex railroad. The rich history of railway transport awaits! From steam engines to futuristic marvels. Explore different eras and countries and witness the evolution of train technology. 🛤️🚂🚄❤️
Why similar: Transportation 29.9% ★, Time Management 15.6%, Management 11.2%, Building 11.2%, Minimalist 9.9%
- #35 Terminal One
75% matchMixed66% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: Terminal Reality
Windows
Airport building and light business tycoon game. Build up an airport providing cargo, maintenance, and passenger service. Choose which upgrades to invest in, manage policies, organize finances, optimize layouts, and balance carbon emissions.
Why similar: Transportation 25.8% ★, Flight 18.3%, Building 14.9%, Sandbox 11.3%, Management 11%
- #36 Train Valley World
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: FlazmPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Transportation 43.1% ★, Time Management 16.6%, Management 11.1%, Sandbox 10.2%, Minimalist 8.4%
- #37 Mini Countries
75% matchMixed67% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: Yheeky Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A level-based strategy/puzzle game where you have to build up a resource transport network for a country.
Why similar: Transportation 32.3% ★, RTS 14.2%, Building 12.4%, Management 11.8%, Minimalist 8.4%
- #38 NIMBY Rails
73% matchVery Positive90% of 2,232 reviews2021
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 40.0 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: Transportation 43.4% ★, Management 13.4%, Building 12.2%, Sandbox 10.7%, Minimalist 7.5%
- #39 Startup Company
73% matchVery Positive81% of 6,200 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 44.3%, Simulation 15.8%, Building 12.1%, Strategy 11.4%, Sandbox 11.3%
- #40 Jumbo Airport Story
71% matchVery Positive92% of 357 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Just imagine: your own world-famous airport! A game with sky-high levels of fun!
Why similar: Flight 31.7%, RTS 21.6%, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 8.5%, Building 8.4%
- #41 TrainClicker Idle Evolution
73% matchMixed62% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Turbulence101Games
Windows · Mac
🚂 Cozy idle train game. Enjoy a journey from steam to modern locomotives in idle style! 🚂
Why similar: Transportation 35.4% ★, Idler 15.9%, Management 12.9%, Sandbox 12.7%, Strategy 6.3%
- #42 I am an Air Traffic Controller 4
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 565 reviews2020
Dev: TechnoBrain
Windows
Players take on the role of an air traffic controller, guiding aircraft safely and efficiently through real-world airports. With simple controls, it’s easy for anyone to enjoy, featuring a wide range of stages tailored for both beginners and advanced players.
Why similar: Transportation 28% ★, Flight 22.2%, RTS 13.7%, Time Management 13%, Management 9.8%
- #43 Project Highrise
72% matchVery Positive85% of 4,762 reviews2016
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
Why similar: Management 32.3%, Building 26.7%, Simulation 13.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #44 InfraSpace
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,907 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: Transportation 47.7% ★, Building 14.8%, Management 14%, Sandbox 13.5%, Simulation 5.6%
- #45 Learn to Fly 3
70% matchVery Positive95% of 11,094 reviews2017
Dev: Light Bringer Games inc.
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!
Why similar: Flight 22%, Management 13.8%, Logic 13.2%, Sandbox 12.3%, Family Friendly 7.5%
- #46 Endless ATC
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 511 reviews2017
Dev: startgrid
Windows
Endless ATC is a realistic air traffic control simulator with a simple, easy to use interface. The goal is to guide as many planes as possible safely to the runways. Find out how many flights you can manage to control!
Why similar: Flight 37.5%, Management 20.2%, Minimalist 16.7%, Simulation 7.5%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #47 Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 362 reviews2025
Dev: Andriy 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: Transportation 35.3% ★, Building 11.5%, Sandbox 10.7%, Management 10.4%, Minimalist 9.9%
- #48 Airline Tycoon Deluxe
71% matchVery Positive84% of 662 reviews2014
Dev: SpellboundPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Airline Tycoon Deluxe is a funny economy simulation proceeding in realtime and assigning you the complete responsibility for an airline.
Why similar: Transportation 35.9% ★, Flight 27.7%, Management 17%, Simulation 7.2%, Strategy 5.7%
- #49 Plan B: Terraform
65% matchVery Positive91% of 3,512 reviews2025
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.
Why similar: Transportation 39.4% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Management 11.1%, Minimalist 10%, Building 9.5%
- #50 Mad Tower Tycoon
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 441 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.
Why similar: Transportation 32.3% ★, Management 16%, Building 15.4%, Sandbox 13.1%, Strategy 7.4%
- #51 Cities in Motion
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,082 reviews2011
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Manage transportation for commuters in four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam
Why similar: Transportation 38.8% ★, Management 23.9%, Simulation 17.2%, Sandbox 8%, Strategy 7.6%
- #52 My Train Arrives
69% matchVery Positive86% of 96 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: Transportation 41.2% ★, Management 12.1%, Building 11.4%, RTS 10.1%, Strategy 9.1%
- #53 Transporter
68% matchMixed50% of 52 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: Transportation 56.5% ★, Management 17.7%, Strategy 9.4%, Building 8.6%, Simulation 7.7%
- #54 Good Company
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,775 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!
Why similar: Management 21.7%, Building 21%, Sandbox 18.5%, Logic 14.7%, Strategy 9.6%
- #55 Railroad Corporation 2
65% matchMostly Positive71% of 370 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: Transportation 40.2% ★, Building 17%, Sandbox 14.1%, Strategy 8.6%, Management 8.5%
- #56 Railway Empire
67% matchVery Positive83% of 9,652 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: Transportation 28.7% ★, Management 20.4%, Building 14.2%, Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 9.9%
- #57 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
66% matchVery Positive81% of 1,748 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: Transportation 33.4% ★, Management 20.1%, Building 17.5%, Sandbox 14.3%, Strategy 7.9%
- #58 Factory Town
65% matchVery Positive91% of 4,433 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Transportation 33.5% ★, Management 19.7%, Sandbox 18.8%, Building 13.4%, Simulation 8.5%
- #59 Freeways
66% matchVery Positive90% of 2,148 reviews2018
Dev: Captain Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You are a traffic engineer. Draw freeway interchanges. Optimize for efficency and avoid traffic jams!
Why similar: Transportation 52.9% ★, Simulation 28.7%, Puzzle 18.4%