- #1 Transport INC
97% 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 31.4% ★, Economy 15%, Sandbox 12.3%, Management 9.6%, Resource Management 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the global scale and passenger transportation focus of Worldwide Rush perfectly.
- #2 Transport Fever 2
96% 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: Transportation 39.4% ★, Economy 15.4%, Management 12.6%, Simulation 8.2%, Sandbox 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive transport simulation game with deep logistics and a massive variety of vehicles.
- #3 Railway Empire 2
96% 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: Transportation 33.4% ★, Economy 15.3%, Management 10.4%, Sandbox 10%, Resource Management 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a polished, strategic approach to building and managing complex rail networks across vast regions.
- #4 City Bus Manager
95% 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 23%, Capitalism 20.3%, Management 15%, Sandbox 9.3%, Simulation 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses specifically on the passenger transportation aspect, requiring you to manage routes and schedules effectively.
- #5 Airport CEO
94% 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 24.8% ★, Capitalism 14.4%, Economy 12.9%, Resource Management 10.4%, Management 10%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep dive into airport logistics and passenger flow management, which complements the global transport theme.
- #6 Rail Route
94% 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: Transportation 28.5% ★, Economy 19.1%, Sandbox 12.3%, Management 12%, Resource Management 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A logic-heavy management game that challenges you to build and automate efficient railway networks.
- #7 Mashinky
93% 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: Transportation 28.7% ★, Economy 14.5%, Management 9.6%, Sandbox 9.5%, RTS 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines realistic train management with a unique economic system that rewards strategic expansion.
- #8 OpenTTD
92% 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: Transportation 34.8% ★, Economy 20.9%, Sandbox 12.9%, Management 12%, Simulation 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The classic gold standard for transport tycoon games that emphasizes network efficiency and economic growth.
- #9 Transport Fever
91% 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: Transportation 35.2% ★, Economy 17.9%, Sandbox 11.9%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: The original title in the series that established the core mechanics of multi-modal transport simulation.
- #10 Railway Empire
91% 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: Transportation 23.6% ★, Economy 20.1%, Management 15.2%, Simulation 9.2%, Strategy 9%
Why You'll Like It: The predecessor to the sequel, providing a solid historical foundation for transport management strategy.
- #11 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
89% 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: Economy 23.8%, Sandbox 15.4%, Management 15.1%, Historical 14.8%, Resource Management 11%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep economic and logistics simulation that requires managing every aspect of a growing nation.
- #12 Sweet Transit
90% 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: Transportation 36.1% ★, Economy 17%, Management 10.9%, Sandbox 9.9%, Resource Management 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder centered entirely on logistics and rail-based transport networks.
- #13 NIMBY Rails
89% 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 37.5% ★, Economy 16.8%, Capitalism 13.8%, Management 10.4%, Sandbox 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Allows for massive, real-world scale rail network planning and management with a focus on realistic logistics.
- #14 Rise of Industry
88% 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: Economy 21.8%, Transportation 16.6% ★, Management 15.1%, Resource Management 10.5%, Capitalism 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the complex supply chains and logistics required to build a successful industrial empire.
- #15 Train Valley World
87% 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 36.9% ★, Capitalism 14.1%, Economy 12.6%, Resource Management 9.1%, Sandbox 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A casual yet strategic transport management game that emphasizes puzzle-like logistics and network building.
- #16 Big Ambitions
86% matchVery Positive93% of 12,519 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
Why similar: Economy 26.3%, Capitalism 23.7%, Management 20.8%, Sandbox 9%, Resource Management 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A business management simulator that emphasizes logistics, supply chains, and company expansion in a modern city.
- #17 SimAirport
86% 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: Economy 30.9%, Management 19.7%, Sandbox 18.5%, Resource Management 9.4%, Simulation 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the operational challenges of managing a busy airport, from terminal design to flight scheduling.
- #18 Train Life: A Railway Simulator
85% 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 41.5% ★, Economy 13.8%, Management 13.1%, Simulation 9%, Realistic 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a more hands-on approach to railway operations, allowing you to manage both the business and the trains.
