- #1 Transport Fever
97% matchVery Positive83% of 10,827 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 34.2% ★, Management 9.1%, Transportation 9.1% ★, Economy 8.9%, Building 7.8%
- #2 Transport Fever 2
96% matchVery Positive90% of 31,979 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 34.1% ★, Management 10.4%, Transportation 10.2% ★, Simulation 9.8%, Economy 7.7%
- #3 Train Fever
96% 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 47.8% ★, Simulation 11.1%, Management 9.5%, Economy 8.1%, City Builder 4.3%
- #4 Mashinky
95% matchVery Positive85% of 2,799 reviews2018
Dev: Jan Zelený
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 36.9 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 38.3% ★, Management 10%, Transportation 9.3% ★, Economy 9.1%, Simulation 7.8%
- #5 Cities in Motion
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,087 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 30.2% ★, Simulation 19.9%, Management 15%, Transportation 8.7% ★, City Builder 7.4%
- #6 Voxel Tycoon
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,774 reviews2021
Dev: Voxel Tycoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 15.1 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 36.3% ★, Transportation 10.5% ★, Management 10.3%, Economy 8.8%, Simulation 6.6%
- #7 OpenTTD
93% matchVery Positive95% of 16,779 reviews2021
Dev: OpenTTD
Windows · Mac · Linux
OpenTTD is a business simulation game in which players earn money by transporting passengers and cargo via road, rail, water, and air. It is an open-source remake and expansion of the 1995 Chris Sawyer video game Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
Why similar: Trains 31.3% ★, Economy 9.5%, Building 9.2%, Management 9%, Simulation 8.7%
- #8 Transport INC
92% matchMixed70% of 1,079 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 35.2% ★, Transportation 10.6% ★, Management 10.5%, Economy 9.8%, Sandbox 9%
- #9 Railway Empire
91% matchVery Positive83% of 9,677 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 40.3% ★, Management 11.3%, Simulation 10.1%, Economy 9%, Strategy 7.1%
- #10 Mini Metro
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,603 reviews2015
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 19.0 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 54.1% ★, Simulation 11.5%, Management 10.9%, Strategy 9.5%, Transportation 6.6% ★
- #11 Transports
91% 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 32.1% ★, Management 9.9%, Transportation 9.4% ★, Economy 8.8%, Simulation 7.9%
- #12 Sweet Transit
89% matchMixed68% of 1,256 reviews2024
Dev: Ernestas NorvaišasPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.4 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 32.7% ★, Transportation 8.6% ★, Management 8.3%, Economy 7.8%, City Builder 7.1%
- #13 Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™
89% matchVery Positive87% of 667 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 48.4% ★, Simulation 17.3%, Management 11.9%, Strategy 9%, Transportation 7.1% ★
- #14 NIMBY Rails
87% matchVery Positive90% of 2,255 reviews2021
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Solve global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.
Why similar: Trains 26.9% ★, Transportation 12.9% ★, Management 11.4%, Economy 11.1%, Simulation 9%
- #15 Cargo Company
88% matchMixed58% of 72 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 37.6% ★, Management 10.1%, Transportation 9.5% ★, Economy 9.5%, Simulation 8.9%
- #16 Rail Route
85% matchVery Positive89% of 2,523 reviews2024
Dev: Bitrich.info
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 117.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
In Rail Route, you will design, construct, upgrade, and automate your railway network in one of the many maps based on real-life cities worldwide. Dispatch the trains to make the traffic flow and the network grow!
