- #1 Gladiator Guild Manager
97% matchVery Positive81% of 3,874 reviews2024
Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.
Why similar: Management 27.8%, City Builder 22.4%, Building 17.8%, Resource Management 14.7%, Strategy 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the arena combat management aspect by requiring you to recruit, train, and manage fighters for spectacle-driven battles.
- #2 Prison Architect
96% matchVery Positive89% of 73,112 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Management 17.7%, City Builder 15.6%, Sandbox 14%, Building 13.2%, Simulation 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the core loop of designing a secure facility, managing complex staff and guest needs, and balancing a strict budget.
- #3 Planet Coaster
96% matchVery Positive91% of 71,331 reviews2016
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Management 22.5%, Building 18.2%, Sandbox 15.7%, Simulation 15.5%, Economy 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides the gold standard for creative facility design and guest management, allowing for intricate control over your park's layout and attractions.
- #4 Parkitect
95% matchVery Positive94% of 7,997 reviews2018
Dev: Texel Raptor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 20.4%, Economy 18.8%, City Builder 14.9%, Building 13.7%, Sandbox 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses heavily on the logistical and management side of theme park design, requiring careful planning of staff paths and guest flow.
- #5 SimAirport
94% 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: Management 18%, City Builder 17.7%, Economy 16.7%, Sandbox 12.3%, Building 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the logistical challenge of managing guest flow and facility efficiency in a high-traffic environment.
- #6 Project Highrise
94% matchVery Positive85% of 4,730 reviews2016
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
Why similar: Management 30.5%, Building 17.5%, Simulation 16.3%, Strategy 12%, Economy 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A vertical management sim that forces you to balance the needs of various tenants while expanding your building's infrastructure.
- #7 Evil Genius 2: World Domination
93% matchMixed69% of 13,065 reviews2021
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!
Why similar: Management 24.6%, Strategy 21.1%, Building 17.8%, Simulation 16.9%, Sandbox 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: You must build and manage a complex lair while defending it from intruders, blending base-building with strategic management.
- #8 Academia : School Simulator
92% 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: Management 21.4%, City Builder 19%, Economy 16.9%, Building 12.4%, Sandbox 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the construction and management of a large facility, balancing the needs of students and staff within a budget.
- #9 Jurassic World Evolution 2
91% matchVery Positive90% of 45,488 reviews2021
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.
Why similar: Management 20.5%, Building 15.6%, Sandbox 14.7%, City Builder 12.5%, Simulation 11%
Why You'll Like It: It challenges you to build a facility that keeps dangerous creatures contained while ensuring guest safety and satisfaction.
- #10 Two Point Hospital
91% matchVery Positive92% of 34,380 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.
Why similar: Management 34.2%, Simulation 21.7%, Building 18.5%, Sandbox 10.1%, City Builder 7%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at facility layout management, where the efficiency of your building directly impacts the success of your business.
- #11 Cartel Tycoon
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,719 reviews2022
Dev: Moon MoosePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.
Why similar: Management 17.3%, City Builder 15.1%, Economy 15.1%, Resource Management 13.6%, Sandbox 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends resource management with empire building, requiring you to manage complex supply chains and facility logistics.
- #12 Little Big Workshop
89% 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 18.8%, Simulation 18.5%, Strategy 14.5%, Economy 12.2%, Building 11%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a charming take on resource management and production line efficiency within a confined building space.
- #13 Megaquarium
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,644 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 22.6%, Sandbox 17.4%, Building 16.3%, Simulation 13.5%, Economy 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: It requires careful planning of exhibit layouts and guest paths to ensure your aquarium remains profitable and popular.
- #14 Mad Tower Tycoon
88% 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: Management 17.5%, City Builder 16%, Economy 15.3%, Sandbox 12.1%, Building 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: You are tasked with building and managing a massive skyscraper, focusing on guest satisfaction and facility maintenance.
- #15 Dungeon Keeper™ 2
86% matchVery Positive93% of 1,194 reviews2024
Dev: Bullfrog ProductionsPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Bad guys have all the fun. Discover your dark side as you build an evil underground kingdom and defend it against the forces of good.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
Why You'll Like It: It tasks you with building a dungeon to attract and manage minions, focusing on infrastructure and defensive strategy.
