- #1 Brewpub Simulator
97% matchMixed60% of 609 reviews2023
Dev: Star DriftersPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Quit your day job, open a bar! Decorate the place, create your own beer and design your labels. Keep your kegs full and your customers happy, and never stop growing!
Why similar: Simulation 17.4%, Economy 16%, Management 13.2%, Resource Management 12.7%, Crafting 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the specific beer-making theme while focusing on the first-person management of a hospitality business.
- #2 Satisfactory
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 265,414 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 31.8 hrsMean: 108.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Automation 41.8%, Resource Management 17%, Crafting 15.3%, Sandbox 10.1%, Multiplayer 6%
Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for first-person factory building and complex automation logistics.
- #3 Production Line : Car factory simulation
96% 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: Automation 25.5%, Management 19.3%, Economy 16%, Resource Management 13.4%, Simulation 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep dive into the intricacies of managing a complex, multi-stage production line.
- #4 Factorio
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 227,071 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 188.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Automation 43%, Resource Management 19.3%, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 10.2%, Management 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the most robust production line and automation mechanics available in the simulation genre.
- #5 Supermarket Simulator
94% matchVery Positive92% of 80,575 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Economy 21.2%, Management 19.5%, Simulation 17.4%, Resource Management 9.1%, Inventory Management 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the first-person retail and inventory management aspects found in Beer Factory.
- #6 Little Big Workshop
94% 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: Automation 21.8%, Simulation 17.6%, Management 16.3%, Resource Management 15.4%, Economy 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the charm of factory management with a focus on resource allocation and production scheduling.
- #7 Food Processing Simulator
92% matchVery Positive92% of 248 reviews2025
Dev: Bewolba Studios
Windows
Build and manage your own food processing factory. Automate production with machines, work together with skilled employees to keep operations running smoothly, expand your facility, and keep inventory under control as you grow from a small workshop into a large scale production facility.
Why similar: Automation 26.2%, Inventory Management 11.6%, Resource Management 10.9%, Management 9.6%, Sandbox 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the production line focus, specifically applying it to the food and beverage industry.
- #8 Automation Empire
93% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 33.6%, Resource Management 13.3%, Economy 12.7%, Simulation 10.9%, Management 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the industrial logistics and large-scale automation required to run a factory.
- #9 Recycling Center Simulator
91% matchVery Positive87% of 2,774 reviews2024
Dev: Balas GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Recycling Center Simulator is a business simulator game with a first person view. Make money from garbage, collect raw materials for your recycling center from different locations, recycle them, make money by producing new products and improve your factory.
Why similar: Automation 21.2%, Management 12.6%, Economy 11.8%, Resource Management 9.2%, Simulation 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similar first-person management experience centered on processing and logistics.
- #10 Gas Station Simulator
91% matchVery Positive88% of 26,842 reviews2021
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Economy 24.2%, Management 19.9%, Simulation 19.9%, Realistic 11%, Physics 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at the first-person management of a service-based business with logistics and expansion elements.
- #11 Factory Outlet Simulator
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 551 reviews2024
Dev: PISHO
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Factory Outlet Simulator is a very comprehensive product manufacturing and selling game. You can produce the products of world famous brands in your factory and sell them. Or you can expand your business and create your own brand. Use your business acumen to lead the market from zero to the top!
Why similar: Economy 17.2%, Automation 16.4%, Management 14.1%, Resource Management 13.1%, Inventory Management 13%
Why You'll Like It: It combines shop-keeping management with the logistics of managing inventory and sales.
- #12 Techtonica
89% matchMixed65% of 3,183 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.
Why similar: Automation 33.8%, Resource Management 15%, Management 11.3%, Crafting 10.8%, Simulation 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person factory automation game that emphasizes building complex systems in an immersive environment.
- #13 Hydroneer
89% matchVery Positive86% of 27,097 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!
Why similar: Automation 37.8%, Resource Management 17.3%, Sandbox 13.6%, Simulation 8.9%, Crafting 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features physics-based automation and resource management that feels very similar to the hands-on nature of Beer Factory.
