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Games like Mashinky

If Mashinky is your kind of game, the closest matches are Transport Fever, Transport Fever 2 and Railroad Corporation — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its constant updates and improvements, endless railway design possibilities and intricate token economy. 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 Mashinky: Mashinky is a transport strategy game about trains. The goal is to create your own transport empire on a procedurally generated map. It’s a unique blend of realistic graphics combined with an isometric construction mode and board game-like rules.

2018StrategyIndieSimulationEarly Access24.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Jan Zelený
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Constant updates and improvementsEndless railway design possibilitiesIntricate token economyImmersiveRelaxingMod support

Players who liked Mashinky also play

Steam players who put hours into Mashinky 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. Transport Fever

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support with Mashinky.

    Top pick for Mashinky fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Mashinky.

    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 ↗
  2. Transport Fever 2

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Railroad Corporation

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Mashinky.

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

    Relive the pioneering spirit of the Golden Age of Steam by establishing your own railroad empire across 19th century North America. Bring settlements together, produce and trade goods and develop new technologies to stay ahead of the competition. Want more? RAILROAD CORPORATION 2 Out Now!

    2019StrategySimulation35.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Voxel Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Mashinky.

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

    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!

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Worldwide Rush

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Mashinky.

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

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Roady Life

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Mashinky fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mashinky.

    Experience the life of a trucker, delivering cargo between various industries. Feed the most valuable production lines or fulfill contracts to earn enough money to own the largest fleet of trucks among your friends, or start your own industries to maximize your profits.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Railway Empire 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Mashinky.

    Ranked #7 for Mashinky fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mashinky.

    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 ↗
  8. Railway Empire

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Mashinky.

    Ranked #8 for Mashinky fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mashinky.

    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.

    2018StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Mashinky

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Transport Fever 2

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Mashinky cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mashinky.

    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 ↗
  2. Transport Tycoon Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Mashinky cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mashinky.

    Transport Tycoon Deluxe challenges you to become the ultimate Transport Tycoon by creating a transit empire. Build a network of trains, trucks, ships, planes, and more to grow your business, make money, and fend off rivals in this 1995 building sim from Chris Sawyer.

    2026StrategySimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Railroad Tycoon II Platinum

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Mashinky cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Mashinky.

    Includes Railroad Tycoon II and the expansion The Second Century It can take you from New York to South Africa. It can take you from the year 1804 to the year 2000. It can take you from penniless manual laborer to powerful multi-millionaire.

    2007Strategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Team Fortress 2

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Mashinky cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!

    2007ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Idle Transport Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Mashinky cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mashinky.

    Enjoy fast, stress-free management! Build your service network, merge houses, and transport guests via train & ropeway. Upgrade facilities, hire staff, and climb the leaderboards in this bite-sized tycoon experience designed to be finished in one sitting; but still runs well in background.

    2023IndieSimulationCasual2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Transport Fever

    WHY THIS

    Shares mod support with Mashinky.

    Reviewers of Mashinky cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Mashinky.

    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 ↗
  7. Railroad Tycoon 3

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Mashinky cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Mashinky.

    Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo in a dynamic economy, and participate in...

    2007Strategy9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mashinky at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Mashinky on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mashinky.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Mashinky on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mashinky.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Mashinky on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Early Access with Mashinky.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Mashinky on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Mashinky.

    The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Mashinky on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mashinky.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Mashinky on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mashinky.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Mashinky on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mashinky.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Mashinky on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Mashinky.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

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

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    WHY THIS

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

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2

    WHY THIS

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

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Transport Fever 2

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mashinky.

    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 ↗
  2. Worldwide Rush

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Mashinky.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mashinky.

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Railway Empire 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Mashinky.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mashinky.

    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 Mashinky

Does Mashinky run on Steam Deck?
Mashinky is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Mashinky cost?
Mashinky is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Mashinky have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Mashinky supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Mashinky?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mashinky are Transport Fever, Transport Fever 2, Railroad Corporation.
Who developed Mashinky?
Mashinky was developed by Jan Zelený.

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 Mashinky.

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