Games like Sid Meier's Railroads!
by Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive (Mac)
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!
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-75%$2.49Railroad Tycoon 3
May 4 · PopTop
Both: Management · Trains · Economy
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
$35.99Railroad Corporation
Nov 18 · Corbie Games
Both: Trains · Management · Economy
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
$29.99Railway Empire
Jan 26 · Gaming Minds Studios
Both: Management · Trains · Economy
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
-75%$1.24Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
May 4 · PopTop
Both: Management · Trains · Classic
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
$49.99Railway Empire 2
May 25 · Gaming Minds Studios
Both: Trains · Management · Economy
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
$29.99RAILGRADE
Oct 13 · Minakata Dynamics
Both: Trains · Building · 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!
TrainsStrategySimulationResource ManagementAutomationCity BuilderModdableBuildingManagementEconomy👍 1,207
$19.99Train Fever
Sep 4 · Urban Games
Both: Trains · Management · Economy
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
-90%$3.99Transport Fever 2
Dec 11 · Urban Games
Both: Management · Trains · Economy
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
$9.99Bounty Train
May 16 · Corbie Games
Both: Trains · Management · 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
RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Platinum
Mar 12 · Frontier, Aspyr (Mac)
Both: Management · Building · Economy
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum combines the excitement of rollercoasters with the fun of a great strategy simulation. RCT3 Platinum combines the roller coaster theme park fun of the Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 with included expansion packs Soaked! and Wild! Now enjoy more options than ever.
SimulationManagementSandboxBuildingStrategySingleplayerEconomyClassicReal-Time with PauseFamily Friendly👍 4,151
$29.99Transport Fever
Nov 8 · Urban Games
Both: Building · Economy · Management
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
$19.99Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
Oct 25 · Firaxis Games
Both: Classic
With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new...
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based4XHistoricalMultiplayerSingleplayerModdableGrand StrategyClassic👍 2,791
$29.99Railroads Online
Dec 5 · Stefan Kelnberger
Both: Trains · Building
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
$19.99NIMBY Rails
Jan 26 · Weird and Wry
Both: Management · Economy · Building
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
$24.99Rail Route
Feb 22 · Bitrich.info
Both: Trains · Building
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!
Time ManagementTrainsImmersive SimAutomationReal Time TacticsEducationPuzzleCity BuilderBuildingSimulation👍 2,403
$16.99Train Station Simulator
Dec 14 · Appliks Apps Studios
Both: Trains · Management · 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
$24.99Mashinky
Oct 6 · Jan Zelený
Both: Trains · Management · Economy
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
$24.99Voxel Tycoon
Apr 15 · Voxel Tycoon
Both: Building · Economy · Management
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
$9.99Transport Giant
Sep 5 · Fancy Bytes, Reactor
Both: Trains · Economy · Management
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.
SimulationStrategyTrainsEconomyManagementTransportation👍 438
$19.99Cities in Motion 2
Apr 2 · Colossal Order
Both: Management · Economy · Building
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
$4.99Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
Oct 25 · Firaxis Games
Both: Classic
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedClassic4XHistoricalSingleplayerMultiplayerReplay ValueGrand Strategy👍 5,714
$4.99Freight Tycoon Inc.
Apr 3 · Nikita
Both: Management · Economy
Freight Tycoon is an economic simulation game which challenges players’ management skills. It puts one into the shoes of an owner of a cargo transportation company. One has to evaluate the profitability of contracts, contact customers, and appoint drivers to deliver goods.
StrategyManagementSimulationEconomySingleplayerIndieTransportation👍 407
$9.99Cargo Company
May 2 · Ambiera
Both: Management · Trains · Economy
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.
SimulationManagementTrainsStrategyEconomyTransportationSandboxCity BuilderOpen WorldSingleplayer
$9.99Train Valley
Sep 16 · Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, Timofey Shargorodskiy, Flazm
Both: Trains
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
OpenTTD
Apr 1 · OpenTTD
Both: Building · Economy · Management
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.
SimulationBuildingEconomySandboxManagementTrainsTransportationMultiplayerResource ManagementCity Builder
$19.99Train Life: A Railway Simulator
Aug 25 · Simteract
Both: Management · 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
$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
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
$29.99Rise of Industry
May 2 · Dapper Penguin Studios
Both: Management · Economy · Building
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.
ManagementStrategyEconomySimulationCity BuilderResource ManagementIndieBase BuildingTradingBuilding👍 3,123
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Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
$12.99Business Magnate
Mar 1 · Ambiera
Both: Management · Economy · Building
Business Magnate is a tycoon business simulation game where you can create all types of businesses: Cars, rockets, phones, tanks, trucks, airplanes, computers, and ships. Design, produce, market and sell them. You can even run multiple companies at the same time.
SimulationStrategyManagementEconomyResource ManagementSingleplayerBuildingSandboxIndieCasual👍 211




