- #1 Train Hero
97% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: GameakiPub: Strategy First
Windows
Train Hero is a train railway action puzzle game with a retro feel. It’s easy to play but hard to master and you only need one click to play.
Why similar: Trains 81.8% ★, Strategy 6.3%, Puzzle 5.1%, Indie 3.3%, Casual 2.8%
- #2 Trains VR
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2018
Dev: The House of Fables
Windows
Hop on the Puzzle Train! Welcome to the fantasy world of railroads, locomotives, and stations where you can become both a constructor and a conductor. Relive your childhood dreams with 40 levels packed with logical puzzles and multiple solutions. Build, Ride, Fail, Repeat, Succeed!
Why similar: Trains 71.5% ★, Strategy 10.9%, Casual 6.9%, Indie 6.2%, Puzzle 4.5%
- #3 Sid Meier's Railroads!
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,423 reviews2007
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Sid Meier's Railroads! marks the return of the watershed title in simulation/strategy gaming that launched the popular "tycoon" genre, and inspired a new generation of games. Sid Meier's Railroads!
Why similar: Trains 79.2% ★, Management 10.5%, Strategy 9.2%, Casual 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #4 RAILED
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 32 reviews2019
Dev: WarGem LLC
Windows
Railed is a casual, train-themed, open-ended puzzle game that is quick to learn, easy to play, and difficult to master. Lay railways and build tracks to connect stations and gold mines while accomplishing random challenges. Navigate mountains, bonus tiles, and your own creations to dominate a global leaderboard.
Why similar: Trains 62.2% ★, Strategy 13.7%, Casual 10.6%, Indie 7.3%, Puzzle 5.1%
- #5 Train Town
94% matchMixed66% of 79 reviews2014
Dev: N3V Games
Windows
Train Town is traintastic fun for young train fans (or the young at heart). Build your world, choose your train, go on adventures through cityscapes, jungles and deserts...and even crash and blow things up!
Why similar: Trains 84.3% ★, Casual 15.7%
- #6 Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
94% matchVery Positive90% of 1,374 reviews2007
Dev: PopTopPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Includes Railroad Tycoon II and the expansion The Second Century It can take you from New York to South Africa. It can take you from the year 1804 to the year 2000. It can take you from penniless manual laborer to powerful multi-millionaire.
Why similar: Trains 73.5% ★, Management 14.5%, Strategy 11.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #7 Railway Fun - Adventure Park
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: magnussoft
Windows
Organize railroad networks in this exciting time management game! Direct trains and monorails to clear areas and venture into new park sections.
Why similar: Trains 88.1% ★, Casual 10.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #8 Train Station Simulator
92% 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 73.2% ★, Management 12.4%, Strategy 9.3%, Indie 3.2%, Casual 1.9%
- #9 Train Frontier Classic
91% matchVery Positive88% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Team Train Frontier
Windows
Train Frontier Classic is a stylized landscape building and multiplayer train riding sandbox, inspired by the fun of model railroad building. Fill a scene with miles of scale track, hundreds of props, and a personal train car setup -- then go online to share and ride your creation with friends!
Why similar: Trains 94.5% ★, Casual 2.8%, Indie 1.9%, 3D 0.5%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #10 Trainz Trouble
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 62 reviews2014
Dev: N3V Games
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Just one wrong move could spell disaster! Can you keep the wheels in motion as trains speed to their various destinations?
Why similar: Trains 81.7% ★, Casual 18.3%
- #11 Railroad Tycoon 3
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,246 reviews2007
Dev: PopTopPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo in a dynamic economy, and participate in...
Why similar: Trains 71.2% ★, Management 19.1%, Strategy 9.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #12 Bounty Train
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,716 reviews2017
Dev: Corbie GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore the dangerous life, the accurate historic events and contemporary inventions of the North American/US 19th century. Acquire one of the most legendary steam machines and transform it into a fortress on rails.
Why similar: Trains 78.6% ★, Strategy 10.2%, Management 9.5%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #13 Cube Railway - Puzzle
88% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Colossus Game Studio
Windows
Cube Railway is a puzzle game where players must strategically fit blocks to complete a railway track and set the train in motion. Reach the next level by correctly placing the cubes within the designated spots on the track.
