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Games like Rails of Revival: China 1889

Games like Rails of Revival: China 1889

Games like Rails of Revival: China 1889

Looking for games like Rails of Revival: China 1889? Here are top economy city builder recommendations with a economy and historical focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Railway Empire, Railroad Corporation 2 or Railgrade.

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  1. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    80% User Score Based on 7,142 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 3 reviews

    This is the complete and definitive soundtrack for Railway Empire and its DLCs. Featuring 95 songs from the PC version of the game - all composed & produced by Dag Winderlich. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Railway Empire.

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  2. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    73% User Score Based on 265 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Railroad Corporation 2.

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  3. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 990 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 2 reviews

    Railgrade is a construction strategy game about building railway networks to connect future, off-world cities with valuable industry. Deliver essential resources via a bustling train system, optimize the production of goods, and help kick-start the failing economy of a distant earth colony. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Railgrade.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 1,091 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mashinky.

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  5. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    72% User Score Based on 848 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    Relive the pioneering spirit of the Golden Age of Steam, by establishing your own railroad empire across 19th Century North America. Build the lines, buy the rolling stock and prosper in the cities you connect - compete against other railroad tycoons and work your way to the top. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Railroad Corporation.

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  6. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    74% User Score Based on 224 reviews

    Welcome to Super Loco World! As the freshly-minted transport tycoon around these parts, you’ll need to build up a rail network, manage train traffic, and keep the goods flowing to meet the growing demands of an ever-evolving world!  Embrace automation Your trains need more than just a route from you! Control their speeds carefully, manage rail junctions, and eventually automate the process using s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Loco World: Cozy Train Automation.

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  7. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    72% User Score Based on 1,302 reviews

    Sweet Transit is a unique city builder where the railway is king and trains are the sole means of transportation. Quaint villages will expand to bustling cities, farms to industrious factories, and steam-powered rail to combustious diesel... and beyond in this interconnected, train-driven world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sweet Transit.

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  8. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    77% User Score Based on 1,506 reviews

    Voxel Voxel Tycoon is coming to Steam Early Access on April 15! Add to your wishlist! Welcome to Voxel Tycoon - a strategy game about transportation, factories, and mining in infinite voxel landscapes. WHAT IS PRE-ALPHA? In Voxel Tycoon terminology, "Alpha" is the upcoming Early Access version on Steam. Not all planned features for that release are completed yet, so we're calling the current ve… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Voxel Tycoon Pre-Alpha.

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  9. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    68% User Score Based on 215 reviews

    Enjoy creative freedom of railway management that’s easy to learn and challenging to master. Create a thriving transport empire during the peak of the Industrial Revolution as you optimize railway networks, dispatch trains, and set up automated delivery routes. Immerse yourself in a deep and engaging tycoon gameplay experience inspired by Railroad Tycoon 2 and Sid Meier’s Railroads! Travel all o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Train Valley World.

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  10. 33%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    33% User Score Based on 132 reviews

    Are you the next Rockefeller, Jobs or Bezos? Put your business acumen to the test as you embark on a journey to economic dominance with Industry Giant 4.0, where you shape an industrial empire from the ground up. This immersive simulation goes beyond mere construction, offering a comprehensive experience in producing goods, building up logistics, industrial building, production planning, and finan… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Industry Giant 4.0.

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  11. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    76% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    As president of a train company, lead city growth to make your transport business prosper. The retro style, square grid map, and complete tutorials are easy on the newcomer, but veterans will find a challenge with advanced resource management, research, and the passage of time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A-Train PC Classic.

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  12. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    80% User Score Based on 943 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 2 reviews

    A fully realised 3D gaming world scaling from eye in the sky views of entire continents down to incredibly detailed close-ups of beautifully modelled locomotives, buildings and landscapes. As well as the 25 challenging scenarios to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history, players can pick from over 40 locomotives over 35 different cargoes and in excess of 150 buildings ? all to be used i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Railroad Tycoon 3.

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  13. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    76% User Score Based on 978 reviews

    Voxel Tycoon — a tycoon strategy game about transportation, building complex factories, and mining in a beautiful voxel landscapes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Voxel Tycoon.

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  14. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    81% User Score Based on 4,608 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 3 reviews

    Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. You start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, you construct stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transport Fever.

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  15. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 16,426 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    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! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transport Fever 2.

