- #1 Transport Fever
97% matchVery Positive83% of 10,800 reviews2016
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 47.9 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 20.6% ★, Transportation 20.2% ★, City Builder 11.7%, Economy 8.3%, Management 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It's the direct predecessor from the same studio, with nearly the same loop of building profitable rail, road, sea, and air networks around growing towns.
- #2 Sweet Transit
96% matchMixed68% of 1,227 reviews2024
Dev: Ernestas NorvaišasPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 21.7% ★, Transportation 21% ★, City Builder 11.7%, Economy 8.1%, Management 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It similarly ties settlement growth to efficient transport lines, especially rail, so your network design directly shapes how towns expand.
- #3 Mashinky
96% matchVery Positive85% of 2,785 reviews2018
Dev: Jan Zelený
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 37.1 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 26.8% ★, Transportation 24% ★, Economy 9.9%, Management 9.8%, Sandbox 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It blends detailed rail construction, industry chains, and tycoon management in a very similar build-routes-watch-cities-develop rhythm.
- #4 OpenTTD
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 16,373 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% ★, Transportation 21.2% ★, Economy 10.4%, City Builder 8.9%, Management 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This remains the definitive transport tycoon sandbox, letting you connect industries and cities with trains, trucks, ships, and planes in a way that strongly echoes Transport Fever 2's systems-driven appeal.
- #5 Voxel Tycoon
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,743 reviews2021
Dev: Voxel Tycoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Transportation 25.5% ★, Trains 23.9% ★, Management 9.5%, Economy 9%, City Builder 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its mix of transport lines, production chains, and open-ended sandbox optimization scratches the same logistics-building itch.
- #6 Railway Empire
94% matchVery Positive83% of 9,620 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 29.6% ★, Transportation 14.9% ★, Management 11.7%, Economy 10.3%, City Builder 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same satisfying loop of laying track, serving industries, and expanding a transport business through changing demand.
- #7 Railway Empire 2
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,521 reviews2023
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 23.9% ★, Transportation 23.7% ★, City Builder 10.7%, Management 8.9%, Economy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part was planning profitable rail corridors and feeding industry demand, this offers a polished, management-heavy take on that formula.
- #8 Train Fever
93% matchMixed64% of 3,520 reviews2014
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.9 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 36.2% ★, Transportation 11.4% ★, Management 10.2%, Economy 9.5%, Simulation 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: As the developer's earlier transport sim, it shares the same DNA of line planning, vehicle replacement, and city growth driven by transit.
- #9 Cities in Motion 2
91% matchMixed58% of 2,494 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: Transportation 33.2% ★, City Builder 13.7%, Management 12.1%, Simulation 10.7%, Trains 10.1% ★
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on designing efficient urban transit systems with line, stop, and budget management that will feel immediately familiar.
- #10 NIMBY Rails
90% matchVery Positive90% of 2,203 reviews2021
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 28.7% ★, Trains 16.5% ★, City Builder 11.2%, Economy 10.5%, Management 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its appeal is in drawing and optimizing large-scale passenger rail networks, making it a great fit if you love the network-planning side of Transport Fever 2.
- #11 Simutrans
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 652 reviews2016
Dev: The Simutrans Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 13.8 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 33.9% ★, Management 10.6%, Transportation 10.1% ★, Simulation 9.8%, Economy 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This deep transport sandbox emphasizes routes, timetables, industries, and city growth in a very classic Transport Tycoon lineage.
- #12 Rail Route
88% matchVery Positive89% of 2,461 reviews2024
Dev: Bitrich.info
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 111.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 23.1% ★, Transportation 19.3% ★, City Builder 12.8%, Economy 10.6%, Management 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: While more focused on dispatching than tycoon building, it delivers the same satisfying puzzle of expanding and optimizing rail operations.
- #13 Cities in Motion
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,080 reviews2011
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Manage transportation for commuters in four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam
Why similar: Transportation 21.3% ★, Trains 20.5% ★, Management 14.3%, Simulation 13.4%, City Builder 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: Like Transport Fever 2's urban lines, it's all about balancing routes, capacity, and passenger flows in a living city.
- #14 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
86% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: City Builder 22.3%, Economy 14.2%, Management 13.5%, Moddable 9% ★, Building 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its complex logistics chains and heavy reliance on well-designed transport infrastructure make it a natural pick for players who enjoy the economic side of Transport Fever 2.
