- #1 Citystate II
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,097 reviews2021
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Create your own Nation, build cities and bring prosperity to your people. Citystate II is a unique city-builder featuring realistic economics and complex political options. Slums or skyscrapers, experiment and bring about your vision of the ideal society.
Why similar: City Builder 17.5%, Political Sim 16.8% ★, Economy 12.5%, Political 11.8% ★, Building 8.9%
- #2 Uber Urban
76% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: J.F
Windows · Mac
Build your city in multiple different hand-crafted worlds and manage all the complexities that a real mayor would. From city services to demand, finances, policies, approval ratings and re-election, Uber Urban offers a complete and innovative take on the city building genre.
Why similar: City Builder 17.3%, Capitalism 12.3%, Economy 11.4%, Building 9.9%, Procedural Generation 9.4%
- #3 Metroland
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anglia Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a transport tycoon in 1900s London. Expand transport lines, housing, and businesses to fund your transport empire. Make use of urban planning to create communities that will use your services.
Why similar: Transportation 21.3% ★, City Builder 16.1%, Capitalism 13.2%, Economy 11.2%, Management 8.6%
- #4 Citystate Metropolis
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
The creative, pragmatic, limitless city builder. Engineer a masterpiece of urban design, a small sustainable town or a futuristic metropolis. With procedurally generated buildings, grid-less zoning and powerful editor tools, everything is customizable: the city is yours.
Why similar: City Builder 19%, Transportation 15.9% ★, Economy 12.2%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #5 NIMBY Rails
74% matchVery Positive90% of 2,198 reviews2021
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 40.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Solve global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.
Why similar: Transportation 20.2% ★, Political Sim 14.3% ★, Economy 10.8%, City Builder 10.7%, Capitalism 9.8%
- #6 Sweet Transit
72% matchMixed68% of 1,224 reviews2024
Dev: Ernestas NorvaišasPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Sweet Transit is a unique city builder where the railway is king. Build and automate the dream supply chain for your citizens, giving them all they need to expand quaint villages into bustling cities. Progress from steam power to diesel and beyond in this advanced train-driven experience.
Why similar: Transportation 16.9% ★, City Builder 12.8%, Moddable 12.3% ★, Level Editor 10.5%, Economy 9.5%
- #7 SimCasino
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 751 reviews2021
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Modern Casino Tycoon Simulation in full 3D glory. Build the casino. Set the odds. Expand into a luxury hotel/casino or go cheap & extract max profits. Keep the vault secure at all times, and beware of criminals & cheaters!!
Why similar: City Builder 16.7%, Capitalism 14.6%, Economy 11.3%, Moddable 10.3% ★, Building 9.8%
- #8 Tropico 7
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Get rich or die trying! In Tropico 7, you step into El Presidente’s shiny boots again to build your island nation and – literally – move mountains. As glorious leader you guide your loyal citizens (and your Swiss Bank Account) through the ages toward untold prosperity.
Why similar: Political Sim 21.7% ★, City Builder 15.5%, Transportation 11.7% ★, Political 10.5% ★, Economy 8.5%
- #9 Megacity Builder
72% matchMixed49% of 49 reviews2017
Dev: Andrew Rowe
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A city builder that has all the bells and whistles you know and love with one twist. In Megacity Builder you build a whole nation not just a city. Pass laws at the national level. Build cities like in classic city builders while producing resources to feed your massive capital.
Why similar: Political Sim 19.8% ★, Political 13.4% ★, City Builder 13.2%, Capitalism 11.7%, Economy 9.3%
- #10 Microlandia
68% matchPositive94% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Information Superhighway Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Brutally honest city builder. Become the mayor of a thriving new town and manage construction, policies, taxes, incident response and more, through an elaborate socioeconomic simulation that draws on real-world data.
