- #1 Empire of Sin
97% matchMixed48% of 6,213 reviews2020
Dev: Romero GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Empire of Sin is a new strategy game brought to you by Romero Games and Paradox Interactive that puts you at the heart of the ruthless criminal underworld of 1920s Prohibition-era Chicago.
Why similar: Crime 38.4%, Management 15.7%, Turn-Based 12.2%, Noir 8.4%, Strategy 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the Prohibition-era setting and combines turn-based tactical combat with criminal empire management.
- #2 Omerta - City of Gangsters
96% matchMixed67% of 2,385 reviews2013
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Omerta - City of Gangsters is a simulation game with tactical turn-based combat. Taking the role of a fresh-from-the-boat immigrant, with dreams of the big life, the player will work his way up the criminal hierarchy of 1920’s Atlantic City.
Why similar: Crime 53.8%, Management 15%, Strategy 10%, Turn-Based 7.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title is a direct thematic predecessor that focuses on building a criminal organization through turn-based strategy and management.
- #3 Cartel Tycoon
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,719 reviews2022
Dev: Moon MoosePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.
Why similar: Resource Management 28.3%, Economy 20.8%, Management 20.4%, Sandbox 9.9%, Strategy 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the logistics and supply chain challenges of running an illicit business in a high-stakes, atmospheric environment.
- #4 Definitely Not Fried Chicken
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,463 reviews2023
Dev: Dope GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a business management sim with a Twist! Grow your drugs trade through legitimate fronts by managing both sides of the business. Acquire new "businesses", meet new clientele, Develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money and leave a city in ruin!
Why similar: Crime 31.4%, Resource Management 15.2%, Management 14%, Economy 13.9%, Capitalism 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a humorous but deep take on managing front businesses to hide illicit criminal activities.
- #5 Big Ambitions
94% 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 28.6%, Economy 24.9%, Capitalism 14.1%, Resource Management 13%, Sandbox 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This provides a massive, deep economic simulation where you manage multiple businesses and navigate the complexities of a city economy.
- #6 Basement
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,215 reviews2019
Dev: Halfbus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Basement is a strategy game, where you start doing illegal business to fund the development of your dream video game. It won't be easy, so get ready to deal with other gangs, cops, crazy junkies, mysterious investor and even ghosts from the past.
Why similar: Crime 38.7%, Resource Management 18.2%, Management 16.9%, Strategy 8.1%, Sandbox 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the underground management of illegal operations, mirroring the core gameplay loop of starting small and scaling up.
- #7 Plutocracy
93% matchVery Positive80% of 1,348 reviews2019
Dev: Redwood
Windows · Mac · Linux
The business simulator Plutocracy gives you the chance to become wealthy and powerful to take control over the world. Where policy, laws, officials and people are only the chess pieces how do you play your game?
Why similar: Crime 17.7%, Grand Strategy 12% ★, Politics 10.1% ★, Economy 9.8%, Management 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, complex grand-strategy experience focused on economic power, influence, and corporate management.
- #8 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
91% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, Economy 16.4%, Management 15.1%, Resource Management 14.4%, Historical 14.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides the most complex logistics and supply chain management experience available, perfect for fans of the production chains in City of Gangsters.
- #9 Company of Crime
92% matchMixed47% of 215 reviews2020
Dev: Resistance GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Company of Crime places you in the heart of 1960s London. Will you build an influential criminal empire, or head up an elite Scotland Yard task force and crack down on the rising tide of corruption? Case out targets, then dive into the melee with your hand-picked team of gangsters or detectives.
Why similar: Crime 38.6%, Turn-Based 21.6%, Management 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Strategy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the turn-based tactical side of criminal expansion in 1960s London, emphasizing territory control.
- #10 News Tower
89% 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 21.1%, Resource Management 17.1%, Economy 14.7%, Historical 9.6%, Capitalism 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on managing a business and navigating the social and economic landscape of a city, similar to the management style of the seed game.
