- #1 Naheulbeuk's Dungeon Master
97% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,566 reviews2023
Dev: Artefacts StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A dungeon in danger ! Build, manage, and defend your tower in the satirical heroic fantasy universe of Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. From a shaky establishment to an infamous lair!
Why similar: Management 23.8%, Sandbox 17.1%, Building 16.7%, Medieval 15.3%, Fantasy 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the exact premise of managing a dungeon to attract and profit from adventurers while maintaining your facilities.
- #2 War for the Overworld
96% matchVery Positive86% of 8,005 reviews2015
Dev: Brightrock GamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
War for the Overworld is an unholy union of Dungeon Management and Strategy that rewards all those villainous thoughts you’ve been having. Craft your own perilous dungeon and defend it against pesky heroes who keep exploring it and taking your stuff.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 20.1%, God Game 19.1% ★, Management 16.8%, City Builder 14%, Sandbox 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is the spiritual successor to classic dungeon management games, offering deep base-building and RTS mechanics in a dark fantasy setting.
- #3 Dungeons 4
96% matchVery Positive88% of 3,172 reviews2023
Dev: Realmforge StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Absolute Evil and its trusted *cough* servant, the Dark Elf Thalya, return in Dungeons 4 after the events of its fabulous predecessor to bring about their triumph over the forces of good once more.
Why similar: City Builder 31.3%, Dark Humor 23.8%, Sandbox 14.6%, Fantasy 10.1%, Strategy 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the villain-protagonist experience by combining dungeon management with real-time strategy combat against heroes.
- #4 Evil Genius 2: World Domination
95% matchMixed69% of 13,065 reviews2021
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Management 27.6%, Building 23.9%, Strategy 19.7%, Simulation 13.5%, Sandbox 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar 'evil mastermind' management loop where you build a base and manage minions to thwart heroic intruders.
- #5 Dungeon Village 2
94% matchVery Positive87% of 653 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Recruit adventurers and monsters to create your own RRG-style town!
Why similar: City Builder 32.9%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 11.2%, Building 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: The expanded sequel to the original, offering more depth in managing the economy of a hero-attracting settlement.
- #6 KeeperRL
94% matchVery Positive84% of 1,766 reviews2024
Dev: Electric Succubi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
KeeperRL is a retro dungeon simulator with roguelike and RPG elements. Take the role of an evil keeper and build a formidable dungeon. Recruit sinister minions, equip and train them to explore the world and fight the forces of good.
Why similar: Management 28.6%, Building 23.8%, Sandbox 23.4%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title combines dungeon building with roguelike elements, allowing you to design a fortress and defend it against waves of heroes.
- #7 Dungeon Village
93% matchVery Positive89% of 781 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Build a heroic hamlet that warriors and merchants can call home!
Why similar: City Builder 31.5%, Management 18.3%, Building 16.7%, Fantasy 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 8%
Why You'll Like It: While you manage a town instead of a dungeon, the core loop of attracting heroes and profiting from their adventures is very similar.
- #8 Tavern Master
92% matchVery Positive92% of 12,821 reviews2021
Dev: Untitled Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!
Why similar: Management 28.6%, Building 18.8%, Medieval 14.3%, City Builder 13.8%, Simulation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the cozy, fantasy-business management side of the genre, focusing on building and scaling a successful establishment.
- #9 Potion Tycoon
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 712 reviews2024
Dev: Snowhound GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Potion Tycoon is a management simulator with a witchy twist! Build and develop your very own magic shop. Manage resources, set up production lines, mix potions and sell them smartly to stay ahead of the competition. Welcome to the potion business!
Why similar: Management 20.5%, Economy 19.8%, Building 14.1%, Sandbox 14%, Medieval 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This management sim focuses on the economic side of the fantasy world, requiring you to build and optimize a shop to serve adventurers.
- #10 Hell Architect
91% matchMixed69% of 442 reviews2021
Dev: Woodland GamesPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Hell Architect is a game about building and managing your own hell. You take on a role of a hell manager and are tasked with developing the underworld in a way that would make Lucifer himself fall off his chair.
Why similar: God Game 20.4% ★, City Builder 17.4%, Dark Humor 12.9%, Economy 11.8%, Management 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: You act as a manager of hell, building torture devices and infrastructure to keep your 'residents' productive and miserable.
- #11 Dungeons 3
89% matchVery Positive94% of 18,617 reviews2017
Dev: Realmforge StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
At last, the Dungeon Lord has successfully united the forces of evil and established his dark empire. Time for the next step in his most diabolical quest: expansion!
Why similar: God Game 30.7% ★, Economy 19.1%, Dark Humor 16.6%, Management 16.5%, Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A highly polished management sim that balances dungeon construction with an overworld RTS campaign.
