- #1 Toxic Trains
97% 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: City Builder 21.4%, Transportation 20.9% ★, Trains 14.4% ★, Strategy 10.5%, Minimalist 10.4%
- #2 Stoplights
96% matchPositive90% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: Wicked Blobfish
Windows
Stoplights is a strategy simulation game about creating an efficient train network to support the growing needs of your cities. Make connections by building rails, control train routes with traffic signals to get essential resources where they need to be - in time.
Why similar: Transportation 28.7% ★, Trains 16.7% ★, City Builder 14.8%, Management 6.8%, Strategy 6.2%
- #3 ROADS: Tangled in Traffic
96% 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 35.5% ★, City Builder 16%, Simulation 9.5%, Management 8.3%, Strategy 7.7%
- #4 Mini Motorways
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,331 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 28.4% ★, City Builder 12%, Minimalist 10.9%, Strategy 10%, Simulation 8.6%
- #5 Cities in Motion 2
95% 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 40% ★, City Builder 20.7%, Simulation 10.8%, Management 8.5%, Strategy 7.6%
- #6 MiniTrans
94% 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: Transportation 31.3% ★, City Builder 21.8%, Trains 15.4% ★, Building 6.9%, Minimalist 6%
- #7 Metro Architect
93% match9 user reviews44% of 9 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: Transportation 31.8% ★, City Builder 19.5%, Trains 16.9% ★, Management 6.5%, Building 5.8%
- #8 Mini Settlers: Prologue
92% 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: Transportation 21.5% ★, City Builder 16.4%, Automation 10.2%, Trains 8.8% ★, Minimalist 8.8%
- #9 NationForge
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sakanu Games
Windows
A nation-scale city builder focused on city planning and production chains. Strategically place and develop multiple cities, shape them with synergistic policies, and use transportation and trade as supporting systems for a growing planned economy.
Why similar: Transportation 33% ★, City Builder 27.2%, Automation 12.2%, Simulation 7.8%, Strategy 7.4%
- #10 Train Valley World
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 297 reviews2024
Dev: FlazmPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.1 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: Transportation 30% ★, City Builder 15%, Trains 14.1% ★, Automation 8%, Minimalist 5.6%
- #11 City Painter
90% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: Blunix Games
Windows
Advanced city simulator with minimalist "Paint" graphics. Build complex intersections, edit traffic rules, and solve traffic jams without melting your PC.
Why similar: City Builder 29.1%, Transportation 27.3% ★, Simulation 10.8%, Minimalist 9.9%, Building 6%
- #12 Steam & Heather
89% 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: Transportation 27.6% ★, City Builder 21.3%, Trains 16.5% ★, Management 7.1%, Simulation 6.1%
- #13 Transport Fever 2
89% matchVery Positive90% of 32,406 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 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: Transportation 33.5% ★, City Builder 20.4%, Trains 16.6% ★, Management 7.5%, Simulation 7.2%
- #14 Railroad Engineer
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: SP Digital Arts Inc.
Windows
Build railroads, drive trains, collect resources, deliver goods, and grow cities.
Why similar: Transportation 30.3% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Trains 17.5% ★, Building 6.7%, Management 6.1%
- #15 Speed Rivals - Model Trains
86% 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: Transportation 26.9% ★, City Builder 17.3%, Trains 15.6% ★, Building 6.1%, Management 5.6%
- #16 Cities in Motion
87% 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: Transportation 28.7% ★, City Builder 20.7%, Trains 14.9% ★, Simulation 14.6%, Management 11%
- #17 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 33% ★, City Builder 23.1%, Trains 13.9% ★, Management 6.9%, Strategy 6.4%
- #18 A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
85% 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: Transportation 23.3% ★, City Builder 23.1%, Trains 11.5% ★, Building 7.3%, Management 6.7%
- #19 All Lanes Must Exit
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Map Edge Studio
Windows
Build a highway interchange to connect all the roads. Don't go over-budget and don't have traffic jams. Can you complete all the levels? Yes, easily, it's not a particularly demanding game.
