- #1 911 Operator
97% matchVery Positive89% of 19,514 reviews2017
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Game about the difficult work of people that manage emergency lines and services. Answer incoming calls and react properly - give first aid instructions, advise, dispatch correct number of firemen / police / ambulances, or sometimes - just ignore the call. Play on ANY CITY in the world!
Why similar: Management 16.7%, Simulation 15.8%, Moddable 12.3% ★, Realistic 10.6%, Modern 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor, this game shares the exact core mechanics of managing emergency services via a map-based interface.
- #2 Riot Operator
96% matchMostly Negative28% of 151 reviews2024
Dev: Beta 2 GamesPub: Side Quest Publishing
Windows
The Riot Police need great operators like you. Protect the peace in real places and manifestations. Your ability, perception, and skills will be tested. Control the Uncontrollable!
Why similar: Moddable 18.3% ★, Modern 14.1%, Time Management 11.3%, Education 9.1%, Real Time Tactics 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses specifically on the management and tactical control of police units during large-scale civil unrest.
- #3 This Is the Police 2
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,509 reviews2018
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.
Why similar: Management 46%, Strategy 34.2%, Simulation 12.1%, Singleplayer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This sequel expands on the management mechanics, adding deeper tactical turn-based combat to the emergency response loop.
- #4 EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe
95% matchVery Positive93% of 2,036 reviews2018
Dev: Sixteen Tons Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 43.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Coordinate firefighters, police, medical personnel and specialists in the classic EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe! Now with the previously untranslated bonus missions in English.
Why similar: Moddable 37.2% ★, Simulation 17%, RTS 12.1%, Realistic 12%, Real Time Tactics 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic in the genre, it provides the definitive real-time tactical experience for coordinating fire, police, and medical units.
- #5 This Is the Police
94% matchVery Positive82% of 11,102 reviews2016
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?
Why similar: Management 52.2%, Strategy 24%, Simulation 18.6%, Singleplayer 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the administrative and tactical challenge of managing a police force while responding to various emergency calls.
- #6 Rescue HQ - The Tycoon
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 921 reviews2019
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build up your headquarters from scratch and design your own masterpiece. In Rescue HQ you build, organize and manage a joint station for firefighters, police and ambulance. Manage your resources wisely and master challenging emergencies to keep your city safe! Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Management 29.6%, Simulation 23%, Sandbox 21.2%, Strategy 12.9%, Casual 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It allows you to build and manage a multi-department emergency station, balancing resources and personnel.
- #7 Papers, Please
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 78,992 reviews2013
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Why similar: Simulation 59%, Singleplayer 12%, Strategy 11.7%, 2D 8.8%, Casual 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully replicates the high-pressure, bureaucratic decision-making found in emergency dispatching.
- #8 Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 22,056 reviews2022
Dev: Aesir InteractivePub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Welcome to Brighton! Join the police force of this fictitious American city and experience the day to day life of a police officer.
Why similar: Education 24.5%, Realistic 24.1%, Immersive Sim 17.8%, Open World 15.9%, Simulation 14.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a more grounded, first-person perspective on the daily duties of emergency responders.
- #9 Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 18,307 reviews2023
Dev: Nils JakrinsPub: Excalibur Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 39.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Play solo or in up to 10-player multiplayer co-op! Flashing Lights is an open world police, firefighting and EMS simulator game with plenty of opportunity for role-play or more relaxed fun with friends. Become the law or save lives! Discover leagues of player-created mods!
Why similar: Realistic 34%, Sandbox 22.8%, Open World 22%, Simulation 21.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers an immersive multiplayer experience where you can actively participate in emergency response roles.
- #10 Project Hospital
91% matchVery Positive89% of 9,130 reviews2018
Dev: Oxymoron Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.
Why similar: Medical Sim 36.3% ★, Moddable 16% ★, Management 11.4%, Education 10.8%, Sandbox 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers deep management of medical facilities, focusing on the triage and patient flow that emergency dispatchers often initiate.
- #11 Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator
90% matchMixed50% of 1,243 reviews2025
Dev: Aesir InteractivePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Dedicate your life to saving others. As soon as you receive the emergency call, speed off to the site of the accident in your ambulance, sirens wailing. Apply first aid and transport the seriously injured to hospital. Every second counts!
Why similar: Medical Sim 44.8% ★, Realistic 15.9%, Simulation 14%, Open World 10.6%, Immersive Sim 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a realistic simulation of the medical response process, from driving to the scene to treating patients.
