- #1 Cruise Ship Manager
97% matchMixed41% of 128 reviews2023
Dev: Image Power S.A.
Windows
Take the challenge of managing a cruise ship! Maintain your vessel, plan your route, and sell tickets to the wealthiest passengers. Give tasks to your crew and keep their morale high. Choose the ship's layout and the offered amenities. Keep the prices right, passengers happy, and your wallet full!
Why similar: Naval 21.9% ★, Economy 7.8%, Capitalism 7.2%, 2.5D 6.7%, Management 6.5%
- #2 The Borderless
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: New Eden Games
Windows
Escape the chaos of daily life and build your own floating paradise. In The Borderless, construct, manage, and expand a serene ocean platform into a thriving resort where visitors relax, party, and fuel your dreams with their wallets.
Why similar: Economy 15.2%, Naval 15.2% ★, Management 13%, Resource Management 10.7%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #3 United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up
96% matchVery Positive89% of 629 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
This free version of the United Penguin Kingdom covers the content from one year of in-game time. 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.
Why similar: Economy 13.6%, Survival 13.5%, Management 13.1%, Resource Management 12.3%, City Builder 12.1%
- #4 TransOcean: The Shipping Company
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,313 reviews2014
Dev: Deck13 HamburgPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
TransOcean – The Shipping Company is your ticket to the world of gigantic ships and transnational transport empires. Build a mighty fleet of modern merchant ships and conquer the seven seas.
Why similar: Naval 32% ★, Economy 25.1%, Management 21%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 8%
- #5 United Penguin Kingdom
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 427 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Economy 17.1%, Management 14.4%, Survival 13.1%, City Builder 12%, Resource Management 12%
- #6 Super Company
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Dawn Studio
Windows
You will act as an entrepreneur in the 1990s, producing all kinds of goods that citizens need; Providing residential and educational services for citizens; Carry out international trade and upgrade industries. You should choose the right development strategy to grow the company.
Why similar: Economy 20.2%, Capitalism 16.5%, Sandbox 13.3%, Management 12.5%, City Builder 12.2%
- #7 Tokeis
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toe Key
Windows
Tokeis is a board-like real-time city builder about growing your town from a tiny tile to a hexagonal empire. Collect tokens, manage resources, reorganize inefficiencies, and fortify your economy. Handle the harsh weather and defend against raiders trying to steal your riches!
Why similar: Economy 17.2%, Management 12.9%, Sandbox 11.3%, Survival 11.1%, City Builder 10.4%
- #8 Hotel Magnate
91% matchMixed60% of 481 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: Economy 15.5%, Management 14.5%, Sandbox 12.6%, Capitalism 12.1%, Resource Management 11.4%
- #9 Stonedeep
92% matchMixed46% of 104 reviews2021
Dev: Direfang
Windows
Stonedeep is an 2.5D underground city builder. Dwarfs gather resources, build and fend off monsters. Colonies can specialize in culture, production, military and trading. At start, dwarfs need drinks and rest. With a higher civilization level, they will increase their needs.
Why similar: 2.5D 14.6%, Survival 10.9%, Colony Sim 10.5% ★, Resource Management 10.4%, Management 10.2%
- #10 Gnome Glen
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Enchanted Pumpkin Co.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gnome Glen is a relaxing survival colony sim / city builder that blends cozy charm with satisfying depth. Gather resources, build homes, farm crops, research techs and watch your gnome village come to life.
Why similar: Economy 14%, Colony Sim 10.8% ★, Sandbox 10.4%, Resource Management 10.3%, City Builder 9.6%
- #11 Blacksmith Master
90% 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: Economy 13.9%, Management 11.5%, Sandbox 10.5%, Resource Management 9.9%, Colony Sim 9.8% ★
- #12 Oxygen: First Breath
88% matchVery Positive89% of 1,643 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Economy 13.9%, Survival 12%, City Builder 11.3%, Resource Management 11.3%, Colony Sim 10.6% ★
- #13 Seeds of Resilience
89% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.
Why similar: Economy 14.8%, Management 11.7%, Sandbox 11.4%, Survival 11.1%, Colony Sim 11% ★
- #14 Pixel Colony
87% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Toilet Games
Windows · Linux
Build and manage your own colony. Citizens are primary resource. Make them happy by producing a variety of resources. Protect your settlement and colonists from hostile environment and make a great city!
Why similar: Management 14.2%, City Builder 13.3%, Colony Sim 13% ★, Resource Management 11.4%, Survival 11.1%
- #15 Oxygen
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 865 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Economy 12.4%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 11.3%, Resource Management 10.9%, City Builder 10.6%
- #16 Kapital: Sparks of Revolution
86% matchMixed61% of 239 reviews2022
Dev: Lapovich TeamPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sandbox economic simulation game about class struggle. European country is in a deep crisis. You are the mayor of the capital. Social unrest is inevitable. What price will you pay to save your people from anarchy?
Why similar: Capitalism 18.7%, Economy 17.9%, Management 11.9%, City Builder 11.4%, Survival 11.2%
- #17 Exoplanet Outpost
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aartform Games
Windows
Establish a base on a distant planet. In this immersive sci-fi colony building sim, you'll balance economic growth, tourism, and defense against hostile alien forces. Your decisions shape the fate of your settlement and its inhabitants. Are you ready to thrive on the frontier of space?
Why similar: Capitalism 13.5%, 2.5D 12.4%, Economy 12.3%, Sandbox 10.4%, Colony Sim 9.6% ★
- #18 Aircraft Carrier Survival
84% matchMixed60% of 1,187 reviews2022
Dev: Gambit Games StudioPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy game set in the Pacific Theater of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.
Why similar: Naval 31% ★, Economy 12.9%, Management 9.8%, Survival 9.5%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #19 Ranchbound
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Eldersong Games
Windows
Grow your ranch, raise cattle, lead cowboys, and trade with settlers in a new real-time economic strategy with survival challenges.
Why similar: Economy 14.8%, Management 12.3%, Capitalism 10.8%, City Builder 9.2%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #20 Exile
83% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: JD7 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A survival city-builder unlike any other—shaped by rolling hills, guide generations, and grow without limits. No cap on scale, no slowdown, just strategy and survival at your pace.
Why similar: Economy 15%, Management 12.7%, Survival 12%, Colony Sim 11.8% ★, City Builder 11.5%
- #21 Humanica
81% matchVery Positive95% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: PanfachDev
Windows
Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!
Why similar: Management 13%, Survival 11.7%, City Builder 10.8%, Resource Management 9.6%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #22 Office Management 101
82% matchMixed65% of 96 reviews2022
Dev: tulevik.EU
Windows · Linux
Office Management 101 is a satirical office life simulation tycoon game set in a fictional capitalistic dystopia. Step over competitors, drive your staff to the limit and milk your customers for every penny in the pursuit of spiraling success!
Why similar: Capitalism 17.2%, Economy 15.7%, Management 13.5%, Sandbox 12.2%, City Builder 8.6%
- #23 Pocket City 2
81% matchVery Positive94% of 128 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: Economy 19%, Sandbox 15%, Capitalism 13.8%, City Builder 13.5%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #24 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 20%, Economy 17.1%, Management 15.2%, Sandbox 13.1%, City Builder 9.1%
- #25 Settlements Rising
80% matchVery Positive82% of 412 reviews2025
Dev: The Catalyst Crew
Windows
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.
Why similar: Colony Sim 12.6% ★, City Builder 12.4%, Resource Management 11.3%, Management 11%, Economy 8.7%
- #26 Diluvian Winds
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 380 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.
Why similar: Economy 13.6%, City Builder 12.2%, Sandbox 11.1%, Management 10.6%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #27 Amusement Tycoon
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BronStudio
Windows
Manage your park in Amusement Tycoon! Build thrilling attractions, manage staff, and delight visitors to create the park of your dreams and achieve success!
Why similar: Capitalism 18.4%, Management 17.7%, Economy 16.8%, Sandbox 13.6%, City Builder 12.6%
- #28 Foundation
77% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 18.5%, Economy 12.5%, Management 10.7%, Sandbox 10.2%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #29 SimCasino
78% 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 17.4%, Economy 15.5%, Sandbox 12.6%, Management 12.5%, City Builder 10.8%
- #30 Pawnholm
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hugimugi
Windows · Linux
Island survival RTS, with mysteries behind every corner. Assign your pawns to gather, craft, fight, study, and do other errands for your kingdom. Every randomly generated island holds unique secrets to be uncovered. As the Duke of Pawnholm, will you lead your pawns to prosperity ...or to calamity?
Why similar: Sandbox 13.8%, Management 12.2%, City Builder 10.5%, Survival 10.5%, Colony Sim 10.4% ★
- #31 Wildlife Park 2
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 559 reviews2014
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Now’s the chance to build the Zoo of your dreams! Just like in a real Zoo, your animals must receive complete care. Feed them, train them, cure them and even relocate them. Observe their realistic interactions with one another, the landscape, the play equipment and even Zoo visitors.
Why similar: Naval 26.5% ★, Economy 17.2%, Management 14.7%, Sandbox 12.4%, Simulation 6.9%
- #32 Ratopia
74% matchVery Positive88% of 4,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
Why similar: Management 12.6%, Survival 12.1%, Colony Sim 12% ★, City Builder 9.7%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #33 Ostriv
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,359 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
Why similar: Economy 12.8%, City Builder 11.9%, Management 11.7%, Colony Sim 10.1% ★, Survival 9.7%
- #34 Prison Architect
75% 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 13.8%, Sandbox 13.5%, Colony Sim 11.7% ★, Economy 11.3%, Capitalism 11.3%
- #35 Frontier Roots
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MoroiGames
Windows
Survive and thrive in a pixel art survival RPG set in the Alaskan wilderness. Trap, fish, forage, and build a village from scratch. Face shifting seasons, craft to endure the cold, and live in harmony with nature in a world where every choice matters.
Why similar: Economy 16.4%, Survival 13.2%, Resource Management 12.4%, Colony Sim 12.2% ★, Management 11.4%
- #36 Blueprint Tycoon
76% 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 22.4%, Colony Sim 17% ★, Economy 14.2%, Resource Management 11.5%, City Builder 8.9%
- #37 ATLAS レジェンドパック
76% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2015
Dev: ARTDINKPub: KOMODO
Windows
Maritime Simulation/Adventure games in the 15th and 16th century race for the New World. Third in the Artdink Legend Pack series. This game is only available in Japanese.
Why similar: Naval 45% ★, Economy 16.1%, Management 14.8%, Sandbox 11.2%, Resource Management 4.4%
- #38 Mars Attracts
71% matchVery Positive91% of 244 reviews2025
Dev: Outlier
Windows
Mars Attracts is a park management sim set in the iconic universe of Mars Attacks™. Play as the devious Martians as you construct detailed enclosures, manage staff, and most importantly - abduct and experiment on humans for the entertainment of your Martian guests!
Why similar: Economy 13.4%, Capitalism 12.8%, Management 11.6%, Sandbox 11.3%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #39 SuperColony
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antic Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A real-time ant colony simulation game set in the hostile world of insects. Fight for resources, build underground networks, learn from the environment, harvest DNA from defeated foes, evolve new ant abilities, and guide hundreds of ants toward building a global SuperColony. Add to Wishlist now!
Why similar: Colony Sim 14.5% ★, Survival 13.5%, Sandbox 13.5%, Management 11.5%, Base Building 10.8%
- #40 Endzone 2
72% matchMixed69% of 1,004 reviews2025
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Why similar: Economy 14.3%, Survival 12%, Sandbox 11.9%, Colony Sim 11.9% ★, City Builder 10.7%
- #41 Forgotten Vale
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rospeath Studios
Windows
Cast into an idyllic wilderness, will you endure? A sandbox city-building game featuring a deceptively cheerful world: build freely —no grids— plus a fully simulated economy, intricate production chains, deep research tree, and growth you can feel. Can your people survive the winter?
Why similar: Economy 15.8%, Sandbox 12.3%, Colony Sim 11.5% ★, City Builder 11.3%, Management 11.2%
- #42 Nightlife Tycoon
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koala Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nightlife Tycoon is a bar management game, where you have to build your dream bar and make it thrive. Hire staff, take care of customers, organize incredible events and become the king of nightlife!
Why similar: Economy 21.7%, Management 20.8%, Resource Management 15.3%, Capitalism 13.8%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #43 Pixel Shopkeeper
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 160 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel Prototype
Windows · Mac · Linux
Be a Pixel Shopkeeper! Collect items using inventory management puzzle mechanics. Sell your wares, decorate your shop, craft new products, and expand! Train to beat tougher dungeons, unlock new classes and decor, and furnish your shop smartly to maximize profits!
Why similar: Management 19.8%, Capitalism 19.1%, Economy 16.1%, Resource Management 14.9%, Point & Click 12.6%
- #44 Farmman
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rossoft Interactive
Windows · Mac
Embark on a journey to build a prosperous settlement in this colony sim with a richly simulated economy. Manage the land, citizens’ salaries, taxes, and laws. Experience a detailed world where every action has a reaction, and even the smallest events can shatter the kingdom’s fate.
Why similar: Economy 17.3%, Sandbox 14.1%, Colony Sim 13% ★, Management 12.6%, City Builder 12.3%
- #45 Planet Zoo
70% 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 21.1%, Economy 15.4%, Sandbox 14.3%, Nature 10.2%, City Builder 9.8%
- #46 MicroTown
71% matchVery Positive95% of 472 reviews2019
Dev: Snowy Ash Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.
Why similar: Economy 15.4%, Management 12.2%, Colony Sim 12% ★, Resource Management 11.7%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #47 Patron
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,136 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Why similar: Survival 14.3%, Colony Sim 14% ★, City Builder 13.5%, Economy 13%, Management 9.6%
- #48 Bonanza Burger
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dawg Patch Games
Windows
Bonanza Burger: Build, manage, and compete! Design your restaurant, hire a top-notch team, and battle rival managers. Conquer challenges, expand, and prove you're the ultimate fast-food mogul!
Why similar: Capitalism 15.8%, Sandbox 15.2%, City Builder 13.5%, Economy 12.7%, Simulation 12.6%
- #49 Settler's Domain
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: rick
Windows
Settler's Domain is a settlement-building survival game with resource management and diplomacy elements. Build structures, recruit settlers, harvest resources, and deal with other settlements to expand your domain.
Why similar: Colony Sim 13.9% ★, Resource Management 13.1%, Survival 12.9%, City Builder 12%, Economy 11.4%
- #50 Arcane Shores
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Absent Slumber
Windows
Arcane Shores is a city-building strategy game infused with magic. Build, defend, and expand your settlement while casting powerful spells that bend nature, restore what’s broken, and turn the tide against your enemies.
Why similar: Economy 17.8%, Colony Sim 14.8% ★, City Builder 14.6%, Survival 13.8%, Management 8.4%
- #51 Containcorp
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Plasmarc Studios
Windows
An absurd Corporate Horror & Logistical Management Sim where you contain & milk anomalies for tremendous profit. Construct your facility across multiple floors, design containment areas, employ brilliant minds to study anomalies. Contain, Research, and build a machine of Profit.
Why similar: Capitalism 14.5%, Economy 13.5%, Management 13.4%, Sandbox 10.3%, Colony Sim 10.1% ★
- #52 Project AURA
70% matchMixed64% of 698 reviews2018
Dev: Nexcentric Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.
Why similar: Economy 15.3%, Management 15%, City Builder 13.8%, Resource Management 12.6%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #53 Settletopia
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pēteris Pakalns
Windows · Linux
Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.
Why similar: Management 13.2%, Colony Sim 13.1% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, City Builder 11%, Base Building 10.3%
- #54 Global City
68% matchMixed70% of 1,363 reviews2021
Dev: Red Brix WallPub: MY.GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Become the mayor and build the city of your dreams! In this game, anything is possible. Whatever you can imagine in a city-building and development simulator, you can do. Start from the very beginning and unlock new possibilities for developing your city in Global City!
Why similar: Economy 16.5%, Capitalism 14.1%, Sandbox 11.4%, Resource Management 11%, Management 10.9%
- #55 Big Ambitions
66% 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 24.8%, Management 24.3%, Capitalism 21.5%, Sandbox 9.4%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #56 Terra-7
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamyeon
Windows · Mac
A sci fi business colony simulation on an alien planet. Extract resources, create production pipelines, research new buildings and trade resources with the Earth as you manage the expectations of your employees and defend from the alien flora that inhabits this world.
Why similar: Sandbox 16.7%, Management 16.7%, Colony Sim 12.9% ★, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 10.5%
- #57 CoffeeBiz Tycoon
69% 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 24.8%, Economy 21.3%, Simulation 13.1%, Capitalism 13%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #58 Blocktopia
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stak Games
Windows
Blocktopia is a vibrant and humorous clicker city-builder game. Gather resources, build your town, and defend it against nightly raids! In this chaotic world where justice prevails, survive and dive into a fun city-building experience!
Why similar: Sandbox 14.1%, Colony Sim 13.1% ★, City Builder 12.9%, Survival 12.8%, Relaxing 10.8%
- #59 My Drug Cartel
65% matchMixed51% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: Gigicom
Windows
A drug plantation management game with basebuilding, strategy and combat elements. Expand your plantation, hire workers, and plan new smuggling routes. But be ready to face a heavy response by law enforcement by hiring guards, buying weapons and building defences.
Why similar: Economy 17%, Capitalism 14%, Management 13.4%, Resource Management 11%, Colony Sim 9.5% ★