- #1 Brewer
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 85 reviews2019
Dev: Slava Victorov
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Economic strategy about managing your own brewery and pubs. Brew and sell beer. Ruin your competitors. Become a monopolist in the beer market of the city!
Why similar: Economy 27.2%, Simulation 22.1%, Strategy 22%, Management 18.4%, Indie 8.2%
- #2 Tea Garden Simulator
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: Flying Robot StudiosPub: SYV Games LLP
Windows
Explore tea production intricacies with real-world research, select ideal terroir and clones, master plucking and processing, and create specialty teas for your unique brand. Unravel new flavors, unleash your inner tea scientist, experiment with endless creative ideas, and grow your Tea empire.
Why similar: Simulation 41.6%, Management 32.1%, Strategy 16%, Indie 6%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #3 Ancient Cities
96% matchMixed63% of 2,108 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!
Why similar: Strategy 31.9%, Economy 22.9%, Simulation 22.3%, Management 16.8%, Indie 6%
- #4 Exogate Initiative
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 699 reviews2025
Dev: Xeno Bits
Windows
Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.
Why similar: Strategy 34.3%, Simulation 32.1%, Management 29.8%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #5 AstronTycoon
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: ANG People s.r.o.
Windows
Take the role of an astronomer exploring the depths of the universe. Build large telescopes to explore distant stars. Discover a habitable planet or an unknown anomaly in a far corner of the galaxy. Get scientific grants, publish your results and explore new technologies.
Why similar: Strategy 38.5%, Simulation 38.2%, Indie 14.8%, Management 8.5%
- #6 Two Point Museum
92% 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: Simulation 30.9%, Strategy 27.6%, Economy 23.5%, Management 17.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #7 Renowned Explorers: International Society
94% matchVery Positive92% of 2,885 reviews2015
Dev: Abbey Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In this strategic rogue-like you become a famous expedition leader in the 19th century. You form your own crew with the skills and personality to discover legendary treasures, while exploring randomized locations and stories on every new adventure.
Why similar: Strategy 41.1%, Economy 23.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.7%, Indie 11.4%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #8 Weedcraft Inc
93% matchVery Positive80% of 1,667 reviews2019
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Weedcraft Inc explores the business of producing, breeding and selling weed in America, delving deep into the financial, political and cultural aspects of the country's complex relationship with this troublesome and promising plant.
Why similar: Simulation 35.3%, Strategy 32.2%, Management 14.7%, Indie 11.4%, Economy 2.7%
- #9 Dungeon Tycoon
91% 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 25.6%, Strategy 18.9%, Management 18.4%, Simulation 17.7%, Dark Humor 17.5%
- #10 Citystate
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 806 reviews2018
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Create a 21st century micro-nation and experiment with economic and political ideals. Futuristic skyscrapers or spreading slums, the Nation relies on your economic and city planning skills.
Why similar: Simulation 24.8%, Strategy 23.6%, Economy 21.4%, Management 12%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%
- #11 Academia : School Simulator
89% 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: Economy 31.3%, Management 24.7%, Simulation 22.9%, Strategy 21.1%
- #12 Empires of the Undergrowth
87% matchVery Positive94% of 17,329 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: Economy 30.2%, Strategy 24.1%, Simulation 22.8%, Management 20.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #13 Sumerians
89% matchVery Positive88% of 322 reviews2023
Dev: Decumanus GamesPub: Melqart Games
Windows
Sumerians is a city building game set in ancient Mesopotamia. Attract new citizens and grow by expanding your irrigation system, building walls, palaces, temples and ziggurats. Research new technologies, manage your production, hire workers, and trade.
Why similar: Simulation 25.8%, Strategy 25.3%, Real-Time 20.1% ★, Economy 14.6%, Management 9.5%
- #14 Buoyancy
90% matchMixed56% of 820 reviews2019
Dev: Devs on a Boat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Buoyancy is a city-building strategy game where you build, manage, and move a floating city on an oceanic world. Explore and scavenge resources scattered around the endless waters. Keep your villagers nourished and happy while combating fires, sickness, and pirate attacks.
