- #1 Transport Fever 2
97% 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: Transportation 25.7% ★, Trains 20.8% ★, City Builder 13.5%, Management 8.9%, Economy 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Directly continues the same deep transport network building and economic evolution across multiple eras.
- #2 Railway Empire 2
96% 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: Transportation 24.6% ★, Trains 22.4% ★, City Builder 11.8%, Economy 9.1%, Management 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on building sprawling rail networks and managing historical train lines across vast continents.
- #3 Sweet Transit
96% 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: Transportation 20.5% ★, Trains 19.1% ★, City Builder 12.4%, Economy 7.9%, Management 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines city-building and intricate rail-based logistics in a dedicated transport tycoon experience.
- #4 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
94% matchVery Positive91% of 27,451 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 71.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 24.8%, Economy 14.5%, Grand Strategy 12.9%, Management 12.1%, Moddable 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an even deeper, highly detailed economic and logistics simulation where every supply chain and transport route matters.
- #5 Mashinky
95% 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 23.4% ★, Transportation 23.2% ★, Economy 9.6%, Management 8.5%, Sandbox 6%
Why You'll Like It: Features realistic train-focused transport tycoon gameplay with a strong emphasis on network optimization and era progression.
- #6 RAILGRADE
94% 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 27.1% ★, City Builder 14.7%, Transportation 12.8% ★, Economy 8.9%, Management 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Challenges you to build complex railway systems to solve resource management and industrial automation problems.
- #7 NIMBY Rails
93% 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 31.6% ★, Trains 16.3% ★, City Builder 12.9%, Economy 11.4%, Management 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an ultra-detailed, realistic sandbox for designing custom passenger rail networks on real-world map data.
- #8 Train Valley World
92% 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: Transportation 26.2% ★, Trains 20.2% ★, City Builder 11.3%, Economy 7.3%, Management 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers fast-paced puzzle-like transport and railway routing mechanics.
- #9 Railway Empire
91% 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 28.9% ★, Transportation 16.1% ★, Management 11.3%, Economy 11.1%, City Builder 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Lays the groundwork for historical train network building and corporate management.
- #10 Railroad Corporation 2
91% 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 26.5% ★, Transportation 21.9% ★, City Builder 11.5%, Economy 10.1%, Sandbox 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Puts you in the shoes of a corporate tycoon building rail empires and managing economic competition.
- #11 Cities: Skylines II
90% matchMixed56% of 92,848 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.7 hrsMean: 77.2 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 29.1%, Transportation 15.3% ★, Economy 10.9%, Management 10.1%, Simulation 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Presents a massive city-building sandbox where public transit management and traffic flow are critical to success.
- #12 Factorio
89% 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: Trains 23.4% ★, Sandbox 15.3%, Resource Management 14.3%, City Builder 14.1%, Management 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Masters logistical transport networks and automated supply chains on an industrial, highly addictive scale.
- #13 Anno 1800
89% matchVery Positive81% of 32,498 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 45.7%, Economy 18.8%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 8.8%, Resource Management 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Shares a heavy focus on complex supply chain management and trade route logistics within a sprawling economic sandbox.
- #14 Rail Route
86% 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: Transportation 22.9% ★, Trains 22.7% ★, City Builder 14%, Economy 9.4%, Time Management 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the intricate tactical scheduling and dispatching of heavy rail traffic.
- #15 Train Life: A Railway Simulator
87% 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: Transportation 31.9% ★, Trains 26.7% ★, Management 10.9%, Economy 8.5%, Realistic 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Brings you directly into the conductor seat while still managing an overarching train company.
- #16 Cities in Motion 2
88% 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 35.4% ★, City Builder 15.8%, Management 11.6%, Trains 9.7% ★, Simulation 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Centers entirely around designing and managing public transportation networks for a growing city.
- #17 Captain of Industry
85% matchVery Positive90% of 11,659 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 85.6 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: City Builder 17.2%, Economy 17%, Transportation 13.7% ★, Management 13%, Resource Management 12%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes complex manufacturing, resource gathering, and intricate transport logistics chains.
- #18 Cities: Skylines
84% matchVery Positive93% of 292,422 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 66.1 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 40.7%, Management 11.8%, Economy 10%, Simulation 8.6%, Sandbox 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to design entire metropolitan transit systems alongside sprawling city layouts.
- #19 Train Station Simulator
86% 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 42.7% ★, Management 15.8%, Simulation 9.6%, City Builder 7.3%, Strategy 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the micro-management and architectural design of bustling transit hubs.
- #20 A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 207 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 19.3% ★, City Builder 16.4%, Trains 15.6% ★, Economy 9.7%, Management 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Blends Japanese railway management and city development with corporate economic strategy.
