- #1 Traffic Architect
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Green Signal Games
Windows
The city is the easy part. Making it move isn't. Lay out roads, shape junctions and time the lights, then watch thousands of simulated cars find every flaw you missed. Take cars off the road with buses, trains and metro — or build the whole city yourself in Creative mode.
Why similar: Transportation 28.7% ★, Trains 16.7% ★, City Builder 14.8%, Management 6.8%, Strategy 6.2%
- #2 Toxic Trains
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Graphixela
Windows
Toxic Trains is a strategy simulation game about optimizing rail routes. Build tracks to transport passenger and freight trains to their destinations. Choose upgrades to modify the land and your network. Switch tracks to avoid collisions and spills. Can you keep the trains from exploding?
Why similar: Trains 26.7% ★, Transportation 18.6% ★, City Builder 12.9%, Strategy 11.3%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #3 Metro Architect
96% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Northern21 Studio
Windows · Mac
In Metro Architect, you will design, expand, and optimize metro and subway networks in a metro simulator inspired by real-world transit systems. Build stations, manage trains, reduce congestion, and keep your city moving.
Why similar: Trains 29.2% ★, Transportation 26.4% ★, City Builder 10.9%, Management 9.2%, Resource Management 6.4%
- #4 Steam & Heather
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Flag Hippo Games
Windows
A cosy railway management builder set in 19th-century Scotland. Shape the land, lay track, connect industries, and watch towns grow as steam reshapes the Scottish landscape.
Why similar: Trains 27.6% ★, Transportation 22.1% ★, City Builder 11.6%, Management 9.8%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #5 Railroad Engineer
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: SP Digital Arts Inc.
Windows
Build railroads, drive trains, collect resources, deliver goods, and grow cities.
Why similar: Trains 29.3% ★, Transportation 24.4% ★, City Builder 9.9%, Management 8.5%, Resource Management 7.1%
- #6 Transport Fever 2
94% matchVery Positive90% of 32,451 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 66.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
Why similar: Trains 28.2% ★, Transportation 27.5% ★, City Builder 11.3%, Management 10.6%, Simulation 6.6%
- #7 MiniTrans
93% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: DD Metaverse
Windows
MiniTrans is a city building and traffic simulation game. Players independently build main cities and satellite cities, develop metropolitan areas and city clusters, and build various transportation facilities between urban areas to transport commuters to earn taxes.
Why similar: Trains 27.8% ★, Transportation 27.1% ★, City Builder 12.8%, Management 8.4%, Building 6.2%
- #8 Cargo Lines
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: splenbit
Windows · Linux
Build a bustling railway network and juggle cargo transport in real time. New stations appear, the flow of goods shifts constantly, deadlines loom, and trains collide if you don't keep your eyes on them. Keep your cool and master the chaos as orders pile up, and every second counts.
Why similar: Trains 30.9% ★, Transportation 26.4% ★, Management 8.6%, Building 6.1%, Strategy 5.1%
- #9 Daisy Trains
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rockwell Studios
Windows
Daisy Trains is a vibrant, 3D train puzzle game where you will build railways and manage trains to deliver colored cargo containers to their destinations. Daisy chain your routes together to connect every puzzle in the world to answer the ultimate question - where are all these containers going!?
Why similar: Trains 31.4% ★, Transportation 25.4% ★, Management 11%, Building 7.4%, Strategy 7.1%
- #10 Steam To Electric
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Build and optimize your railway network in this elegant voxel rail tycoon. Transport passengers and goods, unlock crazy-but-real historical train inventions, and evolve from steam to electric. Easy to start, deep to master. From the creators of Station to Station and Town to City.
Why similar: Trains 35.1% ★, Transportation 18.3% ★, Resource Management 8.8%, Management 8.8%, Strategy 7.3%
- #11 ROADS: Tangled in Traffic
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SamPub: Super Swine Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
The city is strangled by its own explosive growth. Identify the chokepoints, invest in infrastructure, and redesign the network. One well-placed roundabout could nurse it back to life. Can you relieve the pressure and let prosperity flow as freely as the traffic?
