Games Like Train Valley

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 30.1% ★, Transportation 21% ★, Building 8.5%, Management 8.2%, Relaxing 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel refines the core mechanics with more complex puzzles and a broader range of industrial challenges.

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 27.1% ★, Transportation 19.9% ★, Time Management 9.4%, Building 8%, Management 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This prequel captures the classic charm of the original while expanding on the historical scenarios and track-building mechanics.

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 27.2% ★, Transportation 27.1% ★, Resource Management 12.6%, Time Management 9.4%, Management 7%

Why You'll Like It: The latest entry in the series introduces new creative tools and expanded logistics systems for fans of the original formula.

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 39.6% ★, Transportation 15% ★, Management 8.8%, Strategy 7.8%, Puzzle 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Like Train Valley, this game focuses on minimalist design and the high-pressure challenge of managing an ever-growing transit network.

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 26.4% ★, Transportation 18.8% ★, Resource Management 10.7%, Building 9.7%, Time Management 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep dive into the logic of train dispatching and network automation for players who enjoy the technical side of traffic management.

A relaxing puzzle game about fixing train connections and travelling the world - now with a level editor!

Why similar: Trains 31.3% ★, Transportation 21.5% ★, Resource Management 12.9%, Building 9%, Management 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A charming puzzle game that focuses on the core mechanic of connecting tracks to guide trains safely to their destinations.

‘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 34.7% ★, Transportation 23.9% ★, Management 8.7%, Relaxing 7.2%, Puzzle 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, voxel-based logistics game that emphasizes building connections between stations to foster industrial growth.

Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?

Why similar: Transportation 27.5% ★, Management 12.9%, Strategy 9.4%, Building 8.2%, Simulation 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: From the creators of Mini Metro, this game applies similar traffic management principles to road networks and urban planning.

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 38% ★, Transportation 16.3% ★, Management 11.8%, Building 8.8%, Strategy 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A more traditional economic simulation that focuses on building a sprawling rail network across historical landscapes.

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 36.3% ★, Resource Management 15.5%, Transportation 12.3% ★, Building 8.8%, Management 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines train logistics with automation, requiring players to optimize supply chains across challenging terrain.

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 36.8% ★, Transportation 28.1% ★, Resource Management 10.9%, Management 10.6%, Strategy 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of transport tycoon gameplay and track-building that allows for deep customization of your rail network.

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 32.1% ★, Transportation 29.8% ★, Management 10.7%, Resource Management 6.8%, Building 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive transport simulation game that offers comprehensive tools for building complex logistics networks across decades.

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 30.6% ★, Transportation 25.3% ★, Resource Management 13%, Building 8.7%, Management 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This city-builder is entirely powered by train logistics, making it a perfect step up for those who love managing rail traffic.

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 54% ★, Management 11.2%, Building 10.5%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game adds a layer of management and combat to the train experience, focusing on protecting your cargo during the Wild West era.

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 32.1% ★, Transportation 26.7% ★, Building 10.1%, Management 9.4%, Resource Management 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: The predecessor to the modern transport simulation standard, offering a solid foundation in logistics and economic management.

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 75% ★, Family Friendly 10.1%, Casual 5.7%, Cute 4.8%, Indie 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic, real-time cooperative game that captures the frantic energy of building tracks while a train is already moving.

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 30.8% ★, Transportation 28% ★, Resource Management 12%, Management 9.6%, Building 7%

Why You'll Like It: A logistics-focused management game that uses a voxel-based world to challenge your ability to build efficient transport routes.

OpenTTD is a business simulation game in which players earn money by transporting passengers and cargo via road, rail, water, and air. It is an open-source remake and expansion of the 1995 Chris Sawyer video game Transport Tycoon Deluxe.

Why similar: Trains 31% ★, Transportation 25.5% ★, Building 12.7%, Resource Management 10.8%, Management 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: The classic open-source transport simulation remains one of the most robust games for managing complex rail and road networks.

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: Resource Management 35.5%, Management 15.4%, Building 15.3%, Strategy 8.9%, Family Friendly 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist automation game that focuses on the flow of resources, appealing to the same logical brain as rail network optimization.

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 59.8% ★, Management 13.7%, Real-Time with Pause 9.5% ★, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic tycoon game that balances economic strategy with the satisfying visual of building a historic rail empire.

The acclaimed bridge-building indie-hit is back! More levels, more features, more physics fun!

Why similar: Building 38.9%, Puzzle 15.7%, Simulation 13.2%, Family Friendly 10.8%, Strategy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: While focused on bridges, the construction-based puzzle gameplay shares the same satisfying engineering and physics-based logic as Train Valley.

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 33.8% ★, Transportation 24.2% ★, Resource Management 14.6%, Management 5.2%, Family Friendly 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, pixel-art train management game that focuses on the relaxing aspects of travel and inventory logistics.

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: Resource Management 37.3%, Trains 27.2% ★, Management 11.6%, Building 10.8%, Strategy 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: For players who love the automation and resource management aspects of Train Valley, this game offers the ultimate logistics challenge.

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 26.1% ★, Transportation 24.7% ★, Resource Management 12.5%, Management 8.5%, Time Management 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A global logistics management game that tasks you with running a transport company across various modes of travel.

Relive the pioneering spirit of the Golden Age of Steam by establishing your own railroad empire across 19th century North America. Bring settlements together, produce and trade goods and develop new technologies to stay ahead of the competition. Want more? RAILROAD CORPORATION 2 Out Now!

Why similar: Trains 30.5% ★, Transportation 19.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 18.5% ★, Management 8.6%, Resource Management 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the historical and economic aspects of building a railroad company, emphasizing management over pure puzzle-solving.

