- #1 Railbound
97% matchVery Positive95% of 1,876 reviews2022
Dev: Afterburn
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A relaxing puzzle game about fixing train connections and travelling the world - now with a level editor!
Why similar: Trains 30.4% ★, Wholesome 23.6% ★, Transportation 18.1% ★, Management 7.1%, Relaxing 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, logic-based puzzle game focused entirely on connecting railway tracks in a wholesome, minimalist setting.
- #2 Dorfromantik
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,212 reviews2022
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!
Why similar: City Builder 21.7%, Procedural Generation 16%, Relaxing 13.5%, Sandbox 11.4%, Puzzle 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A peaceful, tile-based strategy game that shares the same relaxing, puzzle-oriented loop and beautiful aesthetic as 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: Trains 40.5% ★, Transportation 13.3% ★, Management 8.5%, Puzzle 8.1%, Minimalist 8%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in minimalist transit design that challenges you to build efficient networks with a clean, satisfying visual style.
- #4 Railway Islands - Puzzle
95% matchVery Positive94% of 263 reviews2021
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Railway Islands is a puzzle game about designing a railway map for a large archipelago. Make a safe path between the stations and let your train deliver all the resources and go to the next island.
Why similar: Trains 33.9% ★, Transportation 21.5% ★, Cozy 18.1%, Relaxing 6.6%, Puzzle 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the same grid-based, cozy train-building satisfaction with a focus on solving puzzles across beautiful islands.
- #5 Tracks - The Train Set Game
94% matchVery Positive94% of 1,518 reviews2019
Dev: Whoop GroupPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Jump into the ultimate toy sandbox and build the train set of your dreams! Create colourful railway systems, decorate beautiful towns, transport commuting passengers, and even ride your train in first-person.
Why similar: Trains 49% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, City Builder 11%, Building 9.2%, Simulation 9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a toy-like, sandbox approach to building train sets that mirrors the tactile, creative joy found in the seed game.
- #6 Townscaper
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,498 reviews2021
Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.
Why similar: City Builder 17.1%, Nature 13%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Relaxing 11%, Sandbox 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: While it lacks trains, its voxel-based, stress-free building mechanics and vibrant aesthetic provide the same meditative experience.
- #7 Teeny Tiny Trains
93% matchVery Positive92% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Short Circuit Studios
Windows · Mac
A cozy, nostalgic puzzle game where you build tracks to guide adorable miniature trains through bite-sized challenges. Solve clever brain teasers and rediscover the joy of your very first toy train set.
Why similar: Trains 21.9% ★, Transportation 13.6% ★, Wholesome 13.5% ★, Cozy 13.2%, Automation 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy puzzle game where you guide trains through intricate levels, perfectly matching the wholesome vibe of the seed game.
- #8 Tiny Glade
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 23,744 reviews2024
Dev: Pounce Light
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Tiny Glade is a small diorama builder where you doodle whimsical castles, cozy cottages & romantic ruins. Explore gridless building chemistry as the game adorns your glades with procedural detail. No management, combat or goals: just kick back and turn forgotten meadows into lovable dioramas.
Why similar: Cozy 29%, Relaxing 13.1%, Sandbox 11.9%, Nature 11.4%, Building 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, cozy building game that uses a similar voxel-adjacent aesthetic to create beautiful, stress-free dioramas.
- #9 RAILGRADE
92% 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 35.5% ★, City Builder 11.2%, Automation 10.5%, Transportation 10.4% ★, Management 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a more structured, strategy-focused take on train management while maintaining a clean, satisfying visual presentation.
- #10 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 27.8% ★, Transportation 18.7% ★, City Builder 9.7%, Automation 9.3%, Management 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the logic and management of train dispatching with a clean, minimalist interface that appeals to fans of railway systems.