Why similar: Transportation 32.5% ★, Management 13%, City Builder 9.9%, Simulation 9.8%, Strategy 8.4%
- #12 My Train Arrives
89% matchVery Positive87% of 98 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 28.5% ★, Transportation 24.5% ★, City Builder 9.1%, Management 7.9%, Simulation 7.1%
- #13 Iron Roads
88% matchPositive84% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: Cowleyfornia Studios
Windows · Linux
Optimise and grow your railways in this challenging train management game. Instead of waiting for money to arrive, earn resource tokens by refining your network until your towns are thriving. Avoid queues, jams, or angry passengers to be recognised as the unsung train hero you know you are.
Why similar: Trains 31.7% ★, Transportation 23.3% ★, Management 10%, City Builder 8.9%, Building 6.2%
- #14 Cities in Motion
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,089 reviews2011
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Manage transportation for commuters in four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam
Why similar: Trains 26.1% ★, Transportation 24.2% ★, Management 15.9%, Simulation 13.9%, City Builder 11.8%
- #15 Train World
87% 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 33.2% ★, Transportation 23.7% ★, Management 7.9%, Resource Management 7.1%, Strategy 6%
- #16 Metroland
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anglia Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a transport tycoon in 1900s London. Expand transport lines, housing, and businesses to fund your transport empire. Make use of urban planning to create communities that will use your services.
Why similar: Transportation 28.2% ★, Trains 24.6% ★, City Builder 13.3%, Management 10.2%, Strategy 6.6%
- #17 Simutrans
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 675 reviews2016
Dev: The Simutrans Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Simutrans is a freeware and open-source transportation simulator. Your goal is to establish a successful transport company. Transport passengers, mail and goods by rail, road, ship, and even air. Interconnect districts, cities, public buildings, industries and tourist attractions.
Why similar: Trains 43.3% ★, Management 11.7%, Transportation 11.1% ★, Simulation 10.4%, City Builder 6.8%
- #18 Transport Fever 3
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Transport Fever 3, the ultimate transport tycoon returns, bigger, deeper, and more dynamic than ever. Build the routes that transform the world across land, sea, and sky using over a century of evolving transport options. Design and build your ideal transport network.
Why similar: Transportation 28.3% ★, Trains 26.5% ★, City Builder 12.6%, Management 10.4%, Simulation 6%
- #19 Tiny Train Tycoon
84% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: 2D is enough
Windows
Build a toy railway from limited pieces, transport cargo, create supply chains, and help cities grow.
Why similar: Trains 34% ★, Transportation 25.6% ★, Management 7.6%, Resource Management 7.4%, Building 6.2%
- #20 Model Railway Easily Christmas
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: Redbrick Studios Ltd
Windows
Model railway builder wit true 3D graphics. Place all the highly detailed objects on the snowy landscape and create exciting model railway layouts! Start your trains and enjoy the Christmas style decorated environment!
Why similar: Trains 39.4% ★, Transportation 27.5% ★, Simulation 14.4%, City Builder 11.7%, Building 7%
- #21 Wild West Steam Loco
83% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Redbrick Studios Ltd
Windows
Fully functional model railway building game in Wild West style. Create and paint the landscape, place the tracks, steam engines and wagons. Start the trains and create control sequences to direct them to the right tracks.
Why similar: Trains 35.2% ★, Transportation 28.2% ★, Simulation 15.1%, City Builder 13%, Building 6.6%
- #22 Train Fever
82% matchMixed64% of 3,527 reviews2014
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
It’s the year 1850, and there are great times ahead! Establish a transport company and be its manager. Build infrastructure such as railways and stations, purchase transportation vehicles and manage lines. Fulfill the people’s needs and watch cities evolve dynamically.
Why similar: Trains 46.6% ★, Transportation 12.7% ★, Management 11.5%, Simulation 8.8%, City Builder 7.8%
- #23 Soko Loco Deluxe
82% 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 34.6% ★, Transportation 27.8% ★, City Builder 11.7%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 9.6%
- #24 Metro Manager LA
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Ben Wesorick
Windows
Metro Manager LA is a strategy simulation game about connecting communities throughout Los Angeles. Manage maintenance, security, wait time, and train capacity as you attempt to keep the riders of Los Angeles happy.
