- #1 Station to Station
97% matchVery Positive89% of 1,833 reviews2023
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Prismatika
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
‘Station to Station’ is a minimalist & relaxing game about building railway connections. Grab your conductor’s hat and bring the voxel-art world to life through the magic of trains!
Why similar: Trains 23.6% ★, Transportation 16.5% ★, Cozy 14%, Automation 7.9%, Procedural Generation 6%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, relaxing voxel-based game that focuses on building train connections to foster vibrant, growing environments.
- #2 Rail Route
96% matchVery Positive89% of 2,461 reviews2024
Dev: Bitrich.info
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 111.4 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 22.6% ★, Transportation 16.4% ★, Automation 12.8%, Economy 10.2%, Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a satisfying, logic-based approach to train dispatching and automation that mirrors the signal management found in the seed game.
- #3 Sweet Transit
96% matchMixed68% of 1,227 reviews2024
Dev: Ernestas NorvaišasPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 22.4% ★, Economy 9.8%, Building 7.9%, Procedural Generation 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines city-building with complex train-based logistics and automation in a charming, stylized world.
- #4 Train Valley 2
95% matchVery Positive90% of 3,066 reviews2019
Dev: Alexey DavydovPub: Flazm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.3 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 32% ★, Transportation 22.7% ★, Building 9.4%, Management 8%, Minimalist 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-tycoon game that challenges you to build efficient rail networks to connect industries and towns.
- #5 Mini Metro
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,391 reviews2015
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 18.6 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 39.1% ★, Transportation 15% ★, Minimalist 11.6%, Management 7.9%, Strategy 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist masterpiece that distills the essence of transit network design into a clean, relaxing, and highly addictive experience.
- #6 Mini Motorways
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,591 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: Transportation 30.2% ★, Management 12.7%, Minimalist 11.8%, Strategy 9.6%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the same satisfying logistics and traffic management as the seed game, but applied to road networks in a minimalist style.
- #7 Mashinky
93% matchVery Positive85% of 2,785 reviews2018
Dev: Jan Zelený
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 37.1 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 28.7% ★, Transportation 22.3% ★, Economy 10.4%, Sandbox 8.2%, Management 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of realistic train simulation and board-game style building that allows for deep logistical planning.
- #8 Teeny Tiny Trains
92% matchVery Positive94% of 70 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 23% ★, Transportation 16.8% ★, Cozy 13.9%, Automation 11.7%, Building 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A delightful, puzzle-focused train game that emphasizes cozy visuals and clever track-laying mechanics.
- #9 Train Valley World
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 275 reviews2024
Dev: FlazmPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Train Valley World is an engrossing transport tycoon inspired by the genre classics. Build and manage efficient railroads across the globe, create sophisticated logistics chains, design your own levels, and become a business mogul – solo or in multiplayer!
Why similar: Transportation 24.7% ★, Trains 24.4% ★, Automation 13.1%, Economy 7.8%, Sandbox 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A modern entry in the series that expands on the classic tycoon formula with updated visuals and sandbox features.
- #10 shapez
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,210 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Why similar: Automation 36.7%, Sandbox 15.3%, Building 10.9%, Management 9.6%, Open World 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a pure, relaxing automation experience that focuses on building efficient production lines without the stress of combat.
- #11 Tracks - The Train Set Game
90% matchVery Positive94% of 1,507 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 43.5% ★, Building 15.1%, Sandbox 15.1%, Open World 9.1%, Simulation 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A digital toy box that lets you build intricate wooden train sets in a sandbox environment, focusing purely on creativity and relaxation.
- #12 Voxel Tycoon
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,743 reviews2021
Dev: Voxel Tycoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.2 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 25.5% ★, Transportation 23.6% ★, Automation 10.4%, Economy 9.4%, Management 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features a voxel-based world where you can build complex transportation networks and manage supply chains with a focus on automation.
- #13 Autonauts
89% matchVery Positive90% of 4,915 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
Why similar: Automation 42.3%, Sandbox 11.1%, Building 11%, Simulation 9.7%, Management 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a cozy, colorful aesthetic while teaching players the fundamentals of programming and automation through cute robot helpers.
- #14 RAILGRADE
88% matchVery Positive85% of 1,194 reviews2023
Dev: Minakata Dynamics
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 30.9% ★, Automation 16.1%, Transportation 10.7% ★, Economy 9.3%, Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A logistics-heavy game that tasks you with restoring an industrial colony through clever train-based resource management.
- #15 Factory Town
87% matchVery Positive91% of 4,419 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Why similar: Automation 22.6%, Trains 16.9% ★, Transportation 16.1% ★, Sandbox 10.5%, Economy 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to build massive, automated production chains using trains and conveyor belts in a cute, village-building setting.
- #16 Dorfromantik
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,027 reviews2022
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.3 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: Sandbox 19.6%, Procedural Generation 19%, Minimalist 16.2%, Relaxing 14.8%, Strategy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: While not strictly about trains, its tile-based building and relaxing, cozy atmosphere perfectly match the vibe of Super Loco World.
- #17 Unrailed!
85% matchVery Positive93% of 19,462 reviews2020
Dev: Indoor AstronautPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!