- #11 Evil Bank Manager
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,759 reviews2018
Dev: Hamsters Gaming
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
What could be better than having a million dollars, a billion? This will not make you all powerful in the world, your goal will not only be to make lots of money, but to print money and become a Federal reserve system
Why similar: Economy 20.5%, Management 16.9%, Grand Strategy 14.6% ★, Turn-Based 12.3%, Strategy 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It allows you to manipulate global economies and manage financial resources, echoing the strategic economic focus of the seed game.
- #12 Rise of Industry
90% 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: Management 24.6%, Economy 24.4%, Resource Management 22.2%, Strategy 11.1%, Capitalism 7%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the production and distribution chains that form the backbone of a successful management tycoon.
- #13 Constructor
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 762 reviews2017
Dev: System 3
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You can’t rise to the top without taking a few others down. If that means engaging in a workplace accidents, dodgy deals, and a shifty trick or two then so be it! You're going to need every trick in the book if you want to go from small-time slumlord to property tycoon!
Why similar: Strategy 69.2%, Simulation 30.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic management game where you build a city while dealing with rival gangs and criminal sabotage.
- #14 This Is the Police 2
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,468 reviews2018
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.
Why similar: Crime 30%, Turn-Based 25%, Management 18.6%, Strategy 16%, Noir 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: While from the perspective of law enforcement, it shares the turn-based strategy and management elements within a crime-ridden city.
- #15 Coffee Noir - Business Detective Game
87% matchMostly Positive70% of 87 reviews2021
Dev: DOJI
Windows · Mac · Linux
A unique combination of a business management game and detective novel with elegant graphics in a noir comic-book art style. Experience an advanced business management simulation along with intriguing story set in alternative future of Neo-London.
Why similar: Management 23.3%, Economy 20.1%, Resource Management 19.9%, Strategy 14.8%, Sandbox 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It blends business management with a noir-inspired narrative, capturing the historical atmosphere of the seed game.
- #16 Potion Tycoon
86% 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: Management 22.2%, Resource Management 18.8%, Economy 18.4%, Capitalism 11.7%, Sandbox 10%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a solid management experience focused on production, research, and market distribution.
- #17 Offworld Trading Company
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,669 reviews2016
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mars has been colonized, and Earth's corporate titans fight to dominate this new market. Competition is fierce in this fast-paced economic RTS from Civilization IV Lead Designer, Soren Johnson.
Why similar: Resource Management 29.9%, Economy 27.1%, Management 22.3%, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes cutthroat market manipulation and economic warfare, which is essential to the City of Gangsters experience.
- #18 Mad Games Tycoon
85% matchVery Positive91% of 4,414 reviews2016
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!
Why similar: Management 26.8%, Economy 19.6%, Resource Management 18%, Capitalism 10.6%, Strategy 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic management tycoon that focuses on scaling a business from a small operation to a massive empire.
- #19 Software Inc.
84% 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: Economy 27.9%, Management 26.7%, Capitalism 18.8%, Sandbox 12%, Strategy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This offers deep, granular management of business operations and logistics that will appeal to fans of complex tycoon games.
- #20 GearCity
83% matchVery Positive90% of 1,472 reviews2022
Dev: Visual Entertainment And Technologies
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Do you find tycoon games too simplistic? GearCity is a complex and in-depth business simulator. It focuses on a realistic economic simulation of the global automobile industry. The game takes several hours to grasp and hundreds of hours to master. Can you succeed where many other CEOs have failed?
Why similar: Management 27.3%, Economy 23.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based 11%, Capitalism 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This offers a deep, complex economic simulation focused on the automotive industry, perfect for fans of granular management.
- #21 Production Line : Car factory simulation
84% matchVery Positive82% of 3,465 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
Why similar: Management 29.5%, Economy 22.8%, Resource Management 22.3%, Strategy 9.8%, Sandbox 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is entirely focused on the efficiency of production lines, which is a core component of the seed game's gameplay.
- #22 Drug Lord Tycoon
81% matchVery Positive83% of 1,617 reviews2024
Dev: Duhndal
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start from nothing and rise to the top as you expand your criminal empire in Drug Lord Tycoon.
