Games Like Big Ambitions

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: Capitalism 26%, Economy 24.4%, Management 24.1%, Time Management 8.7%, Sandbox 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep, complex simulation of building a tech empire from a small office to a massive corporate headquarters.

The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!

Why similar: Economy 38.1%, Life Sim 25.5%, Management 9.4%, Simulation 9.2%, Sandbox 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines life simulation with economic strategy, allowing you to build a family dynasty through various trades and political influence.

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 38.2%, Management 34.8%, Simulation 17.3%, Open World 7.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a first-person management experience where you physically renovate and run a business while handling daily customer interactions.

What turns a drug dealer into a drug lord? Find out in DDS2, a first-person co-op sim set in a dynamic open world. Make contacts, cook drugs, and manage your cartel on Isla Sombra, where power is the only law.

Why similar: Management 28.6%, Inventory Management 17.5%, Sandbox 13.1%, Resource Management 11.6%, Simulation 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features an open-world sandbox where you manage a criminal enterprise and expand your operations through strategic growth.

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 44.9%, Economy 31.8%, Simulation 11.4%, Sandbox 5.4%, Capitalism 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A business simulation focused on building a website empire, managing employees, and optimizing server infrastructure.

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 24.9%, Economy 24.2%, Capitalism 12.8%, Simulation 11%, Life Sim 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the granular retail management experience of stocking shelves, setting prices, and expanding your store.

Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer!

Why similar: Capitalism 68.7%, Management 18.5%, Simulation 6.4%, RPG 5.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core loop of managing a shop, setting prices, and balancing inventory to pay off debt.

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 32.3%, Economy 29.9%, Capitalism 21.4%, Simulation 7.7%, Sandbox 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A comprehensive game development simulator that emphasizes office management and long-term business strategy.

Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.

Why similar: Management 63.6%, Simulation 14.2%, Top-Down 11.1%, RPG 8.2%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Blends shop management during the day with dungeon exploration at night to source goods for your business.

Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.

Why similar: Management 29.5%, Economy 25.7%, Capitalism 18.6%, Simulation 11.5%, Life Sim 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the niche retail management of a hobby shop, including inventory control and customer service.

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 58.3%, Economy 20.5%, Simulation 16%, Sandbox 3.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic management sim that captures the progression of starting a business in a garage and scaling it into a global studio.

Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.

Why similar: Management 34.7%, Life Sim 29.3%, Inventory Management 8.4%, Immersive Sim 7.8%, Resource Management 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tavern management sim that incorporates life-sim elements like farming, crafting, and building relationships with patrons.

Clean your worries away with this relaxing renovation simulator! Buy, fix, sell, and become a local legend. Or grab your power tools and build anything from scratch! With the online 2-4 players co-op mode, you can play both in sandbox and story mode together.

Why similar: Economy 45.1%, Immersive Sim 17.6%, Sandbox 17.1%, Simulation 13.4%, 3D 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to build a real estate business by purchasing, renovating, and selling properties for profit.

Manage a game studio from the dawn of the gaming industry in 1976. Your journey starts with small indie titles and grows into a gaming empire. Develop, design, and conquer the industry. From humble beginnings to gaming legend, it’s your story, your studio, your legacy!

Why similar: Capitalism 23.1%, Economy 21.9%, Management 21.4%, Life Sim 10.9%, Immersive Sim 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to manage a game studio while navigating the competitive market and expanding your development team.

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

Why similar: Management 64.2%, Simulation 22.1%, Sandbox 10.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%, Isometric 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the logistics and management of a large-scale facility, requiring careful planning and resource allocation.

Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!

Why similar: Life Sim 51.4%, Sandbox 21.2%, Open World 11.9%, Simulation 8.2%, RPG 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines life simulation with business-like crafting and town-building mechanics in a charming, evolving world.

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 25.9%, Economy 24.1%, Life Sim 17.2%, Time Management 10%, Sandbox 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A real estate management game where you renovate apartments and manage difficult tenants to maximize your rental income.

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: Economy 36.8%, Management 30.6%, Resource Management 20.3%, Simulation 10.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on complex logistics and industrial supply chains, perfect for players who enjoy the economic depth of Big Ambitions.

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

Why similar: Management 39.8%, Sandbox 17.3%, Immersive Sim 15%, Simulation 11.8%, Open World 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an unparalleled sandbox experience where you start with nothing and can build a massive faction through trade, combat, or industry.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Management 50.7%, Sandbox 21.6%, Simulation 14.6%, Open World 10.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides deep colony management and economic systems that require constant adaptation to survive and thrive.

Build and manage an international airport!

Why similar: Management 22.4%, Capitalism 21.6%, Economy 19.4%, Resource Management 9.6%, Sandbox 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a high level of management detail, requiring you to build and operate a functional airport from the ground up.

A money-focused life simulator. Create characters with allergies and addictions. Manage their lives through financial booms and busts. Advance their careers, start a small business, invest in real estate and stocks - or roleplay a penniless hobo.

Why similar: Capitalism 23.6%, Economy 20.6%, Management 14.4%, Life Sim 13.6%, Time Management 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A detailed life-sim that focuses heavily on personal finance, career progression, and economic management.

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 28.5%, Economy 28.4%, Resource Management 12.6%, Sandbox 11%, Simulation 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A business management sim that requires you to balance production and distribution while avoiding law enforcement.

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: Economy 26.8%, Management 25.8%, Capitalism 23.6%, Simulation 9%, Time Management 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A management sim that requires you to design bus routes and manage a fleet to serve a growing city population.

Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.

Why similar: Management 31%, Economy 30.1%, Capitalism 13.6%, Resource Management 8.9%, Simulation 8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic economic sim that tasks you with building production lines and managing supply chains across a growing map.

Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.

Why similar: Life Sim 48.5%, Sandbox 23.9%, Simulation 17.5%, RPG 7.1%, Singleplayer 3%

Why You'll Like It: A life-sim that incorporates town building and economic development in an Australian-inspired open world.

Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.

Why similar: Management 28.4%, Capitalism 21.5%, Life Sim 16.4%, Sandbox 9.7%, Simulation 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A unique shop management game that focuses on the creation and sale of goods through an interactive crafting system.

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: Economy 31.6%, Management 29.3%, Sandbox 11.9%, Resource Management 11.3%, Simulation 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the automation and management of a manufacturing business, emphasizing efficiency and product design.

Computer Tycoon is a highly complex Business Grand Strategy game about Computer Evolution. Start in the 70s, invent until 2034, create the best computer systems, upgrade your infrastructure, lead a team, and alter computer history! It is time to "Think Different"

Why similar: Capitalism 24.7%, Economy 22.8%, Management 19%, Time Management 9.9%, Sandbox 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that lets you build a computer hardware company and compete against global markets.

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 manage departments like Bakery, Clothing, Electronics, Sports, Music, Toys, Grocery, Seafood, and Vending Machines

Why similar: Management 22.3%, Economy 20.7%, Capitalism 16.1%, Life Sim 14.9%, Simulation 7.2%

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: Capitalism 19.6%, Economy 18.8%, Management 18.6%, Life Sim 11%, Inventory Management 7.5%

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

Why similar: Management 55.3%, Economy 18.3%, Simulation 16.1%, Sandbox 8.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the construction and management of skyscrapers, balancing tenant needs and economic viability.

Develop your newspaper and become New York’s new media mogul! In this tycoon, build and manage your newspaper from printer to toilet. Create your editorial line and lead your journalists through unique 1930's stories and dig out the latest scoops!

Why similar: Management 28.9%, Economy 19.2%, Capitalism 19.1%, Sandbox 9%, Time Management 8.6%

In Business Simulator 2026, you start with a small capital and aim to build a business empire in the city by deciding which business to start in which shop and deciding the prices. Business Simulator 2026 is a business simulation that will test your business acumen and strategic planning skills.

Why similar: Capitalism 23.8%, Economy 23.4%, Management 19.3%, Life Sim 11.3%, Time Management 8.8%

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 30.8%, Economy 22.2%, Capitalism 19%, Simulation 7.1%, Sandbox 7.1%

MMORPG Tycoon 2 is a single-player world-builder game about creating the greatest MMORPG of all time – yours.

Why similar: Economy 29.3%, Management 28.9%, Sandbox 12.5%, Immersive Sim 9.2%, Simulation 8%

Become the owner of a game store! Organize shelves, repair CDs, negotiate profits, promote your store via live stream, and increase customer satisfaction.

Why similar: Capitalism 20.7%, Economy 18.2%, Management 16.9%, Life Sim 9.8%, Inventory Management 8.5%

Welcome to Biztopia! A unique trading city full of business and opportunities awaits you! Start with a small delivery, build your own trading world, and team up with friends to shape the city and discover the next big venture!

Why similar: Capitalism 20.5%, Economy 18.4%, Life Sim 12.7%, Inventory Management 8.8%, Time Management 7.9%

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 20.5%, Capitalism 19.9%, Management 18.1%, Life Sim 11.9%, Sandbox 7.8%

Build and manage your financial empire from a small bank to a global powerhouse. Approve loans, trade bonds, hire staff, and master the market in Bank Simulator a business management sim and banking tycoon where every economic decision impacts your bottom line

Why similar: Capitalism 22%, Economy 21.6%, Management 19.6%, Life Sim 13.6%, Sandbox 7.4%

You’re 16 with €500. 💼 Choose from 23 career paths. 🏠 Buy and rent property. 📈 Trade stocks. ₿ Invest in crypto. Pay taxes, manage loans, build a company into a holding, and leave a legacy for generations to come.

Why similar: Capitalism 19.2%, Economy 18.5%, Management 17.6%, Life Sim 13.3%, Time Management 7.8%

Uncover a goldmine in the used car market! Sniff out deals, buy low, modify, and sell high. Your journey from amateur grease monkey to car dealer magnate awaits. How fast will you rise in this lucrative venture?

