Games like Nile Express
If Nile Express is your kind of game, the closest matches are MiniTrans, Transport Fever 2 and Transport INC — 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 Nile Express: Build the first railway network in Africa. Create profitable routes in Egypt, from Alexandria to Aswan. Deliver passengers and goods to the right destinations. Take care of your railway network and deal with accidents.
Players who liked Nile Express also play
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MiniTrans
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Top pick for Nile Express fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nile Express.
MiniTrans is a city building and traffic simulation game. Players independently build main cities and satellite cities, develop metropolitan areas and city clusters, and build various transportation facilities between urban areas to transport commuters to earn taxes.
Transport Fever 2
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Nile Express fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nile Express.
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!
Transport INC
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Nile Express fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Nile Express.
Become the manager of the largest transport corporation ever! Create new planes, bus, trains and truck connections. Optimize them to ever-changing demands and adapt to unexpected events. Beat the competition. Connect cities all around the real world map!
Railway Empire 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Nile Express fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Nile Express.
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
Ranked #5 for Nile Express fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Nile Express.
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!
Train Valley
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Ranked #6 for Nile Express fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nile Express.
Build railways, manage traffic and stay accident-free. Play in Europe, America, Japan and USSR in 1830-2020. Complete the story mode from the Gold Rush of 1849 to the first manned spaceflight, and then explore the random mode. Management. Construction. Trains. Welcome to Train Valley!
Voxel Tycoon
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Nile Express fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nile Express.
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!
Factory Town
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Ranked #8 for Nile Express fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nile Express.
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
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 Nile Express.
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 Nile Express.
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 Nile Express.
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!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Nile Express.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
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 Nile Express.
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.
100 Asian Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nile Express.
🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️♂️🐈✅
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Nile Express.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nile Express.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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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.
Transport Fever 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nile Express.
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
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Nile Express.
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
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Nile Express.
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!
Factory Town
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nile Express.
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Frequently asked about Nile Express
- What games are most similar to Nile Express?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nile Express are MiniTrans, Transport Fever 2, Transport INC.
- Who developed Nile Express?
- Nile Express was developed by Roland Mueller.
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