- #1 Megaquarium
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,770 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.9 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: Moddable 16.8% ★, Building 15.4%, Management 14.1%, Sandbox 11.6%, Resource Management 8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a relaxing and colorful management experience where you design and run an aquarium, focusing on both guest happiness and animal welfare.
- #2 Let's Build a Zoo
96% matchVery Positive89% of 4,098 reviews2021
Dev: SpringloadedPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...
Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Management 14.4%, Building 12.6%, Sandbox 10.8%, Simulation 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: The game features a charming pixel-art style and deep management mechanics that allow you to build and customize a zoo with unique animal combinations.
- #3 Two Point Hospital
96% matchVery Positive92% of 34,907 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 35.3 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 28%, Building 22.9%, Simulation 14.1%, City Builder 9.6%, Sandbox 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same humorous, cartoony art style and deep management gameplay centered around running a complex facility.
- #4 Two Point Campus
95% matchVery Positive88% of 8,156 reviews2022
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.
Why similar: City Builder 20%, Management 18.5%, Building 15.3%, Sandbox 9.3%, Cartoony 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers the same polished, whimsical management experience as its predecessor but with a focus on building and maintaining a university.
- #5 Cat Cafe Manager
94% matchVery Positive88% of 3,203 reviews2022
Dev: Roost GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Travel to the sleepy village of Caterwaul Way and rebuild your grandmother's cat cafe. Renovate your restaurant, befriend the local cats and townsfolk, forge lasting friendships, unravel catty mysteries, and build a home for dozens of unique felines!
Why similar: Job Simulator 22.9% ★, Cozy 14.2%, Life Sim 12%, Management 11.1%, Building 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly captures the cozy, management-focused gameplay loop while centering on a cute and relaxing theme.
- #6 Bear and Breakfast
94% matchVery Positive89% of 5,338 reviews2022
Dev: Gummy CatPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Bear and Breakfast is a laid-back management adventure game where you build and run a bed and breakfast...but you’re a bear.
Why similar: Economy 19.6%, Life Sim 17.8%, Management 13.2%, Resource Management 11%, Relaxing 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines management and building mechanics with a distinctively cute art style and a focus on hospitality.
- #7 Planet Zoo
92% matchVery Positive91% of 97,434 reviews2019
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
Why similar: Management 18.5%, City Builder 17.7%, Building 15.7%, Sandbox 10.8%, Economy 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: While more realistic in graphics, it offers the most comprehensive animal management and park-building experience available.
- #8 SimCasino
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 757 reviews2021
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.4 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 19.3%, Moddable 13.6% ★, Building 11.8%, Management 10.7%, Economy 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is a direct thematic match that provides a more granular look at the mechanics of running a casino empire.
- #9 Capybara Spa
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,690 reviews2022
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Build your own capybara spa in this relaxing point and click simulation game! Grow fruits, craft soaps and clean towels to pamper the capybaras during their visit. Furnish the mountain with gardens, baths and decorations to design the best capybara spa!
Why similar: Management 17.2%, Sandbox 16%, Building 13.7%, Cozy 10.7%, Cute 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A highly relaxing and cute management game where you run a spa for animals, emphasizing a peaceful and satisfying gameplay loop.
- #10 Sticky Business
90% matchVery Positive94% of 7,667 reviews2023
Dev: Spellgarden GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Experience the joy of running your own cozy small business: Create stickers, pack orders and hear your customers’ stories. Time to build the cutest shop on the internet!
Why similar: Cozy 17.8%, Life Sim 16.5%, Relaxing 13.6%, Economy 11.3%, Cute 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the creative and management aspects of running a small business with a cozy, colorful, and relaxing aesthetic.
- #11 Grand Casino Tycoon
91% matchMixed59% of 58 reviews2021
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Building 22.3%, Management 19.5%, City Builder 15%, Economy 12.9%, Resource Management 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses specifically on the casino management genre, offering building and strategy elements similar to the seed game.
- #12 Tavern Master
89% matchVery Positive92% of 13,253 reviews2021
Dev: Untitled Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!
Why similar: Management 26.9%, Building 22.2%, City Builder 14.7%, Resource Management 13.2%, Simulation 10%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a relaxing, medieval-themed management experience where you build and expand your own tavern.
