LogInSubway Builder uses real-world passenger simulation.
Colin Dias Miller
If you love transport simulators, you simply must check out Subway Builder, a "hyperrealistic transit simulation game" created by Colin Dias Miller, who also founded Redistricter, a mapping tool for visualizing the data "that shapes America."
I'm sure you're wondering what's so special about this game. Subway Builder generates real-world passengers based on Census and Redistricter data.
Colin Dias Miller
"The US census records home and workplace locations. The game generates millions of commuters with homes from that and then uses a distance-based gravity model to assign them all workplaces. They're also assigned times to leave to/from work in a distribution similar to real life."
Colin Dias Miller
Learn more about the simulation here.
Colin Dias Miller
Create the best subway system in the world under realistic constraints and costs. To do this, you must undersatand your commuters by analyzing wait times, transfers, income distribution, delays, and more. You can play with 26 cities, with more to come.
Colin Dias Miller
Subway Builder works on Windows, macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon on version 12.0 and later), and Linux. The game costs $30 on its website or $40 on Steam when it gets there.
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