Games Like Another Brick in The Mall

The store is your kingdom! Expand your humble boutique into a thriving business: hire the right staff, decorate your displays, and lure in customers. Even your wildest ideas can turn a profit. Why not start a business that sells only white T-shirts and ketchup? PCs and beans? Your rule, your rules!

Why similar: Shop Keeper 26.2% ★, Management 15.5%, Capitalism 14.7%, Building 13.3%, Economy 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers the most direct experience to managing a retail store, focusing on inventory, staff, and customer satisfaction.

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: Management 18.5%, Capitalism 17.2%, Building 17.1%, City Builder 14.7%, Economy 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated mall-building simulator that mirrors the core loop of designing and managing a multi-purpose shopping center.

Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...

Why similar: Management 33.3%, Building 24.6%, Simulation 12.7%, Economy 8.3%, City Builder 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same grid-based vertical building and tenant management mechanics found in mall construction games.

Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.

Why similar: Automation 18.3%, Management 17.2%, Capitalism 15.4%, Building 13.8%, Economy 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep building and management mechanics where you must design efficient office layouts and manage staff productivity.

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: Management 15.2%, City Builder 14.8%, Colony Sim 14.6% ★, Building 13.1%, Economy 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the challenges of vertical construction and managing the complex needs of various tenants within a single building.

Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!

Why similar: Automation 21.3%, Management 19.1%, Building 14.5%, Simulation 13.4%, Economy 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A charming management game that tasks you with organizing a factory floor and optimizing production lines.

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: Colony Sim 15.3% ★, Management 13.1%, Building 12.6%, City Builder 12.2%, Base Building 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for grid-based building and management, sharing the same visual style and complex simulation depth.

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 35.7%, Economy 23.8%, Capitalism 22.5%, Simulation 9.1%, Sandbox 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: An expansive business simulator that allows you to manage various retail shops and offices within a living city environment.

Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.

Why similar: Management 36.8%, Building 25.7%, Simulation 16.6%, City Builder 8%, Sandbox 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features highly polished building and management gameplay with a focus on optimizing room layouts and staff flow.

Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?

Why similar: Automation 22%, Management 19.9%, Economy 11.7%, Building 11.5%, Base Building 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the automation and efficiency aspects of management, similar to the logistics required in a large mall.

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: City Builder 16.6%, Management 14.4%, Capitalism 14.3%, Building 13.5%, Economy 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines building and management mechanics with a focus on economy and customer flow within a large commercial space.

Build and manage an international airport!

Why similar: Automation 18.7%, Management 13.2%, Building 10.5%, Capitalism 10.5%, City Builder 10%

Why You'll Like It: Offers complex management and logistics simulation that requires careful planning of building infrastructure and staff.

Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.

Why similar: Management 29.3%, Economy 22.7%, Simulation 16.9%, Capitalism 12.9%, Building 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A hands-on retail management game that captures the day-to-day operations of running a shop.

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 37%, Economy 20.3%, Simulation 12.2%, Building 9%, Real-Time with Pause 5.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: Provides a focused management experience where you build and scale a business while balancing economy and staff needs.

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: City Builder 17.7%, Management 17%, Building 14.8%, Capitalism 14.2%, Economy 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the architectural and operational challenges of building and running a large-scale hospitality business.

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 14.6% ★, Management 13.8%, City Builder 13%, Capitalism 11.3%, Building 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A grid-based management game that tasks you with building a school and managing both staff and students.

Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.

Why similar: Management 28.5%, City Builder 19.9%, Building 19.8%, Simulation 9.8%, Sandbox 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on building and management mechanics with a focus on designing functional educational spaces and managing student needs.

The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.

Why similar: Management 24.8%, Building 23%, Economy 11.7%, Sandbox 11%, Simulation 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A management game that requires careful layout planning and visitor flow optimization to keep your business profitable.

Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!

Why similar: Automation 24.1%, Management 14.9%, Building 12.8%, Economy 12.5%, City Builder 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features a strong focus on automation and logistics within a building and management framework.

Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.

