- #1 SimCasino
97% 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: Capitalism 17.9%, Economy 14.7%, Base Building 12%, City Builder 11.3%, Building 11%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, sandbox-style approach to managing a casino floor, focusing on layout optimization and guest experience.
- #2 Mad Tower Tycoon
96% 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: Colony Sim 13.6% ★, Economy 12.5%, Transportation 12% ★, Management 9.3%, Capitalism 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the challenges of vertical construction and managing the flow of crowds within a skyscraper.
- #3 Grand Casino Tycoon
96% 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: Capitalism 26.1%, Building 15.9%, Management 14.8%, Economy 14.2%, Base Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a focused casino management experience with a strong emphasis on gambling mechanics and floor layout strategy.
- #4 Hotel Architect
94% 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: Capitalism 19.5%, Economy 19.1%, Management 13.7%, City Builder 13.2%, Building 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the vertical building and logistical challenges of the seed game while focusing on the hospitality industry.
- #5 Project Highrise
95% 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 27.5%, Building 22.7%, Simulation 13.2%, Economy 11.8%, Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive tower management game that shares the same vertical building and tenant-satisfaction mechanics as the seed game.
- #6 Another Brick in The Mall
94% 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: Shop Keeper 19.7% ★, Management 10.3%, Automation 10.3%, Colony Sim 10% ★, Capitalism 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same shop-keeper and management loop, requiring you to build and expand a retail empire from the ground up.
- #7 Blooming Business: Casino
93% matchMixed70% of 231 reviews2023
Dev: Homo Ludens
Windows
Build your casino empire in Las Venas alongside cute animals! Blooming Business: Casino is a cosy management game. Build and run your casino in a bustling world full of drama. Complete quests and manage your clientele. Keep everyone happy, from the clients, to the employees (and beware of the bear).
Why similar: Economy 17%, Management 15.9%, Building 14.5%, City Builder 13.9%, Resource Management 10%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a charming, management-heavy take on running a casino with a focus on unique character interactions.
- #8 Airport CEO
92% 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: Transportation 12.4% ★, Capitalism 11.9%, Economy 10.2%, Management 8.7%, Automation 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the complex logistics and infrastructure management required to keep a large, multi-floor facility running smoothly.
- #9 News Tower
90% matchVery Positive94% of 4,202 reviews2025
Dev: Sparrow NightPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 16.7%, Capitalism 16%, Economy 15.4%, Time Management 10.9%, Building 10%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the vertical management of a newspaper office, requiring careful planning of space and staff to succeed.
- #10 Software Inc.
91% 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: Capitalism 20.3%, Economy 18.3%, Management 13.2%, Building 11.9%, Time Management 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers deep building and business management mechanics that allow for complex floor-by-floor design and economic strategy.
- #11 SimAirport
91% 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: Economy 19.1%, Base Building 16.3%, Management 13.3%, City Builder 13%, Building 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same focus on managing passenger flow and infrastructure within a complex, growing building.
- #12 Mega Mall Story
89% matchVery Positive94% of 307 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Design a towering mega mall in this mall management simulation game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3% ★, Transportation 18.1% ★, Economy 14.4%, Management 10.2%, City Builder 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a satisfying management loop centered on building and expanding a multi-level shopping center.
- #13 Two Point Hospital
89% 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 32.6%, Building 25.3%, Simulation 18.5%, Sandbox 8.1%, City Builder 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It features highly polished management mechanics and a humorous approach to building complex facilities that must handle high traffic.
- #14 Potion Tycoon
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 712 reviews2024
Dev: Snowhound GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Potion Tycoon is a management simulator with a witchy twist! Build and develop your very own magic shop. Manage resources, set up production lines, mix potions and sell them smartly to stay ahead of the competition. Welcome to the potion business!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 24.9% ★, Capitalism 12.2%, Economy 11.6%, Management 10.6%, Building 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It blends shop-keeper mechanics with management, requiring you to build and optimize your production and sales floor.
- #15 Prison Architect
87% 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: Colony Sim 17.4% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Building 10.5%, Management 9.7%, Capitalism 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It is a masterclass in colony-sim building and management, where layout design directly impacts the efficiency of your facility.
