Games like Train Valley 2
If Train Valley 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Train Valley, Train Train Train and Metro Manager LA — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its modest difficulty curve, chill and relaxing. 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.
Get personalized picks →Train Valley 2 is a time-management rail-building puzzle game developed by Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, and Timofey Shargorodskiy, published by Flazm and META Publishing, released in 2019 for $14.99. It blends strategy, simulation, and casual gameplay with puzzle-solving, time-management, and user-generated-content mechanics. Players describe it as chill and relaxing, with hooks including easy-to-pick-up-and-play gameplay, a modest difficulty curve, and plenty of community-created maps. The game holds a 91% positive rating from 1,138 Steam reviews and is playable on Steam Deck. With a massive length and short-burst session shape, it offers a challenging yet accessible experience for solo players.
About Train Valley 2: Build bigger and more complex railway networks than ever before! Building on the success of the original, you’ll get more of what you loved about the original and then some. With increasingly difficult and complex challenges from local industries, the Valley has never felt so vast! ALL ABOARD!
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Train Valley
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Train Valley 2.
Top pick for Train Valley 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Valley 2.
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!
Train Train Train
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Train Valley 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Valley 2.
Train Train Train is a game about managing train networks in various smol cute 3d worlds. Lay down tracks, upgrade intersections and don't bonk the sheep. Do not be deceived, this game can be as tough as it is cute.
Metro Manager LA
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Train Valley 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Train Valley 2.
Metro Manager LA is a strategy simulation game about connecting communities throughout Los Angeles. Manage maintenance, security, wait time, and train capacity as you attempt to keep the riders of Los Angeles happy.
Cargo Lines
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Train Valley 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Valley 2.
Build a bustling railway network and juggle cargo transport in real time. New stations appear, the flow of goods shifts constantly, deadlines loom, and trains collide if you don't keep your eyes on them. Keep your cool and master the chaos as orders pile up, and every second counts.
Train Valley Origins
WHY THIS
Shares time management and a relaxing mood with Train Valley 2.
Ranked #5 for Train Valley 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Valley 2.
The cutest management game about trains. 🚂 Choo-choo! Manage increasingly complex railroad. The rich history of railway transport awaits! From steam engines to futuristic marvels. Explore different eras and countries and witness the evolution of train technology. 🛤️🚂🚄❤️
Teeny Tiny Trains
WHY THIS
Shares time management, puzzle solving and a relaxing mood with Train Valley 2.
Ranked #6 for Train Valley 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Valley 2.
A cozy, nostalgic puzzle game where you build tracks to guide adorable miniature trains through bite-sized challenges. Solve clever brain teasers and rediscover the joy of your very first toy train set.
Mini Metro
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Train Valley 2.
Ranked #7 for Train Valley 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Valley 2.
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
Transporter
WHY THIS
Shares time management and a chill mood with Train Valley 2.
Ranked #8 for Train Valley 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Valley 2.
Modern transport sim game combining realistic simulation with indie game style, old-school grid environment, newest features, and modern transport options. Transport a wide variety of cargo and passengers over road, rail, and water, and create your own transport company!
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Mini Metro
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Train Valley 2.
Reviewers of Train Valley 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Valley 2.
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
Train Valley
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Train Valley 2.
Reviewers of Train Valley 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Valley 2.
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!
Mini Motorways
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Train Valley 2.
Reviewers of Train Valley 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Train Valley 2.
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?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Train Valley 2 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Train Valley 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Train Valley 2.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Train Valley 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Train Valley 2.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Train Valley 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Train Valley 2.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Train Valley 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Train Valley 2.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Train Valley 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Valley 2.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Train Valley 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Valley 2.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Train Valley 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Valley 2.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Train Valley 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Train Valley 2.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Train Valley 2.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Train Valley 2.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Train Valley 2.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Train Valley 2.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Train Valley 2.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Train Valley 2.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Train Valley 2.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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 Train Valley 2.
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.
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More from Alexey Davydov
Other recommendable Steam games by Alexey Davydov, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Train Valley
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Train Valley 2.
Another title from Alexey Davydov, the studio behind Train Valley 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Train Valley 2.
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!
Scrap Garden
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Train Valley 2.
Another title from Alexey Davydov, the studio behind Train Valley 2. Shares Indie and Adventure with Train Valley 2.
Scrap Garden is a charming puzzle platformer about the adventures of Canny, a lonely robot, who awakens in a post-apocalyptic world to find all other robots shut down and seized up. What happened to the City? Why did all robots stop moving? Did anyone survive except him?
Scrap Garden - The Day Before
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a chill mood with Train Valley 2.
Another title from Alexey Davydov, the studio behind Train Valley 2. Shares Indie and Adventure with Train Valley 2.
A new chapter of charming 3D platformer about the little rusty robot C4N who unwittingly finds himself in the midst of momentous events in Robo Land. In order to solve the new riddle, Canny will once again need to run and jump a lot, solve puzzles, and fight against enemies who are much bigger and stronger than he is.
Frequently asked about Train Valley 2
- Does Train Valley 2 run on Steam Deck?
- Train Valley 2 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 Train Valley 2 cost?
- Train Valley 2 is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Train Valley 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Train Valley 2 are Train Valley, Train Train Train, Metro Manager LA.
- Who developed Train Valley 2?
- Train Valley 2 was developed by Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, Timofey Shargorodskiy and published by Flazm, META Publishing.
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