- #13 Minami Lane
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,680 reviews2024
Dev: BlibloopPub: Doot Tiny Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Welcome to Minami Lane! Build your own street in this tiny cozy, casual management sim! Unlock and customize buildings, manage your shops, and maximize the happiness of your villagers to complete quests and fill your street with love!
Why similar: City Builder 16.1%, Life Sim 13.3%, Cozy 13.1%, Management 11%, Building 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A short, incredibly cozy management game where you build and customize a street, focusing on simplicity and charm.
- #14 Tavern Keeper 🍻
86% matchVery Positive94% of 4,625 reviews2025
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper 🍻, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!
Why similar: Building 15.7%, Management 15.4%, Cozy 14.6%, Economy 13.1%, Sandbox 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It features a whimsical, story-driven approach to management and building that mirrors the lighthearted drama of the seed game.
- #15 Indoorlands
89% matchVery Positive81% of 279 reviews2022
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: City Builder 15.7%, Management 15.3%, Building 15%, Resource Management 10.8%, Sandbox 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This management game focuses on building and customizing an indoor theme park with a clean, modern aesthetic.
- #16 Hotel Magnate
87% matchMixed58% of 491 reviews2025
Dev: Arcade Oven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, rundown motel, or elegant resort? With a ridiculous amount of customization tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel manager shine!
Why similar: City Builder 17.3%, Management 12.7%, Building 12.5%, Economy 10.5%, Resource Management 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a detailed hotel management simulation that allows for significant creative freedom in building and design.
- #17 United Penguin Kingdom
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 452 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 22.9%, Management 13.1%, Economy 12%, Resource Management 10.7%, Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A cute and challenging city-builder that requires managing resources and keeping your penguin population happy.
- #18 Parkitect
85% matchVery Positive94% of 8,129 reviews2018
Dev: Texel Raptor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Moddable 18.9% ★, City Builder 15.3%, Building 12.8%, Management 12.5%, Economy 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: This theme park management game captures the joy of building and designing complex layouts with a vibrant, colorful visual style.
- #19 Snowtopia: Ski Resort Builder
84% matchMixed62% of 1,272 reviews2022
Dev: TeaForTwoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Build your ideal ski resort. Keep skiers smiling with fresh pistes and fine facilities. Ski, build and chill in the wintry world of Snowtopia where everyone is welcome!
Why similar: Moddable 16.3% ★, City Builder 15.4%, Building 10.5%, Management 10%, Economy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a satisfying building and management experience centered around creating a functional and happy ski resort.
- #20 Little Big Workshop
84% matchVery Positive84% of 3,391 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Management 16.9%, Building 14.7%, Simulation 13%, Economy 11.7%, Resource Management 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It features a charming, toy-like aesthetic and complex production management mechanics that are both engaging and cute.
- #21 Casino Resort Tower
82% matchVery Positive94% of 135 reviews2023
Dev: Cyperk Software
Windows · Mac
Build a towering casino resort and watch it come alive. Crowds flow, elevators jam, and tiny decisions create big stories as your tower grows upward, floor by floor. Build it. Break it. Fix it.
Why similar: City Builder 15.7%, Economy 15.5%, Management 15%, Building 14.5%, Resource Management 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a vertical approach to casino management, emphasizing base-building and economy simulation.
- #22 Mall Craze
83% matchMixed54% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Milan Timčenko
Windows
Build, Customize & Manage your own shopping center! Choose from modern gaming hardware store to cozy flower shop. Hire skilled cashiers, secure financing through bank loans, and launch strategic advertising campaigns to make your mall thrive!
Why similar: City Builder 16.3%, Building 14.2%, Management 13%, Economy 11.3%, Sandbox 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game allows you to build and manage a shopping mall, focusing on layout design and customer satisfaction.
- #23 Vending Dokan!: Kozy Kiosk
81% matchVery Positive90% of 157 reviews2025
Dev: Aftabi Games
Windows
Build a vending machine empire in this cozy idle sim! Manage staff, decorate locations, and watch your business thrive. Play actively or let it run passively in the background with relaxing music to enjoy while you work or unwind.
Why similar: Job Simulator 21.5% ★, Cozy 17.2%, Life Sim 14.5%, Management 12.7%, Relaxing 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the cozy, management-lite genre with a focus on running a small, cute shop.
- #24 Project Highrise
81% matchVery Positive85% of 4,811 reviews2016
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
Why similar: Management 28.2%, Building 24.6%, Simulation 12%, Strategy 8.8%, Economy 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the architectural and management challenges of building and maintaining a vertical business empire.