Why similar: Trains 72.1% ★, Procedural Generation 18%, Casual 5.3%, Cute 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a more chaotic, high-energy take on building tracks to keep a train moving through procedurally generated landscapes.
- #18 Islands & Trains
84% matchVery Positive91% of 550 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 32.5% ★, Cozy 12.5%, Sandbox 10.3%, Building 10.1%, Procedural Generation 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, relaxing sandbox experience that lets you build train tracks across beautiful, isolated islands.
- #19 Soko Loco Deluxe
86% 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 40.5% ★, Transportation 32.2% ★, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 8.8%, Cute 5%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, indie-focused simulation that emphasizes the simple joy of transporting goods via trains.
- #20 Train Valley Origins
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 274 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 32% ★, Transportation 23.9% ★, Building 9.8%, Management 8.1%, Minimalist 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Returns to the roots of the series with a focus on classic, relaxing rail-building puzzles.
- #21 Cosmic Express
84% matchVery Positive91% of 608 reviews2017
Dev: Cosmic EngineersPub: Draknek & Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Plan the train route for the universe's most awkward space colony!
Why similar: Trains 52.4% ★, Minimalist 10%, Relaxing 10%, Cute 8.1%, Strategy 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, logic-heavy puzzle game where you must design train routes through increasingly complex alien environments.
- #22 Transport Fever 2
82% matchVery Positive91% of 31,208 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 65.7 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 26.6% ★, Economy 9.6%, Management 8.6%, Building 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A comprehensive transportation simulation that offers a deep dive into the history and mechanics of rail logistics.
- #23 Iron Village
82% 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 29.2% ★, Transportation 22.5% ★, Economy 9.9%, Building 9.5%, Management 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, pixel-art city builder that integrates train networks as a core mechanic for village growth.
- #24 The Lilliput Workshop
81% 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 24.1% ★, Transportation 20% ★, Cozy 15%, Automation 14.8%, Building 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, automation-focused puzzle game that requires logical thinking to solve intricate production challenges.
- #25 Train Yard Builder
81% matchMixed69% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: GameFormatic S.A.Pub: Frozen Way
Windows
Enter the world of Train Yard Builder and customize your railway to your heart's content. Work with different models of trains and wagons, control them the way you want, and use modeler tools to unleash your creativity.
Why similar: Trains 36.4% ★, Economy 12.2%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 11%, Management 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the immersive, creative side of building detailed model train layouts in a sandbox environment.
- #26 Tails of Trainspot
80% matchVery Positive94% of 62 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 35.4% ★, Cozy 25.4%, Building 11.6%, Relaxing 8.4%, Cute 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, logic-based puzzle game that captures the cozy essence of train management.
- #27 Hamster on Rails
79% 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 27.9% ★, Transportation 21.5% ★, Cozy 20.6%, Building 9.2%, Relaxing 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, puzzle-strategy game that uses train-track building as its primary mechanic to navigate levels.
- #28 A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 201 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 20.6% ★, Transportation 20.1% ★, Economy 11.4%, Building 10.2%, Sandbox 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deep management simulation that allows you to build expansive rail networks and develop tourism in your cities.
- #29 Tiny Rails
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 688 reviews2018
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.8 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 39.4% ★, Transportation 28.7% ★, Economy 8.1%, Management 5.5%, Simulation 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art, management-focused game that emphasizes the journey and the collection of various train cars.
- #30 Train Valley
77% matchVery Positive90% of 3,405 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 30.4% ★, Transportation 24.4% ★, Building 8.5%, Management 7.3%, Relaxing 5.8%
- #31 Plan B: Terraform
73% matchVery Positive91% of 3,463 reviews2025
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 22.4% ★, Transportation 21.4% ★, Automation 16.4%, Sandbox 7.3%, Building 5.7%
- #32 Transport Fever
76% matchVery Positive83% of 10,800 reviews2016
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 47.9 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 24.1% ★, Transportation 20.3% ★, Economy 9.6%, Building 7.9%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #33 Train World
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 95 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 28% ★, Transportation 19.7% ★, Automation 9.1%, Economy 8.5%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #34 Mini Settlers
73% matchVery Positive86% of 607 reviews2025
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Transportation 19% ★, Trains 17.9% ★, Automation 16.6%, Sandbox 7.6%, Minimalist 7.1%
- #35 Train Station Simulator
78% 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 51.4% ★, Management 13.7%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 7.3%, Economy 7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and design aspects of building a functional, efficient train station.