- #11 ISLANDERS
90% matchVery Positive94% of 16,741 reviews2019
Dev: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
Why similar: City Builder 29.3%, Relaxing 20.3%, Building 10.7%, Puzzle 10.4%, Minimalist 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist city-builder that focuses on the relaxing placement of structures to create beautiful, thriving landscapes.
- #12 Mini Motorways
89% 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 26.9% ★, Management 13.7%, Simulation 9.7%, Relaxing 8.6%, Strategy 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: From the creators of Mini Metro, this game applies minimalist transit-building logic to road networks in a highly addictive, relaxing format.
- #13 SUMMERHOUSE
88% matchVery Positive93% of 3,260 reviews2024
Dev: FriedemannPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%
A tiny building game about beautiful lived-in houses. No rules or restrictions, just pure creativity.
Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Relaxing 17.8%, Sandbox 17.2%, Building 11.3%, Cozy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A tiny, cozy building game that emphasizes creative freedom and a relaxing, low-pressure environment.
- #14 Cloud Gardens
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,290 reviews2021
Dev: Noio
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas
Why similar: Nature 25.4%, Procedural Generation 14.7%, Sandbox 13.3%, Relaxing 12.8%, Building 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A meditative, nature-focused game where you build overgrown dioramas, sharing the same atmospheric and relaxing qualities as the seed game.
- #15 Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
86% 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 23.7% ★, Transportation 16.5% ★, Cozy 13.9%, Automation 7.8%, Procedural Generation 6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the cozy, automated side of train management with a relaxing loop that mirrors the seed game's vibe.
- #16 Train Valley 2
87% 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: Trains 43.4% ★, Management 11.6%, Relaxing 9.5%, Puzzle 7.5%, Minimalist 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines train management with puzzle-solving in a colorful, low-poly world that feels like a natural progression for fans of the genre.
- #17 Busway Islands - Puzzle
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows
Busway Islands is a puzzle game about organizing roads and rails across a large archipelago. Your goal is to create a safe and efficient route between bus stations, ensuring that all passengers are picked up along the way.
Why similar: Trains 28.3% ★, Cozy 23.5%, Transportation 19% ★, Relaxing 8.4%, Puzzle 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, grid-based puzzle game that focuses on transit connectivity in a relaxing, bite-sized format.
- #18 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: Trains 31.3% ★, Transportation 22.4% ★, City Builder 11.3%, Procedural Generation 8.4%, Management 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A more complex city-builder that centers on train-based logistics, perfect for players who want to expand on the management aspect.
- #19 Hamster on Rails
84% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Virtual Arts Studio
Windows
Embark on this adventure through different worlds with your friend, the railway builder Hamster! Help the Hamster village collect minerals by building crazy railways to solve fun challenges.
Why similar: Trains 30.1% ★, Cozy 22.2%, Transportation 19.8% ★, Relaxing 6.5%, Puzzle 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, cozy puzzle game that tasks you with building tracks to help hamsters navigate their world.
- #20 URBO
84% matchVery Positive93% of 654 reviews2023
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
URBO is a relaxing cozy city-building puzzle game where you create beautiful towns on floating islands. Begin with an empty grid of landscape, choose an architectural style and build. Watch the population grow and the city flourish.
Why similar: Wholesome 24.9% ★, Cozy 21.3%, City Builder 13.1%, Relaxing 7.9%, Puzzle 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A meditative, puzzle-based city-builder that emphasizes aesthetic satisfaction and relaxing, turn-based gameplay.
- #21 Unpacking
82% matchVery Positive93% of 39,661 reviews2021
Dev: Witch BeamPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.
Why similar: Relaxing 38.2%, Cute 17.4%, Puzzle 17.3%, Simulation 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A zen, puzzle-based game that shares the same satisfying, tactile, and cozy atmosphere as the seed game.
- #22 Please Fix The Road
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 284 reviews2022
Dev: ARIELEK
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Please Fix The Road is a colorful, minimalistic, laid-back and casual puzzle game in which it's probably not hard to guess... you're fixing roads! Your road repair doesn't have to be beautiful, it just needs to get the job done! Your mom will like this game too!
