Games like Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™
If Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Transport Fever, Transport Fever 2 and Railway Empire — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its deep economic simulation, challenging and contemplative. 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.
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Transport Fever
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Top pick for Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
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!
Transport Fever 2
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
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!
Railway Empire
WHY THIS
Shares economic simulation and a challenging mood with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Third-strongest match for Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
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.
Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Ranked #4 for Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Includes Railroad Tycoon II and the expansion The Second Century It can take you from New York to South Africa. It can take you from the year 1804 to the year 2000. It can take you from penniless manual laborer to powerful multi-millionaire.
Railway Empire 2
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Ranked #5 for Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
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.
RAILGRADE
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Ranked #6 for Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
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!
Cities in Motion 2
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Ranked #7 for Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Cities in Motion 2 is the sequel to the popular mass transit simulation game Cities in Motion. Build, manage and lead your transportation network to provide cities with their ever changing needs. CIM2 introduces new features including multiplayer game modes, day and night cycles, timetables and dynamic cities.
Voxel Tycoon
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
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!
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RollerCoaster Tycoon World™
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
RollerCoaster Tycoon World™ is the newest installment in the legendary RCT franchise. This next-generation theme park simulation and building game includes fan-favorite features along with incredible new advancements!
Transport Tycoon Deluxe
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
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.
RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Reviewers of Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
This compilation includes the entire RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 series, with the original game as well as the Time Twister and Wacky Worlds expansions.
Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
The wildly popular Zoo Tycoon series gets set to crank up the excitement, challenge, and fun of building the ultimate zoo. Let your imagination run wild with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection. Build, manage, and maintain your dream zoo alone or with up to four players.
The Sims™ 4
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Reviewers of Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
Idle Transport Tycoon
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Enjoy fast, stress-free management! Build your service network, merge houses, and transport guests via train & ropeway. Upgrade facilities, hire staff, and climb the leaderboards in this bite-sized tycoon experience designed to be finished in one sitting; but still runs well in background.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ at current Steam store prices.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
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!
Tower Wizard
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Kingdom: Classic
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
The Tenants - Free Trial
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Become a landlord and deal with problematic tenants as you build your rental empire. Will you rent your apartment to a college couple or an older lady with four cats? Try it yourself for free!
Animal Shelter: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
In Animal Shelter Prologue, your main target is to make your four-legged friends happy. Pet them, hand out treats, play with toys - and they will pay you back with great trust. Get to know the animals well enough to find them the best home! Don't wait any longer, open your animal shelter now!
Urbek City Builder: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Urbek City Builder: Prologue is a free city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures. Try it yourself for free!
Let's School Homeroom
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Let's School: Homeroom is the prologue of Let's School. You can experience 2 weeks of in game time. If you like the experience, please go to Let's School Full Version's Store page and add to wishlist!
Oxygen: First Breath
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!
Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Terraformers: First Steps on Mars is a free prologue of Terraformers, featuring an exclusive challenge to lead humanity's first attempt at settling the Red Planet.
Mini Airways: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
A real-time management game where you play the role of an air traffic controller. Clear your aircraft to takeoff & land, direct them to the destination...and most of all don't let them crash!! London, Tokyo, Shanghai... Test your ATC skills in distinctive maps around the globe!
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Transport Fever 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
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!
Railway Empire 2
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
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.
RAILGRADE
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™.
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!
Frequently asked about Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™
- How much does Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ cost?
- Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ are Transport Fever, Transport Fever 2, Railway Empire.
- Who developed Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™?
- Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ was developed by Chris Sawyer and published by Atari.
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