Games like Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto
If Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto is your kind of game, the closest matches are JR EAST Train Simulator, Train Sim World® 4 and Japanese Rail Sim: Operating the MEITETSU Line — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its melancholic scenery evokes nostalgia, contemplative and immersive. 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 Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto: The "Japanese Rail Sim" is a railway simulation game that allows you to experience a authentic railway operation with live-action images and a realistic reproduction of the driver's seat. Anyone can enjoy the feeling of being a train driver by simply operating the master controller and the brakes.
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JR EAST Train Simulator
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Shares a relaxing mood with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
Top pick for Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
The official train company's authentic driving simulator is here! JR East Train Simulator" is a train driving simulator that allows you to experience live-action images and realistic driving sounds of JR East's actual train lines in your own home.
Train Sim World® 4
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Shares a relaxing mood with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
Second-strongest match for Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
Feel the power of simulation in your hands. Experience immense velocity and express unrivalled creativity with Train Sim World 4! Expand your rail hobby and discover the raw emotion of driving a diverse array of iconic routes and trains. From training center to mountain pass, this is your journey.
Japanese Rail Sim: Operating the MEITETSU Line
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Third-strongest match for Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
名古屋鉄道(名鉄)がついに鉄道運転ゲームとなって登場！ 現地で撮影した実写映像とプロ仕様の走行ルールを守って、急行の高速運転に挑戦しよう。
The Tram
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Ranked #4 for Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
Discover tram driving on routes inspired by Eastern and Central Europe of the 2000s. Realistic physics, demanding weather and operating conditions, and a richly detailed city turn every trip into a true driver’s challenge.
Train Sim World® 3
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
Ranked #5 for Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
Conquer American mountains as you haul incredible tonnage with the workhorses of industry, get the British capital’s commuters to work in record time and race state-to-state aboard German high-speed traction. Master the machine with Train Sim World 3.
Metrogether Train Simulator
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Ranked #6 for Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
Metrogether is a train simulator where you drive, collect passengers, work together with friends and explore the subway network in a fictional city. Embark on your journey as a train driver, dispatcher or ticket inspector in single and multiplayer.
RUNNING TRAIN | 走ル列車！
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Ranked #7 for Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
New realistic 3DCG Train Game is here! Step into the crew's cabin and immerse yourself as train operator. Navigate 40km+ across Japanese Rural Railway with breathtakingly detailed scenery through the seaside and heart of countryside.
Jeepney Simulator
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Shares a relaxing mood with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
Ranked #8 for Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
Embrace your inner jeepney driver! Pick up passengers, calculate change, and weave through traffic in this Filipino-made driving game. Feed your family, customize your jeepneys, and unlock more rides! Don't forget to bring your towel!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~92% under Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~75% under Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
BeamNG.drive
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Priced ~58% under Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.
Schedule I
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Priced ~67% under Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
The Forest
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Priced ~67% under Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
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Priced ~83% under Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
Priced ~67% under Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
RimWorld
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Priced ~42% under Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
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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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Virtual Cottage
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
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 Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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爆裂！スイーツランド - PANIC IN SWEETS LAND -
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Another title from Sonic Powered Co.,Ltd., the studio behind Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
Crushing combos and beat up enemies! No complicated controls, just fun with a variety of fighting actions! The joy and faults of a pretty magical girl knocking down her enemies? Yes, please! A delicious and crazy action game with bright and colorful sweet action!
ReverseRoom
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Another title from Sonic Powered Co.,Ltd., the studio behind Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
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Japanese Rail Sim: Operating the MEITETSU Line
WHY THIS
Another title from Sonic Powered Co.,Ltd., the studio behind Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
名古屋鉄道(名鉄)がついに鉄道運転ゲームとなって登場！ 現地で撮影した実写映像とプロ仕様の走行ルールを守って、急行の高速運転に挑戦しよう。
Japanese Rail Sim: Hakone Town of Natural Beauty and Hot Springs
WHY THIS
Another title from Sonic Powered Co.,Ltd., the studio behind Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto. Shares Simulation with Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
Next stop Hakone! Come operate the Hakone Tozan Train, a famous mountain train located in Hakone, one of Japan's top tourist destinations! Experience the spring and autumn seasons in Hakone!
Frequently asked about Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto
- How much does Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto cost?
- Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto is listed on Steam at 59.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto are JR EAST Train Simulator, Train Sim World® 4, Japanese Rail Sim: Operating the MEITETSU Line.
- Who developed Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto?
- Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto was developed by Sonic Powered Co.,Ltd..
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