- #1 Mad Television Tycoon
97% matchVery Positive85% of 298 reviews2026
Dev: Eggcode
Windows
In Mad Television Tycoon, you take control of a TV station. Accept the challenge and lead your network to success. Your task is to create a diverse schedule, maximize advertising revenue, and outshine the competition.
Why similar: Capitalism 16.4%, Time Management 14.9%, Economy 14.1%, Management 10.9%, 1980s 8.8%
- #2 Mad Games Tycoon
96% matchVery Positive91% of 4,423 reviews2016
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!
Why similar: Management 22.1%, Economy 18.4%, Capitalism 17.8%, Cartoon 8.7%, Simulation 7.9%
- #3 Movies Tycoon
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 555 reviews2024
Dev: PixelCraze s.r.o.
Windows
Movies Tycoon is a simulation game where you dive into the world of film-making. Start with a humble studio, scout and manage top talent, customize unique characters, and direct blockbuster films.
Why similar: Capitalism 21.2%, Time Management 18.5%, Economy 17.6%, Management 14.3%, 1980s 7.9%
- #4 Game Builder Tycoon
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
In Game Builder Tycoon, begin as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing, research stuff and manage a skilled team. Overcome competition to guide your game development studio to global recognition and dominate the gaming industry.
Why similar: Capitalism 23.6%, Economy 20.9%, Management 16.1%, Simulation 8.4%, Sandbox 6.4%
- #5 Game Dev Tycoon
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 45,135 reviews2013
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 15.5 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 44.6%, Simulation 18.8%, Economy 18.2%, Casual 5.2%, Indie 3.8%
- #6 News Tower
92% matchVery Positive94% of 4,596 reviews2025
Dev: Sparrow NightPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 29.4 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 20.3%, Time Management 17.9%, Capitalism 17.5%, Economy 15.7%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #7 CoffeeBiz Tycoon
94% matchMixed64% of 66 reviews2018
Dev: The Sociopath Software
Windows
CoffeeBiz tycoon is a mix of entrepreneurship fun and complicated business simulation. Start your first coffee kiosk, brew, expand, hire, deal with competitors, build a well-known brand, risk, and do everything else needed to build prosperous and profitable business.
Why similar: Management 26.9%, Economy 22.4%, Capitalism 16%, Simulation 15.6%, Resource Management 5.9%
- #8 Empire TV Tycoon
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 902 reviews2015
Dev: Dreamsite Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Empire TV Tycoon is a game in which you manage a TV channel and fight for audiences taking decisions that will project your channel to fame and fortune.You will decide the content of your channel, select advertisers, hire workers, make your own productions, hire actors, and engage in much more activities!
Why similar: Economy 26.7%, Management 26.2%, 1980s 13.8%, 1990's 9.3%, Simulation 7.7%
- #9 Game Tycoon 2
91% matchMixed49% of 248 reviews2016
Dev: Sunlight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In Game Tycoon 2 you find yourself in the middle of the big players. Get into the act and experience the fascination of the game development. Reach your goal and become the Game Tycoon!
Why similar: Time Management 24.5%, Management 19.9%, Economy 19%, 1980s 13.5%, Simulation 9.8%
- #10 Dev Inc
91% matchMixed60% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: Huntah
Windows
An in depth game development simulation game
Why similar: Time Management 21.7%, Economy 16.7%, 1980s 10.7%, Management 8.7%, Point & Click 8.2%
- #11 Ad Agency Simulator: Prologue
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: DoDo Game
Windows
Ad Agency Simulator: Prologue offers a short simulation experience for those who want to pursue a career in advertising. Are you ready to create your own ad designs and manage your ad agency starting from a small ad office?
Why similar: Simulation 36%, Management 33.7%, Immersive Sim 30.3%
- #12 Automobile Tycoon
90% matchMixed61% of 64 reviews2018
Dev: Silver Lemur Games
Windows
Car manufacturing company simulator. Turn-based, fast paced, covers 100 years of automotive history.
Why similar: Capitalism 33.9%, Economy 26.9%, Management 18.9%, Resource Management 8.1%, Simulation 8%
- #13 E-Shop Tycoon
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 635 reviews2026
Dev: Aeolian Games
Windows
Embark on an e-commerce startup journey in E-Shop Tycoon! Optimize warehouse logistics, hire and train staff, and design unique office spaces as your business grows. Handle industry events and marketing crises. Come grow your startup into an e-commerce giant!
