- #1 Airport Madness 3D
97% matchVery Positive85% of 375 reviews2016
Dev: Big Fat Simulations Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
This is the seventh version of Airport Madness, offering players a 3-dimensional air traffic control experience from a control tower perspective.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers the most direct 3D evolution of the core air traffic control gameplay found in the Time Machine entry.
- #2 Airport Madness 3D: Volume 2
96% matchVery Positive85% of 235 reviews2017
Dev: Big Fat Simulations Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Play at ten airports: Las Vegas, Princess Juliana, New York John F. Kennedy, Toronto Pearson, Miami, London City, San Francisco, Lukla Nepal, Hong Kong, and Chicago O'Hare. Airport Madness 3D: Volume 2 also offers new aircraft, more gates, and sharper detail.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
Why You'll Like It: It expands upon the 3D control mechanics with new airports and more complex traffic scenarios.
- #3 Airport Madness 4
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 179 reviews2015
Dev: Big Fat Simulations Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Give takeoff clearances, landing clearances and taxi clearances at six complex airports in a strategic effort to maintain efficiency, and avoid collisions.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
Why You'll Like It: A classic entry in the series that focuses heavily on the frantic pace of managing multiple runways simultaneously.
- #4 Airport Madness: World Edition
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 358 reviews2015
Dev: Big Fat Simulations Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Insanely addictive, easy to learn, impossible to master! Airport Madness is an airport strategy game. Designed by real air traffic controllers, Airport Madness captures the fun aspects of air traffic control. The decisions and actions you make in this game are identical to real-world airport ops.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
Why You'll Like It: This version provides a global perspective on air traffic control with a variety of international airport layouts.
- #5 I am an Air Traffic Controller 4
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 564 reviews2020
Dev: TechnoBrain
Windows
Since its release in 1998, I am an Air Traffic Controller 4 has established itself as a long seller, strongly supported by numerous users both inside and outside of aviation fandom.
Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for realistic ATC simulation, offering deep tactical control over ground and air traffic.
- #6 Tower!3D Pro
94% matchMixed66% of 916 reviews2017
Dev: FeelTherePub: FeelThere
Windows
Tower!3D Pro will put you in the position of an airport tower controller, one of the most stressful job on the world!
Why You'll Like It: It provides an immersive, voice-controlled ATC experience that emphasizes the professional side of airport operations.
- #7 Endless ATC
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 506 reviews2017
Dev: startgrid
Windows
Endless ATC is a realistic air traffic control simulator with a simple, easy to use interface. The goal is to guide as many planes as possible safely to the runways. Find out how many flights you can manage to control!
Why You'll Like It: A highly focused, realistic simulator that strips away the fluff to provide a pure air traffic control experience.
- #8 Airport CEO
92% matchVery Positive83% of 8,135 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why You'll Like It: While more management-focused, it provides the best deep-dive into the logistical infrastructure required to run a successful airport.
- #9 SimAirport
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,012 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at the construction and operational management aspects of running a complex, high-traffic airport.
- #10 Sky Haven Tycoon - Airport Simulator
90% matchMixed59% of 1,340 reviews2022
Dev: Real Welders
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build your own airport in Skyhaven! Live out your airplane tycoon and simulation game fantasies and make the best surroundings and strategy for both airline manager and passenger alike. Schedule flight plans, build terminals, landing strips and more and create an airport tycoon empire in Skyhaven.
Why You'll Like It: It blends the historical progression seen in the seed game with modern airport building and management mechanics.
- #11 Global ATC Simulator
91% matchMixed65% of 140 reviews2014
Dev: Robert MiroszewskiPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Global ATC Simulator is a standalone simulation of the task of Tower, Approach and Departure controllers. What sets it apart from every other ATC simulation is that it is global, it covers all the major airports in the whole world with literally unprecedented detail.
Why You'll Like It: It offers a comprehensive simulation experience with moddable content and realistic traffic patterns.
- #12 ATC Ground Point
89% matchVery Positive80% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Blueon
Windows
Control the ground movement of airplanes at various airports. As the air traffic controller, ensure the airplanes move safely and get to the stand or runway on time.
Why You'll Like It: Focuses specifically on the tactical, real-time management of ground traffic and runway safety.
- #13 Jumbo Airport Story
89% matchVery Positive92% of 354 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Just imagine: your own world-famous airport! A game with sky-high levels of fun!
Why You'll Like It: A charming, simulation-heavy take on airport management that emphasizes growth and passenger satisfaction.