Why similar: City Builder 17.9%, Transportation 17.7% ★, Economy 12.8%, Capitalism 12.3%, Political 9.8% ★
- #11 Cities: Skylines II
68% matchMixed54% of 86,276 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.6 hrsMean: 72.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
Why similar: City Builder 27.9%, Building 12.6%, Economy 12%, Transportation 11.5% ★, Moddable 10.3% ★
- #12 OpenTTD
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 16,337 reviews2021
Dev: OpenTTD
Windows · Mac · Linux
OpenTTD is a business simulation game in which players earn money by transporting passengers and cargo via road, rail, water, and air. It is an open-source remake and expansion of the 1995 Chris Sawyer video game Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
Why similar: Transportation 20.4% ★, Economy 14.5%, Building 12.9%, City Builder 11.6%, Moddable 10% ★
- #13 Kapital: Sparks of Revolution
68% matchMixed61% of 238 reviews2022
Dev: Lapovich TeamPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sandbox economic simulation game about class struggle. European country is in a deep crisis. You are the mayor of the capital. Social unrest is inevitable. What price will you pay to save your people from anarchy?
Why similar: City Builder 19.4%, Capitalism 17.2%, Economy 14.3%, Political 11.3% ★, Management 8.9%
- #14 Market Hours
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ACB Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Grow a trading firm from your apartment to a global institution. Hire traders and engineers, research new strategies, negotiate with your competitors, optimize your infrastructure, and build the most successful proprietary trading firm on Wall Street!
Why similar: Political Sim 24.3% ★, City Builder 19.6%, Capitalism 11.5%, Sandbox 10.5%, Modern 8.8%
- #15 Office Management 101
68% matchMixed65% of 96 reviews2022
Dev: tulevik.EU
Windows · Linux
Office Management 101 is a satirical office life simulation tycoon game set in a fictional capitalistic dystopia. Step over competitors, drive your staff to the limit and milk your customers for every penny in the pursuit of spiraling success!
Why similar: Capitalism 15.7%, City Builder 14.5%, Moddable 13.5% ★, Economy 12.4%, Building 10.4%
- #16 InfraSpace
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,866 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
Why similar: Transportation 19.5% ★, City Builder 15.4%, Moddable 11.2% ★, Economy 10.3%, Capitalism 9.2%
- #17 Parkitect
68% matchVery Positive94% of 7,997 reviews2018
Dev: Texel Raptor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Parkitect is a business simulation game that charges you with the construction and management of theme parks! Bringing back the best of classic theme park games with many new features and content on top. Now supports online co-op with up to 8 players!
Why similar: Level Editor 15%, Moddable 12.3% ★, Economy 11.5%, City Builder 11.4%, Capitalism 10.5%
- #18 PolyTown
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Threading Squirrel
Windows
PolyTown is a modern, low poly city building game. Zone areas for residents and businesses, connect them and build services and utilities to keep your citizens satisfied. But don’t get too comfy, if you don’t do your job well, people will make you pay the price.
Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Political 22.2% ★, Economy 15.8%, Isometric 7.9%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #19 Tropico 6
67% matchVery Positive88% of 28,754 reviews2019
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, Political Sim 20% ★, Economy 14.6%, Management 10.1%, Political 9% ★
- #20 City Painter
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blunix Games
Windows
Advanced city simulator with minimalist "Paint" graphics. Build complex intersections, edit traffic rules, and solve traffic jams without melting your PC.
Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Transportation 21.2% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, Moddable 9.4% ★, Building 9.1%
- #21 Green City
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fabiulous Games
Windows · Mac
Green City is a Free-to-Play, Eco-Focused City-Builder. Create your own beautiful sustainable city, manage resources and balance economic growth with environmental impact.
Why similar: Political Sim 19.9% ★, City Builder 18.8%, Political 13.9% ★, Building 10.4%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #22 Urbek City Builder
65% matchVery Positive90% of 1,803 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.
Why similar: Political Sim 18.8% ★, City Builder 18.8%, Economy 11.8%, Building 10.9%, Modern 9.9%
- #23 Amusement Tycoon
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BronStudio
Windows
Manage your park in Amusement Tycoon! Build thrilling attractions, manage staff, and delight visitors to create the park of your dreams and achieve success!
Why similar: City Builder 22%, Capitalism 17.3%, Economy 13.8%, Management 13.5%, Building 12.7%
- #24 Urbek City Builder: Prologue
65% matchVery Positive94% of 1,703 reviews2022
Dev: Estudios KremlinoisPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Urbek City Builder: Prologue is a free city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures. Try it yourself for free!