Why similar: Strategy 41.2%, Indie 15.4%, Simulation 15%, Dark Humor 14%, Great Soundtrack 12.8%
- #15 Turmoil
88% matchVery Positive93% of 15,720 reviews2016
Dev: Gamious
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.
Why similar: Economy 22.5%, Strategy 21%, Management 19.5%, Simulation 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%
- #16 Startup Company
86% matchVery Positive81% of 6,175 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 19.8 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 26.3%, Economy 26%, Simulation 24.5%, Strategy 16.5%, Indie 4.4%
- #17 Game Dev Tycoon
85% 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: Simulation 30%, Management 29.5%, Strategy 15.2%, Economy 14.5%, Indie 7.4%
- #18 Ascent of Ashes
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 294 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Why similar: Strategy 28.6%, Simulation 25.3%, Management 23.5%, Dark Humor 22.6%
- #19 Surviving the Abyss
82% matchMixed65% of 1,047 reviews2024
Dev: Rocket Flair StudiosPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.
Why similar: Economy 33.4%, Management 23.6%, Strategy 23.2%, Simulation 19.7%
- #20 Gladiator School
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 347 reviews2017
Dev: Raptor Claw Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Gladiator School is a Tycoon-style simulation game. You play as the master of a newly formed school for gladiators. Your job is to prepare and train recruits before you send them away to fight for their survival and entertain the crowd in the arena.
Why similar: Simulation 31.8%, Strategy 30.8%, Management 14.7%, Indie 11.2%, Great Soundtrack 10%
- #21 Jurassic World Evolution
81% matchVery Positive87% of 54,890 reviews2018
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.
Why similar: Simulation 28.5%, Management 24.7%, Strategy 24.5%, Economy 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 5.7%
- #22 Life in Bunker
83% matchMixed60% of 333 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable.
Why similar: Strategy 35.7%, Simulation 33.4%, Management 15.4%, Indie 7.3%, Great Soundtrack 6.8%
- #23 Crafter's Hollow
80% matchMixed57% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Wylde Wisp Games
Windows
Forge gear, run a shop, and send mercenaries into danger so you don’t have to. A cozy-but-clever crafting sim where business booms, heroes bicker, and dungeons provide all the “supply chain” problems you’ll ever need.
Why similar: Simulation 31.2%, Economy 27.5%, Management 21.9%, Strategy 17.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #24 GhostControl Inc.
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 179 reviews2014
Dev: bumblebeePub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Manage a team of ghosthunters and free London from paranormal terror in turn-based battles. Develop your own strategy and build your business well.
Why similar: Strategy 24.6%, Management 24.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.1%, Simulation 21.3%, Indie 5.1%
- #25 Abyss Manager
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 73 reviews2019
Dev: D4 Laboratory
Windows
Take over a small dungeon that no adventure is interested in as a new manager. You'll start with almost nothing and recruit minions, accumulate money, construct facilities, develop technology, explore the realm, have the dungeon's name up, defeat other dungeons and win the championship of the Dungeon League.
Why similar: Strategy 44%, Simulation 39.6%, Indie 16.4%
- #26 Spellcaster University
78% 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: Economy 29.4%, Simulation 24.4%, Management 20.4%, Strategy 16.4%, Indie 7%
- #27 Fantasy Town Regional Manager
79% matchVery Positive80% of 91 reviews2021
Dev: Caps Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run a fantasy town for adventurers. Save it from monsters. Save it from itself. Watch it crumble to dust. Do it all again.
Why similar: Strategy 28.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.3%, Management 20.4%, Simulation 16.1%, Indie 6.1%
- #28 HR Simulator
76% matchVery Positive81% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Animesme
Windows · Mac
An HR management simulator about navigating workplace dynamics, hiring and training a diverse workforce, and balancing professional growth with personal life in a bustling cityscape.
Why similar: Simulation 47.6%, Economy 35.7%, Management 15.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #29 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
73% matchVery Positive83% of 1,314 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?