Why similar: Trains 78.2% ★, Casual 6.1%, Incremental 5.9%, Puzzle 5%, Indie 2.8%
- #14 Train Crisis
89% matchPositive82% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: UPLAY Online
Windows · Mac
Train Crisis is a puzzle strategy game in which you have to guide trains with a different color each towards their corresponding destination. Dodge obstacles and test your skills in 4 distinct historical settings such as the Industrial Revolution, the Far West, the Modern era and the Future.
Why similar: Trains 73.1% ★, Puzzle 10.6%, Casual 9.9%, Indie 6.5%
- #15 Train Fever
87% 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 79.2% ★, Management 10%, Strategy 6.2%, Casual 2%, Indie 1.9%
- #16 Mini Metro
86% 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 66.8% ★, Strategy 11.1%, Management 8.6%, Puzzle 5.5%, Casual 3.8%
- #17 Eisenbahn X
85% matchMixed42% of 24 reviews2015
Dev: TREND, SoftproPub: Koch Media
Windows
With Eisenbahn X you can build complex railway worlds on your PC or notebook and it is possible to control trains as a train driver. You can control the entire rail traffic with a sophisticated signal system. Build train consists from steam, diesel and electric locomotives, passenger and freight cars.
Why similar: Trains 100% ★
- #18 Ride To Canada
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: NiVision
Windows
Ride to Canada is an addictive action-puzzles, in which you will control the rail traffic. Plan routes by controlling the switches to unload or unhook all wagons.
Why similar: Trains 84.9% ★, Puzzle 7.7%, Indie 7.5%
- #19 Railroad Pioneer
83% matchMixed61% of 262 reviews2014
Dev: Kritzelkratz 3000Pub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Be a pioneer and build the most famous transcontinental railroad tracks in the United States of America throughout the 19th century.
Why similar: Trains 74.7% ★, Strategy 18.6%, Management 6.6%
- #20 Paper Train Traffic
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 116 reviews2016
Dev: isTom Games Kft.
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Paper Train Traffic is here to test your mind and reflexes with increasingly complex challenges. From single railroads to multi railway nodes, your task is to supervise the ongoing train traffic of many different locations around the World.
Why similar: Trains 69.6% ★, Management 8.7%, Strategy 6.7%, Casual 5.4%, Puzzle 4.8%
- #21 Train Simulator Classic
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 29,134 reviews2015
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - Trains
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 44.5 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 97% ★, Casual 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%, Strategy 0.5%
- #22 【クラウドファンディング・ストレッチゴール特典ソフト】鉄道にっぽん!限定特別版 for ズイキマスコンPRO
80% matchMixed64% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Sonic Powered Co.,Ltd.
Windows
このソフトは、株式会社瑞起にて行われた「ZUIKI MasConPRO (ズイキマスコンPRO)」のクラウドファンディングの達成記念として特別に公開されるソフトウェアです。
Why similar: Trains 98.5% ★, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #23 Transport Services
81% matchMixed51% of 75 reviews2019
Dev: Hammer Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Transport services is a lightweight fast-paced simulation game about designing and managing transportation for a dynamic world.
Why similar: Trains 69.2% ★, Strategy 19.7%, Indie 7.4%, Puzzle 3.7%
- #24 Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™
79% matchVery Positive87% of 661 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 75% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Management 11.7%
- #25 Train Train Train
79% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: heinn
Windows
Train Train Train is a game about managing train networks in various smol cute 3d worlds. Lay down tracks, upgrade intersections and don't bonk the sheep. Do not be deceived, this game can be as tough as it is cute.
Why similar: Trains 76% ★, Management 6.8%, Casual 6.2%, Puzzle 5.1%, Strategy 3.2%
- #26 Rail Rescue: Puzzle Lines
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infinity Games, LdaPub: QubicGames S.A.
Windows
Your train crashed! Find your friends, reconnect the railroads, and rebuild your home in this charming puzzle adventure full of tricky track-drawing challenges.
Why similar: Trains 77.4% ★, Strategy 10%, Puzzle 6.5%, Casual 5.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #27 Cold Engine
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Castaways Games
Windows
Operate a corporate train through a world of endless cold. Choose your routes, deliver mysterious cargo, upgrade your train, and make hard decisions to survive the storms, meet the quota, and chase the next promise that the system will let you go.
Why similar: Trains 85.9% ★, Management 11.7%, 3D 1.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #28 MaSzyna
74% matchVery Positive89% of 555 reviews2026
Dev: eu07.pl
Windows
MaSzyna is a simulator which will allow you to become a train driver of most popular railway vehicles used on the Polish railways.
