Games like Shane's Trains
Below are 24 hand-picked alternatives to Shane's Trains for fans of strategy, simulation, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Shane's Trains also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Shane's Trains: Build and manage your own railway empire. Buy trains, create services, expand the network, and grow from a single branch line. Map your own routes, or play across the real UK rail network and beyond.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Worldwide Rush
Top pick for Shane's Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shane's Trains.
Worldwide Rush lets you experience passenger transportation and management on a global scale. Expand your company, meet the growing travel demand, compete against other companies, and discover new continents with its unique vehicles. The entire world is yours to control.
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Crusader Kings III
Second-strongest match for Shane's Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shane's Trains.
Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.
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Riftborne
Third-strongest match for Shane's Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shane's Trains.
Riftborne is a classic terminal based, real time, grand strategy game. Construct space ships. Take part in factional warfare. Hire galactic hit-men on your rivals. Raid neighbors for rare resources. Train spies to infiltrate enemy bases for key intel. Grow your empire to dominate the galaxy.
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Victoria 3
Ranked #4 for Shane's Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shane's Trains.
Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.
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Shop Tycoon: Prepare your wallet
Ranked #5 for Shane's Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shane's Trains.
Shop Tycoon is a store simulator. Create a supermarket, sex shop, games store or a store with good Polish vodka. Place your logo, hire employees, expand your car fleet, build offices and parking lots, create a chain of stores and more!
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ENDLESS™ Legend 2
Ranked #6 for Shane's Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shane's Trains.
Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.
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Old World
Ranked #7 for Shane's Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shane's Trains.
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
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Driftland: The Magic Revival
Ranked #8 for Shane's Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shane's Trains.
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shane's Trains at current Steam store prices.
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Buckshot Roulette
Priced ~50% under Shane's Trains on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Shane's Trains.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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The Test
Priced ~67% under Shane's Trains on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Shane's Trains.
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?
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Blood and Bacon
Priced ~83% under Shane's Trains on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Shane's Trains.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
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Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
Priced ~67% under Shane's Trains on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Shane's Trains.
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.
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Nodebuster
Priced ~50% under Shane's Trains on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shane's Trains.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
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Peggle Deluxe
Priced ~83% under Shane's Trains on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Shane's Trains.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
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shapez
Priced ~83% under Shane's Trains on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shane's Trains.
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!
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Superflight
Priced ~50% under Shane's Trains on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Shane's Trains.
Superflight is an intense, easy to learn wingsuit game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. A great game to relax for half an hour and chase your latest highscore!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Shane's Trains.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Shane's Trains.
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?
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Shane's Trains.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Shane's Trains.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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missed messages.
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Shane's Trains.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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NGU IDLE
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Shane's Trains.
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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A Date with Death
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Shane's Trains.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
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Travellin Cats in Paris
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Shane's Trains.
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!
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Frequently asked about Shane's Trains
- How much does Shane's Trains cost?
- Shane's Trains is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Shane's Trains have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Shane's Trains supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Shane's Trains?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shane's Trains are Worldwide Rush, Crusader Kings III, Riftborne.
- Who developed Shane's Trains?
- Shane's Trains was developed by Shane Ewing and published by VerveForge.
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