- #14 Parcel Simulator
86% matchVery Positive94% of 2,396 reviews2025
Dev: Dansan Digital
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Inspect and process parcels and packages in this parcel inspection simulator! Receive and sort deliveries, examine labels for mistakes, and automate to maximise warehouse efficiency. Upgrade and expand your warehouse to build your parcel empire!
Why similar: Automation 30.4%, Economy 12.3%, Management 11.8%, Inventory Management 10.9%, Simulation 10%
Why You'll Like It: It highlights the logistics and first-person management of a delivery-based business.
- #15 FOUNDRY
87% matchVery Positive81% of 3,508 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Why similar: Automation 34.9%, Resource Management 19.2%, Crafting 15.3%, Sandbox 12.4%, Simulation 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a voxel-based, first-person factory building experience with a strong focus on automation.
- #16 Soda Story - Brewing Tycoon
88% 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: Automation 35.7%, Economy 20.3%, Management 15.9%, Crafting 13.7%, Simulation 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the brewing and management loop, albeit with a different aesthetic and scale.
- #17 Big Ambitions
85% matchVery Positive93% of 12,519 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 27.7%, Economy 25.8%, Inventory Management 11.7%, Resource Management 11.6%, Simulation 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a comprehensive business management experience with complex economic and logistics systems.
- #18 Bakery Simulator
86% matchMixed67% of 2,258 reviews2022
Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Get up before dawn and see what it's like to be a baker! Learn to bake several dozen types of bread. Use realistic bakery machines. Deliver orders to stores, earn, and invest. Use original recipes or experiment with ingredients.
Why similar: Economy 20.2%, Resource Management 16.6%, Crafting 13.7%, Management 12.3%, Simulation 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the production and time-management aspects of running a food-based business.
- #19 Laundry Store Simulator
83% matchVery Positive90% of 1,772 reviews2024
Dev: Akhir Pekan StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In Laundry Store Simulator, you'll start small and work your way up, upgrading your equipment, designing a stylish store, and expanding your services! Are you ready to own the best Laundry Store in the world?
Why similar: Economy 18.1%, Management 16.6%, Sandbox 10.9%, Simulation 10.6%, Realistic 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similar first-person, task-oriented management experience.
- #20 Mall Simulator
82% matchVery Positive91% of 2,672 reviews2025
Dev: F13 Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Economy 18.8%, Management 16.6%, Resource Management 14.7%, Inventory Management 13.9%, Simulation 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It expands the management scope to a larger scale while maintaining the focus on economic growth.
- #21 Car Manufacture
84% matchMixed66% of 1,320 reviews2024
Dev: STEREO GAMES S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Car Manufacture is an automotive tycoon game. Start in the beginning of the XX century and create thriving business. Build cars, manage people, expand your plant and research new technology. Make tons of money and stay on top.
Why similar: Automation 32.1%, Economy 17%, Management 13.5%, Resource Management 11.1%, Sandbox 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the automation and building aspects of running a manufacturing plant.
- #22 Liquor Store Simulator
82% matchVery Positive88% of 514 reviews2025
Dev: Tovarishch GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Open your own Liquor Store! Buy goods, manage your store, hire staff. Who knows, maybe you will be able to make a real alcohol empire out of a small store.
Why similar: Economy 20.9%, Management 18.2%, Resource Management 17.7%, Simulation 11%, Realistic 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a direct parallel to the retail and management side of the beverage industry.
- #23 Fast Food Manager
84% matchMixed70% of 266 reviews2021
Dev: Cyber EyePub: UMKA Games
Windows
Launch your own business from scratch! Starting with a small coffee booth, build the most popular food service chain in town. Experiment, develop, make a profit.
Why similar: Economy 16%, Resource Management 14.4%, Management 13.5%, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 9%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the management and economy-focused gameplay loop of running a food service establishment.
- #24 Alchemy Factory
81% matchVery Positive90% of 2,078 reviews2025
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Craft your workshop as an alchemist! Harness arcane devices to automate crafting. Sell alchemical goods, fulfill commissions, and rise to become a renowned alchemy magnate. Multiplayer Supported! Invite master designers to (ahem) contribute their expertise—let them optimize your production lines!
Why similar: Automation 39.8%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 12.1%, Resource Management 10.2%, First-Person 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It applies automation and crafting mechanics to a fantasy-themed production environment.
- #25 Gun Factory Simulator
81% matchMixed67% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Clock
Windows
Take control of your very own firearms factory. Start with a workshop and a gun shop, and evolve it into a factory of mass destruction. Craft bullets to rockets, handguns to shotguns, hire workers & managers, and become a merchant of death. Get use to the smell of gunpowder and cash.
Why similar: Automation 20%, Economy 16.8%, Management 15%, Resource Management 13%, Inventory Management 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management and production line aspects of a specialized manufacturing facility.
- #26 Drug Dealer Simulator
80% matchVery Positive86% of 20,822 reviews2020
Dev: ByterunnersPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW
Why similar: Simulation 25.5%, Resource Management 16.5%, Management 12.4%, Crafting 12.1%, Inventory Management 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: While thematic differences exist, the core gameplay of supply chain management and logistics is very similar.
- #27 Barman Simulator
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: VirtualMindPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Take charge of your bar in Barman Simulator! Serve cocktails, manage inventory, and deal with thieves. Hire staff, decorate your establishment to your liking, and attract crowds with exciting activities. Make your bar the hottest spot in town!
Why similar: Automation 22.8%, Inventory Management 15.3%, Resource Management 14.6%, Management 12.3%, Simulation 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the first-person service and management feel of a beverage-focused business.
- #28 MineMogul
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,443 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!
Why similar: Automation 31.8%, Resource Management 13%, Management 12.3%, Crafting 11%, Physics 9.7%
- #29 Beer Manufacture Simulator
77% 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: Simulation 18.2%, Automation 17%, Economy 14.1%, Management 13%, Realistic 11.9%
- #30 Incremental Factory
78% matchMixed68% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: Significant Steak
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!
Why similar: Automation 29.5%, Resource Management 15.9%, Crafting 11.8%, Idler 11.5%, Economy 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the pure automation and resource-management aspects of factory growth.
- #31 Megastore Simulator
75% matchVery Positive93% of 685 reviews2026
Dev: Yolo Games Studio
Windows · Linux
Megastore Simulator is a first-person management & tycoon game. Start small and grow into a massive two-floor megastore with forklifts, pallet jacks, and staff. Unlock and run Bakery, Clothing, Electronics, Sports, Music, Toy & Grocery departments.
Why similar: Economy 17.6%, Management 16.6%, Crafting 12.1%, Resource Management 11.3%, Simulation 10.6%
- #32 Beer Factory - Prologue
77% matchVery Positive85% of 2,013 reviews2023
Dev: AKELPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Beer Factory - Prologue is a business simulation and management game. Take the challenge and manage your own beer factory, employees, production lines, as well as the import and export of merchandise.
Why similar: Automation 20.4%, Artificial Intelligence 11.6%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 8.4%, Simulation 7.4%
- #33 Center Station Simulator
76% matchVery Positive88% of 555 reviews2024
Dev: Nightmare Phoenix
Windows
Mine, farm, manufacture components and build a wide range of machines in an infinite basement. Forget primitive tasks thanks to automation! And sell your products to your customers! Build a parking, a gas station...
Why similar: Automation 25.5%, Management 12.8%, Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 11.9%, Simulation 10.6%
- #34 Music Store Simulator
78% matchMixed56% of 196 reviews2023
Dev: Crystalia GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
With Music Store Simulator you can lead a musical instruments manufacturing company. Create, sell, earn and reinvest improving and developing your business. Expand your Brand and climb to success in order to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments!
Why similar: Economy 20.7%, Simulation 19.6%, Management 19.1%, Crafting 14.6%, Realistic 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a management and crafting-focused experience within a retail setting.
- #35 Ultimate Theater Simulator
74% matchVery Positive90% of 526 reviews2025
Dev: RAKTWO GamesPub: steelbox Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ultimate Theater Simulator is a first-person cinema management game where you screen movies, serve snacks, hire staff, handle chaos, and grow your dream theater from the ground up.
Why similar: Automation 22.7%, Economy 12.9%, Inventory Management 11.8%, Resource Management 10.7%, Management 10.6%
- #36 Banker Simulator
74% matchMixed62% of 652 reviews2025
Dev: Soi GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Banker Simulator is a single-player game where you revive a bankrupt bank. With active and passive (idle) gameplay, make strategic decisions to grow your bank, satisfy customers, and tackle financial crises.
Why similar: Economy 19.5%, Management 15.7%, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 11.7%, Resource Management 10.9%
- #37 Factory Engineer
79% matchMixed46% of 132 reviews2017
Dev: Mind Leak
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Factory Engineer is a factory simulation game which is about creating a huge automated factory by building production lines to create products and make money. Start with simple products,make money,unlock technologies then create the most sophisticated products.
Why similar: Automation 21.7%, Simulation 16.7%, Inventory Management 15.1%, Resource Management 13.7%, Sandbox 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the strategy and building elements of industrial design.
- #38 Figure Shop Simulator
73% matchVery Positive89% of 274 reviews2025
Dev: Gnome Games
Windows
Run your own figure shop! Produce figures with 3D printers, stock your shelves, set prices, and offer the best shopping experience to your customers. Manage your storage, expand and design your store. Try to complete collection sets, follow market trends, and grow your business!
Why similar: Automation 19.1%, Economy 17.2%, Resource Management 13.4%, Management 10.3%, Simulation 7.6%
- #39 Grocery Store Simulator
71% matchVery Positive91% of 6,002 reviews2024
Dev: EXPERIMENT ONE
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Grocery Store Simulator is a 1-4 player co-op game where you build and manage your own supermarket by stocking shelves, setting prices, hiring staff, and customizing your store, all while expanding your business and keeping customers happy.
Why similar: Inventory Management 16.3%, Resource Management 16%, Economy 15.8%, Management 13.7%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #40 Waterpark Simulator
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,416 reviews2025
Dev: CayPlay
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Build and run your own waterpark. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!
Why similar: Economy 17.6%, Management 15.5%, Inventory Management 14.3%, Crafting 11.7%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #41 Shop Simulator: Supermarket
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 110 reviews2024
Dev: Three River Games (3RG)
Windows
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 21.1%, Economy 13.7%, Management 11.6%, Resource Management 10.6%, Inventory Management 9.7%
- #42 Captain of Industry
72% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Automation 38%, Resource Management 21%, Economy 14.4%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 7.7%
- #43 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
70% 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 23%, Resource Management 20.6%, Management 19.4%, Sandbox 12.5%, Simulation 11.6%
- #44 Hookah Cafe Simulator
73% matchMixed57% of 128 reviews2023
Dev: Rubbish GamePub: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Have you ever wanted to know what is it like running your own Hookah Cafe Business? Let's Simulate It. Upgrade your shop with new types of equipment to attract and impress more customers.
Why similar: Economy 14.9%, Inventory Management 12.9%, Resource Management 12.4%, Artificial Intelligence 10.9%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #45 Chocolate Factory Simulator
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 450 reviews2025
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Enter the world of steam and sugar and become a master chocolatier in Chocolate Factory Simulator. Craft gourmet chocolate for your customers in your steampunk workshop with the help of your automaton assistant Nougat.
Why similar: Economy 25.2%, Simulation 19.4%, Artificial Intelligence 17%, First-Person 13.7%, Resource Management 10.6%
- #46 Pumping Simulator 2
69% matchVery Positive92% of 1,620 reviews2023
Dev: Lance Games
Windows
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A gas station management game, start by selling a car to raise funds and invest in an abandoned plot of land. Build, expand, and upgrade your gas station, diversify services, customize and manage time efficiently during peak hours. And maybe you will become rich
Why similar: Economy 21%, Management 17%, Simulation 14%, Sandbox 12.6%, Resource Management 11.5%
- #47 Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator
71% 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 16.7%, Crafting 14.6%, Management 13.6%, Sandbox 11.9%, Simulation 10.4%
- #48 Gunsmith
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,034 reviews2018
Dev: SCT
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build up your own arms manufacturing company. Find your factory, buy resources, produce a wide range of military equipment to sell to the highest bidder. Good or bad? That's up to you, who you do business with is your choice. Don't ask, don't tell, get paid. After all, war is about making money.
Why similar: Automation 18.9%, Management 17.8%, Resource Management 17.4%, Crafting 13.4%, Simulation 9.6%
- #49 Factory Town
68% 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: Automation 29.6%, Resource Management 15.7%, Management 12.5%, Crafting 11.4%, Economy 10.9%
- #50 Factory Outlet Simulator: Prologue
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 458 reviews2024
Dev: PISHO
Windows
Factory Outlet Simulator is a very comprehensive clothes manufacturing and selling game. You can produce the products of world famous brands in your factory and sell them. Or you can expand your business and create your own brand. Use your business acumen to lead the market from zero to the top!
Why similar: Resource Management 17.4%, Simulation 16.3%, Inventory Management 14.3%, Automation 12.3%, Economy 11.6%
- #51 Pub Sim
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: 1st impact games
Windows
You've just bought your first Pub. First steps are to clean it, stock it, set your markup and let in the Patrons. Keep the drinks flowing and try not to shortchange anyone! If you keep it going long enough you might just earn enough to spruce up the place, hire staff and expand the premises.
Why similar: Economy 22.2%, Management 18.1%, Resource Management 15.3%, Inventory Management 14.4%, Simulation 12.7%
- #52 Vending Machine Business Simulator
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 188 reviews2025
Dev: Crow Interactive
Windows
Build your business! control every aspect of a thriving vending machine business. Buy, place, and restock machines to increase profits. Do you have what it takes to manage, expand, and dominate the vending industry?
Why similar: Economy 31.5%, Simulation 17.2%, Realistic 13.4%, Sandbox 12.1%, First-Person 10.4%
- #53 Supermarket & Internet Cafe Simulator
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 899 reviews2024
Dev: SmartPlayGames
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"Internet Cafe & Supermarket Simulator 2024" is a comprehensive simulation game that combines the management of both an internet cafe and a supermarket. Step into the role of a shop owner, apply your business acumen, and expand your empire step by step.
Why similar: Management 17.6%, Economy 17.5%, Inventory Management 15.2%, Simulation 12.9%, Physics 10.2%
- #54 Junkyard Builder
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
In Junkyard Builder, you’re the proud owner of a once-forgotten junkyard, now brimming with endless potential. Dive into the satisfying world of restoration, recycling, and raw hustle as you transform trash into treasure and rise to become the ruler of the junk empire!
Why similar: Automation 22.7%, Management 14.2%, Economy 13.9%, Resource Management 12.8%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #55 Block Factory
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 255 reviews2025
Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Block Factory is a relaxing and creative building game where you craft delightful 3D figurines from blocks. Shape your designs and build flowing production lines in a peaceful factory world.
Why similar: Automation 31%, Resource Management 15.4%, Management 15.2%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #56 Recycling Center Simulator: Prologue
66% matchVery Positive93% of 376 reviews2024
Dev: Balas GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Recycling Center Simulator: Prologue is a free business simulator game in which you make money from garbage. Collect raw materials for your recycling center from different locations, recycle them, make money by producing new products and improving your factory.
Why similar: Automation 25.7%, Resource Management 14.5%, Economy 13.5%, Management 9.9%, Simulation 8.6%
- #57 Handyman Corporation
69% matchMixed54% of 142 reviews2023
Dev: Potato GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
In Handyman Corporation you become the owner of a business where you handle a variety of jobs in cleaning, maintenance, design, and construction. Accept contracts, play minigames to perform every task required. Then expand your company – buy spare parts, tools, train skills, and manage employees
Why similar: Economy 21.9%, Resource Management 19.7%, Inventory Management 17.3%, Simulation 12.3%, Management 11.4%