Train Games Online: Driving, Track Puzzles and Snake Trains
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Train games online fall into a few kinds: games where you drive a train between stations or run a level crossing, puzzles where you shape the track, snake-style games where your train grows longer, and action games set on rails. A train follows its track, so most of these games use only the mouse or a few keys. Below are the kinds, with controls taken from the games themselves.
| Kind | What you do | Start with |
|---|---|---|
| Driving and crossings | Take passengers between stations, or open and close a level crossing | Train Travels |
| Track puzzles | Rotate or slide the track, or throw the switches, so the train can pass | Train Puzzle |
| Snake-style trains | Grow a long train and avoid crashing into others | Mini Trains io |
| Action on rails | Shoot from a train or run along the top of one | Train Artillery Adventure |
Driving and operating trains
The driving games below need only the mouse or a few keys.
- Train Travels puts you in the driver's seat with passengers waiting at the station. You drive to the destination where they need to arrive, and the description admits it is hard to keep a train on the railway. It has multiple levels, and W and S or the up and down arrows move the train.
- Fast Euro Train Driver Sim is a train driving simulator played with the mouse. Its description promises the experience of a real subway train sim world.
- Xtreme Train Driving Simulator puts you at the level crossing instead of in the cab. You click the left mouse button to open or close the railway gate and manage the traffic on the crossing.
- Off The Rails 3D is a relaxing driving game in an origami style. You press the screen to drive a little red train and must arrive at the next station before you run out of fuel. Coins strengthen the train.
- Train Racing offers single-player levels or multiplayer races. A and D or the left and right arrows control the train, and Space, W or the up arrow makes it jump.
Habits for the driving games:
- Watch the fuel. Off The Rails 3D asks you to reach the next station before it runs out.
- Spend coins on the train. Off The Rails 3D lets you strengthen it with the coins you collect.
- Check the key list first. Train Racing puts a jump key, Space, W or the up arrow, next to its steering keys.
Track puzzles
In a track puzzle the train cannot steer around a problem, so you fix the track. None of the games below describes laying out a whole railway: they work on one track or one set of switches at a time.
- Train Puzzle asks you to slide, rotate and connect the tracks to build a path across a grid. You use logic to avoid dead ends and guide the wagons to the finish line. It plays with a mouse click or a tap.
- Brain Train: Railway Puzzle gives you railroad switches to control so that all trains arrive on time and on the right track. It is a single-tap game, and the description says it adapts to your level.
- MergeTrainLastRail is a merge puzzle set aboard a train. You drag and drop items to merge them into higher-tier objects and fill passenger orders, with chapters, daily events and an energy system.
Habits for track puzzles:
- Read the whole grid before you move a piece. Train Puzzle is about avoiding dead ends.
- Plan the order of the switches. Brain Train needs every train to arrive on time and on the right track, and its description says mastering the levels takes time and effort.
More puzzles of every kind are in the puzzle games category and in puzzle games online.
Snake-style trains
These games borrow the snake formula and put a train on it.
- Mini Trains io is an io-style snake game. You collect nuts and bolts to build up your train's length, play among other trains and must not collide with one, or it is game over. The goal is to grow your train to the top of the leaderboard. It plays with the mouse or a touch.
- Train Snake asks you to drive your train to pick up all the passengers and deliver them to your destination. Do not forget the passengers, and watch out for obstacles on the road.
Games that grow a body as you play are covered in io games online.
Trains with guns, and runs on top of them
- Train Artillery Adventure combines shooting, merging and upgrading. You control a powerful artillery train that travels through battle zones against zombies, and you aim the turret and fire. It plays with a mouse click or a tap.
- Last Train Escape is a fast-paced survival game in which you run, jump and slide on top of a speeding train while avoiding obstacles and deadly gaps. You choose a difficulty and survive as long as you can.
Train games FAQ
Are there train games online free with no download?
Yes. Games on the site play free in the browser, with no install and no registration. The site works in the browser of a phone, a tablet and a computer, though a game that lists only keyboard keys needs a keyboard.
What are train simulator games?
They are games about driving or operating a train: moving between stations, watching the fuel and, in Xtreme Train Driving Simulator, controlling a level crossing. Off The Rails 3D is a lighter take, with a simple press-to-drive control.
Are there train driving games online?
Yes. Train Travels, Fast Euro Train Driver Sim and Off The Rails 3D put you in the driver's seat, and Train Racing adds races and a jump key. Xtreme Train Driving Simulator puts you at a level crossing instead.
Are there 3D train games?
Train Puzzle describes charming 3D graphics and Off The Rails 3D names its 3D in the title. More 3D vehicle games are in the 3D games category.
Other long vehicles are in bus games online and truck games online.
