Comparison

Subway Simulator 2D vs Train Empire

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

Train Empire

Build and manage a sprawling railway empire, starting from humble wooden stations to modern high-speed networks. Collect earnings, upgrade trains and infrastructure, and strategize to become the ultimate transport tycoon in this idle simulation game.

Highlights
  • Build railway networks
  • Collect and spend money on development
  • Manage transport system
  • Upgrade trains and stations
  • Create a giant corporation
  • Idle gameplay
  • Modern graphics
Features
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Do you like idle connect games? Let’s play Train Empire: Connect Railroad and become the tycoon manager of the railway empire! Your main goal is to get as many trains as possible on the roads you build, so you get more money to develop your business. Are you ready to build a world famous railroad system? In Train Empire: Connect Railroad you will face the role of a public communications architect, create your own system of communications across the country, idle tycoon manager! Control train traffic and develop a small wooden station with steam locomotives into a modern high-tech station with high-speed trains! Become the rich transport tycoon! Develop infrastructure and earn more money! Start your journey from the days of wooden train stations, steam locomotives and saloons. As your business grows, you will move to the trains and stations of the industrial boom times. When you've built a railroad network that takes up most of the map, you'll move into the modern era with modern high-tech station and high-speed trains Use bonuses to earn more money! Speed ​​up your railway so that trains make more trips. Increase the number of trains to carry more passengers, upgrade income to receive more cash. Come up with the perfect strategy to earn more money and satisfy all passengers! Build your own train corp to create the best transport system in the world. Game Features: - Build a railway across big country - Collect money and spend them on development your railroad - Manage a huge transport system - Upgrade your trains, speed up the railway carriage and increase capacity to create the best train station in the world - Create your own giant corporation - Modern graphics and quality effects - User-friendly interfaces - Easy controls - Relax and enjoy the idle gameplay What are you waiting for? It’s time to build your idle empire and become a successful tycoon! Train Empire: Connect Railroad can be played with just one finger! This game has simple controls for the player. You can create a world road system on your way to school, university or job, you will enjoy it!

Screenshots

Subway Simulator 2D4 screens
Train Empire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Train Empire at none against Subway Simulator 2D's 2. Train Empire also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Subway Simulator 2D's advantage is review sentiment (73% vs 40%). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Subway Simulator 2D sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Train Empire asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Train Empire holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 43 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Subway Simulator 2D's written reviews are positive against 40% of Train Empire's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Subway Simulator 2D versus Train Empire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubway Simulator 2DTrain Empire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (23 ratings)4.7 (43 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2343 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB182 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDaniel ViktorinMAD PIXEL

Customer experience

Subway Simulator 2D

All ratings23 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative20.5%

Train Empire

All ratings33 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Subway Simulator 2D

One-time2
  • STANDARD PACK$3.99
  • PREMIUM PACK$7.99
None

Train Empire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Subway Simulator 2D free?
Subway Simulator 2D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Train Empire free?
Train Empire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Subway Simulator 2D or Train Empire?
Train Empire is rated higher. Subway Simulator 2D averages 4.5 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Train Empire averages 4.7 from 43 ratings.
Do Subway Simulator 2D or Train Empire have ads?
Both Subway Simulator 2D and Train Empire show ads.

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