Single-player games like Thousand Miles by Rail
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Thousand Miles by Rail, 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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Iron Village
Single-player alternative to Thousand Miles by Rail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Thousand Miles by Rail.
With the help of your railway, build houses, farms, warehouses, and more to create your village. Trade what your people make for other resources and gold to grow your village into a prospering town, and grow the railway into a powerhouse.
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Logistik
Single-player alternative to Thousand Miles by Rail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Thousand Miles by Rail.
Build, schedule, and grow your rail network to fulfill transportation demands. Optimize paths around forests, mountains and rivers, and balance fuel costs. Across real-world continents or on endlessly unique maps, build the best railway company, one train at a time!
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Mango's Fisharium
Single-player alternative to Thousand Miles by Rail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Thousand Miles by Rail.
Mango’s Fisharium is a short incremental game about catching unique fishes and displaying them in the Fish Aquarium. Designed to be completed in around 4 hours.
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Симулятор ПВЗ
Single-player alternative to Thousand Miles by Rail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Thousand Miles by Rail.
Станьте владельцем пункта выдачи заказов своего любого маркетплейса в этом Симуляторе ПВЗ! Разгружайте посылки, отдавайте заказы, занимайтесь менеджментом и просто зарабатывайте деньги. Сможете ли вы сделать самый успешный пункт выдачи заказов?
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Little Aviary
Single-player alternative to Thousand Miles by Rail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Thousand Miles by Rail.
Little Aviary is a relaxing idle bird collector that sits at the bottom of your screen! Hatch unique birds, sell them, decorate, then watch them fly around your screen and perch on top of your other windows!
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Plantera 2: Golden Acorn
Single-player alternative to Thousand Miles by Rail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Thousand Miles by Rail.
The round blue Mellows return to tend to the Garden once more. Grow plants, bushes, trees, animals, water features and the great magical oak tree that has been rumored to have placed its seed there. Tend to the oak tree and grow it to the sky to harvest its Golden Acorns.
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Tiny Aquarium: Social Fishkeeping
Single-player alternative to Thousand Miles by Rail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Thousand Miles by Rail.
A happy aquarium that lives at the bottom of your screen! Tiny Aquarium is a social idle simulator that keeps growing, even when offline. Hatch, sell fish, decorate, go fishin’, and visit your friends’ aquariums with bite-sized daily sessions.
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Digseum
Single-player alternative to Thousand Miles by Rail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Thousand Miles by Rail.
Digseum is a short incremental journey about digging up ancient relics and building the greatest museum ever!
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Working...
Single-player alternative to Thousand Miles by Rail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Thousand Miles by Rail.
A little company for your desktop. Meet five heroines and collect looks in anime, chibi and pixel art, from cozy everyday outfits to fantasy themes. Let her keep you company as you work, study or play, grow your collection through online playtime, and turn duplicates into new surprises.