Why similar: Strategy 27.6%, Economy 25.5%, Simulation 21.5%, Management 19.7%, Indie 3.5%
- #30 Ninja Tycoon
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 436 reviews2018
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Recruit Ninjas, Hire Workers, build your base, train your Ninjas and send them on Missions!
Why similar: Simulation 31.3%, Strategy 23.3%, Economy 20.3%, Management 16.5%, Indie 8.6%
- #31 Spice Road
78% matchMixed68% of 69 reviews2014
Dev: Aartform Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Strategy, trade and empire building on the old Silk Road. Spice Road is a town building, social and economic simulation game full of original challenges.
Why similar: Strategy 34.3%, Simulation 31.4%, Economy 15.9%, Indie 10.8%, Management 7.6%
- #32 Against the Storm
72% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Economy 29.6%, Strategy 24.3%, Simulation 23%, Management 20.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #33 Treasure Hunter Simulator
77% matchMixed54% of 1,624 reviews2018
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Dive into the exciting world of finding long forgotten treasures. Grab your metal detector and set off to explore the countryside. What today looks like a peaceful meadow might have been the scene of a fierce battle in the past, hiding now the valuable artefacts. Ready to dig in the past?
Why similar: Simulation 55.4%, Great Soundtrack 20%, Indie 14.6%, Management 7.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #34 Lost Artifacts - Ancient Tribe Survival
76% matchVery Positive93% of 100 reviews2018
Dev: CreobitPub: 8Floor
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Lost Artifacts — Restore the ancient city and defeat the dark priest!
Why similar: Strategy 28.9%, Management 25.1%, Real-Time 22.8% ★, Simulation 13.2%, Indie 7.3%
- #35 Shelter Manager
75% matchMixed62% of 279 reviews2021
Dev: Hamsters Gaming
Windows
We live in a troubled world. Viruses, military conflicts - you never know what danger the world will face tomorrow. It's time to get ready now! Lead a bunker network and start developing society after a global disaster.
Why similar: Economy 29.2%, Simulation 21.5%, Management 17.9%, Strategy 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%
- #36 Rogue Hex
71% matchVery Positive89% of 252 reviews2025
Dev: Topstitch Games
Windows · Mac
Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!
Why similar: Strategy 34.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.5%, Simulation 20.4%, Management 19.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #37 Curious Expedition
73% matchVery Positive91% of 4,456 reviews2016
Dev: Maschinen-Mensch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 50.7%, Strategy 44.8%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #38 Game Dev Studio
74% matchVery Positive85% of 676 reviews2018
Dev: Explosive Squat Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?
Why similar: Simulation 27.9%, Strategy 23.3%, Economy 16.5%, Management 15.9%, Indie 8.8%
- #39 Buildings Have Feelings Too!
75% matchMixed45% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Blackstaff GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
An exciting new city-management/puzzle game about buildings and the city they inhabit. You must grow your city to a bustling metropolitan centre with an array of shops, offices, entertainment facilities and amenities, to help your buildings thrive; or risk them being demolished forever.
Why similar: Economy 28.2%, Strategy 23.7%, Management 20.1%, Simulation 10.5%, Indie 8.8%
- #40 Civitatem
73% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.
Why similar: Strategy 33.3%, Simulation 28.8%, Economy 13.6%, Indie 11.8%, Management 11.1%
- #41 SkyBrew: Entropic Strategist
70% 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: Simulation 32.5%, Strategy 32.2%, Management 23.3%, Indie 9.8%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #42 Primitive Society Simulator
70% matchVery Positive83% of 687 reviews2024
Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.
Why similar: Management 36.4%, Strategy 32.4%, Simulation 28.1%, Singleplayer 3%
- #43 SteamWorld Build
69% matchVery Positive84% of 2,093 reviews2023
Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
SteamWorld Build is a casual city-building and dungeon-management cross-over set in the SteamWorld Universe, where you build and manage a town on a dying planet. You'll need to balance resources, construction, and exploration to its depths to ensure your town's survival and eventual escape.
