Games like Rail Route
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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!
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$29.99RAILGRADE
Oct 13 · Minakata Dynamics
Both: Trains · Automation · City Builder
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!
TrainsStrategySimulationResource ManagementAutomationCity BuilderModdableBuildingManagementEconomy👍 1,207
$29.99Train Sim World® 4
Sep 26 · Dovetail Games
Both: Trains · Immersive Sim
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.
TrainsSimulationTransportationAutomobile SimImmersive SimRealisticDrivingAtmosphericAdventureFamily Friendly👍 3,324
$29.99Railroads Online
Dec 5 · Stefan Kelnberger
Both: Trains · Building · Immersive Sim
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!
TrainsMultiplayerOnline Co-OpOpen WorldBuildingAutomobile SimPhysicsSandboxDrivingImmersive Sim👍 5,409
-90%$3.99Transport Fever 2
Dec 11 · Urban Games
Both: Trains · City Builder · Building
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!
SimulationStrategyManagementTransportationTrainsCity BuilderEconomySandboxBuildingSingleplayer👍 26,749
$49.99Railway Empire 2
May 25 · Gaming Minds Studios
Both: Trains · Building
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.
SimulationStrategyTrainsManagementTransportationSandboxEconomyResource ManagementBuildingExploration👍 1,967
$39.99Train Sim World® 5
Sep 17 · Dovetail Games
Both: Trains · Immersive Sim
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.
SimulationTrainsAdventureFirst-PersonRealisticDrivingImmersive SimAutomobile SimTransportationRelaxing👍 3,029
$29.99Railway Empire
Jan 26 · Gaming Minds Studios
Both: Trains · Building
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.
StrategySimulationManagementTrainsEconomyBuildingHistoricalTradingSingleplayerWestern👍 7,219
$9.99Train Valley
Sep 16 · Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, Timofey Shargorodskiy, Flazm
Both: Trains · Puzzle
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!
Replay ValueResource ManagementIndie3DTrainsCasualPuzzleStrategySimulationRelaxing👍 2,621
$29.99Train Simulator Classic
Sep 17 · Dovetail Games
Both: Trains · Building
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.
SimulationTrainsSingleplayerRealisticDrivingRelaxingCasualOpen WorldModdableBuilding👍 19,462
$12.99Train Sim World® 2020
Mar 16 · Dovetail Games
Both: Trains · Building
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.
SimulationTrainsRealisticDrivingOpen WorldSingleplayerRelaxingCasualActionBuilding👍 5,914
$24.99Voxel Tycoon
Apr 15 · Voxel Tycoon
Both: Automation · Building · Trains
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!
Early AccessSandboxAutomationBuildingCraftingEconomyManagementTrainsTransportationCity Builder👍 1,557
Rail World
Nov 28 · Independent Arts Software
Both: City Builder · Building · Trains
It's off the rails! In Rail World, you establish your own railroad empire. Plan your own track network, transport passengers and goods, and meet a cast of quirky characters in this exceptional city building game. Download Rail World now!
Free to PlaySimulationCasualCity BuilderBuildingStrategyTrainsResource ManagementSingleplayerIncremental
$9.99Mini Metro
Nov 6 · Dinosaur Polo Club
Both: Puzzle · Trains
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
StrategyPuzzleMinimalistSimulationTrainsIndieSingleplayerCasualManagement2D👍 12,804
$19.99Train Fever
Sep 4 · Urban Games
Both: Trains · City Builder
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.
SimulationTrainsManagementStrategyEconomyIndieSandboxCity BuilderSingleplayerCasual👍 2,765
$19.99Train Life: A Railway Simulator
Aug 25 · Simteract
Both: Trains
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.
SimulationFamily FriendlyRealisticOpen WorldSingleplayerAtmosphericManagementTransportationTrainsCasual👍 1,451
$35.99Railroad Corporation
Nov 18 · Corbie Games
Both: Trains
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!
TrainsStrategyManagementSimulationHistoricalTransportationEconomyMultiplayerReal-Time with PauseSandbox👍 1,094
Trainz: A New Era
May 14 · N3V Games
Both: Trains · Building
Our "Platinum Edition" bundle provides fantastic value for new or existing customers. Expand your Trainz collection with a huge range of additional routes, sessions, locos and rolling stock, all at 75% off the regular pricing.
SimulationTrainsDrivingOpen WorldMultiplayerBuildingRealisticSandboxSingleplayer👍 2,229
$19.99Tracks - The Train Set Game
Nov 14 · Whoop Group
Both: Building · Trains · City Builder
Jump into the ultimate toy sandbox and build the train set of your dreams! Create colourful railway systems, decorate beautiful towns, transport commuting passengers, and even ride your train in first-person.