Why similar: Management 26.5%, Life Sim 20.6%, Inventory Management 13.5%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Simulation 9.8%

Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.

Why similar: Management 31.4%, Economy 30.6%, Simulation 13.8%, Sandbox 13.7%, Resource Management 6.6%

Build your supermarket empire in Miami Beach! Start in a tent, drive to pick up wholesale cargo, and physically stock shelves. Survive the street economy, use your family to gather extra cash, and expand to two stores in this realistic business management and life sim.

Why similar: Economy 21.3%, Capitalism 19.1%, Management 18.3%, Life Sim 9.3%, Simulation 8.8%

Manage your own supermarket, serving different types of customers and making the most profit you can! 🛒 Order products, restock shelves, play with your friends in co-op mode, chase thieves, hire employees, and grow your empire!

Why similar: Capitalism 18%, Economy 16.6%, Management 14.7%, Life Sim 10.6%, Time Management 9.2%

EARLY ACCESS - Solo or with up to 6 players, build, manage, and grow your supermarket. Stock your shelves, manage inventory, deliveries, staff, and machines. Customize your store and grow it from a small grocery shop into a full-fledged superstore.

Why similar: Economy 30.4%, Management 26.9%, Sandbox 12.1%, Resource Management 8.5%, Capitalism 7.7%

Storage Hustle is a Simulation RPG where you go into storage auctions to buy different mysterious storages. Discover and sell many items, join Yard Sales and haggle your way for profit!

Why similar: Economy 22.1%, Capitalism 19%, Management 14.5%, Life Sim 10.2%, Sandbox 8.2%

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: Management 19.3%, Economy 16.6%, Capitalism 16.1%, Life Sim 13.3%, Time Management 9.3%

Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! Start working with Prologue now. To avoid going bankrupt, you'll need to build new stores, set good prices and keep up with trends. A limited number of stores & services for Prologue are waiting for you.

Why similar: Capitalism 19.8%, Economy 19%, Management 17.9%, Life Sim 11%, Inventory Management 7.3%

Manage your product company ! Design concept and sell product on the market ! Dodge bankruptcy and rise to the top by making the best concept, the best pricing strategy and applying the best management ! Beat all those damn competitors !

Why similar: Capitalism 20.5%, Economy 20%, Management 17.3%, Life Sim 11%, Sandbox 7.7%

Build a retail empire across dozens of locations with hundreds of employees. Design every inch of your stores with a deep building tool, then fine-tune pricing, staffing, and product mix to stay profitable. Scale up, customize everything, and manage the details that make or break your bottom line.

Why similar: Capitalism 22.8%, Economy 19.6%, Management 17.6%, Life Sim 12.7%, Time Management 11.4%

Build a criminal empire from the streets up. Commit crimes in third-person, run and automate illegal businesses, recruit your own crime family, fight rival organizations, and take control of a seamless open-world city.

Why similar: Management 32.9%, Economy 23.2%, Resource Management 11.8%, Sandbox 10.7%, Simulation 9.4%

Take over the gas station and convenience store at a roadside rest area and expand by purchasing new businesses. Manage a living world shaped by dynamic economy and random events. Upgrade your facilities, satisfy your customers, and play solo or with friends.

Why similar: Economy 18.8%, Management 18.1%, Life Sim 12.3%, Capitalism 10.3%, Inventory Management 9.1%

Start from nothing and rise to the top as you expand your criminal empire in Drug Lord Tycoon.

Why similar: Economy 33.1%, Management 31.9%, Simulation 10.9%, Sandbox 10.5%, Immersive Sim 9.1%

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: Economy 19.2%, Management 17.8%, Capitalism 17.6%, Life Sim 12.1%, Inventory Management 7.3%

Welcome to the Brokeville! Grind your way to the top through jobs, deliveries, bicycle races, and risky crypto trades. Buy, customize, and sell cars & motorcycles for profit. Build your own businesses, manage them, and hire staff to grow your empire.

Why similar: Capitalism 26.9%, Economy 15.2%, Management 14.3%, Life Sim 13.9%, Simulation 9%

A life simulator that leans heavily into the personal finance aspect. Pay taxes, take out mortgages, trade stocks, buy real estate, start businesses, or grind your way to victory as an employee.

Why similar: Capitalism 24.7%, Economy 21.7%, Management 19.2%, Life Sim 13.2%, Time Management 11.4%

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: Capitalism 26%, Economy 24%, Management 22.4%, Sandbox 9.4%, Immersive Sim 8.3%

A business simulation has never felt this epic. Trade stocks, build companies, take them public, unleash financial tidal waves, sit at the table of a high-stakes gambler’s night, and climb the Rich List. Then you realize: the other side of the board is called The Order.

Why similar: Capitalism 33.7%, Economy 29.2%, Life Sim 18.9%, Inventory Management 7.9%, Resource Management 4.9%

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 23.5%, Management 21%, Life Sim 17.9%, Time Management 12.3%, Sandbox 8.9%