- #14 Air Traffic: Greenlight
87% matchVery Positive94% of 172 reviews2022
Dev: GyroX
Windows
Air Traffic: Greenlight is an air-traffic-control-themed game. Direct aircraft in the area where radar coverage is limited. Prevent collisions, organize and expedite the flow of air traffic.
Why You'll Like It: A time-management game that challenges players to maintain order in increasingly busy airspace.
- #15 AirportSim
86% matchMixed69% of 1,588 reviews2023
Dev: MS GAMESPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 38.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
AirportSim is an Advanced Airport Ground Handling Simulator with true-to-life visuals and operations, licensed planes and vehicles, real airports and live weather conditions. Enjoy the many tasks alone or with friends, making this experience unforgettable.
Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly detailed, immersive look at the various ground roles that support air traffic control.
- #16 Delos: Space Traffic Control
84% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: hv
Windows
In Delos, you are the space traffic controller managing the flow of ships at a bustling space station. Direct docking, allocate resources, and prevent collisions in a real-time strategy setting. Balance efficiency and safety to maintain order in the interstellar hub.
Why You'll Like It: Applies the familiar air traffic control mechanics to a sci-fi setting, adding unique orbital constraints.
- #17 The Terminal 2
88% matchMostly Negative26% of 176 reviews2014
Dev: FrameLineNetwork
Windows
'The Terminal 2' game is a realistic airport management game. Land, park, unload, load, fuel and take off your fleet. The better you play the more planes you get every game-day. Expand your airport with more jetways, runways and terminal buildings. Connect the local transportation to get more passengers to your Terminal complex.
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated airport management simulator that challenges players to optimize ground operations and gate scheduling.
- #18 Flight Control HD
86% matchVery Positive92% of 545 reviews2010
Dev: Firemint
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Control a never-ending stream of aircraft in this insanely addictive worldwide hit from Firemint! You’re an air traffic controller at an increasingly busy airport; just point and drag aircraft to their landing zones with your mouse or trackpad. Sounds easy? It isn’t!
Why You'll Like It: A classic arcade-style approach to air traffic management that emphasizes quick reflexes and path drawing.
- #19 Mini Airways - ATC simulator
80% matchVery Positive93% of 1,427 reviews2024
Dev: CCC GamesPub: Erabit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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!
- #20 Airline Manager
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,060 reviews2021
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 31.4 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 You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy game that focuses on the business side of aviation, complementing the ATC experience.
- #21 Airport Simulator 2015
85% matchMixed41% of 179 reviews2015
Dev: LinkSolutions Ltd.Pub: rondomedia GmbH
Windows · Mac
Become the hero of the taxiway and step into the shoes of an airport employee in Airport Simulator 2015. Experience exciting and varied tasks in the field of aircraft handling at a major international airport and take control of high-powered aircraft tractors, de-icing vehicles, and many more!
Why You'll Like It: Offers a straightforward simulation of airport ground operations and management tasks.
- #22 Airport Simulator 2019
84% matchMostly Negative29% of 153 reviews2018
Dev: KittehfacePub: Toplitz
Windows
Airport Simulator 2019 places you as the manager of a major international airport. Your duties range from planning and allocating personnel to procuring and maintaining a vehicle fleet, facility maintenance and handling ever larger aircraft from a variety of airlines.
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the day-to-day operations of an airport, providing a broader view of the aviation industry.
- #23 sim4D ATC
81% matchMixed45% of 128 reviews2023
Dev: Shanghai MT Networks Co.,Ltd.
Windows
You will act as the apron/tower controller and command the inbound/outbound operations by issuing voice commands in the virtual radio channel. The AI captain will interact with synthetic voice. Current version needs to have basic ATC knowledge, and the tutorial will be released in a later version.
Why You'll Like It: An experimental simulation that adds RPG-like progression elements to the standard air traffic control loop.
- #24 Fly Corp
78% matchVery Positive85% of 3,299 reviews2023
Dev: KishMish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Develop your own transport network in different regions and cities: open new routes, buy and upgrade new planes, and increase airport capacity!
- #25 Airport Master
83% matchMostly Negative26% of 58 reviews2017
Dev: STICLI Games
Windows
Very detailed game about airport management and aviation in general, including Real World aircraft, procedures, IFR\VFR traffic, ATC, resources, upgrades and sounds! Enjoy the Ultimate Airport Management Experience!
Why You'll Like It: A management-focused game that tasks players with balancing resources and traffic flow in an airport setting.