- #16 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack
87% matchVery Positive90% of 5,710 reviews2014
Dev: Chris Sawyer ProductionsPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 38%
This compilation includes the entire RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 series, with the original game as well as the Time Twister and Wacky Worlds expansions.
Why similar: Management 32.6%, Simulation 18.8%, Sandbox 15.1%, Building 11.3%, Economy 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: The classic foundation for all park-building management games, offering deep control over every aspect of your venue.
- #17 Software Inc.
86% matchVery Positive94% of 7,637 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 45.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Management 24.3%, Economy 21.8%, Sandbox 15.4%, Building 15.1%, Simulation 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides deep business and facility management, requiring you to design office spaces that maximize employee productivity.
- #18 Festival Tycoon 🎪
84% 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: City Builder 16.2%, Management 16%, Economy 15.2%, Resource Management 12.4%, Sandbox 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: It centers on the logistical challenge of organizing a large-scale event venue and managing the flow of attendees.
- #19 Esports Life Tycoon
85% matchMixed61% of 711 reviews2020
Dev: UPLAY Online
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Manage your own esports squad, expand your gaming house, and defeat legendary teams to become the best in the world!
Why similar: Management 21.7%, Economy 17.5%, Sandbox 14.6%, Resource Management 12.5%, Simulation 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management of a competitive team, mirroring the focus on spectacle and performance found in battle royale arenas.
- #20 SimCasino
84% 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: City Builder 18%, Management 16.5%, Economy 15%, Sandbox 13.5%, Building 12%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on managing a large entertainment venue, requiring you to balance guest needs with profit margins and security.
- #21 Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game
83% 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: Management 19.6%, City Builder 17.9%, Economy 17.6%, Sandbox 13%, Building 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: You manage an entertainment venue, focusing on machine placement and guest satisfaction to grow your business.
- #22 Indoorlands
82% matchVery Positive81% of 269 reviews2022
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The indoor park management simulator where you can create your rides and coasters from scratch and freely design your halls. Manage, expand and develop your own park to inspire your guests. Satisfy your visitors' needs by unlocking and researching new buildings, rides, transportation and more!
Why similar: Management 22.1%, Building 14.2%, City Builder 13.6%, Resource Management 12.9%, Simulation 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game allows for detailed design and management of an indoor theme park, focusing on layout and guest experience.
- #23 Game Builder Tycoon
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
In Game Builder Tycoon, begin as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing, research stuff and manage a skilled team. Overcome competition to guide your game development studio to global recognition and dominate the gaming industry.
Why similar: Management 24.5%, Economy 23.9%, Simulation 15%, Sandbox 14%, Resource Management 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the business and development side of the gaming industry, requiring careful resource allocation and management.
- #24 Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management
82% matchMixed61% of 179 reviews2021
Dev: Abylight StudiosPub: Ziggurat
Windows
Build an intricate prison, hire the best staff, and pamper your prisoners to create the perfect rehabilitation facility in Prison Tycoon: Under New Management
Why similar: Management 22.8%, Resource Management 14.8%, Building 14.1%, Sandbox 11.5%, Simulation 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a direct management experience focused on building and running a correctional facility.
- #25 Business Magnate
81% matchMixed67% of 216 reviews2019
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Business Magnate is a tycoon business simulation game where you can create all types of businesses: Cars, rockets, phones, tanks, trucks, airplanes, computers, and ships. Design, produce, market and sell them. You can even run multiple companies at the same time.
Why similar: Management 22.5%, Economy 19.6%, Simulation 15.2%, Strategy 12.6%, Resource Management 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A deep economic simulation that tasks you with building a company from the ground up through careful management and expansion.
- #26 Grand Casino Tycoon
80% 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: Management 26.4%, Building 19.7%, Economy 16.4%, City Builder 12%, Simulation 9%
Why You'll Like It: This game tasks you with managing a casino floor, focusing on layout design to maximize guest spending and satisfaction.
- #27 Tavern Tycoon - Dragon's Hangover
79% 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 44.9%, Simulation 24.1%, Strategy 17.8%, Building 8.2%, Indie 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management of a service-based venue, requiring you to build and maintain a tavern for various fantasy guests.
- #28 CoffeeBiz Tycoon
79% 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 27.8%, Simulation 19%, Economy 17.4%, Strategy 15.1%, Sandbox 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a straightforward economic management experience focused on building and scaling a retail business.
