- #1 Tavern Master
97% matchVery Positive92% of 12,821 reviews2021
Dev: Untitled Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!
Why similar: Management 26.2%, Building 20.7%, Medieval 15.5%, Resource Management 11.6%, Simulation 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core loop of managing a medieval establishment while focusing on building, expanding, and keeping patrons happy.
- #2 Potion Tycoon
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 712 reviews2024
Dev: Snowhound GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 18.2%, Management 15.8%, Economy 13.9%, Building 13.1%, Medieval 9%
Why You'll Like It: Like Ale Abbey, it focuses on the intricate process of crafting unique products and managing a shop to maximize profits.
- #3 Tavern Keeper 🍻
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,275 reviews2025
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper 🍻, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!
Why similar: Building 19.7%, Economy 19%, Management 18.6%, Sandbox 9.6%, Simulation 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the same cozy, medieval tavern management vibe with a strong emphasis on building and character interaction.
- #4 Soda Story - Brewing Tycoon
95% matchVery Positive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Upper Class Walrus
Windows
Take on the challenge of running a Soda brewing operation, all while participating in the current season of the hit reality TV show “Prisoneers.” Will you win your freedom?
Why similar: Economy 21.2%, Building 18.2%, Base Building 17.8%, Management 16.8%, Crafting 15.1%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the specific brewing and recipe-crafting mechanics found in Ale Abbey but applies them to a soda-making business.
- #5 Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,205 reviews2022
Dev: Auroch DigitalPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Brew your perfect beer in this relaxing home brewing sim. Use a realistic chemistry simulation to brew hoppy IPAs to creamy stouts. Customise your brewing space, create recipes and label your beer, unlock new equipment and enter competitions. Learn to brew, refine your craft and become a Brewmaster!
Why similar: Economy 24.8%, Crafting 22.7%, Management 20.4%, Sandbox 12.6%, Simulation 11%
Why You'll Like It: This is the ultimate choice for players who want to dive deep into the technical and creative aspects of the brewing process.
- #6 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
92% matchVery Positive92% of 4,300 reviews2024
Dev: One More Time
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Cook delicious food and keep an eye on the mood of the visitors. Create a unique atmosphere for unforgettable adventures!
Why similar: Economy 19.7%, Management 16.8%, Base Building 16.3%, Building 15.7%, Resource Management 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a hands-on approach to running a medieval tavern, emphasizing the daily grind of serving customers and maintaining the facility.
- #7 Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition
94% matchMixed55% of 4,056 reviews2019
Dev: Klabater
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crossroads Inn, a real-time management sim, unfolds in Delcrys' unique fantasy realm. Construct and oversee your inn, delight traveling heroes, and achieve renowned status for your services across the kingdom.
Why similar: Economy 24.6%, Base Building 21.6%, Crafting 15.2%, Management 14.9%, Funny 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep management experience centered around running a medieval inn, complete with resource management and staff oversight.
- #8 Lords and Villeins
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.7% ★, Management 10.6%, Medieval 9.4%, Economy 9.2%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deep colony-sim that focuses on the social and economic structure of a medieval village, perfect for fans of management games.
- #9 Anvil Saga
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,787 reviews2023
Dev: Pirozhok StudioPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Anvil Saga is a management sim with RPG elements where you take control of a blacksmith shop amidst the Hundred Years' War. Each decision you make impacts the story and gameplay.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.4% ★, Management 12%, Base Building 11.8%, Economy 10.1%, Medieval 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines medieval management with RPG elements, requiring you to balance business growth with the needs of your workers.
- #10 Inn Tycoon
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 779 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 18%, Management 14.5%, Medieval 13.2%, Economy 13%, Building 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward management game that focuses on the day-to-day operations of a medieval inn.
- #11 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
90% matchVery Positive93% of 42,947 reviews2022
Dev: niceplay gamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
Why similar: Crafting 21%, Capitalism 16.1%, Medieval 15.6%, Management 14.9%, Resource Management 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: The focus on experimental recipe creation and shop management aligns perfectly with the alchemical brewing style of Ale Abbey.
- #12 Foundation
89% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: Medieval 14.7%, Colony Sim 13% ★, Economy 11.5%, Management 10.9%, Building 10%
Why You'll Like It: This medieval city-builder captures the organic, grid-less building style that makes constructing a monastery so satisfying.
- #13 Honey, I Joined a Cult
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,875 reviews2022
Dev: Sole Survivor GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
It's time to start working towards that ultimate goal of enlightenment, faith and money…lots and lots of money! Become the ultimate tycoon - create, customise, and manage your own cult whilst listening to funky music. Welcome to Honey, I Joined a Cult!
