Games Like Dirty Business

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 26.2%, Crafting 11.8%, Management 10.9%, Co-op 10.4%, Multiplayer 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the core underground empire building and illicit distribution mechanics of the seed.

From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.

Why similar: Crime 21%, Co-op 11.1%, Management 10.4%, Automation 8.4%, Base Building 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on underground substance manufacturing and illicit enterprise management.

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 37.8%, Simulation 16.3%, Crafting 10.9%, Management 9.4%, Open World 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the foundational first-person drug manufacturing and street-level distribution loop.

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

Why similar: Crime 29.2%, Management 12.8%, Crafting 12.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Challenges you to build and manage a sprawling criminal enterprise from scratch.

Moonshiner Simulator is an in-depth spirits production simulator. Start from the bottom and build your operation into a thriving empire by mastering the intricacies of the craft and creating unique recipes. But beware – there will always be those who want to see you fail.

Why similar: Co-op 14.4%, Management 13.4%, Automation 11.4%, Crafting 10.7%, Simulation 10%

Why You'll Like It: Blends illicit production management with first-person simulation and business expansion.

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 42.2%, Management 20.3%, Building 15.2%, Simulation 10.7%, First-Person 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the dirty work of cleaning illicit funds through front businesses.

Check it, clean it, sort it, ship it. Welcome to the life of a cash cleaner. Take jobs from underworld contacts and clean some cash. Just don't try to leave...

Why similar: Crime 37.9%, Automation 26%, Management 19.7%, Simulation 8.3%, First-Person 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Deals directly with the logistics of processing and laundering illegal money.

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: Management 29.4%, Base Building 28.7%, Building 21.6%, Simulation 13.6%, Action 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic management game all about building a vast criminal empire centered on drug trade and logistics.

You’re out of jail, but the debt isn’t gone. Sneak, steal, and break into houses solo or in 4-player co-op. Use lockpicks, sleeping gas, and brute force to complete jobs, outsmart security, and make enough money before time runs out. Will you pay back what you owe, or lose everything?

Why similar: Crime 32.9%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Simulation 9%, Driving 8%

Why You'll Like It: Lets you plan and execute illegal operations with multiplayer co-op support.

Build a criminal empire from the streets up. Commit crimes in third-person, run and automate illegal businesses, recruit your own crime family, fight rival organizations, and take control of a seamless open-world city.

Why similar: Crime 22.6%, Base Building 11%, Automation 10.7%, Driving 10.7%, Management 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Tasks you with expanding your gang and taking over city distribution networks.

The door to your robber’s career is waiting! Just crowbar the lock off and force your way through the threshold. Learn skills, collect tools and become a master of the thieving trade!

Why similar: Crime 32.6%, Stealth 15.4%, Driving 12.5%, Simulation 10.1%, Co-op 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers immersive criminal activities, stealth mechanics, and base operations.

Run your pizza shop up front and handle shady business out back. Help hand-crafted NPCs with favors that never go as planned. Play solo or online co-op with up to four players and expand your operation across Hobarey Town. In this darkly comedic management sim - become that guy everyone knows.

Why similar: Crime 30.4%, Co-op 16.7%, Stealth 11.3%, Management 11.1%, Building 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a gritty co-op experience centered around underground shady dealings.

A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!

Why similar: Base Building 40.1%, Management 23.8%, Building 19.8%, Simulation 15.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the theme of operating from a hidden underground lair while managing criminal operations.

Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.

Why similar: Crime 33.8%, Stealth 16.9%, Co-op 14%, Simulation 13.1%, Open World 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Immerse yourself in a life of crime with hands-on planning and execution of heists.

The mayor of Rockhaven threw you down a hole into the Undercity. Why? Net worth too low. In this open-world simulation, you and up to 3 pals will steal, fight, and scheme to reclaim the city. Customise your rides, buy businesses, and take on the Mayor’s forces. Rockhaven is yours for the taking!

Why similar: Crime 29%, Driving 16.6%, Co-op 12.4%, Base Building 11.8%, Simulation 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world crime game where you build up your fortunes through shady ventures.

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: Management 22.5%, Crafting 20.3%, Building 17.6%, Open World 11.3%, Realistic 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines retail management with the underground production and sale of illicit substances.

Compete with up to 4 players to build the most successful hardware store! Design your shop, manage inventory, hire employees, and influence market prices in this detailed business simulator. Master retail management as you expand your store empire.

