
Start in 1980 in your garage and build your software empire. Unlock languages from BASIC to Python, develop projects, hire programmers and upgrade your office. Survive deadlines, bugs and demanding clients in this tycoon simulation.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Management, Economy, Strategy.

Start in 1980 in your garage and build your software empire. Unlock languages from BASIC to Python, develop projects, hire programmers and upgrade your office. Survive deadlines, bugs and demanding clients in this tycoon simulation.

Star of Games
Ever dreamed of creating a genre-defining masterpiece? Star of Games is a next-gen simulation management game centered on game dev. You'll act as an aspiring developer, starting from a humble garage startup and embarking on a glorious journey—from recreating classics to forging your own legends.

游戏梦之路 / game dream journey
Forge Your Dream Games, Build a Legendary Studio! Unearth and cultivate talented employees, leading your team through countless critical decisions as you rise from obscurity to claim the coveted Game of the Year award. This is your path to becoming a legend. Are you ready to write your own chapter?
Ever dreamed of creating a genre-defining masterpiece? Star of Games is a next-gen simulation management game centered on game dev. You'll act as an aspiring developer, starting from a humble garage startup and embarking on a glorious journey—from recreating classics to forging your own legends.
Why similar: Game Development 29.3% ★, Programming 13.9% ★, Economy 11.3%, Management 11%, Simulation 8.9%
Forge Your Dream Games, Build a Legendary Studio! Unearth and cultivate talented employees, leading your team through countless critical decisions as you rise from obscurity to claim the coveted Game of the Year award. This is your path to becoming a legend. Are you ready to write your own chapter?
Why similar: Game Development 27.9% ★, Programming 17.3% ★, Economy 11.6%, Management 11%, Crafting 10.8%
Run your own game development company, creating hit games for over 60 years worth of console releases
Why similar: Programming 33.1% ★, Time Management 21%, Management 15.9%, Simulation 11.4%, Resource Management 6.6%
In DevLife you start your career just before hitting 18. It's up to you to choose who you want to be - a graphic designer or maybe a programmer? Will it be a Website design or Mobile Applications? It is up to you to decide! And what if you chose wrong? Well... You will have to live with that!
Why similar: Programming 25.3% ★, Game Development 25.1% ★, Time Management 18.7%, Management 10.3%, Modern 8%
Start in 1984 with a small game studio. Create hit games, build consoles, grow a business empire, acquire companies, invest in stocks, own football clubs and other ventures, then enter politics, fight elections, and lead a nation. One save. One journey from developer to mogul to Prime Minister.
Why similar: Time Management 18.6%, Economy 17.4%, Game Development 13.9% ★, 1980s 12.6%, Management 10.8%
An in depth game development simulation game
Why similar: Game Development 30.3% ★, Time Management 17.8%, Economy 13.6%, 1980s 9.9%, 1990's 7.7%
Build your own videogame-studio from the early days of videogaming to the future of the industry. Develop the games of your dreams, take care of your employees and mange your business.
Why similar: Game Development 32.1% ★, Programming 24.1% ★, Economy 19.4%, Management 13.1%, Simulation 4.5%
It's time to become the Game Developer you always wanted to be. Make use of a large array of features, and player skills to create stunning 10 / 10 games. Compete with and eventually acquire other dynamic Ai Studio's. Raise the talent of your team and studio's in an effort to dominate the market.
Why similar: Game Development 28.2% ★, Economy 16.8%, Time Management 15.6%, Management 12.9%, Procedural Generation 8.8%
Fizz Flow is a strategy and management game that takes place in a setting without competition regulations. In old America, where the beverage industry is on the rise, build your own factory, make your own unique recipes, weaken your opponents and maintain your hard earned success at the market!
Why similar: Economy 23.8%, Time Management 20.2%, Management 15.8%, Resource Management 14.3%, Simulation 11.1%
Ad Agency Tycoon is an Advertising Agency simulator set in the 60's. Choose the perfect combination for your propagandas, develop your company and conquer the golden age of publicity! Your advertising will come to life and face the tough market and the most feared of all: the public.
Why similar: Time Management 25.6%, Economy 18%, Management 14.4%, 1980s 13.1%, 1990's 9%
You are an aspiring game developer in 2000. Hire personal, expand offices, design the games of your dreams and try to make money from them. Reach as high as you can. From a small company to a huge corporation.
Why similar: Game Development 38.7% ★, Economy 13%, Time Management 12.6%, Simulation 9.6%, Programming 8.5% ★
Quit your job and build an exciting startup! Survive the tech bubble, compete with rival CEOs and expand your office from bedroom programmer up to the heights of global corporate sabotage! As long as you don't get hacked... or kidnapped...
