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Games like A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator

  • 16 games
  • Updated May 4, 2026

Players who liked A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator also play

The closest matches to A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator: Train Fever, Railway Empire, Railroad Corporation, Transport Fever, and RAILGRADE. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Also Trains and Transportation, like A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator.

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 11)
    • 2014
  1. Rank 05

    RAILGRADE

    • $29.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2023
  2. Rank 08

    STATIONflow

    Why this: Also Trains and City Builder, like A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator.

    • $17.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
    • 2020

The full ranked list: top 24 games like A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Train Fever

    Also Trains and Transportation, like A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator.

    • 57% of 1,267 reviews
  2. 2
    Railway Empire

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 80% of 3,732 reviews
  3. 3
    Railroad Corporation

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 75% of 653 reviews
  4. 4
    Transport Fever

    Genres: Simulation

    • 81% of 4,153 reviews
  5. 5
    RAILGRADE

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 87% of 710 reviews
  6. 6
    Sweet Transit

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 69% of 744 reviews
  7. 7
    Cities in Motion

    Genres: Simulation

    • 72% of 360 reviews
  8. 8
    STATIONflow

    Also Trains and City Builder, like A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator.

    • 82% of 241 reviews
  9. 9
    Rail Route

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 86% of 1,057 reviews
  10. 10
    NIMBY Rails

    Also Transportation and City Builder, like A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator.

    • 88% of 1,215 reviews
  11. 11
    Mashinky

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 84% of 932 reviews
  12. 12
    Sid Meier's Railroads!

    Also Trains and Economy, like A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator.

    • 72% of 1,787 reviews
  13. 13
    Train Station Simulator

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 58% of 116 reviews
  14. 14
    Train Valley World

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 68% of 153 reviews
  15. 15
    Project AURA

    Also City Builder and Economy, like A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator.

    • 57% of 415 reviews
  16. 16
    Simutrans

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation, Free To Play

    • 76% of 327 reviews
  17. 17
    Mad Tower Tycoon

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 77% of 217 reviews
  18. 18
    Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 85% of 379 reviews
  19. 19
    Imagine Earth

    Shares stock market trading with A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator.

    • 77% of 484 reviews
  20. 20
    Anno 1800

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 79% of 11,586 reviews
  21. 21
    Railroader

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation, Early Access

    • 97% of 2,747 reviews
  22. 22
    Train Life: A Railway Simulator

    Genres: Simulation

    • 55% of 454 reviews
  23. 23
    Transports

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 59% of 51 reviews
  24. 24
    Train World

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 78% of 51 reviews
A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2015
  • Developer: ARTDINK
  • 64% of 58 reviews
  • Genres: Simulation
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Build underground or underwater rail lines
  • Craft detailed timetables down to the minute
  • Create cities from scratch with full economic depth
  • Atmospheric
  • Challenging
  • Contemplative

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About A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator

The closest matches to A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator: Train Fever, Railway Empire, Railroad Corporation, Transport Fever, and RAILGRADE. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Train Fever, Railway Empire and Railroad Corporation — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its factory logistics and population balancing. 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.

About A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator: A-Train is back, and better than ever. The biggest and best city builder, transport simulation game returns with a host of new features.

Is A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator worth buying?

Players are split

A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.

  • 64% of 58 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 19 h when they wrote their review.
  • Critics had played a median of 21 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“I can't seem to launch this game at all. It starts up, I get the splash screen and then nothing. There is also little information on the web regarding this. Sadly it's too late for Steam to give me my money back as I have tried that too. I…”
6 h played
“It took some effort to get this to run... it would not start for me once installed. The trick was to set textures to low in the config tool as mentioned on some community hub posts. That wasn't a great experience to start. Even after I got…”
2 h played
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People who play it also play: Train Fever, Railway Empire, Railroad Corporation

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Frequently asked about A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator

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What games are most similar to A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator are Train Fever, Railway Empire, Railroad Corporation.

Who developed A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator?

A-Train 9 V4.0 : Japan Rail Simulator was developed by ARTDINK and published by KOMODO.