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Games like My Train Arrives

If My Train Arrives is your kind of game, the closest matches are Times of Progress, Transport Fever 2 and Voxel Tycoon — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and relaxing. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About My Train Arrives: My Train Arrives is a railway construction simulation game. Build railroads, open new routes for trains. Enjoy the pleasant atmosphere of the game.

2019StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDWindowsby Kochkin Dmitry
My Train Arrives — Steam game cover
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Build convoluted routes in relaxation modeChallenging but not impossible campaign goalsDeveloper adds expert levels and dlcChallengingContemplativeRelaxing

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Steam players who put hours into My Train Arrives also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Times of Progress

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for My Train Arrives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with My Train Arrives.

    Times of Progress is a City Builder set during the Industrial Revolution. Build industries to extract natural resources. Produce goods to satisfy the population. Manage transportation routes by train and ship. Expand on procedurally generated maps and trade with nearby cities.

    StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  2. Transport Fever 2

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for My Train Arrives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with My Train Arrives.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Voxel Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with My Train Arrives.

    Third-strongest match for My Train Arrives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with My Train Arrives.

    Voxel Tycoon — a management sim set in the infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods on 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!

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Transport Fever

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with My Train Arrives.

    Ranked #4 for My Train Arrives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with My Train Arrives.

    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!

    2016Simulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Railway Empire 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with My Train Arrives.

    Ranked #5 for My Train Arrives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with My Train Arrives.

    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.

    2023StrategySimulation49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. RAILGRADE

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with My Train Arrives.

    Ranked #6 for My Train Arrives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with My Train Arrives.

    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!

    2023StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. STATIONflow

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with My Train Arrives.

    Ranked #7 for My Train Arrives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with My Train Arrives.

    STATIONflow is a game about controlling the flow of thousands of passengers by building and managing an efficient underground train station.

    2020StrategySimulation17.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Smart City Plan

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with My Train Arrives.

    Ranked #8 for My Train Arrives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with My Train Arrives.

    Smart City Plan is a modern old-school style city builder game: Plan zones, roads, public transport like trains, trams, buses, subways and even the hypertube. Set taxes and policies and implement smart city technologies.

    2020StrategySimulation15.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to My Train Arrives

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Mini Metro

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with My Train Arrives.

    Reviewers of My Train Arrives cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with My Train Arrives.

    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?

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Train Valley

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with My Train Arrives.

    Reviewers of My Train Arrives cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with My Train Arrives.

    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!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Transport Tycoon Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of My Train Arrives cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with My Train Arrives.

    Transport Tycoon Deluxe challenges you to become the ultimate Transport Tycoon by creating a transit empire. Build a network of trains, trucks, ships, planes, and more to grow your business, make money, and fend off rivals in this 1995 building sim from Chris Sawyer.

    2026StrategySimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below My Train Arrives at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under My Train Arrives on Steam right now. Shares Indie with My Train Arrives.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under My Train Arrives on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with My Train Arrives.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under My Train Arrives on Steam right now. Shares Indie with My Train Arrives.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under My Train Arrives on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with My Train Arrives.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under My Train Arrives on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with My Train Arrives.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under My Train Arrives on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with My Train Arrives.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under My Train Arrives on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with My Train Arrives.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under My Train Arrives on Steam right now. Shares Indie with My Train Arrives.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with My Train Arrives.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with My Train Arrives.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with My Train Arrives.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with My Train Arrives.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with My Train Arrives.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with My Train Arrives.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with My Train Arrives.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with My Train Arrives.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Transport Fever 2

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with My Train Arrives.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Railway Empire 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with My Train Arrives.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with My Train Arrives.

    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.

    2023StrategySimulation49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. RAILGRADE

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with My Train Arrives.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with My Train Arrives.

    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!

    2023StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about My Train Arrives

How much does My Train Arrives cost?
My Train Arrives is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to My Train Arrives?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside My Train Arrives are Times of Progress, Transport Fever 2, Voxel Tycoon.
Who developed My Train Arrives?
My Train Arrives was developed by Kochkin Dmitry.

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