- #36 Train Fever
77% matchMixed64% of 3,520 reviews2014
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.9 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 42.1% ★, Transportation 11.4% ★, Economy 10.9%, Management 8.4%, Simulation 6.6%
- #37 Railway Empire
75% matchVery Positive83% of 9,620 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 35.2% ★, Transportation 15.3% ★, Economy 12.1%, Management 9.9%, Building 8.4%
- #38 Railroads Online
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,879 reviews2024
Dev: Stefan KelnbergerPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 67.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 42.2% ★, Economy 12.8%, Building 11.8%, Sandbox 10.9%, Open World 9.7%
- #39 Train Simulator Classic
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 29,028 reviews2015
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - Trains
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 44.3 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 67.6% ★, Simulation 11.3%, Transportation 5.2% ★, Open World 3.7%, Relaxing 3.5%
- #40 Train Life: A Railway Simulator
74% matchMixed63% of 1,628 reviews2022
Dev: SimteractPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.0 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 29.5% ★, Transportation 27.2% ★, Open World 9.6%, Management 8.7%, Economy 8.3%
- #41 Railbound
72% matchVery Positive95% of 1,856 reviews2022
Dev: Afterburn
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A relaxing puzzle game about fixing train connections and travelling the world - now with a level editor!
Why similar: Trains 36.5% ★, Transportation 25.5% ★, Building 10.9%, Management 8.2%, Relaxing 6.6%
- #42 TrainClicker Idle Evolution
74% 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 26.3% ★, Transportation 22.1% ★, Automation 17.1%, Sandbox 9.2%, Management 7.3%
- #43 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
70% matchVery Positive84% of 2,178 reviews2025
Dev: Massive MiniteamPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!
Why similar: Trains 25.6% ★, Automation 17.7%, Cozy 14.4%, Building 14.4%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
- #44 InfraSpace
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,870 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 24.6% ★, Trains 19.1% ★, Automation 17.1%, Economy 10.1%, Building 8.4%
- #45 Train Sim World® 4
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,970 reviews2023
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 51.4 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 50.5% ★, Transportation 27.1% ★, Open World 6.2%, Simulation 6.1%, Relaxing 5%
- #46 Train Sim World® 2020
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,995 reviews2017
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 105.3 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 59% ★, Open World 10.6%, Simulation 9.7%, Building 7.4%, Relaxing 6.9%
- #47 Locomoto
69% matchVery Positive91% of 620 reviews2025
Dev: Green Tile Digital
Windows
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 46% ★, Cozy 29.5%, Relaxing 8.5%, Cute 6.4%, Colorful 5%
- #48 NIMBY Rails
71% matchVery Positive90% of 2,203 reviews2021
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 40.3 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 27.4% ★, Trains 18.3% ★, Economy 11.3%, Building 8.6%, Sandbox 8%
- #49 SteamWorld Build
70% matchVery Positive84% of 2,093 reviews2023
Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
SteamWorld Build is a casual city-building and dungeon-management cross-over set in the SteamWorld Universe, where you build and manage a town on a dying planet. You'll need to balance resources, construction, and exploration to its depths to ensure your town's survival and eventual escape.
Why similar: Economy 21.6%, Building 14.1%, Management 13.3%, Sandbox 12.8%, Relaxing 11.5%
- #50 Derail Valley
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,827 reviews2019
Dev: Altfuture
Windows
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
Why similar: Trains 37.1% ★, Transportation 25.8% ★, Economy 8.6%, Open World 7.2%, Sandbox 6.4%
- #51 shapez 2
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,196 reviews2024
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 24.7% ★, Automation 23.5%, Management 10.7%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #52 Transport INC
70% matchMixed70% of 1,070 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 22.3% ★, Transportation 21.5% ★, Economy 9.5%, Automation 9.5%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #53 Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™
69% matchVery Positive87% of 655 reviews2015
Dev: Chris SawyerPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Explore a vast and detailed world and build a Transportation Empire!
Why similar: Trains 42.8% ★, Transportation 19.9% ★, Simulation 10.2%, Management 10.1%, Strategy 8.5%
- #54 Railway Empire 2
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,521 reviews2023
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 26.0 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 29.7% ★, Transportation 25.4% ★, Economy 10.7%, Sandbox 8.4%, Building 8%
- #55 Kubifaktorium
67% matchVery Positive81% of 786 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% ★, Automation 21.3%, Economy 11.9%, Building 10.4%, Management 8.1%
- #56 Railroad Corporation 2
65% matchMostly Positive73% of 351 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 33.7% ★, Transportation 21.7% ★, Economy 11.4%, Building 10.1%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #57 Learning Factory
65% matchVery Positive86% of 511 reviews2025
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build intricate supply chains to meet your feline customers' needs. Discover underground and air transport layers, a vast research tree, procedural worlds, machine learning, and endless automation in this relaxing, enemyless game.
Why similar: Automation 21.8%, Economy 14%, Building 12.7%, Sandbox 10.9%, Management 10.2%
- #58 My Train Arrives
68% matchVery Positive86% of 95 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 31.5% ★, Transportation 26.8% ★, Economy 8.2%, Building 8.1%, Management 7.1%
- #59 Diesel Railcar Simulator
68% matchVery Positive95% of 333 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 35.8% ★, Transportation 27.2% ★, Sandbox 10.2%, Building 8.4%, Relaxing 6.1%
- #60 Masterplan Tycoon
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 729 reviews2023
Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Welcome to the resource management game where your creativity and logistics skills are put to the test! In this minimalistic simulation you will build interconnected chains of products and open new missions by completing various tasks to create the biggest system you can.
Why similar: Automation 22.7%, Economy 13.7%, Building 13.3%, Management 11.2%, Minimalist 10.4%