Why similar: Economy 43.7%, Strategy 27%, Management 25.8%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #44 SimCasino
71% 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: Economy 29.6%, Simulation 25.1%, Strategy 23.7%, Management 20.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #45 Hotel Architect
68% 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: Economy 28.8%, Simulation 22.1%, Strategy 20.5%, Management 19.7%, Indie 6.6%
- #46 Oil Enterprise
74% matchMixed48% of 194 reviews2016
Dev: Crafty StudiosPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In Oil Enterprise, you enter the multi-million dollar business of black gold as a shrewd businessman. Accept the challenge and grow from a small-scale en-trepreneur, investing in your first oilfield, to a global oil magnate.
Why similar: Strategy 25.6%, Simulation 24%, Economy 23.3%, Management 17.2%, Indie 9.9%
- #47 Wizdom Academy
70% matchMixed61% of 199 reviews2025
Dev: Kipwak Studio
Windows
Headmaster, your academy awaits: Recruit young students and shape them into mighty wizards. Build, manage and customize your castle, manage your resources and send your squads in expedition to expand your school's prestige and influence.
Why similar: Real-Time 33.1% ★, Economy 19.6%, Strategy 17.5%, Management 16.9%, Simulation 11.8%
- #48 Settlements Rising
68% matchVery Positive82% of 412 reviews2025
Dev: The Catalyst Crew
Windows
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.
Why similar: Strategy 29.1%, Simulation 26.1%, Management 19.5%, Economy 18.3%, Indie 7%
- #49 Hell Architect
71% matchMixed69% of 442 reviews2021
Dev: Woodland GamesPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Hell Architect is a game about building and managing your own hell. You take on a role of a hell manager and are tasked with developing the underworld in a way that would make Lucifer himself fall off his chair.
Why similar: Economy 23.1%, Dark Humor 20.8%, Strategy 19.4%, Management 18.9%, Simulation 11.7%
- #50 CoffeeBiz Tycoon
72% 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: Simulation 26.8%, Strategy 24.2%, Economy 19.6%, Management 19.4%, Indie 9%
- #51 Celestial Empire: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive85% of 370 reviews2025
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.
Why similar: Strategy 30.4%, Economy 24.2%, Simulation 23%, Management 20.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #52 World Turtles
69% matchMixed68% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: Re: cOg Mission
Windows · Mac · Linux
The World Turtle carries entire civilizations on its back through outer space, and the gentle Meeps are the only ones on a quest to save it. Cooperation, rather than conquest will save the day, so prepare to harvest, build, research, and explore the void in this wholesome turtleback builder.
Why similar: Economy 32.1%, Strategy 27.5%, Management 19.1%, Simulation 18.1%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #53 Another Brick in The Mall
69% 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: Management 27.8%, Simulation 26.6%, Economy 25.4%, Strategy 12.9%, Indie 6.1%
- #54 Frostpunk
67% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: Strategy 41.6%, Economy 16.3%, Simulation 15.6%, Management 14.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%
- #55 Dawn of Man
67% matchVery Positive87% of 17,635 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
Why similar: Strategy 41.5%, Simulation 28.6%, Economy 19%, Indie 4.9%, Management 4.2%
- #56 Disco Simulator
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 211 reviews2024
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Disco Simulator is a tycoon type game based on club management. Your task will be to set up the club from scratch, put up walls, arrange furniture, hire staff, plan events, invite artists, put on concerts. Create your own club!
Why similar: Economy 24.4%, Simulation 21.6%, Management 18.9%, Strategy 16.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%
- #57 EcoGnomix
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: Irox GamesPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A quirky mix of roguelite and city builder. Build a lively little city above, by looting mystical caves with a team of gnomes below! Use multiple runs to unlock upgrades and abilities to help your gnomes venture deeper into the dangerous underground.
Why similar: Economy 32%, Strategy 27.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.3%, Simulation 17.3%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #58 Celestial Empire
63% matchVery Positive89% of 615 reviews2025
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.
Why similar: Economy 32%, Strategy 24.8%, Simulation 23.5%, Management 17.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%