- #19 Captain of Industry
82% 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 26%, Resource Management 23.5%, Transportation 15.7% ★, Management 14.8%, Simulation 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A complex logistics and resource management game that requires careful planning of production chains.
- #20 TransOcean: The Shipping Company
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,313 reviews2014
Dev: Deck13 HamburgPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
TransOcean – The Shipping Company is your ticket to the world of gigantic ships and transnational transport empires. Build a mighty fleet of modern merchant ships and conquer the seven seas.
Why similar: Economy 37.1%, Management 25.1%, Simulation 20.9%, Strategy 12.1%, Casual 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on global maritime logistics and fleet management, perfect for those interested in the shipping side of transport.
- #21 Voxel Tycoon
83% 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 39.9% ★, Economy 17.3%, Management 12.2%, Resource Management 9.1%, Sandbox 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A transport and logistics game that emphasizes building efficient networks in a procedurally generated world.
- #22 Cities in Motion
84% 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 34.8% ★, Management 19.2%, Simulation 17.3%, Economy 15.2%, Sandbox 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic simulation focused specifically on managing public transportation networks in major cities.
- #23 Cities: Skylines
81% 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: Economy 21.6%, Management 19%, Sandbox 16.7%, Simulation 14.1%, Resource Management 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: While a city-builder, its core strength lies in managing complex public transport and traffic flow systems.
- #24 Delivery INC
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 258 reviews2023
Dev: DIGIFOXPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Delivery INC is a fast-paced time management game where you’ll be challenged with quick decision making and planning. Build a fleet of vehicles and drivers. Make deliveries before the customer’s patience runs out. Put your logic and delivery skills to the test in any real-world city.
Why similar: Transportation 34.8% ★, Sandbox 11.1%, Management 10.8%, Economy 10.1%, RTS 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the real-time tactical management of delivery fleets and logistics dispatching.
- #25 Railroad Corporation 2
80% 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: Transportation 30.9% ★, Economy 17.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Historical 9.7%, Simulation 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on historical railroad management with a focus on building and operating a profitable network.
- #26 Software Inc.
81% matchVery Positive94% of 7,637 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 45.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
Why similar: Capitalism 27.7%, Economy 26%, Management 17.1%, Sandbox 14.9%, Simulation 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A deep management simulation that focuses on building a business, managing infrastructure, and scaling operations.
- #27 Two Point Hospital
79% matchVery Positive92% of 34,380 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.
Why similar: Management 43.7%, Simulation 26.8%, Sandbox 17.7%, Strategy 7.7%, Casual 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: While themed differently, it excels at the management and flow optimization mechanics found in transport sims.
- #28 Project Highrise
79% matchVery Positive85% of 4,730 reviews2016
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
Why similar: Management 35.9%, Simulation 18.6%, Economy 16.9%, Sandbox 13.8%, Strategy 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of vertical logistics and tenant satisfaction, sharing the strategic management feel of Worldwide Rush.
- #29 Train World
78% 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: Transportation 31.1% ★, Economy 14.5%, Sandbox 11.8%, Management 8.4%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #30 Startup Company
77% matchVery Positive81% of 6,175 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!
Why similar: Economy 31.3%, Management 30.1%, Simulation 13.5%, Sandbox 8.9%, Strategy 7.4%
- #31 Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Aquila ChengduPub: Aquila Interactive
Windows
Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon is a simulation game where you take on the role of a shipping entrepreneur. Carefully plan shipping routes, balance supply and demand across ports, and maximize profits to fuel your expansion. Build a worldwide network and rise as the definitive global magnate.
