Subway Simulator 2D vs Idle Train 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Subway Simulator 2D
Experience the life of a subway train driver in a vast city metro system. Transport passengers across 21 lines and 89 stations, managing speed, signals, and stops. Unlock new lines, upgrade trains, and customize their appearance as you explore over 100 km of tracks.
- Explore 89 stations on 21 metro lines
- Drive underground, overground, and underwater rails
- Upgrade train speed, acceleration, and brakes
- Learn real subway signaling system
- Customize train paint
- Realistic train and ambient sounds
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Become a subway train driver and explore the whole metro system of the city (89 unique stations on 21 lines) which contains more than 100 kilometers of underground, overground, and underwater rails. Experience what it takes to be a subway train operator in this railroad driving simulation game and transport as many passengers as you can across the rapid transit system. Learn a real subway signaling system, drive the train at an appropriate speed, stop carefully at the end of each station, pick up all passengers, and get to the final station as soon as possible. There are a lot of things to do in the game. Earn coins by transporting fully animated passengers to unlock new metro lines and useful train upgrades, get huge rewards by discovering new stations, change the look of any train to your liking, study the city map to get better knowledge of the whole metro system, enjoy driving in the opposite direction, beat your time records, or just enjoy realistic sounds you have never heard in any subway simulator during driving a train. Subway Simulator 2D features: - Explore the giant city with 89 unique stations on 21 lines - Drive through 3 types of railroad (underground, overground, underwater) - Upgrade the maximal speed, acceleration, and brakes of your trains to progress faster - Upgrade your stamina to explore new areas and get closer to the final station - Learn the real subway signaling system (traffic lights) in a progressive and simple tutorial - Visit a mini paint shop to change the paint of your trains to your liking - Meet trains going in the opposite direction across the metro system - Simple game controls (power button, brake button, door button) - Real train and ambient sounds There is no time to waste, driver! Get into the cabin and enjoy driving in the Subway Simulator 2D, the biggest world of subways you have ever seen in one game!
Idle Train 3D
Build and manage an extensive train transportation network. Upgrade your trains and stations to accommodate more passengers and expand your operations. Become a successful transport tycoon by optimizing your system.
- Build train transportation system
- Upgrade train cars
- Upgrade trains
- Develop stations
- Transport passengers
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Build the Best Train Transportation System Upgrade the car and take more passengers. Upgrade the train until it becomes a long train. Develop your station to make it bigger and more spectacular.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Idle Train 3D at none against Subway Simulator 2D's 2. Idle Train 3D also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Subway Simulator 2D's advantage is review sentiment (73% vs 53%). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Subway Simulator 2D sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Idle Train 3D asks for nothing beyond the download.
Idle Train 3D holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Train 3D has 455 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Subway Simulator 2D's written reviews are positive against 53% of Idle Train 3D's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Subway Simulator 2D ships an update every 6 months, Idle Train 3D every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Subway Simulator 2D | Idle Train 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (23 ratings) | 4.8 (455 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better | 53.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 455 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Viktorin | 文辉 江 |
Customer experience
Subway Simulator 2D
Idle Train 3D
In-app purchases
Subway Simulator 2D
- STANDARD PACK$3.99
- PREMIUM PACK$7.99
Idle Train 3D
No in-app purchases
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