Games like Train Sim World® 5

Chasing that relaxing and atmospheric feeling you got from Train Sim World® 5? These games could fill that gap nicely.

Train Simulator Classic
Drive licensed steam, high-speed and heavy freight trains on more than 400km of real-world routes in the USA, Germany and England, with career scoring or relaxed Quick Drive runs, plus tools to build and share your own railways.
Relaxing, Atmospheric
73% of 19,603 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,008$5.99
Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019
Build, drive and run the railroad of your dreams. Take the controls of more than 130 locomotives, command a whole fleet of AI drivers, or lay track and shape terrain with route building tools that are friendlier than they have any right to be.
Relaxing
77% of 2,661 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 197$39.99
RUNNING TRAIN | 走ル列車！
Take the operator's seat on two fictional Japanese railways, a coastal line and a rural one, and run real timetables through 40km of handcrafted countryside. Drive gently and score well, or sit back while the AI drives and watch sakura, snow and seaside roll past the window. Easy to pick up, deep enough to chase a perfect stop.
Relaxing, Atmospheric
97% of 1,731 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$19.99
SimRail - The Railway Simulator
Drive real Polish railways, 500 km of routes built from geodetic data, in steam, diesel and electric trains with physics that make every tonne count. Or sit in the signal box and run the traffic yourself. Best of all, do it with other people: live dispatchers, live drivers, one shared railway.
Relaxing, Atmospheric
85% of 5,413 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 267$19.24
Diesel Railcar Simulator
Drive vintage diesel trains, shifting gears manually and trying to reach a perfect score. Create new routes, trains and timetables. Share your creations and download new content from the Workshop.
Relaxing, Atmospheric
93% of 310 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Train Life: A Railway Simulator
Sit in the cab and run the company at the same time. Haul passengers and freight across 10,000 kilometres of Europe, from the Alps to Berlin Central Station, then hire conductors, buy locomotives and grow your own railway business. A calm, scenic drive with a ledger behind it.
Relaxing, Atmospheric
63% of 1,460 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Derail Valley
Drive massive steam and diesel locomotives across 256 km² of open railway country. Haul cargo between industries, earn money, buy licenses and bigger engines, and live with every mistake: derailing is real physics, not a popup.
Relaxing, Atmospheric
96% of 9,612 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 303$39.99
TRAIN CREW
Take the master controller of the Tatehama Electric Railway and drive a fictional Japanese commuter line that feels real. Push the handle forward to go, pull it back to stop, and try to hit every mark on time. It is a calm, focused sim where stopping a train exactly right is the whole game, and it is strangely hard to put down.
Relaxing
99% of 487 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31$16.99
Rail Route
Design, build and automate a railway network on maps based on real cities. Start with a few tracks and stations, dispatch trains, unlock sensors and automatic routers, and watch your junction turn into a machine that runs itself. Calm, minimalist and endlessly replayable, with a co-op mode for sharing the dispatch desk.
Relaxing
87% of 2,441 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 65$24.99
Trainz Plus
Drive trains across detailed real-world routes, or build your own railroad from scratch. Trainz Plus pairs the full TRS22 simulator with Surveyor 2.0, a friendly world editor, and Multiplayer Surveyor, where you and friends lay track and run trains together in real time. Slow, sandboxed and endlessly tweakable: railroading at your own pace.
Relaxing
79% of 138 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$7.99
NIMBY Rails
Lay tracks through your own city, link Lisbon to Shanghai, and serve simulated passengers who rate every trip. A relaxed, minimalist transit sandbox with no way to lose, unless you count your own budget.
Relaxing
89% of 2,255 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 206$19.99
ZDSimulator
A train simulator built by real drivers as a training tool for Ukrainian driving schools, now open to everyone. Learn to start a locomotive from a cold cab, read signals, and haul freight or passengers across 50 routes based on real track. Unhurried, technical, and oddly calming once it clicks.
Relaxing
89% of 468 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 92$16.99

Hidden gems like Train Sim World® 5

RUNNING TRAIN | 走ル列車！

Run real timetables on two handcrafted Japanese lines, driving yourself or watching the countryside roll past from the passenger seat.

$19.99

Thomas & Friends™: Wonders of Sodor

Take Thomas, Percy or Gordon across a gently rebuilt Island of Sodor, through eight narrated stories at your own pace.

$23.99

Back in Service: a Metro Driver

Take the cab of a historic Prague metro train, keep to the timetable and unwind in the quiet tunnels between runs.

$18.99

Train Sim World® 7

Drive detailed trains across Florida, Yorkshire and Bavaria, at whatever speed suits you.

ZDSimulator

Start a cold locomotive, learn the cab, and haul freight or passengers along real track at your own pace.

$16.99

Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator

Drive a Soviet VL10 locomotive through 840 km of frozen Siberia in first person.

$19.99

Railroader

Run a small steam-era railroad in the Appalachian mountains: sort freight cars at the interchange, deliver them to the industries that need them…

$29.99

Rail Route

Lay tracks, dispatch trains and automate your junctions into a calm, self-working network.

$24.99

Train Sim World® 6

Take the controls of real trains on three new routes, from New Jersey commuters to German high speed.

TRAIN CREW

Take the master controller of a Japanese commuter railway and make each station stop exactly on time, at your own calm pace.

$16.99

City Transport Simulator 2026 - Bus & Tram

Take the wheel on quiet routes, then plan the lines and timetables your fleet runs on.

$39.99

SimRail - The Railway Simulator

Drive trains across Poland or run the signals, on a network where every driver and dispatcher plays alongside you.

$19.24

Newest games like Train Sim World® 5

Transport Fever 3

Grow towns and industries by planning the routes that carry people and goods through 125 years of transport history.

$49.99

Train Sim World® 7

Drive detailed trains across Florida, Yorkshire and Bavaria, at whatever speed suits you.

RUNNING TRAIN | 走ル列車！

Run real timetables on two handcrafted Japanese lines, driving yourself or watching the countryside roll past from the passenger seat.

$19.99

City Transport Simulator 2026 - Bus & Tram

Take the wheel on quiet routes, then plan the lines and timetables your fleet runs on.

$39.99

Thomas & Friends™: Wonders of Sodor

Take Thomas, Percy or Gordon across a gently rebuilt Island of Sodor, through eight narrated stories at your own pace.

$23.99

Train Sim World® 6

Take the controls of real trains on three new routes, from New Jersey commuters to German high speed.

SubwaySim 2

Take the controls of three detailed subway trains across 41 kilometres of track in two German cities.

$34.99

ZDSimulator

Start a cold locomotive, learn the cab, and haul freight or passengers along real track at your own pace.

$16.99

City Transport Simulator 2025

Drive real trams and buses, then build, schedule and brand the transport company behind them.

$99.99

Back in Service: a Metro Driver

Take the cab of a historic Prague metro train, keep to the timetable and unwind in the quiet tunnels between runs.

$18.99

SimRail - The Railway Simulator

Drive trains across Poland or run the signals, on a network where every driver and dispatcher plays alongside you.

$19.24

Railroads Online

Lay track across the open world, haul freight for profit, and run the whole railroad with friends in first person.

$29.99