- #16 Big Ambitions
86% 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: Economy 24%, Capitalism 22.4%, Management 20.8%, Time Management 8.5%, Simulation 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a comprehensive business management experience that emphasizes the capitalism and economic growth aspects of the seed game.
- #17 Factory Town
85% 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: Colony Sim 14.1% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Automation 11.4%, Transportation 9.5% ★, Economy 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the automation and resource management aspects that are crucial for scaling a successful business.
- #18 Highrise Mogul
86% matchMixed51% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Olli Arkko
Windows
Highrise Mogul: design, build and manage your own skyscraper. Make floor plans, place rentable rooms, hire staff, design a beautiful garden, manage your own power grid and much more!
Why similar: Capitalism 20.7%, Economy 16.9%, City Builder 14.3%, Building 13.8%, Base Building 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the city-builder and building aspects of managing a large-scale tower project.
- #19 Megaquarium
84% 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: Building 19.3%, Management 18.6%, Economy 15.1%, Sandbox 12%, Capitalism 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines building and management with a focus on guest satisfaction and the logistics of maintaining a complex, multi-exhibit facility.
- #20 Casino Island Simulator
83% matchMixed67% of 138 reviews2024
Dev: Clap Games
Windows
Run your own casino. Buy new gambling games, take payments, hire employees, expand and design your casino. Slots, blackjack, roulette, poker, baccarat, craps and more...
Why similar: Economy 36.9%, Management 24.4%, Simulation 14.3%, Building 12.9%, Immersive Sim 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a casual, simulation-focused approach to building and managing a casino on a remote island.
- #21 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: Capitalism 15.3%, Economy 13.2%, Base Building 11%, Time Management 10.6%, Building 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the time-management and logistical aspects of running a large-scale event, similar to managing a busy casino resort.
- #22 Mall Craze
82% matchMixed54% of 67 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: Capitalism 19.5%, Economy 15.5%, Building 12.6%, Management 12.2%, City Builder 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the retail management and building aspects, allowing you to design and operate a large shopping complex.
- #23 Academia : School Simulator
81% 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: Colony Sim 17.2% ★, Capitalism 14.9%, Economy 13%, Base Building 11.8%, Management 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar building and management experience, where you must design a school layout that keeps students and staff happy.
- #24 Two Point Campus
80% matchVery Positive88% of 7,816 reviews2022
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 19.6 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: Management 23.3%, Building 18.1%, City Builder 15.2%, Simulation 10%, Economy 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game expands on the management formula with creative building tools and complex logistical challenges for a large facility.
- #25 Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator
82% 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: Capitalism 14.4%, Economy 13.1%, Base Building 11.8%, Management 10.4%, Building 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a straightforward management experience focused on building and operating a recreational facility.
- #26 Rise of Industry
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,155 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Economy 17.5%, Management 13.3%, City Builder 10.2%, Base Building 9.3%, Transportation 8.4% ★
Why You'll Like It: It offers a complex economic simulation that challenges you to build and manage a supply chain across a growing map.
- #27 Planet Zoo
78% matchVery Positive91% of 93,912 reviews2019
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 21.3%, Economy 17.5%, Building 17.1%, City Builder 12.4%, Sandbox 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers deep management and building mechanics that require you to balance the needs of guests with the logistics of your facility.
- #28 Game Dev Tycoon
79% 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 44.3%, Economy 20.9%, Simulation 20%, Strategy 8%, Sandbox 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the essence of business growth and management, focusing on the strategic decisions that lead to success.
- #29 Planet Coaster
78% 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: Building 23.7%, Management 20.3%, Economy 18.5%, Simulation 12.5%, Sandbox 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides unparalleled building tools for creating a complex, guest-focused resort environment.