- #21 Subway Builder
82% 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: City Builder 24.9%, Management 11.7%, Trains 11.4% ★, Transportation 11.2% ★, Simulation 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Lets you design and optimize underground transit lines to solve urban congestion.
- #22 Worldwide Rush
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 591 reviews2025
Dev: Memel Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 39.5% ★, Economy 15.2%, Management 11.3%, Sandbox 8.6%, Simulation 7%
Why You'll Like It: A global logistics and transport management game focused on international trade and cargo delivery.
- #23 Simutrans
83% 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 34.3% ★, Transportation 11.9% ★, Management 10.5%, Simulation 9.5%, City Builder 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic open-source transport simulation game deeply rooted in complex cargo and passenger logistics.
- #24 Train World
81% 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 26.3% ★, Transportation 23.8% ★, Economy 8.9%, City Builder 7.2%, Management 7%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-focused train simulator highlighting network layout and exploration.
- #25 Cargo Company
81% 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: Transportation 25.9% ★, Trains 25% ★, City Builder 12.7%, Economy 10.9%, Management 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Challenges you to build efficient transport networks using trains, trucks, and planes to supply cities.
- #26 Transport INC
80% 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: Transportation 24.1% ★, Trains 19.5% ★, Economy 9.4%, Management 8.1%, Sandbox 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Challenges you to build a nationwide transport empire while competing against rival companies.
- #27 Train Yard Builder
79% 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 30.2% ★, City Builder 18.8%, Economy 11.4%, Management 9.7%, Sandbox 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to construct custom model railway layouts and sprawling train yards from scratch.
- #28 Transports
79% 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: Transportation 24.8% ★, Trains 20.7% ★, City Builder 10.3%, Economy 9.8%, Management 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward management game centered on delivering cargo and passengers across various maps.
- #29 Railroad Tycoon 3
78% 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 45.8% ★, Management 27.3%, Economy 9.1%, Strategy 7.7%, Simulation 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic entry in the rail tycoon genre that established the formula of economic simulation and train routing.
- #30 Transport Fever
77% 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: Transportation 22.4% ★, Trains 20.7% ★, City Builder 14.1%, Economy 9.3%, Management 7.7%
- #31 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 35.8% ★, Transportation 12.4% ★, Economy 10.5%, Management 10%, City Builder 9.7%
- #32 Transport Giant
78% 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: Trains 28.7% ★, Transportation 22.5% ★, Simulation 15.9%, Economy 12.8%, Strategy 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: An older tycoon title focused entirely on building vast cargo and passenger networks across eras.
- #33 Transporter
76% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2023
Dev: Shattered Mirror Studio
Windows
Modern transport sim game combining realistic simulation with indie game style, old-school grid environment, newest features, and modern transport options. Transport a wide variety of cargo and passengers over road, rail, and water, and create your own transport company!
Why similar: Transportation 37.1% ★, Trains 17.2% ★, Management 11.4%, Procedural Generation 6.6%, Economy 6.1%
- #34 Chinese Rail SIm
76% 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 31.6% ★, Transportation 30.7% ★, Management 10.8%, Economy 7.2%, Sandbox 5.1%
- #35 Transport Tycoon Deluxe
74% 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 37.8% ★, City Builder 20%, Time Management 10.7%, Economy 9.7%, Management 7.6%
- #36 Voxel Tycoon
74% 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: Transportation 25.6% ★, Trains 23.4% ★, City Builder 14.8%, Economy 10.8%, Management 8.7%
- #37 Mad Tower Tycoon
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 445 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.
Why similar: Transportation 24% ★, City Builder 19.4%, Economy 12.9%, Management 11.7%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #38 Smart City Plan
75% matchMixed65% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Smart City Plan is a modern old-school style city builder game: Plan zones, roads, public transport like trains, trams, buses, subways and even the hypertube. Set taxes and policies and implement smart city technologies.
Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Economy 13.1%, Simulation 12.2%, Management 11.5%, Strategy 9.8%
- #39 STATIONflow
73% 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 27% ★, Transportation 16.1% ★, City Builder 14.4%, Management 9.8%, Economy 8.5%
- #40 National Transit
71% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: NationQ Studio
Windows · Mac
A sandbox strategy game. Build your nation's transport network, grow your economy, develop your cities, and raise your people's prosperity. Every map is procedurally generated and unique.
