Single-player games like Railroad Corporation 2
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Railroad Corporation 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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Railroad Corporation
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railroad Corporation 2.
Relive the pioneering spirit of the Golden Age of Steam by establishing your own railroad empire across 19th century North America. Bring settlements together, produce and trade goods and develop new technologies to stay ahead of the competition. Want more? RAILROAD CORPORATION 2 Out Now!
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Railway Empire 2
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railroad Corporation 2.
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.
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RAILGRADE
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railroad Corporation 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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Railroader
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railroad Corporation 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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Transport Fever 2
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railroad Corporation 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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Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railroad Corporation 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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Sid Meier's Railroads!
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railroad Corporation 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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Anno 1800
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railroad Corporation 2.
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
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Transport Fever
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Railroad Corporation 2.
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!
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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railroad Corporation 2.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
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Railway Empire
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railroad Corporation 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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Terra Invicta
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railroad Corporation 2.
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.
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Railroad Tycoon 3
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railroad Corporation 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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Bounty Train
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railroad Corporation 2.
Explore the dangerous life, the accurate historic events and contemporary inventions of the North American/US 19th century. Acquire one of the most legendary steam machines and transform it into a fortress on rails.