Why similar: Transportation 23.7% ★, Capitalism 21.5%, Economy 12.3%, Management 12.3%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #32 Cities: Skylines II
76% 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: Transportation 21.7% ★, Economy 19%, Sandbox 14%, Management 13.1%, Simulation 10.3%
- #33 Train Fever
78% 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: Economy 23.3%, Transportation 22.6% ★, Management 16.6%, Simulation 13.2%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #34 Airline Manager
77% 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 39.5% ★, Economy 17.8%, Management 9.9%, RTS 9.6%, Simulation 9%
- #35 Fly Corp
74% 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 41.4% ★, RTS 12.9%, Management 12.3%, Sandbox 11.2%, Logic 7.5%
- #36 AirlineSim
74% matchVery Positive80% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: simulogics
Windows
Manage and grow your own virtual airline in this business simulation. Plan operations by acquiring aircraft and scheduling flights. Monitor finances using realistic tools as you cooperate and compete with other players on a real-time market and turn your company into a flourishing business.
Why similar: Transportation 27.9% ★, Economy 17.4%, Capitalism 12.5%, Management 10.4%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #37 Cargo Company
75% matchMixed59% of 71 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 36.6% ★, Economy 18.8%, Management 12.2%, Sandbox 10.2%, Capitalism 7.3%
- #38 Farm Manager World
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 607 reviews2025
Dev: Cleversan GamesPub: Sim Farm S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into the agricultural life with Farm Manager World! Manage your own farm across vibrant global locations, cultivate exotic crops, and build your agribusiness empire. Welcome to sustainable farming at its finest.
Why similar: Economy 20.6%, Capitalism 20.4%, Management 15.9%, Resource Management 14.6%, Simulation 6.9%
- #39 TransRoad: USA
75% matchMixed52% of 413 reviews2017
Dev: Deck13 HamburgPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Manage your very own logistics company, discover the complex world of cross-country haulage and keep the US economy up and running!
Why similar: Management 43.9%, Simulation 25.3%, Strategy 19.3%, Casual 11.5%
- #40 Railroad Corporation
73% 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: Transportation 27.7% ★, Economy 13.1%, Management 10.9%, Historical 10.2%, Capitalism 9.9%
- #41 Moving Simulator
71% matchMixed46% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: Corpix GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Dive into the ultimate moving experience in Moving Simulator! Manage chaotic house moves, carefully pack belongings, load trucks, and navigate through hilarious disasters. Precision, speed, and creativity will make you a moving master!
Why similar: Transportation 29.4% ★, Economy 15.8%, Capitalism 14.5%, Management 10.2%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #42 Motor Town: Behind The Wheel
70% matchVery Positive94% of 8,518 reviews2021
Dev: P3 Games
Windows
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Enjoy realistic driving in the open world. Relaxing cargo deliveries or driving buses and taxis will give you enough money to buy new cars and parts. You can test your driving skills at the race track. It's all about pure driving pleasure!
Why similar: Transportation 44% ★, Economy 18.4%, Management 9.9%, Simulation 7.2%, Realistic 6.3%
- #43 Railroads Online
70% 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: Economy 35.8%, Sandbox 25.3%, Management 22%, Exploration 8%, Open World 7%
- #44 LOGistICAL 3: Earth
72% matchVery Positive87% of 164 reviews2020
Dev: Sacada
Windows
LOGistICAL: Earth is a massive strategy puzzle game where you transport cargo to complete nearly 50,000 cities and over 165,000 businesses worldwide. Explore the planet with high-res satellite maps, upgrade industries, and solve complex logistics challenges. It’s a global puzzle like no other!
Why similar: Transportation 60.7% ★, Resource Management 16.9%, Strategy 14.3%, Casual 8.1%
- #45 Transports
73% 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 34.8% ★, Economy 16.8%, Management 11.4%, Capitalism 10%, Resource Management 9%
- #46 Automobile Tycoon
73% matchMixed60% of 63 reviews2018
Dev: Silver Lemur Games
Windows
Car manufacturing company simulator. Turn-based, fast paced, covers 100 years of automotive history.
