- #1 Railway Empire 2
97% 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: Trains 22.3% ★, Transportation 15.3% ★, Western 11.6% ★, Economy 8.1%, City Builder 6.8%
- #2 Transport Fever 2
96% 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: Trains 27.3% ★, Transportation 20.6% ★, City Builder 10%, Economy 9.3%, Building 6.2%
- #3 Railroad Corporation
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,482 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 27.4% ★, Transportation 14.2% ★, Western 11% ★, Historical 9.1%, Economy 7.8%
- #4 Railway Empire
95% 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: Trains 28.3% ★, Transportation 9.9% ★, Economy 9.7%, Western 9.7% ★, Building 7.1%
- #5 Transport Fever
94% 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: Trains 26.8% ★, Transportation 18% ★, Economy 10.6%, City Builder 10.4%, Building 9.1%
- #6 Railroads Online
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,936 reviews2024
Dev: Stefan KelnbergerPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 66.2 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 42.4% ★, Economy 12.9%, Building 12.3%, Sandbox 10.1%, Immersive Sim 7.4%
- #7 Train Fever
94% 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: Trains 42.8% ★, Economy 11.1%, Transportation 9.2% ★, Simulation 7.5%, City Builder 6.6%
- #8 Rail Route
91% 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: Trains 28.2% ★, Transportation 17.6% ★, Economy 10.3%, City Builder 10%, Building 8.8%
- #9 Train Life: A Railway Simulator
92% matchMixed63% of 1,651 reviews2022
Dev: SimteractPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.8 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 31.2% ★, Transportation 22.8% ★, Realistic 10%, Economy 8.8%, Simulation 7%
- #10 Mashinky
91% matchVery Positive85% of 2,795 reviews2018
Dev: Jan Zelený
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 36.8 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 31.3% ★, Transportation 19.3% ★, Economy 11.4%, Sandbox 8.3%, Historical 7.6%
- #11 Derail Valley
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,005 reviews2019
Dev: Altfuture
Windows
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
Why similar: Trains 38% ★, Transportation 20.8% ★, Economy 8.7%, Realistic 8.2%, Sandbox 6%
- #12 Transport INC
90% 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: Trains 25.8% ★, Transportation 19.7% ★, Economy 11%, Sandbox 10%, Realistic 8.6%
- #13 Train World
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 96 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 29.2% ★, Transportation 16.4% ★, Economy 8.9%, Sandbox 8%, Building 6.5%
- #14 Railroader
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,366 reviews2023
Dev: Giraffe Lab LLC
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 75.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You and your fellow railroaders are the lifeblood of your railroad, just like it is the lifeblood of the communities it serves. Switch cars at industries. Keep people moving while running local passenger trains. Run trains with a purpose in transition era Appalachia – in Railroader!
Why similar: Trains 35.9% ★, Transportation 23.3% ★, Economy 10%, Realistic 7.4%, Immersive Sim 6.5%
- #15 Sweet Transit
88% 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: Trains 26.8% ★, Transportation 17.9% ★, City Builder 9.9%, Economy 9.8%, Building 8.2%
- #16 SimRail - The Railway Simulator
86% matchVery Positive86% of 5,274 reviews2024
Dev: SimRail S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 17.8 hrsMean: 66.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
SimRail is new, advanced railway simulator. Master high-speed long-distance EMU, heavy freight hauls and suburban trains. Travel 500 km of geodetic-data based real routes. Become train dispatcher and control the traffic according to the schedule or cooperate with other players on multiplayer mode.
Why similar: Trains 41.8% ★, Transportation 26.5% ★, Realistic 9%, Immersive Sim 6.8%, Simulation 6.3%
- #17 Airport CEO
86% 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 19.8% ★, Economy 12%, Building 11.4%, City Builder 10.4%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #18 Cities: Skylines II
84% matchMixed54% of 88,593 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.5 hrsMean: 73.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
Why similar: City Builder 21.7%, Building 14.2%, Economy 12.7%, Transportation 12.3% ★, Sandbox 10.3%
- #19 Train Valley World
84% 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: Trains 30.5% ★, Transportation 24.5% ★, Economy 9.8%, City Builder 9.7%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #20 RAILGRADE
83% matchVery Positive85% of 1,211 reviews2023
Dev: Minakata Dynamics
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.6 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 34.3% ★, City Builder 11%, Economy 10.3%, Transportation 9.4% ★, Building 9%
- #21 Train Station Simulator
85% 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 48.5% ★, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 7.9%, Management 7.3%, Economy 6.6%
- #22 Planet Coaster 2
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,296 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build and customise thrilling roller coasters and incredible water slides, manage the ultimate theme park experience, and share your epic creations. Are you ready to ride the wave?
