- #1 Train Valley 2
97% matchVery Positive89% of 3,240 reviews2019
Dev: Alexey DavydovPub: Flazm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build bigger and more complex railway networks than ever before! Building on the success of the original, you’ll get more of what you loved about the original and then some. With increasingly difficult and complex challenges from local industries, the Valley has never felt so vast! ALL ABOARD!
Why similar: Trains 36.7% ★, Building 11.1%, Management 9.9%, Family Friendly 8.1%, Relaxing 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel refines the core mechanics with more complex puzzles and a broader range of industrial challenges.
- #2 Train Valley Origins
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 305 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 27.2% ★, Transportation 19.9% ★, Time Management 9.2%, Building 8.1%, Management 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This prequel captures the classic charm of the original while expanding on the historical scenarios and track-building mechanics.
- #3 Train Valley World
96% matchMixed70% of 302 reviews2024
Dev: FlazmPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.0 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 27.6% ★, Transportation 27.5% ★, Resource Management 11.8%, Time Management 9.4%, Management 6.8%
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.
- #4 Mini Metro
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,777 reviews2015
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 19.4 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 35.8% ★, Transportation 13.8% ★, Mouse Only 9.6% ★, Management 7.7%, Strategy 6.9%
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.
- #5 Rail Route
94% matchVery Positive88% of 2,635 reviews2024
Dev: Bitrich.info
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 115.0 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 30.1% ★, Transportation 23.3% ★, Time Management 11.4%, Building 8.9%, Management 7.6%
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.
- #6 Railbound
94% matchVery Positive94% of 1,940 reviews2022
Dev: Afterburn
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 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 31.6% ★, Transportation 21.8% ★, Resource Management 12%, Building 9.2%, Management 7.5%
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.
- #7 Station to Station
93% matchVery Positive89% of 1,964 reviews2023
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Prismatika
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.3 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 35% ★, Transportation 23.8% ★, Management 8.4%, Relaxing 7.1%, Puzzle 6%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, voxel-based logistics game that emphasizes building connections between stations to foster industrial growth.
- #8 Railway Empire
92% matchVery Positive83% of 9,734 reviews2018
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.4 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 38.5% ★, Transportation 16.5% ★, Management 11.4%, Building 8.9%, Strategy 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A more traditional economic simulation that focuses on building a sprawling rail network across historical landscapes.
- #9 Mini Motorways
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,480 reviews2021
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?
Why similar: Transportation 27.8% ★, Management 12.7%, Strategy 9.4%, Building 8.2%, Simulation 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: From the creators of Mini Metro, this game applies similar traffic management principles to road networks and urban planning.
- #10 RAILGRADE
91% matchVery Positive85% of 1,278 reviews2023
Dev: Minakata Dynamics
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!
Why similar: Trains 36.9% ★, Resource Management 14.3%, Transportation 13.4% ★, Building 8.8%, Management 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title combines train logistics with automation, requiring players to optimize supply chains across challenging terrain.
- #11 Mashinky
90% matchVery Positive85% of 2,823 reviews2018
Dev: Jan Zelený
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 36.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 37.3% ★, Transportation 28.5% ★, Management 10.3%, Resource Management 10.2%, 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.
- #12 Transport Fever 2
89% matchVery Positive90% of 33,029 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 65.2 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 32.1% ★, Transportation 30.5% ★, Management 10.4%, Building 6.8%, Resource Management 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive transport simulation game that offers comprehensive tools for building complex logistics networks across decades.
- #13 Sweet Transit
88% matchMixed67% of 1,278 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 31.1% ★, Transportation 25.6% ★, Resource Management 12.1%, Building 8.9%, Management 8.3%
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.
- #14 Bounty Train
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,739 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 54.3% ★, Management 10.9%, Building 10.6%, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 8.1%
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.
- #15 Transport Fever
87% matchVery Positive83% of 10,857 reviews2016
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!
Why similar: Trains 32.4% ★, Transportation 27% ★, Building 10.4%, Management 9.1%, Resource Management 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: The predecessor to the modern transport simulation standard, offering a solid foundation in logistics and economic management.
- #16 Unrailed!
86% matchVery Positive93% of 19,803 reviews2020
Dev: Indoor AstronautPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!
Why similar: Trains 74.7% ★, Family Friendly 10.4%, Casual 5.7%, Cute 4.8%, Indie 4.3%
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.
- #17 Voxel Tycoon
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,793 reviews2021
Dev: Voxel Tycoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 15.2 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 32.2% ★, Transportation 27.2% ★, Building 10.7%, Management 9.1%, Relaxing 5.2%
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.
- #18 OpenTTD
84% matchVery Positive95% of 17,021 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: Trains 31.4% ★, Transportation 25.9% ★, Building 12.9%, Resource Management 10.1%, Management 9.5%
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.
