any cool train games?

You could always play the GOAT for free OpenTTD.

Strong reccomend. This is good train game.
I had to uninstall this lol

Lots of good mods too, by the end I had vacuum tube trains zipping around everywhere. I wish there was a new version of this with the same general mechanics, but a completely overhauled ui. It would be better if timetabling wasn't such a nightmare too.
- I use the JGR mod and couldn't live without it. It makes timetabling so much easier. If people are interested I can provide my NewGRF list too.

I loke transport fever (and transport fever 2). It has trains blob-no-thoughts

trains are cool. thanks!

Factorio is a train game. It's lots of other things too but it's also a train game.

thanks! i get my factory building and train fix right now with satisfactory, sort of a first person factorio. i appreciate the suggestion!
- Oh yes, love satisfactory too. Factorio is significantly deeper but maybe less "fun" at times. They both scratch a similar itch!

Reminded me that LoZ: Spirit Tracks exists

yooo, i forgot about that. thats awesome

GTA San Andreas

Never played that one, but the train is a great way to get to 5 stars in V -- cops think that since you're not in a car, you must be a pedestrian, so they park their vehicles and get out. When they send out the helicopters, you'll want to be on a low car ahead of a tall one so you can alternate between shooting at them and taking cover. Not dying is pretty easy; the challenge is racking up kills quickly, because you always lose all your stars in a tunnel.
- I am ancient

both of these are more of a vibe than proper "Games" but they are free and playable in-browser

2.5D endless procedurally generated train conductor sim Cab Ride

https://powersaurus.itch.io/cab-ride

Drive a train, forever, through a dreamlike land.

Transport passengers to their destination.

Watch the world go by.

Listen to chilled out chiptune music.

In Cab Ride you can drive thousands of different train routes through rolling hills, winding tunnels and weaving between the tall buildings of vast cities. You can drive the train for as long as you like. When you're ready to end your journey, hold down the left arrow key to announce the last station. Stopping at stations along the way means you can pick up and drop off passengers. Try and stop at the marker at each station for a high rating. Or don't! It's up to you.

Cab Ride is a casual train simulation, not aiming for real world accuracy, but like a real train, it takes a while to brake. If you're overshooting stations, watch for the alert for the next station and reduce the throttle so you're ready to stop.

twee hand-drawn cat village tram conductor "interactive illustration" Short Trip

https://alexanderperrin.itch.io/short-trip

Hello! It's your turn to operate the scenic railway. The local town cats would love to join you for the ride too, if that's ok.

Short Trip is the first instalment in a collection of interactive illustrations created for the web. It has been created as a study into capturing the essence of graphite on paper within a digital context, and to learn more about web-based graphics technologies. Short Trip will run on most devices supporting WebGL, including mobile devices.

thank you

Workers and Resources has a great train sim. The game's simulation is pretty intense though so if all you want to think about is trains then it's not a great pick.

Minecraft with the Create mod lets you make factories and coordinate logistics to move materials from one to another with a rail network, and you can build the trains yourself block by block (including steam whistles)! It's the most immersive train game IMO because you get to set up ever little detail, every signal every junction up to your needs.

You can also make animals drive them and they get little train conductor hats.
- Including Minecraft bees (trans icon)
Strong reccomend Create. It's a very cool train game.
There are a variety of minecraft rail mods. I really like railcraft as it lets you build your own train hold/waiting logic. Some others are immersive railroading and maincraft transit railway.
I'm glad to see someone else thought to mention the Create mod when faced with this question, however, one must also mention the addon mod Create: Interactive, it would in theory allow you to create a self-perpetuating giant train base that drills its path forward, creates more rail in a built in production line with the drilled stone and deploys it automatically. Let's not forget the one addon specifically made to expand the train system as well.

I really enjoyed MS Train simulator back in the day, but it is old. I don't even know if it'll run on modern systems

kinda like MS flight sim, but for trains?
- Haha, it's so much more limited than MSFS, but, bless it's heart, it tries

Mini Metro
NIMBY Rails

They're train themed puzzles more than anything, but Train Valley (and its sequel) are pretty fun

i've played those! they were really fun

Metro Exodus is sort of about a train

i tried it, wasn't really a fan. thanks for the suggestion though!

You clearly need to move to Germany and play local games dude

Die Eisenbahn simulator, die

Train Sim World is fun but definitely steal it because there’s like $2000 of DLC

thanks, will do o7

Going to mention Choo Choo Charles, probably the weirdest train game.

And also Voidtrain, which is about building a train as you explore endless train tracks through the void. It's been a few months since I played but it was pretty content-light back then. Cool premise, just needs a lot of fleshing out.

What's that other one. Unrailed! is a neat coop game where you have to mine resources to build a train track for your little always-moving train.

Come play insanely complex train board games at 18xx.games

The Final Station is a post apocalyptic train driver game, I don't know how well it holds up, but I vaguely recall liking it.

I will check it out. thanks!

For a nice simple train game that isn't really technical or complex I enjoy "Sid Meier's Railroads!"

It's like an arcade tycoon game. Pick an area and you can randomize the geography or use somewhat real life. You can grow cities by supplying products to them. And you'll have rival companies trying the same, you can buy them out if you're doing very well. It's a nice lite game I used to play while listening to podcasts.