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.7% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Management 13%, Resource Management 10.2%, Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the 'base-building for a specific organization' theme, requiring you to manage resources and members in a unique setting.
- #14 Blacksmith Master
88% matchVery Positive84% of 2,485 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21% ★, Base Building 13%, Economy 12%, Management 11%, Building 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the crafting and production chain mechanics, allowing you to build a business from the ground up in a historical setting.
- #15 Going Medieval
86% matchVery Positive89% of 20,287 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Economy 15.3%, Management 13.3%, Crafting 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a robust building system set in the Middle Ages, focusing on survival and colony management.
- #16 Spellcaster University
87% matchVery Positive83% of 4,213 reviews2021
Dev: Sneaky Yak Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Develop a prestigious university of mages. Build rooms, train your students, fight orcs, slay the bureaucrats, manage your budget... a director's life is not a quiet one.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Economy 14.4%, Management 13%, Medieval 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar base-building and management loop, but replaces brewing with the construction of a magical school.
- #17 News Tower
84% matchVery Positive94% of 4,202 reviews2025
Dev: Sparrow NightPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.8 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 16.6%, Capitalism 16%, Economy 12.3%, Building 10%, Resource Management 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A management simulation that focuses on building and optimizing a workplace, sharing the same 'tycoon' DNA.
- #18 Little Big Workshop
86% matchVery Positive84% of 3,350 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Management 16.8%, Building 14.3%, Economy 13.5%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: While the theme is different, the production-line management and building mechanics are highly comparable to Ale Abbey.
- #19 Espresso Tycoon
84% matchVery Positive85% of 1,249 reviews2023
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Espresso Tycoon - a coffee shop simulator. Create your brand, decorate the coffee shop, manage your employees, and take care of your customers. Use the 3D coffee editor to create coffee recipes, order supplies, and collect rating points. Build the whole coffee business and complete all the missions!
Why similar: Building 28.5%, Management 27.7%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 10.3%, Sandbox 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the creative aspect of building a business, specifically allowing for detailed customization of products and shop layout.
- #20 Clanfolk
83% matchVery Positive92% of 3,737 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.6% ★, Building 16.7%, Crafting 16.4%, Sandbox 9.2%, Simulation 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on survival and management in a harsh, historical environment.
- #21 Tavern Tycoon - Dragon's Hangover
85% matchMixed67% of 832 reviews2019
Dev: Terapoly
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Run your fantasy RPG tavern - let travellers take shelter for the night and serve 'em the best mead of their life with a good dose of humor.
Why similar: Management 47.4%, Simulation 19.7%, Strategy 16.4%, Building 12.6%, Indie 4%
Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted management game that focuses on building and maintaining a tavern in a fantasy world.
- #22 Cult of the Lamb
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 121,567 reviews2022
Dev: Massive MonsterPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.3% ★, Base Building 30.8%, Building 16.7%, Funny 6.4%, Strategy 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: It blends base-building and management with a unique, stylized theme that fans of quirky management games will enjoy.
- #23 Founders' Fortune
82% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.3% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Building 10.3%, Management 7.2%, Economy 6%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that balances building and management with the needs of your settlers.
- #24 Manor Lords
79% matchVery Positive85% of 85,453 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.3% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Economy 13.8%, Management 11.8%, Building 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a highly detailed medieval city-building experience with a focus on resource management and production chains.
- #25 Mad Games Tycoon 2
80% 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.
Why similar: Economy 18.1%, Management 17.9%, Capitalism 17.2%, Base Building 11.2%, Building 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, complex management experience for those who enjoy the 'tycoon' genre.
- #26 SimCasino
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 751 reviews2021
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Modern Casino Tycoon Simulation in full 3D glory. Build the casino. Set the odds. Expand into a luxury hotel/casino or go cheap & extract max profits. Keep the vault secure at all times, and beware of criminals & cheaters!!
Why similar: Capitalism 21.2%, Economy 13.9%, Building 13%, Base Building 13%, Management 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a complex sandbox environment for building and managing a large-scale facility.
- #27 Game Dev Tycoon
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 44,663 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 42.1%, Simulation 16.4%, Economy 15.9%, Strategy 8.2%, Casual 4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic tycoon game that excels at the 'research and development' loop, similar to creating new beer recipes.
- #28 Winkeltje: The Little Shop
79% matchVery Positive88% of 1,803 reviews2022
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Winkeltje: The Little Shop is all about building, decorating, and running your own old-world fantasy shop. Buy low, sell high - from nails and apples to swords and alchemic love potions. Impress your customers, craft items, and be the master of your very own shop.
