Games like The next train is
If The next train is is your kind of game, the closest matches are Your Train, Your Train 2 and AE: Archeological Expedition — 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 The next train is: Railway dispatching is a puzzle that never stops moving. Direct trains and transport a growing number of passengers in this real-time railway strategy game. Select a train, choose its destination, secure equipment with freight trains, and prevent collisions and passenger stress.
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Steam players who put hours into The next train is also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Your Train
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Top pick for The next train is fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The next train is.
Become a Japanese railway dispatcher and operate the world's busiest commuter train!
Your Train 2
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Second-strongest match for The next train is fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The next train is.
You can operate trains more and more with your own train schedule! Train routes all over Japan and Taiwan, with a total of more than 50 routes!
AE: Archeological Expedition
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Third-strongest match for The next train is fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The next train is.
Explore dig sites inspired by real locations, from Petra to Pompeii, and unearth artifacts spanning 10 historical eras. Brush away the centuries, discover the stories behind each find, and fill your journal one careful dig at a time
PetrolHeads
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Ranked #4 for The next train is fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The next train is.
Build your dream garage from scratch! Customize everything from lifts to engines with deep tuning options. Design unique wide-body beasts, dominate drift duels or track days, and showcase your style in global meets. Your garage, your rules, your racing legacy starts now!
Train Valley Origins
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Ranked #5 for The next train is fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The next train is.
The cutest management game about trains. 🚂 Choo-choo! Manage increasingly complex railroad. The rich history of railway transport awaits! From steam engines to futuristic marvels. Explore different eras and countries and witness the evolution of train technology. 🛤️🚂🚄❤️
Courier Chief Tycoon
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Ranked #6 for The next train is fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The next train is.
Develop the distribution network in your city and turn your warehouse into a big company. Hire motor couriers, deal with customer complaints and at the same time make sure you don't run out of products.
Transport Tycoon Deluxe
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Ranked #7 for The next train is fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The next train is.
Transport Tycoon Deluxe challenges you to become the ultimate Transport Tycoon by creating a transit empire. Build a network of trains, trucks, ships, planes, and more to grow your business, make money, and fend off rivals in this 1995 building sim from Chris Sawyer.
Baking Bustle: Ashley’s Dream
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Ranked #8 for The next train is fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The next train is.
Baking Bustle: Ashley's Dream immerses you in an incredible culinary world! Recipes have no boundaries in this delicious game. Experience different cuisines and create your signature dishes! Expand your chain of eateries and build an empire.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The next train is at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~62% under The next train is on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The next train is.
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.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~62% under The next train is on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The next train is.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
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Priced ~42% under The next train is on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The next train is.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~52% under The next train is on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with The next train is.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~62% under The next train is on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with The next train is.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~62% under The next train is on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The next train is.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~92% under The next train is on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The next train is.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~62% under The next train is on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The next train is.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The next train is.
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 Indie and Simulation with The next train is.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The next train is.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The next train is.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The next train is.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The next train is.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The next train is.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about The next train is
- How much does The next train is cost?
- The next train is is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The next train is?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The next train is are Your Train, Your Train 2, AE: Archeological Expedition.
- Who developed The next train is?
- The next train is was developed by overload Games.
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