- #1 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
76% matchVery Positive91% of 25,087 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 72.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Colony Sim 26.7% ★, Grand Strategy 26.2% ★, Building 14.6%, Management 13.7%, Sandbox 11.9%
- #2 Big Ambitions
75% matchVery Positive93% of 12,443 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
Why similar: Management 26%, Capitalism 17.2%, Life Sim 16.9%, Sandbox 9.7%, Immersive Sim 9.2%
- #3 Supermarket Simulator
73% matchVery Positive93% of 80,037 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.
Why similar: Management 24.3%, Simulation 16.6%, Life Sim 14.1%, Building 12.1%, Immersive Sim 12%
- #4 Recycling Center Simulator
73% matchVery Positive87% of 2,764 reviews2024
Dev: Balas GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Recycling Center Simulator is a business simulator game with a first person view. Make money from garbage, collect raw materials for your recycling center from different locations, recycle them, make money by producing new products and improve your factory.
Why similar: Life Sim 17.6%, Management 16.2%, Building 13.3%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #5 Waterpark Simulator
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,335 reviews2025
Dev: CayPlay
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Build and run your own waterpark. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 16.7%, Management 14.3%, Life Sim 14.2%, Building 13.7%, Capitalism 12.9%
- #6 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: Management 36.2%, Building 23.4%, Simulation 20.5%, Sandbox 19.9%
- #7 Deadwater Saloon Prologue
60% matchMostly Positive79% of 155 reviews2022
Dev: Tanglefoot GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Dive into the wild west as a saloon owner with this Free Prologue version of Deadwater Saloon. Customize your character and face the consequences of your choices as you forge friendships and enemies of townsfolk, travellers, outlaws and lawmen all while building your saloon business.
Why similar: Colony Sim 10.8% ★, Grand Strategy 10% ★, Western 8% ★, CRPG 7.2%, Life Sim 6.8%
- #8 Founders' Fortune
60% matchVery Positive80% of 2,165 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.8% ★, Building 14.9%, Sandbox 10.5%, Management 9.6%, Simulation 6.6%
- #9 Recipe for Disaster
60% matchMostly Positive71% of 713 reviews2022
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Recipe for Disaster is a management sim that captures the fast-paced, drama-filled environment of a professional kitchen and dining room. Build your dream restaurant, create recipes, design menus and manage your staff, all while contending with demanding customers and disastrous situations!
Why similar: Management 19%, Life Sim 17.5%, Building 15.2%, Capitalism 11.9%, Isometric 10.8%
- #10 Gas Station Simulator
58% matchVery Positive88% of 26,821 reviews2021
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.
Why similar: Building 37.2%, Management 35.6%, Simulation 27.2%
- #11 Mall Simulator
56% matchVery Positive91% of 2,649 reviews2025
Dev: F13 Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! To avoid going bankrupt, you’ll need to build new stores and restaurants, set smart prices, and keep up with trends. 15+ stores, dozens of machines & services, and hundreds of brands waiting for you!
Why similar: Management 17.4%, Life Sim 16.5%, Capitalism 16%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Building 13.8%
- #12 Contraband Police
57% matchVery Positive95% of 24,229 reviews2023
Dev: Crazy RocksPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.
Why similar: Management 39.4%, Immersive Sim 36.2%, Simulation 24.4%
- #13 News Tower
55% matchVery Positive94% of 4,179 reviews2025
Dev: Sparrow NightPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Develop your newspaper and become New York’s new media mogul! In this tycoon, build and manage your newspaper from printer to toilet. Create your editorial line and lead your journalists through unique 1930's stories and dig out the latest scoops!
Why similar: Management 23.8%, Sandbox 15.8%, America 15.6% ★, Building 15.6%, Capitalism 14%
- #14 Railway Empire 2
57% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,515 reviews2023
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.
Why similar: Western 20.1% ★, America 18.4% ★, Management 14.1%, Building 12.7%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #15 One Military Camp
57% matchMostly Positive77% of 712 reviews2023
Dev: Abylight BarcelonaPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build your own military camp, manage the economy, recruit the best candidates and train them to become elite specialists. Send them on missions across the land to end the war once and for all!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 16%, Management 14.7%, Building 14.5%, Life Sim 14.3%, Sandbox 12.2%
- #16 Espresso Tycoon
56% matchVery Positive85% of 1,245 reviews2023
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Espresso Tycoon - a coffee shop simulator. Create your brand, decorate the coffee shop, manage your employees, and take care of your customers. Use the 3D coffee editor to create coffee recipes, order supplies, and collect rating points. Build the whole coffee business and complete all the missions!