Why similar: Programming 29.3% ★, Time Management 19.4%, Economy 15.5%, Management 11.6%, Resource Management 7.9%
Mad Valley is an economic and life simulation game set in vivid pixelized aesthetics of 1980s California.
Why similar: Programming 26.7% ★, Economy 17.8%, 1980s 16.9%, Time Management 13.8%, Crafting 11.1%
Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue is a free simulation game in which you begin your journey as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing and research stuff. Create best game on the planet!
Why similar: Game Development 30.9% ★, Programming 19.5% ★, Economy 17.2%, Management 13.5%, Simulation 5.7%
Ever wanted to see the behind-the-scenes of real estate agents? Housing Market is a simplified Multiple Listing Service (MLS) sim. Become a real estate agent and make your way to the top by selling, investing, and profiting from the dynamic market.
Why similar: Economy 30.5%, Management 19.8%, Modern 12.9%, Simulation 10.3%, Minimalist 8.5%
Start as an indie dev in this clicker and improve your resources, skills and tools to create multiple titles at once, manage several studios and become a corporation that dominates the industry.
Why similar: Time Management 26.2%, Game Development 20.3% ★, Programming 15.1% ★, Economy 11%, Crafting 8.9%
In Game Tycoon 2 you find yourself in the middle of the big players. Get into the act and experience the fascination of the game development. Reach your goal and become the Game Tycoon!
Why similar: Game Development 30.6% ★, Time Management 17.7%, Economy 13.7%, Management 13.4%, 1980s 10.9%
Build your own software empire from scratch. Manage projects, recruit staff, design components, and grow from a garage startup to a tech giant. Create SaaS platforms, sell software, or fulfill contracts. Balance quality, deadlines, and innovation in this relaxing yet deep business simulation game.
Why similar: Economy 21.6%, Management 16.9%, Programming 13.8% ★, Crafting 12%, Game Development 10% ★
Manage your Game Studio, earn big bucks, impress the critics, beat rival studios and clean up at the awards!
Why similar: Management 28.9%, Economy 25.1%, Game Development 24.8% ★, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 3.5%
Start your own game development studio in 1976. Build your own offices, production facilities and server rooms. Develop the games of your dreams and produce the next next-gen console. Rise from a small garage company to a huge corporation.
Why similar: Game Development 28.6% ★, Programming 19.6% ★, Economy 18.1%, Management 15.7%, Crafting 7.4%
Run the internet your way. Build infrastructure, control traffic, stop outages, and grow a basement hosting startup into a global powerhouse.
Why similar: Time Management 27%, Economy 20%, Management 18.8%, Simulation 14.5%, Resource Management 11.7%
Hello graduates! You have a degree on computer engineering and you can’t find a job? Start now to develop a game in your rental garage. Advertise them and gather your own fan base. Earn your pocket money! Of course, you won’t live in this garbage dump till the end!
Why similar: Game Development 33.8% ★, Management 15.6%, Crafting 13.5%, Economy 9.7%, Resource Management 9.2%
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: Game Development 26.6% ★, Programming 24.2% ★, Economy 15.8%, Management 12.3%, Procedural Generation 6%
Step back to the era of dial-up and WinGoals SP. As a black-hat developer, manage the delicate balance of detection probability versus payout potential. Will you build a silent botnet for profit or a worm designed to destroy? Avoid the feds and conquer the web in this nostalgic management sim.
Why similar: Programming 25.1% ★, Time Management 20%, Economy 15.1%, Crafting 13.2%, Management 10.8%
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: Time Management 33.3%, Economy 22.1%, Crafting 18.2%, Management 13.8%, Resource Management 4.8%
Run your own cozy patisserie and grow your fortune! Serve coffee, fresh pastries, and orange juice to customers, unlock new recipes, and decorate your patisserie to make it more charming and profitable.
Why similar: Time Management 33.2%, Economy 18.6%, Crafting 17.5%, Management 16.1%, Simulation 7.6%
In GamersGoMakers, you found a little company creating the first video games in history. Create your first game with only basic sound and simple graphics available in the year 1980. You´re one of the pioneers entering the rising global market for computer games.
Why similar: Game Development 36.5% ★, Management 22.9%, Simulation 16.9%, Economy 9.2%, Strategy 8.5%
In MiniTransport, players need to think about how to use wiring to build a complete industrial chain to achieve the goal of producing the final product.
Why similar: Programming 28.3% ★, Economy 21.3%, Management 16.6%, Simulation 10.3%, Minimalist 7.3%
Start as a small content creator and build your own YouTube empire. Upgrade your PC, produce videos, earn money and grow your channel into a massive content factory.
Why similar: Time Management 23.2%, Economy 21.1%, Management 14.8%, Resource Management 8.8%, Simulation 8.2%
Why did the beloved game shops of our childhood fade away? Live through 25 years of gaming history (1985–2010) as a shop owner in this management sim.