Why similar: Capitalism 24.9%, Economy 16.8%, Management 15.5%, Crafting 12.5%, Building 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the shop-keeping and crafting side of management, allowing you to build and customize your own store.
- #29 Medieval Dynasty
78% matchVery Positive91% of 49,970 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Building 21.3%, Crafting 19.9%, Base Building 15.6%, Medieval 15.1%, Management 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a more immersive, first-person take on medieval life, focusing on building a settlement and managing its growth.
- #30 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
78% matchVery Positive84% of 2,520 reviews2023
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.
Why similar: Management 41%, Resource Management 27.4%, Simulation 18.2%, Casual 9.4%, Singleplayer 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the cooking and recipe-management aspects of running a food-based business.
- #31 Mad Games Tycoon
77% 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!
Why similar: Management 16.6%, Capitalism 14.4%, Economy 12.9%, Base Building 10.9%, Building 10%
- #32 Another Brick in The Mall
77% matchVery Positive83% of 2,425 reviews2020
Dev: The Quadsphere
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design, build and manage a giant shopping center. Open shops, supermarkets, restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys and more. Hire and manage the best staff for the job and milk your customers for all they're worth!
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.8% ★, Management 16.4%, Capitalism 14.5%, Building 13.3%, Economy 11.5%
- #33 Naheulbeuk's Dungeon Master
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,566 reviews2023
Dev: Artefacts StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A dungeon in danger ! Build, manage, and defend your tower in the satirical heroic fantasy universe of Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. From a shaky establishment to an infamous lair!
Why similar: Management 16.1%, Base Building 15.5%, Building 13.5%, Medieval 12.2%, Comedy 7.4%
- #34 Galaxy Pass Station
75% matchVery Positive87% of 268 reviews2023
Dev: Galactic Workshop
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Build a space station for 15 alien races! 👽 Inspect IDs, catch criminals, and manage a chaotic galactic hub. A vibrant mix of colony sim & document-checking action. Can you build the ultimate hotel?
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Management 11.8%, Resource Management 10.2%, Economy 10.1%
- #35 SimAirport
76% 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 similar: Economy 17.1%, Base Building 16.7%, Management 14.9%, Building 14.1%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #36 Blood Bar Tycoon
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 781 reviews2025
Dev: Clever Trickster StudioPub: Clever Trickster Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Blood Bar Tycoon is a vampire bar management game. Build bars and blood factories, lure humans to harvest their blood, process it, and serve your customers: other vampires. Research quirky machines and deal with hunters! Expand through Crimson City to become a mighty Elder!
Why similar: Economy 16.1%, Base Building 14.7%, Building 14.7%, Management 13.4%, Comedy 10.5%
- #37 Inn Tycoon: Prologue
74% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Evil Goose Games
Windows
Welcome to Inn Tycoon: Prologue! 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 18.5%, Economy 13.2%, Building 12.3%, Medieval 12.1%, Management 11.6%
- #38 Hotel Architect
72% matchVery Positive94% of 1,342 reviews2025
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Step into the shoes of a hotel owner as you design, build, and manage grand hotels around the world. Juggle demanding guests, frantic logistics, and plenty of unexpected surprises in Hotel Architect; the ultimate hotel construction and tycoon management game!
Why similar: Capitalism 21.5%, Economy 16.9%, Management 15.1%, Building 14.7%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #39 Beer Manufacture Simulator
72% matchVery Positive84% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Brew your own beer from scratch! Take on the role of a brewmaster, learn brewing techniques, create unique recipes, and grow your craft brewery into a full-scale factory. Expand your brewery from mashing and fermenting to bottling and selling - every decision shapes your beer empire
Why similar: Economy 17.8%, Management 16.7%, Simulation 16.4%, Funny 10.2%, Building 9.8%
- #40 Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game
73% matchVery Positive81% of 531 reviews2021
Dev: Squidpunch StudiosPub: Vincent Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Build stunning Arcade Centre’s, purchase a range of arcades machines, manage troublesome staff in this colourful and humorous simulation management game. Inspired by Two Point Hospital, Let's Build A Zoo and Megaquarium.
Why similar: Economy 14.5%, Management 13.1%, Base Building 12.6%, Building 11.9%, Crafting 10.5%
- #41 Grand Casino Tycoon
75% matchMixed60% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
In this colorful tycoon with unique puzzle elements you are the designer of stunning, glamorous casinos. Your guests, though, have varied and sometimes opposite demands! Analyze their routines, split them up and manipulate them on your way to success!
Why similar: Capitalism 24%, Building 14.6%, Management 13.5%, Economy 10.4%, Comedy 10.4%
- #42 Dungeon Tycoon
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,751 reviews2024
Dev: Lunheim StudiosPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?
