- #1 Metroland
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anglia Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a transport tycoon in 1900s London. Expand transport lines, housing, and businesses to fund your transport empire. Make use of urban planning to create communities that will use your services.
Why similar: Trains 18.1% ★, Transportation 15.5% ★, Strategy 13.5%, City Builder 12%, Management 8.9%
- #2 Metroplex
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infinite Error Industries
Windows
Build a city. Connect a region. Create a metropolis. Lay roads and railways, shape land use, and watch millions of residents transform the map through housing, jobs, travel time, and congestion.
Why similar: Trains 20.9% ★, Transportation 17.1% ★, City Builder 14.6%, Strategy 13.8%, Management 8.9%
- #3 Simutrans
96% 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 32.9% ★, Strategy 13.8%, Management 10.6%, Transportation 6.8% ★, Simulation 6.4%
- #4 Art of the Rail
95% 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 29.8% ★, Strategy 15.8%, City Builder 11.2%, Management 10.5%, Co-op 7.4%
- #5 Train Fever
94% 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 35.7% ★, Strategy 11.8%, Management 10.5%, Economy 7.7%, City Builder 7.3%
- #6 Transport Fever 2
94% 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 23.1% ★, Transportation 16.9% ★, Strategy 13.6%, City Builder 11.4%, Management 10.5%
- #7 OpenTTD
92% 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 22.4% ★, Transportation 14.2% ★, Management 9.5%, Economy 8.7%, City Builder 8.2%
- #8 Cities in Motion 2
93% matchMixed57% of 2,548 reviews2013
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cities in Motion 2 is the sequel to the popular mass transit simulation game Cities in Motion. Build, manage and lead your transportation network to provide cities with their ever changing needs. CIM2 introduces new features including multiplayer game modes, day and night cycles, timetables and dynamic cities.
Why similar: Transportation 21.6% ★, Strategy 18.3%, Management 12.5%, City Builder 12.3%, Trains 10% ★
- #9 Rise of Industry
91% 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: Strategy 15%, City Builder 13%, Management 12.8%, Trains 10% ★, Economy 9.6%
- #10 DeckEleven's Railroads 2
91% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: DeckEleven
Windows · Linux
DeckEleven's Railroads 2 is a fun and addictive railroads building game. Like a true Tycoon, you are in charge of everything! Design and build the perfect railways network.
Why similar: Strategy 25.4%, Trains 23.9% ★, Transportation 13.4% ★, Management 9%, Economy 9%
- #11 Transports
90% matchMixed66% of 107 reviews2018
Dev: Jens P. Behrens
Windows
Transports is a transportation business simulation game. Build your business empire by building transportation routes for trucks, trains, ships and planes to transport goods between industrial buildings and cities.
Why similar: Trains 20.3% ★, Transportation 14.5% ★, Strategy 11.4%, Management 9.3%, City Builder 7.7%
- #12 Cargo Company
89% matchMixed58% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Cargo Company is a transport simulation tycoon game where you make money by transporting passengers, wood, steel, goods, cars, tanks and more - using trains, trucks, busses, and even rockets between planets.
Why similar: Trains 25.7% ★, Transportation 15.8% ★, Strategy 12.5%, Management 10.3%, City Builder 10%
- #13 Iron Roads
89% matchPositive84% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: Cowleyfornia Studios
Windows · Linux
Optimise and grow your railways in this challenging train management game. Instead of waiting for money to arrive, earn resource tokens by refining your network until your towns are thriving. Avoid queues, jams, or angry passengers to be recognised as the unsung train hero you know you are.
Why similar: Trains 25.9% ★, Transportation 14.3% ★, Strategy 11.8%, Management 9.8%, City Builder 9%
- #14 NIMBY Rails
87% matchVery Positive90% of 2,323 reviews2021
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Solve global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.
Why similar: Transportation 17.7% ★, Trains 15.4% ★, Management 9.5%, City Builder 9.3%, Strategy 8.8%
- #15 Cities in Motion
88% 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 21.5% ★, Management 15.7%, Transportation 15% ★, Strategy 13.5%, City Builder 12%
- #16 Soko Loco Deluxe
86% 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 27.9% ★, Strategy 22.7%, Transportation 16.9% ★, City Builder 11.6%, RTS 9.5%
- #17 Rail Capital
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Semyar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run a railway company in real time, laying track and finding profitable routes for passengers and freight. Buy shares in other companies, invest in factories and try to keep control of your own railway as AI rivals or other players buy into it.