Why similar: Transportation 34.1% ★, Trains 17.1% ★, Management 10.1%, Strategy 7.3%, Building 5.9%
- #25 Rule the Rail!
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Redbrick Studios Ltd
Windows
Fully functional model railway building game on your screen. Create and paint the landscape, place the tracks engines and wagons. Start the trains and create control sequences to direct them to the right tracks. Place houses, industrial buildings, lamp posts, plants, and all the little details to finish your model railroad on the screen.
Why similar: Trains 36.3% ★, Transportation 29.1% ★, Simulation 15.5%, City Builder 12.2%, Building 6.8%
- #26 Mini Metro
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,721 reviews2015
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
Why similar: Trains 39.4% ★, Transportation 15.6% ★, Management 9.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 6.8%
- #27 Shunt & Haul: Rail Logistics
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: M4 Games
Windows
Shunt & Haul: Rail Logistics is a railway game focused on shunting, freight transport, and logistics work on the tracks. Take on the role of a train driver and railway operator, operate locomotives, assemble trains, transport freight wagons, and complete tasks on sidings, stations, and railway lines
Why similar: Trains 36.5% ★, Transportation 28.7% ★, Management 7.5%, Simulation 7.1%, Strategy 5.8%
- #28 Cities in Motion 2
80% matchMixed58% of 2,500 reviews2013
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cities in Motion 2 is the sequel to the popular mass transit simulation game Cities in Motion. Build, manage and lead your transportation network to provide cities with their ever changing needs. CIM2 introduces new features including multiplayer game modes, day and night cycles, timetables and dynamic cities.
Why similar: Transportation 37.3% ★, Management 13.7%, City Builder 13.1%, Trains 13% ★, Simulation 11.3%
- #29 PicoTrains
78% matchPositive94% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Soundole
Windows
A retro-styled railway management strategy game!
Why similar: Trains 34.8% ★, Transportation 29% ★, Management 9.8%, Resource Management 8.9%, Strategy 6.4%
- #30 Train Valley
78% matchVery Positive90% of 3,454 reviews2015
Dev: Alexey DavydovPub: Flazm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build railways, manage traffic and stay accident-free. Play in Europe, America, Japan and USSR in 1830-2020. Complete the story mode from the Gold Rush of 1849 to the first manned spaceflight, and then explore the random mode. Management. Construction. Trains. Welcome to Train Valley!
Why similar: Trains 27.5% ★, Transportation 22.2% ★, Resource Management 11%, Management 8%, Building 4.9%
- #31 DeckEleven's Railroads 2
77% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: DeckEleven
Windows · Linux
DeckEleven's Railroads 2 is a fun and addictive railroads building game. Like a true Tycoon, you are in charge of everything! Design and build the perfect railways network.
Why similar: Trains 31.1% ★, Transportation 23.3% ★, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Management 9.9%
- #32 Voxel Tycoon
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,786 reviews2021
Dev: Voxel Tycoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Voxel Tycoon is a management sim set in an infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods in your custom factories. Set up supply chains and passenger routes with a huge fleet of trains, trucks, and buses, and turn small towns into prosperous megacities with a thriving economy!
Why similar: Trains 30.2% ★, Transportation 28.2% ★, Management 10.5%, Resource Management 7.8%, City Builder 6.1%
- #33 Train Maze Master
75% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Toast Paradox Studio
Windows
Navigate steam trains through mazes of train track! Challenge your brain to solve intricate maze puzzles. Train Maze Master is your ticket to vintage steam locomotives galore and train track maze heaven!
Why similar: Trains 38.7% ★, Transportation 26.3% ★, Management 11.8%, Strategy 7.7%, Simulation 6.6%
- #34 Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™
77% matchVery Positive87% of 677 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 42.8% ★, Transportation 20.8% ★, Management 13%, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 11%
- #35 Cargo Company
76% matchMixed58% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Cargo Company is a transport simulation tycoon game where you make money by transporting passengers, wood, steel, goods, cars, tanks and more - using trains, trucks, busses, and even rockets between planets.