- #19 shapez
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,968 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 33.4%, Building 16%, Management 15.3%, Strategy 9.2%, Family Friendly 7.2%
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.
- #20 Sid Meier's Railroads!
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,481 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 60% ★, Management 13.2%, Real-Time with Pause 9.9% ★, 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.
- #21 Tiny Rails
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 729 reviews2018
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.3 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 34.3% ★, Transportation 24.3% ★, Resource Management 13.7%, Management 5.2%, Family Friendly 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, pixel-art train management game that focuses on the relaxing aspects of travel and inventory logistics.
- #22 Poly Bridge 2
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,237 reviews2020
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The acclaimed bridge-building indie-hit is back! More levels, more features, more physics fun!
Why similar: Building 39.2%, Puzzle 16%, Simulation 12.8%, Family Friendly 10.9%, Strategy 8.3%
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.
- #23 Railroad Corporation
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,500 reviews2019
Dev: Corbie GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 30.6% ★, Transportation 19.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 19.2% ★, Management 8.3%, Resource Management 7.3%
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.
- #24 Factorio
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 235,209 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 193.9 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: Resource Management 35.7%, Trains 28% ★, Management 11.5%, Building 11.3%, Strategy 6.8%
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.
- #25 Transport INC
81% matchMixed70% of 1,084 reviews2020
Dev: DIGIFOXPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Become the manager of the largest transport corporation ever! Create new planes, bus, trains and truck connections. Optimize them to ever-changing demands and adapt to unexpected events. Beat the competition. Connect cities all around the real world map!
Why similar: Trains 26.5% ★, Transportation 25.1% ★, Resource Management 11.7%, Time Management 8.5%, Management 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A global logistics management game that tasks you with running a transport company across various modes of travel.
- #26 Production Line : Car factory simulation
80% matchVery Positive82% of 3,484 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.2 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 25.4%, Resource Management 23.8%, Building 18.7%, Simulation 9.6%, Strategy 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A factory management game that requires careful planning of logistics and assembly lines to maximize efficiency.
- #27 Cities in Motion
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,096 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: Trains 31.5% ★, Transportation 28.4% ★, Management 16.4%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A precursor to modern city-builders that focuses specifically on the challenges of urban public transport networks.
- #28 Autonauts
79% matchVery Positive89% of 4,970 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
Why similar: Resource Management 22.8%, Building 16.5%, Simulation 13.8%, Management 12.5%, Cute 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on automating tasks through programming, which resonates with the logic-heavy gameplay of rail network management.
- #29 Train Traffic Manager
78% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Baltoro Games
Windows
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 28.6% ★, Time Management 20.7%, Puzzle 9.5%, Strategy 8.8%, Family Friendly 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated traffic management puzzle game that mirrors the core collision-avoidance mechanics of the Train Valley series.
- #30 Bridge Constructor Portal
78% matchVery Positive92% of 7,543 reviews2017
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 30.5%, Puzzle 22.7%, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 16.3%, 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.
- #31 My Train Arrives
77% matchVery Positive87% of 99 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 24.7% ★, Transportation 20.8% ★, Real-Time with Pause 14% ★, Resource Management 6.9%, Building 6.3%
- #32 Train Fever
77% matchMixed64% of 3,528 reviews2014
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 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 52.4% ★, Transportation 13.9% ★, Management 11%, Simulation 7.9%, Building 5.7%
- #33 STATIONflow
75% 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 29.8% ★, Transportation 13.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 13.5% ★, Resource Management 10.2%, Building 8.6%
- #34 Railroad Tycoon 3
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,268 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 45.7% ★, Management 20.6%, Real-Time with Pause 15.2% ★, Strategy 6.9%, Resource Management 3.9%
- #35 Train Simulator Classic
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 29,473 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 72.8% ★, Simulation 11.6%, Transportation 5.5% ★, Relaxing 3.6%, Building 3.5%
- #36 Derail Valley
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,839 reviews2019
Dev: Altfuture
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
Why similar: Trains 45.1% ★, Transportation 30.9% ★, Resource Management 10.8%, Simulation 5.8%, Relaxing 4.5%
- #37 Train Station Simulator
76% 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 50.9% ★, Management 14.3%, Simulation 7.9%, Strategy 7.6%, Building 5.8%
- #38 Train World
73% 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: Trains 35.3% ★, Transportation 24.5% ★, Resource Management 10.4%, Building 7.4%, Management 7.1%
- #39 Chinese Rail SIm
74% matchMixed50% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Lawliet
Windows
Build a railway network across China. Connect cities, run local and express passenger services, and balance fares, capacity and upkeep. Meet weekly goals in Challenge mode or shape your own network with unlimited funds in Sandbox.
