Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Hacker ApprovedRanked 2 of 5 management games by recommenders
People recommend this classic for its hundreds of hours of fun, nostalgic appeal and deep train logistics. Critics say it lacks a real economy model.
People recommend this classic for its hundreds of hours of fun, nostalgic appeal and deep train logistics. Critics say it lacks a real economy model.
18 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Long hours of replayable fun
“I guess this is like playing Transport Fever 2 for me, because I have spent many hundreds of hours playing this game before.”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “World Train Map – 1247 train routes around the world” “For some people it's the game. Like I played the original (not even TTD, just TT) and this is still a very fun game.”
Comment from 27 Jun 2026 in “OpenTTD 16.0-Beta1” Childhood nostalgia and fond memories
“I'm a big fan of transport tycoon, used to play it for hours as a kid”
Comment from 17 Jan 2026 in “We Put Claude Code in Rollercoaster Tycoon” “I remember old tile-based games (like SimCity or Transport Tycoon)”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “City building games have a Soul Problem pt.2” Deep logistics and train links
“I really admired Transport Tycoon which had those 3 additionals transport channels.”
Comment from 18 Feb 2026 in “Reverse Engineering Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon for DOS from 1990” “I was much happier making train links between coal mines and power stations”
Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Serflings is a remake of The Settlers 1”
Other management games people recommend
The four most recommended other management games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenTTD | 44 | 8 | 85% | 9 | 20 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| Transport Tycoon DeluxeThis page | 14 | 4 | 78% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Pizza Tycoon | 6 | 2 | 75% | 1 | — | — |
| Fast Food Tycoon 2 | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Wall Street Raider | 5 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
14 of the 20 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I remember old tile-based games (like SimCity or Transport Tycoon)”
“I guess this is like playing Transport Fever 2 for me, because I have spent many hundreds of hours playing this game before.”
“For some people it's the game. Like I played the original (not even TTD, just TT) and this is still a very fun game.”
“It's absurd that some company can buy up and profit from thirty-year-old formerly-abandonware”
“Transport Tycoon Deluxe was nice in this regard”
“The remaster cannot compete, simple as.”
“I would happily pay the same today for TTD resources”
“they're both transport games with bad UIs”
“I really admired Transport Tycoon which had those 3 additionals transport channels.”
“while they are fun games just lacks the ability to build and manipulate a real economy”
“I'm a big fan of transport tycoon, used to play it for hours as a kid”
“the games I tried such as Transport Fever 2 and Valheim are streamed and visible but still noticeably laggy”
“the original graphics, and MOSTLY music is great”
“I was much happier making train links between coal mines and power stations”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.