- #1 112 Operator
97% matchVery Positive89% of 7,250 reviews2020
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Manage emergency services in any city in the world! Take calls and dispatch rescue forces. Handle difficult situations, now depending on the weather, and traffic. Help the citizens through cataclysms and natural disasters, becoming a better emergency number operator every day!
Why similar: Management 16.7%, Simulation 15.7%, Moddable 12.5%, Realistic 10.6%, Modern 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel to the seed game, offering expanded mechanics, more realistic weather systems, and improved emergency management gameplay.
- #2 Riot Operator
96% matchMostly Negative27% 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: Management 19.1%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 9.9%, Real Time Tactics 9.9%, Education 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the dispatch-style management of the seed game but focuses specifically on controlling large-scale civil unrest and police tactics.
- #3 This Is the Police 2
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,527 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: Strategy 30.2%, Management 30.1%, Crime 17%, Simulation 7.2%, Choices Matter 7%
Why You'll Like It: Expands on the original with more complex tactical turn-based combat and deeper management of your police force.
- #4 This Is the Police
95% matchVery Positive82% of 11,135 reviews2016
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.4 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 32%, Crime 22.2%, Strategy 20%, Simulation 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven management game where you run a police department, balance budgets, and make difficult moral choices regarding crime.
- #5 Counter Terrorist Agency
94% matchMixed45% of 541 reviews2019
Dev: Play2ChillPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Counter Terrorist Agency lets you fight international terrorism and prevent attacks all over the world. Use modern invigilation techniques, discover connections, interrogate suspects, eliminate threats and dismantle terrorist networks.
Why similar: Management 19.3%, Simulation 18.6%, Strategy 17.5%, Crime 14.5%, Real Time Tactics 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same core loop of monitoring global threats and dispatching units to neutralize targets through intelligence-based decision-making.
- #6 Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,047 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: Management 31.1%, Simulation 24.6%, Real Time Tactics 19.3%, Strategy 18%, Singleplayer 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tension of remote communication, where you must guide units through dangerous missions using only voice reports and a map.
- #7 Door Kickers
93% matchVery Positive94% of 10,032 reviews2014
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Strategy 30.1%, Tactical 25.2%, Simulation 19.8%, Real Time Tactics 9.2%, Moddable 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a top-down tactical perspective on police operations, focusing on the planning and execution phase of emergency response.
- #8 EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe
92% matchVery Positive93% of 2,051 reviews2018
Dev: Sixteen Tons Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 44.4 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: Simulation 33.7%, Strategy 28.3%, Moddable 15%, Real Time Tactics 9.6%, Realistic 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic in the emergency management genre that requires precise coordination of fire, police, and medical units to handle disasters.
- #9 Beholder
91% matchVery Positive92% of 30,635 reviews2016
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 13.8 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 28.7%, Strategy 28.3%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Atmospheric 6.1%, Indie 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A management game centered on surveillance and moral choices, where your decisions have heavy consequences for the people you monitor.
- #10 Papers, Please
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 79,225 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 39.2%, Addictive 21.5% ★, Indie 12.6%, Strategy 11.6%, Singleplayer 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for high-stakes, time-sensitive decision-making where your choices directly impact the lives of those you process.
- #11 Not Tonight
90% matchVery Positive82% of 2,747 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 66.3%, Addictive 19.4% ★, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 4.1%, 2D 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A high-pressure management game that forces you to make split-second decisions at a checkpoint, mirroring the stress of emergency dispatching.
- #12 Prison Architect
89% matchVery Positive89% of 73,449 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Why similar: Management 34.4%, Simulation 24.2%, Strategy 19.8%, Moddable 11.4%, 2D 3%
Why You'll Like It: A detailed management simulation where you design and run a facility, dealing with the complex logistics of inmate safety and security.
- #13 Contraband Police
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 25,020 reviews2023
Dev: Crazy RocksPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.4 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 37.1%, Simulation 31.2%, Realistic 18.9%, Singleplayer 5.7%, Atmospheric 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines border control management with crime investigation and high-stakes decision-making in a realistic setting.
- #14 This War of Mine
89% matchVery Positive94% of 97,140 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Why similar: Management 24.9%, Strategy 21.5%, Simulation 19.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Realistic 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the grim reality of survival management, forcing players to make impossible choices to keep their group alive during a conflict.
