- #1 Rail Route
97% matchVery Positive88% of 2,604 reviews2024
Dev: Bitrich.info
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 113.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 36.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.3%, Building 11.8%, Management 10%, Relaxing 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the real-time dispatching and network-optimization puzzle feel of Train Valley 2 perfectly.
- #2 Mini Metro
96% 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 39.7% ★, Minimalist 14%, Management 9.3%, Strategy 8.2%, Puzzle 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist masterpiece that focuses on the core challenge of network efficiency and resource flow.
- #3 Train Valley
96% 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 36.6% ★, Building 11.1%, Management 10%, Family Friendly 8%, Relaxing 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: The original title in the series offers the same addictive, fast-paced puzzle-solving mechanics.
- #4 Station to Station
95% matchVery Positive89% of 1,951 reviews2023
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Prismatika
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
‘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 43.3% ★, Management 11.4%, Relaxing 9.5%, Puzzle 7.7%, Minimalist 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, voxel-based puzzle game that emphasizes building connections between industries.
- #5 Sweet Transit
94% matchMixed68% of 1,268 reviews2024
Dev: Ernestas NorvaišasPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Sweet Transit is a unique city builder where the railway is king. Build and automate the dream supply chain for your citizens, giving them all they need to expand quaint villages into bustling cities. Progress from steam power to diesel and beyond in this advanced train-driven experience.
Why similar: Trains 40.8% ★, Level Editor 21.5%, Building 12.9%, Management 12%, Simulation 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A logistics-focused city builder where rail transport is the primary engine of your economy.
- #6 Teeny Tiny Trains
94% matchVery Positive92% of 76 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 33.1% ★, Level Editor 21.1%, Building 11.2%, Minimalist 9.5%, Relaxing 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, puzzle-centric game that focuses on building efficient tracks in small, cozy environments.
- #7 Railway Empire
93% matchVery Positive83% of 9,710 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 47.8% ★, Management 15.5%, Building 12.3%, Strategy 10%, Simulation 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deeper, more traditional economic strategy experience focused on building massive railway networks.
- #8 Railway Islands - Puzzle
92% matchVery Positive94% of 267 reviews2021
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Railway Islands is a puzzle game about designing a railway map for a large archipelago. Make a safe path between the stations and let your train deliver all the resources and go to the next island.
Why similar: Trains 41.6% ★, Level Editor 21%, Minimalist 11%, Relaxing 8.4%, Puzzle 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, hex-based puzzle game that challenges you to connect islands with efficient rail lines.
- #9 Train Valley Origins
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 304 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 26.1% ★, Level Editor 13.9%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Building 8.7%, Management 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A refined iteration of the classic formula that keeps the core puzzle mechanics intact.
- #10 Transport Fever 2
91% 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 49.2% ★, Management 17.4%, Building 11.6%, Simulation 9.8%, Strategy 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for transport simulation, offering deep logistics and network management across different eras.
- #11 Train Valley World
90% 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: Trains 40.8% ★, Level Editor 21.3%, Management 11.1%, Minimalist 9%, Strategy 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: The latest entry in the franchise, expanding on the network-building challenges of its predecessors.
- #12 Mashinky
89% matchVery Positive85% of 2,814 reviews2018
Dev: Jan Zelený
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 36.7 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 48.6% ★, Level Editor 18.7%, Management 14.7%, Strategy 7.4%, Simulation 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines realistic transport logistics with a unique board-game aesthetic and modular building.
- #13 Train Fever
89% 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 58.7% ★, Management 13.5%, Simulation 9.4%, Building 7.1%, Strategy 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: The foundational game for many modern transport simulators, focusing on the evolution of rail networks.
- #14 Tracks - The Train Set Game
87% matchVery Positive94% of 1,549 reviews2019
Dev: Whoop GroupPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.1 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 52.2% ★, Building 19.7%, Simulation 9.1%, Family Friendly 7.5%, Relaxing 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the creative, cozy aspect of building wooden train sets in a sandbox environment.
