Train Valley 2 similar games & best alternatives

Train Valley 2

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2019

Should you play it?

Build bigger and more complex railway networks than ever before! Building on the success of the original, you’ll get more of what you loved about the original and then some. With increasingly difficult and complex challenges from local industries, the Valley has never felt so vast! ALL ABOARD!

What works

  • Engaging and challenging puzzle gameplay
  • Extensive content with 50+ levels and workshop maps
  • Level editor and community map sharing
  • Active developer support and community contests
  • Relaxing music and charming visuals

Things to keep in mind

  • Some levels can be frustratingly difficult or long
  • Lack of mid-level save or undo features
  • Tutorial and ui could be improved
  • Terrain readability issues
  • Limited social interaction and multiplayer

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Ark Nova

  • The Colonists

  • Conduct DELUXE!

  • Cardboard Town

  • Mini Motorways

  • Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim

Less status-driven

Games that feels like Train Valley 2 but with less focus on status and recognition

  • Train Valley

  • ShapeHero Factory

  • Drop Duchy

  • Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation

  • Terra Nil

  • Forager

More social

Games that feels like Train Valley 2 but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Unrailed 2: Back on Track

  • OpenTTD

  • Parkitect

  • Bloons TD 6

  • Factorio

  • Anno 1602 History Edition

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Train Valley 2 but with less of a community feel

  • RAILGRADE

  • Tower Factory

  • Desktop Dungeons

  • These Doomed Isles: The First God

  • 12 Labours of Hercules IV: Mother Nature (Platinum Edition)

  • Emberward

Less competitive

Games that feels like Train Valley 2 but with less competition against others

  • Into the Emberlands

  • Voxel Tycoon

  • Tinkerlands: A Shipwrecked Adventure

  • Nebuchadnezzar

  • Serin Fate

  • RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack

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Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Train Valley 2: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Violence, Leadership.

Last update: 04/08/2026