- #15 Project Hospital
88% matchVery Positive89% of 9,182 reviews2018
Dev: Oxymoron Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 24.4 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: Management 34.4%, Simulation 18.9%, Strategy 14.3%, Education 12.8%, Moddable 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, complex simulation of medical management that requires careful resource allocation and patient care oversight.
- #16 Mini Airways - ATC simulator
85% matchVery Positive93% of 1,497 reviews2024
Dev: CCC GamesPub: Erabit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Management 27.7%, Simulation 20.7%, Strategy 18.7%, Modern 11.2%, Minimalist 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the intense, time-sensitive management of air traffic control, requiring constant attention to detail and rapid response.
- #17 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
86% matchVery Positive94% of 12,445 reviews2018
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!
Why similar: Management 34.9%, Strategy 18.9%, Simulation 18.5%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Dark Humor 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A surveillance-based management game that requires you to observe and intervene in the lives of others, similar to the monitoring aspect of 911 Operator.
- #18 Frostpunk
86% matchVery Positive93% of 135,453 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 40.4%, Management 27.7%, Simulation 16.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Singleplayer 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal resource management game that forces you to make difficult ethical decisions to ensure the survival of your city under extreme pressure.
- #19 Police Stories
84% matchVery Positive85% of 9,605 reviews2019
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!
Why similar: Strategy 23.6%, Simulation 23%, Crime 18.5%, Tactical 14.1%, Realistic 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical police game that emphasizes split-second judgment calls and the importance of following proper procedure in dangerous situations.
- #20 Bio Inc. Redemption
84% matchVery Positive87% of 3,126 reviews2018
Dev: DryGin Studios
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Management 33.2%, Simulation 20.8%, Strategy 19%, Education 14.2%, Atmospheric 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A medical-themed strategy game that requires you to manage complex systems and make decisions that determine the fate of your patients.
- #21 Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 22,174 reviews2022
Dev: Aesir InteractivePub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 19.6 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: Crime 29.8%, Simulation 22.6%, Education 16.4%, Realistic 14.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a realistic, first-person perspective on the daily duties of a police officer, emphasizing the importance of following legal procedures.
- #22 Emergency Call 112 – The Fire Fighting Simulation 2
83% matchMixed61% of 5,693 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: Simulation 28.9%, Moddable 19.7%, Realistic 19%, Tactical 11.3%, Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the realistic simulation of firefighting operations, providing a more granular look at the emergency services featured in the seed game.
- #23 Bomber Crew
82% matchVery Positive88% of 15,391 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 40.7%, Simulation 28.1%, Strategy 22.8%, Singleplayer 3.6%, Indie 3%
Why You'll Like It: A management game where you must coordinate a crew during high-stakes missions, focusing on resource allocation and damage control.
- #24 Plague Inc: Evolved
81% matchVery Positive94% of 63,105 reviews2016
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 16.8 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: Strategy 36.1%, Simulation 31.1%, Addictive 10.2% ★, Tactical 5.8%, Indie 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic management game that requires careful planning and adaptation to global events, similar to the map-based strategy of the seed game.
- #25 EMERGENCY 20
81% matchVery Positive84% of 2,144 reviews2017
Dev: Sixteen Tons Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 27.7 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: Simulation 20.5%, Strategy 20.4%, Management 16.4%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Realistic 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A modern entry in the classic emergency management series that focuses on coordinating large-scale disaster responses.
- #26 Death and Taxes
79% matchVery Positive86% of 8,354 reviews2020
Dev: Placeholder Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
Why similar: Simulation 31.5%, Strategy 26%, Choices Matter 19%, Casual 6.6%, Indie 5%
Why You'll Like It: A bureaucratic management game where you play as a Grim Reaper, making life-or-death decisions based on limited information.
- #27 Global Rescue
75% matchVery Positive86% of 1,448 reviews2026
Dev: PeDePe GbR Pub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.1 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: Management 37.6%, Simulation 29%, Strategy 24.7%, Realistic 5.2%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #28 Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 18,445 reviews2023
Dev: Nils JakrinsPub: Excalibur Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 38.5 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: Crime 41.9%, Simulation 33.8%, Realistic 21.3%, Multiplayer 3%
- #29 EMERGENCY
77% matchMixed70% of 6,754 reviews2023
Dev: Sixteen Tons Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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: Management 22.8%, Strategy 20%, Simulation 17.4%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Realistic 12.2%
- #30 Police Tactics: Imperio
80% matchMixed62% of 423 reviews2016
Dev: CyberphobX Ltd.Pub: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In POLICE TACTICS: IMPERIO you start your career as an aspiring police chief in Newport Falls, a city that is dirty and corrupt to its core. You are responsible for upholding law and order. Coordinate the emergency vehicles and personnel of the municipal precinct and put a stop to crime.