Why similar: Game Development 29.9% ★, 1980s 19.1%, 1990's 14.3%, Economy 14%, Simulation 10.5%
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: Game Development 24.7% ★, Programming 20.8% ★, Economy 16.5%, Time Management 15.2%, Management 13%
Where Hollywood Meets High Stakes: Box Office Boss is a thrilling and sometimes gut-wrenching roguelike game where you navigate the chaotic risks of making movies. Make smart bets on talent, roll with the randomness of production, and cross your fingers as you strive to become a true movie tycoon!
Why similar: Time Management 38.8%, Management 20.1%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 9.3%, Minimalist 6.4%
Dive into the world of machine learning! Node Factory is a node-based automation incremental game where you harvest resources and train neural networks. Manage your economy, optimize your grid, and automate your way to a multi-Centillion dollar tech empire.
Why similar: Programming 24.3% ★, Time Management 16.8%, Economy 15.4%, Management 13.5%, Incremental 7%
Try yourself as a PC builder and build your dream PC from 200+ real components!Complete different PC building and PC repair orders to upgrade your business: build a PC from zero, install popular OS', upgrade computers, install different programs and games, fix PC parts, and much more.
Why similar: Programming 25.4% ★, Game Development 19.3% ★, Economy 14.1%, Management 11%, Crafting 10.9%
Manage your computer company and develop your PC components, create your own laptop, monitor, develop an interactive operating system or build your PC. Research new technologies, improve your office and your factory, hire the best employees, buy other companies and build your computer empire!
Why similar: Game Development 25.7% ★, Time Management 24.8%, Economy 21%, Management 11.9%, Modern 4.4%
Yerba Mate Tycoon is a unique management game. You are taking care of a yerba mate production shop/company, create, customize various yerba mates, unlock new upgrades, and grow your company. Don't know what yerba mate is? Let's say it's a coffee alternative in South American countries.
Why similar: Time Management 25.7%, Economy 18.3%, Management 16.4%, Simulation 7.8%, Minimalist 7.6%
Economic strategy about microbrewery management. Your craft beer should become famous all over the world!
Why similar: Time Management 35.6%, Economy 15.8%, Management 13.7%, Minimalist 12.3%, Strategy 12.2%
Manage the most unpredictable resource - people - in this WASD tycoon! Plan projects, hire a dream team, assign tasks to specialists, and monitor the budget while upgrading your office. Balance between team burnout, complex contracts, and the wrath of upper management.
Why similar: Time Management 25.8%, Economy 24.5%, Management 21.5%, Resource Management 12.7%, Simulation 9.3%
Economic strategy about managing your own brewery and pubs. Brew and sell beer. Ruin your competitors. Become a monopolist in the beer market of the city!
Why similar: Time Management 23.4%, Economy 22.1%, Management 16.9%, Simulation 8.8%, Minimalist 8.4%
In Mad Television Tycoon, you take control of a TV station. Accept the challenge and lead your network to success. Your task is to create a diverse schedule, maximize advertising revenue, and outshine the competition.
Why similar: Time Management 19.9%, Economy 18.7%, Management 13.4%, 1980s 13.2%, 1990's 10.9%
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 21.2%, Time Management 20.4%, Economy 17.9%, Crafting 11.4%, Resource Management 9.2%
Build your fake tech empire on lies, buzzwords, and vaporware! Scam investors, deceive customers, and become Silicon Valley’s most infamous fraudster. Forget real innovation HYPE is everything!
Why similar: Time Management 33%, Economy 18.3%, Simulation 16.3%, Crafting 13.4%, Management 12.4%
you are a game developer who writes game code according to the tasks assigned by the company. You need to drag and drop nodes and connect them to build a complete behavioral logic!
Why similar: Programming 42.6% ★, Game Development 33.6% ★, Crafting 8%, Simulation 7.7%, Strategy 4.4%
Live the dream of an ambitious developer in App Empire Tycoon! Start small, crafting simple apps and tackling tricky clients. Grow your skills, attract investors, and expand your portfolio as you chase greatness. Can you build the ultimate tech empire and make history?
Why similar: Game Development 31.5% ★, Economy 21.9%, Simulation 13.7%, Management 12.5%, Incremental 8.4%
This Game is Basically a Market Management Simulator. Make Your Store Get The Best Profit With Various Upgrades and Unlocks. Including Basic Clicking stuff, Managing Your Own Market , Upgrading and A game with the theme of reaching to going to next level.
Why similar: Time Management 23.2%, Economy 22.1%, Management 17%, Simulation 8.5%, Resource Management 8.4%
Build and manage your own corporate tower in this relaxing take on the tower management building genre. Satisfy the needs of corporate tenants and keep them happy by adding services and utilities while balancing finances. Build and manage your tower the way you want to.