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: Resource Management 24%, Building 15.6%, Simulation 13.8%, Management 12.8%, Cute 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on automating tasks through programming, which resonates with the logic-heavy gameplay of rail network management.

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 25.8%, Resource Management 25.1%, Building 17.9%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A factory management game that requires careful planning of logistics and assembly lines to maximize efficiency.

Manage transportation for commuters in four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam

Why similar: Trains 31.2% ★, Transportation 27.7% ★, Management 17.1%, Simulation 13.5%, Strategy 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A precursor to modern city-builders that focuses specifically on the challenges of urban public transport networks.

All aboard the chaos express! In Train Traffic Manager, you're the maestro of mayhem, directing an orchestra of trains, drawbridges, and cataclysms. Keep your cool, your trains on track, and your sense of humor intact!

Why similar: Trains 28.7% ★, Time Management 21.1%, Puzzle 9.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Family Friendly 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated traffic management puzzle game that mirrors the core collision-avoidance mechanics of the Train Valley series.

Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.

Why similar: Building 30.1%, Puzzle 22.1%, Strategy 17.4%, Simulation 16.7%, Family Friendly 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based construction puzzle game that requires precise planning and execution to succeed under pressure.

STATIONflow is a game about controlling the flow of thousands of passengers by building and managing an efficient underground train station.

Why similar: Trains 29.6% ★, Transportation 13.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 13% ★, Resource Management 11%, Building 8.4%

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 24.7% ★, Transportation 20.7% ★, Real-Time with Pause 13.5% ★, Resource Management 7.5%, Building 6.2%

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 52.1% ★, Transportation 13.9% ★, Management 11.5%, Simulation 7.9%, Building 5.6%

Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.

Why similar: Trains 44.6% ★, Transportation 30.6% ★, Resource Management 11.6%, Simulation 5.7%, Relaxing 4.5%

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 34.8% ★, Transportation 24.2% ★, Resource Management 11.1%, Management 7.3%, Building 7.2%

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 72.7% ★, Simulation 11.7%, Transportation 5.5% ★, Relaxing 3.6%, Building 3.4%

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 30.4% ★, Transportation 24.4% ★, Building 8.5%, Management 7.3%, Relaxing 5.8%

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 45.9% ★, Management 21.1%, Real-Time with Pause 14.8% ★, Strategy 6.7%, Resource Management 3.8%

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 22.2% ★, Resource Management 21.8%, Transportation 20.9% ★, Management 12.4%, Building 9%

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 35% ★, Transportation 26.5% ★, Building 11%, Management 8.4%, Top-Down 4.9%

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 32.6% ★, Transportation 29.5% ★, Management 10.5%, Family Friendly 9.4%, Simulation 6.3%

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 50.3% ★, Management 14.7%, Simulation 7.9%, Strategy 7.5%, Resource Management 6.2%

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 46.5% ★, Management 10.1%, Puzzle 7%, Simulation 6.3%, Top-Down 5.9%

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: Resource Management 20.4%, Trains 18.4% ★, Management 17.6%, Transportation 17.2% ★, Building 7.8%

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 37.1% ★, Resource Management 14.1%, Building 11.2%, Management 9.4%, Family Friendly 7.6%

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 39.7% ★, Transportation 27.1% ★, Building 8.9%, Relaxing 5.4%, Family Friendly 5.3%

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 45.9% ★, Transportation 11.7% ★, Management 11.3%, Building 9%, Simulation 8.8%

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 43.2% ★, Building 11.9%, Management 9.4%, Simulation 9.2%, Family Friendly 7.8%

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 52.3% ★, Building 17.5%, Simulation 8.7%, Family Friendly 6.8%, Relaxing 5.1%

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 32.2% ★, Transportation 24.4% ★, Building 10.2%, Family Friendly 7.3%, Relaxing 6.2%

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 34.9% ★, Transportation 25.1% ★, Building 10.5%, Relaxing 6.9%, Puzzle 5.5%

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 46.8% ★, Building 14%, Management 7.6%, Simulation 7.1%, Family Friendly 5.6%

As president of a train company, lead city growth to make your transport business prosper. The retro style, square grid map, and complete tutorials are easy on the newcomer, but veterans will find a challenge with advanced resource management, research, and the passage of time.

Why similar: Trains 21.4% ★, Transportation 19.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 18.3% ★, Resource Management 11.1%, Building 9.2%

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 31.9% ★, Transportation 26.9% ★, Resource Management 13%, Management 9.4%, Building 8.3%

Design and build the most efficient metro stations known to man! Excavate. Expand. Set staff priorities. And manage the commuter flow. Overcrowd is a 2.5D management/tycoon/simulator set below the bustling city of Lubdon Town.

Why similar: Trains 28.4% ★, Transportation 20.1% ★, Resource Management 14.7%, Management 12.2%, Building 11.3%

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 38.4% ★, Transportation 24.3% ★, Building 11.1%, Resource Management 7.2%, Simulation 5.5%

Drive a track laying train up and down steep hills and canyons to connect industries. Navigate your network carefully as AI-trains begin to use it. Help industries level up by optimizing tracks, signals and speed limits for efficient flow of traffic.

Why similar: Trains 37.8% ★, Transportation 27.4% ★, Building 10.6%, Management 9.7%, Simulation 4.7%

Soko Loco Deluxe is a cute train tycoon! 🚂🧱🎁💎 Transport resources, develop towns and build a giant monument! Choo-choo!

Why similar: Trains 40.2% ★, Transportation 31.4% ★, Strategy 9.2%, Simulation 9%, Indie 5.3%

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 31.2% ★, Trains 24.7% ★, Resource Management 16.4%, Building 10.4%, Management 9.2%

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 47.9% ★, Resource Management 15.1%, Family Friendly 8.5%, Relaxing 8.1%, Puzzle 6.9%