Why similar: Building 17.4%, Management 15.6%, Isometric 14%, Life Sim 11.9%, Immersive Sim 10%
- #17 Academia : School Simulator
57% matchVery Positive86% of 3,006 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2% ★, Management 17.7%, Building 16.1%, Capitalism 15.1%, Sandbox 12%
- #18 Medieval Dynasty
56% matchVery Positive91% of 49,891 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 35.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Building 28.2%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Crafting 15%, Sandbox 14.6%, Management 14%
- #19 Project Highrise
57% matchVery Positive85% of 4,728 reviews2016
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
Why similar: Management 37.4%, Building 33.5%, Simulation 16.8%, Sandbox 12.3%
- #20 Handyman Corporation
56% matchMixed54% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: Potato GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
In Handyman Corporation you become the owner of a business where you handle a variety of jobs in cleaning, maintenance, design, and construction. Accept contracts, play minigames to perform every task required. Then expand your company – buy spare parts, tools, train skills, and manage employees
Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.6%, Life Sim 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Building 15.1%, Management 12.7%
- #21 Supermarket & Internet Cafe Simulator
54% matchMostly Positive79% of 897 reviews2024
Dev: SmartPlayGames
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"Internet Cafe & Supermarket Simulator 2024" is a comprehensive simulation game that combines the management of both an internet cafe and a supermarket. Step into the role of a shop owner, apply your business acumen, and expand your empire step by step.
Why similar: Life Sim 22.2%, Building 21.1%, Management 18.8%, Simulation 10.6%, Grand Strategy 9.4% ★
- #22 Hotel Architect
53% 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: Building 18.7%, Management 17.7%, Capitalism 15.4%, Sandbox 15.3%, Isometric 11.6%
- #23 The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection
53% matchMixed70% of 4,389 reviews2025
Dev: MAXISPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. In The Sims 2, you direct your Sims over a lifetime. Give them a long existence, or leave their lives in shambles. Guide their characteristics from one generation to the next.
Why similar: Life Sim 20.5%, Building 17.9%, Sandbox 16.3%, Management 14.9%, Character Customization 12.1%
- #24 The Sims™ Legacy Collection
53% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,233 reviews2025
Dev: MAXISPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The original game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. Create a neighborhood of Sims and guide their lives through careers and romance. Or create chaos with open-ended gameplay that lets you shape their destinies.
Why similar: Life Sim 18.3%, Building 17.2%, Management 15.8%, Sandbox 15.4%, Character Customization 10.6%
- #25 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
52% matchVery Positive81% of 374 reviews2025
Dev: Mr.Lordy
Windows
In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords,develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and plunder. Expand your territory and strengthen your house lineage Or, be a god, manipulate the world? This game primarily strategic role-playing elements
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.4% ★, Strategy RPG 13.4%, CRPG 12.3%, Management 11.5%, Immersive Sim 11.4%
- #26 Ascent of Ashes
52% matchMostly Positive71% of 293 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6% ★, Strategy RPG 11.1%, Building 11.1%, Management 10.5%, Immersive Sim 10.2%
- #27 Megastore Simulator
51% matchVery Positive92% of 634 reviews2026
Dev: Yolo Games Studio
Windows · Linux
Megastore Simulator is a first-person management & tycoon game. Start small and grow into a massive two-floor megastore with forklifts, pallet jacks, and staff. Unlock and run Bakery, Clothing, Electronics, Sports, Music, Toy & Grocery departments.
Why similar: Life Sim 18.7%, Management 17.2%, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Building 11.9%, Capitalism 10.8%
- #28 Storage Hustle
53% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,501 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Clock
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Storage Hustle is a Simulation RPG where you go into storage auctions to buy different mysterious storages. Discover and sell many items, join Yard Sales and haggle your way for profit!
Why similar: America 17.6% ★, Immersive Sim 16.2%, Sandbox 14%, Capitalism 13.2%, Life Sim 13%
- #29 UBOAT
52% matchVery Positive85% of 25,675 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Water StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 51.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.
Why similar: Management 41.2%, Sandbox 32.3%, Simulation 26.5%
- #30 Foundation
51% matchVery Positive86% of 23,458 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3% ★, Management 20.7%, Building 20.6%, Sandbox 18.8%, Simulation 13.7%
- #31 Going Medieval
50% matchVery Positive90% of 20,101 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.4% ★, Management 18.2%, Sandbox 16.1%, Crafting 9.3%, Simulation 7.8%
- #32 Noble Legacy
52% matchMostly Positive72% of 637 reviews2025
Dev: Studio 369Pub: Ultimus Rex LLC
Windows
Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1% ★, Life Sim 12.2%, Building 11.6%, Immersive Sim 10.6%, Management 10.6%
- #33 Simulator: Parking Lot
52% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Weasel Studio
Windows
Manage your own parking lot. Administer, improve, and expand your establishment. New services and features are coming soon.