Why similar: Trains 100% ★
- #29 Train Simulator: East Coast Main Line London-Peterborough Route Add-On
77% matchVery Positive84% of 67 reviews2013
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - Trains
Windows
One of the busiest routes on the British rail network springs to life in the stunning East Coast Main Line London-Peterborough route for Train Simulator, featuring the classic High Speed Train and commuter Class 365 EMU.
Why similar: Trains 100% ★
- #30 Locomotion
77% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2019
Dev: Polyfox
Windows
Locomotion is a steamy railway puzzler. An alien stole your gold, and you’ve got to chase them into space to get it back. Haul wagons, flick switches, and reclaim your lost gold, through fifty-one increasingly tricky levels from home on the range to the final frontier.
Why similar: Trains 77.4% ★, Casual 9.1%, Indie 7.6%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #31 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 69.8% ★, Management 10.9%, Strategy 9.3%, Puzzle 5.8%, 3D 1.9%
- #32 Locoland
76% matchVery Positive80% of 187 reviews2015
Dev: GromadaPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Colorful crazy world of a fantastic planet. Bizarre plants, strange landscapes! Under these unusual conditions there arose steam-robots civilization. But there’s no peace there - robots are at war.
Why similar: Trains 75% ★, Strategy 18.1%, Indie 6.9%
- #33 HeartFix Express
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Keur Collectif
Windows
Drive the train. Repair the station. Uncover the mystery. HeartFix Express is an adventure/puzzle game in which you pilot a locomotive, tasked with the repair of giant robot, in which you operate from the inside !
Why similar: Trains 81.4% ★, Puzzle 6.1%, Casual 5.5%, 3D 3.5%, Indie 2.9%
- #34 Simutrans
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 660 reviews2016
Dev: The Simutrans Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 13.6 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 79.6% ★, Management 11.1%, Strategy 7.9%, Indie 1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #35 Trainatic
73% matchVery Positive91% of 930 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan Forrester
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Trainatic is an explosive incremental train-building game! Upgrade your cars, gather resources, and unlock powerful synergies to chug further down the track.
Why similar: Trains 65.2% ★, Incremental 12.4%, Management 8.4%, Strategy 7.6%, Casual 5.2%
- #36 MDS: Metro dispatcher simulator
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vlakboss (Matěj Růžička)
Windows
MDS is a detailed simulator of the Prague Metro interlocking system. Take the role of a dispatcher, operate signals, switches, and passenger information system, manage traffic with realistic timetables, or create your own scenarios.
Why similar: Trains 86.8% ★, Management 10.7%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #37 Art of the Rail
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Spiritual remake of the classic transport tycoon games. Build a profitable transport network and grow your worlds economy, either on your own in singleplayer or in multiplayer whether cooperatively or competitively.
Why similar: Trains 74.9% ★, Management 11.4%, Strategy 9.5%, 3D 3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #38 Stoplights
70% matchPositive91% of 31 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: Trains 65.3% ★, Management 11.3%, Strategy 9.3%, Casual 5.3%, Puzzle 4.1%
- #39 Railways: Train Simulator
72% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Nerd Monkeys
Windows
Mind the gap and start managing your railways through this strategic journey! All aboard! This train is ready to depart!
Why similar: Trains 76.8% ★, Management 8%, Puzzle 6.1%, Casual 5.6%, Indie 2.7%
- #40 Loco-Sort
71% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Fernando Martins
Windows
Loco-Sort is a puzzle-solving indie game, set in the railroads of the 1880s America. You control a small locomotive with the goal of assembling a train by sorting several numbered railroad cars across a maze of rail tracks and switches. 30 challenging levels, 9 playable locomotives and much more!
Why similar: Trains 77.2% ★, Puzzle 6.2%, Casual 5.6%, Strategy 4.2%, Indie 3.2%
- #41 Transfer
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maximus AktypisPub: Zero Err0R Games
Windows · Linux
Transfer supplies with a Train in a post apocalyptic world filled with creatures that you need to fend off to survive and do your goal
Why similar: Trains 88.5% ★, 3D 4.5%, PvE 3%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #42 Train Metropolis
70% match7 user reviews86% of 7 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 67.8% ★, Management 9.6%, Strategy 8.6%, Incremental 7.1%, Casual 6.6%
- #43 Railroad Manager
69% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Ludetis UG (haftungsbeschr.)
