Free games like Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.
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Ranked picks
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Kingdom: Classic
Free-to-play alternative to Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ — no purchase or trial window. 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.
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The Tenants - Free Trial
Free-to-play alternative to Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ — no purchase or trial window. 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!
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Animal Shelter: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ — no purchase or trial window. 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!
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Urbek City Builder: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ — no purchase or trial window. 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!
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Let's School Homeroom
Free-to-play alternative to Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ — no purchase or trial window. 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!
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Oxygen: First Breath
Free-to-play alternative to Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ — no purchase or trial window. 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!
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Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
Free-to-play alternative to Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ — no purchase or trial window. 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.
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Mini Airways: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™ — no purchase or trial window. 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!