- #12 Spellcaster University
89% matchVery Positive83% of 4,213 reviews2021
Dev: Sneaky Yak Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Develop a prestigious university of mages. Build rooms, train your students, fight orcs, slay the bureaucrats, manage your budget... a director's life is not a quiet one.
Why similar: Economy 31.4%, Management 25.9%, Medieval 13.1%, Simulation 11%, Colorful 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and managing a magical school, sharing the fantasy-themed management and resource-balancing feel of Dungeon Tycoon.
- #13 RPG Tycoon
90% matchMixed51% of 487 reviews2016
Dev: Skatanic StudiosPub: Macrocosmic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Hire heroes, send them on quests, get loot and make a profit as you expand from nothing into a bustling fantasy kingdom and attempt to win the coveted title of the greatest kingdom in all of the land!
Why similar: Management 21.3%, City Builder 20.1%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 8.1%, Simulation 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: You manage the world of an RPG, building towns and dungeons to attract heroes and generate revenue.
- #14 MMORPG Tycoon 2
87% matchVery Positive86% of 3,013 reviews2020
Dev: VectorStorm Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
MMORPG Tycoon 2 is a single-player world-builder game about creating the greatest MMORPG of all time – yours.
Why similar: God Game 25.6% ★, City Builder 20.3%, Economy 17.2%, Management 14.1%, Sandbox 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game allows you to build and manage a virtual world, focusing on the economy and player experience just like Dungeon Tycoon.
- #15 Dungeon Overseer
88% matchMixed54% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Ripknot
Windows
Dungeon Overseer is a colony simulator with a focus on base building and resource management. Become the Overseer by building a unique dungeon layout, constructing your lair, upgrading and expanding, questing, crafting, researching, recruiting, defending your base, and raiding.
Why similar: City Builder 19.8%, Economy 18.2%, God Game 16.5% ★, Building 10.5%, Management 10%
Why You'll Like It: A base-building and colony-sim hybrid that tasks you with managing a dungeon and its inhabitants' needs.
- #16 Let's Build a Zoo
86% matchVery Positive89% of 4,032 reviews2021
Dev: SpringloadedPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...
Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, Management 15.8%, Sandbox 12.4%, Building 11.2%, Economy 10%
Why You'll Like It: A deep management sim that focuses on building an attraction and balancing the needs of visitors, similar to managing dungeon traffic.
- #17 Little Big Workshop
86% matchVery Positive84% of 3,350 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Management 20.3%, Economy 17.9%, Building 14.3%, Simulation 14.2%, Strategy 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: While not fantasy-themed, it offers the same satisfying, granular management and production-line optimization found in Dungeon Tycoon.
- #18 Lords and Villeins
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!
Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, Management 14.9%, Economy 14.2%, Medieval 11.1%, Building 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that focuses on the social and economic hierarchy of a medieval settlement, appealing to fans of management games.
- #19 Honey, I Joined a Cult
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,875 reviews2022
Dev: Sole Survivor GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: God Game 21% ★, Management 19.3%, Sandbox 13.8%, Dark Humor 13%, Building 12%
Why You'll Like It: A base-management game that requires you to build facilities and manage the 'economy' of a cult, mirroring the base-building aspects of dungeon sims.
- #20 Definitely Not Fried Chicken
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,463 reviews2023
Dev: Dope GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a business management sim with a Twist! Grow your drugs trade through legitimate fronts by managing both sides of the business. Acquire new "businesses", meet new clientele, Develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money and leave a city in ruin!
Why similar: Voxel 20.7% ★, Economy 17.3%, Dark Humor 15.1%, Management 15%, Sandbox 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A business management game that requires you to build and expand an empire, sharing the 'tycoon' progression loop.
- #21 Tower Wizard
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,855 reviews2025
Dev: Barribob
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
Why similar: Economy 20.6%, Building 17.1%, Fantasy 13.6%, Strategy 11.7%, Colorful 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed management and idler game that focuses on resource gathering and tower defense mechanics.
- #22 Battle Royale Tycoon
84% matchMixed69% of 513 reviews2019
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design and build arenas for your guests to fight in, keep them happy, your workers paid and make a profit!
Why similar: Management 21.1%, Economy 18.3%, City Builder 16.9%, Sandbox 13%, Building 11%
Why You'll Like It: You manage a battle royale arena, focusing on building the map and keeping the 'customers' entertained, much like a dungeon master.
- #23 Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management
83% matchMixed61% of 179 reviews2021
Dev: Abylight StudiosPub: Ziggurat
Windows
Build an intricate prison, hire the best staff, and pamper your prisoners to create the perfect rehabilitation facility in Prison Tycoon: Under New Management
Why similar: Management 20.3%, Building 15.1%, God Game 13% ★, Economy 11.7%, Sandbox 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the logistical and economic challenges of managing a facility, sharing the 'tycoon' management DNA.
