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Games like I Like Trains

If I Like Trains is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pibcremental, What the Buck?! and Protect the Pit — 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.

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About I Like Trains: You like trains? Good, you are going to need a lot of them. Grow from a single train line into a sprawling transporation network in this incremental train game. Move passengers, invest in more trains, new lines, unlock new buildings and of course, buy lots of upgrades.

2026StrategyIndieSimulationCasualWindowsby Super Gecko Games
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Steam players who put hours into I Like Trains also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Pibcremental

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for I Like Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with I Like Trains.

    A cozy, chaotic idle-incremental clicker about growing a civilisation of tiny creatures called Pibbles in a giant tree, set in a post-human world.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. What the Buck?!

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for I Like Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with I Like Trains.

    What the Buck?! is an incremental game about destroying money. Smash stacks of cash, upgrade your destructive power, discover game-changing skill tree upgrades, prestige and experience the dopamine of numbers exploding.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Protect the Pit

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for I Like Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with I Like Trains.

    A short incremental clicker game that blends the strategy of tower defense with the depth of sprawling upgrade trees. Build your own winding mazes to repel the oncoming hordes!

    2026StrategySimulationCasualSteam ↗
  4. It's Fine

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for I Like Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with I Like Trains.

    Idle / Incremental about developing a game with your dog Joe. Unlock unique mechanics, evolve with multi-layered prestige, find secrets, beat all alt endings, and deliver your game on time!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Loop Alchemist

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for I Like Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with I Like Trains.

    You wake up in an unknown land. Again. Use the experience from every past life and your ever-growing knowledge of alchemy to extend each life through a robust alchemical system. Explore, break through and uncover all the world has to offer in this minimalist RPG distilled down to its purest form

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. The Last Mothership

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for I Like Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with I Like Trains.

    A short incremental game about harvesting planets to feed your mothership. Mine, manage resources, grow your fleet, and unlock upgrades to evolve your species. You are the devourer of worlds.

    2026CasualSteam ↗
  7. Emojis vs Zombies

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for I Like Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with I Like Trains.

    Emojis vs Zombies is an Idle Desktop Companion Zombie Defense Game! Open packs, Collect Emoji Defenders, Upgrade your squad or base and survive endless waves even while you're AFK or working!

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. Rejected Draft

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for I Like Trains fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with I Like Trains.

    You are a flawed doodle thrown in the trash. Battle rival sketches in an idle climb for revenge. Every enemy is drawn by community artists, with alternate versions and direct credits. In an unusual twist on builds, choose which enemies appear in your world, then defeat them to absorb their powers.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I Like Trains.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with I Like 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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with I Like Trains.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with I Like Trains.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with I Like 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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with I Like Trains.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with I Like 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!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with I Like Trains.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about I Like Trains

What games are most similar to I Like Trains?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside I Like Trains are Pibcremental, What the Buck?!, Protect the Pit.
Who developed I Like Trains?
I Like Trains was developed by Super Gecko Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on I Like Trains.

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