Why similar: Political Sim 20.8% ★, City Builder 16.1%, Modern 12%, Economy 11.6%, Building 9.8%
- #25 Factory Business Management
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gran Capitan Game Dev
Windows · Mac
Build factories, manage resources, research new technologies, try to locate the best markets to sell your products. Keep building, managing resources, researching and selling. Repeat, fail, learn, repeat, succeed, grow
Why similar: Political Sim 21.9% ★, City Builder 18.7%, Economy 14.7%, Management 11.3%, Capitalism 11.2%
- #26 IsoMetro
64% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Grimesoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tile-based city builder w/ old-school aesthetic & new-school simulation engine. Easy to pick up and put down.
Why similar: City Builder 20%, Economy 11.8%, Capitalism 11.6%, Sandbox 10.7%, Moddable 10.3% ★
- #27 Transports
66% matchMixed65% of 107 reviews2018
Dev: Jens P. Behrens
Windows
Transports is a transportation business simulation game. Build your business empire by building transportation routes for trucks, trains, ships and planes to transport goods between industrial buildings and cities.
Why similar: Transportation 21.4% ★, Economy 12.3%, Moddable 11.9% ★, City Builder 11.2%, Management 9.6%
- #28 TheoTown
64% matchVery Positive94% of 4,326 reviews2019
Dev: Lobby DivinusPub: blueflower
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Build and manage your dream city in this captivating simulation game. Create unique urban landscapes and enjoy compatibility with the mobile versions. Unleash your creativity and shape the metropolis of your dreams.
Why similar: Political Sim 19.2% ★, City Builder 18%, Moddable 16.3% ★, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #29 Dissent on Mars
63% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Michael HicksPub: MichaelArts
Windows
A sci-fi life sim where you create new societies unlike anything on Earth. Design your economy and government, build your colony, and experience your choices firsthand by living as a colonist. Will your society become a living utopia, or another dystopia?
Why similar: Political Sim 22.2% ★, Political 18% ★, City Builder 12.8%, Economy 12.2%, Building 7.6%
- #30 Summer Islands
63% matchVery Positive81% of 188 reviews2025
Dev: Marttalin Games
Windows · Linux
Summer Islands is a holiday real-time strategy business simulator. Be the right businessman, build your holiday paradise and grab the money from your tourists. Play alone, with your friends and with computer enemies and survive natural disasters without going insolvent.
Why similar: Capitalism 18.7%, Economy 16.8%, Building 13.5%, Procedural Generation 12%, Management 10.6%
- #31 Epic Trains 4
63% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Andrew Rowe
Windows · Linux
Run a transportation empire with planes, trains, automobiles and ships. Become a transportation tycoon. No generative AI.
Why similar: Transportation 19.8% ★, Capitalism 16.1%, Economy 12.6%, Building 10.5%, Sandbox 10%
- #32 Hotel Architect
61% matchVery Positive94% of 1,328 reviews2025
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Step into the shoes of a hotel owner as you design, build, and manage grand hotels around the world. Juggle demanding guests, frantic logistics, and plenty of unexpected surprises in Hotel Architect; the ultimate hotel construction and tycoon management game!
Why similar: City Builder 19.7%, Capitalism 16.1%, Economy 14.8%, Building 12%, Management 11.1%
- #33 Real Estate Tycoon!
63% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Real Estate Tycoon lets you buy, sell, and upgrade properties to maximize profits. Play through Career Mode, Time Trial, or Endless Mode as you navigate a dynamic market. Build your empire, strategize investments, and dominate the property market!
Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, Capitalism 19.2%, Modern 15.9%, Economy 15.3%, Building 12.6%
- #34 Metropolis 1998
63% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yesbox Studios
Windows
A fresh, modern city builder with charming aesthetics. Detailed agent-based simulation and scheduling. See inside buildings. Design and customize almost anything. Business-specific zoning, and mixed use zones too!
Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, Capitalism 14.8%, Economy 13.4%, Building 11.8%, Management 10.6%
- #35 Nyako: Restaurant Tycoon
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NikolaPub: NORSKA
Windows · Mac
A restaurant, a small local cafe, or a van with glowing hot dogs? In Nyako Restaurant, you can create your own business empire and conquer the restaurant world.
Why similar: City Builder 17.7%, Capitalism 15.2%, Modern 14%, Level Editor 12.7%, Economy 11.5%
- #36 Skyline Urban Story
61% matchVery Positive89% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: PandaUpStudio
Windows · Mac
From barren land to towering metropolis, every decision you make shapes the destiny of your city. Industrial flow, global trade, surging land values, and growing wealth, offers deep management gameplay, perfect for players who love strategic city-building and economic simulation.