Why similar: Simulation 50.1%, Strategy 49.9%
Why You'll Like It: A management-focused game where you oversee police operations and emergency response in a sprawling city.
- #31 Transport INC
78% matchMixed70% of 1,076 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: Management 28.4%, Simulation 15.7%, Strategy 15.2%, Realistic 14.7%, Modern 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A logistics management game that requires you to oversee complex transport networks, mirroring the resource management aspects of dispatching.
- #32 Help Will Come Tomorrow
78% matchVery Positive80% of 930 reviews2020
Dev: Arclight CreationsPub: Klabater
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In an uninhabitable Siberian wilderness, in a wake of October Revolution, a group of passengers survives the mysterious catastrophe of Trans-Siberian railway train. They must endure in a harsh ice-clad climate until rescue arrives. Facing many dangers, their own weaknesses and, their own prejudice.
Why similar: Management 33.4%, Simulation 23.9%, Strategy 22.3%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Atmospheric 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival management game that focuses on social dynamics and difficult choices in a high-pressure, isolated environment.
- #33 RESCUE 2: Everyday Heroes
79% matchMixed63% of 283 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: Strategy 38.9%, Simulation 36.8%, Tactical 10.6%, Education 10.2%, Singleplayer 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-simulation game that puts you in charge of a fire department, requiring you to manage personnel and equipment for emergency calls.
- #34 Rebel Inc: Escalation
75% matchVery Positive82% of 7,362 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.1 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: Management 30.2%, Simulation 19.6%, Strategy 18.6%, Moddable 15%, Tactical 11.4%
- #35 Game Dev Tycoon
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 44,908 reviews2013
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
Why similar: Management 43.6%, Simulation 24.9%, Strategy 11.3%, Addictive 7.1% ★, Moddable 4.1%
- #36 Emergency Call 112 - The Attack Squad
74% matchMixed49% of 91 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: Simulation 32.4%, Strategy 29.7%, Education 15.5%, Realistic 14.3%, Choices Matter 5.1%
- #37 Two Point Hospital
73% matchVery Positive92% of 34,623 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 35.2 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: Management 47.5%, Simulation 34.1%, Strategy 10.8%, Singleplayer 2.4%, Indie 2.1%
- #38 Smooth Operators
76% 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 36.3%, Simulation 27.5%, Strategy 23.5%, Casual 6.1%, Indie 5.1%
- #39 Airport CEO
71% matchVery Positive83% of 8,240 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Management 31.4%, Simulation 18.3%, Moddable 18%, Strategy 15.5%, Realistic 10.9%
- #40 Mini Metro
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,554 reviews2015
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
Why similar: Strategy 25.9%, Management 24.6%, Simulation 20.8%, Minimalist 9.5%, Addictive 6.3% ★
- #41 Emergency 2014
74% matchMixed64% of 373 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 60.2%, Strategy 24.4%, Realistic 11.3%, Singleplayer 3%, Multiplayer 1.2%
- #42 EMERGENCY 2
73% matchVery Positive84% of 80 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 40.4%, Strategy 34.6%, Real Time Tactics 10.9%, Realistic 10.8%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #43 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
66% matchVery Positive82% of 12,276 reviews2026
Dev: Brigada GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.
Why similar: Management 30.3%, Simulation 27.5%, Realistic 15.3%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #44 House Flipper
70% matchVery Positive94% of 110,098 reviews2018
Dev: EmpyreanPub: Frozen District
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Simulation 33.5%, Management 23.5%, Education 19.1%, Realistic 9.6%, Casual 6.2%
- #45 Notruf 112 | Emergency Call 112
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,478 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: Simulation 52.4%, Realistic 23%, Moddable 6.7%, Strategy 6.3%, Singleplayer 5%
- #46 Beholder 2
70% matchVery Positive87% of 8,019 reviews2018
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
Why similar: Addictive 27.9% ★, Strategy 22.3%, Simulation 21.9%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Atmospheric 4.3%
- #47 Rescue HQ - The Tycoon
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 922 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 33.9%, Simulation 23.9%, Strategy 20%, Tactical 9.6%, Casual 5%
- #48 EmergeNYC
72% matchMixed63% of 4,230 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: Simulation 38%, Strategy 25.3%, Realistic 19.7%, Casual 5.2%, Indie 4.8%
- #49 Prison Simulator
68% matchVery Positive86% of 2,515 reviews2021
Dev: Baked Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Get a taste of prison life! Become a prison guard and deal with dangerous convicts. Prison management, lots of daily activities. Will you become the best guard in history? Or maybe you'll turn into the worst scumbag this Prison has ever seen?