- #15 shapez
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,812 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.6 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: Building 24.7%, Management 23.5%, Strategy 13.7%, Family Friendly 10.9%, Puzzle 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist automation game that strips away the fluff to focus purely on logistics and resource processing.
- #16 Sid Meier's Railroads!
88% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,467 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 64.8% ★, Management 15.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 5.7%, Building 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic economic strategy game that emphasizes the fun of building and managing rail empires.
- #17 Factorio
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 233,774 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 192.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Trains 41.8% ★, Management 18.8%, Building 18.8%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: While more complex, it is the ultimate game for players who love optimizing logistics and flow-based networks.
- #18 Voxel Tycoon
86% 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 50.2% ★, Management 16.4%, Building 12.9%, Simulation 6.3%, Strategy 6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a charming voxel aesthetic with deep logistics and transport management gameplay.
- #19 Dorfromantik
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,559 reviews2022
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.8 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: Minimalist 19.7%, Family Friendly 15.6%, Relaxing 15.4%, Puzzle 13%, Strategy 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the relaxing, puzzle-like quality of Train Valley 2 through its tile-based placement mechanics.
- #20 Islands & Trains
82% matchVery Positive90% of 590 reviews2025
Dev: Akos MakovicsPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Craft tiny railway dioramas in a stress-free island sandbox. No rules or timers - just design, build, and enjoy.
Why similar: Trains 36.9% ★, Level Editor 16.7%, Building 12.4%, Minimalist 10.8%, Family Friendly 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist sandbox experience that lets you build cozy train networks on small, isolated islands.
- #21 Tile Cities 2
82% matchVery Positive92% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
City-building experience reimagined as a simple relaxing puzzle game bringing the original Tile Cities to a new level
Why similar: Strategy 17.2%, Minimalist 15.4%, Simulation 15.3%, Building 14.4%, Puzzle 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, puzzle-like city builder that emphasizes spatial arrangement and efficiency.
- #22 Paper Train Traffic
84% 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 48.3% ★, Management 11%, Puzzle 7.8%, Simulation 7%, Family Friendly 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A simple, casual puzzle game focused on managing train traffic to avoid collisions.
- #23 Captain of Industry
81% matchVery Positive90% of 11,469 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 84.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Management 24.7%, Building 24.3%, Trains 19% ★, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deep logistics and resource management game that requires careful planning of transport routes.
- #24 Timberborn
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 41,163 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Why similar: Level Editor 32.9%, Building 23.4%, Management 20.6%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 8%
Why You'll Like It: A city builder that emphasizes water management and complex resource logistics to survive.
- #25 Railroad Tycoon 3
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,263 reviews2007
Dev: PopTopPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 12.0 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 54.4% ★, Management 26.9%, Strategy 8.7%, Building 4.7%, Simulation 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic economic simulation that defined the genre of railway network management.
- #26 Production Line : Car factory simulation
81% matchVery Positive82% of 3,483 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
Why similar: Management 34%, Building 25.2%, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 11.2%, Family Friendly 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the logic of assembly lines and flow, appealing to those who enjoy the optimization aspect of Train Valley.
- #27 My Train Arrives
80% 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 43.1% ★, Building 12.1%, Management 11.3%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward strategy game that focuses on the core mechanics of train logistics.
- #28 Autonauts
78% matchVery Positive90% of 4,956 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.9 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: Building 25.3%, Simulation 20.4%, Management 18.9%, Relaxing 10%, Casual 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a charming aesthetic to teach automation and logistics through a simple programming interface.
- #29 Train Frontier Classic
79% matchVery Positive88% of 248 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 69.3% ★, Simulation 10.3%, Level Editor 6.3%, Building 4.3%, Family Friendly 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a casual, sandbox-style approach to building and riding your own train networks.
- #30 Tiny Rails
79% 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 55.1% ★, Management 9.1%, Family Friendly 8.2%, Strategy 5.7%, Simulation 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a cozy, pixel-art style with a focus on managing inventory and transport routes.