Why similar: City Builder 23.4%, Economy 16.9%, Modern 14.8%, Building 13.4%, Capitalism 13.4%
- #37 Epic City Builder 4
64% matchMostly Positive76% of 33 reviews2021
Dev: Andrew Rowe
Windows · Linux
In Epic City Builder 4 you build a whole nation across multiple maps. Pass laws at the national level. Fiddle with the budgets at the city level. Manage your taxes and spending well and later you could be laying out whole cities at once.
Why similar: Political Sim 23.4% ★, City Builder 15.9%, Capitalism 12%, Political 11.5% ★, Sandbox 8.9%
- #38 Telecom Tycoon 📶
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yet Another Indie Game Studio (YAIGS)
Windows
Build your own mobile networks in this unique single-player business simulation game. Start in the 1990s with a 2G network, take part in the 3G auctions of the 2000s and create the best mobile networks.
Why similar: Economy 17.7%, Capitalism 16.6%, Modern 13.8%, Building 12.9%, Management 12.3%
- #39 Airport CEO
63% matchVery Positive83% of 8,127 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Moddable 17.8% ★, Transportation 16.3% ★, Capitalism 12.5%, City Builder 11.8%, Economy 10.1%
- #40 Transport Fever 3
62% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Urban Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Transport Fever 3, the ultimate transport tycoon returns, bigger, deeper, and more dynamic than ever. Build the routes that transform the world across land, sea, and sky using over a century of evolving transport options. Design and build your ideal transport network.
Why similar: Transportation 26% ★, City Builder 19%, Economy 13.4%, Management 10.7%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #41 Terminal One
61% matchMixed68% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Terminal Reality
Windows
Airport building and light business tycoon game. Build up an airport providing cargo, maintenance, and passenger service. Choose which upgrades to invest in, manage policies, organize finances, optimize layouts, and balance carbon emissions.
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Transportation 16.8% ★, Building 13.3%, Economy 13%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #42 Super Company
62% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Dawn Studio
Windows
You will act as an entrepreneur in the 1990s, producing all kinds of goods that citizens need; Providing residential and educational services for citizens; Carry out international trade and upgrade industries. You should choose the right development strategy to grow the company.
Why similar: City Builder 24.2%, Economy 18.9%, Capitalism 17.8%, Sandbox 12.5%, Management 10.9%
- #43 Cities: Skylines
63% matchVery Positive93% of 286,647 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 64.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Why similar: City Builder 34.7%, Moddable 13.4% ★, Building 13.2%, Management 9.9%, Economy 9.9%
- #44 StarScraper
63% matchMixed65% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Mitchell GarrettPub: Rosae Ex Ludis
Windows
So, you’re the new Boss? Seems like every year I get a new entrepreneur to babysit. It takes more than dreams to build a skyscraper! You need to track stocks, utilities, prestige—ah who am I kidding? You're rich, you can do whatever you want. Go on, build rockets into it like the last clown did.
Why similar: Transportation 20.9% ★, City Builder 19.4%, Economy 13.5%, Building 10.9%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #45 Cities XXL
65% matchMixed40% of 2,356 reviews2015
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 51.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design, build, and manage the world’s largest and most diverse cities in Cities XXL. Bigger and better than ever before with a more powerful game engine and new interface, become the mayor of your very own sprawling metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Economy 16.7%, Building 14%, Moddable 11.6% ★, Management 10.8%
- #46 Transporter
62% matchMixed49% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Shattered Mirror Studio
Windows
Modern transport sim game combining realistic simulation with indie game style, old-school grid environment, newest features, and modern transport options. Transport a wide variety of cargo and passengers over road, rail, and water, and create your own transport company!
Why similar: Transportation 32.8% ★, Management 12.6%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Level Editor 10.1%, Modern 8.9%
- #47 Rise of Industry
63% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,153 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
Why similar: City Builder 19.5%, Economy 17.3%, Management 13.8%, Transportation 11.1% ★, Capitalism 8.7%
- #48 Stakeholder Game
63% matchMixed41% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: BoneAppsPub: Bone Apps
Windows · Linux
Investment business simulation game. Become the richest billionaire ever! Build your financial empire out of merged companies and increase your capital.
