- #1 Transport Fever 2
97% matchVery Positive91% of 31,208 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 65.7 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 20.6% ★, Transportation 20.2% ★, City Builder 11.7%, Economy 8.3%, Management 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel to the seed game, offering refined mechanics, improved graphics, and expanded transportation options.
- #2 Train Fever
96% 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 35.5% ★, Economy 10.9%, Transportation 9.9% ★, Management 8.7%, City Builder 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: The original title from the developers that established the core logistics and historical progression mechanics found in the series.
- #3 Railway Empire
96% 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 29.9% ★, Transportation 13.5% ★, Economy 12.1%, Management 10.3%, Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic take on the railroad tycoon genre that emphasizes strategic expansion and competition in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- #4 Railway Empire 2
95% 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 21.2% ★, City Builder 11.2%, Economy 10.2%, Management 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A polished rail tycoon experience that focuses on building vast networks and managing complex train schedules across historical eras.
- #5 Mashinky
94% 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 24.8% ★, Transportation 19.9% ★, Economy 10.7%, Management 7.9%, Sandbox 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of realistic train simulation and board-game-style mechanics that offers deep logistical challenges.
- #6 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: Trains 23.2% ★, Transportation 22.2% ★, Economy 10.2%, Management 8%, City Builder 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines resource management and logistics with a charming voxel aesthetic and a focus on building efficient transport lines.
- #7 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
92% 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 21.5%, Economy 15.1%, Building 11.8%, Sandbox 10.9%, Management 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: An incredibly deep city-builder and logistics simulation that requires players to manage every aspect of a complex industrial economy.
- #8 Sweet Transit
93% 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 20.3% ★, Transportation 17.6% ★, City Builder 11.6%, Economy 8.8%, Building 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder where the entire economy is driven by trains, requiring careful track planning and resource distribution.
- #9 Rail Route
91% 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 21.6% ★, Transportation 16.2% ★, City Builder 12.6%, Economy 11.5%, Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist yet deep simulation focused on the logic of train dispatching and network expansion.
- #10 OpenTTD
91% 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 21.2% ★, Transportation 18.3% ★, Economy 11.6%, Building 10.2%, City Builder 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive open-source transport tycoon game that remains a gold standard for logistics and network management.
- #11 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 24.6% ★, Trains 15.9% ★, Economy 11.7%, City Builder 11.3%, Building 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a massive, realistic scale for planning and managing rail networks across real-world geography.
- #12 Cities: Skylines II
89% 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 24.6%, Transportation 11.8% ★, Building 11.2%, Economy 10.9%, Sandbox 9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a massive scale for city-building with a heavy emphasis on traffic management and public transportation infrastructure.
- #13 Rise of Industry
89% 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 18.6%, Economy 16.9%, Management 13.2%, Trains 12.4% ★, Transportation 12.2% ★
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the production and distribution side of logistics, requiring players to manage supply chains for growing cities.
- #14 Captain of Industry
88% 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 20.6%, City Builder 15.6%, Management 13.2%, Building 12.1%, Transportation 11.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: A deep simulation that tasks players with managing resource extraction, manufacturing, and logistics on a remote island.
- #15 Factorio
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 227,071 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 188.9 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 19.8% ★, Sandbox 15.9%, City Builder 10.7%, Management 9.4%, Resource Management 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: The ultimate logistics and automation game, challenging players to build complex supply chains and transport networks to survive.
- #16 Transport INC
86% 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: Trains 23.2% ★, Transportation 23.1% ★, Economy 11.7%, Sandbox 10.7%, Management 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A global transport management game that challenges players to build a company across multiple modes of transit.
- #17 Railroad Tycoon 3
87% 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 47.1% ★, Management 24.2%, Economy 9.5%, Strategy 7.1%, Building 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A legendary title in the genre that set the template for historical rail management and economic strategy.
- #18 Airport CEO
84% 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: Flight 18.1%, Transportation 16.8% ★, City Builder 10.5%, Economy 9.3%, Moddable 8.5% ★
Why You'll Like It: Applies the same logistics and management principles found in Transport Fever to the operation of a busy airport.