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  16. Out-bid, out-build, and out-smart your rivals to create the most profitable rail network in this real-time multiplayer strategy game. Think Ticket to Ride meets Power Grid, but live, cutthroat, and with a blind auction system that makes every session a fresh battle for railroad dominance.   Core Mechanics & Features: Single Player Campaign: Conquer a series of scenarios, outsmart a diverse… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rail Estate.

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  17. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    67% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    Unite a Continent The Rail Road Union has tasked you with an impossible feat: forging a path from the bustling East to the golden West. In this deep city builder simulation, you are the architect of progress. Lay tracks across treacherous terrain, establish vital trade routes, and transform isolated outposts into thriving hubs of civilization. The frontier is vast, but your ambition must be grea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Union Of Rivals.

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  18. Transport Fever 3, the ultimate transport tycoon returns, bigger, deeper, and more dynamic than ever. Build the routes that transform the world across land, sea, and sky using over a century of evolving transport options. Design and build your ideal transport network. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transport Fever 3.

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  19. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    86% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Lay tracks, buy trains, and set their routes using board game-inspired mechanics to optimise your network. Run your enterprise efficiently while avoiding backlogs, jams, or angry passengers, and you'll be recognised for the unsung train hero you know you are. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Iron Roads.

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  20. No generative AI. Epic Trains 1 2 & 3 included in the game folder.  1) Create a network of trains, busses and planes to connect all the towns together and overseas. 2) Multi stage resource harvesting and transporting. Ore, Ingots and export goods. 3) Make airports to transport people and mail around the map or overseas. 4) Build airports, train stations, truck depots and more. 5) Impor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Epic Trains 4.

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  21. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    89% User Score Based on 1,260 reviews

    Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Fix global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NIMBY Rails.

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  22. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    83% User Score Based on 81 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 4 reviews

    A-Train, the classic urban development simulation game that allows you to create the city of your dreams, is now available on the Nintendo Switch! Become the president of your very own railroad company, laying tracks and running your trains as you see fit. However, you will be responsible for more than the railroad. You'll also be tasked with managing subsidiaries, playing the stock market, and pa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A-Train All Aboard! Tourism.

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    75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    75% User Score Based on 323 reviews

    Simutrans is an open-source transportation simulation game available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Establish a successful transport company: Build road, rails, channels and more to get passengers, mail, and goods to their destinations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Simutrans.

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  24. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    92% User Score Based on 1,061 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Railroad Tycoon II Platinum.

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  25. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    57% User Score Based on 2,500 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Train Fever is a railroad-focused business simulation game. In other words, it's a modern-day Transport Tycoon with procedural content and a sophisticated city simulation. 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 n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Train Fever.

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  27. Play on the map you already madeMapborn is a real-time grand strategy sandbox played on your own map. Import a hand-drawn or digital map and use it as the actual game world. The image stays visible as you place cities, create nations, set up a scenario, and add the data the simulation needs. You do not have to redraw your world as provinces or replace its original visual style. Choose a nation, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mapborn.

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  28. CAPITALIUM is set in a kingdom in the middle of the Industrial Revolution. You start out with a small company registered at the Commerce Hall. Each turn is one week: set prices, sign contracts, raise funds and build factories, then use the money you have made and the connections you have built up to sway Parliament. Nothing in the market is scripted; supply and demand, the economic cycle and gover… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CAPITALIUM.

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  29. Build an industrial empire across vast procedurally generated maps. Create production chains, develop cities, research technologies, build your own brands, and compete in a living economy where prices are shaped by supply and demand. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Industrial Mogul.

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  30. Build your airline from a single aircraft into a global carrier. Plan your network, schedule every aircraft, manage the operation, and compete in a living aviation market. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skyline Sim.

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  31. NationForge is a nation-scale city builder centered on deliberate planning, population growth, and production chains. You play as the head of a private enterprise entrusted with building and governing a new nation. Your objective is clear: reach a population target within a fixed time period while avoiding bankruptcy. Cities serve two core purposes: supporting population growth and producing th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NationForge.

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  32. This is a game about a toy railway where engineering thinking meets economic challenges. Your task is to build an efficient rail network with a limited set of pieces, launch trains, and deliver cargo where it’s needed. In the economic mode, you’ll face resource shortages and tough strategic decisions: which cargo to deliver first, which route to take, whether to build new branches or rely on y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tiny Train Tycoon.

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  33. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 12,147 reviews

    Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is the ultimate real-time soviet-themed city builder tycoon game. Construct your own republic and transform a poor country into a rich industrial superpower! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic.

