Single-player games like Locomotive Works
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Locomotive Works, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Transport Fever
Single-player alternative to Locomotive Works — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Locomotive Works.
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!
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Railway Empire 2
Single-player alternative to Locomotive Works — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Locomotive Works.
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.
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Transport Fever 2
Single-player alternative to Locomotive Works — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Locomotive Works.
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!
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Railway Empire
Single-player alternative to Locomotive Works — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Locomotive Works.
In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.
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Voxel Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Locomotive Works — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Locomotive Works.
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!
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Trainz Railroad Simulator 2022
Single-player alternative to Locomotive Works — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Locomotive Works.
Drive, Explore, Operate and Create the railroad of your dreams - and now you can collaborate in real time with Multiplayer Surveyor! TRS22 showcases a range of high quality routes, sessions and trains to drive, plus all the scenery you need to make your own masterpiece.
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RAILGRADE
Single-player alternative to Locomotive Works — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Locomotive Works.
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!
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Derail Valley
Single-player alternative to Locomotive Works — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Locomotive Works.
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.