Gameplay
About
OpenTTD is an open-source transport and logistics simulation inspired by Chris Sawyer's 1995 classic Transport Tycoon Deluxe, continuously developed by a global volunteer community since March 2004 with over 22 years of active releases.
Connect growing towns and multi-stage industry chains across procedural islands and continents from 1950 into the future. Lay intricate double-track railway mainlines with path and block signalling, construct multi-platform terminus and ro-ro stations, route road vehicle fleets, dig canal locks and shipping lanes, and upgrade regional airfields into intercontinental hub airports.
Key Features
- Four transport modes: rail (steam, diesel, electric, monorail, maglev), road (buses, trucks, trams), water (ships, ferries, canal locks, aqueducts), and air (planes, jets, helicopters).
- Path-based railway signalling (PBS), bridges, tunnels, terraforming, and shared vehicle orders with timetable automation.
- Dynamic town growth, passenger/mail demand, and interconnected supply chains.
- Bundled with OpenGFX 8.0 graphics, OpenSFX 1.0.3 sound effects, and OpenMSX 0.4.2 MIDI music.
Controls & Devices
- Desktop (Full) & Tablet (Playable) in landscape; Mouse required, Keyboard & Touch supported.
- Left-click: select tools, place track/stations, open windows. Right-click + drag (or Arrow keys): pan map. Scroll wheel: zoom. Space: dismiss news. F1: pause. Del: close windows.
Save Behaviour
- Company savegames and settings persist automatically to Cassette cloud storage.
Credits, Licence & Source
- Original Makers: OpenTTD Team, OpenGFX, OpenSFX & OpenMSX Contributors.
- WebAssembly Port: wasmga-me (OpenTTD-wasm @ 638c436eb680).
- Licence: GPL-2.0-only (engine, OpenGFX 8.0, OpenMSX 0.4.2, TimGM6mb.sf2); CC BY-SA 3.0 (OpenSFX 1.0.3).
- Upstream: github.com/OpenTTD/OpenTTD (v15.3) | Web Port: github.com/wasmga-me/OpenTTD-wasm/tree/638c436e…
Credits
- Original game development (GPL-2.0-only)
- OpenTTD Team
- Sound effects base set (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- OpenSFX Contributors
- Graphics and music base sets (GPL-2.0-only)
- OpenGFX & OpenMSX Contributors
- Key art (OpenTTD 15.3 & OpenGFX 8.0, GPL v2) & OpenTTD logo (GPL v2)
- OpenTTD & OpenGFX Teams
- WebAssembly Emscripten port
- wasmga-me (OpenTTD-wasm @ 638c436eb680)
Links
- Website
- openttd.org
- Community
- github.com/OpenTTD/OpenTTD
- Licence
- GPL-2.0-only
Accessibility
- Remappable controls
- Difficulty options
- No time pressure
- One-handed play
Configurable interface scaling, font sizes, pause-on-build option, and full mouse-driven controls.