Why similar: Crime 46.3%, Economy 17.5%, Management 16.4%, Strategy 7.8%, Sandbox 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the criminal management aspect, requiring players to handle production, distribution, and territory control.
- #23 Prison Architect
82% matchVery Positive89% of 73,112 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Why similar: Management 22.1%, Resource Management 17.3%, Economy 15.4%, Sandbox 12.5%, Strategy 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: It manages the complex logistics of a facility while dealing with the criminal element, offering a similar management feel.
- #24 Computer Tycoon
82% matchVery Positive85% of 996 reviews2017
Dev: Progorion
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Computer Tycoon is a fairly 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: Grand Strategy 17.4% ★, Economy 15.4%, Resource Management 14.8%, Management 13.3%, Historical 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a grand-strategy approach to managing a tech company, focusing on long-term economic planning.
- #25 Anno 1800
81% matchVery Positive81% of 30,897 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
Why similar: Economy 27.3%, Resource Management 19.9%, Strategy 16.4%, Management 8.5%, Historical 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features highly satisfying supply chain and logistics management within a historical setting.
- #26 Tropico 6
80% matchVery Positive88% of 28,783 reviews2019
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
Why similar: Economy 26.8%, Management 23.2%, Politics 16.7% ★, Strategy 16.3%, Sandbox 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It balances city-building with political and economic management, often requiring players to engage in shady dealings to succeed.
- #27 Good Company
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,764 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Resource Management 26.5%, Economy 24.1%, Management 21.9%, Sandbox 11.3%, Strategy 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the design and management of production chains, which is a key strategic element in City of Gangsters.
- #28 The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire
78% matchVery Positive84% of 258 reviews2025
Dev: BEF GAMESPub: Tripwire Presents
Windows
Run your nightclub. Lead your gang. Rule the city. In The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire, you’ll balance a glamorous nightlife business with brutal street power. Manage VIPs, fight rival mafias, and outsmart the corrupt police in a city where every decision matters.
Why similar: Crime 41.5%, Management 18.3%, Resource Management 18.3%, Economy 16.7%, Simulation 4.3%
- #29 Two Point Hospital
78% 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 58.8%, Simulation 16%, Sandbox 12.3%, Strategy 11.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: While lighter in tone, it provides excellent management and layout-based logistics gameplay.
- #30 Project Highrise
79% 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 46.1%, Strategy 17.9%, Economy 15%, Simulation 10.6%, Sandbox 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management and logistics of building and maintaining a complex structure, requiring careful resource allocation.
- #31 Speakeasy Simulator
76% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Arcana GamesPub: Bluelily Games
Windows
Manage your own speakeasy hidden from prying eyes during Prohibition. Experiment with recipes, perfect the quality of your spirits, and transform your bar into an elegant, unique venue. Combine craftsmanship, optimization, and decoration to offer your guests an unforgettable experience.
Why similar: Crime 30.9%, Economy 13.2%, Management 12.1%, Resource Management 10.6%, Historical 10.3%
- #32 PUSHER - Drug Tycoon
77% matchVery Positive85% of 120 reviews2023
Dev: P4 GAMES
Windows
Thrilling business tycoon sim where you step into the shoes of a drug dealer in 1980s USA. Your main goal is simple: BUY LOW and SELL HIGH. Get ready for a experience where you'll combine strategy, risk-taking, and decision-making to build your criminal empire.
Why similar: Crime 36.6%, Economy 17.1%, Management 12%, Resource Management 10.3%, Capitalism 9.5%
- #33 Cocaine Dealer
77% matchVery Positive82% of 115 reviews2021
Dev: Stone/Spark Games
Windows
A clicker/management drug dealing simulator. Get your product cut and wrapped quickly and out on the streets. Build your crew, expand your operation, and climb the supply chain. Stay ahead of the cops, keep your crew in line, or pay the price.