Why similar: Trains 31.6% ★, Strategy 24.2%, Capitalism 11.1%, Management 10.8%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #18 Chinese Rail SIm
85% 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 32.6% ★, Transportation 18.8% ★, Strategy 16%, Management 11.7%, Sandbox 5.8%
- #19 Transport Giant
84% matchMixed62% of 494 reviews2014
Dev: Fancy Bytes, ReactorPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
It's the year 1850 - The world is changing. A new era of mass production and mass transportation has begun. For a smart businessman there are many opportunities. With a little money and good ideas you can establish a business empire.
Why similar: Strategy 35.5%, Trains 26% ★, Transportation 12.1% ★, Simulation 10.2%, Economy 8.6%
- #20 Construction Company
82% matchMixed60% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: Single Game Production
Windows
Your grandfather's construction company is now in your hands. Take over a business burdened by debt and lead it to success. Hire workers, build crews, purchase equipment, complete contracts, expand your office, and turn the company into a thriving construction empire.
Why similar: Strategy 26.3%, City Builder 16.5%, RTS 12.7%, Sandbox 9.3%, Capitalism 8%
- #21 Railway Empire
83% 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 27.5% ★, Strategy 19.3%, Management 11.4%, Transportation 9.1% ★, Economy 7.8%
- #22 Train Station Simulator
84% 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 37.4% ★, Strategy 20%, Management 14.6%, Simulation 5.9%, City Builder 4.9%
- #23 Transport Fever 3
81% 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: Trains 22.5% ★, Transportation 17.8% ★, City Builder 12.8%, Strategy 11.7%, Management 10.4%
- #24 Railway Empire 2
82% 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 22.2% ★, Transportation 14.4% ★, Strategy 11.8%, City Builder 8.9%, Management 8.6%
- #25 Subway Builder
81% matchMixed60% of 422 reviews2026
Dev: Colin MillerPub: Borough Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Subway Builder is a hyperrealistic transit simulation game. Build a new subway system from the ground up while dealing with real-world constraints and costs. Craft the subway system your city deserves.
Why similar: Strategy 25.6%, City Builder 17.6%, Management 11.5%, Trains 10.6% ★, Building 7.1%
- #26 Metro Architect
79% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Northern21 Studio
Windows · Mac
In Metro Architect, you will design, expand, and optimize metro and subway networks in a metro simulator inspired by real-world transit systems. Build stations, manage trains, reduce congestion, and keep your city moving.
Why similar: Trains 27% ★, Transportation 18.2% ★, City Builder 12.3%, Strategy 11.5%, Management 10.1%
- #27 My Train Arrives
80% 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 24.4% ★, Strategy 16.8%, Transportation 15.8% ★, City Builder 9.6%, Management 8.1%
- #28 Iron Village
78% 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 26.5% ★, Transportation 15.5% ★, City Builder 13.7%, Management 8.5%, Strategy 8.1%
- #29 Ethics Empire
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Nullgrid Studios
Windows
Become the richest business owner in this strategy-based simulator, choose your playstyle trying to balance ethics and profits in this chaotic low poly world. Will you keep your ethical businesses thriving or will you let it all crumble down for a quick buck?
Why similar: Strategy 31.9%, City Builder 15.7%, Management 13.5%, Sandbox 7.9%, Capitalism 7.7%
- #30 Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™
79% matchVery Positive86% of 682 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 35.1% ★, Strategy 25.1%, Transportation 12.8% ★, Management 12.7%, Simulation 8.2%
- #31 Mercantile Might
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: SibeRaysGames
Windows
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Middle Ages and take on the role of a ruler who must transform a small town into a prosperous settlement.
Why similar: Strategy 27.7%, City Builder 17.7%, RTS 14%, Sandbox 10.1%, Management 8.8%
- #32 RAILGRADE
76% 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 25.6% ★, Strategy 12%, City Builder 10.5%, Moddable 7.7%, Management 7.6%
- #33 A-Train 9 PRIME LINE
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ARTDINK
Windows
The ultimate edition of the city-building simulation game A-Train 9! As the president of a railway company, build the city of your dreams through city building and railway management. A-Train 9 PRIME LINE takes city building beyond evolution, delivering the ultimate city-building experience.