Why similar: Base Building 14.8%, Management 14.5%, Crafting 14.5%, Co-op 14.3%, Building 11%

Why You'll Like It: Provides hands-on business management and inventory logistics from a first-person perspective.

Welcome to the world's most chaotic place! Play solo or co-op with up to 6 players. Run a fast-food restaurant, and work with your friends to expand your business. Take orders, make burgers, and increase your earnings by dealing with customers.

Why similar: Management 22.6%, Online Co-Op 18.6%, Simulation 18.2%, Co-op 16.4%, Multiplayer 14.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person management and co-op game focusing on efficiency and running a commercial venture.

Beer Factory is a business simulation and management game. Take the challenge and manage your own beer factory, employees, production lines, as well as the import and export of merchandise.

Why similar: Automation 25.6%, Management 18.4%, Crafting 15.6%, Simulation 12.9%, Realistic 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the intricate production chains, automation, and management loops found in Dirty Business.

DESIGN, SELL & EXPAND – YOUR SUCCESS IS IN YOUR HANDS. Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in Shop Simulator: Supermarket. Immerse yourself in the world of retail and start your own business today!

Why similar: Automation 16.8%, Management 14.3%, Building 10.2%, Base Building 9.5%, Co-op 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features similar front-end retail management and customer handling mechanics.

Build and manage your underground scam empire in a city ruled by chaos. Expand your operation through illegal means, grow your workforce, automate your schemes, and uncover the dark mysteries hidden beneath the town.

Why similar: Crime 28.1%, Automation 17.4%, Base Building 14.8%, Management 14.1%, Building 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Involves running shady underground operations and managing criminal enterprises.

Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!

Why similar: Automation 21.4%, Underground 13.8% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 13%, Management 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Leans into the automation, building, and resource management mechanics of base-building sims.

Car Service Together is a 1-4 co-op & single player simulation game where you and/or with your friends start from scratch and build your way up. Work together to successfully run your own service center. Team up, manage your business, and create the ultimate car service !

Why similar: Co-op 19.1%, Driving 18.2%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Building 11.3%, Realistic 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines hands-on mechanical work with cooperative multiplayer simulation.

Purchase an abandoned, run-down venue and transform it into the best nightclub in the country. Renovate, upgrade, and expand the space while dealing with troublesome customers. Work together with your friends to reach the pinnacle of nightlife!

Why similar: Simulation 21.4%, Building 17.1%, Online Co-Op 15.8%, Management 14.5%, Co-op 14.4%

Why You'll Like It: Blends business management, building, and underground nightlife culture.

Take over the gas station and convenience store at a roadside rest area and expand by purchasing new businesses. Manage a living world shaped by dynamic economy and random events. Upgrade your facilities, satisfy your customers, and play solo or with friends.

Why similar: Co-op 23.9%, Management 22.3%, Online Co-Op 16%, Simulation 13.5%, Multiplayer 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person management game focused on upgrading facilities and serving clients.

Recycling Center Simulator is a business simulator game with a first person view. Make money from garbage, collect raw materials for your recycling center from different locations, recycle them, make money by producing new products and improve your factory.

Why similar: Automation 22.2%, Management 20.2%, Crafting 14%, Building 12.3%, Simulation 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on facility management, sorting, and processing loops similar to base production chains.

Start small, team up with friends, and automate production with conveyor belts, pipes, and magical devices. Stock your shop with potions, jewelry, and relics, complete commissions, and build an alchemy empire! Alchemy Factory 1.0 is out now with the Wagon Logistics System and revamped shopkeeping.

Why similar: Automation 25.4%, Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 13.6%, Building 11.9%, Multiplayer 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on complex production chains, crafting, and automation systems.

As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use your construction machinery to restart the local industry. Clear debris and faulty equipment, rebuild roads and bridges damaged by weather, and much more!

Why similar: Driving 17.1%, Automation 16.1%, Building 13.1%, Co-op 11.8%, Online Co-Op 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features cooperative building, logistics, and heavy resource management in a sandbox world.

Play solo or co-op with up to 5 players to find oil, store crude, refine fuels, and sell them at gas stations and shop. Dig for gems and fossils, upgrade your gear, lease new land, and dominate the city as the biggest oil supplier!

Why similar: Crafting 14%, Automation 13.1%, Management 13%, Driving 10.2%, Base Building 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op resource management and economy simulation that mirrors the logistical depth of running a base.

Build and run your own waterpark solo or with friends. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a diamond five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!

