Single-player games like Railroad Corporation
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Railroad Corporation, 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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Railroad Corporation 2
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railroad Corporation.
The 20th century heralds the new age of electrification for the railroad, and a new opportunity to make your fortune. Build your corporation carefully, as you deploy modern electric and diesel locomotives, lay new tracks, transport goods and passengers, and stay ahead of the competition.
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Railway Empire 2
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railroad Corporation.
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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Railway Empire
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railroad Corporation.
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 Railroad Corporation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railroad Corporation.
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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Times of Progress
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railroad Corporation.
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.
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Railroad Tycoon 3
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railroad Corporation.
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!
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Railroad Corporation.
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!
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Trainz Plus
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Railroad Corporation.
Drive, Explore, Operate and Create the railroad of your dreams - and now collaborate in real time with Multiplayer Surveyor! And with Trainz Plus memberships, you get more content, more features and the latest Trainz has to offer!
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Transport Fever
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Railroad Corporation.
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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Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railroad Corporation.
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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Idle Transport Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Railroad Corporation.
Enjoy fast, stress-free management! Build your service network, merge houses, and transport guests via train & ropeway. Upgrade facilities, hire staff, and climb the leaderboards in this bite-sized tycoon experience designed to be finished in one sitting; but still runs well in background.
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Mashinky
Single-player alternative to Railroad Corporation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Railroad Corporation.
Mashinky is a transport strategy game about trains. The goal is to create your own transport empire on a procedurally generated map. It’s a unique blend of realistic graphics combined with an isometric construction mode and board game-like rules.