Why similar: Trains 26.6% ★, Transportation 16.5% ★, City Builder 15.3%, Strategy 10.3%, Management 7.8%
- #34 Steam & Heather
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Flag Hippo Games
Windows
A cosy railway management builder set in 19th-century Scotland. Shape the land, lay track, connect industries, and watch towns grow as steam reshapes the Scottish landscape.
Why similar: Trains 25.6% ★, Transportation 15.5% ★, Strategy 14.2%, City Builder 13.2%, Management 10.8%
- #35 Train World
75% 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 28.9% ★, Transportation 15.5% ★, Strategy 14.4%, Sandbox 8.5%, Management 8.1%
- #36 Conan Unconquered
75% matchMixed68% of 1,863 reviews2019
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in the savage world of Conan the Barbarian. Play solo or team up in multiplayer in Conan Unconquered’s action-packed co-op Mode where you build a shared stronghold and fend off the hordes together.
Why similar: Strategy 32.2%, RTS 16.5%, City Builder 15%, Co-op 10.5%, Management 8.1%
- #37 Nile Express
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roland Mueller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build the first railway network in Africa. Create profitable routes in Egypt, from Alexandria to Aswan. Deliver passengers and goods to the right destinations. Take care of your railway network and deal with accidents.
Why similar: Trains 29.3% ★, Transportation 17.9% ★, Strategy 12.6%, Management 10.3%, Economy 7.2%
- #38 Age of Transport - Blue Marble
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Amazing Games
Windows
Classification yards, waybills and live dispatch — on a 1:4-scale Earth. Build a multi-modal freight empire across rail, sea and air through twelve eras of transport history, in a persistent world shared by up to 255 companies.
Why similar: Transportation 19.8% ★, Trains 19.7% ★, Strategy 14.1%, City Builder 10.8%, Management 10.5%
- #39 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
73% 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 20.7% ★, City Builder 13.7%, Strategy 12.8%, Management 11.9%, Transportation 11.3% ★
- #40 Metropolisim
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roy H
Windows · Mac · Linux
The deepest city-building simulation experience ever. Build, grow, and manage a bustling metropolis. Take on the administrative tasks necessary to keep a modern-day city functioning. Construction, zoning, transportation, budgets, city services, and more. You're in control of it all. Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Strategy 33.8%, City Builder 13.7%, Simulation 9.4%, Management 8.5%, Economy 6.5%
- #41 Cargo Protocol: Cyberpunk Trains
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Flat Lab
Windows
Build a logistics empire in a grim cyberpunk world: lay tracks, optimize production and delivery chains, research technologies, and expand your influence. Corporations are the new gods, and the Market decides who survives.
Why similar: Trains 29.3% ★, Transportation 16.3% ★, Strategy 13.8%, Management 8.6%, City Builder 6.5%
- #42 Railroad Engineer
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: SP Digital Arts Inc.
Windows
Build railroads, drive trains, collect resources, deliver goods, and grow cities.
Why similar: Trains 27.5% ★, Transportation 17.2% ★, City Builder 11.4%, Strategy 10.3%, Management 9.5%
- #43 Stoplights
71% matchPositive90% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: Wicked Blobfish
Windows
Stoplights is a strategy simulation game about creating an efficient train network to support the growing needs of your cities. Make connections by building rails, control train routes with traffic signals to get essential resources where they need to be - in time.
Why similar: Trains 29.3% ★, Transportation 18.2% ★, Strategy 17.5%, Management 11.8%, City Builder 10.4%
- #44 Train Metropolis
71% match8 user reviews75% of 8 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 30.2% ★, Strategy 16%, City Builder 15.6%, Management 9.9%, Transportation 9.2% ★
- #45 Bounty Train
72% 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 41.5% ★, Strategy 22.5%, Management 11.6%, Economy 7.9%, Simulation 6.3%
- #46 Times of Progress
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pressing Thumbs Games
Windows · Linux
Times of Progress is a City Builder set during the Industrial Revolution. Build industries to extract natural resources. Produce goods to satisfy the population. Manage transportation routes by train and ship. Expand on procedurally generated maps and trade with nearby cities.