Why similar: Crime 34.5%, Resource Management 15.1%, Management 14.6%, Economy 8.6%, Strategy 7.3%
- #34 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
75% matchVery Positive92% of 1,775 reviews2021
Dev: Binogure Studio 🐺
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Economy 29.9%, Management 27.7%, Capitalism 20.2%, Strategy 12.4%, Simulation 6.3%
- #35 Battle Royale Tycoon
76% matchMixed69% of 513 reviews2019
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design and build arenas for your guests to fight in, keep them happy, your workers paid and make a profit!
Why similar: Management 26.6%, Resource Management 21%, Economy 19.8%, Strategy 14.1%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #36 Power to the People
73% matchVery Positive82% of 543 reviews2022
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?
Why similar: Resource Management 24.9%, Economy 24%, Management 23.2%, Procedural Generation 14.6%, Strategy 8.2%
- #37 Urbek City Builder
72% matchVery Positive90% of 1,808 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.
Why similar: Resource Management 22.2%, Management 20.5%, Economy 19.9%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #38 Moonshine Inc.
73% matchMixed65% of 205 reviews2022
Dev: Klabater
Windows
We love moonshin’. Now, you get to play a story-rich management game focused on crafting moonshine, brandy, whisky, and vodka. You’ll ferment, distill, then name your booze how you want it. You’ll run that business big. Smart, yet discreetly. Cause ain’t nothin’ illegal... ‘til you get caught!
Why similar: Crime 38.4%, Economy 19.3%, Management 18.3%, Sandbox 10.7%, Strategy 8.7%
- #39 Drug Dealer Simulator
71% 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: Crime 53.8%, Resource Management 15.5%, Management 10.7%, Simulation 8.6%, Sandbox 3.8%
- #40 Automobile Tycoon
75% matchMixed60% of 63 reviews2018
Dev: Silver Lemur Games
Windows
Car manufacturing company simulator. Turn-based, fast paced, covers 100 years of automotive history.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.3%, Economy 17%, Management 13.6%, Resource Management 12.5%, Capitalism 12%
- #41 Norland
70% matchVery Positive82% of 9,662 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Resource Management 17.6%, Economy 15.9%, Management 14.7%, Historical 13.8%
- #42 CoffeeBiz Tycoon
74% matchMixed64% of 66 reviews2018
Dev: The Sociopath Software
Windows
CoffeeBiz tycoon is a mix of entrepreneurship fun and complicated business simulation. Start your first coffee kiosk, brew, expand, hire, deal with competitors, build a well-known brand, risk, and do everything else needed to build prosperous and profitable business.
Why similar: Management 28%, Economy 20.5%, Strategy 15%, Resource Management 13.2%, Simulation 8.3%
- #43 Heart of the Machine
67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,838 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Resource Management 17.5%, Economy 15.8%, Management 14.6%, Historical 13.9%
- #44 Vigilantes
72% matchVery Positive81% of 301 reviews2018
Dev: Timeslip Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Vigilantes is a combat focused, turn-based tactical RPG set in the crime riddled city of Reiker. The game offers hardcore squad-level combat in a gritty neo-noir setting, intel gathering through surveillance and interrogation, a detailed character system, base facilities, crafting, and more.
Why similar: Crime 43.8%, Turn-Based 21.7%, Noir 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Strategy 9.5%
- #45 Raiders! Forsaken Earth
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 291 reviews2020
Dev: Creative Storm EntertainmentPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Raiders! Forsaken Earth is a strategy/management game where you play as the leader of a merciless band of post-apocalyptic marauders. Build up your organization while extorting, kidnapping, and destroying the last remnants of civilization. The wasteland doesn't need another hero...
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Management 17.1%, Economy 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Procedural Generation 11.5%
- #46 Oil Enterprise
74% matchMixed48% of 194 reviews2016
Dev: Crafty StudiosPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In Oil Enterprise, you enter the multi-million dollar business of black gold as a shrewd businessman. Accept the challenge and grow from a small-scale en-trepreneur, investing in your first oilfield, to a global oil magnate.
