- #1 PC Building Simulator
80% matchVery Positive94% of 52,368 reviews2019
Dev: Claudiu KissPub: The Irregular Corporation
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 37.3 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: Hardware 30.3% ★, Education 16.9%, Life Sim 10.6%, Management 9.5%, Building 9%
- #2 ComPressure
80% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2021
Dev: Charlie Brej
Windows · Mac · Linux
Design increasingly complex computation units powered by high pressure steam. From switches to steam based computers, all in a world of analogue pressure devices. Use previous designs to solve further challenges, unravel the mystery of the missing steam and discover a new field of science.
Why similar: Programming 29% ★, Science 16% ★, Education 9.5%, Sandbox 8.7%, Management 8.6%
- #3 Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
68% matchVery Positive90% of 26,286 reviews2021
Dev: Computer Lunch
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 80.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap.
Why similar: Science 31.3% ★, Clicker 29.3%, Idler 20.3%, Simulation 8.1%, Education 7.5%
- #4 Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game
66% matchVery Positive94% of 16,914 reviews2015
Dev: Camshaft Software Ltd
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 53.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Make your dream cars a reality with Automation’s unparalleled car and engine design tools. Gain a competitive edge through smart engineering and business decisions to help you build an automotive empire. Will you become an industry leader, or just a footnote in automotive history?
Why similar: Management 20%, Science 14.6% ★, Building 12.7%, Sandbox 12.3%, Economy 11.3%
- #5 People Playground
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 307,981 reviews2019
Dev: mestiezPub: Studio Minus
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 53.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Why similar: Sandbox 56.7%, Building 19.8%, Simulation 12.8%, 2D 8.8%, Indie 1.9%
- #6 Star of Games
64% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Velo GamesPub: Infini Fun
Windows
Ever dreamed of creating a genre-defining masterpiece? Star of Games is a next-gen simulation management game centered on game dev. You'll act as an aspiring developer, starting from a humble garage startup and embarking on a glorious journey—from recreating classics to forging your own legends.
Why similar: Game Development 25% ★, Programming 15% ★, Economy 10.5%, Life Sim 10.4%, Management 10.3%
- #7 Data Center
62% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Waseku
Windows
Build, cable, and automate. Assemble racks, servers, and switches, connect enough capacity for each app, earn money from processed data, and unlock gear and bigger customers with XP and reputation. Follow colored data packets as your center comes to life.
Why similar: Hardware 36.4% ★, Programming 14.3% ★, Idler 11.6%, Economy 8.4%, Management 6.7%
- #8 Teardown
58% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 126,071 reviews2022
Dev: Tuxedo Labs
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.
Why similar: Sandbox 56.2%, Simulation 19.8%, Puzzle 18.1%, Indie 5.9%
- #9 Biotope
63% matchMixed43% of 219 reviews2019
Dev: MBL Development
Windows · Mac
Biotope will be the most detailed and realistic aquarium simulator on the market. Biotope makes it possible to create complex aquarist ecosystems and simulate realistic life cycles of plants and fish.
Why similar: Life Sim 21%, Science 19.4% ★, Education 14.9%, Sandbox 13.4%, Management 13%
- #10 BeamNG.drive
59% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 383,427 reviews2015
Dev: BeamNG
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 91.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.
Why similar: Sandbox 60.5%, Simulation 39.5%
- #11 Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue
60% matchMixed61% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue is a free simulation game in which you begin your journey as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing and research stuff. Create best game on the planet!
Why similar: Game Development 23.9% ★, Programming 19.2% ★, Economy 14.5%, Management 11.5%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #12 while True: learn()
58% matchVery Positive91% of 8,049 reviews2019
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits, learn how machine learning really works!
Why similar: Programming 48.6% ★, Education 14.2%, Science 13% ★, Sandbox 6.2%, Simulation 6.2%
- #13 Mr.Mine
57% matchVery Positive92% of 18,230 reviews2020
Dev: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 99.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore the depths of the earth and uncover hidden treasures in this addictive idle mining game. Unlock the power of your drill with hundreds of upgrades, discover mysterious relics, and unearth priceless gems. Can you master the mines and reveal their deepest secrets? Dive in and dig deep!