Why similar: Economy 21.1%, Management 19.7%, Building 14.9%, Medieval 13.8%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #43 Mad Tower Tycoon
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 438 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.9% ★, Economy 11.8%, Management 10.9%, Building 10.5%, Capitalism 10.5%
- #44 Two Point Museum
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 11,346 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
Why similar: Building 20.8%, Economy 15.6%, Management 15.1%, Simulation 10.3%, Comedy 9.5%
- #45 Mad Smartphone Tycoon
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 580 reviews2024
Dev: Miradil
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build Your smartphone Empire in Mad Smartphone Tycoon, your main goal in this game is to create the ultimate smartphone that combines both performance and aesthetics. Expand your company, dominate the global market, become a tycoon in the world of mobile phones!
Why similar: Management 18.7%, Building 12.9%, Capitalism 12.3%, Crafting 9.3%, Economy 9.1%
- #46 Crafting Town
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
Crafting Town Is : A Crafting game with Simulation&Building where you can Craft and Develop your Village, Source Management and Quests.
Why similar: Crafting 16.2%, Medieval 15.8%, Base Building 12.6%, Resource Management 11.1%, Building 9.6%
- #47 Travellers Rest
70% matchVery Positive88% of 16,540 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.
Why similar: Management 24.5%, Medieval 16.4%, Building 15.8%, Crafting 15%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
- #48 Blueprint Tycoon
71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.6% ★, Management 20.3%, Economy 11.6%, Resource Management 9.2%, Simulation 7.9%
- #49 Academia : School Simulator
69% matchVery Positive86% of 3,008 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1% ★, Capitalism 16.4%, Base Building 11.9%, Management 11.8%, Economy 11.5%
- #50 Pixel Shopkeeper
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 160 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel Prototype
Windows · Mac · Linux
Be a Pixel Shopkeeper! Collect items using inventory management puzzle mechanics. Sell your wares, decorate your shop, craft new products, and expand! Train to beat tougher dungeons, unlock new classes and decor, and furnish your shop smartly to maximize profits!
Why similar: Capitalism 20.2%, Management 17.2%, Economy 12.6%, Resource Management 11.4%, Crafting 10.5%
- #51 First Feudal
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 627 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Building 10.3%, Medieval 9.6%, Crafting 8.9%
- #52 Festival Tycoon 🎪
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 226 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: Capitalism 19.3%, Economy 13.3%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 12.5%, Management 11.3%
- #53 Ratopia
65% matchVery Positive88% of 4,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3% ★, Base Building 15.1%, Building 14%, Management 11.8%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #54 Orrstead
67% matchVery Positive81% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9% ★, Building 12.8%, Base Building 12.7%, Management 12.6%, Medieval 11%
- #55 SkyBrew: Entropic Strategist
65% matchMostly Positive77% of 556 reviews2025
Dev: ATRIC Games
Windows
Experience entrepreneurship in a floating cloud cafe. Manage your flying cafe, customize construction, train staff, handle random events, and uncover the secrets of the commercial empire, growing from a small shop to the sky's brightest star.
Why similar: Base Building 19.1%, Building 16.8%, Management 14.4%, Resource Management 10.8%, Simulation 7.7%
- #56 Masterplan Tycoon
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 729 reviews2023
Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Welcome to the resource management game where your creativity and logistics skills are put to the test! In this minimalistic simulation you will build interconnected chains of products and open new missions by completing various tasks to create the biggest system you can.
Why similar: Management 18.8%, Building 18.5%, Economy 18.3%, Resource Management 14.7%, Strategy 7.9%
- #57 Tavern Manager Simulator: Prologue
66% matchVery Positive91% of 169 reviews2024
Dev: One More Time
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Try running a tavern for a day in Prologue.
Why similar: Economy 20.7%, Base Building 19.1%, Building 13.5%, Management 11.9%, Simulation 8.1%
- #58 Hotel Magnate
66% matchMixed60% of 481 reviews2025
Dev: Arcade Oven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, rundown motel, or elegant resort? With a ridiculous amount of customization tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel manager shine!
Why similar: Capitalism 14.8%, Management 14.6%, Economy 14.1%, Building 13.7%, Base Building 11.4%
- #59 CoffeeBiz Tycoon
70% 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 22.9%, Economy 17.7%, Capitalism 14.6%, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 10.8%
- #60 City idle
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 214 reviews2023
Dev: Grest Games OÜ
Windows
Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9% ★, Economy 11.8%, Building 10.9%, Crafting 9.1%, Management 7.7%