- #15 Railroad Corporation
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,474 reviews2019
Dev: Corbie GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.1 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 29.2% ★, Transportation 21.9% ★, Management 10.5%, Economy 8.4%, Simulation 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: This is another tycoon-style railway builder centered on track layout, cargo and passenger service, and business expansion.
- #16 Cities: Skylines II
87% matchMixed54% of 86,513 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.8 hrsMean: 72.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Transportation 13.9% ★, Management 10.2%, Economy 9.9%, Simulation 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its detailed traffic and public transport systems make it appealing if Transport Fever 2's city interaction and route planning are what hooked you.
- #17 Airport CEO
86% matchVery Positive83% of 8,135 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Transportation 21.3% ★, City Builder 11.3%, Management 10.4%, Moddable 9.8% ★, Economy 9%
Why You'll Like It: If you enjoyed the management side of moving people efficiently, this applies that same operational thinking to a complex airport.
- #18 InfraSpace
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,870 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 24.6% ★, Trains 16.6% ★, City Builder 14.3%, Economy 8.9%, Management 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This city builder is largely about creating road-based logistics networks that keep industry and urban growth moving efficiently.
- #19 A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 201 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: Transportation 19.1% ★, Trains 17% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Economy 9.6%, Management 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It mixes railway management with urban development, so your lines don't just serve cities but actively help shape them.
- #20 Cities: Skylines
82% matchVery Positive93% of 286,936 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Why similar: City Builder 33.2%, Management 11.5%, Building 9%, Simulation 8.9%, Economy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: While broader than a transport sim, it's still one of the best places to obsess over transit lines, traffic flow, and city-serving infrastructure.
- #21 Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™
84% matchVery Positive87% of 655 reviews2015
Dev: Chris SawyerPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Explore a vast and detailed world and build a Transportation Empire!
Why similar: Trains 37.3% ★, Transportation 20.1% ★, Simulation 13%, Management 12.3%, Strategy 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It's a classic transport management sandbox where careful route planning and industry service matter as much as expansion.
- #22 RAILGRADE
82% matchVery Positive85% of 1,194 reviews2023
Dev: Minakata Dynamics
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.6 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 27.5% ★, City Builder 12.9%, Transportation 11% ★, Economy 8.4%, Management 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It turns rail construction and freight flow optimization into a clean, modern logistics campaign with a similar planning mindset.
- #23 Transport Giant
83% matchMixed61% of 483 reviews2014
Dev: Fancy Bytes, ReactorPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 14.7 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: Trains 28.9% ★, Transportation 20.4% ★, Simulation 17%, Strategy 13.9%, Economy 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: This older but still relevant tycoon sim spans multiple transport modes and a strong economy-management focus.
- #24 Train Valley 2
81% matchVery Positive90% of 3,066 reviews2019
Dev: Alexey DavydovPub: Flazm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.3 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 35.5% ★, Transportation 29.1% ★, Management 12.3%, Building 7.8%, Simulation 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It condenses rail routing, junction planning, and delivery efficiency into smaller scenarios that still feel very transport-tycoon adjacent.
- #25 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
80% matchVery Positive81% of 1,740 reviews2020
Dev: SquarePlay Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.1 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 21.3% ★, Transportation 17.7% ★, City Builder 15.5%, Management 11.7%, Building 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This is a management-heavy subway station sim focused on passenger flow, capacity, and transit efficiency.
- #26 Factory Town
79% matchVery Positive91% of 4,419 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Transportation 17% ★, City Builder 15.5%, Trains 15.3% ★, Management 10.9%, Economy 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Although more production-oriented, it shares the joy of building networks that move goods and support an expanding settlement.
- #27 Sid Meier's Railroads!
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,402 reviews2007
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 9.1 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 52.8% ★, Management 15.4%, Economy 13.8%, Strategy 9%, Simulation 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is a lighter but still very satisfying railroad tycoon about linking cities, serving demand, and growing a rail empire.
- #28 Mini Motorways
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,591 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 34% ★, Management 17.3%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 12.4%, City Builder 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the same network-efficiency satisfaction on a smaller scale, but focused on road layouts and traffic flow.
- #29 Rise of Industry
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,155 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: City Builder 17.6%, Management 15%, Economy 14.4%, Transportation 13.5% ★, Trains 12.3% ★
Why You'll Like It: Its factory economy and distribution focus pair well with the supply-chain mindset that makes Transport Fever 2 so compelling.