Why similar: Time Management 22.3%, Capitalism 17.4%, Economy 13%, Management 10%, Simulation 8.4%
- #14 Yerba Mate Tycoon
89% matchVery Positive88% of 120 reviews2021
Dev: DonislawDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yerba Mate Tycoon is a unique management game. You are taking care of a yerba mate production shop/company, create, customize various yerba mates, unlock new upgrades, and grow your company. Don't know what yerba mate is? Let's say it's a coffee alternative in South American countries.
Why similar: Time Management 23.7%, Capitalism 21.5%, Economy 17%, Management 16.3%, Simulation 7.5%
- #15 PC Tycoon 2
88% matchVery Positive80% of 347 reviews2024
Dev: Insignis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Start with one tiny office and a big idea, and grow it into a global computer company. Design your own CPUs, GPUs and laptops, launch your own OS, and outsmart your rivals. A laid-back tycoon that's easy to get into and hard to put down — made by one indie dev.
Why similar: Time Management 25.9%, Economy 21.9%, Capitalism 21.6%, Management 13.5%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #16 Computer Tycoon
86% matchVery Positive85% of 1,023 reviews2017
Dev: Progorion
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Computer Tycoon is a highly complex Business Grand Strategy game about Computer Evolution. Start in the 70s, invent until 2034, create the best computer systems, upgrade your infrastructure, lead a team, and alter computer history! It is time to "Think Different"
Why similar: Capitalism 22.1%, Time Management 20%, Economy 18.1%, Management 13%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #17 Shopping Empire Tycoon
86% matchVery Positive96% of 72 reviews2021
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
This Game is Basically a Market Management Simulator. Make Your Store Get The Best Profit With Various Upgrades and Unlocks. Including Basic Clicking stuff, Managing Your Own Market , Upgrading and A game with the theme of reaching to going to next level.
Why similar: Time Management 24.1%, Economy 23.1%, Management 19.1%, Simulation 9.2%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #18 Business Simulator 2026
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 187 reviews2025
Dev: HOGO Games
Windows
In Business Simulator 2026, you start with a small capital and aim to build a business empire in the city by deciding which business to start in which shop and deciding the prices. Business Simulator 2026 is a business simulation that will test your business acumen and strategic planning skills.
Why similar: Capitalism 24.7%, Economy 21.5%, Time Management 20.5%, Management 15.3%, Simulation 6.6%
- #19 PUSHER - Drug Tycoon
85% matchVery Positive85% of 125 reviews2023
Dev: P4 GAMES
Windows
Thrilling business tycoon sim where you step into the shoes of a drug dealer in 1980s USA. Your main goal is simple: BUY LOW and SELL HIGH. Get ready for a experience where you'll combine strategy, risk-taking, and decision-making to build your criminal empire.
Why similar: Economy 19.7%, Capitalism 19.5%, Time Management 18.7%, Management 12.1%, 1980s 9.6%
- #20 Car Manufacture
82% matchMixed66% of 1,417 reviews2024
Dev: STEREO GAMES S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Car Manufacture is an automotive tycoon game. Start in the beginning of the XX century and create thriving business. Build cars, manage people, expand your plant and research new technology. Make tons of money and stay on top.
Why similar: Time Management 30%, Economy 25.4%, Management 19.1%, Sandbox 10%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #21 Filmmaker Tycoon
84% matchMostly Negative26% of 93 reviews2023
Dev: Aternis Level 0Pub: Aternis Interactive
Windows
Filmmaker Tycoon is a next generation movie tycoon simulation game! You're the producer of your very own movie studio! Hire actors, build movie sets, make films, move up in the industry, and watch your finished films in Filmmaker Tycoon.
Why similar: Economy 19%, Management 16.5%, Capitalism 15.9%, Time Management 14.5%, Simulation 7.7%
- #22 Market Tycoon
83% matchMixed55% of 413 reviews2017
Dev: Protection GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Market Tycoon is a Tycoon game where you Grow your Market from a small Mini Market all the way up to a Hyper Market. Manage, create, and customize your market from wall paint to placing cashiers, shelves, and fridges.
Why similar: Management 43.8%, Simulation 24.7%, Casual 13.1%, Sandbox 9.5%, Indie 7.5%
- #23 CD Market - Music Label Sim
79% matchVery Positive96% of 136 reviews2026
Dev: Lost Star Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
CD Market is a music industry management sim where you build a record label on your own terms, from vinyl to digital. Stay small, or grow into something bigger. Discover artists, shape careers, and survive decades of changing formats, trends, rivals, and crises.
