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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$24.99Industry Giant 4.0
Oct 17 · Don VS Dodo
Both: Management · Economy · 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
$19.99Empire Builder
Nov 20 · Zombie Possum Games Inc
Both: Trains · Economy · Management
Empire Builder train game boardgames brought to the digital world. Starting with Empire Builder - Europe as the base game, we will release each of the games in this series for all to enjoy.
Board GameStrategyTabletopTrainsEconomyManagementCapitalismMultiplayer2DTop-Down
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7 days ago · OPNeon Games
Both: Management · Economy
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.
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$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!
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$25.99Big Ambitions
Aug 28 · Hovgaard Games
Both: Management · Economy
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.
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$17.99Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator
Jun 11 · Biotech Gameworks
Both: Management · Building
Kebab Chefs! is a Co-Op, cooking and restaurant management game that can be played up to 4 players. Design your own restaurant. Cook delicious foods, fill your menu with various recipes, feed customers and become the biggest kebab restaurant in town!
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$29.99Voidtrain
Nov 7 · HypeTrain Digital
Both: Trains
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Open World Survival CraftCo-opTrainsMultiplayerSurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldCraftingOnline Co-OpAdventure👍 8,715
-30%$17.49Laysara: Summit Kingdom
Feb 27 · Quite OK Games
Both: Building · Real-Time with Pause · Management
Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?
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-50%$19.99Terra Invicta
Jan 5 · Pavonis Interactive
Both: Economy · Management
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
StrategyGrand StrategySimulation4XEconomyWarHistoricalTurn-Based StrategyTacticalManagement👍 9,064
-40%$13.79City Tales - Medieval Era
Jan 29 · Irregular Shapes
Both: Building · Economy · Management
City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!
SimulationCity BuilderBuildingRelaxingEconomyManagementResource ManagementInventory ManagementStory RichLogic👍 543
$19.99Hotel Magnate
Sep 23 · Arcade Oven
Both: Management · Building · Economy
Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, rundown motel, or elegant resort? With a ridiculous amount of customization tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel manager shine!
ManagementSimulationBuildingSandboxResource ManagementRelaxingCity BuilderEconomyBase BuildingCasual👍 419
$19.99MegaFactory Titan
Jun 2 · Q Switched Productions, LLC
Both: Building · Management · Economy
A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!
BuildingAutomationResource ManagementBase BuildingProcedural GenerationMiningCity BuilderManagementCapitalismEconomy👍 150
$11.99Deep Corp
May 26 · KishMish Games
Both: Management
Dig mines, extract resources, and produce goods to restore order to the state. Become a successful businessman and an effective state governor in the late Wild West era!
StrategyMiningRTSManagementUndergroundResource ManagementSandboxExplorationWesternTime Management👍 367
$13.49Gamestonk Simulator
May 21 · simsum
Both: Management · Economy
Relive the golden age of old-school video game stores! Sell hit games, deliver orders, trade and collect retros, hire staff, decorate and grow your store to be the best in town! Disclaimer: some game title parodies might crack you up!
SimulationManagementRogueliteCollectathonLife SimEconomyImmersive SimCapitalismRoguelikeIndie👍 106
$14.99Territory: Farming and Warfare
Feb 4 · Wit Studio
Both: Building
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
SingleplayerSimulationBase BuildingCity BuilderStrategySandboxAutomationPixel GraphicsResource ManagementBuilding👍 738
$34.99Farthest Frontier
Oct 23 · Crate Entertainment
Both: Building · Economy
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
BuildingCity BuilderStrategyResource ManagementMedievalAgricultureEconomyHistorical4XColony Sim👍 24,456
$15.99Explorers of Esmar
Apr 14 · Tipri Games
Both: Building · Economy · Management
Welcome to Explorers of Esmar! Build your settlement, master complex production chains. Claim the riches to explore and conquer the new island continent of Esmar!
Early AccessReal Time TacticsCity BuilderBuildingEconomyManagementMedievalMilitaryBase BuildingPvP
$14.99Junkyard Builder
Apr 8 · FreeMind S.A.
Both: Management · Economy
In Junkyard Builder, you’re the proud owner of a once-forgotten junkyard, now brimming with endless potential. Dive into the satisfying world of restoration, recycling, and raw hustle as you transform trash into treasure and rise to become the ruler of the junk empire!
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$29.99Going Medieval
Mar 17 · Foxy Voxel
Both: Management
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Both: Management · Building · Economy
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Apr 3 · BitQuest Studio
Both: Management · Economy
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-40%$4.19Fracture Field
Apr 20 · Type Ten
Both: Building · Management
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Both: Building · Management
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Jun 11 · Nested Loop Studios
Both: Building
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Apr 14 · Achenar Studios
Both: Management
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Both: Building
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Both: Building
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Both: Building
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