- #30 Captain of Industry
77% 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: Base Building 16.2%, Automation 15.8%, Economy 13.3%, Resource Management 10.9%, Colony Sim 9.5% ★
- #31 Megastore Simulator
76% 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: Shop Keeper 20.1% ★, Economy 17.4%, Capitalism 13.7%, Management 13.3%, Immersive Sim 8.7%
- #32 STARIO: Haven Tower
76% matchVery Positive94% of 337 reviews2025
Dev: Stargate Games
Windows
A vertical kingdom in the sky! Plan your ascent from the harsh Sand Zone, rising layer by layer as you and your Towertizens stand together against looming disasters. Build trade ports and vertical supply networks. Perform Rituals to shape miracles, and witness the prosperity of this rising nation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.8% ★, Economy 13.2%, City Builder 10.4%, Automation 10.4%, Building 9.5%
- #33 Casino Simulator
77% matchVery Positive82% of 809 reviews2024
Dev: Lodos Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 58.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Casino Simulator Expand Your Casino From Scratch, Hire Employees, Customize It, Gamble, Enjoy Your Own Casino
Why similar: Economy 43.9%, Simulation 31.4%, Building 22.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #34 Big Pharma
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,921 reviews2015
Dev: Twice CircledPub: Positech Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
What if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick… and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in your hands. Will you use it for good?
Why similar: Management 19.7%, Economy 16.9%, Automation 13.8%, Base Building 12.1%, Simulation 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deep economic management experience where you must balance production lines and market demands.
- #35 Mall Simulator
74% 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: Capitalism 20.2%, Economy 18.8%, Management 13.5%, Building 9.8%, Immersive Sim 8.5%
- #36 Blacksmith Master
74% matchVery Positive84% of 2,485 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18% ★, Economy 13.6%, Base Building 13%, Management 10%, City Builder 9.9%
- #37 Supermarket Simulator
72% 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 25.6%, Management 19.1%, Capitalism 14.4%, Simulation 13.9%, Building 8.7%
- #38 Casino Simulator 2024
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 126 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: Economy 23.1%, Management 15.3%, Building 14.7%, Time Management 11.1%, Immersive Sim 10.2%
- #39 TCG Card Shop Simulator
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 46,691 reviews2024
Dev: OPNeon Games
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Economy 23.7%, Management 20.1%, Shop Keeper 19% ★, Capitalism 18.8%, Simulation 12.4%
- #40 Casino Boss Simulator
73% matchMixed58% of 76 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 43.8%, Simulation 34.9%, Immersive Sim 20.3%, Singleplayer 1%
- #41 Cinema Simulator 2025
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 546 reviews2025
Dev: HOGO Games
Windows
Cinema Simulator 2025 is a simulation game where you will manage your own movie theater and test your strategy and management skills. Starting from a small movie theater, try to become a giant in the movie industry.
Why similar: Capitalism 21.5%, Economy 19.7%, Time Management 15.7%, Management 14.6%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #42 Hotel Owner Simulator
73% matchMixed67% of 168 reviews2025
Dev: Valmere Games Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Hotel Owner Simulator is a hotel management game where you start from a small hotel and grow your business by creating beautifully designed rooms, adjusting room sizes and layouts by placing each individual wall, negotiating high prices, and expanding your empire. Lets build, and manage the resort.
Why similar: Capitalism 22.4%, Economy 21.8%, Management 15.6%, Building 13.7%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #43 Factory Town Idle
71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,204 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 72.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6% ★, Automation 15.8%, Capitalism 15.2%, City Builder 13.7%, Management 12.6%
- #44 Startup Company
73% 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 30.4%, Economy 28.9%, Simulation 12.6%, Building 8.3%, Strategy 6.7%
- #45 Blockchain Tycoon
75% matchMixed48% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Wamill
Windows · Mac
Blockchain Tycoon is the cryptocurrency simulation game where you build and manage your own mining operation. Create your own coin, mine it, invest in other coins, upgrade and overclock GPUs or you can just HODL.
