Single-player games like Railway Empire 2
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Railway Empire 2, 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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Railway Empire
Single-player alternative to Railway Empire 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railway Empire 2.
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.
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Railroad Corporation 2
Single-player alternative to Railway Empire 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railway Empire 2.
The 20th century heralds the new age of electrification for the railroad, and a new opportunity to make your fortune. Build your corporation carefully, as you deploy modern electric and diesel locomotives, lay new tracks, transport goods and passengers, and stay ahead of the competition.
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Transport Fever 2
Single-player alternative to Railway Empire 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railway Empire 2.
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!
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RAILGRADE
Single-player alternative to Railway Empire 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railway Empire 2.
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!
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Sweet Transit
Single-player alternative to Railway Empire 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railway Empire 2.
Sweet Transit is a unique city builder where the railway is king. Build and automate the dream supply chain for your citizens, giving them all they need to expand quaint villages into bustling cities. Progress from steam power to diesel and beyond in this advanced train-driven experience.
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Sid Meier's Railroads!
Single-player alternative to Railway Empire 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railway Empire 2.
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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Railroader
Single-player alternative to Railway Empire 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railway Empire 2.
You and your fellow railroaders are the lifeblood of your railroad, just like it is the lifeblood of the communities it serves. Switch cars at industries. Keep people moving while running local passenger trains. Run trains with a purpose in transition era Appalachia – in Railroader!
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Rail Route
Single-player alternative to Railway Empire 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railway Empire 2.
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!
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Railroad Tycoon 3
Single-player alternative to Railway Empire 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railway Empire 2.
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...
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Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
Single-player alternative to Railway Empire 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railway Empire 2.
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.
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Mashinky
Single-player alternative to Railway Empire 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railway Empire 2.
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.
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Grand Ages: Medieval
Single-player alternative to Railway Empire 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railway Empire 2.
Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe.
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Port Royale 3
Single-player alternative to Railway Empire 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railway Empire 2.
The Caribbean, in the turbulent 17th Century. The mighty kingdoms of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands fight over the colonies. And there you are, a young sea captain whose only goal is to become the most powerful man in the New World.
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Patrician IV
Single-player alternative to Railway Empire 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railway Empire 2.
You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to the most successful and influential member of the Hanse, ultimately being elected Elderman, leader of the trading league.
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Rise of Venice
Single-player alternative to Railway Empire 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railway Empire 2.
Venice: As a young man striving for success, power and wealth and with the support of your family, you begin to build up a trading empire across Genua, Tripoli, Rome, Alexandria and Constantinople in addition to many other significant cities from the Renaissance. This is where your story begins...
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Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale
Single-player alternative to Railway Empire 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railway Empire 2.
Tortuga - A Pirate’s Tale tells the journey of a pirate captain with a lust for gold and glory who assumes command of a fleet of pirate ships to strike the Caribbean.