Why similar: Capitalism 23.9%, Economy 18.1%, Management 18%, Simulation 12.1%, 1990's 9%
- #24 Laptop Tycoon
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 413 reviews2021
Dev: Roastery Games
Windows
Welcome to Laptop Tycoon!Compete with the tech giants! You will have the opportunity to show your skills in business management. Start your own laptop company! Choose and hire the best people for your company, buy and upgrade your own office and start building your dream laptop.
Why similar: Management 21.1%, Economy 20.8%, Simulation 15.9%, Sandbox 13.3%, Isometric 11.4%
- #25 Inn Tycoon
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 849 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Welcome to Inn Tycoon! Build, design, and manage your dream inn. Serve delightful meals, offer various services, and hire a stellar staff. Create a top-notch hospitality empire and become the ultimate Inn Tycoon!
Why similar: Capitalism 20.6%, Management 17.9%, Economy 17.2%, Time Management 16.4%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #26 Industry Giant
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 77 reviews2018
Dev: QLOCPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
In Industrial Giant you have to find a route to profit to prove your management skills in this resource management business simulation. Experience the soaring heights and the shattering depths of being an industrial giant!
Why similar: Economy 23.8%, Time Management 23.2%, Management 18%, Simulation 9.3%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #27 Wall Street Raider
77% matchVery Positive93% of 228 reviews2026
Dev: Ronin SoftwarePub: Hackjack Games
Windows
Wall Street Raider offers the deepest stock market simulations in gaming history. Control publicly traded corporations, futures, options, and even crypto. Whether you want to make billions in equities, short-sell overvalued stocks, or hedge risk using derivatives, the market is yours to conquer!
Why similar: Capitalism 26.9%, Economy 21.3%, Management 16.2%, 1980s 11.4%, Simulation 7.8%
- #28 Game Corp DX
79% matchVery Positive88% of 3,083 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Manage your Game Studio, earn big bucks, impress the critics, beat rival studios and clean up at the awards!
Why similar: Management 37.7%, Economy 30.4%, Simulation 12.8%, Sandbox 4.4%, Casual 4.1%
- #29 Comic Book Tycoon
80% matchMixed43% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: True Seria
Windows
Start out as comic artist in small room and draw best comic you can and show off your work, replay the history of the comic industry., your decisions will make or break your studio. Create bestselling comics and become immortal with your stories.
Why similar: Simulation 28.3%, Management 20%, Casual 17.4%, Economy 16.9%, Indie 9.4%
- #30 FinSim
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: FinSim
Windows · Mac
Your turn to manipulate the market! A financial market simulator where you can choose your own path. Manipulate news, events, and financial engineering to make billions. Or play honestly, growing companies the legal way.
Why similar: Capitalism 22.8%, Economy 18.5%, Simulation 18.3%, Sandbox 11.6%, Casual 9.3%
- #31 Startup Company
77% matchVery Positive81% of 6,224 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!
Why similar: Management 36.5%, Economy 30%, Simulation 14.3%, Sandbox 5.4%, Casual 3.3%
- #32 PC Building Empire
76% matchVery Positive85% of 193 reviews2025
Dev: Moose Games
Windows
Build PCs of different rarities, hire workers with buffs and debuffs, and expand your shop. Train stats in special rooms, customize floors and colors, and relax in a cozy idle indie game in Early Access that grows with feedback from the community.
Why similar: Time Management 33.8%, Economy 22.5%, Management 15.1%, Point & Click 7%, Isometric 6.3%
- #33 Mobiles Tycoon
75% matchVery Positive82% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Insignis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mobiles Tycoon is a brand new game about creating your mobile devices: smartphones and tablets. In the game you have to manage your company and develop your devices (smartphones and tablets), operating systems and processors
Why similar: Time Management 32.9%, Capitalism 28.5%, Management 17.1%, Sandbox 10.3%, Simulation 5.4%
- #34 City Bus Manager
73% matchVery Positive91% of 2,878 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 39.0 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: Economy 22.3%, Capitalism 22.1%, Management 18.5%, Time Management 14.4%, Simulation 9.9%
- #35 Drink Pro Tycoon
78% matchMixed51% of 87 reviews2018
Dev: World Map Tycoon
Windows
In Drink Pro Tycoon you create your dreams company and dominate world drink industry. Create best drinks and make best advertisement campaigns. Invent newest technologies and market your drinks in the best way.
