CLUSTER GAME-PLAYERS-SIMULATION-3 · 17 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2015-03-18
Train and rail simulation games
The cluster comprises train and railway-themed games spanning simulation, tycoon, puzzle, idle, and board game genres, from metro building to cargo delivery. Entries appear in single monthly counts scattered across 2019–2025, showing an irregular timeline with no clear growth or decline pattern. Traction leaders by activity signal are Train Station 2: Railroad Sim, Train Station 3: Rail Tycoon, and Train Miner: Idle Railway Game, all with 0 stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 1 ai-built · 2 hand-coded · 14 unlabelled
Operator · 1 hobby · 8 commercial · 5 open source · 3 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 17 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01Train Station: Classic0★5 dayslivecommercialMobile game where players manage a train station, dispatch passengers and freight, collect trains, and build railroads.
- 02TBN-Simulator0★1 mo—Simulation game that lets players experience running a TBN network or station.
- 03Train-Jam-Traffic-Puzzle0★8 days—Train traffic puzzle game with level progression, rewards, leaderboards, and guest-player support.
- 04rails-between-us0★7 days—Multiplayer web game in which players take train adventures across a board with real-time collaboration.
- 05Train Station 2: Railroad Sim0★26 dayslivecommercialMobile simulation game where players build railway empires by collecting and upgrading trains while completing logistics contracts.
- 06Train Station 3: Rail Tycoon0★2 molivecommercialTrain tycoon simulation game where players manage railway empires, progress through historical eras, and expand cities.
- 07Train Miner: Idle Railway Game0★1 molivecommercialIdle simulation game where players gather resources, build trains, and expand a growing railway empire across landscapes.
- 08happy-train2★6 mostaleliveai-builthobbyBrowser-based puzzle game simulating train routing where players switch tracks to guide trains to their destinations.
- 09Ticket to Ride®0★5 molivecommercialDigital board game about building railway routes across maps, with online multiplayer, AI opponents, and local couch play.
- 10Train Games: Train Simulator0★7 mostalelivecommercialMobile game that lets players drive trains along tracks, picking up and dropping off passengers at stations while avoiding crashes.
- 11Train Simulator: Railroad Game0★5 molivecommercial2D train simulation game where players manage a rail network, deliver cargo, and upgrade trains across diverse regions.
- 12OpenTTD0★6 mostaleliveopen sourceA simulation game where players build and manage transport networks for vehicles, goods, and passengers, inspired by the classic Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
- 13Tiny Rails0★8 mostalelivecommercialTrain tycoon game in which players expand an inherited single-engine line into a multi-car railroad, delivering passengers and cargo around the world.
- 14OpenTTD0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceSimulation game where players build rail, road, air, and shipping networks to grow a transportation company across a century of play.
- 15TransLines0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceMetro building game where players lay tracks, design stations, and connect passengers with matching shapes to their destinations.
- 16Libre TrainSim0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceTrain simulation game that allows players to operate and manage trains and railways.
- 17Simutrans0★15 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceSimulation game where players build a transport company moving passengers, mail, and goods by rail, road, ship, and air between cities and industries.
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