Why similar: Transportation 25.5% ★, Nature 14.7%, Puzzle 8.9%, City Builder 8.7%, Relaxing 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, colorful puzzle game that focuses on repairing infrastructure with a lighthearted and cute presentation.
- #23 Tails of Trainspot
82% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: Poly Poly GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Relax and challenge your mind in Tails of Trainspot, a cozy logic puzzle game where you build railway networks, connect numbered stations, and explore a mysterious island filled with stories, animal residents, and mini-games.
Why similar: Trains 32.5% ★, Cozy 23.2%, City Builder 12.5%, Relaxing 8.3%, Puzzle 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, logic-based puzzle game that focuses on managing train routes in a relaxing, casual environment.
- #24 Train Valley Origins
81% 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: Trains 35.3% ★, Transportation 22.5% ★, Management 9.3%, Relaxing 7.6%, Building 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic take on the train management genre that emphasizes relaxing, strategic building in a charming, historical setting.
- #25 A Little to the Left
80% matchVery Positive92% of 17,964 reviews2022
Dev: Max InfernoPub: Secret Mode
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A Little to the Left is a cozy puzzle game that has you sort, stack, and organize household items into pleasing arrangements while you keep an eye out for a mischievous cat with an inclination for chaos. Check out this playful and intuitive puzzler with 100+ satisfying messes to tidy.
Why similar: Wholesome 33.8% ★, Cozy 27.8%, Relaxing 11.6%, Puzzle 10.9%, Cute 7%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, satisfying puzzle game focused on organization and tidying, which appeals to the same audience that enjoys minimalist, orderly games.
- #26 Mashinky
81% 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 37.8% ★, Transportation 25% ★, Management 10.2%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Sandbox 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A train-focused strategy game that offers a unique blend of realistic management and a charming, model-train aesthetic.
- #27 Town to City
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,166 reviews2025
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build an idyllic 19th century Mediterranean town and help it flourish into a prosperous city. Freely place and customise each element to create the perfect home for your growing population in this cozy city builder from the creators of Station to Station.
Why similar: Voxel 24.9% ★, Cozy 19.1%, City Builder 16.3%, Management 7.6%, Relaxing 6.6%
- #28 Carto
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,210 reviews2020
Dev: Sunhead GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.
Why similar: Nature 31.2%, Relaxing 21.2%, Puzzle 18.7%, Cute 17.4%, Atmospheric 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, map-based puzzle game that allows you to rearrange the world, sharing the same sense of discovery and spatial logic.
- #29 Islands & Trains
77% matchVery Positive91% of 560 reviews2025
Dev: Akos MakovicsPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Craft tiny railway dioramas in a stress-free island sandbox. No rules or timers - just design, build, and enjoy.
Why similar: Trains 26.1% ★, Wholesome 10.4% ★, Cozy 10%, City Builder 9.9%, Nature 8.6%
- #30 Assemble with Care
79% matchVery Positive90% of 10,273 reviews2020
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Repair old-school objects in this cozy puzzle game. Join antique-restorer Maria, as she arrives in the sun-soaked town of Bellariva and set out on a journey of helping the townsfolk reconnect.
Why similar: Cozy 24.6%, Relaxing 22.3%, Puzzle 20.1%, Casual 13%, Cute 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A wholesome, puzzle-heavy game about fixing objects that captures the same gentle, satisfying pace as the seed game.
- #31 Tiny Lands
78% matchVery Positive92% of 1,070 reviews2021
Dev: Hyper Three StudioPub: Maple Whispering Limited
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Take your perceptivity to a new dimension in a relaxing low-poly isometric puzzle game. Find the differences in the beautiful, fully rotatable, and zoomable 3D environments. Can you find them all?
Why similar: Nature 26.5%, Relaxing 19.7%, Puzzle 16.1%, Minimalist 13.4%, Atmospheric 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, 3D spot-the-difference game that features charming, low-poly dioramas similar to the seed game's visual style.
