Cities: Skylines’ Best Replacement Is Finally Here and Better than Expected

Transport Fever 3 offers a more demanding alternative to Cities: Skylines by making transport and logistics central to how towns develop. The writer says that, after playing it for about a month, they found its focus on planning networks and supporting industry more engaging than the looser, more aesthetic city-building challenges they were used to.

Players begin with a small town and transport company, then build routes to serve residents and connect resources with processing facilities. Growth depends on supplying jobs, goods and reliable travel; road types shape development, while terrain affects road costs and freight, and railways require supporting production chains. Each transport upgrade can ease one problem while creating new demands elsewhere.