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OpenTTD screenshot
Review2025.12.10

OpenTTD

OpenTTD · 2004

An open-source transport tycoon classic about moving cargo and passengers through rail, road, air, and sea networks.

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Transport Fever 2 screenshot
Review2025.12.05

Transport Fever 2

Urban Games · 2019

A transport network sim where rail, roads, ships, aircraft, industries, cities, and passenger demand evolve across eras.

66
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Rail Route screenshot
Review2025.11.30

Rail Route

Bitrich.info · 2024

A railway dispatching game about signals, contracts, schedules, automation upgrades, station layouts, and network flow.

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Mini Metro screenshot
Review2025.11.25

Mini Metro

Dinosaur Polo Club · 2015

A minimalist subway logistics puzzle where limited lines, tunnels, trains, and carriages have to keep passengers moving.

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Review2025.11.20

Mini Motorways

Dinosaur Polo Club · 2021

A road-network logistics puzzle about connecting homes and destinations before traffic overwhelms a growing city.

63
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Sweet Transit screenshot
Review2025.11.15

Sweet Transit

Ernestas Norvaisas · 2024

A train-led city builder where workers, passengers, raw materials, and finished goods all move through rail-centered supply chains.

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Railway Empire 2 screenshot
Review2025.11.10

Railway Empire 2

Gaming Minds Studios · 2023

A railroad business sim about connecting cities, hauling freight, serving industries, upgrading trains, and outmaneuvering rivals.

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Automation Empire screenshot
Review2025.11.05

Automation Empire

DOG HOGGLER · 2019

A resource automation game about moving materials through miners, machines, drones, carts, trains, pipes, and growing factory systems.

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