Why similar: Trains 33.3% ★, Transportation 27.2% ★, Management 11.1%, City Builder 10.5%, Simulation 6.4%
- #36 OpenTTD
74% matchVery Positive95% of 16,941 reviews2021
Dev: OpenTTD
Windows · Mac · Linux
OpenTTD is a business simulation game in which players earn money by transporting passengers and cargo via road, rail, water, and air. It is an open-source remake and expansion of the 1995 Chris Sawyer video game Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
Why similar: Trains 29.6% ★, Transportation 25.1% ★, Management 10.5%, City Builder 8.8%, Building 8.1%
- #37 Nile Express
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Roland Mueller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build the first railway network in Africa. Create profitable routes in Egypt, from Alexandria to Aswan. Deliver passengers and goods to the right destinations. Take care of your railway network and deal with accidents.
Why similar: Trains 34.9% ★, Transportation 28.4% ★, Management 10.3%, Building 6%, Resource Management 5.8%
- #38 Speed Rivals - Model Trains
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BabelGamesPub: Speed Rivals
Windows
Build wild railway worlds, master fast and risky train driving, complete chaotic delivery missions, and race or cooperate with friends in a multiplayer train game where every track, wagon, and second matters.
Why similar: Trains 28.8% ★, Transportation 24% ★, City Builder 10.5%, Management 8.6%, Building 5.6%
- #39 Train Reaction
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Logic Breaker Studio
Windows
Train Reaction is a satisfying puzzle game about automating efficient train networks. Create the logic that powers signals and junctions in order to deliver cargo and avoid crashes. Optimize your solutions for efficiency and climb the global leader boards!
Why similar: Trains 39.5% ★, Transportation 32% ★, Strategy 8.9%, Puzzle 6.6%, Logic 4.5%
- #40 Iron Village
72% matchVery Positive91% of 75 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 32.9% ★, Transportation 25.6% ★, City Builder 13.9%, Management 8.8%, Building 6.9%
- #41 A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 205 reviews2021
Dev: ARTDINKPub: KOMODO
Windows
In the world of A-Train, people gather around stations, gradually developing the surrounding town. What kind of railroad will you create? How will you develop the town? All these choices and more are yours to make.
Why similar: Trains 21.2% ★, Transportation 20.7% ★, City Builder 13.9%, Management 10.3%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #42 Train Metropolis
72% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Crystalline Green Ltd.
Windows
Train Themed Idle Clicker. Build and manage your railway company, helping the city expand and thrive.
Why similar: Trains 35.6% ★, City Builder 15%, Transportation 14.5% ★, Management 9.8%, Strategy 6.8%
- #43 Mini Motorways
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,364 reviews2021
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.7 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 27.4% ★, Management 14.1%, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 9.3%, City Builder 7.8%
- #44 LOGistICAL 3
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Sacada
Windows
LOGistICAL 3 is a strategy puzzle game where you transport cargo to complete towns across countries and states. Each city is a unique puzzle, with some easy and others challenging. Plan your routes, upgrade industries, and tackle roadblocks to conquer the map!
Why similar: Trains 21.1% ★, Transportation 17.5% ★, City Builder 15.4%, Strategy 11.8%, Management 8.2%
- #45 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
71% matchVery Positive81% of 1,769 reviews2020
Dev: SquarePlay Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Design and build the most efficient metro stations known to man! Excavate. Expand. Set staff priorities. And manage the commuter flow. Overcrowd is a 2.5D management/tycoon/simulator set below the bustling city of Lubdon Town.
Why similar: Trains 25.2% ★, Transportation 18.3% ★, City Builder 13.6%, Management 12.2%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #46 Transports
71% 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 27.3% ★, Transportation 25.9% ★, Management 10.4%, City Builder 8.4%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #47 Transporter
69% matchMixed47% of 55 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 37.8% ★, Trains 22.1% ★, Management 13%, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 6.8%
- #48 Tiny Rails
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 724 reviews2018
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
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 37.7% ★, Transportation 27.5% ★, Resource Management 10.9%, Management 6.6%, Strategy 4.8%
- #49 Cargo Protocol: Cyberpunk Trains
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Flat Lab
Windows
Build a logistics empire in a grim cyberpunk world: lay tracks, optimize production and delivery chains, research technologies, and expand your influence. Corporations are the new gods, and the Market decides who survives.