- #12 Mini Airways - ATC simulator
89% matchVery Positive93% of 1,480 reviews2024
Dev: CCC GamesPub: Erabit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Mini Airways is a real-time management game where you play the role of an air traffic controller. Clear your aircraft to takeoff & land, direct them to the destination...and most of all don't let them crash!! London, Tokyo, Shanghai... Test your ATC skills in distinctive maps around the globe!
Why similar: Time Management 21%, Modern 17.3%, Management 9.3%, Immersive Sim 9%, Minimalist 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It translates the dispatching experience to air traffic control, requiring constant monitoring and real-time decision-making.
- #13 Accident
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,714 reviews2021
Dev: Duality Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Become a journalist who researches old car accident cases. Help victims and perform first aid, obtain evidence and reconstruct the events to discover what really happened.
Why similar: Medical Sim 38.2% ★, Time Management 17.8%, Education 15.5%, Realistic 14.3%, Simulation 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the immediate aftermath of emergencies, requiring you to triage and provide life-saving care on-site.
- #14 Emergency Call 112 – The Fire Fighting Simulation 2
88% matchMixed61% of 5,678 reviews2021
Dev: CreneticPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Emergency Call 112 – The Fire Fighting Simulation 2 is the consequent further development of the successful first part, which lets every Firefighter Fan experience the way a professional fire brigade works.
Why similar: Moddable 39% ★, Realistic 19.6%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 11.6%, Open World 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly detailed simulation of fire service operations and equipment management.
- #15 Door Kickers
87% matchVery Positive94% of 9,993 reviews2014
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
Why similar: Moddable 27.4% ★, Strategy 16.6%, RTS 16.3%, Simulation 16.3%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers top-down tactical planning that mirrors the strategic dispatching required for high-risk police operations.
- #16 City Bus Manager
85% matchVery Positive91% of 2,756 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data. Buy buses, maintain them, take care of your staff and lead your bus company to become the #1 in town!
Why similar: Management 25.1%, Time Management 24.5%, Simulation 20%, Sandbox 12.9%, Strategy 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers complex management of public transit systems, requiring careful planning and resource allocation.
- #17 Endless ATC
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 511 reviews2017
Dev: startgrid
Windows
Endless ATC is a realistic air traffic control simulator with a simple, easy to use interface. The goal is to guide as many planes as possible safely to the runways. Find out how many flights you can manage to control!
Why similar: Moddable 17.1% ★, Realistic 13.5%, Real Time Tactics 12.8%, Management 11.8%, Immersive Sim 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist but intense simulation that focuses purely on the logistical challenge of managing air traffic.
- #18 Transport INC
86% matchMixed70% of 1,075 reviews2020
Dev: DIGIFOXPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Become the manager of the largest transport corporation ever! Create new planes, bus, trains and truck connections. Optimize them to ever-changing demands and adapt to unexpected events. Beat the competition. Connect cities all around the real world map!
Why similar: Time Management 17.3%, Realistic 16.7%, Modern 15%, Sandbox 12.1%, Management 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the logistical and management aspects of dispatching vehicles across a global map.
- #19 Airport CEO
84% matchVery Positive83% of 8,179 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Moddable 38.8% ★, Management 12.5%, Realistic 12.2%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, Sandbox 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a comprehensive management simulation where you must oversee operations and respond to various airport emergencies.
- #20 Not Tonight
84% matchVery Positive83% of 2,722 reviews2018
Dev: PanicBarnPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is 'Bouncer'. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay in the UK.
Why similar: Simulation 79.9%, 2D 8.9%, Singleplayer 6.3%, Casual 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of high-stakes gatekeeping and decision-making under strict time pressure.
- #21 Delivery INC
83% matchMostly Positive70% of 260 reviews2023
Dev: DIGIFOXPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Delivery INC is a fast-paced time management game where you’ll be challenged with quick decision making and planning. Build a fleet of vehicles and drivers. Make deliveries before the customer’s patience runs out. Put your logic and delivery skills to the test in any real-world city.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 15.2%, Modern 15.1%, Time Management 13.1%, Management 11.5%, Sandbox 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on real-time logistics and dispatching, mirroring the time-sensitive nature of emergency services.