Why similar: Building 17.7%, City Builder 16.8%, Sandbox 15.6%, Economy 15%, Simulation 10.7%
- #23 Voxel Tycoon
81% 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: Trains 30.4% ★, Transportation 22.4% ★, Economy 11.3%, Building 7.5%, Sandbox 6.4%
- #24 Train Sim World® 2
81% matchVery Positive82% of 8,231 reviews2020
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 101.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The evolution of train simulation! Master iconic locomotives on high-speed services, long freight hauls or precise commuter traffic, and get creative with customisation tools in this advanced sequel. Climb into the cab in Train Sim World 2.
Why similar: Trains 43.1% ★, Transportation 23.6% ★, Realistic 9.6%, Simulation 8.1%, Immersive Sim 5.8%
- #25 Cities in Motion 2
82% 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 29.7% ★, Trains 13.1% ★, City Builder 12.2%, Simulation 10.6%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #26 Railroad Tycoon 3
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,246 reviews2007
Dev: PopTopPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.8 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 54.6% ★, Management 13%, Economy 9.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 4.7%
- #27 NIMBY Rails
79% 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 24.9% ★, Trains 20.4% ★, Economy 12.9%, Building 10.1%, City Builder 9.4%
- #28 Captain of Industry
78% 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: Economy 21.6%, Building 13.8%, City Builder 12.5%, Resource Management 11.8%, Transportation 11.1% ★
- #29 InfraSpace
77% 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 21.7% ★, Trains 21.1% ★, City Builder 12.5%, Economy 11.2%, Building 9.6%
- #30 Simutrans
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 660 reviews2016
Dev: The Simutrans Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 13.6 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 40.5% ★, Economy 9.1%, Simulation 8.9%, Building 8.4%, Transportation 8.2% ★
- #31 Loco Shortline Operations
78% matchVery Positive87% of 69 reviews2021
Dev: TSRS
Windows
Openworld Railbuilder Simulator with Realistic Physics based Locomotives,Trucks,Cranes,Boats,Economy
Why similar: Trains 30.6% ★, Building 12%, Economy 11.1%, Sandbox 10.8%, Realistic 9.1%
- #32 Train Sim World® 2020
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,995 reviews2017
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 108.0 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 62.5% ★, Realistic 12.9%, Simulation 11.5%, Building 8.2%, Transportation 1.8% ★
- #33 Trainz Railroad Simulator 2022
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,141 reviews2022
Dev: N3V Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 166.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Drive, Explore, Operate and Create the railroad of your dreams - and now you can collaborate in real time with Multiplayer Surveyor! TRS22 showcases a range of high quality routes, sessions and trains to drive, plus all the scenery you need to make your own masterpiece.
Why similar: Trains 36.5% ★, Transportation 18.7% ★, Sandbox 9.2%, Building 8.5%, Historical 7.9%
- #34 Diesel Railcar Simulator
76% matchVery Positive94% of 340 reviews2018
Dev: Lapioware
Windows
Drive vintage diesel trains, shifting gears manually and trying to reach a perfect score. Create new routes, trains and timetables. Share your creations and download new content from the Workshop.
Why similar: Trains 32.4% ★, Transportation 19.6% ★, Sandbox 8.6%, Building 7.9%, Realistic 7.7%
- #35 Worldwide Rush
73% 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 31.2% ★, Economy 17.3%, Sandbox 11.4%, Historical 9.7%, Simulation 7.2%
- #36 City Bus Manager
72% 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: Economy 34%, Simulation 16.5%, Sandbox 15.2%, Management 13.5%, Strategy 9.7%
- #37 Rise of Industry
75% 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: Economy 17.9%, Trains 15.5% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Transportation 11.7% ★, Management 7.6%
- #38 Train Sim World® 4
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,988 reviews2023
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 52.1 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 49% ★, Transportation 20.9% ★, Realistic 7.1%, Simulation 6.6%, Immersive Sim 6%
- #39 A-Train 8
77% 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 26.3% ★, Transportation 17.3% ★, City Builder 11.6%, Economy 11.2%, Building 9.9%
- #40 Automation Empire
74% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 19.3 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 21.2% ★, Economy 14.3%, Building 13.5%, Sandbox 12.2%, Simulation 9.7%
- #41 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
69% matchVery Positive91% of 25,891 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 73.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: City Builder 18.2%, Economy 16.7%, Historical 15.5%, Building 14.2%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #42 Cities in Motion
74% 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: Trains 26.3% ★, Transportation 18.8% ★, Simulation 13.1%, City Builder 11%, Economy 9.6%
- #43 Bounty Train
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,716 reviews2017
Dev: Corbie GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore the dangerous life, the accurate historic events and contemporary inventions of the North American/US 19th century. Acquire one of the most legendary steam machines and transform it into a fortress on rails.
Why similar: Trains 45.7% ★, Economy 10.5%, Building 9.5%, Western 9.3% ★, Simulation 8.1%
- #44 Rolling Line
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,491 reviews2018
Dev: Gaugepunk Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Build your own model railway tracks and scenery or explore pre-made maps, including 1000s of player-made maps and mods on the Steam Workshop! Play solo and in multiplayer, both in virtual reality and on PC!
