Single-player games like Cities in Motion
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Cities in Motion, 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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Cities in Motion 2
Single-player alternative to Cities in Motion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Train Fever
Single-player alternative to Cities in Motion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Transport Fever
Single-player alternative to Cities in Motion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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Railway Empire
Single-player alternative to Cities in Motion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Metro Architect
Single-player alternative to Cities in Motion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Railway Empire 2
Single-player alternative to Cities in Motion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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RAILGRADE
Single-player alternative to Cities in Motion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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Junxions
Single-player alternative to Cities in Motion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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
Single-player alternative to Cities in Motion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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A-Train 8
Single-player alternative to Cities in Motion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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?
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Cities: Skylines
Single-player alternative to Cities in Motion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™
Single-player alternative to Cities in Motion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Cities in Motion.
Explore a vast and detailed world and build a Transportation Empire!
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Cities: Skylines II
Single-player alternative to Cities in Motion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.