SimulationSandboxBuildingTrainsOpen WorldIndieCraftingCity BuilderFirst-PersonFunny👍 1,212
$19.99NIMBY Rails
Jan 26 · Weird and Wry
Both: Building · City Builder
Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Solve global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.
TransportationSimulationManagementEconomyBuildingSandboxOpen WorldSingleplayerCity Builder2D👍 2,229
$14.99Fly Corp
May 18 · KishMish Games
Both: Time Management · Puzzle · Building
Develop your own transport network in different regions and cities: open new routes, buy and upgrade new planes, and increase airport capacity!
TransportationStrategyCasualManagementFlightTime ManagementMinimalistSimulationPuzzleBuilding👍 3,113
-75%$2.49Sid Meier's Railroads!
May 4 · Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive (Mac)
Both: Trains · Building
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!
TrainsStrategyManagementEconomySimulationSingleplayerMultiplayerReal-Time with PauseBuildingClassic👍 2,625
$29.99Railroader
Dec 7 · Giraffe Lab LLC
Both: Trains · Immersive Sim
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!
Early AccessSimulationTrainsTransportationAutomobile SimOpen World3DImmersive SimCinematicFirst-Person👍 3,348
$24.99Train Sim World® 3
Sep 6 · Dovetail Games
Both: Trains
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.
SimulationTrainsDrivingRealisticSingleplayerTransportationFirst-PersonRelaxingPhysicsFamily Friendly👍 3,953
$34.99SimRail - The Railway Simulator
Dec 13 · SimRail S.A.
Both: Trains
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.
Online Co-OpSimulationTransportationRealisticTrainsLife SimDrivingAutomobile SimExplorationSingleplayer👍 5,313
$19.99Train Sim World® 2
Aug 20 · Dovetail Games
Both: Trains
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.
SimulationTrainsRealisticDrivingSingleplayerTransportationFirst-PersonRelaxingFamily FriendlyPhysics👍 7,067
$9.99Bounty Train
May 16 · Corbie Games
Both: Trains · Building
Explore the dangerous life, the accurate historic events and contemporary inventions of the North American/US 19th century. Acquire one of the most legendary steam machines and transform it into a fortress on rails.
SimulationStrategyTrainsManagementBuildingEconomyIndieWesternHistoricalSingleplayer👍 1,325
$29.99Automation Empire
Nov 20 · DOG HOGGLER
Both: Automation · Building
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!
SimulationAutomationStrategyBase BuildingSandboxBuildingResource ManagementManagementEconomyCrafting👍 2,584
$29.99Transport Fever
Nov 8 · Urban Games
Both: City Builder · Building · Trains
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!
FlightCity BuilderSandboxBuildingDrivingEconomyManagementTrainsTransportationStrategy👍 9,281
$19.99Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator
May 30 · Pentacle
Both: Trains
Take control of a Soviet locomotive and embark on a dangerous journey along the world's longest railway line. Face mafia rivals, bandits, wild animals, constant breakdowns, severe frosts, hunger, and... a hangover. How far will you get before your supplies run out?
Early AccessTrainsSimulationDrivingSurvivalFirst-PersonOpen WorldSandboxRealistic3D👍 1,833
$34.99Captain of Industry
May 31 · MaFi Games
Both: Automation · Building · City Builder
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.
AutomationResource ManagementBase BuildingSimulationStrategyEconomyManagementBuildingCity BuilderEarly Access👍 11,035
$17.99STATIONflow
Apr 15 · DMM GAMES
Both: Trains · Building · City Builder
STATIONflow is a game about controlling the flow of thousands of passengers by building and managing an efficient underground train station.
Base BuildingTrainsManagementBuildingSandboxMinimalistCity BuilderUndergroundResource ManagementTop-Down👍 479
$19.99Factory Town
Nov 17 · Erik Asmussen
Both: Automation · City Builder
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!
AutomationBase BuildingResource ManagementSandboxSimulationCraftingManagementCity BuilderColony SimEconomy👍 4,143
$24.99Mashinky
Oct 6 · Jan Zelený
Both: Trains
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.
Early AccessStrategySimulationTrainsManagementSandboxEconomyTransportationProcedural GenerationDifficult👍 2,455
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Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
-75%$1.24Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
May 4 · PopTop
Both: Trains
Includes Railroad Tycoon II and the expansion The Second Century It can take you from New York to South Africa. It can take you from the year 1804 to the year 2000. It can take you from penniless manual laborer to powerful multi-millionaire.
