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Games like OpenTTD

2004PCSteam Deck playable9.99 €

OpenTTD is an open-source remake of Transport Tycoon Deluxe where you build roads, railways, docks and airports to move passengers and cargo profitably. On procedurally generated maps your transport network grows step by step into a sprawling empire.

Sandbox with your own goals
Economy and management
Building and crafting
Deep systems to master

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The closest matches for OpenTTD are Factorio, Foundry and X3: Terran Conflict. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes OpenTTD special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

In short: games like OpenTTD

Best alternative overall: Factorio 92% match – Sandbox with your own goals
Newest alternative: Foundry 90% match – released 2024

Best match

Factorio

92 %Match

2020PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified97 % positive32.00 €

Stranded on an alien world, you grow a crude mining operation into a sprawling automated factory, endlessly optimizing belts, production chains and logistics. All the while you must defend it from native creatures angered by your spreading pollution.

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Foundry

Sandbox with your own goals

Foundry is a first-person factory-building game in an endless voxel world where you design conveyor networks and production chains. Automating ever more complex items unlocks new technology, playable solo or in co-op.

X3: Terran Conflict

Deep systems to master

A vast space sandbox where you fly ships, build trading empires and factory complexes, and get drawn into conflicts between rival races. Freedom is huge, but the learning curve is steep.

Mashinky

Economy and management

A train-focused transport tycoon where you plan routes, research new locomotives and grow a rail empire on procedurally generated maps. Tricky track layout and a gradual tech progression define the experience.

Transport Fever 2

Deep systems to master

A transport tycoon sim where you build rail, road, sea and air networks across more than a century and watch towns grow. The appeal lies in optimizing routes and seeing your economy flourish.

X4: Foundations

Deep systems to master

A deeply complex space sandbox where you pilot ships yourself, run trade routes, build stations and grow an entire economic empire inside a living, simulated universe.

Colony Survival

Economy and management

A voxel colony-builder where you manage farmers, miners and guards and defend your settlement from monster attacks each night. The appeal lies in optimizing your economy and strengthening your defenses.

Mindustry

Sandbox with your own goals

Mindustry blends tower defense with factory building: you design conveyor networks and production chains to supply resources and ammo for defenses against enemy waves. It also offers a map editor, co-op and PvP.

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

Deep systems to master

An extremely detailed Soviet-themed city-building simulation where you plan and run industry, agriculture, transport and population of a republic from scratch. Its intricate economic and logistics chains make it a demanding challenge for planning enthusiasts.

Kerbal Space Program

Open world

You assemble rockets and spacecraft from parts and send the endearing Kerbals to moons and planets under realistic orbital physics. Failure is part of the fun and often as entertaining as success.