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Games like Cities in Motion

  • 16 games
  • Updated May 4, 2026

Players who liked Cities in Motion also play

The closest matches to Cities in Motion: Cities in Motion 2, Transport Fever, Train Fever, Railway Empire, and Cities: Skylines. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Also Trains and Transportation, like Cities in Motion.

    • $19.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2013
  2. Rank 02

    Why this

    Shares route optimization with Cities in Motion.

    • $29.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2016
  1. Rank 05

    Cities: Skylines

    Why this: Also City Builder and Economy, like Cities in Motion.

    • $29.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2015
  2. Rank 06

    Sid Meier's Railroads!

    Why this: Also Trains and Economy, like Cities in Motion.

    • $9.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2007
  3. Rank 07

    Mini Metro

    • $6.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2015

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Cities in Motion

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Cities in Motion 2

    Also Trains and Transportation, like Cities in Motion.

    • 54% of 577 reviews
  2. 2
    Transport Fever

    Shares route optimization with Cities in Motion.

    • 81% of 4,153 reviews
  3. 3
    Train Fever

    Genres: Indie, Simulation, Casual

    • 57% of 1,267 reviews
  4. 4
    Railway Empire

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 80% of 3,732 reviews
  5. 5
    Cities: Skylines

    Also City Builder and Economy, like Cities in Motion.

    • 93% of 99,307 reviews
  6. 6
    Sid Meier's Railroads!

    Also Trains and Economy, like Cities in Motion.

    • 72% of 1,787 reviews
  7. 7
    Mini Metro

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 96% of 6,926 reviews
  8. 8
    Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 85% of 379 reviews
  9. 9
    Train Valley

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 88% of 1,259 reviews
  10. 10
    Simutrans

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation, Free To Play

    • 76% of 327 reviews
  11. 11
    RAILGRADE

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 87% of 710 reviews
  12. 12
    STATIONflow

    Also Trains and City Builder, like Cities in Motion.

    • 82% of 241 reviews
  13. 13
    Sweet Transit

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 69% of 744 reviews
  14. 14
    SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 81% of 5,328 reviews
  15. 15
    Railroad Tycoon 3

    Genres: Strategy

    • 82% of 854 reviews
  16. 16
    Transports

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 59% of 51 reviews
  17. 17
    Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

    Same atmospheric mood as Cities in Motion.

    • 90% of 8,217 reviews
  18. 18
    Project Highrise

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 85% of 2,227 reviews
  19. 19
    Worldwide Rush

    Also Transportation and Economy, like Cities in Motion.

    • 76% of 219 reviews
  20. 20
    Frostpunk

    Shares scenario based progression with Cities in Motion.

    • 93% of 38,272 reviews
  21. 21
    Anno 1800

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 79% of 11,586 reviews
  22. 22
    Project Hospital

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 88% of 3,293 reviews
  23. 23
    Nebuchadnezzar

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 79% of 740 reviews
  24. 24
    Lethis - Path of Progress

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 62% of 548 reviews
Cities in Motion — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2011
  • Developer: Colossal Order
  • Price: $19.99checked Oct 31
  • 72% of 360 reviews
  • Genres: Simulation
  • Metacritic 70
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux

Players highlight

  • Economic model feels realistic
  • Multi layered routing matters
  • Passenger demand shifts by social class
  • Atmospheric
  • Challenging
  • Contemplative

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About Cities in Motion

The closest matches to Cities in Motion: Cities in Motion 2, Transport Fever, Train Fever, Railway Empire, and Cities: Skylines. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Cities in Motion is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cities in Motion 2, Transport Fever and Train Fever — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its economic modeling and loan management. 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.

About Cities in Motion: Manage transportation for commuters in four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam

Is Cities in Motion worth buying?

  • 72% of 360 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Price: $19.99 (checked Nov 7).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 35 h when they wrote their review.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“After a long absense from this game, tried to start playing only to find it crashes when trying to play the tutorial on a modern Win 10 machine. If Collasal Order can't keep it permantly playable, I can't recommend!”
86 h played
“Too much randomly crashes during game. Tokyo, Paris, St. Petersburg completely unstable and unplayable. Bugs not repaired from 2011. Tested by me on few different PCs (Win10/Win7/GTX1060/GTX760/i7/i5). Always the same issue of random…”
61 h played
More negative reviews on Steam ↗

People who play it also play: Cities in Motion 2, Transport Fever, Train Fever

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Frequently asked about Cities in Motion

Can I run it?

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, Transport Fever, Train Fever.

Who developed Cities in Motion?

Cities in Motion was developed by Colossal Order and published by Paradox Interactive.