- #31 shapez 2 - Factory
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,091 reviews2026
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 29.1 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: Management 26.8%, Building 24.7%, Puzzle 11.4%, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 9.6%
- #32 Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 383 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: Trains 40% ★, Building 12.6%, Minimalist 10.3%, Management 10%, Relaxing 8.1%
- #33 Train Simulator Classic
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 29,402 reviews2015
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - Trains
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 44.6 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 71.1% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Level Editor 5.7%, Building 3.8%, Relaxing 3.7%
- #34 Train Station Renovation
76% matchVery Positive82% of 2,760 reviews2020
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to an old, ruined train station. A place that will give you a lot of fun! In Train Station Renovation you play as a renovation company specialized in restoring old and damaged railway stations.
Why similar: Trains 40.8% ★, Building 12.6%, Management 9.3%, Simulation 9.2%, Family Friendly 8.2%
- #35 Chinese Rail SIm
76% matchMixed50% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Lawliet
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 47.3% ★, Building 17.3%, Puzzle 10.3%, Minimalist 8.4%, Simulation 8.1%
- #36 Train Station Simulator
77% 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 52.5% ★, Management 16.2%, Simulation 8.7%, Strategy 8.3%, Building 6.7%
- #37 Rolling Line
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,591 reviews2018
Dev: Gaugepunk Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Build your own model railway tracks and scenery or explore pre-made maps, including 1000s of player-made maps and mods on the Steam Workshop! Play solo and in multiplayer, both in virtual reality and on PC!
Why similar: Trains 41.3% ★, Level Editor 22.5%, Building 10.4%, Family Friendly 6.2%, Relaxing 6%
- #38 Bounty Train
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,731 reviews2017
Dev: Corbie GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.9 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 56% ★, Management 12.3%, Building 12.1%, Strategy 9%, Simulation 8.9%
- #39 Railbound
71% matchVery Positive94% of 1,923 reviews2022
Dev: Afterburn
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A relaxing puzzle game about fixing train connections and travelling the world - now with a level editor!
Why similar: Trains 45.9% ★, Building 14.8%, Management 11.9%, Relaxing 8.5%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #40 Train Sim World® 2020
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,995 reviews2017
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 113.0 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 65.9% ★, Simulation 11%, Building 9%, Relaxing 8%, Casual 2.8%
- #41 Steam Revolution: The Age of Rail
71% matchMixed67% of 79 reviews2026
Dev: Partially Differentiated Games
Windows
Build rail networks that link industries in 1844 Europe. Complete levels to expand across nations, and compare the efficiency of your solutions against a leaderboard.
Why similar: Trains 55.6% ★, Building 19.7%, Puzzle 8.5%, Simulation 8.5%, 3D 3.5%
- #42 Train Mechanic Simulator 2017
74% matchMixed67% of 835 reviews2017
Dev: Si7 StudioPub: Atomic Jelly
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Take your opportunity as real Train Mechanic. Find locomotives around game world that needs your help and repair them in one of 3 workshops localized in huge 25 km2 open world. You will be face all types of damages in all genres of trains: Diesel, Electric and even Old-School Steam units.
Why similar: Trains 45.2% ★, Building 15.2%, Management 7.7%, Simulation 7.3%, Family Friendly 6.1%
- #43 STATIONflow
72% matchVery Positive86% of 505 reviews2020
Dev: DMM GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
STATIONflow is a game about controlling the flow of thousands of passengers by building and managing an efficient underground train station.
Why similar: Trains 38% ★, Level Editor 13.2%, Building 12.2%, Management 11.4%, Minimalist 10%
- #44 Derail Valley
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,700 reviews2019
Dev: Altfuture
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
Why similar: Trains 74.4% ★, Simulation 10.2%, Relaxing 7.9%, Adventure 3.1%, Indie 2.4%
- #45 Toy Trains
70% matchVery Positive96% of 108 reviews2024
Dev: Something Random
Windows
Let’s play Toy Trains! A playful track-building VR game where you create your own small world and engage in a captivating storyline. It’s all about imagination, creative thinking, having fun and… trains!