- #26 Airport Renovator
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Two HorizonsPub: TBA
Windows
Take matters into your own hands and renovate a run-down airport! You have the right tools for the job, so clean up and restore this place. Open up the loot crates and collect pieces of equipment that you can arrange according to your plan. Make this airport an international giant!
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the infrastructure side of airports, allowing players to build and upgrade facilities to handle more traffic.
- #27 Terminal One
76% matchMixed68% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Terminal Reality
Windows
Airport building and light business tycoon game. Build up an airport providing cargo, maintenance, and passenger service. Choose which upgrades to invest in, manage policies, organize finances, optimize layouts, and balance carbon emissions.
- #28 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
75% matchVery Positive92% of 1,775 reviews2021
Dev: Binogure Studio 🐺
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Adventure 100%
- #29 Amber's Airline - High Hopes
77% matchVery Positive88% of 136 reviews2018
Dev: Old Skull GamesPub: GameHouse
Windows · Mac
Fasten your seat belt and take off with Amber Hope in a new airline game!
- #30 Amber's Airline - 7 Wonders
77% matchVery Positive91% of 88 reviews2019
Dev: Old Skull GamesPub: GameHouse
Windows · Mac
Get ready to fly with Amber in this "wonderful" time management adventure!
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #31 Tower! Simulator 3
75% matchMixed69% of 1,018 reviews2022
Dev: FeelThere
Windows
Immerse yourself in an ultra-realistic environment that brings the challenges of air traffic control right to your fingertips. With brand-new lighting system, intuitive 2D graphical user interface (GUI), improved voice recognition, 9 airports included, Tower! Sim 3 sets a new gold standard.
- #32 Baggage Handler Simulator
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: ShleksPub: !FAKE_studio
Windows
BH Simulator is a fun and immersive airport logistics game. As a baggage hub manager, build efficient conveyor systems to sort, unload, and load luggage. Plan smart routes, avoid bottlenecks, and prove you're the boss of the baggage game. Can you turn chaos into perfect order?
- #33 Airline Director 2 - Tycoon Game
78% matchMostly Negative36% of 61 reviews2016
Dev: Joona Vartiainen
Windows
Airline Director 2 is a management game set in the challenging field of commercial aviation.
- #34 Aviator - Bush Pilot
79% matchMostly Negative24% of 83 reviews2014
Dev: Netmin GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
As the busy operator of a hangar and runway in the heart of a region like the Serengeti, there are countless ways to earn a living. As an ‘old school’ bush pilot, you must undertake challenging jobs to make the lives of both tourists and locals a lot easier.
- #35 Worldwide Rush
70% matchVery Positive80% of 487 reviews2025
Dev: Memel Games
Windows
Worldwide Rush lets you experience passenger transportation and management on a global scale. Expand your company, meet the growing travel demand, compete against other companies, and discover new continents with its unique vehicles. The entire world is yours to control.
- #36 Airline Tycoon Deluxe
74% matchVery Positive84% of 657 reviews2014
Dev: SpellboundPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Airline Tycoon Deluxe is a funny economy simulation proceeding in realtime and assigning you the complete responsibility for an airline.
- #37 Arcadecraft
76% matchMixed56% of 152 reviews2014
Dev: Firebase Industries Ltd.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Enter the exciting world of Arcade ownership! Play through the 1980's arcade revolution by buying arcade machines for your customers to play! Customize your arcade to increase its popularity! Manage your finances, capitalize on newly released games, but beware the pitfalls that could bankrupt you!
- #38 Air Defender
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 250 reviews2025
Dev: ROTOR3
Windows
Command the sky in a tense real-time strategy simulation where you manage a nation's air defenses. Analyze radar contacts, scramble interceptor jets, and make split-second decisions to protect your airspace from hostile threats.
- #39 Chaotic Airport Construction Manager
73% matchVery Positive89% of 258 reviews2020
Dev: Illusive ReflectionPub: Steckenpferd Enterprises
Windows · Mac · Linux
A simulation game making fun of Germans needing 16 years to build an airport. Are you able to do better?
- #40 Mad Games Tycoon
72% matchVery Positive91% of 4,414 reviews2016
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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!
- #41 Train World
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 95 reviews2023
Dev: Turn Point Games
Windows
Become a railroad pioneer in Train World - a railway simulator that spans centuries as you design, manage, and operate your own train network. Start at the dawn of railroad technology and evolve into a complex, modern railway company.
- #42 Airport X-Ray Simulator
69% matchVery Positive85% of 236 reviews2024
Dev: Rainbow Lab
Windows
Step into the critical role of a baggage security operative in Airport X-Ray Simulator. As part of the backbone of airport security, you are the last line of defense against prohibited or illegal items making their way onto an aircraft or into the airport.