Why similar: Co-op 17.2%, Management 17%, Building 13.2%, Crafting 12.5%, Base Building 12.3%

Ore Factory Squad is a co-op mining and factory-building game with procedural mining and fun at its core! Play alone or with friends, buy properties, dig deep for valuable resources, complete contracts, upgrade and automate production lines and grow your factory from zero to industry!

Why similar: Automation 20.9%, Co-op 15%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Management 11.3%, Base Building 9.8%

Build vehicles from the ground up and drive them across a hostile open world. Scavenge parts, tools and supplies, engineer your chassis, engine, wiring and controls by hand, and fight off wildlife, the undead and rival survivors. Play Survival solo or in 6-player co-op, or build freely in Sandbox.

Why similar: Driving 11.5%, Co-op 11%, Base Building 10.1%, Crafting 9.9%, Management 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers robust crafting and sandbox building mechanics reminiscent of underground hideout creation.

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: Management 28.9%, Simulation 21.9%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Building 10.3%, Co-op 7.4%

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 28%, Management 12.2%, Crafting 9.6%, Base Building 9.5%, Driving 9%

Step into the world of bootleg booze in this story-driven, single-player sim! Grow your crops, brew your drinks, bond with eccentric customers, and bottle it all under your own brand. Uncover the truth behind your brother’s arrest, complete quirky missions, and build your underground empire.

Why similar: Crime 23.4%, Simulation 14.8%, Crafting 12.9%, Automation 9.2%, Management 9.1%

First-person homeless crime sandbox. Steal, drink, hallucinate and crush rival bums in chaotic online co-op.

Why similar: Crime 32.2%, Co-op 17.9%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Simulation 9.1%, Open World 8.1%

Build a top-tier business solo or in co-op (1–6 players). Start from scratch, keep the slot machines spinning and deal with chaotic events like vandals and alien invasions. Grow your fortune and show everyone why the house always wins.

Why similar: Co-op 23.2%, Management 22.2%, Building 16.4%, Online Co-Op 14.4%, Simulation 11.7%

StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

Why similar: Automation 19.4%, Base Building 16.9%, Co-op 14.9%, Crafting 14.4%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Build and run your own casino empire — alone or in 1-4 player online co-op. Deal blackjack, poker and roulette yourself, spin real slot games, hire staff, expand your building, buy houses and cars in a living city… and outsmart every cheater who walks in.

Why similar: Simulation 39.5%, Building 22.4%, First-Person 11.6%, 3D 9.1%, Realistic 8.4%

Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!

Why similar: Automation 20.6%, Base Building 18.7%, Co-op 15.4%, Building 10.7%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Too long in this prison, time to get out of here. Pull the carpet and start digging with a teaspoon. Watch out for the guard, sell him the junk you find. Trade toilet paper with the prisoners. Get better items and improve your stats. Expand the tunnel, use glow sticks and dynamite. Will you escape?

Why similar: Crime 38.3%, Underground 18.3% ★, Simulation 12.3%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Realistic 8.3%

Play as one of the bidders for abandoned warehouses and uncover hidden treasures! Storage Hunter is a garage auction simulation game. Bid, win, and sell for profit! Become the king of storage auction.

Why similar: Driving 21.6%, Management 19.3%, Online Co-Op 13.7%, Realistic 11.7%, Multiplayer 11.2%

Build up your own arms manufacturing company. Find your factory, buy resources, produce a wide range of military equipment to sell to the highest bidder. Good or bad? That's up to you, who you do business with is your choice. Don't ask, don't tell, get paid. After all, war is about making money.

Why similar: Base Building 21.9%, Management 21.2%, Crafting 19%, Automation 14.8%, Building 9.9%

Mine, farm, manufacture components and build a wide range of machines in an infinite basement. Forget primitive tasks thanks to automation! And sell your products to your customers! Build a parking, a gas station...

Why similar: Automation 23.5%, Crafting 20%, Management 18.1%, Building 15.3%, Simulation 13%

Take control of your very own firearms factory. Start with a workshop and a gun shop, and evolve it into a factory of mass destruction. Craft bullets to rockets, handguns to shotguns, hire workers & managers, and become a merchant of death. Get use to the smell of gunpowder and cash.

Why similar: Management 26.4%, Automation 22.9%, Base Building 17%, Simulation 11.4%, Building 10.9%

Old Market Simulator is a 1-4 player co-op game where you manage your market by ordering goods, growing produce, raising animals, fishing, and crafting items in your workshop, while hiring employees and expanding your business.

Why similar: Management 26.4%, Online Co-Op 18.3%, Co-op 17.4%, Simulation 15.3%, Multiplayer 12%

EARLY ACCESS - Solo or with up to 6 players, build, manage, and grow your supermarket. Stock your shelves, manage inventory, deliveries, staff, and machines. Customize your store and grow it from a small grocery shop into a full-fledged superstore.

Why similar: Management 20.1%, Co-op 16%, Realistic 11.1%, Open World 10.5%, Online Co-Op 9.9%

Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.

Why similar: Automation 17%, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 13.7%, Co-op 13.1%, Building 10.2%

Beer Factory - Prologue is a business simulation and management game. Take the challenge and manage your own beer factory, employees, production lines, as well as the import and export of merchandise.

Why similar: Automation 26.5%, Management 16.9%, Simulation 12.8%, Crafting 12.5%, Multiplayer 12%

Crime Shop Simulator: A Prison Boss Game is a VR crafting game where you play as a shop owner smuggling illegal stuff. Produce and sell beers, erotic magazines, cigarettes, and more! But watch out, the police are cracking down on contraband!

Why similar: Crime 28.9%, Crafting 16.2%, Base Building 15.5%, Management 14.3%, Stealth 12.4%

Build and manage your own food processing factory. Automate production with machines, work together with skilled employees to keep operations running smoothly, expand your facility, and keep inventory under control as you grow from a small workshop into a large scale production facility.

Why similar: Automation 40.6%, Management 22.4%, Simulation 15%, Realistic 10.6%, First-Person 6.3%

Step into the grit of the early 20th-century oil boom. Build your drilling empire from the dirt up chop timber, maintain rusty machinery, and manage a rugged crew. Strike black gold, overcome ruthless crises, and turn raw earth into an unimaginable fortune. The rush begins now.

Why similar: Automation 24.7%, Crafting 16.9%, Management 15.3%, Building 14.2%, Realistic 11.2%

Grocery Store Simulator is a 1-4 player co-op game where you build and manage your own supermarket by stocking shelves, setting prices, hiring staff, and customizing your store, all while expanding your business and keeping customers happy.

Why similar: Co-op 22.4%, Management 21.3%, Online Co-Op 15.7%, Multiplayer 14%, Simulation 11.3%

Build your own Outdoor Store and Camping Business in the heart of Red Shore Valley! Arrange your shelves, manage your stock, construct facilities on your campsite, and take care of every guest. Grow from humble beginnings into a thriving business surrounded by nature!

Why similar: Management 16%, Crafting 15.7%, Automation 12.8%, Building 12.5%, Base Building 10.6%

Roadside Research is a 1 to 4 player co-op gas station simulator. Except you’re aliens. And undercover. Do very human things like restocking shelves while preparing for the invasion. Just don’t get caught.

Why similar: Management 30.5%, Building 23.2%, Online Co-Op 17.4%, Simulation 15.8%, First-Person 10.5%

Drug Dealer Simulator: Free Sample is an introduction to the dark alleys of the ghetto, where you can start to expand your own crime empire! Get in touch with your contact and take your first steps in drug dealing business! 8 levels of dope business deals and constant adrenaline!

Why similar: Crime 39.9%, Simulation 22%, Management 18.4%, Co-op 11.2%, Action 6.3%

Welcome to Wrap House Simulator! Run your own wrap shop, chop, grill, and serve in this cooking adventure. Customize your shop, master the grill, and survive the rush solo or co-op with up to 6 players. Keep up with orders, satisfy customers, and build your dream restaurant!

Why similar: Co-op 19.9%, Management 14.3%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Multiplayer 11%, Simulation 10.7%

Used Cars Simulator - trade used or stolen cars, fix and customize them, drive around, and explore the open world! Grow your business, complete quests, and have fun with a physics-based sandbox!

Why similar: Crime 31.1%, Driving 21.4%, Stealth 14.5%, Open World 10%, Realistic 9.6%

Welcome to the Brokeville! Grind your way to the top through jobs, deliveries, bicycle races, and risky crypto trades. Buy, customize, and sell cars & motorcycles for profit. Build your own businesses, manage them, and hire staff to grow your empire.

Why similar: Co-op 21.9%, Simulation 17.6%, Management 16.1%, Driving 11.7%, Open World 9.9%