- #25 Bathhouse Creatures
79% matchVery Positive99% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Sleepy Rocket
Windows
Ready, set, bath! Run your bathhouse for animals in this cozy and wholesome management game. Keep your bathtubs clean and filled, serve a cast of whimsical creatures, decorate your bathhouse with your hard earned cash, and be the best bathhouse there can be!
Why similar: Building 21.6%, Management 20.5%, Sandbox 12.3%, Relaxing 10.8%, Funny 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a wholesome and management-heavy experience centered around running a bathhouse for various creatures.
- #26 Buildings Have Feelings Too!
82% 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: City Builder 26.7%, Management 17.2%, Economy 15.9%, Building 14.3%, Strategy 7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique management perspective where buildings themselves have personalities, matching the quirky tone of the seed game.
- #27 Two Point Museum
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,230 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
Why similar: City Builder 18.6%, Building 12.9%, Life Sim 11.8%, Management 9.4%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #28 Bao Bao's™ Cozy Laundromat
78% matchVery Positive84% of 434 reviews2025
Dev: Destroyer Doggo
Windows · Mac
Median: 41.6 hrsMean: 54.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Relax in Bao Bao’s Cozy Laundromat, an idle game where you join Bao Bao, a charming panda, in creating the coziest laundromat. Purchase colorful washing machines, add delightful decorations, and hire panda helpers. Watch your cozy laundromat bustle with life, even when you’re not around!
Why similar: Cozy 23%, Building 14%, Economy 12.1%, Relaxing 10.9%, Management 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A very cozy, idler-style management game that focuses on creating a relaxing environment for customers.
- #29 Inn Tycoon
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 839 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Job Simulator 14.3% ★, Cozy 13.2%, Management 12.5%, Building 11.7%, Economy 9.5%
- #30 Festival Tycoon 🎪
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 230 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 16.7%, Life Sim 12.4%, Building 11.5%, Economy 10%, Management 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game tasks you with building and managing a music festival, requiring careful planning and resource management.
- #31 Desktop Cat Cafe
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: samyamPub: Zippyzappy Games
Windows
Build your dream cat cafe in this tiny cozy management sim that lives at the bottom of your screen! Unlock exciting new recipes, decorate your space with our wide variety of goodies, and watch cute cat helpers take care of the cafe while you're doing other things.
Why similar: Management 12.9%, City Builder 12.8%, Building 11.1%, Cozy 10.9%, Economy 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines automation and management with a cat-themed aesthetic that is both relaxing and engaging.
- #32 Witchy Business
76% matchVery Positive88% of 1,009 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Manage your very own Witchcraft Shop! Witchy Business is a job simulator game where you brew potions for your customers, collect oddities, grow flowers in your garden, upgrade your alchemy station, and thrive. Make sure you are quick to take care of customers and hex thieves!
Why similar: Job Simulator 34.1% ★, Cozy 18.4%, Cartoony 12.4%, Relaxing 6.5%, Cute 6.4%
- #33 Hotel Architect
74% matchVery Positive94% of 2,276 reviews2026
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Step into the shoes of a hotel owner as you design, build, and manage grand hotels around the world. Juggle demanding guests, frantic logistics, and plenty of unexpected surprises in Hotel Architect; the ultimate hotel construction and tycoon management game!
Why similar: City Builder 20.8%, Building 13.5%, Management 13.3%, Economy 12.1%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #34 Blood Bar Tycoon
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 817 reviews2025
Dev: Clever Trickster StudioPub: Clever Trickster Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.2 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 16.6%, Cozy 12.2%, Life Sim 12%, Building 10.8%, Economy 9.1%
- #35 ZooKeeper
79% matchMixed69% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: ▲ Pyramid GamesPub: Gaming Factory
Windows
Become a Zoo Keeper, manage and build the zoo of your childhood dreams! Take care of the animals and create ideal conditions for them. Grow your zoo, add extraordinary species and prepare amazing attractions for visitors.
Why similar: Building 14.7%, Management 14.4%, Economy 11.9%, Sandbox 10.8%, Resource Management 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the day-to-day management and building of a zoo, offering a straightforward and rewarding simulation experience.
- #36 Food Park Manager
75% matchVery Positive82% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Drix Dev
Windows
Build and manage your own Food Park! Customize food stalls, hire staff, and cater to hungry customers as you find the perfect recipes. Decorate your park to attract and satisfy more customers.
