Single-player games like Railroads Online
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Railroads Online, 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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Railroader
Single-player alternative to Railroads Online — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Railroads Online.
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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Derail Valley
Single-player alternative to Railroads Online — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Railroads Online.
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
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Railway Empire 2
Single-player alternative to Railroads Online — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Railroads Online.
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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Transport Fever
Single-player alternative to Railroads Online — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Railroads Online.
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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Trainz Railroad Simulator 2022
Single-player alternative to Railroads Online — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Railroads Online.
Drive, Explore, Operate and Create the railroad of your dreams - and now you can collaborate in real time with Multiplayer Surveyor! TRS22 showcases a range of high quality routes, sessions and trains to drive, plus all the scenery you need to make your own masterpiece.
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Rolling Line
Single-player alternative to Railroads Online — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Railroads Online.
Build your own model railway tracks and scenery or explore pre-made maps, including 1000s of player-made maps and mods on the Steam Workshop! Play solo and in multiplayer, both in virtual reality and on PC!
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SimRail - The Railway Simulator
Single-player alternative to Railroads Online — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Railroads Online.
SimRail is new, advanced railway simulator. Master high-speed long-distance EMU, heavy freight hauls and suburban trains. Travel 500 km of geodetic-data based real routes. Become train dispatcher and control the traffic according to the schedule or cooperate with other players on multiplayer mode.
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Railroad Corporation
Single-player alternative to Railroads Online — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Railroads Online.
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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Railroad Tycoon 3
Single-player alternative to Railroads Online — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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Transport Fever 2
Single-player alternative to Railroads Online — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Railroads Online.
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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Railway Empire
Single-player alternative to Railroads Online — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Railroads Online.
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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American Railroads - Summit River & Pine Valley
Single-player alternative to Railroads Online — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Railroads Online.
Buy - Transport - Profit: Manage your own late 1800s railroad company, load and deliver freight, customize your vehicles and invest in upgrades while enjoying the realistic driving- and physics experience in a majestic mountain scenery.