Games like Simple Trains
If Simple Trains is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tiny Train Tycoon, Toxic Trains and Voxel Tycoon — 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 Simple Trains: Simple Trains is a transit simulation game where you build efficient railroad networks and manage trains and routes. Streamline complex passenger flow utilizing eight unique upgrades!
Players who liked Simple Trains also play
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Tiny Train Tycoon
WHY THIS
Top pick for Simple Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Simple Trains.
Build a toy railway from limited pieces, transport cargo, create supply chains, and help cities grow.
Toxic Trains
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Simple Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Simple Trains.
Toxic Trains is a strategy simulation game about optimizing rail routes. Build tracks to transport passenger and freight trains to their destinations. Choose upgrades to modify the land and your network. Switch tracks to avoid collisions and spills. Can you keep the trains from exploding?
Voxel Tycoon
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Simple Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Simple Trains.
Voxel Tycoon — a management sim set in the infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods on your custom factories. Set up supply chains and passenger routes with a huge fleet of trains, trucks, and buses, and turn small towns into prosperous megacities with a thriving economy!
RAILGRADE
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Simple Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Simple Trains.
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!
Rail Route
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Simple Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Simple Trains.
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!
Moose Miners
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Simple Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Simple Trains.
Take control of a mining operation run by moose. They mine and sell the gems. You need to decide where to spend the profits. Hire more miners and upgrade their gear. Buy new rails and minecarts to get deeper into the mine. The deeper you get the more valuable gems you will find.
Train Valley World
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Simple Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Simple Trains.
Train Valley World is an engrossing transport tycoon inspired by the genre classics. Build and manage efficient railroads across the globe, create sophisticated logistics chains, design your own levels, and become a business mogul – solo or in multiplayer!
Mini Metro
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Simple Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Simple Trains.
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Simple Trains at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Simple Trains on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Simple Trains.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~50% under Simple Trains on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Simple Trains.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Simple Trains on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Simple Trains.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Simple Trains on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Simple Trains.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Simple Trains on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Simple Trains.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Simple Trains on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Simple Trains.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~67% under Simple Trains on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Simple Trains.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Simple Trains.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Simple Trains.
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?
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Simple Trains.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Simple Trains.
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 Simple Trains.
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.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Simple Trains.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
RAILGRADE
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Simple Trains.
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!
Rail Route
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Simple Trains.
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!
Mini Metro
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Simple Trains.
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
Frequently asked about Simple Trains
- How much does Simple Trains cost?
- Simple Trains is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Simple Trains?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Simple Trains are Tiny Train Tycoon, Toxic Trains, Voxel Tycoon.
- Who developed Simple Trains?
- Simple Trains was developed by ElectronDust, Simurai and published by ElectronDust.
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