Why similar: Trains 35.8% ★, Transportation 26.6% ★, Management 8.8%, City Builder 6.5%, Strategy 6.1%
- #50 Train Station Simulator
70% matchMixed57% of 256 reviews2017
Dev: Appliks Apps Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Train Station Simulator is a station builder and manager game. Create and maintain your dream station! Ride the rails and operate your ultimate grand central empire!
Why similar: Trains 48.3% ★, Management 15.8%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 9.3%, City Builder 5.1%
- #51 Neuron Connection
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Falls Wood Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into a microscopic world where neurons float and pulse. Connect synapses, guide neurotransmitters, and shape the flow of the network. Watch neurotransmitters travel along the paths, circuits light up, and the neural world softly hum to life under your connections.
Why similar: Transportation 38.1% ★, Simulation 12.6%, Resource Management 12.5%, Strategy 12.4%, Management 12.1%
- #52 Subway Builder
67% matchMixed57% of 360 reviews2026
Dev: Colin MillerPub: Borough Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Subway Builder is a hyperrealistic transit simulation game. Build a new subway system from the ground up while dealing with real-world constraints and costs. Craft the subway system your city deserves.
Why similar: City Builder 18.8%, Trains 13.1% ★, Management 12.5%, Strategy 12.2%, Simulation 10.1%
- #53 Mars Rapid Transit
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crystalline Green Ltd.
Windows
Train tycoon game set on Mars. Engineer a fast and efficient train network, build a thriving business and grow a dynamic economy.
Why similar: Trains 30.6% ★, Transportation 25.9% ★, City Builder 11.4%, Resource Management 9%, Management 9%
- #54 Railway Company Owner
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Favour Toys B.V.
Windows
Railroad Tycoon is a puzzle train simulator video game. build a railway city bigger and more complex than anyone could ever imagine. Build your city into the biggest railroad city in the world.
Why similar: Trains 27.3% ★, Transportation 20.8% ★, City Builder 16%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 12.4%
- #55 Times of Progress
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pressing Thumbs Games
Windows · Linux
Times of Progress is a City Builder set during the Industrial Revolution. Build industries to extract natural resources. Produce goods to satisfy the population. Manage transportation routes by train and ship. Expand on procedurally generated maps and trade with nearby cities.
Why similar: Trains 26.7% ★, Transportation 17.5% ★, City Builder 16.9%, Resource Management 12.1%, Management 8.1%
- #56 Locomotive Works
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Federation Interactive
Windows
Build custom steam locomotives and deliver freight on a working railway. Your designs affect performance. Different jobs need different designs, and every choice has trade-offs. Balance power, size, range and cost to build anything from small yard shunters to heavy freight engines for steep climbs.
Why similar: Trains 40% ★, Transportation 26.2% ★, Simulation 8.2%, Management 8.1%, Building 7%
- #57 Railway Routes
66% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows
Guide trains, build tracks, and solve relaxing grid-based railway puzzles. Plan the perfect route across 100+ handcrafted levels and watch your railway come to life.
Why similar: Trains 36.8% ★, Transportation 23.9% ★, Logic 9.1%, Puzzle 6%, Building 5.8%
- #58 Red Trains
70% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Dialectic Games
Windows
Red Trains is a strategic train simulator and management game. Build tracks to connect industry and cities. Customize locomotive designs to optimize for particular goods and routes. Manage your political clout to avoid being removed from your post.
Why similar: Trains 33.2% ★, Transportation 27.7% ★, City Builder 11.5%, Management 10.6%, Strategy 5.8%
- #59 Transport Fever
66% matchVery Positive83% of 10,841 reviews2016
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 47.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!
Why similar: Trains 28.1% ★, Transportation 24.1% ★, City Builder 11.8%, Management 9.3%, Building 6%
- #60 Package Rush
66% matchPositive90% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: Campfire Studio
Windows · Mac
Package Rush is a strategy game about planning a delivery route system in a fast-growing city. Build and modify routes to get all packages on time. How long can you keep delivering?
Why similar: Transportation 34% ★, Management 14.8%, Resource Management 9.7%, Strategy 7.8%, Simulation 7.8%