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Simutrans is a freeware and open-source transportation simulator. Your goal is to establish a successful transport company. Transport passengers, mail and goods by rail, road, ship, and even air. Interconnect districts, cities, public buildings, industries and tourist attractions.

Simutrans is a simulation, free to play and trains game developed and published by The Simutrans Team.
Released on May 24th 2016 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 19 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Dutch, Finnish, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Swedish and Ukrainian.

It has received 622 reviews of which 468 were positive and 154 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. 😊

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Simutrans into these genres:

Simulation Free to Play Trains Strategy Management Building Economy Sandbox City Builder 2D Moddable Singleplayer Transportation Resource Management Indie Pixel Graphics Isometric Multiplayer Difficult

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 or later
  • Processor: 1 Ghz or faster processor
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Broadband internet connection required for network play
MacOS
  • OS: OS X version 10.5 (Catalina), or later.
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Broadband internet connection required for network play
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 20.04 or later
  • Processor: 1 Ghz or faster processor
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Broadband internet connection required for network play

User reviews & Ratings

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Aug. 2017
Good Complicated for starters but once you know how to play, you won't stop. Bug: everytime i open the game and it loads the map AUTOMATICALLY (should need manual 'load game') and then says fatal error. Gonna stick with the non-steam version
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Jan. 2017
this game looks like it could be fun as hell but it really needs a detailed tutorial for new players.
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Jan. 2017
A great came, pretty retro graphics but still enough for me to kill 3/4 hours and not even know about it!
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Frequently Asked Questions

Simutrans is free to play on Steam.

Simutrans is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.

Simutrans received 468 positive votes out of a total of 622 achieving a rating of 7.16.
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Simutrans was developed and published by The Simutrans Team.

Simutrans is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Simutrans is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Simutrans is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Simutrans offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Simutrans offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

There are 7 DLCs available for Simutrans. Explore additional content available for Simutrans on Steam.

Simutrans is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

Simutrans does not support Steam Remote Play.

Simutrans does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Simutrans.

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Simutrans
Free to play
7.2
468
154
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
34
Developer
The Simutrans Team
Publisher
The Simutrans Team
Release 24 May 2016
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