Why similar: Transportation 29.7% ★, Capitalism 18.3%, Economy 16.3%, Management 9%, Modern 6.5%
- #47 Transporter
71% matchMixed49% of 51 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 50.6% ★, Management 14.3%, Economy 10.2%, Simulation 7.7%, Strategy 7.2%
- #48 Derail Valley
69% 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: Transportation 43.2% ★, Economy 15.6%, Sandbox 9.7%, Resource Management 8.8%, Simulation 8.3%
- #49 Freight Simulator
71% matchMixed60% of 83 reviews2020
Dev: New Games WavesPub: Softwaves Dist.
Windows
Manage your transport company! Be a transportation entrepreneur, with control over everything in your business. Work, earn, invest and expand!
Why similar: Transportation 29.2% ★, Management 24.6%, Capitalism 14.2%, Simulation 13.8%, Strategy 11.1%
- #50 Tourist Bus Simulator
69% matchMixed66% of 3,463 reviews2018
Dev: TML-StudiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Create your own bus empire on Fuerteventura now! Thanks to the economy system in the new Tourist Bus Simulator, you will be able to found your own bus company on the popular holiday island Fuerteventura.
Why similar: Simulation 28.8%, Management 28.6%, Realistic 17.4%, Open World 10.7%, Exploration 7.3%
- #51 InfraSpace
67% 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 33% ★, Economy 14.7%, Capitalism 11.7%, Sandbox 9.7%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #52 Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™
69% 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: Transportation 35% ★, Simulation 18%, Management 17.7%, Economy 16.1%, Strategy 13.2%
- #53 Industry Manager: Future Technologies
70% matchMixed58% of 312 reviews2016
Dev: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
INDUSTRY MANAGER: Future Technologies is a classic economy simulation in which you can build your own empire, research new sustainable products, and sweep aside the competition on your way to fame and success.
Why similar: Economy 34.4%, Management 24.6%, Simulation 24.5%, Realistic 12.1%, Open World 4.3%
- #54 Alaskan Road Truckers
67% matchMixed62% of 3,202 reviews2023
Dev: Road Studio S.A.Pub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.
Why similar: Management 28.8%, Realistic 20.2%, Simulation 17.3%, Exploration 12.2%, Open World 9.8%
- #55 Bus World
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,978 reviews2023
Dev: KishMish Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Bus World is a game about passenger transportations in various conditions, starting from standard days of a bus driver and ending with rescuing people who suffered from disasters.
Why similar: Sandbox 29.6%, Simulation 19.5%, Realistic 18%, Exploration 9.5%, Open World 8.5%
- #56 Industry Giant 4.0
67% matchMostly Negative37% of 545 reviews2025
Dev: Don VS DodoPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Build an industrial empire from scratch in Industry Giant 4.0. Produce goods, build up your industries, construct transportation networks, plan production, manage finances, and navigate global events. Become the next business tycoon and write history!
Why similar: Economy 16.8%, Capitalism 14.4%, Management 12.8%, RTS 11.8%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #57 Simutrans
68% 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: Transportation 20.6% ★, Economy 19.7%, Management 17.7%, Simulation 15.7%, Sandbox 12.2%
- #58 Parking World: Build & Manage
65% matchMixed68% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Build, manage, and expand your own lucrative parking enterprise in this management sim. Parking World puts the power to build your perfect parking garage at your fingertips while solving everybody else's parking problems in unique narrative scenarios or without any objectives in freeplay mode.
Why similar: Economy 27.1%, Management 18.5%, Simulation 16%, Strategy 12.9%, Realistic 12.4%
- #59 Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
64% 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: Transportation 38.5% ★, Economy 17.1%, Sandbox 12.2%, Management 10.2%, Simulation 6.3%
- #60 Interstellar Transport Company
68% matchMixed67% of 408 reviews2019
Dev: MT Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a galactic transportation empire and supply humanity with everything it needs to colonize the stars. In this sci-fi logistics simulator, grow your company from a local transport agency into an interstellar logistics behemoth! Singleplayer, vs AI, and online multiplayer.
Why similar: Economy 23.1%, Transportation 21.4% ★, Management 19.1%, Simulation 13.4%, Sandbox 9.8%