Topic: Simutrans is a freeware and open-source transportation simulation game.

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Simutrans is a freeware and open-source transportation simulation game. Replace "Sid Meier's Railroads!" and save $40!

https://sourceforge.net/projects/simutrans/

Note: Santa couldn't get this to work on the 2008 Mac Pro with OS X 10.5.8 

Simutrans is a freeware and open-source transportation simulation game.

Your goal is to establish a successful transport company. Transport passengers, mail and goods by rail, road, ship and air. Interconnect cities, districts, public buildings, industries and tourist attractions by buiding a transport network you always dreamed of.

You can control and watch your finances and the traffic of your vehicles and goods. Play as long as you like. Start in 1880 and finish in 2050. There will be new vehicles and buildings throughout this time. Cities will grow and merge forming metropolises.

Play against the AI or on your own. Only if you are in debt for three months, you are bankrupt and the game is over.

About Simutrans

This page describes the game from player's point of view. If you are more interested in game development or history, please go to Simutrans Development and History page.

Simutrans the Game

Simutrans is a freeware and open-source transportation simulation game that runs under Windows, Linux, BeOS on PC, and OS X on Intel based Macs.

In Simutrans you can build the transport networks you always dreamed of, with platforms, quays, level crossings, signals and much more. Transport passengers between nearby cities with a commuter train or use a high speed train to earn big money by connecting cities further apart.

You can choose from a large amount of trains including steam, diesel and electric engines, along with multiple units - each with a different properties. Fleet of ships and ferries, buses, trams, trolley buses, trucks, and planes are at your daily disposal. More exotic ways of transport include monorails and maglevs.

Make your own bus system, transporting people throughout the city and lay out new bus routes to make cities grow. Watch your cities really come alive with trucks driving around carrying all kinds of goods. Supply the bookstore with new books and watch out, the Car Seller has almost run out of new cars! Be sure that the furniture factory has enough wood. Oops, the materials wholesaler has just sold his last planks, be quick to buy a new truck to strengthen out that route!

Connect all kinds of industries with each other, the Power Plant needs coal to run. The Refinery gets its supplies from either an Oil Field or an Oil Rig, and produces plastics which allow new cars required by the Car Seller to be built, and gasoline that is sold in gas stations to make those cars run. More of these industry chains are built in this incredible simulation. Discover them all, download Simutrans right now.

Game Features


    * You can choose many transport options: trains, airplanes, busses, trucks, ships, trams, monorails, and maglevs.
    * Over 40 types of industries can appear on the map, and 35 types of goods can be transported.
    * Each passenger (and unit of goods) is intelligent, knows where it needs to go, and can transfer from one vehicle to another to reach its destination.
    * You can build very sophisticated stations and airports, and configure them just as you need from various structures.
    * Terrain modification possibilities are almost limitless, do what you need or can afford.
    * You can choose from wide variety of graphics sets.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/simutrans/

http://www.simutrans.com/download.htm#Manual_download