Why similar: Trains 35.8% ★, Transportation 26.7% ★, Management 9.2%, Resource Management 8.7%, Building 5.4%
- #40 Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 390 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 28.3% ★, Transportation 27.6% ★, Building 10.1%, Management 8.8%, Puzzle 5.1%
- #41 Railway Empire 2
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,687 reviews2023
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 31.5% ★, Transportation 26.5% ★, Resource Management 11.8%, Management 8.8%, Building 8.3%
- #42 Iron Village
71% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar Chippy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
With the help of your railway, build houses, farms, warehouses, and more to create your village. Trade what your people make for other resources and gold to grow your village into a prospering town, and grow the railway into a powerhouse.
Why similar: Trains 35.1% ★, Transportation 26.6% ★, Building 11.2%, Management 8.1%, Top-Down 4.9%
- #43 Paper Train Traffic
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 116 reviews2016
Dev: isTom Games Kft.
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 41.9% ★, Mouse Only 10% ★, Management 8.7%, Puzzle 6.5%, Simulation 5.6%
- #44 Train Life: A Railway Simulator
72% matchMixed63% of 1,695 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 31.8% ★, Transportation 29.2% ★, Management 9.8%, Family Friendly 9.4%, Simulation 6.1%
- #45 Simutrans
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 678 reviews2016
Dev: The Simutrans Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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 46.3% ★, Transportation 12.4% ★, Management 10.7%, Building 9.1%, Simulation 8.8%
- #46 Transport Fever 3
69% matchMixed69% of 1,007 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 29.9% ★, Trains 29.2% ★, Management 9.7%, Time Management 7.7%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #47 Steam Revolution: The Age of Rail
69% matchMixed67% of 82 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 52.9% ★, Building 16.9%, Puzzle 7.8%, Simulation 7.6%, Top-Down 6.4%
- #48 Rise of Industry
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,197 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: Resource Management 19.2%, Trains 18.8% ★, Transportation 17.6% ★, Management 17.4%, Building 8.1%
- #49 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
70% matchVery Positive81% of 1,769 reviews2020
Dev: SquarePlay Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 28.9% ★, Transportation 20.4% ★, Resource Management 13.7%, Management 11.9%, Building 11.7%
- #50 Train Mechanic Simulator 2017
71% 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 46.8% ★, Building 14.2%, Management 7.3%, Simulation 7%, Family Friendly 5.8%
- #51 Rolling Line
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,616 reviews2018
Dev: Gaugepunk Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 19.0 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 39.6% ★, Transportation 27.1% ★, Building 9%, Family Friendly 5.4%, Relaxing 5.3%
- #52 A-Train PC Classic
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 151 reviews2016
Dev: ARTDINKPub: STUDIOARTDINK
Windows
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 21.5% ★, Transportation 19.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 19.1% ★, Resource Management 10.2%, Building 9.3%
- #53 Train Station Renovation
68% matchVery Positive82% of 2,770 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 43.2% ★, Building 12%, Simulation 9.1%, Management 9%, Family Friendly 8%
- #54 Tracks - The Train Set Game
68% matchVery Positive94% of 1,553 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 52.4% ★, Building 17.8%, Simulation 8.5%, Family Friendly 7%, Relaxing 4.9%
- #55 Hamster on Rails
67% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Virtual Arts Studio
Windows
Embark on this adventure through different worlds with your friend, the railway builder Hamster! Help the Hamster village collect minerals by building crazy railways to solve fun challenges.
Why similar: Trains 32.1% ★, Transportation 24.3% ★, Building 10.3%, Family Friendly 7.5%, Relaxing 6.1%
- #56 Teeny Tiny Trains
67% matchVery Positive91% of 77 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 34.8% ★, Transportation 25.1% ★, Building 10.6%, Relaxing 6.8%, Puzzle 5.7%
- #57 Train Yard Builder
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 125 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 37.6% ★, Resource Management 13.1%, Building 11.5%, Management 9.2%, Family Friendly 7.9%
- #58 Soko Loco Deluxe
69% matchVery Positive81% of 98 reviews2019
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Soko Loco Deluxe is a cute train tycoon! 🚂🧱🎁💎 Transport resources, develop towns and build a giant monument! Choo-choo!
Why similar: Trains 40.2% ★, Transportation 31.5% ★, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 8.9%, Indie 5.3%
- #59 Factory Town
66% matchVery Positive91% of 4,486 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.9 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 22.7% ★, Transportation 21.4% ★, Resource Management 20.6%, Management 12.2%, Building 9.3%
- #60 Transport Tycoon Deluxe
66% matchMixed57% of 60 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 49.3% ★, Time Management 15.5%, Building 11%, Management 7.5%, Strategy 6%