Why similar: Life Sim 18.5%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Sandbox 13.7%, Building 12.9%, Capitalism 11.6%
- #34 Pawnbroker Simulator
51% matchMostly Positive70% of 242 reviews2026
Dev: Next Sky GamesPub: Ultimate Publishing
Windows
Enter Pawnbroker Simulator, where every deal, appraisal, and choice forges your path to pawn shop greatness. Sharpen your instincts, unlock new talents, craft a storefront that turns heads, offer high-stakes loans, and stay one step ahead of cunning thieves.
Why similar: Life Sim 20.4%, America 16.3% ★, Sandbox 15.2%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Simulation 12.2%
- #35 Banker Simulator
52% matchMixed62% of 646 reviews2025
Dev: Soi GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Banker Simulator is a single-player game where you revive a bankrupt bank. With active and passive (idle) gameplay, make strategic decisions to grow your bank, satisfy customers, and tackle financial crises.
Why similar: Life Sim 14.9%, Building 14.8%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Management 14.3%, Capitalism 13.4%
- #36 StreamGods - Streamer Tycoon
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meteor1
Windows · Mac
The ultimate streamer life simulation! RPG simulation featuring in-game AI-powered social network, robust Room Build mode and a ton of customizations.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 17.6%, Building 17.2%, Management 15.8%, Life Sim 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
- #37 Cartel Tycoon
53% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,714 reviews2022
Dev: Moon MoosePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3% ★, Management 19.2%, Building 18.8%, Sandbox 15.4%, Simulation 7.9%
- #38 Island Market Simulator: Prologue
51% matchVery Positive87% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: Zentium Studio
Windows
Island Market Simulator – In this strategy and economy simulation game set in an island town, build your trade empire by starting with a small market. Produce your goods through farming, livestock, and supply chain management, and expand your business with seasonal dynamics and festivals!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 14.6%, Life Sim 14.3%, Management 13.1%, Building 12.9%, Immersive Sim 12%
- #39 Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
52% matchMostly Positive76% of 21,702 reviews2022
Dev: Aesir InteractivePub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 18.4 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: America 34.5% ★, Immersive Sim 21%, Character Customization 16.3%, Third Person 11.3%, Simulation 11.2%
- #40 The Pub Life Simulator: Prologue
52% matchMixed61% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Visma GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Open your own pub with The Pub Life and keep your customers happy with refreshing drinks and great service. Enjoy this cozy and detailed simulation experience solo or with a friend. Level up, unlock higher quality beverages, and expand your pub to create the most popular spot in town!
Why similar: Life Sim 19.4%, America 18.9% ★, Sandbox 15.1%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Simulation 11.7%
- #41 Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon
51% matchVery Positive90% of 1,270 reviews2025
Dev: Hammer & RavensPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2% ★, Management 16.5%, Building 16.3%, Capitalism 15.3%, Crafting 7.8%
- #42 Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
54% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,478 reviews2020
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Chef is a Restaurant Management game in which you create your own character, acquire supreme cooking skills, customize restaurants, design unique menus, and devise innovative recipes with a realistic editor.
Why similar: Management 37%, Simulation 15.2%, Capitalism 12%, Sandbox 11.2%, Character Customization 11.1%
- #43 Money Simulator: Brokeville
51% matchVery Positive86% of 813 reviews2025
Dev: OrganicaPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Welcome to the Brokeville! Grind your way to the top through jobs, deliveries, bicycle races, and risky crypto trades. Buy, customize, and sell cars & motorcycles for profit. Build your own businesses, manage them, and hire staff to grow your empire.
Why similar: Capitalism 21.6%, Life Sim 20%, Sandbox 14%, Management 13%, Simulation 12.7%
- #44 This Grand Life 2
51% matchVery Positive90% of 286 reviews2025
Dev: Poking Water Games
Windows
A money-focused life simulator. Create characters with allergies and addictions. Manage their lives through financial booms and busts. Advance their careers, start a small business, invest in real estate and stocks - or roleplay a penniless hobo.
Why similar: Life Sim 17.4%, Capitalism 16.5%, Colony Sim 13.8% ★, Management 11.7%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #45 The Walking Trade
50% matchVery Positive88% of 1,317 reviews2026
Dev: Microwave GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Run a shop in the zombie apocalypse! Trade batteries, craft stock, manage your staff, and fend off undead hordes. Will you be a hero, or profit at any cost? Your choices shape your store - and your fate.
Why similar: Management 18.9%, Building 17.4%, Capitalism 15.8%, Sandbox 15.1%, Immersive Sim 13.3%
- #46 Catizens
52% matchVery Positive82% of 366 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3% ★, Building 14.8%, Sandbox 12.1%, Management 11.1%, Life Sim 10.8%
- #47 Coffee Please
52% matchMostly Positive75% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: NepixPub: OneTwoPlay
Windows
Become a cozy coffee shop owner. Manage inventory, set prices, take payments, pet the cat, expand, and decorate your venue to build the best coffee house. Enjoy the charm of a heartwarming cafe simulator!