- #32 Wilmot's Warehouse
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 542 reviews2019
Dev: Hollow PondsPub: Finji
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Wilmot's Warehouse is a puzzle game about keeping a warehouse running in tip-top shape. Just remember where you put everything, because when the service hatch opens, you'll need to find the things people want quickly, in order to earn the coveted Performance Stars.
Why similar: Management 25.8%, Puzzle 17.2%, Relaxing 15.9%, Simulation 14.8%, Minimalist 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, organization-focused game that provides a deeply satisfying loop of sorting and efficiency.
- #33 Mini Settlers
74% matchVery Positive84% of 652 reviews2025
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Mini Settlers is a minimalistic 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 19.8% ★, Transportation 18% ★, Automation 10.5%, City Builder 9.9%, Management 7.6%
- #34 Train Valley
76% 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: Trains 34.8% ★, Transportation 23.9% ★, Management 8.6%, Relaxing 7.2%, Puzzle 5.8%
- #35 Voxel Tycoon
75% 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 27% ★, Transportation 21.3% ★, Voxel 16.3% ★, Management 8%, Automation 6.3%
- #36 The Lilliput Workshop
73% matchVery Positive95% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
A sandbox logic puzzle game with a nostalgic temperament. You can experience the endless fun of designing automata here.
Why similar: Trains 27.2% ★, Transportation 19.3% ★, Cozy 16.9%, Automation 9.5%, Relaxing 5.4%
- #37 Locomoto
72% matchVery Positive91% of 630 reviews2025
Dev: Green Tile Digital
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Customise and manage your train, tend to quirky passengers, gather resources, craft decorations, and upgrade your conductors style all accompanied by soft lo-fi tunes. Become a conductor and save your hometown Barrenpyre from environmental disaster!
Why similar: Trains 37.6% ★, Wholesome 24.1% ★, Cozy 24.1%, Relaxing 7.5%, Cute 5%
- #38 Train Valley World
73% 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 30.4% ★, Transportation 26.3% ★, City Builder 9.5%, Automation 9.3%, Management 7.4%
- #39 Transport Fever 2
72% 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 31.9% ★, Transportation 25.8% ★, City Builder 11.4%, Management 10.1%, Simulation 6.6%
- #40 Transport Fever
74% 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 28.5% ★, Transportation 20.5% ★, City Builder 10.8%, Procedural Generation 8.2%, Management 7.9%
- #41 Train Fever
76% 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 48.7% ★, Transportation 11.2% ★, Management 10.1%, Simulation 8.2%, City Builder 7.4%
- #42 Preserve
69% matchVery Positive93% of 725 reviews2025
Dev: Bitmap GalaxyPub: Grindstone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Preserve is a relaxing puzzle nature-building game in which you flourish a vibrant ecosystem by cleverly placing plants and animals to create a perfect symbiosis to your liking.
Why similar: Cozy 16.8%, Nature 12.5%, City Builder 12.2%, Procedural Generation 9.9%, Management 9%
- #43 Train Station Simulator
75% matchMixed57% of 256 reviews2017
Dev: Appliks Apps Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Train Station Simulator is a station builder and manager game. Create and maintain your dream station! Ride the rails and operate your ultimate grand central empire!
Why similar: Trains 55% ★, Management 15.2%, Simulation 9.6%, Strategy 6.6%, City Builder 5.3%
- #44 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: Trains 30.8% ★, Transportation 22.1% ★, Automation 11.4%, Management 8.8%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #45 Plan B: Terraform
67% 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: Trains 27.9% ★, Transportation 22.8% ★, Automation 11.7%, Management 7%, Procedural Generation 6.5%
- #46 Train Station Renovation
71% matchVery Positive82% of 2,725 reviews2020
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to an old, ruined train station. A place that will give you a lot of fun! In Train Station Renovation you play as a renovation company specialized in restoring old and damaged railway stations.