Why similar: Management 23.7%, Economy 20.6%, Building 20.4%, Simulation 15.4%, Base Building 15.2%

Why You'll Like It: A retail-focused management game that involves renovating, expanding, and running a busy roadside business.

Parkitect is a business simulation game that charges you with the construction and management of theme parks! Bringing back the best of classic theme park games with many new features and content on top. Now supports online co-op with up to 8 players!

Why similar: Management 18.4%, Building 16%, Economy 15.1%, City Builder 14.3%, Capitalism 13%

Why You'll Like It: Combines creative building tools with deep management systems, focusing on the guest experience and operational efficiency.

Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!

Why similar: Automation 23.6%, Colony Sim 12.7% ★, City Builder 12%, Management 12%, Base Building 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep focus on automation and resource management within a building-centric environment.

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 51%, Simulation 18.4%, Economy 13.9%, Strategy 4.3%, Moddable 3.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: A classic management simulation that focuses on the growth and economy of a business over time.

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 23.8%, City Builder 23.6%, Building 15.1%, Economy 11.5%, Simulation 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A detailed management simulation that emphasizes the importance of room placement and efficient staff workflows.

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: Management 18.7%, City Builder 18.1%, Building 15.3%, Economy 15%, Base Building 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and managing an entertainment venue, mirroring the shop-keeper and layout-optimization aspects of the seed game.

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: Shop Keeper 21.8% ★, Automation 17.5%, Management 15.1%, Building 11.1%, Capitalism 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines shop-keeping and management with a focus on production and resource optimization.

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 26.6%, Economy 14.9%, Building 14.2%, Capitalism 13.4%, Base Building 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A comprehensive management game that allows you to build your own office and scale your business operations.

Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.

Why similar: Building 25.8%, Management 24.6%, Economy 13%, Simulation 12.1%, Sandbox 10%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the most advanced building tools for creating detailed, custom environments while managing guest satisfaction.

Build a towering casino resort and watch it come alive. Crowds flow, elevators jam, and tiny decisions create big stories as your tower grows upward, floor by floor. Build it. Break it. Fix it.

Why similar: Shop Keeper 19.7% ★, Management 10.3%, Automation 10.3%, Colony Sim 10% ★, Capitalism 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A vertical management simulator that tasks you with building and running a successful casino and hotel business.

Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.8% ★, Management 16.4%, Capitalism 14.5%, Building 13.3%, Economy 11.5%

Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! To avoid going bankrupt, you’ll need to build new stores and restaurants, set smart prices, and keep up with trends. 15+ stores, dozens of machines & services, and hundreds of brands waiting for you!

Why similar: Management 21.2%, Capitalism 18.6%, Economy 17.1%, Building 13.9%, City Builder 12.3%

Office Management 101 is a satirical office life simulation tycoon game set in a fictional capitalistic dystopia. Step over competitors, drive your staff to the limit and milk your customers for every penny in the pursuit of spiraling success!

Why similar: Management 15.6%, Capitalism 14.2%, City Builder 13.4%, Building 13.2%, Economy 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the building and management of a workspace, requiring players to balance budget and staff needs.

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: City Builder 19%, Management 18.2%, Building 15.4%, Economy 15.1%, Base Building 12.8%

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% ★, City Builder 17.4%, Management 16.6%, Building 12.7%, Economy 10.4%

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: Management 18.3%, City Builder 15.9%, Building 15.3%, Economy 12.7%, Capitalism 10.8%

Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9% ★, Management 26.6%, City Builder 14.1%, Economy 11%, Simulation 9.6%

Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!

Why similar: Automation 28.4%, Base Building 11%, Management 10.7%, Building 10.6%, Economy 9.1%

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: City Builder 22.9%, Building 21.2%, Management 17.3%, Economy 12.9%, Simulation 10.8%

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 16.3% ★, City Builder 14.6%, Management 13.9%, Building 12.2%, Economy 10.9%

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: Shop Keeper 30.6% ★, Management 16.2%, Capitalism 15.2%, Economy 12.7%, Building 11.5%

Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.