Why similar: Trains 22% ★, City Builder 17.2%, Strategy 15.1%, Transportation 10.8% ★, Management 8%
- #47 Sid Meier's Railroads!
71% 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 45.8% ★, Strategy 22.2%, Management 14.1%, Economy 9.8%, Simulation 3.9%
- #48 Railroad Corporation 2
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 427 reviews2026
Dev: Corbie GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
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 28.6% ★, Strategy 14.3%, Transportation 14% ★, City Builder 9.4%, Economy 8%
- #49 Junxions
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CyberStormPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Answer your true calling as a traffic engineer in Junxions! Featuring comprehensive simulation, construction, and management tools, use careful planning to build roadways, railways, and walkways, and the complex interactions between them.
Why similar: Trains 20.8% ★, Transportation 14.7% ★, City Builder 10.9%, Strategy 10.8%, Management 8.7%
- #50 Sweet Transit
69% 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 22.7% ★, Transportation 14.5% ★, City Builder 11.2%, Strategy 10.6%, Management 8.5%
- #51 Tunwick
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eldil
Windows
Build the roads. Haul the goods. Carry the people. In Tunwick, people drive the economy. They aren't just cargo with legs. Their hands make the goods, and their wages build the city that buys them.
Why similar: Transportation 25.1% ★, Trains 20.3% ★, Strategy 13.1%, Management 12.2%, Economy 11.1%
- #52 Tropico 5
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 14,424 reviews2014
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.
Why similar: Strategy 30.2%, City Builder 26.4%, Sandbox 9.3%, Economy 7.5%, Management 7.2%
- #53 Red Trains
70% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Dialectic Games
Windows
Red Trains is a strategic train simulator and management game. Build tracks to connect industry and cities. Customize locomotive designs to optimize for particular goods and routes. Manage your political clout to avoid being removed from your post.
Why similar: Trains 27.9% ★, Transportation 17.5% ★, Strategy 13.7%, City Builder 11.9%, Management 10.6%
- #54 Toxic Trains
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Graphixela
Windows
Toxic Trains is a strategy simulation game about optimizing rail routes. Build tracks to transport passenger and freight trains to their destinations. Choose upgrades to modify the land and your network. Switch tracks to avoid collisions and spills. Can you keep the trains from exploding?
Why similar: Strategy 30.7%, Trains 26.2% ★, City Builder 15.5%, Transportation 13.7% ★, Management 7.5%
- #55 Transport Fever
68% 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 23.1% ★, Transportation 14.8% ★, City Builder 12%, Strategy 11%, Management 9.1%
- #56 FD's Industry Tycoon
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows
Build a global industrial empire from a 1990s desktop. A retro business management sim, hand-drawn in pixel art. Alone or in MP: open factories worldwide, broker supply deals across continents, and acquire rivals when they falter. Markets shift, empires grow, and the CRT flickers.
Why similar: Strategy 15.5%, City Builder 13.1%, Management 12.5%, Economy 10.1%, Capitalism 9%
- #57 Steam To Electric
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Build and optimize your railway network in this elegant voxel rail tycoon. Transport passengers and goods, unlock crazy-but-real historical train inventions, and evolve from steam to electric. Easy to start, deep to master. From the creators of Station to Station and Town to City.
Why similar: Trains 33.2% ★, Strategy 18.9%, Transportation 12.8% ★, Management 9.8%, City Builder 6.8%
- #58 Bonanza Burger
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dawg Patch Games
Windows
Bonanza Burger: Build, manage, and compete! Design your restaurant, hire a top-notch team, and battle rival managers. Conquer challenges, expand, and prove you're the ultimate fast-food mogul!
Why similar: Strategy 28.3%, City Builder 17.9%, Sandbox 10.1%, Capitalism 8.8%, Simulation 8.4%
- #59 Citystate Metropolis
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
The creative, pragmatic, limitless city builder. Engineer a masterpiece of urban design, a small sustainable town or a futuristic metropolis. With procedurally generated buildings, grid-less zoning and powerful editor tools, everything is customizable: the city is yours.
Why similar: City Builder 17.6%, Strategy 14.8%, Transportation 14.1% ★, Management 11.4%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #60 Mashinky
66% 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 26% ★, Transportation 15.3% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Management 10%, RTS 8.9%