Why similar: City Builder 16.6%, Cozy 12.5%, Life Sim 11.7%, Economy 9.8%, Management 9.2%
- #37 Flowers And Favours: Florist Simulator
73% matchVery Positive94% of 199 reviews2025
Dev: MISK Games
Windows · Mac
Flowers And Favours is a relaxing cozy florist sim. Run your own flower shop, experiment with a stunning variety of florals, and craft unique bouquets for your adorable customers. Your floral journey begins today!
Why similar: Job Simulator 26.4% ★, Cozy 17%, Management 9.7%, Sandbox 9.3%, Relaxing 8.8%
- #38 Learning Factory
74% matchVery Positive86% of 523 reviews2025
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build intricate supply chains to meet your feline customers' needs. Discover underground and air transport layers, a vast research tree, procedural worlds, machine learning, and endless automation in this relaxing, enemyless game.
Why similar: Building 15.6%, Management 14.4%, Economy 13.5%, Resource Management 11.7%, Sandbox 10.9%
- #39 Casino Simulator 2024
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 130 reviews2025
Dev: METAGAR
Windows
Casino Simulator: Build, manage, and expand your own casino from scratch. Hire staff, design your casino, and delight customers by offering the most popular games. Enjoy the thrill of the casino experience!
Why similar: Job Simulator 22% ★, Economy 11.8%, Building 11.6%, Management 11.5%, Life Sim 11.3%
- #40 Pocket City 2
72% matchVery Positive94% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Codebrew Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A city-building game with a unique twist—step inside and experience your city firsthand! Plan roads, zones, and infrastructure while growing your economy, managing resources, and unlocking special buildings. Host events, build mega projects, and watch your city thrive in a dynamic world.
Why similar: City Builder 25%, Economy 12.9%, Sandbox 11.5%, Building 7.9%, Relaxing 7.9%
- #41 Casino Boss Simulator
73% matchMixed59% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Nons Games
Windows
Casino Boss Simulator is a casino management simulation game that turns your dream of building a casino empire from scratch into reality. Manage, expand, and lead your own casino empire in the competitive world of gambling.
Why similar: Management 29.5%, Life Sim 25.3%, Simulation 21.2%, Casual 8.3%, Colorful 6.1%
- #42 Beauty Store Simulator
71% matchVery Positive88% of 184 reviews2026
Dev: NovaraGamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Run your own beauty store in Beauty Store Simulator! Manage a variety of cosmetics, fashion items, jewelry, and more. Design your store, keep customers happy, and build a successful beauty empire. Can you become the ultimate beauty mogul?
Why similar: Job Simulator 32.1% ★, Life Sim 18%, Management 8.6%, Economy 8.2%, Simulation 7%
- #43 Vending Machine Co.
69% matchVery Positive87% of 488 reviews2026
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Run your kawaii vending machine company! A relaxing sim where you manage, restock, and repair your vending machines across a charming Japanese city. Pick neighborhoods, stock up on snacks, set the perfect price, upgrade your machines. Enjoy lots of fun minigames along the way.
Why similar: Job Simulator 30.7% ★, Cozy 16%, Management 13%, Economy 12.1%, Relaxing 7.7%
- #44 Academia : School Simulator
72% matchVery Positive86% of 3,073 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: City Builder 18.9%, Moddable 15.8% ★, Management 12.8%, Building 11.3%, Economy 10.7%
- #45 Fabledom
69% matchVery Positive85% of 7,762 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!
Why similar: City Builder 21.5%, Economy 11.2%, Sandbox 9.3%, Management 9.1%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #46 Biz Builder Delux
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Run any store you like to build up your own buzzing business burg!
Why similar: City Builder 31.5%, Life Sim 18.7%, Simulation 15.1%, Strategy 11.8%, Building 9.7%
- #47 Espresso Tycoon
71% matchVery Positive84% of 1,311 reviews2023
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Espresso Tycoon - a coffee shop simulator. Create your brand, decorate the coffee shop, manage your employees, and take care of your customers. Use the 3D coffee editor to create coffee recipes, order supplies, and collect rating points. Build the whole coffee business and complete all the missions!