Why similar: Trains 37.9% ★, Transportation 9.3% ★, Economy 9.1%, Management 9%, Building 8%
- #17 SimAirport
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,031 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.2 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: Management 17.4%, Economy 16.5%, City Builder 14.6%, Building 13.9%, Simulation 11.3%
- #18 Cities in Motion 2
86% 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: Simulation 18.1%, Trains 17% ★, Transportation 15.2% ★, Management 14.5%, City Builder 9.3%
- #19 Transport Tycoon Deluxe
84% matchMixed53% of 53 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 50.8% ★, City Builder 9%, Building 8%, Economy 7.6%, Simulation 7.3%
- #20 Airport CEO
84% matchVery Positive83% of 8,268 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Management 14.2%, Moddable 11.9%, Economy 11%, Transportation 11% ★, Building 10.8%
- #21 InfraSpace
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,928 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.4 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: Trains 26.6% ★, Transportation 10.8% ★, City Builder 9.3%, Economy 9.3%, Management 9%
- #22 Train Simulator Classic
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 29,244 reviews2015
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - Trains
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 44.7 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 72.3% ★, Simulation 17.8%, Building 2.4%, Moddable 2.4%, Sandbox 1.8%
- #23 Train Station Simulator
83% matchMixed57% of 256 reviews2017
Dev: Appliks Apps Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 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 49.6% ★, Management 13.2%, Simulation 11.9%, Strategy 6.7%, Economy 4.4%
- #24 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
81% matchVery Positive81% of 1,753 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 30% ★, Management 11.7%, City Builder 8.8%, Building 8.6%, Simulation 7.4%
- #25 Railway Empire 2
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,601 reviews2023
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 36% ★, Transportation 9.7% ★, Management 9.6%, Economy 8.6%, Simulation 8.2%
- #26 Train World
80% 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 40.7% ★, Transportation 9% ★, Simulation 8.7%, Economy 8.1%, Management 7.8%
- #27 Railroad Tycoon 3
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,249 reviews2007
Dev: PopTopPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.9 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 52.4% ★, Management 22.3%, Strategy 7.1%, Economy 6.1%, Simulation 5.9%
- #28 RAILGRADE
78% matchVery Positive85% of 1,228 reviews2023
Dev: Minakata Dynamics
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.3 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 38.5% ★, Management 7.9%, Economy 7.6%, City Builder 7.3%, Simulation 7.2%
- #29 A-Train PC Classic
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 151 reviews2016
Dev: ARTDINKPub: STUDIOARTDINK
Windows
As president of a train company, lead city growth to make your transport business prosper. The retro style, square grid map, and complete tutorials are easy on the newcomer, but veterans will find a challenge with advanced resource management, research, and the passage of time.
Why similar: Trains 28.2% ★, Management 9.8%, City Builder 9.1%, Economy 8.9%, Building 8.8%
- #30 Railroads Online
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,971 reviews2024
Dev: Stefan KelnbergerPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 66.0 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 55.2% ★, Management 11.1%, Economy 11%, Building 10.7%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #31 Train Valley World
76% matchMixed70% of 292 reviews2024
Dev: FlazmPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.6 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 39.1% ★, Transportation 12.4% ★, Management 9.1%, Economy 8.2%, Simulation 7.7%
- #32 Transporter
77% matchMixed49% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: Shattered Mirror Studio
Windows
Modern transport sim game combining realistic simulation with indie game style, old-school grid environment, newest features, and modern transport options. Transport a wide variety of cargo and passengers over road, rail, and water, and create your own transport company!
Why similar: Trains 32.2% ★, Transportation 17% ★, Management 15.3%, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 8.3%
- #33 Rise of Industry
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,178 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 18.4% ★, Management 16%, Economy 13.9%, Simulation 10.6%, City Builder 10.5%
- #34 Factory Town
75% matchVery Positive91% of 4,454 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Trains 23.4% ★, Management 11.9%, City Builder 9.6%, Simulation 9.4%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #35 Transport Giant
78% matchMixed61% of 488 reviews2014
Dev: Fancy Bytes, ReactorPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 38.7% ★, Simulation 22.9%, Strategy 13.3%, Economy 10%, Management 7.7%
- #36 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
72% matchVery Positive91% of 26,420 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 71.8 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: Management 15.4%, Economy 14.7%, City Builder 14.4%, Simulation 13.4%, Building 12.8%
- #37 Steam Revolution: The Age of Rail
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 68 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 61.2% ★, Building 13.9%, Simulation 13.5%, City Builder 10.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #38 Railroad Corporation 2
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 385 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 40.5% ★, Economy 9%, Simulation 8.9%, Building 8.5%, Transportation 8.2% ★
- #39 Train Driver 2
74% matchMixed56% of 747 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 57.7% ★, Simulation 14.9%, Transportation 8.8% ★, Building 7.9%, Management 7.8%
- #40 Captain of Industry
73% matchVery Positive90% of 11,125 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 84.1 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: Economy 16.3%, Management 15.1%, Simulation 13.5%, Trains 11.8% ★, Building 10.7%
- #41 Train Valley
72% matchVery Positive90% of 3,436 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 46.3% ★, Transportation 11.7% ★, Management 11%, Building 9.1%, Simulation 8.8%
- #42 Derail Valley
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,196 reviews2019
Dev: Altfuture
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 37.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
Why similar: Trains 57.4% ★, Transportation 12.4% ★, Simulation 11.3%, Economy 8.6%, Sandbox 6.1%
- #43 Iron Village
70% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar Chippy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
With the help of your railway, build houses, farms, warehouses, and more to create your village. Trade what your people make for other resources and gold to grow your village into a prospering town, and grow the railway into a powerhouse.