Why similar: Economy 18.9%, Capitalism 14.4%, Management 12.3%, Base Building 11.5%, Automation 9.7%
- #46 Inn Tycoon
70% 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: Capitalism 18.1%, Economy 16.4%, Management 14.6%, Building 12.9%, Time Management 9.6%
- #47 Car Manufacture
71% 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: Economy 19.3%, Automation 16.5%, Time Management 14%, Building 13%, Management 12.5%
- #48 Bank Simulator
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 340 reviews2025
Dev: Strong Bow Games
Windows
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 20.2%, Economy 19.6%, Building 12.7%, Time Management 12.2%, Management 11.9%
- #49 PC Building Empire
69% matchVery Positive87% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: Moose Games
Windows
Build PCs of different rarities, hire workers with buffs and debuffs, and expand your shop. Train stats in special rooms, customize floors and colors, and relax in a cozy idle indie game in Early Access that grows with feedback from the community.
Why similar: Economy 34.4%, Time Management 31.6%, Management 19.9%, Resource Management 8.1%, Simulation 5.2%
- #50 Banker Simulator
70% 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: Capitalism 20.1%, Economy 20%, Management 13.1%, Building 12.5%, Immersive Sim 10%
- #51 Toy Shop Simulator
68% matchVery Positive81% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Run your own toy store! Arrange shelves, set prices, process payments, and manage staff. Expand and design your shop, handle online orders, deliver with a scooter, trade rare toys, and ensure security. Create a magical shopping experience in Toy Shop Simulator!
Why similar: Economy 21.6%, Capitalism 20.7%, Management 14.3%, Building 10.3%, Immersive Sim 9.9%
- #52 Holiday Motel Simulator
69% matchMixed68% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Red Phoenix Interactive
Windows
Start with a crumbling motel and transform it into a guest favorite. Clean, repair, decorate, manage bookings, and expand — your hospitality empire begins here.
Why similar: Management 22.6%, Economy 22.4%, Time Management 18.8%, Building 16%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #53 Gun Factory Simulator
69% 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: Economy 19.4%, Management 14%, Automation 10.4%, Base Building 10.1%, Time Management 9.6%
- #54 Grocery Store Tycoon
67% matchVery Positive88% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Spyder Lab Gaming
Windows
Build and manage your own grocery store in first person. Run the register, stock inventory, hire employees, and expand your business from a small market into a thriving retail operation.
Why similar: Economy 38.5%, Management 26.1%, Immersive Sim 20.4%, Simulation 14.1%, Singleplayer 1%
- #55 SkyBrew: Entropic Strategist
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 556 reviews2025
Dev: ATRIC Games
Windows
Experience entrepreneurship in a floating cloud cafe. Manage your flying cafe, customize construction, train staff, handle random events, and uncover the secrets of the commercial empire, growing from a small shop to the sky's brightest star.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 28% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Building 12.3%, Management 10.6%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #56 MALL MANAGER SIMULATOR
68% matchMixed51% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: Krisztian BlahaPub: KINETIC MOBILE GAMES
Windows
Take full control as you turn a quiet, empty shopping center into a thriving hub of life and profit. Stock shelves, set your own prices, handle payments, hire and train staff, and manage everything down to the finest detail. Every decision counts — and every success is truly yours.
Why similar: Capitalism 24.2%, Economy 21.1%, City Builder 14.4%, Management 13.9%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #57 Super Movie Tycoon
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 317 reviews2025
Dev: Yuedong Game
Windows · Mac
Become a movie mogul in Super Movie Tycoon! From script to screen, build your dream team and create blockbusters to conquer Hollywood!
Why similar: Capitalism 14.4%, Economy 13.9%, Base Building 9.8%, Management 9.6%, Time Management 9.2%
- #58 Shop Simulator: Supermarket
66% 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: Economy 16.4%, Capitalism 15.6%, Automation 11.3%, Management 11.3%, Building 9.8%
- #59 Game Builder Tycoon
66% 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: Capitalism 25.5%, Economy 24.2%, Management 16.1%, Simulation 8.8%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #60 Highrise City
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,282 reviews2023
Dev: Fourexo EntertainmentPub: Deck13
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Highrise City offers a new spin on City Simulations & Tycoon games expanding the economy and resource management aspect. Experience a modern take on the genre enriched with a complex resource based economy system.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6% ★, City Builder 14%, Economy 13.3%, Building 10.1%, Immersive Sim 8.5%