Why similar: Capitalism 22.4%, Economy 21.2%, City Builder 19.5%, Modern 8.1%, Management 7.4%
- #49 Epic Transport
61% match1 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Pixel Games
Windows
Epic Transport is a casual game where you build paths and spawn vehicles that make you money. You select 1 of 4 Heroes that give boosts to different vehicles.
Why similar: Transportation 30.3% ★, Economy 19.3%, Sandbox 16.8%, Building 16.2%, Isometric 9.7%
- #50 A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
62% matchMostly Positive75% of 200 reviews2021
Dev: ARTDINKPub: KOMODO
Windows
In the world of A-Train, people gather around stations, gradually developing the surrounding town. What kind of railroad will you create? How will you develop the town? All these choices and more are yours to make.
Why similar: City Builder 19.8%, Transportation 18.5% ★, Economy 13.6%, Building 11.7%, Level Editor 10.6%
- #51 Ancient Worlds: Egypt
63% match5 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Aleksander Ciesielski
Windows
Rewrite history and rule Ancient Egypt in this retro-inspired city-building game.
Why similar: City Builder 17.2%, Moddable 14.4% ★, Economy 13.3%, Level Editor 12.3%, Isometric 9.5%
- #52 Worldwide Rush
60% matchVery Positive80% of 487 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: Transportation 29.4% ★, Capitalism 17.2%, Economy 16.8%, Sandbox 11.1%, Management 10.5%
- #53 President Simulator
61% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Red Button Labs
Windows
Become President of the USA: sign absurd decrees and balance your policies to avoid being called a "sellout." Communicate to gain popularity, manage interviews, and face press conferences. Everything falling apart? Press the red button.
Why similar: Political Sim 26% ★, Political 19.5% ★, Capitalism 15.9%, Economy 11.3%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #54 Cargo Company
62% matchMixed59% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Cargo Company is a transport simulation tycoon game where you make money by transporting passengers, wood, steel, goods, cars, tanks and more - using trains, trucks, busses, and even rockets between planets.
Why similar: Transportation 24.5% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Economy 15%, Management 11.2%, Sandbox 9%
- #55 Mad Smartphone Tycoon
60% matchMostly Positive73% of 574 reviews2024
Dev: Miradil
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build Your smartphone Empire in Mad Smartphone Tycoon, your main goal in this game is to create the ultimate smartphone that combines both performance and aesthetics. Expand your company, dominate the global market, become a tycoon in the world of mobile phones!
Why similar: Management 17.3%, City Builder 14.3%, Building 13.1%, Modern 12.1%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #56 Hotel Magnate
59% matchMixed60% of 479 reviews2025
Dev: Arcade Oven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, rundown motel, or elegant resort? With a ridiculous amount of customization tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel manager shine!
Why similar: City Builder 19.6%, Economy 15.1%, Building 13.7%, Capitalism 13.5%, Management 13.1%
- #57 Government Simulator 2
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Government Simulator 2 is based on real world statistics and data and lets you control a whole country, like the USA, Germany, UK, France, Russia, and others: Change laws, taxes and budgets, and see what happens. Manage emergencies, impose tariffs, start wars.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.8% ★, Political 21.1% ★, Economy 12.4%, Management 10%, Capitalism 8.6%
- #58 Transport Fever 2
60% matchVery Positive91% of 31,159 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 65.8 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: Transportation 27% ★, City Builder 18%, Economy 12.6%, Management 11.8%, Moddable 9.3% ★
- #59 Mall Craze
61% matchMixed54% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Milan Timčenko
Windows
Build, Customize & Manage your own shopping center! Choose from modern gaming hardware store to cozy flower shop. Hire skilled cashiers, secure financing through bank loans, and launch strategic advertising campaigns to make your mall thrive!
Why similar: Capitalism 20.6%, City Builder 17.3%, Economy 15.3%, Building 14.6%, Management 12.7%
- #60 Billionaire in the Oil Boom
59% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Pizza OK Games
Windows
Wealth, power, greed: in the oil boom of the 1960s, money never sleeps. Invest in stocks, commodities and real estate, acquire companies and manipulate markets to build a financial empire. Use mergers, Ruthless speculation and strategies to dominate the global economy.
Why similar: Capitalism 23.2%, Political Sim 21.4% ★, Economy 17.8%, Political 12.7% ★, Management 10.9%