- #29 Blueprint Tycoon
78% 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: Management 28%, Simulation 14.1%, City Builder 14%, Economy 13%, Resource Management 11.7%
- #30 Dungeon Tycoon
75% 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: Management 21.1%, Economy 18.3%, City Builder 16.9%, Sandbox 13%, Building 11%
- #31 Another Brick in The Mall
76% 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 26.3%, City Builder 15.5%, Economy 14.9%, Building 14.7%, Simulation 12.5%
- #32 Market Tycoon
78% matchMixed55% of 405 reviews2017
Dev: Protection GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Market Tycoon is a Tycoon game where you Grow your Market from a small Mini Market all the way up to a Hyper Market. Manage, create, and customize your market from wall paint to placing cashiers, shelves, and fridges.
Why similar: Management 33.2%, Simulation 22.2%, Strategy 17.5%, Building 10.9%, Sandbox 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on retail management and store layout, requiring you to balance inventory and customer needs to succeed.
- #33 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: Management 28.5%, Simulation 26.8%, Economy 21.8%, Strategy 17.5%, Indie 5.3%
- #34 Project Hospital
74% matchVery Positive89% of 9,018 reviews2018
Dev: Oxymoron Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 21.2%, City Builder 19.9%, Sandbox 11.7%, Economy 11.5%, Building 10.4%
- #35 Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 323 reviews2019
Dev: Jarrod Brown
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Design, build and manage a recreation center! Host fitness classes, build swimming pools, arcade & entertainment areas, build event rooms to host parties & much more. With endless customisation, Rec Center Tycoon goes much more in-depth than your average business management simulator.
Why similar: Management 17.5%, City Builder 14.9%, Economy 14.3%, Sandbox 12.8%, Building 12.1%
- #36 Parkasaurus
74% matchVery Positive93% of 3,092 reviews2020
Dev: Washbear Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Parkasaurus is a dinosaur tycoon management simulation where you take care of your dinosaurs by constructing well-designed exhibits, researching specialized technologies, and maximizing profits to expand into the ultimate dinosaur theme park. Do you favor development for guests or your dinosaurs?
Why similar: Management 20.7%, City Builder 18.8%, Economy 12.9%, Building 12.6%, Sandbox 11.8%
- #37 Shopping Tycoon
77% matchMixed45% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: DreamsSoftGames
Windows
Shopping Tycoon is a game in which your main objective is to design, build and manage a big shopping mall. Become a successful entrepreneur by satisfying your customers’ needs as you have fun constructing your own business.
Why similar: Management 20.6%, Simulation 19.2%, Economy 15.8%, Building 15%, Strategy 14.9%
- #38 Mad Games Tycoon
73% 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 28%, Economy 17.6%, Simulation 11.8%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #39 Hotel Architect
69% 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: Management 18.4%, City Builder 18%, Economy 16.7%, Sandbox 13.5%, Building 12.4%
- #40 RPG Tycoon
75% matchMixed51% of 487 reviews2016
Dev: Skatanic StudiosPub: Macrocosmic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Hire heroes, send them on quests, get loot and make a profit as you expand from nothing into a bustling fantasy kingdom and attempt to win the coveted title of the greatest kingdom in all of the land!
Why similar: Management 26.5%, City Builder 17.4%, Simulation 13.3%, Building 11.5%, Strategy 11%
- #41 Let's Build a Zoo
71% matchVery Positive89% of 4,032 reviews2021
Dev: SpringloadedPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Management 18.8%, City Builder 18.5%, Sandbox 13.6%, Simulation 13.1%, Building 11.1%
- #42 Empire TV Tycoon
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 891 reviews2015
Dev: Dreamsite Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Empire TV Tycoon is a game in which you manage a TV channel and fight for audiences taking decisions that will project your channel to fame and fortune.You will decide the content of your channel, select advertisers, hire workers, make your own productions, hire actors, and engage in much more activities!
Why similar: Management 35.1%, Economy 27%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 12.2%, Resource Management 11.2%
- #43 Startup Company
71% 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 34.5%, Economy 21.2%, Simulation 16%, Strategy 9.5%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #44 Smart Factory Tycoon
73% matchMixed61% of 822 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Smart Factory Tycoon inspired by Little Big Workshop is a tycoon management game about running your dream factory with robots. Design your dream factory, plan all steps of production, research new technologies and become a tycoon!
