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Single-player games like My Train Arrives

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to My Train Arrives, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.

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Ranked picks

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    Times of Progress — Steam game cover

    Times of Progress

    Single-player alternative to My Train Arrives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    StrategySimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Transport Fever 2 — Steam game cover

    Transport Fever 2

    Single-player alternative to My Train Arrives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Voxel Tycoon — Steam game cover

    Voxel Tycoon

    Single-player alternative to My Train Arrives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Transport Fever — Steam game cover

    Transport Fever

    Single-player alternative to My Train Arrives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Railway Empire 2 — Steam game cover

    Railway Empire 2

    Single-player alternative to My Train Arrives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RAILGRADE — Steam game cover

    RAILGRADE

    Single-player alternative to My Train Arrives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    STATIONflow — Steam game cover

    STATIONflow

    Single-player alternative to My Train Arrives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Smart City Plan — Steam game cover

    Smart City Plan

    Single-player alternative to My Train Arrives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mini Metro — Steam game cover

    Mini Metro

    Single-player alternative to My Train Arrives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Train Valley — Steam game cover

    Train Valley

    Single-player alternative to My Train Arrives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Transport Tycoon Deluxe — Steam game cover

    Transport Tycoon Deluxe

    Single-player alternative to My Train Arrives — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →