Games Like Definitely Not Fried Chicken

Start from nothing and rise to the top as you expand your criminal empire in Drug Lord Tycoon.

Why similar: Crime 26.2%, Farming Sim 15.1%, Economy 14.4%, Management 12.1%, Building 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a direct experience in managing a drug empire, focusing on production, distribution, and territory control.

Weedcraft Inc explores the business of producing, breeding and selling weed in America, delving deep into the financial, political and cultural aspects of the country's complex relationship with this troublesome and promising plant.

Why similar: Management 28%, Simulation 25.5%, Strategy 19.6%, Crime 13.7%, Economy 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deep, strategic look at the legal and illegal aspects of the cannabis industry, mirroring the dual-business management of the seed game.

What turns a drug dealer into a drug lord? Find out in DDS2, a first-person co-op sim set in a dynamic open world. Make contacts, cook drugs, and manage your cartel on Isla Sombra, where power is the only law.

Why similar: Crime 29%, Trading 21.8%, Management 12.6%, Sandbox 12.3%, Resource Management 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel expands significantly on the criminal underworld simulation and business growth mechanics found in the original.

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: Economy 20.5%, Resource Management 18.9%, Management 17.9%, Sandbox 14.6%, Building 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the logistical challenges of managing a criminal organization and supply chains within a high-stakes, top-down environment.

BUILD YOUR VIRTUAL WEED EMPIRE: Grow the hottest strains & crossbreed new ones, roll your own Blunts, sell Bongs, hire Growers, make Solventless Concentrates, handle Rival Dealers, befriend Influencers, smoke Dabs, ride a Dolphin, and More! WELCOME TO WEED SHOP 3!

Why similar: Farming Sim 20.9%, Economy 18.3%, Management 15.4%, Dark Humor 13.4%, Building 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title blends retail management with a criminal theme, focusing on the day-to-day operations of a storefront.

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 26.3%, Management 15%, Resource Management 12.2%, Sandbox 10.7%, Building 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the underground production of illicit goods, requiring careful management of resources and base-building to succeed.

In this management tycoon game, you’ll start a criminal operation from nothing and grow it into a well-oiled money machine! Build speakeasies and illegal distilleries. Manage production chains and resource distribution. Leverage favors, chase down debtors, and bribe the police to look the other way.

Why similar: Crime 31.4%, Resource Management 14.5%, Management 13.7%, Economy 13.3%, Capitalism 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the management of organized crime syndicates, focusing on resource distribution and economic strategy.

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: Capitalism 24.7%, Management 22.7%, Economy 22.4%, Sandbox 8.7%, Resource Management 8%

Why You'll Like It: This sandbox business simulator allows you to build a massive commercial empire in a city, offering the same sense of scale and management depth.

It's time to start working towards that ultimate goal of enlightenment, faith and money…lots and lots of money! Become the ultimate tycoon - create, customise, and manage your own cult whilst listening to funky music. Welcome to Honey, I Joined a Cult!

Why similar: Management 16.8%, Resource Management 16.4%, Sandbox 13.5%, Dark Humor 11.8%, Building 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Managing a cult requires the same 'front-business' mentality, where you must balance internal operations with public perception.

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 15.5%, Capitalism 15.3%, Sandbox 14.8%, Building 13.9%, Economy 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: While you are running a prison, the complex management of facilities and the dark, satirical tone align perfectly with the seed game's vibe.

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: Capitalism 17.3%, Management 15%, Economy 14.1%, Sandbox 11.5%, Trading 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the production and sale of magical goods, requiring a similar balance of manufacturing and shop management.

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: Management 23%, Capitalism 20%, Economy 17%, Building 15.6%, Sandbox 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a comprehensive building and retail management experience that emphasizes layout and customer flow.

Recipe for Disaster is a management sim that captures the fast-paced, drama-filled environment of a professional kitchen and dining room. Build your dream restaurant, create recipes, design menus and manage your staff, all while contending with demanding customers and disastrous situations!

Why similar: Capitalism 18.1%, Management 17.9%, Economy 15%, Isometric 11.5%, Building 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines restaurant management with chaotic, humorous scenarios that require quick thinking and efficient staff oversight.

Laundering Simulator puts you in charge of a two-faced enterprise – a hidden counterfeiting workshop with a laundromat as its front! Help Eddie Wiser run this crazy show and deal with small-business management, a criminal underground, nosy authorities, and a rage-inducing grandmother!

Why similar: Crime 18.2%, Trading 16.3%, Capitalism 16.2%, Dark Humor 12%, Economy 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: The thematic focus on cleaning dirty money makes it a perfect companion for fans of criminal business simulations.

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 25.2%, Economy 19.5%, Management 16.7%, Sandbox 12.5%, Building 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers incredibly deep building and business management mechanics, perfect for those who enjoy the construction aspect of the seed game.

Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!

Why similar: Management 17.6%, Economy 15.2%, Resource Management 13.8%, Simulation 13.1%, Building 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at production line management, allowing you to design and optimize a factory floor in a charming 3D space.

Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.

Why similar: Management 30.3%, Building 19.6%, Simulation 14.6%, Sandbox 10.6%, Funny 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features the same brand of quirky, humorous management gameplay where layout design and efficiency are key to success.

Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.

Why similar: Economy 29.3%, Management 23.1%, Building 18.2%, Simulation 16.1%, Funny 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Managing a roadside business requires hands-on maintenance and customer service, similar to the retail fronts in the seed game.

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: Economy 18.6%, Trading 18.2%, Management 17.5%, Capitalism 16.4%, Building 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic business simulation that focuses on growing a company from a small office to a massive corporate headquarters.

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 18.3%, Capitalism 17.2%, Economy 14.2%, Sandbox 12.3%, Resource Management 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique management simulation where you must balance the layout of your office with the pressures of running a newspaper.

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 19.6%, Management 17.6%, Trading 17%, Capitalism 12.9%, Simulation 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a straightforward, satisfying retail management experience that focuses on stock, pricing, and store expansion.

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 22.8%, Economy 16%, Management 13.5%, Sandbox 13.3%, Building 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: It allows you to design and manage a high-stakes business, focusing on floor layout and customer satisfaction.

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 17.9%, Management 16.1%, Trading 14.7%, Resource Management 11%, Capitalism 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers complex supply chain and economic management, ideal for those who enjoy the logistical side of the seed game.

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 23%, Trading 21.3%, Capitalism 16.8%, Economy 15.7%, Management 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the trading and economic aspects of the drug trade, keeping the gameplay loop tight and focused.

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: Economy 19.2%, Management 15.4%, Resource Management 14.3%, Sandbox 13.4%, Building 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the logistics of manufacturing and automation, perfect for players who enjoy optimizing production chains.

TasteMaker is a restaurant tycoon game. Design your own restaurant from the ground up, decorate, create a menu, hire and manage staff, and much more. Keep your customers happy and make a profit to keep the restaurant of your dreams from turning into a nightmare.

Why similar: Economy 15.2%, Management 14.4%, Capitalism 14.3%, Sandbox 13%, Isometric 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a sandbox approach to restaurant design and management, allowing for creative freedom in your business layout.

The store is your kingdom! Expand your humble boutique into a thriving business: hire the right staff, decorate your displays, and lure in customers. Even your wildest ideas can turn a profit. Why not start a business that sells only white T-shirts and ketchup? PCs and beans? Your rule, your rules!

Why similar: Trading 19.9%, Capitalism 19.6%, Economy 14.8%, Management 12.1%, Sandbox 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a detailed look at running a retail store, focusing on inventory management and staff hiring.

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: Management 17.6%, Sandbox 16.3%, Building 15.2%, Economy 12.2%, Resource Management 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a relaxing yet deep management experience centered on layout design and visitor satisfaction.

Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...

Why similar: Management 31.6%, Building 21.8%, Simulation 12.9%, Economy 11.9%, Sandbox 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the vertical management of a building, requiring careful planning of tenants and services.

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 43.9%, Economy 17.6%, Simulation 17%, Strategy 7.3%, Sandbox 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational business management game that captures the addictive loop of growing a small startup into a successful company.

Weed Supermarket Simulator is a chill store sim where you grow weed, develop new strains, set prices, and keep your shelves stocked. Expand your business and optimize it for maximum profit. Manage employees, handle inventory, and turn your shop into a high-performing business.

Why similar: Trading 15.9%, Farming Sim 15.8%, Capitalism 14%, Economy 12.1%, Management 10.8%

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 36.7%, Trading 17.5%, Simulation 13.6%, Resource Management 10.5%, Management 9.5%

Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?

Why similar: Voxel 20.9% ★, Economy 16.8%, Dark Humor 15.2%, Management 14.8%, Sandbox 11.1%

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 19.3%, Trading 17.8%, Economy 15.2%, Management 13%, Resource Management 9.5%

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 16%, Trading 14.2%, Capitalism 13.8%, Economy 13.2%, Isometric 8.9%

Build a business empire in a player-driven online economy. Manage supply chains, trade with thousands of players, dominate markets, research new products, and grow from a small startup into a global corporation.

Why similar: Capitalism 19%, Trading 16.5%, Economy 14.8%, Management 10.4%, Sandbox 8.9%

Build Your smartphone Empire in Mad Smartphone Tycoon, your main goal in this game is to create the ultimate smartphone that combines both performance and aesthetics. Expand your company, dominate the global market, become a tycoon in the world of mobile phones!

Why similar: Management 19.3%, Capitalism 12.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Trading 11.4%, Building 11.2%

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 18.9%, Economy 15.5%, Management 13.2%, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 10.6%

Run your own magic business! In Alchemist Shop Simulator you can trade magical wares, brew potions and take on special orders, meet many quirky clients, grow your ingredients in your garden, restock your shelves and manage prices. Keep expanding your business as you gain experience and wealth!