Why similar: Time Management 21.7%, Management 16.4%, Economy 14%, Modern 10.2%, Resource Management 9.2%
Join Pegglo, the hedgehog hero, in this Peggle-like game with a roguelike twist! Tackle a series of unique levels, master critical hits, and choose powerful upgrades. Every game is a new adventure!
Why similar: Time Management 21.8%, Game Development 21.2% ★, Programming 17.6% ★, Economy 9.1%, Management 8.2%
🍜 Pocket Chef: Asia is a fast-paced kitchen management game. ⏱️ Cook Asian dishes, manage orders, upgrade your restaurant, and keep customers happy.
Why similar: Time Management 33.9%, Economy 23%, Management 15.7%, Procedural Generation 7.5%, Strategy 6.9%
Own it. Run it. Rule it. Build one quiet café into the biggest, brightest, loudest retro arcade empire in the city. Stock the cabinets, hire your crew, work the floor — and watch the cash roll in. Insert coin. Press Start. Be the legend!
Why similar: Time Management 20.8%, Management 20.7%, 1980s 15.3%, Simulation 14.6%, 1990's 11.3%
Step into "Devices Company Tycoon Inc"! Lead your tech company to greatness by creating innovative devices like smartphones, laptops, and more. Customize every detail, hire top talent, and expand globally. Host product launches, study market trends, and outshine competitors. Enjoy the game!
Why similar: Programming 25.4% ★, Simulation 15.2%, Economy 14.7%, Management 11.8%, Strategy 11.3%
A basic first-person warehouse simulator where you sort orders, pack parcels, and load the truck to get the orders out. Drinking coffee for an energy boost, but don't drink too much. You are merely an overworked employee who is working to one day buy the warehouse from your boss.
Why similar: Time Management 38.4%, Economy 25.4%, Management 17.2%, Simulation 9.6%, Resource Management 6.3%
From a single tree to an entire industry! Manage and automate your lumber business in this relaxing, yet challenging Sawmill Simulator. Start small, grow rich, dominate the market.
Why similar: Time Management 24.5%, Economy 18.5%, Management 15.9%, Crafting 14.7%, Resource Management 10.3%
Set up your own office. Expand your office as you wish. Transform from a small office to a large company.Don't forget to make your employees happy too.
Why similar: Game Development 35.8% ★, Economy 21.5%, Management 16.9%, Crafting 15.3%, Simulation 6.9%
Lead a monster-run industry ! Recruit, upgrade machines, transform ores, and unlock tech. Get rich by mastering strategy and expanding your industrial empire. Ready to conquer the market ?
Why similar: Time Management 17.2%, Economy 17%, Crafting 16.5%, Management 13.2%, Modern 11.7%
Start as a scrap collector and build your way up to a massive workshop in Scrapworks Simulator. Explore factories, ruins, and abandoned zones to find hidden parts. Use what you collect to craft unique items and grow your own production empire.
Why similar: Economy 26.6%, Crafting 21.2%, Simulation 16.3%, Time Management 13.5%, Management 13%
"Create the games you want, at the time you want, and live doing only what you love." In this realistic life simulation game, an independent game developer dreams of such a life, struggling with money and time while paying taxes until death. Whether this life is happy or truly lonely, you decide.
Why similar: Game Development 31.1% ★, Time Management 23.9%, Programming 18.1% ★, Resource Management 8.2%, Management 7.4%
This is the super Collector's edition of our New game Roads of Rome: New Generation 3. Collector's edition gives you 6 additional levels, Desktop wallpapers, 2 music tracks, Cache maps for all levels.
Why similar: Time Management 36.9%, Management 18.5%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 11%, Crafting 9.8%
Games Tycoon is the ultimate simulation where you build your very own game development empire and dominate the tech industry
Why similar: Time Management 20.2%, Game Development 20% ★, Programming 14.2% ★, Economy 12.5%, Management 7.6%
Join us in celebrating twenty five years of GameMaker with GameMaker 25th Anniversary! A fun look at the process behind creating the world's greatest 2D Game Engine! Manage your development house, keep your employees happy, and squash bugs as they come up!
Why similar: Game Development 39.9% ★, Time Management 21.8%, Management 15.1%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 5.6%
Fire up the forge and craft your finest weapons in Jacksmith: Weapons and Warriors, a reforged adventure! Equip the local warriors with custom swords, bows, shields and more in your hands-on blacksmith shop. Follow the soldiers into battle as you push onward toward the evil wizard Dudley!
Why similar: Time Management 34.6%, Crafting 29.3%, Management 13.3%, Strategy 6.9%, Simulation 6.8%