- #43 Lakehopper
67% matchVery Positive92% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: Photon Games
Windows · Linux
Take flight in a seaplane flight simulator through a rugged world where you are responsible for the care and maintenance of your plane. Deliver cargo between far-flung communities in a flooded landscape that challenges your piloting skills! Fix your plane and keep flying!
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #44 Adventure in the Tower of Flight
73% matchVery Positive84% of 101 reviews2015
Dev: Pixel Barrage Entertainment, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Adventure in the Tower of Flight is a retro-styled platformer in which you fly instead of jump! You are Wing, a young adventurer. Wing must climb a seeming endless the tower and collect all five known relics held within to become the ruler of the known world.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #45 River Town Factory
68% matchVery Positive89% of 1,328 reviews2024
Dev: iFAction Studio
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
If possible, would you like to go back to ancient times to start a factory, refine oil, or even build a large computer? With the accidental fall of a meteorite, you traveled back to River Town a thousand years ago and became a workshop owner. And the story will begin from here……
- #46 Let's Explore the Airport (Junior Field Trips)
73% matchVery Positive92% of 88 reviews2015
Dev: Humongous Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Let's Explore the Airport captures all of the fun, energy, and excitement of a real, working airport. Kids can check out the ticket counter in the main terminal, work the controls in the cockpit of the Concord, and see how the ground crew prepares the planes.
- #47 Time Flies
66% matchVery Positive97% of 294 reviews2025
Dev: PlayablesPub: Panic
Windows · Mac
Time Flies is a little adventure about our limited time in this world.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #48 A Better World
67% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
A Better World Company is hiring! We’re looking for a skilled new recruit to alter the past and reshape the future! Use our Computer to travel back in time, and make game-changing choices to make the world a better place! You decide what to do… as long as you follow our internal policies.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #49 Final Approach
71% matchVery Positive94% of 350 reviews2016
Dev: Phaser Lock Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Take control of the skies like never before in a full Virtual Reality world! Airplanes on fire, commuter aircraft low on fuel, mid-air collisions, emergency helicopter rescues, military exercises and so much more!
- #50 Airborne Kingdom
67% matchVery Positive87% of 2,333 reviews2022
Dev: The Wandering Band LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The sky city builder awaits. Create your own flying kingdom and lead it on a quest across an expansive world. Explore the varied landscape, build up a floating metropolis, aid struggling people below, uncover lost secrets and, ultimately, bring back the Airborne Kingdom legend.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #51 Transport Fever
68% matchVery Positive83% of 10,800 reviews2016
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 47.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #52 Back in Service: a Metro Driver
64% matchVery Positive98% of 488 reviews2025
Dev: Dominik Vojta
Windows · Mac
Join the adventure and become the master of the metro in our game, which takes you into the underground world. Overcome challenges on the tracks from the cabin of a historic train. Can you complete the route, transport all passengers, and avoid delays?
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #53 Airline Tycoon 2
74% matchOverwhelmingly Negative18% of 575 reviews2011
Dev: b-AlivePub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Run a modern airline, design unique airplanes and grow a run-down carrier into a globally recognized company that passengers practically beg to fly.
- #54 Lifeslide
67% matchVery Positive92% of 422 reviews2021
Dev: Dreamteck
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Embark on a daring journey through life and master the skill of paper plane flight. Explore colorful worlds with unique challenges, find secrets and unlock your full potential!
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #55 AirlineSim
66% matchVery Positive80% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: simulogics
Windows
Manage and grow your own virtual airline in this business simulation. Plan operations by acquiring aircraft and scheduling flights. Monitor finances using realistic tools as you cooperate and compete with other players on a real-time market and turn your company into a flourishing business.
- #56 Mad Games Tycoon 2
63% matchVery Positive94% of 7,570 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.
- #57 Roads of Rome
70% matchVery Positive87% of 104 reviews2015
Dev: Qumaron
Windows
Advance into the unknown territories full of secrets and dangers. Expand the famous road system to the far corners of mighty Roman Empire in this blend of casual strategy, sim and time management genres!
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #58 Airship: Kingdoms Adrift
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,027 reviews2023
Dev: Revolution IndustryPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Welcome to Suthseg! As the newly commissioned airship captain, forge a mercantile empire across the archipelago, until the great powers of Europa turn their attention toward it. Build up a fleet, chart trade routes, establish industries, and explore the frontier at your airship's helm!
Why similar: Adventure 100%