Games like Train Tycoon
If Train Tycoon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Freight Simulator, Stream Empire: Platform Simulator and The Mythical City 2 — picked from the ranked list below. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Train Tycoon: Manage your own train company! Be a businessman in the train industry, with control over everything in your business. Work, earn, invest and expand!
Players who liked Train Tycoon also play
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Freight Simulator
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Top pick for Train Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Tycoon.
Manage your transport company! Be a transportation entrepreneur, with control over everything in your business. Work, earn, invest and expand!
Stream Empire: Platform Simulator
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Second-strongest match for Train Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Tycoon.
Build and manage your own streaming empire. License content, hire talent, negotiate sponsors, set subscription prices, and outmaneuver rival platforms across five industry eras. Every decision shapes your path to dominance — or bankruptcy.
The Mythical City 2
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Third-strongest match for Train Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Train Tycoon.
Protect your city from evil!
Magic Trap
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Ranked #4 for Train Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Train Tycoon.
Protect the obelisk!
Plant Game
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Ranked #5 for Train Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Tycoon.
Run-based plant survival and growth game about learning the world through imperfect senses. Grow leaves, roots, and resilience, unlock biological “sensors” as UI progression, and earn your reveal when you bloom or die.
Cargo Shop Simulator
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Ranked #6 for Train Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Tycoon.
Discover the excitement of commerce with Cargo Shop Simulator! Manage your own cargo shop and grow by meeting customer demands. In the evening, load your shipments onto vehicles and plan deliveries to build a successful business empire. Are you ready?
Dacan Express: Logistic manager
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Ranked #7 for Train Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Tycoon.
Welcome to Dacan Express! Build, manage, and expand your own logistics empire in this solo-developed management game. Hire staff, negotiate contracts, and keep your couriers on the move. 👉 Please Wishlist the game on Steam!
PathSketch
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Ranked #8 for Train Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Tycoon.
PathSketch is a classic puzzle-solving game.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Train Tycoon at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Train Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Train Tycoon.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under Train Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Train Tycoon.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Train Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Train Tycoon.
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.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under Train Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Train Tycoon.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~60% under Train Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Train Tycoon.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~80% under Train Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Train Tycoon.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Train Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Tycoon.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under Train Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Train Tycoon.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Train Tycoon.
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?
Virtual Cottage
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Train Tycoon.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Steam Engine Simulator
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Train Tycoon.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Train Tycoon.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
DORONKO WANKO
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Train Tycoon.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Tycoon.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Train Tycoon.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Train Tycoon.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
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Frequently asked about Train Tycoon
- How much does Train Tycoon cost?
- Train Tycoon is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Train Tycoon?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Train Tycoon are Freight Simulator, Stream Empire: Platform Simulator, The Mythical City 2.
- Who developed Train Tycoon?
- Train Tycoon was developed by MegaSoft Games.
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