Why similar: Crime 36%, Simulation 27.4%, Realistic 17.7%, Casual 8.9%, Atmospheric 5.1%
- #50 Firefighting Simulator - The Squad
69% matchVery Positive81% of 5,277 reviews2020
Dev: Chronos UnterhaltungssoftwarePub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Firefighting Simulator lets you experience what it means to fight fires up close as an active part of a major US city's firefighting crew - together with up to 3 friends in the co-op multiplayer- or in the single player mode.
Why similar: Simulation 43.6%, Realistic 22.6%, Strategy 19.3%, Singleplayer 5.9%, Multiplayer 3.5%
- #51 Drug Dealer Simulator
68% matchVery Positive86% of 20,931 reviews2020
Dev: ByterunnersPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW
Why similar: Simulation 35%, Crime 29.4%, Management 16.6%, Realistic 5.7%, Strategy 5.6%
- #52 Electrician Simulator
67% matchVery Positive80% of 4,245 reviews2022
Dev: Take IT Studio!Pub: Gaming Factory
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take on the electrician role and learn the profession's basics! Install sockets, repair worn-out equipment, assemble broken appliances, replace light bulbs, and lay wires at your customers' homes. Be sure to check everything twice, with electricity there are no jokes!
Why similar: Simulation 33.5%, Education 26.6%, Realistic 14.8%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Casual 6.2%
- #53 Beat Cop
69% matchVery Positive82% of 6,121 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel CrowPub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A retro, pixel art style adventure in New York, inspired by ’80s cop shows. You are Jack Kelly and you’ve been framed for murder. Now as a regular beat cop you have to find out, who did that. Expect thick crime story, a lot of black humour and all the other things you can find on the streets of Brooklyn.
Why similar: Crime 38.6%, Simulation 35.6%, Indie 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #54 EMERGENCY 3
70% 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: Simulation 34.6%, Strategy 30.3%, Moddable 11.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%, Realistic 8.9%
- #55 City Eye
69% matchMostly Negative35% of 94 reviews2022
Pub: SIG Publishing
Windows
In the world of City Eye, you’ll become an operator of the Central Monitoring System, who will try to prevent the effects of every single transgression in the game. Use city maps to track dangerous areas and don’t let the suspects run away from the Police.
Why similar: Management 26.8%, Crime 17.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%, Education 10.6%, Realistic 8.2%
- #56 Car Mechanic Simulator 2018
67% matchVery Positive91% of 55,652 reviews2017
Dev: Red Dot GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build and expand your repair service empire in this incredibly detailed and highly realistic simulation game, where attention to car detail is astonishing. Find classic, unique cars in the new Barn Find module and Junkyard module. You can even add your self-made car in the Car Editor.
Why similar: Simulation 45.7%, Realistic 15.8%, Management 11.7%, Moddable 8.4%, Education 8.2%
- #57 Airline Manager
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,208 reviews2021
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Create and manage your own airline. Create both passenger and cargo routes all over the world while you upgrade and expand your fleet of airplanes and airports. Airline Manager is among the most realistic of its genre - so prove yourself and beat your friends and other real life managers.
Why similar: Simulation 33.5%, Management 31.5%, Strategy 23.2%, Choices Matter 6%, 2D 2.5%
- #58 The Meter is Running
62% matchMostly Positive79% of 216 reviews2026
Dev: Debt Driven Games
Windows
You inherited a taxi dispatch business but it came with debt attached. Hire drivers, dispatch fares, navigate Istanbul’s chaos, deal with bad customers and worse luck. You have 15 days to pay it off or lose everything. The meter is running.
Why similar: Management 47.9%, Strategy 21%, Choices Matter 7.5%, Casual 6%, Indie 5.5%
- #59 City Bus Manager
63% matchVery Positive91% of 2,785 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 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 42.4%, Simulation 30.7%, Strategy 17.2%, Casual 4.9%, Singleplayer 4.7%