Single-player games like Sid Meier's Railroads!
Below are 24 single-player Steam games similar to Sid Meier's Railroads!, 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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Railroad Tycoon 3
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
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...
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Railway Empire
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
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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Bounty Train
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
Explore the dangerous life, the accurate historic events and contemporary inventions of the North American/US 19th century. Acquire one of the most legendary steam machines and transform it into a fortress on rails.
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Transport Fever
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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RAILGRADE
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
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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Train Valley
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
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!
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Cities in Motion
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Manage transportation for commuters in four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam
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Worldwide Rush
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
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.
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Railroad Corporation
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
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!
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Capitalism 2
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
Create and control the business empire of your dreams. This in-depth strategy game covers almost every aspect of business that could be encountered in the real world.
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Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
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.
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Tropico 6
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
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Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
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.
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Industry Giant 2
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
Economic booms, stock market crashes, oil crises, upswings, triumphs... Now you can become the greatest power in industry!
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Rise of Venice
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
Venice: As a young man striving for success, power and wealth and with the support of your family, you begin to build up a trading empire across Genua, Tripoli, Rome, Alexandria and Constantinople in addition to many other significant cities from the Renaissance. This is where your story begins...
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TransOcean: The Shipping Company
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
TransOcean – The Shipping Company is your ticket to the world of gigantic ships and transnational transport empires. Build a mighty fleet of modern merchant ships and conquer the seven seas.
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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
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Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
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XCOM® 2
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
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Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
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XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
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Marvel's Midnight Suns
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.
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Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Railroads! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Railroads!.
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.