Why similar: Trains 38.6% ★, Transportation 21.3% ★, Sandbox 10%, Building 9.4%, City Builder 7.9%
- #45 Train Sim World® 5
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,167 reviews2024
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The Rails are Yours in Train Sim World 5! Take on new challenges and new roles as you master the tracks and trains of iconic cities across 3 new routes. Immerse yourself in the ultimate rail hobby and embark on your next journey.
Why similar: Trains 40.6% ★, Transportation 25.2% ★, Realistic 9.5%, Immersive Sim 7.9%, Simulation 6.6%
- #46 Steam Revolution: The Age of Rail
70% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Partially Differentiated Games
Windows
Build rail networks that link industries in 1844 Europe. Complete levels to expand across nations, and compare the efficiency of your solutions against a leaderboard.
Why similar: Trains 47.8% ★, Building 16.2%, Historical 14.2%, City Builder 13.1%, Simulation 8%
- #47 RoadCraft
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 15,663 reviews2025
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use your construction machinery to restart the local industry. Clear debris and faulty equipment, rebuild roads and bridges damaged by weather, and much more!
Why similar: Transportation 32.4% ★, Building 24.1%, Simulation 11.7%, Realistic 10.2%, Physics 9.8%
- #48 Train Driver 2
70% matchMixed56% of 731 reviews2025
Dev: TTSK
Windows
Polish railway simulator emphasizing multiplayer and realism. Become a train driver, operating faithfully recreated trains, or a dispatcher, managing traffic and signalling equipment at your post. Cooperate online, build stations in the editor, and join railway enthusiasts!
Why similar: Trains 48.6% ★, Transportation 18.8% ★, Building 10%, Simulation 9.5%, Immersive Sim 6.9%
- #49 Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™
71% matchVery Positive87% of 661 reviews2015
Dev: Chris SawyerPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Explore a vast and detailed world and build a Transportation Empire!
Why similar: Trains 45.4% ★, Transportation 16.8% ★, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 10.2%, Economy 9%
- #50 Sid Meier's Railroads!
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,423 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 59.6% ★, Economy 15.3%, Strategy 8.7%, Management 7%, Simulation 5.8%
- #51 My Train Arrives
71% 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: Trains 30.9% ★, Transportation 20.9% ★, City Builder 9.1%, Building 8.3%, Economy 8.1%
- #52 Rise of Industry 2
69% matchMixed66% of 207 reviews2025
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Navigate the competitive industrial landscape of vibrant 1980's USA! Make strategic manufacturing decisions, optimize production chains, acquire technologies, and expand your global business network with key contacts. Opportunities await those savvy enough to capitalize on them!
Why similar: Economy 20.2%, City Builder 17.5%, Building 16.8%, Sandbox 13.2%, Management 8.5%
- #53 Train Sim World® 3
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,609 reviews2022
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Conquer American mountains as you haul incredible tonnage with the workhorses of industry, get the British capital’s commuters to work in record time and race state-to-state aboard German high-speed traction. Master the machine with Train Sim World 3.
Why similar: Trains 44.2% ★, Transportation 24.2% ★, Realistic 9.3%, Simulation 7%, Immersive Sim 5.3%
- #54 Good Company
68% 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: Economy 20.8%, Building 17.3%, Sandbox 14.3%, City Builder 13.5%, Simulation 8%
- #55 Car Manufacture
67% matchMixed64% of 1,349 reviews2024
Dev: STEREO GAMES S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Car Manufacture is an automotive tycoon game. Start in the beginning of the XX century and create thriving business. Build cars, manage people, expand your plant and research new technology. Make tons of money and stay on top.
Why similar: Economy 19%, Building 16.2%, Historical 14.2%, Sandbox 12.8%, Realistic 8.8%
- #56 Steel Artery: Train City Builder
65% matchMostly Positive74% of 233 reviews2026
Dev: SoulAge23Pub: Crytivo
Windows
Build a living city on rails in this steampunk fantasy train-city builder. Manage multiracial colonies with thousands of autonomous citizens, balance their needs, manage the economy, and create logistics as you explore distant regions to ensure the prosperity of your Empire.
Why similar: Trains 32.3% ★, City Builder 13.6%, Economy 13.5%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #57 Production Line : Car factory simulation
67% 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: Economy 19.4%, Building 15.5%, Sandbox 11.7%, Management 10.6%, City Builder 9.8%
- #58 Railroad Pioneer
70% 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 57.6% ★, Simulation 19.6%, Strategy 18.2%, Management 4.5%
- #59 A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 203 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 19.6% ★, Transportation 15.2% ★, City Builder 11.9%, Economy 10.9%, Building 10.1%
- #60 Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
64% 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: Trains 33.6% ★, Transportation 21.8% ★, Economy 11.3%, Building 10.2%, Sandbox 8.9%