StrategyManagementTrainsSimulationClassicEconomySingleplayerHistoricalGreat SoundtrackTransportation👍 1,341
$16.99Train Station Simulator
Dec 14 · Appliks Apps Studios
Both: Trains · Building
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!
SimulationStrategyTrainsManagementEarly AccessIndieCasualBuildingEconomyIsometric👍 229
-15%$16.99Rolling Line
Apr 27 · Gaugepunk Games
Both: Trains
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!
TrainsSimulationSandboxLevel EditorModdableTransportationCasualIndieVRSingleplayer👍 2,454
$24.99Construction Simulator
Sep 20 · weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung GmbH
Both: Building · Education · Immersive Sim
Construction Simulator has returned – larger and more impressive than ever! Fulfil your ambition to become a successful construction entrepreneur by establishing your business from scratch, assisted by your mentor Hape.
SimulationMultiplayerBuildingOnline Co-OpRelaxingOpen WorldRealisticDrivingEducationImmersive Sim👍 10,611
-75%$2.49Railroad Tycoon 3
May 4 · PopTop
Both: Trains · Building
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...
ManagementStrategyTrainsSimulationEconomySingleplayerReal-Time with PauseClassicBuildingSandbox👍 1,128
$19.99PC Building Simulator
Jan 29 · Claudiu Kiss, The Irregular Corporation
Both: Education · Immersive Sim · Building
Build and grow your very own computer repair enterprise as you learn to diagnose, fix and build PCs. With real-world licensed components and comprehensive hardware and software simulation, you can plan and bring your ultimate PC to life.
SimulationEducationImmersive SimBuildingManagementSandboxFirst-Person3DRealisticLife Sim👍 42,153
-80%$7.99Trainz Railroad Simulator 2022
May 30 · N3V Games
Both: Trains · Building
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.
SimulationTrainsLevel EditorMultiplayerSandboxDrivingOpen WorldRealisticTransportationBuilding👍 1,217
$9.99Tiny Rails
May 28 · Trophy Games
Both: Trains
Tiny Rails is a relaxing train management adventure. Travel across an immersive and meticulously crafted pixel world. Collect hundreds of beautiful cars, each with their own set of stats, to create your own unique multi-car masterpiece!
TrainsResource ManagementInventory ManagementPixel GraphicsTransportationAdventureIndieCasualSingleplayerSimulation👍 597
$24.99Industry Giant 4.0
Oct 17 · Don VS Dodo
Both: City Builder · Automation · Building
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!
ManagementStrategySimulationCity BuilderResource ManagementEconomyAutomationModernBuildingRealistic👍 506
$3.99Railway Islands - Puzzle
Nov 18 · Rising Moon Games
Both: Puzzle · Trains
Railway Islands is a puzzle game about designing a railway map for a large archipelago. Make a safe path between the stations and let your train deliver all the resources and go to the next island.
PuzzleTrainsHex GridRelaxingCozyLogicCasualGrid-Based MovementTransportationMinimalist👍 230
$19.99Hmmsim Metro
Jun 25 · Jeminie Interactive
Both: Trains · Immersive Sim
Line 1, the most complicated subway in Seoul, is now coming in PC version. You can feel high immersion with the graphics that realize the actual Seoul scenery, the train driving sound, and the realistic train driving system. Experience the operation of the Seoul subway!
SimulationTrains3DRealisticTransportationDrivingEarly AccessSingleplayerIndieImmersive Sim👍 1,778
$19.99Cities in Motion 2
Apr 2 · Colossal Order
Both: City Builder · Building · Trains
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.
SimulationStrategyTransportationManagementCity BuilderSandboxEconomyBuildingSingleplayerTrains👍 1,175
$19.99Unrailed 2: Back on Track
Jun 11 · Indoor Astronaut
Both: Trains
The chaotic co-op railroad construction game is back! Team up with your friends to build a railroad through procedurally generated worlds with new biomes and bosses. Permanently upgrade your character and engine, even create your own levels - just don‘t let your train derail!
Online Co-OpTrainsMultiplayerRoguelikeLocal MultiplayerTop-DownAction RoguelikeActionCo-opProcedural Generation👍 1,793
$19.99SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
Jul 20 · EA - Maxis, Aspyr (Mac)
Both: City Builder · Immersive Sim · Building
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.
City BuilderImmersive SimBase BuildingBuildingSandboxManagementEconomyGod GameStrategySimulation👍 8,496