Why similar: Idler 30.8%, Clicker 23.1%, Crafting 12.8%, Management 9.1%, Simulation 8.1%
- #14 WorldBox - God Simulator
55% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,750 reviews2021
Dev: Maxim Karpenko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations. Create your own world or destroy it using many powers. Watch civilizations grow, form kingdoms, colonize new lands, sail to far continents, wars to ignite, empires to fall and towns to burn!
Why similar: Sandbox 24.8%, Life Sim 20.4%, Idler 14.4%, Building 12.2%, Management 11.5%
- #15 Bongo Cat
53% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 95,019 reviews2025
Dev: Marcel ZurawkaPub: Irox Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 26.7 hrsMean: 261.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Why similar: Idler 39.7%, Clicker 39.5%, Relaxing 7.7%, Simulation 6.6%, 2D 4.5%
- #16 Brick Rigs
54% matchVery Positive95% of 56,002 reviews2023
Dev: Fluppisoft GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 77.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build your own vehicles or download one of the more than 200,000 creations already uploaded to the Workshop and experience the dynamic driving and destruction physics of Brick Rigs!
Why similar: Sandbox 48.6%, Building 38%, Simulation 13.4%
- #17 Infinite Turtles
57% matchPositive98% of 49 reviews2022
Dev: Charlie Brej
Windows · Mac · Linux
Design computational circuits which defy restrictions of our universe in this open-ended puzzle. Your completed creations become components to solve future challenges. As you design a circuit and can place your design within it, where there is a smaller you doing the same, and so on to infinity.
Why similar: Programming 33.3% ★, Science 15.2% ★, Education 10.2%, Sandbox 9.8%, Management 8.8%
- #18 My Summer Car
53% matchVery Positive95% of 111,887 reviews2025
Dev: Amistech Games
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 46.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.
Why similar: Building 34.4%, Simulation 32.5%, Sandbox 30.1%, Indie 3%
- #19 Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
54% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 146,275 reviews2021
Dev: Landfall
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.
Why similar: Sandbox 62.7%, Simulation 30.9%, Indie 6.4%
- #20 Supermarket Simulator
52% 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: Economy 29.1%, Management 23.7%, Simulation 15.9%, Life Sim 15%, Building 8.6%
- #21 STALCRAFT: X
55% matchMostly Positive74% of 96,034 reviews2022
Dev: EXBO
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 91.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
STALCRAFT: X is the largest open-world online game in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Explore the world full of mutants and anomalies alone or with friends — unforgettable emotions guaranteed.
- #22 Geometry Dash
54% matchVery Positive93% of 563,428 reviews2014
Dev: RobTop Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 97.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!
Why similar: Side Scroller 60.4%, 2D 32%, Indie 7.6%
- #23 Hearts of Iron IV
54% matchVery Positive90% of 359,811 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30.8 hrsMean: 292.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.
Why similar: Sandbox 56.6%, Simulation 43.4%
- #24 Hacker life simulator
57% matchMixed58% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: DFRGAMES
Windows
Take a team of hackers under your strict guidance and become known to the whole world. Expand your hideout and hack various companies around the world. Become the most famous group in the world!
Why similar: Programming 25.7% ★, Game Development 21.6% ★, Life Sim 13.2%, Idler 11.7%, Economy 11.5%
- #25 Mad Games Tycoon 2
53% matchVery Positive94% of 7,559 reviews2023
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start your own game development studio in 1976. Build your own offices, production facilities and server rooms. Develop the games of your dreams and produce the next next-gen console. Rise from a small garage company to a huge corporation.
Why similar: Game Development 23.9% ★, Programming 21.2% ★, Economy 16.4%, Management 14.3%, Sandbox 6.8%
- #26 Cities: Skylines
54% 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: Management 23.4%, Economy 22.2%, Building 22.2%, Sandbox 17.4%, Simulation 14.9%
- #27 RimWorld
53% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 235,937 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Management 31.7%, Sandbox 27.6%, Building 18.6%, Simulation 13.9%, 2D 5.4%
- #28 Learning Factory
53% matchVery Positive86% of 511 reviews2025
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build intricate supply chains to meet your feline customers' needs. Discover underground and air transport layers, a vast research tree, procedural worlds, machine learning, and endless automation in this relaxing, enemyless game.
