Unrailed! similar games & best alternatives

Unrailed!

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!

What works

  • Engaging cooperative gameplay
  • Easy to learn, hard to master
  • Appealing art style and music
  • Procedurally generated levels for replayability
  • Supports local and online multiplayer

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited single-player experience
  • Save system can be frustrating
  • Some train upgrades underpowered
  • Potential for toxic players online
  • Content may feel limited at full price

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • DDNet

  • PlateUp!

  • Unrailed 2: Back on Track

  • Feed the Cups

  • TDS - Tower Defense Strategy

  • Teeworlds

More fantastical

Games that feels like Unrailed! but with more imaginative fiction

  • Temtem: Swarm

  • Heroes of Hammerwatch II

  • Hammerwatch

  • Vagante

  • King Arthur's Gold

  • Bloody Trapland 2: Curiosity

More violent

Games that feels like Unrailed! but with more combat and destruction

  • GIBZ

  • GUNTOUCHABLES

  • Over 9000 Zombies!

  • StarBreak

  • Subspace Continuum

  • Invisigun Reloaded

More story-driven

Games that feels like Unrailed! but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine

  • Super Motherload

  • Ninjin: Clash of Carrots

  • Sephiria

  • PixelJunk™ Nom Nom Galaxy

  • Mindustry

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Unrailed!: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Fantasy, Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026