- #30 Mini Metro
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,391 reviews2015
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
Why similar: Trains 42.9% ★, Transportation 19.1% ★, Management 12.2%, Strategy 10.6%, Simulation 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It strips transit planning down to its essentials, making it a great minimalist alternative if your favorite part is optimizing passenger lines.
- #31 Train Sim World® 2
76% matchVery Positive81% of 8,224 reviews2020
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 98.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The evolution of train simulation! Master iconic locomotives on high-speed services, long freight hauls or precise commuter traffic, and get creative with customisation tools in this advanced sequel. Climb into the cab in Train Sim World 2.
Why similar: Trains 44.2% ★, Transportation 35.2% ★, Simulation 10.9%, Realistic 5.6%, Open World 3.1%
- #32 Transport INC
77% matchMixed70% of 1,070 reviews2020
Dev: DIGIFOXPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.4 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: Transportation 25.7% ★, Trains 23.1% ★, Economy 10%, Management 9.6%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #33 Derail Valley
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,827 reviews2019
Dev: Altfuture
Windows
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
Why similar: Trains 36.9% ★, Transportation 29.7% ★, Economy 8.7%, Simulation 7.2%, Sandbox 4.8%
- #34 Train Sim World® 4
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,970 reviews2023
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 51.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Feel the power of simulation in your hands. Experience immense velocity and express unrivalled creativity with Train Sim World 4! Expand your rail hobby and discover the raw emotion of driving a diverse array of iconic routes and trains. From training center to mountain pass, this is your journey.
Why similar: Trains 50% ★, Transportation 31% ★, Simulation 8.8%, Realistic 4.1%, Open World 3%
- #35 Train Simulator Classic
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 29,028 reviews2015
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - Trains
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 44.3 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 63% ★, Simulation 15.4%, Transportation 5.6% ★, Realistic 3.5%, Moddable 3.3% ★
- #36 Train Sim World® 2020
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,995 reviews2017
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 105.3 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 61.8% ★, Simulation 14.9%, Realistic 7.2%, Building 5.9%, Open World 5.5%
- #37 Captain of Industry
73% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 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: Economy 17.6%, Management 15%, City Builder 14.8%, Transportation 13% ★, Resource Management 11%
- #38 Worldwide Rush
72% matchVery Positive80% of 487 reviews2025
Dev: Memel Games
Windows
Worldwide Rush lets you experience passenger transportation and management on a global scale. Expand your company, meet the growing travel demand, compete against other companies, and discover new continents with its unique vehicles. The entire world is yours to control.
Why similar: Transportation 39.4% ★, Economy 15.4%, Management 12.6%, Simulation 8.2%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #39 Train Life: A Railway Simulator
74% matchMixed63% of 1,628 reviews2022
Dev: SimteractPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.0 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: Transportation 29.8% ★, Trains 28% ★, Management 11.5%, Simulation 8.2%, Economy 8.1%
- #40 Train Sim World® 5
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,112 reviews2024
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The Rails are Yours in Train Sim World 5! Take on new challenges and new roles as you master the tracks and trains of iconic cities across 3 new routes. Immerse yourself in the ultimate rail hobby and embark on your next journey.
Why similar: Trains 42.3% ★, Transportation 38.1% ★, Simulation 9%, Realistic 5.6%, Open World 4.1%
- #41 SimAirport
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,012 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!
Why similar: City Builder 22.3%, Economy 15.8%, Management 15%, Flight 10.6%, Building 9.3%
- #42 Train Sim World® 6
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,690 reviews2025
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Embark on your next journey and discover the joy of train simulation. Be ready for anything as you master formidable trains across 3 new routes. Unlock new skills and expand your hobby - Expect the Unexpected in Train Sim World 6!
Why similar: Trains 39.7% ★, Transportation 35.7% ★, Simulation 8.6%, Strategy 5.4%, Moddable 5.4% ★
- #43 Train World
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 95 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 27.2% ★, Transportation 22.1% ★, Economy 8.4%, Management 7.3%, City Builder 6.2%
- #44 Railroad Corporation 2
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 351 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 27.3% ★, Transportation 20.4% ★, City Builder 10%, Economy 9.5%, Building 6.2%
- #45 City Bus Manager
70% matchVery Positive91% of 2,686 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data. Buy buses, maintain them, take care of your staff and lead your bus company to become the #1 in town!