Why similar: Programming 22.3% ★, Science 15.2% ★, Economy 11.9%, Education 9.9%, Management 9.6%
- #29 Banana
52% matchVery Positive82% of 95,409 reviews2024
Dev: Sky
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 53.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Banana is a clicker Game, in which you click a Banana! In Banana you click the Banana to gain even more Bananas! Every 3 hours, you get dropped a banana. Each banana is also made by the community in discord. Come hang out with us and let's grow into something awesome !
Why similar: Clicker 36.2%, Idler 31.5%, Crafting 17.8%, Simulation 9.2%, 2D 5.2%
- #30 Game Dev Life
54% matchNo user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Pedro Verpha
Windows
Build your own game development studio from scratch, create and release games, unlock new tools and platforms, and grow from solo dev to successful company in this lighthearted game dev tycoon sim.
Why similar: Game Development 32% ★, Economy 23%, Life Sim 16.8%, Management 13.9%, Clicker 5.5%
- #31 House Flipper
53% matchVery Positive94% of 101,805 reviews2018
Dev: EmpyreanPub: Frozen District
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
House Flipper is a unique chance to become a one-man renovation crew. Buy, repair and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit!
Why similar: Education 17.8%, Sandbox 17.3%, Building 16.8%, Economy 14.9%, Simulation 11.7%
- #32 ARC Raiders
50% matchVery Positive86% of 370,194 reviews2025
Dev: Embark Studios
Windows
Median: 40.1 hrsMean: 85.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.
Why similar: Crafting 100%
- #33 +1%
55% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: IdleClick Games
Windows
Idle clicker game with a percentage based math inside. Compound percent is used for all calculations. Slow start, exponential growth and lots of fun!
Why similar: Idler 19.2%, Economy 17.2%, Clicker 15.5%, Management 13%, Minimalist 10.4%
- #34 Age of History II
54% matchVery Positive90% of 49,172 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 61.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Age of History II is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master.Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it.Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours..
Why similar: Sandbox 62%, Simulation 33.1%, Indie 4.9%
- #35 Contraband Police
52% 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 59%, Simulation 35.9%, Indie 5.1%
- #36 TCG Card Shop Simulator
51% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 46,544 reviews2024
Dev: OPNeon Games
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.
Why similar: Economy 32.7%, Management 30.1%, Simulation 17.1%, Life Sim 15%, Relaxing 4.6%
- #37 Ravenfield
53% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 77,853 reviews2017
Dev: SteelRaven7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 61.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!
Why similar: Sandbox 74.1%, Simulation 20.5%, Indie 5.4%
- #38 Megabonk
50% matchVery Positive95% of 99,114 reviews2025
Dev: vedinad
Windows · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Grab loot, level up, unlock characters and upgrade to create unique and crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #39 PowerWash Simulator
52% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 57,402 reviews2022
Dev: FuturLabPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Release the Pressure with PowerWash Simulator! Wash away your worries with the soothing sounds of high-pressure water. Fire up your power washer and blast away every speck of dirt and grime you can find, all with the simple satisfaction of power-washing to a sparkling finish.
Why similar: Sandbox 41.9%, Relaxing 27.7%, Simulation 26.3%, Indie 4.1%
- #40 Tiny Bunny
51% matchVery Positive83% of 29,886 reviews2025
Dev: SaikonoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: 2D 73%, Indie 27%
- #41 REMNANT II®
52% matchVery Positive83% of 65,878 reviews2023
Dev: Gunfire GamesPub: Arc Games
Windows
Median: 17.7 hrsMean: 38.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
REMNANT II® pits survivors of humanity against new deadly creatures and god-like bosses across terrifying worlds. Play solo or co-op with two other friends to explore the depths of the unknown to stop an evil from destroying reality itself.
- #42 City Car Driving
54% matchVery Positive82% of 34,161 reviews2016
Dev: Forward Development, Ltd.Pub: Forward Global Group, Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 33.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
City Car Driving – realistic car driving simulator, which will help you master the basic skills of the car driving in various traffic conditions, with plunging into the environment most closely resembling the real one.
Why similar: Simulation 78%, Education 17.9%, Indie 4.1%
- #43 Shape of Dreams
51% matchVery Positive90% of 17,993 reviews2025
Dev: Lizard SmoothiePub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shape of Dreams delivers fast-paced, dreamlike action in a vivid roguelite world. Dive into ever-changing realms with tight controls, fluid combat, and high-stakes battles. Whether playing solo or with up to three friends, each run is a thrilling test of reflexes and strategy.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #44 Paint the Town Red
52% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 31,663 reviews2021
Dev: South East Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #45 Metro Exodus
52% matchVery Positive90% of 129,237 reviews2020
Dev: 4A GamesPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.
