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Games like ROADS: Tangled in Traffic

If ROADS: Tangled in Traffic is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mini Motorways, RAILGRADE and Cities: Skylines II — 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 ROADS: Tangled in Traffic: The city is strangled by its own explosive growth. Identify the chokepoints, invest in infrastructure, and redesign the network. One well-placed roundabout could nurse it back to life. Can you relieve the pressure and let prosperity flow as freely as the traffic?

SimulationWindows · macOS · Linuxby Sam
ROADS: Tangled in Traffic — Steam game cover

Players who liked ROADS: Tangled in Traffic also play

Steam players who put hours into ROADS: Tangled in Traffic 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. Mini Motorways

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for ROADS: Tangled in Traffic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?

    2021StrategySimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. RAILGRADE

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for ROADS: Tangled in Traffic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    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!

    2023StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cities: Skylines II

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for ROADS: Tangled in Traffic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.

    2023Simulation34.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Transport Fever 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for ROADS: Tangled in Traffic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Railway Empire 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for ROADS: Tangled in Traffic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    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.

    2023StrategySimulation49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Train Valley

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for ROADS: Tangled in Traffic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    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!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Transport Fever

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for ROADS: Tangled in Traffic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    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!

    2016Simulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Prison Architect

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for ROADS: Tangled in Traffic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    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 ↗
  2. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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 ↗
  3. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    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.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. An Arcade Full of Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Sam

Other recommendable Steam games by Sam, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Hoser Hockey

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sam, the studio behind ROADS: Tangled in Traffic. Shares Simulation with ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    Retro arcade hockey! Create your own teams and challenge your friends or the AI in fast paced shinny action. Play Hoser Hockey with up to eight players both locally and online.

    2020ActionSportsIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Acolyte's Fall

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sam, the studio behind ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    Acolyte's Fall is a dark-fantasy Souls-like of deliberate, punishing combat. Master stamina, poise, parries and weapon arts, forge your build across spell and steel, and topple towering bosses. Rest at ancient shrines, die, rise again—then summon a friend to fall beside you.

    2026IndieAdventureRPGFreeSteam ↗
  3. Trade Post Forest

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sam, the studio behind ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    Trade Post Forest is an open world exploration game about a successful trade post in the middle of the woods. Explore the trade post and the surrounding land to discover new landmarks and tools. Don't get lost.

    2023AdventureCasualEarly Access4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Sinkie Soldiers

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Sam, the studio behind ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    Keep control of the castle, but more importantly: your armour.

    ActionSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Mini Motorways

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?

    2021StrategySimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. RAILGRADE

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    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!

    2023StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Transport Fever 2

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Railway Empire 2

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

    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.

    2023StrategySimulation49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about ROADS: Tangled in Traffic

What games are most similar to ROADS: Tangled in Traffic?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ROADS: Tangled in Traffic are Mini Motorways, RAILGRADE, Cities: Skylines II.
Who developed ROADS: Tangled in Traffic?
ROADS: Tangled in Traffic was developed by Sam and published by Super Swine Studios.

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 ROADS: Tangled in Traffic.

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