Why similar: Management 34.2%, Economy 33.6%, Strategy 21.9%, Simulation 10.3%
- #47 SimCasino
71% 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: Economy 20.3%, Management 19.2%, Capitalism 15%, Resource Management 13.2%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #48 Republic of Pirates
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 476 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.
Why similar: Resource Management 29.6%, Management 22.6%, Economy 14.4%, Historical 14.3%, Strategy 12.9%
- #49 Police Tactics: Imperio
73% matchMixed62% of 423 reviews2016
Dev: CyberphobX Ltd.Pub: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In POLICE TACTICS: IMPERIO you start your career as an aspiring police chief in Newport Falls, a city that is dirty and corrupt to its core. You are responsible for upholding law and order. Coordinate the emergency vehicles and personnel of the municipal precinct and put a stop to crime.
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Simulation 30.9%
- #50 KAISERPUNK
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 792 reviews2025
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build a city to rule the world in Kaiserpunk, a grand city builder blending production-focused city building with world conquest in an alternate 20th century world. Manage your city, grow industries, build a military, and defeat rivals to become the greatest empire.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Resource Management 16.8%, Economy 14.3%, Historical 13.8%, Management 13.7%
- #51 Whiskerwood
65% matchVery Positive93% of 2,769 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, Resource Management 17.3%, Economy 15.8%, Management 14.9%, Historical 13.8%
- #52 WeedEx: Drug Express Delivery
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
Start as a street dealer and rise to criminal power — produce and distribute various illegal substances across the dark streets of Hyland Point. Expand your empire by purchasing property, growing your business, acquiring new cars, and building a powerful underground network.
Why similar: Crime 52.4%, Management 18.6%, Resource Management 6.4%, Capitalism 5.2%, Sandbox 4.9%
- #53 Railway Empire 2
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,521 reviews2023
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.
Why similar: Resource Management 18.5%, Economy 17.3%, Management 17%, Historical 12.9%, America 11.8% ★
- #54 Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management
70% matchMixed61% of 179 reviews2021
Dev: Abylight StudiosPub: Ziggurat
Windows
Build an intricate prison, hire the best staff, and pamper your prisoners to create the perfect rehabilitation facility in Prison Tycoon: Under New Management
Why similar: Resource Management 28%, Management 24.3%, Economy 12%, Strategy 9.7%, Inventory Management 9%
- #55 Business Heroes: Street Grub
67% matchVery Positive92% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Visionaries
Windows · Mac
Start broke on a burger bike. Build your fortune by selling... well... just burgers. Outsmart rivals, ride economic booms, feel in control and powerful as your strategies begin to show results. A tycoon/management game about starting small, getting better, and making it big.
Why similar: Economy 17.9%, Management 15.9%, Resource Management 14%, Capitalism 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%
- #56 Marble Age: Remastered
69% matchVery Positive86% of 388 reviews2020
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Marble Age is a turn-based historical strategy where your task is to turn a small Ancient Greek village into a flourishing Polis, powerful enough to conquer the known world!
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.2%, Management 14.3%, Historical 14.1%, Resource Management 13.4%, Economy 13.3%
- #57 Coffee Shop Tycoon
66% matchVery Positive85% of 596 reviews2022
Dev: Riff Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Manage your own coffee shop and control every detail to make it the most popular one in town! Roast your own beans and create your recipes. Hire and train your staff, manage your economy and marketing, and destroy your competition to become the ultimate legal coffee monopoly in Coffee Shop Tycoon.
Why similar: Management 31.7%, Economy 24.2%, Resource Management 17.6%, Strategy 13.1%, Simulation 7.6%
- #58 Blueprint Tycoon
68% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Management 33.3%, Resource Management 24.5%, Economy 18%, Strategy 8.6%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #59 Industries of Titan
67% matchMixed63% of 1,604 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!
Why similar: Resource Management 63.2%, Strategy 23.6%, Simulation 11.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #60 Blockchain Tycoon
69% 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: Resource Management 22.4%, Economy 21.6%, Management 18.6%, Capitalism 10%, Inventory Management 8.4%