Why similar: Time Management 19.7%, Economy 19.2%, Simulation 17.8%, Management 17.7%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #36 Big Ambitions
69% matchVery Positive92% of 14,788 reviews2026
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 22%, Capitalism 21.8%, Economy 21.8%, Time Management 12.3%, Simulation 6.7%
- #37 Aquapark Tycoon
71% matchVery Positive90% of 294 reviews2026
Dev: Boxelware
Windows
Build the ultimate waterpark paradise in this classic tycoon simulation game! Design & customize water slides, pools, and saunas to fulfill your guests' needs. Combine creativity, strategy, and management to make a splash in the world of water parks and become the ultimate Aquapark Tycoon!
Why similar: Time Management 21.8%, Capitalism 19.8%, Economy 14.7%, Management 12.6%, Cartoony 9.1%
- #38 March to a Million
75% matchMixed63% of 78 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Run a music talent agency and make platinum-selling records!
Why similar: Simulation 28.8%, 1990's 23.3%, Casual 19.9%, Management 15.6%, 2D 8.4%
- #39 Internet Cafe Simulator 2025
74% matchMixed44% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Revolt Games
Windows
Run your own internet café! Manage, upgrade, and customise every detail to create the ultimate hangout in this immersive first-person simulation.
Why similar: Time Management 23.1%, Capitalism 17.8%, Economy 13.2%, Management 10.2%, Simulation 8.8%
- #40 Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 330 reviews2019
Dev: Jarrod Brown
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Design, build and manage a recreation center! Host fitness classes, build swimming pools, arcade & entertainment areas, build event rooms to host parties & much more. With endless customisation, Rec Center Tycoon goes much more in-depth than your average business management simulator.
Why similar: Capitalism 23.4%, Economy 19.7%, Management 18.2%, Sandbox 9.3%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #41 Mall Craze
73% matchMixed54% of 68 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 27.9%, Economy 20.5%, Management 18.8%, Sandbox 9.1%, Simulation 8.3%
- #42 Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue
72% matchMixed63% of 70 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: Economy 24.2%, Capitalism 23.1%, Management 20.5%, Simulation 8.3%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #43 Potion Tycoon
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 732 reviews2024
Dev: Snowhound GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Potion Tycoon is a management simulator with a witchy twist! Build and develop your very own magic shop. Manage resources, set up production lines, mix potions and sell them smartly to stay ahead of the competition. Welcome to the potion business!
Why similar: Capitalism 22.4%, Management 20.9%, Economy 19.7%, Sandbox 9.2%, Simulation 8.7%
- #44 AdvertCity
74% matchMixed53% of 92 reviews2015
Dev: VoxelStorm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A cyberpunk advertising tycoon game. Explore a massive procedural city, and plaster your adverts all over it. Float around cyberspace and post links online. Watch the economy of the city evolve with the effects of your decisions.
Why similar: Management 45%, Simulation 26.3%, Resource Management 17.4%, Indie 11.3%
- #45 Mad Games Tycoon 2
68% matchVery Positive94% of 7,827 reviews2023
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Economy 25.5%, Management 23.8%, Capitalism 20.3%, Simulation 8.7%, Cartoon 7%
- #46 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
70% matchVery Positive92% of 1,910 reviews2021
Dev: Binogure Studio 🐺
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Capitalism 24.6%, Economy 20.8%, Management 17.5%, Simulation 7.6%, Isometric 7.6%
- #47 Festival Tycoon 🎪
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 232 reviews2022
Dev: Johannes GäblerPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
A micro-management sim about music festivals! Design the perfect festival grounds in ‘create’ mode, then manage the event itself in ‘live’ mode! Book bands, sign deals, plant flowers, fix toilets, and grow your show into a global phenomenon.
Why similar: Time Management 21.4%, Capitalism 20.5%, Economy 16.4%, Management 13%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #48 Shop Tycoon: Prepare your wallet
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 418 reviews2021
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Shop Tycoon is a store simulator. Create a supermarket, sex shop, games store or a store with good Polish vodka. Place your logo, hire employees, expand your car fleet, build offices and parking lots, create a chain of stores and more!