- #46 Thief Simulator
53% matchVery Positive88% of 38,698 reviews2018
Dev: Noble MuffinsPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.
Why similar: Simulation 56.6%, Sandbox 37.4%, Indie 6%
- #47 Idle Income
53% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Trinket Games
Windows
400+ upgrades, prestige system, passive mining, unlockable currencies, perks, auto buyers, difficulty tiers and many more features - it's IDLE INCOME!
Why similar: Idler 20.2%, Clicker 15.1%, Management 12.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Economy 10.5%
- #48 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
53% matchVery Positive92% of 1,769 reviews2021
Dev: Binogure Studio 🐺
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Manage a game studio from the dawn of the gaming industry in 1976. Your journey starts with small indie titles and grows into a gaming empire. Develop, design, and conquer the industry. From humble beginnings to gaming legend – it’s your story, your studio, your legacy!
Why similar: Programming 28% ★, Game Development 23.1% ★, Economy 14.8%, Life Sim 11.8%, Management 11.3%
- #49 Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
52% matchVery Positive86% of 68,304 reviews2021
Dev: Steel Wool StudiosPub: ScottGames
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 30.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach, play as Gregory, a young boy who’s been trapped overnight inside of Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. With the help of Freddy himself, Gregory must uncover the secrets of the Pizzaplex, learn the truth, and survive until dawn.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #50 Euro Truck Simulator 2
52% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 905,648 reviews2012
Dev: SCS Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 142.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
Why similar: Economy 40.6%, Management 30%, Simulation 14.2%, Relaxing 13.9%, Indie 1.2%
- #51 OCTOPTICOM 3D
54% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: UP DEVELOPMENT LTD.
Windows · Linux
OCTOPTICOM 3D is a major upgrade to your favorite open-ended puzzle programming game about designing and optimizing optical computing devices. Featuring 3D graphics and gameplay, refined ui, rewritten simulation, all original levels and components plus new additions, histograms and more.
Why similar: Programming 43.1% ★, Science 15.1% ★, Simulation 9.8%, Education 9.5%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #52 Pro Soccer Online
50% matchVery Positive82% of 26,770 reviews2025
Dev: Skywall Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 42.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Pro Soccer Online is a 1st/3rd person, highly skill based, online multiplayer soccer game. It offers a sports game experience unlike any other with smooth, physics based, input driven gameplay that is competitive and rewarding with no pay to win mechanics.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #53 IdleOn
50% matchMostly Positive79% of 28,067 reviews2025
Dev: Lavaflame2
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 209.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The management RPG where your heroes keep fighting even when you're gone! Spend their loot on upgrades, unlock classes from Elemental Wizard to Cannon Pirate, and level up 19 unique skills like Farming, Sailing, and even Construction!
Why similar: Idler 36.3%, Clicker 17%, Management 16.6%, Crafting 13.4%, Sandbox 11%
- #54 STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
52% matchVery Positive88% of 169,221 reviews2019
Dev: Respawn EntertainmentPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A galaxy-spanning adventure awaits in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a 3rd person action-adventure title from Respawn. An abandoned Padawan must complete his training, develop new powerful Force abilities, and master the art of the lightsaber - all while staying one step ahead of the Empire.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
- #55 IT Specialist Simulator
52% matchMostly Positive77% of 319 reviews2025
Dev: Pixel Team RED
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Step into the world of IT! Diagnose network issues, manage servers, and repair devices while handling tasks under strict SLAs. Choose your career path, from HelpDesk to IT Project Manager. Develop real IT knowledge and climb the ranks in this realistic IT simulation!
Why similar: Hardware 30.1% ★, Programming 26.4% ★, Life Sim 12.4%, Education 10.2%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #56 V Rising
50% matchVery Positive89% of 131,808 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Why similar: Crafting 46%, Building 28.3%, Sandbox 25.7%
- #57 Poppy Playtime
51% matchVery Positive87% of 131,258 reviews2021
Dev: Mob Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
Why similar: Puzzle 86.6%, Indie 13.4%
- #58 Metro 2033 Redux
52% matchVery Positive92% of 128,559 reviews2014
Dev: 4A GamesPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the Earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033.