Games like Railroad Tycoon 3
If Railroad Tycoon 3 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sid Meier's Railroads!, Railroad Corporation and Times of Progress — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and nostalgic. 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 →About Railroad Tycoon 3: 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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Sid Meier's Railroads!
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Railroad Tycoon 3.
Top pick for Railroad Tycoon 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
Sid Meier's Railroads! marks the return of the watershed title in simulation/strategy gaming that launched the popular "tycoon" genre, and inspired a new generation of games. Sid Meier's Railroads!
Railroad Corporation
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Railroad Tycoon 3.
Second-strongest match for Railroad Tycoon 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
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!
Times of Progress
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Railroad Tycoon 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
Times of Progress is a City Builder set during the Industrial Revolution. Build industries to extract natural resources. Produce goods to satisfy the population. Manage transportation routes by train and ship. Expand on procedurally generated maps and trade with nearby cities.
Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Railroad Tycoon 3.
Ranked #4 for Railroad Tycoon 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
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.
Railway Empire 2
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Railroad Tycoon 3.
Ranked #5 for Railroad Tycoon 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
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.
Railway Empire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Railroad Tycoon 3.
Ranked #6 for Railroad Tycoon 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
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.
Transport Fever 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Railroad Tycoon 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
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!
Bounty Train
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Railroad Tycoon 3.
Ranked #8 for Railroad Tycoon 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Railroad Tycoon 3 at current Steam store prices.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Railroad Tycoon 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
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.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Railroad Tycoon 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Railroad Tycoon 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Railroad Tycoon 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Nubby's Number Factory
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Railroad Tycoon 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Railroad Tycoon 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Railroad Tycoon 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
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.
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. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
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.
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. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
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. Shares Strategy with Railroad Tycoon 3.
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.
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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Frequently asked about Railroad Tycoon 3
- How much does Railroad Tycoon 3 cost?
- Railroad Tycoon 3 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Railroad Tycoon 3 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Railroad Tycoon 3 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Railroad Tycoon 3?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Railroad Tycoon 3 are Sid Meier's Railroads!, Railroad Corporation, Times of Progress.
- Who developed Railroad Tycoon 3?
- Railroad Tycoon 3 was developed by PopTop and published by 2K.
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