- #22 Frostpunk
82% matchVery Positive93% of 134,607 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: Strategy 28.4%, Management 26.4%, RTS 22.9%, Simulation 17.7%, Singleplayer 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: It is the ultimate crisis management game, forcing you to make difficult moral choices while managing city-wide emergencies.
- #23 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
80% matchVery Positive91% of 25,891 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 73.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: Moddable 36.4% ★, Management 18%, Simulation 13.9%, Sandbox 11.2%, Open World 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers deep, realistic management of city infrastructure and services, perfect for players who enjoy complex systems.
- #24 Two Point Hospital
81% matchVery Positive92% of 34,521 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 35.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.
Why similar: Medical Sim 55.4% ★, Management 18.3%, Simulation 14.4%, Sandbox 6.2%, Strategy 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a management simulation with a strong focus on patient triage and efficient facility operations.
- #25 Global Rescue
78% matchVery Positive87% of 1,266 reviews2026
Dev: PeDePe GbR Pub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Build your own base and take command of firefighting, police, EMS, and SWAT operations. Thanks to real map data, you can play right in your hometown - or anywhere in the world! Manage your fleet, hire staff, and take on a variety of authentic operations. In which city are you taking command?
Why similar: Time Management 25.6%, Management 17%, Sandbox 14.7%, Simulation 14.5%, Open World 11.1%
- #26 Bio Inc. Redemption
81% matchVery Positive87% of 3,086 reviews2018
Dev: DryGin Studios
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Bio Inc.: Redemption is a realistic simulation and strategy game in which you make life or death decisions. Create a deadly illness to infect and torment your victim or play as the head of a medical team and hopefully find a cure to save your human patient. Will you be the plague or preserve humanity?
Why similar: Medical Sim 41.8% ★, RTS 12.2%, Education 12%, Management 11%, Sandbox 9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a medical management simulation that requires strategic thinking to handle complex health crises.
- #27 Vital Signs: Emergency Department
82% matchMixed56% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: BreakAway Games
Windows · Mac
Play a doctor in Vital Signs: Emergency Department and challenge your medical knowledge to help treat a wide array of cases who come into the ER.
Why similar: Medical Sim 42.3% ★, Time Management 23.6%, Education 15.5%, Simulation 7.4%, Realistic 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses specifically on the medical triage and emergency care aspects of hospital management.
- #28 Plague Inc: Evolved
79% matchVery Positive94% of 62,039 reviews2016
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.
Why similar: Simulation 38.1%, Strategy 29.7%, Realistic 12.3%, Sandbox 6.7%, Casual 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It challenges you to manage a global crisis, providing a macro-level perspective on emergency response.
- #29 EMERGENCY
78% matchMixed70% of 6,665 reviews2023
Dev: Sixteen Tons Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Save lives – be a hero! Join forces against the chaos in the newest title of the award-winning EMERGENCY series. Take up your shift as incident commander and coordinate with other players to fight fires, arrest gangsters and rescue injured civilians. Your city needs you!
Why similar: RTS 25.5%, Real Time Tactics 21.1%, Realistic 19.2%, Management 12.7%, Simulation 10.7%
- #30 Beholder
79% matchVery Positive92% of 30,475 reviews2016
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Why similar: Simulation 48.5%, Strategy 32.1%, Singleplayer 11.7%, 2D 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes surveillance and resource management under a high-pressure, dystopian regime.
- #31 EMERGENCY 20
77% matchVery Positive84% of 2,135 reviews2017
Dev: Sixteen Tons Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Coordinate your team of first responders in the anniversary edition of EMERGENCY! Featuring 10 remastered classic EMERGENCY missions and three full campaigns, EMERGENCY 20 is the complete package for both experienced and new rescue commanders!
Why similar: Moddable 24.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, Realistic 13.4%, RTS 12.4%, Simulation 10.9%
- #32 Emergency Call 112 - The Attack Squad
75% matchMixed49% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: CreneticPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Take on the role of the attack squad and complete a variety of diverse missions ranging from apartment fires to rescuing people and many more. Get an overview of the situation at the scene and decide strategically how to tackle the upcoming tasks depending on the situation!
Why similar: Realistic 22.8%, Education 22.7%, Immersive Sim 20.9%, Simulation 20.4%, Strategy 12.5%
- #33 Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,042 reviews2019
Dev: Serious SimPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 26%, RTS 25.3%, Management 17.8%, Simulation 15.6%, Strategy 7.6%
- #34 Rail Route
73% matchVery Positive89% of 2,495 reviews2024
Dev: Bitrich.info
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 114.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In Rail Route, you will design, construct, upgrade, and automate your railway network in one of the many maps based on real-life cities worldwide. Dispatch the trains to make the traffic flow and the network grow!