Why similar: Transportation 24.8% ★, City Builder 24.2%, Economy 11%, Simulation 10.8%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #41 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
72% 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 20.1% ★, Transportation 18.5% ★, City Builder 17.4%, Management 11%, Economy 6.9%
- #42 Factory Town
71% 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: Transportation 17.4% ★, City Builder 17.2%, Trains 14.2% ★, Management 10.1%, Economy 8.8%
- #43 Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
70% 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: Transportation 31.1% ★, Trains 24.5% ★, Management 10.1%, Sandbox 7.3%, Economy 6.8%
- #44 City Transport Simulator 2026 - Bus & Tram
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 568 reviews2026
Dev: ViewAppPub: ViewApp - CTS
Windows
City Transport Simulator 2026 combines a detailed bus simulator and tram simulator in one game. Drive realistic buses and trams, create routes and timetables, manage your fleet, and build your own public transport network in a dynamic European-inspired city.
Why similar: Transportation 31.6% ★, Trains 27.6% ★, City Builder 13.3%, Management 9.1%, Simulation 6.2%
- #45 Cities in Motion
73% 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: Transportation 23.3% ★, Trains 19.8% ★, City Builder 14.5%, Management 13.7%, Simulation 12.1%
- #46 Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™
72% 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 36.5% ★, Transportation 22.4% ★, Management 12.5%, Simulation 12.1%, Economy 8.4%
- #47 Trainz Railroad Simulator 2022
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,276 reviews2022
Dev: N3V Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 161.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Drive, Explore, Operate and Create the railroad of your dreams - and now you can collaborate in real time with Multiplayer Surveyor! TRS22 showcases a range of high quality routes, sessions and trains to drive, plus all the scenery you need to make your own masterpiece.
Why similar: Trains 34.1% ★, Transportation 28.3% ★, Level Editor 9.3%, Sandbox 8.3%, Simulation 6.7%
- #48 Islands & Trains
67% matchVery Positive90% of 596 reviews2025
Dev: Akos MakovicsPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Craft tiny railway dioramas in a stress-free island sandbox. No rules or timers - just design, build, and enjoy.
Why similar: Trains 37% ★, City Builder 25.2%, Sandbox 10.4%, Procedural Generation 8%, Level Editor 7.9%
- #49 Diesel Railcar Simulator
70% matchVery Positive94% of 350 reviews2018
Dev: Lapioware
Windows
Drive vintage diesel trains, shifting gears manually and trying to reach a perfect score. Create new routes, trains and timetables. Share your creations and download new content from the Workshop.
Why similar: Trains 30.4% ★, Transportation 29.6% ★, Moddable 8.2%, Sandbox 7.8%, Level Editor 7.1%
- #50 Airport CEO
68% matchVery Positive83% of 8,359 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Transportation 24.7% ★, City Builder 14.1%, Management 11%, Economy 10.5%, Moddable 9.2%
- #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 29.9% ★, Transportation 26.6% ★, City Builder 10.7%, Level Editor 7.7%, Moddable 7.7%
- #52 A-Train 8
71% matchMixed48% of 63 reviews2013
Dev: ARTDINKPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 23%
As the owner of a brand new railway company, you must manage train schedules, develop new railways, construct buildings, and manipulate the stock market on your quest to earn one trillion dollars.Have you ever wondered what it's like to manage a railway company, or how trains can impact the fate of an entire city?
Why similar: Transportation 22.8% ★, Trains 21.5% ★, City Builder 16.7%, Economy 10.4%, Management 8.1%
- #53 My Train Arrives
69% 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: Transportation 27.6% ★, Trains 25.3% ★, City Builder 13.1%, Management 8%, Economy 7.5%
- #54 InfraSpace
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,968 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 26.6% ★, City Builder 16.6%, Trains 16% ★, Economy 9.6%, Management 7.6%
- #55 Station to Station
65% 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 29.4% ★, Transportation 26% ★, City Builder 12.5%, Management 9.3%, Procedural Generation 5.8%
- #56 Train Valley
67% matchVery Positive90% of 3,468 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: Transportation 29.9% ★, Trains 29.2% ★, Management 9.7%, Time Management 7.7%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #57 Terminal One
65% matchMixed67% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Terminal Reality
Windows
Airport building and light business tycoon game. Build up an airport providing cargo, maintenance, and passenger service. Choose which upgrades to invest in, manage policies, organize finances, optimize layouts, and balance carbon emissions.
Why similar: Transportation 23.8% ★, City Builder 22.7%, Economy 12.6%, Management 10%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #58 Industry Giant
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 77 reviews2018
Dev: QLOCPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
In Industrial Giant you have to find a route to profit to prove your management skills in this resource management business simulation. Experience the soaring heights and the shattering depths of being an industrial giant!
Why similar: Trains 23% ★, City Builder 17.1%, Economy 13.5%, Management 10.7%, Time Management 8%
- #59 A-Train PC Classic
67% 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: Transportation 20.9% ★, Trains 17.6% ★, City Builder 16.9%, Economy 9.6%, Management 8.5%