Why similar: Time Management 20.6%, Management 16.8%, Economy 16.5%, Cartoon 10.5%, Isometric 9.5%
- #49 Art Shop Simulator
68% matchVery Positive91% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Lovheim Studios
Windows
Buy and sell art, manage employees, and grow your shop in this immersive simulator set in Europe. Curate a unique collection, attract customers, and become the premier art dealer. Transform your humble gallery into a thriving art empire!
Why similar: Capitalism 23.8%, Economy 22.5%, Management 17.9%, Resource Management 9.1%, Sandbox 9%
- #50 Retro Arcade Shop Simulator
66% matchVery Positive89% of 257 reviews2026
Dev: Alt Tab GamePub: Ultimate Publishing
Windows
Build and manage your ultimate retro arcade! Buy classic Arcade Machines, Galaxy Pinball, and Gift Claw games, or invest in Cinema 8D, Go-Karts, and Racing Simulators. Manage the economy, hire staff, and repair your machines to keep the tokens rolling in!
Why similar: Time Management 27.1%, Economy 17.5%, Simulation 16.6%, Management 11.6%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #51 Business Magnate
71% matchMixed67% of 218 reviews2019
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Business Magnate is a tycoon business simulation game where you can create all types of businesses: Cars, rockets, phones, tanks, trucks, airplanes, computers, and ships. Design, produce, market and sell them. You can even run multiple companies at the same time.
Why similar: Economy 29.9%, Management 25.7%, Simulation 14.3%, Resource Management 9.9%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #52 Business Heroes: Street Grub
67% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Visionaries
Windows · Mac
A food truck tycoon and street-food strategy game. Think you have founder instincts? Prove it with a burger bike, limited cash, and a market that punishes bad decisions. Set prices, tune recipes, manage stock, hire staff, outplay rivals, and see if your burger business grows or goes broke.
Why similar: Capitalism 22.9%, Economy 18.9%, Management 15.1%, Cartoony 9.1%, 2.5D 8.5%
- #53 Coffee Shop Tycoon
67% matchVery Positive85% of 600 reviews2022
Dev: Riff Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Manage your own coffee shop and control every detail to make it the most popular one in town! Roast your own beans and create your recipes. Hire and train your staff, manage your economy and marketing, and destroy your competition to become the ultimate legal coffee monopoly in Coffee Shop Tycoon.
Why similar: Management 27.6%, Economy 23.9%, Simulation 12.9%, Cartoon 12.2%, Resource Management 7.1%
- #54 News Tycoon
72% matchMostly Negative36% of 148 reviews2017
Dev: Oreol
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
News Tycoon is a real-time tycoon game about newspaper management
Why similar: Management 49%, Economy 38.5%, Casual 7.2%, Indie 3.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #55 Showbiz Tycoon
69% matchVery Positive81% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Olie Games
Windows
Own a movie studio, negotiate with talents, schedule releases, make money, expand your business and become the biggest in the industry.
Why similar: Simulation 49.7%, Immersive Sim 26.8%, 2D 12.1%, Indie 8%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #56 STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,268 reviews2023
Dev: TERNOX
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Simulator of an 80s Japanese stock market businessman. Chill, catch a retro vibe and watch your profits grow in the text-based game STONKS-9800.
Why similar: Economy 23.3%, Time Management 18%, 1980s 15.9%, Capitalism 14.5%, Management 14.4%
- #57 Bank Simulator
65% matchMostly Positive72% of 391 reviews2025
Dev: Strong Bow Games
Windows
Build and manage your financial empire from a small bank to a global powerhouse. Approve loans, trade bonds, hire staff, and master the market in Bank Simulator a business management sim and banking tycoon where every economic decision impacts your bottom line
Why similar: Capitalism 25.8%, Economy 22.5%, Management 17.6%, Resource Management 9.5%, Simulation 8.3%
- #58 Console Shop Simulator
64% matchVery Positive92% of 531 reviews2025
Dev: Lance Games
Windows
Become the owner of a game store! Organize shelves, repair CDs, negotiate profits, promote your store via live stream, and increase customer satisfaction.
Why similar: Capitalism 22.9%, Time Management 20.8%, Economy 17.8%, Management 14.3%, Simulation 7.4%
- #59 Super Movie Tycoon
65% matchMostly Positive74% of 345 reviews2025
Dev: Yuedong Game
Windows · Mac
Become a movie mogul in Super Movie Tycoon! From script to screen, build your dream team and create blockbusters to conquer Hollywood!
Why similar: Capitalism 20.4%, Time Management 19.7%, Economy 18.2%, Management 14.7%, Resource Management 7.2%