Why similar: Automation 22.3%, Colony Sim 14.6% ★, City Builder 13.2%, Management 11.3%, Building 10.7%

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: Management 16.1%, City Builder 14.5%, Building 14.3%, Capitalism 13%, Economy 11.7%

Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a business management sim with a Twist! Grow your drugs trade through legitimate fronts by managing both sides of the business. Acquire new "businesses", meet new clientele, Develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money and leave a city in ruin!

Why similar: Management 23%, Capitalism 20.3%, Economy 17.5%, Building 15.2%, Sandbox 9%

Design and build arenas for your guests to fight in, keep them happy, your workers paid and make a profit!

Why similar: Management 26.3%, City Builder 15.5%, Economy 14.9%, Building 14.7%, Simulation 12.5%

Build your ideal ski resort. Keep skiers smiling with fresh pistes and fine facilities. Ski, build and chill in the wintry world of Snowtopia where everyone is welcome!

Why similar: Colony Sim 15% ★, Management 14.9%, City Builder 14.7%, Building 13.2%, Base Building 10.5%

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 21.3%, Management 20.6%, Building 19.8%, Economy 11.4%, City Builder 10%

Take full control as you turn a quiet, empty shopping center into a thriving hub of life and profit. Stock shelves, set your own prices, handle payments, hire and train staff, and manage everything down to the finest detail. Every decision counts — and every success is truly yours.

Why similar: City Builder 22.1%, Capitalism 20.3%, Management 19.9%, Economy 17.4%, Sandbox 9.3%

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: Management 22.1%, Economy 16.1%, City Builder 14.1%, Capitalism 12.3%, Building 11.8%

Design a towering mega mall in this mall management simulation game.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.8% ★, City Builder 17.7%, Management 16.7%, Building 14.7%, Economy 13.7%

It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...

Why similar: City Builder 24.1%, Management 23%, Building 17.5%, Simulation 11.5%, Sandbox 9.6%

Design and build the most efficient metro stations known to man! Excavate. Expand. Set staff priorities. And manage the commuter flow. Overcrowd is a 2.5D management/tycoon/simulator set below the bustling city of Lubdon Town.

Why similar: Management 21.8%, City Builder 20.4%, Building 16.9%, Base Building 10.7%, Economy 9.8%

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: Management 23%, Colony Sim 18.2% ★, Base Building 17.2%, Building 15.4%, Simulation 9.2%

Build your dream shopping empire from the ground up! Design, decorate, and attract top tenants. Keep customers thrilled, maximize profits, and dominate the industry. Can you become the ultimate shopping center tycoon? Start now and watch your empire thrive!

Why similar: Management 34.4%, Capitalism 22.2%, Building 15.6%, Simulation 15%, Economy 12.9%

Highrise Mogul: design, build and manage your own skyscraper. Make floor plans, place rentable rooms, hire staff, design a beautiful garden, manage your own power grid and much more!

Why similar: City Builder 20.5%, Building 16.6%, Capitalism 16.2%, Management 15%, Economy 13.1%

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 28.9%, Economy 23.4%, Capitalism 21.7%, Simulation 13.1%, Sandbox 7.5%

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: Management 23.8%, City Builder 20.2%, Economy 18.3%, Building 16%, Sandbox 8.5%

DESIGN, SELL & EXPAND – YOUR SUCCESS IS IN YOUR HANDS. Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in Shop Simulator: Supermarket. Immerse yourself in the world of retail and start your own business today!

Why similar: Automation 24.6%, Management 16.2%, Economy 13.6%, Capitalism 13.1%, Building 12.7%

Become a landlord and deal with problematic tenants as you build your rental property empire. Decide how to react to annoyed neighbors or police interventions. Will you design your apartment for a group of gamer friends or an aspiring musician looking for a new home?

Why similar: Management 21.6%, City Builder 20%, Building 16.7%, Economy 15.7%, Base Building 10.3%

Manage your Game Studio, earn big bucks, impress the critics, beat rival studios and clean up at the awards!

Why similar: Management 42.7%, Economy 23.2%, Simulation 12.2%, Building 9.1%, Sandbox 4.2%

Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.

Why similar: Automation 22.4%, City Builder 14.5%, Management 11.3%, Building 10.7%, Economy 10.1%