Why similar: Trains 48.5% ★, Minimalist 11%, Family Friendly 9.6%, Relaxing 8.7%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #46 Simutrans
73% 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 54.8% ★, Management 13.9%, Building 11.9%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 6.8%
- #47 Factory Town
70% matchVery Positive91% of 4,475 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Trains 31.1% ★, Management 18.3%, Level Editor 17.2%, Building 14.2%, Simulation 8.6%
- #48 Mini Motorways
68% 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: Management 17.5%, Minimalist 16.3%, Strategy 12.7%, Building 11.6%, Simulation 10.4%
- #49 Rise of Industry
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,193 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
Why similar: Management 24.3%, Trains 24.1% ★, Level Editor 15.5%, Building 11.5%, Strategy 10.7%
- #50 Train Yard Builder
69% 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 43.6% ★, Building 14.8%, Management 11.6%, Family Friendly 9.9%, Relaxing 8.5%
- #51 Trainz Railroad Simulator 2022
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,238 reviews2022
Dev: N3V Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 159.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Drive, Explore, Operate and Create the railroad of your dreams - and now you can collaborate in real time with Multiplayer Surveyor! TRS22 showcases a range of high quality routes, sessions and trains to drive, plus all the scenery you need to make your own masterpiece.
Why similar: Trains 46.1% ★, Level Editor 26.5%, Building 11.2%, Simulation 6.7%, Relaxing 6.4%
- #52 Cities in Motion 2
72% 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: Trains 27% ★, Management 26.6%, Simulation 19.8%, Strategy 14.7%, Building 10.7%
- #53 Train Driver 2
68% matchMixed56% of 780 reviews2025
Dev: TTSK
Windows
Polish railway simulator emphasizing multiplayer and realism. Become a train driver, operating faithfully recreated trains, or a dispatcher, managing traffic and signalling equipment at your post. Cooperate online, build stations in the editor, and join railway enthusiasts!
Why similar: Trains 62.5% ★, Building 13.4%, Simulation 11.1%, Management 9.8%, 3D 2%
- #54 Train Life: A Railway Simulator
69% matchMixed63% of 1,693 reviews2022
Dev: SimteractPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.7 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 43.4% ★, Management 14.7%, Family Friendly 14%, Simulation 9%, Relaxing 7%
- #55 Unrailed 2: Back on Track
64% matchVery Positive87% of 2,110 reviews2026
Dev: Indoor Astronaut
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The chaotic co-op railroad construction game is back! Team up with your friends to build a railroad through procedurally generated worlds with new biomes and bosses. Permanently upgrade your character and engine, even create your own levels - just don‘t let your train derail!
Why similar: Trains 59.1% ★, Level Editor 23%, Family Friendly 9.1%, Strategy 5%, Casual 3.6%
- #56 Rail Route: The Story of Jozic
67% matchVery Positive91% of 141 reviews2022
Dev: Bitrich.info
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
In “The Story of Jozic” a free stand alone expansion from the developers behind Rail Route you will take on the role of an apprentice train dispatcher in the bustling city of Prague - design, construct and automate your own railway network in real time!
Why similar: Trains 43.9% ★, Building 15.5%, Management 13.1%, Minimalist 10.3%, Puzzle 8%
- #57 The Lilliput Workshop
66% matchVery Positive93% 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 34.4% ★, Level Editor 14.4%, Building 11.6%, Puzzle Platformer 9.3%, Relaxing 6.4%
- #58 Transport Tycoon Deluxe
67% matchMixed54% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Chris SawyerPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Transport Tycoon Deluxe challenges you to become the ultimate Transport Tycoon by creating a transit empire. Build a network of trains, trucks, ships, planes, and more to grow your business, make money, and fend off rivals in this 1995 building sim from Chris Sawyer.
Why similar: Trains 56.4% ★, Building 13.9%, Management 9.4%, Strategy 7.3%, Simulation 5.6%
- #59 A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
68% 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 29.8% ★, Level Editor 16.5%, Building 15.8%, Management 13.5%, Relaxing 7.6%
- #60 RAILGRADE
66% matchVery Positive85% of 1,255 reviews2023
Dev: Minakata Dynamics
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!
Why similar: Trains 49% ★, Building 13.3%, Management 11.7%, Strategy 6.9%, Simulation 6.4%