Why similar: Life Sim 18.3%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Isometric 14.2%, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 11%
- #48 Roadside Research
50% matchVery Positive87% of 2,348 reviews2026
Dev: Cybernetic WalrusPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Roadside Research is a 1 to 4 player co-op gas station simulator. Except you’re aliens. And undercover. Do very human things like restocking shelves while preparing for the invasion. Just don’t get caught.
Why similar: America 23.4% ★, Life Sim 17%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Management 14.9%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #49 Aztecs: The Last Sun
51% matchMostly Positive77% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlan in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Expand the capital, perform sacred rituals, and withstand the coming darkness. Build, grow, sacrifice, survive - or watch the last sun set forever.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3% ★, Building 13.3%, America 12.8% ★, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Management 11.7%
- #50 Homeless Life Simulator
51% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: Bahamut Games
Windows
You’ve lost everything. Live as a homeless survivor on the streets. Fight to stay alive, rebuild your life, and see if you can climb from the streets to become the richest in the city.
Why similar: Life Sim 20%, Management 19.4%, Sandbox 14.2%, Simulation 13.4%, Immersive Sim 13.2%
- #51 Love Hotel Manager
52% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Chibinomicon Games
Windows
Love Hotel Manager is a game where you own your own Love hotel! Manage and customize unique and whacky rooms while dealing with strange customers and their needs. Slowly expand your hotel to become a thriving business.
Why similar: Life Sim 23.9%, Immersive Sim 18.4%, Simulation 15%, Building 14.1%, Capitalism 12.5%
- #52 The Pub Life Simulator
51% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Visma Games
Windows
Start your own pub, serve drinks, and keep your customers happy. Unlock better beverages as you level up, expand your pub, and become the most beloved spot in town!
Why similar: Life Sim 19.7%, Management 19.1%, Immersive Sim 17.1%, Sandbox 13.7%, America 13.2% ★
- #53 WilderLands
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Laura PersonPub: Lymecraft
Windows · Linux
WilderLands is a prototype for a planet-scale sandbox showing the custom isocahedral/tetrahedral terrain engine.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.6% ★, Grand Strategy 27.7% ★, Sandbox 12%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Management 6.8%
- #54 Western Gun Shop Simulator
51% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Arafkan Games
Windows
Manage your own gun shop in the Wild West, organize the shelves, and satisfy customers by selling a variety of weapons. Expand your store and increase your profit through strategic planning and proper product management.
Why similar: Western 25.2% ★, Management 16.2%, Capitalism 12.2%, Building 11.3%, Simulation 9.5%
- #55 Noble Fates
53% matchVery Positive83% of 1,452 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.6% ★, Building 13.8%, Sandbox 13.5%, Management 13.4%, Character Customization 11.5%
- #56 Startup!
53% matchNo user reviews
Windows
Start in your garage with a busted laptop and big dreams. Build your way to AAA glory or create chaotic cult classics that crash and burn in style.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.9% ★, Life Sim 16.2%, Building 12.2%, Sandbox 11.8%, Management 9.5%
- #57 Rewind 99
50% matchVery Positive86% of 328 reviews2026
Dev: Gunmetal Games
Windows
You're the last remaining video rental store. From humble VHS clerk to rental racketeer - run your video store and explore Reshoot Springs, building an underground empire. Expand with upgrades, side hustles, store membership, and more. Whatever it takes to survive - solo or in up to 4-player co-op.
Why similar: Life Sim 20.7%, Management 15.1%, Character Customization 14.6%, Simulation 12.9%, Sandbox 12.2%
- #58 Shooting Range Simulator: Prologue
51% matchVery Positive92% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: Buffed GamesPub: KNGL Studio
Windows
Run your own Shooting Range. Manage your supplies, rent guns, and sell ammo packs. Expand and upgrade your shop; level up your popularity to get even better equipment. Open various cases and sell the skins you got from them. Join shooting tournaments and much more!
Why similar: Building 17%, Immersive Sim 16.1%, Capitalism 15.9%, Life Sim 15.2%, Sandbox 14.4%
- #59 Mall Simulator: Prologue
50% matchVery Positive89% of 556 reviews2025
Dev: F13 Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! Start working with Prologue now. To avoid going bankrupt, you'll need to build new stores, set good prices and keep up with trends. A limited number of stores & services for Prologue are waiting for you.
Why similar: Management 17.1%, Life Sim 16.7%, Capitalism 16.2%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Building 13.3%