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  34. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    88% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    Rails Across America is a game of railroad empires in North America, covering the period from 1830 to the near future. It is a real-time strategy game with a "sim" flavor. Rails allows hundreds of tracks with thousands of trains crossing the continent. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rails Across America.

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  35. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    62% User Score Based on 214 reviews

    Winds Of Trade is a strategy game about running an ocean trading company in the 18th and 19th centuries. Building your trading empire will not be your only goal! Ruthless pirates, shady smugglers, wartime and fierce competitors will make the way to the top a long and hard road for you! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Winds Of Trade.

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    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    59% User Score Based on 102 reviews

    Transports is a transport business simulation game. Build trucks, buses, ships, planes and trains to transport goods and passengers between industry buildings and cities. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transports.

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  37. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    83% User Score Based on 116 reviews

    My Train Arrives is a railway construction simulation game. Build railroads, open new routes for trains. Enjoy the pleasant atmosphere of the game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Train Arrives.

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  38. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    70% User Score Based on 40 reviews

    In Industrial Giant you have to find a route to profit to prove your management skills in this resource management business simulation. Experience the soaring heights and the shattering depths of being an industrial giant! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Industry Giant.

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  39. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 1,554 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 3 reviews

    All aboard the express train to riches and fame in Railway Empire 2! 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 as you connect cities and companies with an ever-expanding network of rail li… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Railway Empire 2.

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  40. Shape a nation in a procedural grand strategy sandbox where geography, industry, diplomacy, and war drive emergent history. Build your state, secure resources, manage instability, and survive a world of rival powers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to STATO.

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  41. Build a transport company across a living, changing country. Lay railways, run trams through growing towns, send steamers between ports and mail planes between cities, and connect mines, farms and mills to the people who need what they make, from 1920 to the present day. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ironline.

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  42. Build your transport empire in a retro-inspired strategy game. Lay railways and roads, connect cities and industries, manage trains and vehicles, optimize logistics, and grow a thriving economy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cargo Industry.

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  43. Kingdom Isles is a survival city builder with roguelike elements. Produce and trade resources, construct buildings, and defend your kingdom against increasingly tougher Viking raids! Each run presents its own unique challenges with a new island to populate, procedural character selection, story events, and unexpected engine building. Claim the Land Grow your Kingdom from a small settlement into… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kingdom Isles.

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  44. BUILD A NATION FROM ALMOST NOTHINGYou begin with an empty artificial platform off the coast of Florida, a small treasury, and the extremely reasonable conviction that you should be allowed to found your own country. Expand the platform tile by tile. Generate power, secure water and food, attract citizens, assign workers, research new technologies, construct industries, and transform a lonely slab… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Platform Nation.

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  45. Cargo Protocol: Cyberpunk Trains is an economic strategy game about freight trains, production chains, and corporate influence in a cyberpunk world. Lay tracks, launch trains, deliver goods to the places that need them, research technologies, and gradually turn a local transport company into a system the world can no longer function without. LogisticsOptimize the system, throughput, and train … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cargo Protocol: Cyberpunk Trains.

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  46. Begin with a single ship and a handful of coin. Buy low, sail far, sell high — then turn profit into power. Argosy is a deep maritime trading simulation where a living economy rewards the sharp-eyed and punishes the careless. There are no quests to hand you a fortune; there is only the sea, the market, and your judgement. Every price you see is the sum of a thousand small decisions — yours and ev… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Argosy.

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  47. Build, schedule, and grow your rail network to fulfill transportation demands. Optimize paths around forests, mountains and rivers, and balance fuel costs. Across real-world continents or on endlessly unique maps, build the best railway company, one train at a time! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Logistik.

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  48. 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Times of Progress.

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  49. Super Company is a strategic management game that simulates the development of enterprises. You will play an entrepreneur in the 1990s, running your own company in a poor small town, producing all kinds of goods needed by small town residents, from food to cars; It can also build houses and schools to provide residential and educational services for citizens; It can also carry out international tr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Company.

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  50. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    85% User Score Based on 12 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 3 reviews

    It's the Industrial Revolution, and the steam locomotive revolution is conquering the continents of the known world, with these great "Iron Horses" kickstarting a fierce race for supremacy on rails. Railway Empire - Complete Collection contains the main Railway Empire game plus all 8 DLCs: Mexico, the Great Lakes, Crossing the Andes, Great Britain & Ireland, France, Germany Northern Europe and Dow… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Railway Empire: Complete Collection.

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