Why similar: Time Management 22.8%, Education 15%, Real Time Tactics 14.8%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Management 10.3%
- #35 Notruf 112 | Emergency Call 112
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,472 reviews2016
Dev: Crenetic GmbH StudiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Emergency Call 112 – The Fire Fighting Simulation is an exciting, fully detailed simulation of the eventful life of a big city fire department. It was developed in cooperation with and modelled on the fire brigade of Mülheim, Germany. Mülheim has one of the largest and most modern fire stations in Europe.
Why similar: Realistic 30.9%, Simulation 27.5%, Moddable 17.2% ★, Open World 15%, Casual 3.8%
- #36 Transport Fever 2
73% matchVery Positive90% of 31,697 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 65.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
Why similar: Moddable 23.9% ★, Management 19.4%, Simulation 16.2%, Realistic 10.9%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #37 Emergency 2014
77% matchMixed64% of 371 reviews2013
Dev: Sixteen Tons Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You have command of paramedics, fire brigades, police and disaster relief. Send your teams out on tense real-time missions to deal with disasters in Europe's major centres.
Why similar: Simulation 40.8%, RTS 25.9%, Realistic 19.6%, Strategy 11.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #38 EMERGENCY 2
75% matchVery Positive86% of 78 reviews2018
Dev: Sixteen Tons Entertainment
Windows
Save Lives! When disaster strikes it all comes down to you! Take command of firefighters, doctors and more in this EMERGENCY Classics re-release of EMERGENCY 2. Now playable on modern operating systems!
Why similar: Simulation 26.7%, RTS 21.3%, Realistic 18.3%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, Strategy 15.4%
- #39 EMERGENCY 3
74% matchVery Positive81% of 172 reviews2017
Dev: Sixteen Tons Entertainment
Windows
Their lives are in your hands - can you take the pressure? In this re-release of the classic EMERGENCY 3 it's your job to save lifes! Command many different first responder units in an exciting mix of simulation and real-time strategy.
Why similar: Moddable 30% ★, Simulation 18.4%, RTS 14.1%, Real Time Tactics 13%, Realistic 12.1%
- #40 EmergeNYC
74% matchMixed63% of 4,219 reviews2016
Dev: FlipSwitch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 237.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
EmergeNYC is a simulation of New York City's Emergency Services. Drive over 30 different Emergency Vehicles with up to 32 of your friends through busy City Streets with blazing sirens and air horns. Take the role of a firefighter, medic, or police officer and ride with your friends to emergencies
Why similar: Realistic 25.2%, Simulation 19.1%, Open World 18.4%, RTS 12.6%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #41 Infection Free Zone
69% matchVery Positive81% of 17,669 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: RTS 19.4%, Time Management 18.5%, Management 15.2%, Sandbox 10.8%, Simulation 9.8%
- #42 Rebel Inc: Escalation
71% matchVery Positive82% of 7,279 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
Why similar: Moddable 38.4% ★, RTS 16.4%, Management 14.4%, Sandbox 11.8%, Simulation 10.3%
- #43 PC Building Simulator
70% matchVery Positive94% of 52,512 reviews2019
Dev: Claudiu KissPub: The Irregular Corporation
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 38.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build and grow your very own computer repair enterprise as you learn to diagnose, fix and build PCs. With real-world licensed components and comprehensive hardware and software simulation, you can plan and bring your ultimate PC to life.
Why similar: Education 23.6%, Modern 15.7%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Simulation 13.3%, Realistic 10.8%
- #44 Ultimate Zombie Defense
70% matchVery Positive85% of 4,703 reviews2020
Dev: Terror Dog Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Team up or face it alone in this top down zombie slaying defense adventure! Featuring up to 4 player online co-op, cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses to build the Ultimate Zombie Defense. Can YOU stop them?
Why similar: Casual 56.2%, Strategy 37.3%, Singleplayer 6.4%
- #45 RESCUE 2: Everyday Heroes
73% matchMixed63% of 282 reviews2015
Dev: Fragment Production Ltd.Pub: astragon Sales & Services GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
HOW MANY LIVES WILL YOU SAVE?Experience your city through the eyes of a lifesaver and find out what it means to be a genuine "Everyday Hero"! Keep track of several fire stations, a variety of vehicles, a wide range of equipment and specialized staff so that you're always prepared for anything.
