Simutrans

Simutrans is a transportation simulator in which you build a network and run a successful transport company. You move passengers, mail and goods by rail, road, ship and air, connecting districts, cities, public buildings, industries and tourist attractions. You also monitor your finances and the movement of vehicles and goods.

Build your network

Choose from buses, trucks, trains, trams, ships, airplanes, monorails, maglevs and other vehicles that travel by land, water or air. Each graphics package, also called a pakset or pak, offers its own vehicles, cargo, play style, theme and difficulty. Paksets use tile sizes of 64, 128 or 192 pixels; larger tiles show more detailed graphics.

Cargo has destinations. People travel to attractions, shops and friends, while products move between factories with contracts to buy from or sell to specific partners. If your network does not take them where they need to go, they will not use your transport company. Moving goods earns money and drives production: factories that receive the materials they need make goods for other factories, giving you opportunities to extend your network.

Your transport services affect the growth of nearby cities. Cities may develop attractions that bring in more passengers or attract new industries, while their growth also puts more cars on the roads and creates traffic to manage.

Shape the world

When you start a game, you can shape its world to suit your plans. Build roads, factories, houses and other buildings, raise or lower terrain, create rivers, lakes and seas, and plant trees. You can also adjust a wide range of settings, or use just a few options to tailor the game to your preferred play style.

Game modes

Play alone or join a public online server to compete and collaborate with people around the world. You can also set up a private online or LAN server with friends. In a normal game, you work to make your company successful and wealthy; alternatively, you can play without time or money constraints and focus on transporting everything.

Graphics packages

The available paksets differ in graphics, scope and difficulty:

• Pak64: The first Simutrans pakset, with compact graphics that can be expanded with add-ons. It has a retro look and medium difficulty.
• Pak64.German: Based on Germany, with realistic graphics and challenging but balanced difficulty.
• Pak128: Covers climates from desert to tundra and uses vehicles from different countries. It has realistic graphics and medium, somewhat balanced difficulty.
• Pak128.German: Limited to Germany, with realistic, complex graphics and simple but extensive gameplay, including complex goods supply chains.
• Pak128.Britain: Based on England, with simple, unobtrusive and uniform graphics. Its difficulty is unspecified.
• Pak192.Comic: Uses the largest tile size and a comic style, with some humorous details. Its graphics are vibrant and simple, and its difficulty differs from the other paksets.

Other paksets also exist, but are not listed as available options because they are no longer maintained, are incomplete or are still under construction.