Why similar: Transportation 42.9% ★, Simulation 11.3%, City Builder 10.7%, Minimalist 8.7%, Building 6.9%
- #20 Train Reaction
84% 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: Transportation 36.3% ★, Trains 21.5% ★, Automation 11.9%, Strategy 8.4%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #21 Wild West Steam Loco
84% 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: Transportation 32.9% ★, City Builder 22.5%, Trains 19.8% ★, Simulation 15.7%, Building 7.5%
- #22 Iron Roads
82% 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: Transportation 27.8% ★, Trains 18.2% ★, City Builder 15.8%, Building 7.1%, Management 7%
- #23 Metro Manager LA
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 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 39.8% ★, Minimalist 11.8%, Trains 9.6% ★, Strategy 7.1%, Management 6.8%
- #24 Iron Village
80% 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: Transportation 29.2% ★, City Builder 23.4%, Trains 18.1% ★, Building 7.7%, Management 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: Transportation 34.2% ★, City Builder 21.2%, Trains 20.6% ★, Simulation 16.3%, Building 7.8%
- #26 Nile Express
79% 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: Transportation 33% ★, Trains 19.5% ★, Automation 8.5%, Management 6.9%, Building 6.7%
- #27 Red Trains
81% 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: Transportation 30.9% ★, City Builder 19%, Trains 17.8% ★, Automation 8.6%, Management 6.9%
- #28 Subway Builder
78% matchMixed57% of 350 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 30.7%, Strategy 11.2%, Transportation 11.1% ★, Simulation 10%, Building 8.5%
- #29 Monster Shopper
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TheShelfman
Windows
The Monster Market is back open! Use automation to assemble monster parts into the proper monsters, and keep your customers happy. A fun, relaxing, and challenging puzzle game where you have full control over how difficult it gets.
Why similar: Transportation 36.4% ★, Automation 11%, Building 9%, Management 7.7%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #30 All Vans on Deck
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: cofnusedSoul
Windows
All Vans on Deck is a logistics simulation game about a network that never stops demanding more. Connect cities across land, water and air, shape your routes, and keep the parcels flowing. The older a city gets, the faster it generates. How long can you hold it together?
Why similar: Transportation 42% ★, Puzzle 11.5%, Simulation 10.4%, Building 9%, Management 8%
- #31 Model Railway Easily Christmas
78% 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: Transportation 33.1% ★, Trains 22.8% ★, City Builder 20.7%, Simulation 15.3%, Building 8.2%
- #32 Transport Fever 3
77% 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 34.4% ★, City Builder 22.6%, Trains 15.5% ★, Management 7.3%, Simulation 6.5%
- #33 A-Train 9 V5.0 : Japan Train Simulator Ultimate Edition
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: ARTDINK
Windows
Build railroads. Construct your city. Master transport economics. A-Train 9 V5.0 Ultimate Edition is a realistic railroad management and urban development sandbox where every choice – from track layout to industry logistics – affects the prosperity of your metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 27.1%, Transportation 26.5% ★, Trains 20.4% ★, Simulation 10.4%, Building 7.6%
- #34 Jammed
75% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Szaloki Sandor
Windows
You are a traffic engineer. Draw roads and bridges, connect growing districts, and watch your city come alive. Design efficient interchanges and avoid traffic jams.
Why similar: Transportation 43.6% ★, City Builder 12.2%, Simulation 11.5%, Management 8.9%, Building 8.6%
- #35 Civilize
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NCAT
Windows
From the first stone tool to the first starship. One city carries an entire civilization across eight ages. Civilize is the first CivForge: a city-builder where multiple islands and 100+ resources let you forge an arc of human history that is entirely your own.
Why similar: City Builder 33%, Transportation 24.8% ★, Simulation 9.6%, Building 9.2%, Management 6.1%
- #36 Voxel Tycoon
75% 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: Transportation 33.7% ★, Trains 17.3% ★, City Builder 10.8%, Automation 7.5%, Management 7.3%
- #37 Steam To Electric
74% 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: Transportation 23.4% ★, Trains 21.6% ★, City Builder 11.2%, Simulation 8.1%, Strategy 7.8%
- #38 Cargo Company
74% 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: Transportation 32.5% ★, Trains 19.2% ★, City Builder 18.6%, Management 7.7%, Simulation 6.8%
- #39 GRIDROAD
72% matchVery Positive85% of 432 reviews2024
Dev: RAJACORP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
GRIDROAD is a traffic optimisation puzzle/simulation game. Build roads, place road markings and tweak traffic lights to build the most efficient traffic junction!
Why similar: Transportation 45.3% ★, City Builder 17.2%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 9.6%, Building 8.1%
- #40 Tiny Road Interchanges
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: threekittensgame
Windows
Create tiny road interchanges as a traffic engineer. Be as creative as possible, simulate the traffic flow and create efficient interchanges.
Why similar: Transportation 40.4% ★, Simulation 10.9%, Management 10.2%, Puzzle 9.2%, Strategy 8.5%
- #41 My Train Arrives
73% 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: Transportation 31% ★, Trains 17.3% ★, City Builder 17.1%, Simulation 8%, Strategy 7.4%
- #42 Soko Loco Deluxe
73% 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: Transportation 34.2% ★, City Builder 21.3%, Trains 20.5% ★, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 10.4%
- #43 Logistik
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dysnomia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, schedule, and optimize your rail network, with every track reshaping the world. Balance fuel costs, adapt to the terrain, and fulfill demands. Elevate Trains to the ultimate means of transport!