Why similar: Trains 51% ★, Simulation 12%, Management 10.5%, Relaxing 9.6%, Building 7.9%
- #47 Iron Village
69% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar Chippy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
With the help of your railway, build houses, farms, warehouses, and more to create your village. Trade what your people make for other resources and gold to grow your village into a prospering town, and grow the railway into a powerhouse.
Why similar: Trains 33.6% ★, Transportation 22% ★, City Builder 12.8%, Management 7.6%, Building 6%
- #48 Railway Empire
71% 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 41.4% ★, Transportation 15.5% ★, Management 12.1%, Simulation 7.5%, City Builder 7%
- #49 Station Manager
70% matchVery Positive83% of 207 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Build your own spectacular, multi-story station for your favorite trains!
Why similar: Trains 54.5% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Simulation 9.5%, Building 4.8%, Cute 4.5%
- #50 Soko Loco Deluxe
71% 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 39.5% ★, Transportation 26.8% ★, City Builder 12.1%, Simulation 9.7%, Strategy 7.2%
- #51 Steam Revolution: The Age of Rail
67% 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 47.9% ★, Automation 15.4%, City Builder 12.9%, Building 8.5%, Simulation 7.7%
- #52 A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
70% 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 24.2% ★, Transportation 20.1% ★, City Builder 14.4%, Management 10%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #53 Diorama Builder
66% matchVery Positive94% of 504 reviews2024
Dev: Virtual Arts Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The pleasure of assembling, admiring, and interacting with your own Dioramas collection, without ever losing a piece.
Why similar: Voxel 29.1% ★, Wholesome 18.7% ★, Cozy 17.1%, Simulation 7.5%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #54 Kubifaktorium
69% matchVery Positive81% of 795 reviews2021
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.
Why similar: Trains 29.5% ★, Voxel 18.8% ★, City Builder 12.5%, Automation 12.1%, Management 8.4%
- #55 Tiny Rails
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 697 reviews2018
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Tiny Rails is a relaxing train management adventure. Travel across an immersive and meticulously crafted pixel world. Collect hundreds of beautiful cars, each with their own set of stats, to create your own unique multi-car masterpiece!
Why similar: Trains 44.5% ★, Transportation 27.4% ★, Management 6.5%, Simulation 4.6%, Relaxing 4.5%
- #56 STATIONflow
68% matchVery Positive86% of 500 reviews2020
Dev: DMM GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
STATIONflow is a game about controlling the flow of thousands of passengers by building and managing an efficient underground train station.
Why similar: Trains 38% ★, Transportation 15.1% ★, City Builder 11.3%, Management 10.3%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #57 Terra Nil
66% matchVery Positive88% of 8,493 reviews2023
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.
Why similar: Nature 25.1%, City Builder 18.5%, Procedural Generation 14.5%, Relaxing 13.3%, Puzzle 9%
- #58 Island Cities - Jigsaw Puzzle
67% matchVery Positive94% of 240 reviews2022
Dev: Mens Sana Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Arrange the town islands and see them come to life. Just swap the blocks of a 3D jigsaw puzzle.
Why similar: Trains 21% ★, Wholesome 17.8% ★, Cozy 17.1%, City Builder 14.7%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #59 Hozy
63% matchVery Positive81% of 3,462 reviews2026
Dev: Come On StudioPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Restore a forgotten neighbourhood through your favourite hobby, one cozy room at a time. In Hozy, clean, paint, and decorate abandoned homes with satisfying mechanics and intuitive controls. Enjoy the little details as you interact with tools, items and furniture to bring each space back to life.
Why similar: Cozy 29.6%, Wholesome 15.7% ★, Relaxing 12%, Sandbox 9.8%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #60 shapez 2 - Factory
61% 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 26.4% ★, Automation 16.6%, Management 13.6%, Procedural Generation 9.9%, Sandbox 8%