Cities in Motion similar games & best alternatives

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Cities in Motion

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2011

Should you play it?

Manage transportation for commuters in four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam

What works

  • Detailed and realistic transport simulation
  • Engaging strategic gameplay
  • Variety of transport modes and cities
  • Relaxing and immersive experience
  • Good value for price and replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve
  • Some interface quirks and bugs
  • Limited multiplayer or social features
  • Occasional performance issues on large maps
  • Vehicle capacity and scheduling limitations

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Transport Fever

  • Highrise City

  • Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation

  • Nebuchadnezzar

  • Urbek City Builder

  • InfraSpace

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like Cities in Motion but with more leadership over others

  • SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition

  • Cities: Skylines

  • Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients

  • Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

  • Patron

  • Caesar™ IV

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Cities in Motion. These titles are not in What to play next.

Cities in Motion: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Story, Strategy.

Last update: 21/08/2026