New train games, from calm drives to survival on the rails

Train games split into two moods: calm driving sims and survival rides where the train is all that stands between you and the dark. Dead Rails made train survival a hit on Roblox in 2025, and Unrailed 2 left early access in June 2026. Here are the new ones and the classics, sorted by how fast your heart should beat.

Calm driving

Train Sim World 6 (Dovetail Games, September 2025). Real routes, real cabs, every lever. New trains and routes kept arriving through 2026 as add-ons. On PC, PlayStation and Xbox.
Densha de Go! (Taito). The Japanese train-driving classic. Brake right and stop exactly on the line. The newer Switch version follows the Yamanote Line in Tokyo.
Derail Valley (Altfuture). A hands-on sim where you run the locomotive yourself, couple cars and deliver cargo. Its big Simulator update in 2023 rebuilt how the engines work. On PC and VR.

Build the track together

Unrailed 2: Back on Track (full release June 11, 2026). Co-op chaos for up to four: chop trees, mine iron and lay track in front of a train that never stops. On PC, PS5, Switch and Switch 2.

Survival on the rails

Roam, a free iPhone app, has four train games. Gasp Express is train survival with a twist: the train leaves soon, your oxygen runs out sooner. Outrun the Fog asks you to keep the fire hot, because the fog has eyes. Next Stop: Ghouls is a shooter where every stop is full of ghouls.

For the calm side, Brake for Sunsets is a Densha de Go!-style drive: twenty routes through autumn hills, and you stop on the line.

Dead Rails on Roblox (RCM Games, 2025). Drive a train across a long desert route, scavenge towns for fuel and fight off the undead after dark. It is free and best with friends on the cars.
Choo-Choo Charles (Two Star Games). You upgrade an old train to hunt a monster train with spider legs. Short, strange and very memorable.

Play it on Roam

Make your own train game with Roam

Pick a route, a danger and a crew, and say it in one sentence. Roam makes it playable, and friends can ride along. Roam is rated 13+ on the App Store.

Try: "night train through my city, zombies at every stop, I shovel the coal, my friends guard the cars, reach the last station"

Create it with Roam Pre-register on Android See Roam

Roam ("Roam - Make Games" on the App Store) is an iPhone app where you play games and make your own by describing them or from a photo. It is free to download and play, and making games works without a subscription; optional Spark and Reality plans and credit packs add more creation. Android: pre-register on Google Play.

Questions people ask

What is Dead Rails?

A Roblox survival game from RCM Games, released in 2025. You drive a train across a desert, gather fuel and fight the undead with friends.

Is Unrailed 2 multiplayer?

Yes. Up to four players lay track together in local or online co-op, and it has versus and time modes too.

What is the most realistic train game?

Train Sim World 6 and Derail Valley are the most detailed. Derail Valley makes you run the engine and cargo jobs yourself.