Comparison

Train Valley II vs First Hearth

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

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About

Train Valley II

Manage a growing railroad company through various eras, from the Industrial Revolution to the future. Build tracks, upgrade trains, and ensure timely deliveries to meet the demands of cities and industries. This tycoon puzzle game challenges you to keep your operations efficient and accident-free.

Highlights
  • Train tycoon puzzle gameplay
  • Build railroads and upgrade locomotives
  • Manage a railroad company
  • Meet city and industry needs
  • Over 227 levels
  • Unlock 18 locomotive models
Features
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Train Valley 2 is a train tycoon puzzle game. Take your railroad company from the days of the Industrial Revolution and into the future, meeting the needs of the valley's cities and industries. Build railroads, upgrade your locomotives, and keep everything on schedule without delays or accidents. Your company is in your hands! ● A Unique blend of Micromanagement, Tycoon, and Puzzle games putting you in control of your own company - that needs to help its local community thrive. ● A huge selection of Trains - 18 models of locomotives to unlock and more than 45 types of the train car - it’s up to you to keep things as efficient and cost-effective as possible, while the world around you gets more demanding! ● More than 227 levels to beat! ● Tons of puzzles to solve and tracks to build!

About

First Hearth

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Begin with one person. Build a civilization. First Hearth is a civilization, survival, and settlement-building game where every world begins with a single founder and an untouched wilderness. Gather your first resources, establish a home, grow food, and survive long enough to turn a lonely settlement into something greater. As your population grows, build farms, workshops, schools, hospitals, roads, ports, railways, factories, and the infrastructure needed to support an increasingly complex society. Progress from primitive beginnings through centuries of technological development toward the Machine Age. Discover new technologies, develop industry, establish trade routes, manage resources and production, and watch generations live within the civilization you created. Explore a living world of changing seasons, wildlife, rivers, coastlines, and distant lands. Encounter other civilizations, establish relationships, trade, compete for territory, or go to war. Build an economy Resources move through production chains as your settlement develops from local survival into an interconnected economy. Decide where infrastructure belongs and how your civilization should grow while your people keep it running. Shape a civilization Expand from a handful of buildings into villages, towns, industrial centres, ports, farms, rail networks, and sprawling settlements. Your decisions determine how the world develops. Advance through the ages Research technologies across multiple eras, transforming what your people can build, produce, transport, and discover as centuries pass. Follow generations Your original founder is only the beginning. Families form, generations pass, and the settlement grows into a civilization with a history of its own. Explore and encounter Venture beyond your home, discover new lands and resources, encounter wildlife and other civilizations, and connect distant settlements through roads, shipping, and rail. Return to where it began Even after your civilization has grown far beyond its humble beginnings, your founder's original home remains part of the world. Walk through the civilization you built and see how far it has come. First Hearth is a complete premium game. One purchase. The complete game. No ads. No in-app purchases. No premium currency. No real-world construction timers.

Screenshots

Train Valley II4 screens
First Hearth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Train Valley II at Free against First Hearth's $3.99. Train Valley II also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). First Hearth's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months). On 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

Train Valley II is free to download; First Hearth costs $3.99 up front. Train Valley II sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. First Hearth asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Train Valley II ships an update every 5 months, First Hearth every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Train Valley II versus First Hearth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrain Valley IIFirst Hearth
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.7 (107 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings107 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size312 MB65 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMETA PublishingHarrison Hertz

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Train Valley II

One-time6
  • Passenger Flow Pack$0.99
  • Ruby Bundle$4.99
  • Sapphire Bundle$5.99
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  • Emerald Bundle$5.99
  • Starter Pack$9.99
  • Epic Bundle$19.99
None

First Hearth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Train Valley II free?
Train Valley II is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is First Hearth free?
First Hearth costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Train Valley II or First Hearth have ads?
Neither Train Valley II nor First Hearth shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Train Valley II or First Hearth?
Train Valley II ships an update every 5 months, and First Hearth every 2 days. Most recently, Train Valley II was updated on October 22, 2026 and First Hearth on October 20, 2026.

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