Why similar: Transportation 26.8% ★, Trains 17% ★, City Builder 16%, Automation 8.5%, Management 6.4%
- #44 Train World
71% 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: Transportation 29.8% ★, Trains 20.2% ★, City Builder 10.5%, Automation 7%, Simulation 6.5%
- #45 City Masterplan
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1:1 Studio
Windows
Break the grid and build a true 1:1 scale metropolis. City Masterplan is a realistic city builder where traffic, citizens, and economy form a fully simulated system. Design complex road networks freely, manage real congestion, and shape a city through the decisions you make.
Why similar: City Builder 31.9%, Transportation 18.7% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 11.3%, Automation 6.8%
- #46 Cargo Protocol: Cyberpunk Trains
70% 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: Transportation 31.4% ★, Trains 20.4% ★, City Builder 11.3%, Automation 10.2%, Simulation 6.1%
- #47 Digit Factory
71% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Light Game
Windows
《Digit Factory》 is a game that allows you to give full play to your creativity and enjoy the fun of thinking. Design your own pipeline to perform calculations on various combinations of numbers. In the endless demand, find a design that responds to changes with the same. Come , challenge your mind!
Why similar: Transportation 35.9% ★, Automation 15.6%, Minimalist 12.5%, City Builder 10.5%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #48 Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 381 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: Transportation 28.9% ★, Trains 16.8% ★, Automation 10.3%, Minimalist 7.7%, Building 6.4%
- #49 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 44.8% ★, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 12.1%, Management 8.3%, Minimalist 7.8%
- #50 Railway Company Owner
70% 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: City Builder 28.1%, Transportation 24.7% ★, Trains 15.6% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Strategy 12.2%
- #51 Mini Metro
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,710 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 23.6% ★, Transportation 19.3% ★, Minimalist 14.8%, Strategy 10.2%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #52 Please Fix The Road
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 286 reviews2022
Dev: ARIELEK
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.5 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 32.3% ★, City Builder 15.2%, Minimalist 13.3%, Building 8.8%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #53 Production City
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mayor of the Month
Windows
Production City is a city builder focused on manufacturing, logistics, and politics. Build efficient production chains, make impactful (or questionable) decisions, and grow your city into an industrial empire!
Why similar: Transportation 33.5% ★, City Builder 29.6%, Building 9%, Simulation 8.2%, Strategy 6.8%
- #54 Station Master RPG
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Telegraph Studios
Windows
Play the role of the station master at a railway station in rural Japan and cope with the ever-increasing flow of passengers in this RPG management simulation! Use the station's funds to upgrade the station and design it to your liking!
Why similar: Transportation 30.9% ★, City Builder 22%, Trains 19.2% ★, Building 6.8%, Management 6.3%
- #55 Package Rush
68% 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 39.7% ★, Management 10.1%, Minimalist 9.9%, Simulation 8.1%, Strategy 7.5%
- #56 NIMBY Rails
68% matchVery Positive90% of 2,289 reviews2021
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.4 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 37.1% ★, City Builder 17.8%, Trains 11.8% ★, Management 7.3%, Building 7.1%
- #57 Pixel Airport Tycoon 3D
66% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: hans-jürgen müller
Windows
Build and manage your own airport – in classic 2D or full 3D. From your first runway to an international hub: terminals, cargo, customs, weather & de-icing, airline contracts, staff and research. Plan smart and become the world's best airport tycoon!
Why similar: Transportation 28.6% ★, City Builder 20%, Building 9.9%, Simulation 9.2%, Management 8.8%
- #58 Factory Town 2: Paradise
65% matchVery Positive90% of 147 reviews2026
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
A Town Builder + Factory Sim where you fully automate a tropical village and feed a giant volcano. Use conveyor belts, trains, boats, zip lines, pipes, water wheels and more to produce massive amounts of items and keep everyone happy!
Why similar: City Builder 24.2%, Trains 14.9% ★, Automation 12.6%, Transportation 9.5% ★, Building 7.6%
- #59 The City Must Grow
67% matchVery Positive81% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Tunaic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A new city will be established on a flat plain and its administration has been given to you. In order to keep the administration in your hands, the city needs to develop continuously.
Why similar: City Builder 36.5%, Minimalist 17.2%, Simulation 8.5%, Puzzle 8.4%, Building 7.7%
- #60 OpenTTD
66% matchVery Positive95% of 16,913 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: Transportation 31.4% ★, Trains 17.8% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Building 9.7%, Management 7.7%