Games like Train Life: A Railway Simulator
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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.
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$59.99Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition
Aug 25 · Asobo Studio
Both: Realistic · Open World
From gliders and helicopters to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and accurate aircraft in the Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition. The world is at your fingertips.
SimulationFlightRealisticMultiplayerOpen WorldVRSingleplayerReal-TimePhysicsAtmospheric👍 70,086
$24.99Anymaker
2 days ago · Geometa
Both: Open World · Realistic
Embark on your creative journey of vehicle design, as you create and operate vehicles to survive this dangerous open world. Anymaker is a detailed and technical vehicle builder and survival game. Design your chassis, build your engine, connect components, and travel into the unknown.
Early AccessSandboxSimulationOpen WorldMultiplayerBuildingFirst-PersonRealisticCo-opDriving👍 115
$25.99Big Ambitions
Aug 28 · Hovgaard Games
Both: Management
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.
ManagementEconomySimulationCapitalismLife SimSandboxSingleplayerResource ManagementTime ManagementInventory Management👍 14,060
-15%$16.99TCG Card Shop Simulator
6 days ago · OPNeon Games
Both: Management
Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.
SimulationManagementEconomySingleplayerCollectathonTrading Card GameCapitalismCard GameShop KeeperTrading👍 47,485
-15%$12.74Anime Shop Simulator ✨
9 days ago · One More Time
Both: Management
Manage your own anime shop 🎌. Play solo or team up with friends 🤝 in 4-player co-op mode to grow your business 📈 Stock shelves with manga, figures, and collectible cards in this immersive first-person game 🕹️.
SimulationAnimeOnline Co-OpCard GameCasualManagementFirst-PersonShop KeeperLife SimSingleplayer👍 645
$12.99Island Market Simulator
Sep 3 · Zentium Studio
Both: Management
Team up with your friends and build a thriving trade empire in this CO-OP strategy and economy simulation set on a lively island. Begin with a small market, share tasks, manage production chains, raise livestock, and dominate the economy together through changing seasons and dynamic festivals!
SimulationOnline Co-OpManagementCasualMultiplayerLife SimStrategyEconomyBuildingSingleplayer👍 171
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$4.99TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer
Aug 27 · AZAMATIKA
Both: Open World
A challenging trading and combat game with a story and quests, where goods have unique properties, and the more you carry, the more dangerous the journey becomes.
ExplorationComedySide Scroller2DPixel GraphicsSandboxAuto BattlerTradingOpen WorldWalking Simulator👍 1,533
$59.99iRacing® Studios NASCAR 26
3 days ago · iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, LLC
Both: Realistic · Management
The official game of NASCAR is back and better than ever with NASCAR 26! Battle your way through all four NASCAR National Series in Career, Quick Race, Championship, Multiplayer, or our all new mode featuring The Chase!
RacingSimulationDrivingSportsAutomobile SimRealisticArcadeMultiplayerManagementPhysics👍 159
-30%$8.39Creator Chronicles
6 days ago · Origin Studio
Both: Management
A game within a game. In this entirely new kind of simulation RPG, become a guild master, develop your town, recruit guild members, and conquer dungeons. Every decision you make becomes your own chronicle.
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$15.99メペキョンレーシング
3 days ago · Pumocho Co., Ltd.
Both: Open World
"Mepekyon Racing" is a casual racing game where you can freely drive around an open world. Explore the vast map to discover race courses and aim to place in the races. Enjoy customizing your car and its parts as you strive for the overall Grand Prix championship!
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$4.99Mall: Tidy Up Together
Aug 21 · Games Together
Both: Realistic
Shelve the products, unlock new skills, and use your unique methods to tidy up the mall. Enjoy the online co-op and online PvP with your friends, or go solo! Fill up the shelves and experience a sense of relief and satisfaction.
CasualSimulationCollectathonOrganizingOnline Co-OpPuzzleRelaxingPvPSandboxRealistic👍 258
$12.99Void Cargo: Equilibrium
Aug 28 · Hammer&Hammer
Both: Transportation
A first-person sci-fi cargo flight sim. Pilot a physics-driven lander, plan risky routes, manage fuel and heavy cargo, and save deliveries by repairing system failures mid-flight. Earn credits and upgrade your ship.
TransportationSpace SimSimulationRelaxingSandboxExplorationControllerFlight3DFirst-Person
$9.99Fell & Sell
Aug 26 · Art Games Studio S.A.
Both: Management
Slay. Loot. Sell. Survive! Dive into a first-person blend of hack'n'slash roguelike and shop management. Plunder deadly dungeons for loot, escape with your life, craft, and stock your shelves. Then risk it all once more for profit!
SimulationShop KeeperManagementEconomyFantasySingleplayerRPGDungeon CrawlerAction RoguelikeAction RPG👍 1,453
$3.99Cells
Sep 6 · Mousetrick Studio
CELLS is a calm sci-fi trading game about goods, routes and decisions. Explore new worlds, build trade chains, mine resources and uncover the story of a broken network between the worlds.
CasualRelaxingMinimalistProcedural GenerationLogicAtmosphericPhysicsLinearTutorial2D
-20%$7.99Driving Test Simulator
4 days ago · aitchGames
Master the art of driving! Enjoy 50+ handcrafted levels with 9 vehicles and realistic car physics. No traffic — just pure driving skills. Unlock cars, test your skills in mini-games, or just drive casually without any worries!
DrivingAutomobile SimSimulationIndieSingleplayer3DVRFirst-PersonEducationExploration
-10%$8.99Dirt Spoon in Another World
2 days ago · Underdog Games Inc.
Both: Management
Thrown into an otherworld of wuxia and fantasy with a ten-million-gold debt — no powers, no cheats. Travel a map of 279 cities, buy low and sell high, and raise up to four mercenary squads to punch through bandit roads. A caravan-trading & squad-management sim. Clear the debt to win.
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