Windows
Build tracks, drive trains, transport passengers and goods! Relaxed railway construction in retro style with a large campaign and countless missions and maps.
Why similar: Trains 78.7% ★, Strategy 11.4%, Management 7.6%, 3D 1.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #44 Loopomotive
70% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2021
Dev: Shy Pixel
Windows
Loopomotive is a short casual train survival game where you drive a train stuck in a loop that never stops! You can accelerate or slow down the train, but never stop it. Avoid accidents to complete levels!
Why similar: Trains 85.1% ★, Casual 11.4%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #45 Railroad X
71% matchMixed49% of 51 reviews2014
Dev: TREND, Soft ProPub: Koch Media
Windows
With Railroad X you can build complex railway worlds on your PC or notebook and it is possible to control trains as a train driver. You can control the entire rail traffic with a sophisticated signal system. Build train consists from steam, diesel and electric locomotives, passenger and freight cars.
Why similar: Trains 100% ★
- #46 Train Operator 377
69% matchPositive83% of 42 reviews2023
Dev: Heliosphere SoftwarePub: @ Heliosphere Software
Windows
Enjoy the charm of one of the UK’s oldest and most enchanting railways from the best available viewpoint – the driver’s seat! Hammer through urban sprawl, rolling fields and famous tunnels at 90 MPH in all weathers and at any time of your choosing.
Why similar: Trains 99.1% ★, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #47 Distributrains
67% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Oddwarg
Windows · Linux
A railroad simulation game with roguelike elements. Use resources wisely to expand your infrastructure and satisfy industries, contracts, citizens, and engines. Respond quickly to ever-changing circumstances and don't get kicked out of your office.
Why similar: Trains 79.9% ★, Strategy 11%, Management 8.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #48 JR EAST Train Simulator
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,189 reviews2022
Dev: ONGAKUKAN Co.,Ltd.Pub: EAST JAPAN RAILWAY TRADING CO., LTD.
Windows
The official train company's authentic driving simulator is here! JR East Train Simulator" is a train driving simulator that allows you to experience live-action images and realistic driving sounds of JR East's actual train lines in your own home.
Why similar: Trains 99.4% ★, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #49 My Train World
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: My Train World TeamPub: Double Blit Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Take playing with toy trains into the virtual world with ‘My Train World’! Master a variety of puzzles at different difficulty levels in Puzzle Mode. Let your imagination flow in the Sandbox Mode and build the train-set of your dreams. (Note: Saving layouts is disabled in demo)
Why similar: Trains 55.5% ★, Strategy 19.7%, Casual 12%, Indie 8.6%, Puzzle 3.4%
- #50 TRAIN CREW
68% matchVery Positive99% of 451 reviews2021
Dev: Mizotsuki Rail / acty
Windows
It is a game where you become a driver of the fictitious railway Tatehama Electric Railway and drive a train. Currently, you can drive up and down 28 km from Akayamacho Station to Tatehama Station.
Why similar: Trains 96.2% ★, 3D 3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #51 Chinese Rail SIm
68% matchMixed51% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Mai
Windows
Start with an empty Chinese map, create, build a rail network with your own imagination and sophisticated design, help millions of people to reach where they want to go. Ready yourself as a lead rail engineer to make some challenging decisions along the way.
Why similar: Trains 81.2% ★, Strategy 8.6%, Puzzle 7.6%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #52 Tiny Train Adventures
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TOUTOU Interactive
Windows
Set off on a tiny train adventure! Build your railway and drive through the mountains in this cozy exploration adventure.
Why similar: Trains 95.5% ★, Indie 2.1%, 3D 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #53 Russian Train Trip
67% matchMixed55% of 135 reviews2021
Dev: Stop-TussiN
Windows
Traveling on passenger trains in Russia. First-person exploration.
Why similar: Trains 97.2% ★, 3D 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #54 Train Sim World® 2020
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,995 reviews2017
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 108.0 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 95.1% ★, Casual 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #55 RaiLRhythm
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cliche Studio
Windows
The concept of this music game is “Train x Rhythm”! You can enjoy the music game as if you are driving a train! Hit the notes rhythmically to become a top-notch driver!
Why similar: Trains 87.3% ★, Casual 9%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%