Why similar: Trains 39.7% ★, Transportation 9.6% ★, City Builder 9.1%, Building 9%, Economy 8.8%
- #44 Freight Tycoon Inc.
74% matchMixed51% of 492 reviews2014
Dev: NikitaPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Freight Tycoon is an economic simulation game which challenges players’ management skills. It puts one into the shoes of an owner of a cargo transportation company. One has to evaluate the profitability of contracts, contact customers, and appoint drivers to deliver goods.
Why similar: Strategy 30.8%, Management 27.5%, Economy 20.7%, Simulation 20.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #45 Mini Settlers: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive89% of 803 reviews2024
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist city builder, settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.
Why similar: Trains 29.3% ★, Simulation 13.1%, Transportation 10.7% ★, Management 9.9%, City Builder 9.6%
- #46 Steel Artery: Train City Builder
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 274 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 35.4% ★, Economy 9.6%, Management 9.4%, City Builder 8.8%, Building 8.3%
- #47 A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 204 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 26.8% ★, Management 10.6%, Economy 9.7%, City Builder 9.6%, Building 9.2%
- #48 Mini Motorways
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,124 reviews2021
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.8 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: Management 22.1%, Simulation 22%, Transportation 16.4% ★, Strategy 15.6%, Building 11.1%
- #49 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 38.5% ★, Simulation 11.8%, Transportation 10.3% ★, Management 8.7%, Building 6.9%
- #50 Cities: Skylines II
68% matchMixed55% of 90,178 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.6 hrsMean: 73.8 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 17.6%, Simulation 14.8%, Building 13%, Management 12.9%, Economy 11.3%
- #51 Bus Manager 26
68% matchMixed69% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Ikariu's Studios
Windows
Manage the bus network of any city you choose. Buy buses, place stops, plan routes, and transport passengers while keeping your company financially stable in cities all around the world.
Why similar: Simulation 37.1%, City Builder 25.6%, Building 14.1%, Economy 12.5%, Strategy 6.3%
- #52 Chinese Rail SIm
70% matchMixed50% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Lawliet
Windows
Start with an empty Chinese map, create, build a rail network with your own imagination and sophisticated design, help millions of people to reach where they want to go. Ready yourself as a lead rail engineer to make some challenging decisions along the way.
Why similar: Trains 54.4% ★, Simulation 13.4%, Building 12.8%, Sandbox 11.5%, Strategy 6%
- #53 City Bus Manager
65% matchVery Positive91% of 2,804 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 38.5 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 26.5%, Economy 24.6%, Simulation 23.9%, Sandbox 11.1%, Strategy 8.9%
- #54 Constracktion
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Lapioware
Windows
Drive a track laying train up and down steep hills and canyons to connect industries. Navigate your network carefully as AI-trains begin to use it. Help industries level up by optimizing tracks, signals and speed limits for efficient flow of traffic.
Why similar: Trains 52.2% ★, Management 12.2%, Transportation 12.1% ★, Building 10.5%, Simulation 10%
- #55 Train Life: A Railway Simulator
68% matchMixed63% of 1,676 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 46.3% ★, Simulation 13.7%, Management 13.5%, Transportation 13.5% ★, Economy 8.6%
- #56 Project Highrise
67% matchVery Positive85% of 4,793 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 27.5%, Simulation 20.8%, Building 19.4%, Strategy 10.4%, Economy 8%
- #57 Airline Manager
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,225 reviews2021
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 34.0 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: Simulation 22.9%, Transportation 21.2% ★, Economy 18.7%, Management 17.2%, Strategy 10.5%
- #58 Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 365 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 41.8% ★, Transportation 10.7% ★, Economy 9.2%, Management 9.1%, Building 8.5%
- #59 Production Line : Car factory simulation
67% matchVery Positive82% of 3,474 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 21.2%, Economy 14.3%, Simulation 13.1%, Building 11.7%, Sandbox 8.7%