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24 alternatives to Railway Canyon

Indie game about assembling train tracks

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Railway Canyon launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   My Railroad▲63

   Manage trains by traffic lights and rail switches

   2022 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Train▲132

   Daily puzzle game on iOS

   2024 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Loco Looper▲78

   Fun 3D Train Puzzle Indie Game

   2022 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Rail Rescue: Puzzle Lines▲3

   Train Puzzles & Colorful Chaos

   2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Railway▲412

   Config free deploys: bring your code, we'll handle the rest

   2021 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Ravine▲96

   A crafty and cooperative card game.

   2017 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Overland▲108

   Post-apocalyptic survival game

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8TF
   Trains.fyi – a live map of passenger trains in the US and Canada▲503

   Hey all! My train the other day was delayed and I got curious where they all were at any given time, so I built a map and figured I'd share it.

   2023 · trains.fyi · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Abi▲82

   A robot adventure game for your iPhone

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    SuperMakers▲255

    An indie game built with no code

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    I'm making a detective game built on Wikipedia▲318

    Hi HN! Worked on this side project for a while and wanted to share it. It's free to play.

    Oct 2025 · detective.wiki · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Bug Industries▲96

    A card game for nerds to fight software bugs in real-life

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Playing Lean▲104

    A board game that teaches the Lean Startup Methodology

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Monument Valley▲256

    An MC Escher twist on puzzle games

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Robbery▲151

    Exciting choose-your-own-story interactive game

    2019 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    the longest drift▲69

    A racing-puzzle-adventure indie game for mobile

    2020 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Unknown Castle▲69

    Puzzle adventure where you control 2 characters.

    2019 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Control: A Strategic Card Game▲95

    Timer travelers fight to escape a rupture in spacetime.

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Arcade Trail▲149

    Crowdsourced game discovery & curation platform

    2017 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Arcade Trail for iOS▲150

    Pocket-sized game discovery 🕹

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Railway Rush▲1

    Pocket sized train-themed card game

    2023 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Elder Scrolls™: Castles▲175

    Build Your Dynasty

    2024 · elderscrolls.bethesda.net · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Recursive!▲96

    A puzzle game about recursion, patterns, and programming.

    2021 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    EarthQuest▲138

    Random adventure generator to motivate you to go outside

    2022 · its alternatives →

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