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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$29.99Train Sim World® 4
Sep 26 · Dovetail Games
Both: Trains · Transportation · Realistic
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.
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$34.99SimRail - The Railway Simulator
Dec 13 · SimRail S.A.
Both: Transportation · Realistic · 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.
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$39.99Train Sim World® 5
Sep 17 · Dovetail Games
Both: Trains · Realistic · Transportation
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.
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$19.99Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator
May 30 · Pentacle
Both: Trains · Open World · Realistic
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?
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$29.99Railroader
Dec 7 · Giraffe Lab LLC
Both: Trains · Transportation · Open World
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!
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$29.99Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator
Mar 7 · Simteract
Both: Open World · Realistic
Climb into the driver's seat of your car and your business, transport passengers across Barcelona and grow your company! Can you help relieve the transportation challenges of a city that never sleeps?
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Nov 30 · Simula Games
Both: Open World · Realistic · Management
Load, drive, and deliver through a huge open world with up to 24 players in cross-platform multiplayer. Join your friends in exciting heavy transport convoys. Jump into the driver's seat of more than 30 unique vehicles and carry out complex loading tasks to deliver a variety of cargo.
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$29.99Railroads Online
Dec 5 · Stefan Kelnberger
Both: Trains · Open World
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!
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$29.99RAILGRADE
Oct 13 · Minakata Dynamics
Both: Trains · Management
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!
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$24.99Rail Route
Feb 22 · Bitrich.info
Both: Trains
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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$21.99Alaskan Road Truckers
Oct 18 · Road Studio S.A.
Both: Open World · Realistic
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.
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$14.99My Summer Car
Jan 8 · Amistech Games
Both: Open World · Realistic
My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.
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Oct 7 · astragon Development
Both: Realistic · Transportation · Open World
Build your maritime career solo or with up to 4 players. Take on contracts across diverse harbors, command different ships, and tackle cargo runs, patrols, rescues, firefighting, and unexpected events in a vast Northern European open world.
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$17.99Station to Station
Oct 3 · Galaxy Grove
Both: Trains · Management
‘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!
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-40%$14.99Heavy Cargo - The Truck Simulator
Oct 9 · tox² interactive GmbH
Both: Open World · Realistic
Transport oversized cargo in a variety of missions across a 175km² open world. Drive customisable, highly detailed trucks through dynamic weather and day and night. The official cooperation with Gruber Logistics allows you to get behind the wheel of real-life heavy cargo transports.
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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.
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