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Simutrans: Build Your Transportation Empire

Dive into the immersive world of Simutrans, a freeware and open-source transportation simulator where you become the architect of your own transport empire. Take on the challenge of establishing a thriving company by strategically transporting passengers, mail, and goods across sprawling landscapes.

Connect bustling districts, dynamic cities, essential public buildings, vital industries, and captivating tourist attractions, all through the intricate transport network of your dreams. Choose from a variety of transportation methods: rail, road, ship, and air. Watch your network evolve from a simple depot to a global corporation.

• Establish a successful transport company and dominate the competition.
• Transport passengers, mail, and goods efficiently via land, air, and water.
• Interconnect cities, districts, public buildings, industries, and tourist attractions to stimulate growth.
• Control and monitor your finances and the traffic flow of your vehicles and goods to ensure profitability.
• Explore diverse graphic packages to customize your gaming experience.
• Play with people from around the world in engaging online multiplayer sessions.

Choose Your Visual Style: Diverse Graphics Packages

Before embarking on your Simutrans journey, select from a wide array of graphics packages, known as "Paksets" or "Paks," available as free DLC or Steam Workshop items. These Paksets are categorized by tile size (64, 128, 192 pixels), influencing the visual detail. Each Pakset offers a distinct play style, theme, and difficulty level, ensuring a personalized experience.

• Pak64: A compact, retro-styled Pakset with medium difficulty, perfect for beginners. Expandable with addons.
  • Graphics: Retro
  • Difficulty: Medium
• Pak64.German: Modeled after Germany, offering a realistic and challenging, yet balanced gameplay experience.
  • Graphics: Realistic
  • Difficulty: Challenging, but balanced
• Pak128: A versatile Pakset covering various climates and featuring a diverse selection of international vehicles.
  • Graphics: Realistic
  • Difficulty: Medium, somewhat balanced
• Pak128.German: A Germany-specific Pakset with realistic and complex graphics, focusing on extensive supply chains.
  • Graphics: Realistic and complex
  • Difficulty: Simple, but extensive. Complex supply chains in the movement of goods.
• Pak128.Britain: Inspired by England, this Pakset offers simple and uniform graphics.
  • Graphics: Simple, unobtrusive, and uniform
  • Difficulty: ???
• Pak192.Comic: Boasting the highest tile size and a vibrant comic style, this Pakset offers a unique and humorous gameplay experience.
  • Graphics: Vibrant, simple, comic styled
  • Difficulty: Different from all other paksets
• Others: Explore other paksets, but note that some may be unmaintained or incomplete.

Experience Dynamic and Intelligent Gameplay

• Vehicles and Cargo

  Strategic planning is key to your company's success. Simutrans provides the tools to manage an extensive fleet of vehicles, including buses, trucks, trains, trams, ships, airplanes, monorails, and maglevs. Carefully select your vehicles and transport a diverse range of cargo, from passengers and mail to raw materials and consumer products.

• Cargo Has Destinations

  In Simutrans, citizens and products don't just go anywhere; they have specific destinations. People want to visit attractions, shop, or see friends, while factories have contracts and only buy/sell from specific partners. Ensure your routes meet their needs, or they won't use your services.

• Complete the Chain

  Transporting products fuels the economy. Connecting factories enables production and sales, creating a ripple effect that lets you expand your network across the region.

• Influencing Cities

  Your transportation network directly impacts city growth. Every transported unit contributes to the prosperity of nearby cities, leading to new attractions, points of interest, and even new industries. However, growth also brings challenges like increased traffic, requiring you to adapt and manage the consequences.

Control and Customize Your Experience

• Configure All or Nothing

  Simutrans offers extensive customization options, allowing you to tailor the game to your preferences. Don't feel overwhelmed; even a few adjustments can significantly impact your gameplay. Customization enthusiasts will appreciate the vast array of settings available.

• Build Your World

  Create a world tailored to your transportation needs. Shape the terrain, build roads, factories, houses, and more. Construct rivers, lakes, and seas, or beautify the environment by planting trees.

Multiple Ways to Play

• Multiplayer

  Join public servers to compete and cooperate with players worldwide, or create private online/LAN servers to play with friends.

• Hardcore or Casual?

  Challenge yourself with a standard game, striving for success and wealth, or enjoy a relaxing, casual experience without financial pressure, focusing on the satisfaction of building a thriving transportation network.

Languages

Simutrans is translated into various languages by dedicated volunteers. Available languages will be listed on the Steam page based on the translation progress.

History of Simutrans

Simutrans is an open-source game developed under the Artistic License. Originally created by Hansjörg Malthaner from 1997 to 2004, it was handed over to 'The Simutrans Team' in 2005 and has been continuously updated and improved since.