Why similar: Management 18.8%, City Builder 15.1%, Resource Management 13.5%, Sandbox 12.5%, Simulation 11%
- #45 Game Corp DX
72% matchVery Positive88% of 3,083 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Manage your Game Studio, earn big bucks, impress the critics, beat rival studios and clean up at the awards!
Why similar: Management 38.5%, Economy 23.4%, Simulation 15.5%, Strategy 6.6%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #46 Production Line : Car factory simulation
72% matchVery Positive82% of 3,465 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Management 23.8%, Economy 15.8%, Building 10.7%, Sandbox 10.5%, Simulation 10.3%
- #47 Power to the People
71% matchVery Positive82% of 543 reviews2022
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?
Why similar: Management 21.1%, Economy 18.8%, City Builder 17.5%, Building 13.2%, Resource Management 12.8%
- #48 Factory Town
70% matchVery Positive91% of 4,419 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Management 17.7%, City Builder 16.8%, Sandbox 14.3%, Resource Management 13.7%, Economy 12.3%
- #49 Game Dev Tycoon
70% 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 45%, Simulation 22.7%, Economy 13.7%, Strategy 10.1%, Sandbox 4.5%
- #50 Inn Tycoon
67% 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: Management 22.9%, Economy 16.6%, Building 14%, Sandbox 13.5%, Resource Management 13.1%
- #51 Rescue HQ - The Tycoon
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 915 reviews2019
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build up your headquarters from scratch and design your own masterpiece. In Rescue HQ you build, organize and manage a joint station for firefighters, police and ambulance. Manage your resources wisely and master challenging emergencies to keep your city safe! Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Management 23.9%, City Builder 16.1%, Sandbox 15.1%, Simulation 14.8%, Building 14.2%
- #52 Airport CEO
68% 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 similar: Management 18.3%, Resource Management 14.1%, Economy 14%, City Builder 13.2%, Sandbox 11.9%
- #53 Sky Haven Tycoon - Airport Simulator
69% 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 similar: Management 33.1%, Simulation 24.2%, Strategy 19.4%, Building 15.8%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #54 Blood Bar Tycoon
67% 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: City Builder 18.4%, Management 17.3%, Economy 16.9%, Sandbox 14%, Building 13.1%
- #55 Mad Smartphone Tycoon
67% 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 25.1%, Sandbox 12.3%, Building 11.9%, Simulation 11.6%, City Builder 11.5%
- #56 Inn Tycoon: Prologue
66% 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: Management 19.3%, Economy 17.8%, Sandbox 14.9%, Resource Management 14.3%, Building 14.1%
- #57 TasteMaker
66% matchVery Positive83% of 1,294 reviews2023
Dev: Jelle Booij
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
TasteMaker is a restaurant tycoon game. Design your own restaurant from the ground up, decorate, create a menu, hire and manage staff, and much more. Keep your customers happy and make a profit to keep the restaurant of your dreams from turning into a nightmare.
Why similar: Management 24.6%, Economy 19.9%, Sandbox 18.5%, Building 16.1%, Simulation 11.2%
- #58 Horror Tycoon
68% matchMixed62% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Smidge Games LLC
Windows
Scare, terrify and thrill guests as you build the haunted house of your nightmares. Design and customize your creations with incredible detail to scare your guests, or risk losing it all in this tower defense/management/tycoon hybrid.
Why similar: Management 22.5%, Economy 21.4%, Building 15%, Resource Management 14.9%, Simulation 11.7%
- #59 The Tenants
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,665 reviews2022
Dev: Ancient Forge
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 22.3%, City Builder 19.4%, Economy 18.1%, Building 13.3%, Sandbox 12.8%
- #60 Coffee Shop Tycoon
65% matchVery Positive85% of 596 reviews2022
Dev: Riff Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Manage your own coffee shop and control every detail to make it the most popular one in town! Roast your own beans and create your recipes. Hire and train your staff, manage your economy and marketing, and destroy your competition to become the ultimate legal coffee monopoly in Coffee Shop Tycoon.
Why similar: Management 29.5%, Economy 19.3%, Simulation 16.3%, Strategy 12.4%, Building 9.6%