- #19 Simutrans
86% 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 9.3%, Economy 9.2%, Transportation 9.1% ★, Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: An open-source transport simulation that offers significant depth for players interested in complex network management.
- #20 Anno 1800
84% 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 40.5%, Economy 19.9%, Strategy 8.3%, Sandbox 7%, Simulation 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful city-builder that features complex production chains and maritime logistics as core gameplay pillars.
- #21 Derail Valley
83% 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 29% ★, Transportation 20.9% ★, Driving 12.7%, Economy 8%, Open World 6%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person train simulator that emphasizes realistic physics and the hands-on operation of locomotives.
- #22 Satisfactory
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 265,414 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 31.8 hrsMean: 108.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Building 25.7%, Open World 23.2%, Sandbox 21.6%, Resource Management 11.3%, Multiplayer 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person factory builder that emphasizes the construction of massive, automated transport networks.
- #23 Station to Station
81% matchVery Positive89% of 1,833 reviews2023
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Prismatika
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
‘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 28.4% ★, Transportation 20.5% ★, City Builder 10.8%, Procedural Generation 8.2%, Management 8%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing puzzle-oriented logistics game that focuses on connecting industries and towns through rail infrastructure.
- #24 Railroads Online
81% 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 33% ★, Driving 15.6%, Economy 11.9%, Building 10.4%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused game that emphasizes the collaborative building and operation of steam-era rail networks.
- #25 Train Simulator Classic
82% 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 55.3% ★, Driving 12.1%, Simulation 8.8%, Transportation 4.4% ★, Open World 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: The most comprehensive experience for train enthusiasts looking for realistic driving and route operation.
- #26 Cities in Motion 2
82% 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 30.9% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Management 11%, Trains 10.5% ★, Sandbox 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses specifically on the challenges of managing public transit networks within a growing urban environment.
- #27 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
79% 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 19.7% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Transportation 14.6% ★, Management 9.4%, Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A management game focused on the logistics of moving people efficiently through complex subway stations.
- #28 Industry Giant 2
79% matchVery Positive86% of 998 reviews2015
Dev: Fancy Bytes, ReactorPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Economic booms, stock market crashes, oil crises, upswings, triumphs... Now you can become the greatest power in industry!
Why similar: Economy 36.1%, Strategy 22.6%, Management 22%, Simulation 19.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic simulation focused on the production and transportation of goods in a growing industrial economy.
- #29 Trainz Railroad Simulator 2022
78% 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 28.5% ★, Transportation 19.1% ★, Driving 13.5%, Sandbox 8.5%, Building 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-heavy simulator that provides robust tools for route building and operating trains in a detailed environment.
- #30 Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™
78% 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 40.9% ★, Transportation 19.7% ★, Management 11.8%, Economy 9.6%, Simulation 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: The spiritual successor to the original Transport Tycoon, offering classic gameplay focused on transport and industry.
- #31 SimAirport
77% 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: Flight 22.7%, City Builder 19.2%, Economy 15.1%, Building 11.4%, Management 10.8%
- #32 Train Life: A Railway Simulator
76% 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: Trains 24.5% ★, Transportation 23.4% ★, Driving 11.3%, Management 8.8%, Open World 8.5%
- #33 Cities in Motion
77% 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: Trains 21.7% ★, Transportation 20.2% ★, City Builder 14%, Management 13.3%, Economy 9.3%
- #34 City Bus Manager
73% 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 31.3%, Management 22.9%, Sandbox 14.1%, Simulation 10.9%, Transportation 8.5% ★
- #35 Train Sim World® 2020
75% 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 45.4% ★, Driving 19.4%, Open World 8.7%, Simulation 7.1%, Building 6.4%
- #36 Sky Haven Tycoon - Airport Simulator
75% matchMixed59% of 1,340 reviews2022
Dev: Real Welders
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build your own airport in Skyhaven! Live out your airplane tycoon and simulation game fantasies and make the best surroundings and strategy for both airline manager and passenger alike. Schedule flight plans, build terminals, landing strips and more and create an airport tycoon empire in Skyhaven.