Why similar: Trading 24.6%, Economy 18.7%, Management 14.7%, Dark Humor 12.1%, Resource Management 10.9%

Do you know how to profit from trading cars while maintaining a good reputation? Car Trader Simulator lets you play the role of an American car dealer. Your goal is to get rich. How you do it depends entirely on you.

Why similar: Trading 26.8%, Economy 15.8%, Management 14.3%, Capitalism 13.5%, Resource Management 9.3%

Build rigs to mine Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrency. Trade on the market to grow wealth. Expand your business into new offices. Hire skilled employees and assign tasks. Use cash from your mega farms to research new technologies and reach the goal of each scenario.

Why similar: Economy 20.3%, Management 20.1%, Trading 16.7%, Simulation 12.2%, Sandbox 10.3%

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: Voxel 16.2% ★, Capitalism 14.8%, Economy 10.9%, Isometric 9.7%, Resource Management 9.2%

Gym Manager is a simulation game where you can build, expand and manage your own gym. To attract more customers, invest in new equipment and sabotage your competition. But beware: the town's shady streets provide opportunities for illegal business ventures.

Why similar: Capitalism 21.9%, Economy 18.8%, Management 14.6%, Resource Management 11.3%, Sandbox 10.4%

A farm and shop simulator featuring adult goods - alcohol, tobacco, energy drinks, and more. Play as a raccoon living in a trailer park full of outcasts, thugs, and a few charming, friendly neighbors.

Why similar: Trading 18.1%, Farming Sim 15.2%, Economy 13.6%, Management 11.9%, Dark Humor 10.8%

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: Economy 15.4%, Trading 14.5%, Management 13.5%, Capitalism 12.9%, Sandbox 11.3%

Run a shop in the zombie apocalypse! Trade batteries, craft stock, manage your staff, and fend off undead hordes. Will you be a hero, or profit at any cost? Your choices shape your store - and your fate.

Why similar: Capitalism 21.1%, Economy 20.1%, Management 16.5%, Sandbox 13.2%, Building 11.2%

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 31.1%, Economy 25.3%, Simulation 11.1%, Sandbox 8.1%, Building 7.1%

Build your own military camp, manage the economy, recruit the best candidates and train them to become elite specialists. Send them on missions across the land to end the war once and for all!

Why similar: Economy 15.4%, Management 13.3%, Isometric 12.5%, Resource Management 12.1%, Sandbox 11.3%

A food truck tycoon and street-food strategy game. Think you have founder instincts? Prove it with a burger bike, limited cash, and a market that punishes bad decisions. Set prices, tune recipes, manage stock, hire staff, outplay rivals, and see if your burger business grows or goes broke.

Why similar: Capitalism 22%, Economy 16.7%, Isometric 15%, Management 13.5%, Resource Management 12%

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: Trading 20.6%, Crime 20.1%, Economy 14.8%, Management 12.4%, Sandbox 12.3%

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: Trading 19.2%, Economy 16.1%, Capitalism 14.4%, Management 12.3%, Resource Management 11.3%

Disco Simulator is a tycoon type game based on club management. Your task will be to set up the club from scratch, put up walls, arrange furniture, hire staff, plan events, invite artists, put on concerts. Create your own club!

Why similar: Economy 18.9%, Management 17.9%, Isometric 9.1%, Building 9.1%, Resource Management 9%

Shape the history of the Hollywood movie industry in this sandbox business simulation game. Create the movies you've always wanted to see, hire the best team, research cutting-edge technologies, and dominate the Box Office. Can you rise from a small studio to a Hollywood giant?

Why similar: Capitalism 17.4%, Management 14.2%, Economy 13.9%, Isometric 11%, Trading 9.4%

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 19.3%, Economy 14%, Management 12.5%, Isometric 12%, Sandbox 11.1%

Weed Supermarket Simulator: Prologue is a chill store sim where you grow weed, choose the best products, set prices, and upgrade your shop to keep it running smoothly.

Why similar: Trading 20%, Farming Sim 15.7%, Economy 15.3%, Capitalism 13.2%, Building 10.6%

DeepWeb Simulator is a simulation game where you will get lost in the dark corridors and experience the thrill of illegal trade. Place ads, make secret deals and build your criminal empire in the illegal world of the deep web.

Why similar: Farming Sim 18.1%, Economy 17.8%, Capitalism 17.2%, Management 14.9%, Sandbox 9.2%

Manage your Game Studio, earn big bucks, impress the critics, beat rival studios and clean up at the awards!

Why similar: Management 35%, Economy 27.9%, Simulation 10.8%, Sandbox 7.1%, Building 7%

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: Capitalism 23.9%, Economy 17.8%, Management 17.1%, Building 11.9%, Sandbox 11.9%

Build your business! control every aspect of a thriving vending machine business. Buy, place, and restock machines to increase profits. Do you have what it takes to manage, expand, and dominate the vending industry?

Why similar: Trading 22.6%, Capitalism 20.5%, Economy 14.7%, Management 12.5%, Resource Management 10.8%

A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.

Why similar: Crime 24.4%, Farming Sim 16%, Management 15.7%, Economy 13.4%, Resource Management 12.7%