Why similar: Building 19.2%, Management 18.4%, Life Sim 14.1%, Sandbox 10.3%, Simulation 8%
- #48 My Hotel Simulator
71% matchMixed46% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Digital MelodyPub: Games Incubator
Windows
Build and manage your own hotel, from a small property to a luxury resort. Design rooms, maintain cleanliness, develop amenities, and offer guests unforgettable experiences at your hotel!
Why similar: Life Sim 22.7%, Management 18%, Simulation 13.3%, Relaxing 10.7%, Economy 7.5%
- #49 Mad Smartphone Tycoon
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 638 reviews2024
Dev: MiradilPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 20%, City Builder 15.2%, Building 14.6%, Sandbox 10.5%, Economy 8.3%
- #50 Charm Commerce
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: T.F.A.N.C.S.
Windows
Run a business with adorable monster girls using power of desire! Employ girls, build your workplace and grow your business in the magical world. Unleash the charm of your team and watch your business thrive!
Why similar: Management 25.5%, Resource Management 19.3%, Cute 15.7%, Sandbox 11.9%, Simulation 10.8%
- #51 Parkasaurus
70% matchVery Positive93% of 3,119 reviews2020
Dev: Washbear Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 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: City Builder 22%, Management 14.7%, Building 13.5%, Economy 9.6%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #52 Candy & Toys Store Simulator
68% matchVery Positive83% of 197 reviews2024
Dev: Ox Games
Windows
Run your own candy and toys store. Order supplies, receive deliveries, stock shelves, hire employees, set prices, and expand your business. Unlock a Gaming Club across the street, place arcade machines and billiard tables, set profits, and collect earnings.
Why similar: Life Sim 19.3%, Economy 18.2%, Management 17.5%, Simulation 9.2%, Cute 9.1%
- #53 Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim
65% matchVery Positive93% of 1,224 reviews2025
Dev: Merge Conflict Studio
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Mine, refine, and sell gemstones in Gemporium, a cute, fast-paced shop management game. Upgrade your tools, expand your store, and master the daily rhythm of digging, polishing, and turning a profit to pay off your debt, one gem at a time.
Why similar: Job Simulator 21.2% ★, Life Sim 14.8%, Cozy 11.9%, Management 11.5%, Resource Management 9%
- #54 Parking World: Build & Manage
68% matchMixed67% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Build, manage, and expand your own lucrative parking enterprise in this management sim. Parking World puts the power to build your perfect parking garage at your fingertips while solving everybody else's parking problems in unique narrative scenarios or without any objectives in freeplay mode.
Why similar: City Builder 16.4%, Building 13.1%, Management 12.3%, Economy 11.8%, Moddable 9.2% ★
- #55 PurrPlate
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 104 reviews2026
Dev: LeankomGames
Windows
In this sunlit feline paradise, become the owner of a one-of-a-kind restaurant designed with your dream "Purr Plate"! Team up with over 100+ quirky cat staffers--from paw-kneading bakers to servers tumbling adorably over their own tails--to create your purrfect woodland café!
Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, Economy 14.8%, Resource Management 14%, Cartoony 12.3%, Cute 8.6%
- #56 Pets Hotel
67% matchVery Positive83% of 424 reviews2023
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Welcome to Pets Hotel, a place where you can start the business you always dreamed of! Pets Hotel gives you a unique opportunity to build, design, and run a place where pets can feel at home. Cats, dogs, turtles, and many other animals are waiting for you to take care of them!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.4%, Simulation 16.5%, Cute 14%, Colorful 12.3%, Funny 11.5%
- #57 Pet Shop Simulator
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Run your own pet shop in Pet Shop Simulator! Find new homes for pets, thus fulfilling the dreams of your customers. Take care of the needs of animals by selling the right items and get involved in matters related to the pets' home life!
Why similar: Management 21.1%, Life Sim 20%, Building 14.2%, Cute 11.4%, Simulation 10.7%
- #58 Movie Cinema Simulator
66% matchVery Positive86% of 193 reviews2024
Dev: Akhir Pekan Studio
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Build the most successful cinema business in the world!
Why similar: Job Simulator 20.7% ★, Economy 15%, Management 14%, Sandbox 12.6%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #59 Rescue HQ - The Tycoon
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 932 reviews2019
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.2 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: City Builder 17%, Management 15.1%, Building 13.7%, Sandbox 10.2%, Cartoony 9.1%
- #60 Catizens
66% matchVery Positive81% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.
Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Building 15.3%, Management 11.8%, Sandbox 11.7%, Life Sim 11.6%