Why similar: Economy 26.6%, Management 25.9%, Simulation 16.6%, Sandbox 9.5%, Transportation 9.4% ★
- #46 Trainz Railroad Simulator 2022
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,087 reviews2022
Dev: N3V Games
Windows · Mac
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 37.1% ★, Transportation 27.9% ★, Simulation 7.8%, Sandbox 7.6%, Building 6.3%
- #47 Railroad Tycoon 3
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,237 reviews2007
Dev: PopTopPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.6 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 45.6% ★, Management 26.7%, Strategy 8.4%, Economy 7.9%, Simulation 4.9%
- #48 Train Valley World
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 275 reviews2024
Dev: FlazmPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Transportation 28.8% ★, Trains 24.6% ★, City Builder 11.5%, Management 8.1%, Economy 8%
- #49 Train Sim World® 3
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,590 reviews2022
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Conquer American mountains as you haul incredible tonnage with the workhorses of industry, get the British capital’s commuters to work in record time and race state-to-state aboard German high-speed traction. Master the machine with Train Sim World 3.
Why similar: Trains 45.2% ★, Transportation 36% ★, Simulation 9.3%, Realistic 5.4%, Open World 3%
- #50 Railroads Online
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,879 reviews2024
Dev: Stefan KelnbergerPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 67.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build your dream railroad across a huge open world! You can build tracks and stations, drive detailed locomotives, and transport goods to earn money and experience. Play exciting Online Multiplayer sessions with your friends or create your very own sandbox!
Why similar: Trains 46.8% ★, Economy 14.5%, Management 13.3%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #51 SimRail - The Railway Simulator
67% matchVery Positive85% of 5,189 reviews2024
Dev: SimRail S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 17.5 hrsMean: 64.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
SimRail is new, advanced railway simulator. Master high-speed long-distance EMU, heavy freight hauls and suburban trains. Travel 500 km of geodetic-data based real routes. Become train dispatcher and control the traffic according to the schedule or cooperate with other players on multiplayer mode.
Why similar: Trains 42.3% ★, Transportation 39.1% ★, Simulation 8.3%, Realistic 5.1%, Open World 4.1%
- #52 Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,663 reviews2019
Dev: N3V Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 48.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Much more than just a train driving simulator. Build, drive and operate the railroad of your dreams with Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019.
Why similar: Trains 57.9% ★, Simulation 20.8%, Building 8.2%, Sandbox 7.2%, Open World 5.4%
- #53 Fly Corp
67% matchVery Positive85% of 3,299 reviews2023
Dev: KishMish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Develop your own transport network in different regions and cities: open new routes, buy and upgrade new planes, and increase airport capacity!
Why similar: Transportation 46.5% ★, Management 16.7%, Building 9.8%, Sandbox 9.2%, Simulation 8.7%
- #54 Airline Manager
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,060 reviews2021
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Create and manage your own airline. Create both passenger and cargo routes all over the world while you upgrade and expand your fleet of airplanes and airports. Airline Manager is among the most realistic of its genre - so prove yourself and beat your friends and other real life managers.
Why similar: Transportation 37.8% ★, Economy 13.9%, Flight 12%, Management 11.5%, Simulation 10.9%
- #55 Anno 1800
67% matchVery Positive81% of 30,897 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
Why similar: City Builder 41%, Economy 18.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 10.2%, Management 5.8%
- #56 Train Valley
68% matchVery Positive90% of 3,405 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 32.1% ★, Transportation 29.8% ★, Management 10.7%, Resource Management 6.8%, Building 6.8%
- #57 Citystate II
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,099 reviews2021
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Create your own Nation, build cities and bring prosperity to your people. Citystate II is a unique city-builder featuring realistic economics and complex political options. Slums or skyscrapers, experiment and bring about your vision of the ideal society.
Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Economy 16.9%, Management 13.4%, Transportation 11.2% ★, Building 9.2%
- #58 Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 331 reviews2025
Dev: Andriy 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 28.2% ★, Transportation 26.6% ★, Economy 9.6%, Management 8.6%, Building 6.2%
- #59 Transports
69% matchMixed65% 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: Transportation 22.1% ★, Trains 20.4% ★, Management 8.8%, Economy 8.7%, City Builder 8.5%
- #60 Railroader
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,279 reviews2023
Dev: Giraffe Lab LLC
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 74.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
You and your fellow railroaders are the lifeblood of your railroad, just like it is the lifeblood of the communities it serves. Switch cars at industries. Keep people moving while running local passenger trains. Run trains with a purpose in transition era Appalachia – in Railroader!
Why similar: Trains 35.8% ★, Transportation 33.8% ★, Economy 10.2%, Simulation 7.3%, Sandbox 4.6%