Why similar: Simulation 28.9%, RTS 28.7%, Strategy 20.4%, Education 18.5%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #46 Driftland: The Magic Revival
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,995 reviews2019
Dev: Star Drifters
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
Why similar: RTS 51.4%, Management 34.6%, Strategy 14%
- #47 Worldwide Rush
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 524 reviews2025
Dev: Memel Games
Windows
Worldwide Rush lets you experience passenger transportation and management on a global scale. Expand your company, meet the growing travel demand, compete against other companies, and discover new continents with its unique vehicles. The entire world is yours to control.
Why similar: Modern 16.9%, RTS 16.3%, Management 14.6%, Sandbox 13%, Realistic 12.4%
- #48 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
69% matchVery Positive81% of 1,748 reviews2020
Dev: SquarePlay Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Design and build the most efficient metro stations known to man! Excavate. Expand. Set staff priorities. And manage the commuter flow. Overcrowd is a 2.5D management/tycoon/simulator set below the bustling city of Lubdon Town.
Why similar: Management 29.8%, Sandbox 20.4%, Procedural Generation 19%, Simulation 16.6%, Strategy 10.6%
- #49 Roadside Assistance Simulator
72% matchMixed51% of 92 reviews2014
Dev: Fragment Production LtdPub: rondomedia GmbH
Windows
Experience the everyday duties of a roadside assistance team in this realistic mix of simulation and management game. Direct your rescue team from your roadside assistance center. Unlock new regions and try to attract as many new customers as possible through successful and efficient operations.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #50 Not For Broadcast
66% matchVery Positive94% of 12,442 reviews2022
Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
Why similar: Management 53.8%, Simulation 38.6%, Singleplayer 7.6%
- #51 Astronarch
67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,137 reviews2021
Dev: Dale Turner
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A fusion of roguelikes and auto-battlers like never before seen. Recruit a party of mysterious heroes, navigate deadly lands, collect an arsenal of magical items, and vanquish a new evil threatening the realm!
Why similar: Strategy 64%, Casual 36%
- #52 EarthX
65% matchVery Positive88% of 912 reviews2023
Dev: DenisPub: Mesote Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
EarthX is a rocket company management game. Go from launching small rockets on Earth to eventually building a colony on Mars. Create your own Internet constellation, develop new technologies, supply the International Space Station and terraform Mars!
Why similar: Education 23.7%, Management 21.1%, Simulation 15.4%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Minimalist 12.3%
- #53 Responding
65% matchMixed51% of 386 reviews2026
Dev: Visionary Studios
Windows
Responding is an upcoming open-world Emergency Services simulator sandbox that offers a realistic and in-depth Police, Fire, and EMS experience that is set in a fictional version of New York State.
Why similar: Realistic 26.6%, Immersive Sim 19.5%, Sandbox 18.5%, Open World 17.2%, Simulation 15%
- #54 Wanba Warriors
66% matchVery Positive89% of 2,722 reviews2020
Dev: Wanba Studio
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Have you got what it takes to be a Wanba Warrior? Step into the absurd world of calligraphy combat and prepare to lay the smackdown upon all who dare to oppose you, dishing out damage with your chosen ink brush of brutality! highly recommend playing with controllers.
Why similar: 2D 100%
- #55 Smooth Operators
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 291 reviews2014
Dev: Heydeck Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Smooth Operators is an advanced simulation where you take control of a call center company and lead it to financial success! Watch your company become alive and grow while your building reach the highest skyline. What type of CEO will you be?
Why similar: Management 36.7%, Simulation 30.7%, Strategy 17.6%, Casual 12.9%, Singleplayer 2%
- #56 Fire Commander
67% matchMixed68% of 370 reviews2022
Dev: Atomic WolfPub: Feel Good Games
Windows
See what it means to face the fire. Command a firefighting unit in an exciting tactical RTS. Save lives, manage your water supplies and care for your team in 30+ missions. Be a real hero!
Why similar: Modern 23.1%, RTS 17.3%, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, Realistic 15.3%, Management 11%
- #57 Bomber Crew
66% matchVery Positive88% of 15,353 reviews2017
Dev: Runner DuckPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!
Why similar: Management 42%, Simulation 32.1%, Strategy 17.4%, Singleplayer 5.3%, Casual 3.2%