Games like Cities in Motion
If Cities in Motion is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cities in Motion 2, Train Fever and Transport Fever — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its economic model feels realistic, multi layered routing matters and atmospheric. 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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Steam players who put hours into Cities in Motion 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.
Cities in Motion 2
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Cities in Motion.
Top pick for Cities in Motion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
Cities in Motion 2 is the sequel to the popular mass transit simulation game Cities in Motion. Build, manage and lead your transportation network to provide cities with their ever changing needs. CIM2 introduces new features including multiplayer game modes, day and night cycles, timetables and dynamic cities.
Train Fever
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Cities in Motion.
Second-strongest match for Cities in Motion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
It’s the year 1850, and there are great times ahead! Establish a transport company and be its manager. Build infrastructure such as railways and stations, purchase transportation vehicles and manage lines. Fulfill the people’s needs and watch cities evolve dynamically.
Transport Fever
WHY THIS
Shares route optimization and a retro mood with Cities in Motion.
Third-strongest match for Cities in Motion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
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!
Railway Empire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Cities in Motion.
Ranked #4 for Cities in Motion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
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.
Metro Architect
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Cities in Motion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
In Metro Architect, you will design, expand, and optimize realistic metro networks inspired by real-world transit systems. Build stations, manage trains, reduce congestion, and keep your city moving.
Railway Empire 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cities in Motion.
Ranked #6 for Cities in Motion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
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.
RAILGRADE
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Cities in Motion.
Ranked #7 for Cities in Motion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
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!
Junxions
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Cities in Motion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
Answer your true calling as a traffic engineer in Junxions! Featuring comprehensive simulation, construction, and management tools, use careful planning to build roadways, railways, and walkways, and the complex interactions between them.
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Transport Fever 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Cities in Motion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
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!
A-Train 8
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Cities in Motion.
Reviewers of Cities in Motion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
As the owner of a brand new railway company, you must manage train schedules, develop new railways, construct buildings, and manipulate the stock market on your quest to earn one trillion dollars.Have you ever wondered what it's like to manage a railway company, or how trains can impact the fate of an entire city?
Cities: Skylines
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Cities in Motion.
Reviewers of Cities in Motion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Cities in Motion.
Reviewers of Cities in Motion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
Explore a vast and detailed world and build a Transportation Empire!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cities in Motion at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Cities in Motion on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cities in Motion on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Kerbal Space Program
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cities in Motion on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Cities in Motion on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
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.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Cities in Motion on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
FTL: Faster Than Light
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cities in Motion on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~85% under Cities in Motion on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Don't Starve
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cities in Motion on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
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.
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!
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
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!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
The Sims™ 4
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
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More from Colossal Order
Other recommendable Steam games by Colossal Order, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Cities: Skylines
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Cities in Motion.
Another title from Colossal Order, the studio behind Cities in Motion. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Cities: Skylines II
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Cities in Motion.
Another title from Colossal Order, the studio behind Cities in Motion. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
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.
Cities in Motion 2
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Cities in Motion.
Another title from Colossal Order, the studio behind Cities in Motion. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
Cities in Motion 2 is the sequel to the popular mass transit simulation game Cities in Motion. Build, manage and lead your transportation network to provide cities with their ever changing needs. CIM2 introduces new features including multiplayer game modes, day and night cycles, timetables and dynamic cities.
Frequently asked about Cities in Motion
- How much does Cities in Motion cost?
- Cities in Motion is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Cities in Motion?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cities in Motion are Cities in Motion 2, Train Fever, Transport Fever.
- Who developed Cities in Motion?
- Cities in Motion was developed by Colossal Order and published by Paradox Interactive.
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