Why similar: Flight 31.8%, Management 21.7%, Building 16.7%, Simulation 11.9%, Strategy 11.2%
- #37 Train World
74% 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 26.7% ★, Transportation 19.4% ★, Economy 9.6%, Sandbox 8.7%, Building 6.4%
- #38 InfraSpace
73% 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 21.7% ★, Trains 16.3% ★, City Builder 14.8%, Economy 10.2%, Building 8%
- #39 Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019
74% 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 43.1% ★, Driving 19.4%, Simulation 10.1%, Building 9.1%, Open World 8.6%
- #40 RAILGRADE
72% 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 27.2% ★, City Builder 13.4%, Economy 9.7%, Transportation 9.7% ★, Building 7.7%
- #41 Transport Giant
76% 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 32% ★, Transportation 20.3% ★, Economy 15%, Strategy 12.5%, Simulation 12.3%
- #42 Train Sim World® 4
71% 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 42% ★, Transportation 23.3% ★, Driving 13.1%, Open World 5.5%, Simulation 4.8%
- #43 Railroader
70% 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 33.5% ★, Transportation 28.3% ★, Economy 11.1%, Open World 8.3%, Sandbox 6.3%
- #44 Railroad Corporation 2
70% 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 26.8% ★, Transportation 17.9% ★, Economy 10.8%, City Builder 10.3%, Building 9.1%
- #45 Train Valley
72% 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 26.7% ★, Building 10.1%, Management 9.4%, Resource Management 6.7%
- #46 Train Sim World® 3
71% 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 35.5% ★, Transportation 25.3% ★, Driving 17.9%, Open World 5.1%, Simulation 4.7%
- #47 Train Sim World® 2
71% 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 35.1% ★, Transportation 25% ★, Driving 17.3%, Simulation 5.6%, Open World 5.2%
- #48 SimRail - The Railway Simulator
69% 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 34.7% ★, Transportation 28.6% ★, Driving 17.6%, Open World 7.3%, Simulation 4.4%
- #49 Train Sim World® 5
69% 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 33.2% ★, Transportation 26.8% ★, Driving 17.1%, Open World 6.9%, Relaxing 5.6%
- #50 Train Station Simulator
73% matchMixed57% of 256 reviews2017
Dev: Appliks Apps Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 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 44.2% ★, Management 14.4%, Economy 7.1%, Simulation 6.9%, Strategy 6.8%
- #51 Airline Manager
69% 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 28.9% ★, Flight 26.8%, Economy 13.8%, Management 8.7%, Simulation 6.1%
- #52 Factory Town
67% 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: City Builder 16.1%, Trains 15.1% ★, Transportation 14.9% ★, Sandbox 10.4%, Economy 9.8%
- #53 Foundation
65% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 35.6%, Economy 11.6%, Sandbox 9.5%, Building 9.2%, Management 9%
- #54 Worldwide Rush
66% 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 35.2% ★, Economy 17.9%, Sandbox 11.9%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 5.4%
- #55 Train Valley World
67% 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 26.5% ★, Trains 25.3% ★, City Builder 12.4%, Economy 9.6%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #56 Sid Meier's Railroads!
70% 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 53.8% ★, Economy 16.3%, Management 13.8%, Strategy 7.5%, Simulation 4.5%
- #57 Railroad Corporation
68% 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% ★, Transportation 19.5% ★, Economy 9.7%, Management 9.2%, Building 6.6%
- #58 Rolling Line
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,446 reviews2018
Dev: Gaugepunk Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 27.1% ★, Transportation 19.5% ★, Driving 9.8%, City Builder 8.6%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #59 City Transport Simulator®
65% matchMixed68% of 1,466 reviews2025
Dev: ViewApp
Windows
The All-in-One Simulation! Drive highly detailed and licensed real buses & trams, build and design your own transport company, and grow your network in a European-inspired city.
Why similar: Transportation 43.2% ★, Driving 30.6%, Simulation 10.8%, Sandbox 9.5%, Realistic 4.9%
- #60 Automation Empire
68% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
Why similar: Trains 18.2% ★, Economy 14.5%, Sandbox 12.6%, Building 12.5%, City Builder 12.3%