- #24 Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game
82% matchVery Positive81% of 531 reviews2021
Dev: Squidpunch StudiosPub: Vincent Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Build stunning Arcade Centre’s, purchase a range of arcades machines, manage troublesome staff in this colourful and humorous simulation management game. Inspired by Two Point Hospital, Let's Build A Zoo and Megaquarium.
Why similar: City Builder 20.3%, Economy 18.9%, Management 15.4%, Building 11.7%, Sandbox 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward management sim where you build and optimize a business to attract customers and maximize profit.
- #25 Blood Bar Tycoon
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 781 reviews2025
Dev: Clever Trickster StudioPub: Clever Trickster Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Blood Bar Tycoon is a vampire bar management game. Build bars and blood factories, lure humans to harvest their blood, process it, and serve your customers: other vampires. Research quirky machines and deal with hunters! Expand through Crimson City to become a mighty Elder!
Why similar: City Builder 19.6%, Economy 16.9%, Dark Humor 16.3%, Management 12.8%, Building 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A management simulation that tasks you with running a business in a dark, fantasy-inspired setting.
- #26 Founders' Fortune
81% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: City Builder 28.8%, Building 14.5%, Management 12.1%, Sandbox 12.1%, Economy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that emphasizes building and resource management, providing a similar sense of satisfaction in creating an efficient base.
- #27 Dungeon Tycoon: Prologue
78% matchVery Positive96% of 369 reviews2024
Dev: Lunheim Studios
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm in this free version of Dungeon Tycoon. 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: Tower Defense 14.1%, Economy 11.3%, God Game 10.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 10.7%, Dungeons & Dragons 9.9% ★
- #28 Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 323 reviews2019
Dev: Jarrod Brown
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Design, build and manage a recreation center! Host fitness classes, build swimming pools, arcade & entertainment areas, build event rooms to host parties & much more. With endless customisation, Rec Center Tycoon goes much more in-depth than your average business management simulator.
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Economy 18.2%, Management 16.5%, Building 13.7%, Sandbox 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and managing a facility, sharing the sandbox management feel of Dungeon Tycoon.
- #29 Tavern Keeper 🍻
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,275 reviews2025
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper 🍻, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!
Why similar: Economy 20%, Management 17.9%, Building 15.7%, Sandbox 14.3%, Fantasy 9.5%
- #30 Mob Factory
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 474 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.6%, Sandbox 13.4%, Management 12.6%, Building 11.2%, Simulation 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines automation and tower defense, appealing to the strategic trap-placement side of dungeon management.
- #31 Parkasaurus
78% matchVery Positive93% of 3,092 reviews2020
Dev: Washbear Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Parkasaurus is a dinosaur tycoon management simulation where you take care of your dinosaurs by constructing well-designed exhibits, researching specialized technologies, and maximizing profits to expand into the ultimate dinosaur theme park. Do you favor development for guests or your dinosaurs?
Why similar: City Builder 23.4%, Management 18%, Economy 15.2%, Building 13.2%, Sandbox 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A management sim that requires building a park and managing visitor satisfaction, which translates well to the dungeon-attraction loop.
- #32 Kubifaktorium
77% matchVery Positive81% of 786 reviews2021
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.
Why similar: City Builder 19.5%, Voxel 16.2% ★, Economy 15.9%, Management 12.3%, Building 10.9%
- #33 Gold Gold Adventure Gold
75% matchVery Positive82% of 284 reviews2025
Dev: Can Can Can a Man
Windows
Gold makes God. Embrace city-building chaos around a monster-filled dungeon where danger & profit go hand in hand. Assign heroes quests, evolve powerful pets and expand your influence one gold coin at a time. Recruit, defend, explore — all in pursuit of Glory and Gold!
Why similar: God Game 22.3% ★, Management 17.2%, City Builder 17%, Dark Humor 13.7%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #34 Festival Tycoon 🎪
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 226 reviews2022
Dev: Johannes GäblerPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
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 19.6% ★, City Builder 18.4%, Economy 16.2%, Management 12.6%, Building 11.6%
- #35 Dungeon ∞ Create
76% matchMixed60% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: nikukyuPub: 072 Project
Windows
Roused from sleep, I'm in a dusty cave, named the master of a dungeon!? I'm "forced" to manage it... Defend against daring adventurers!
Why similar: God Game 33% ★, Tower Defense 20.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 11.6%, Medieval 7.2%
- #36 Hell Architect: Prologue
75% matchVery Positive82% of 833 reviews2021
Dev: Woodland GamesPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows
Hell Architect is a hell colony sim. Build and manage your hell. Take care of the sinners with funny cartoon-style tortures, fill their needs, develop buildings, gather resources, grow your population. Prologue is a free standalone version of the game 'Hell Architect'.
Why similar: City Builder 20.7%, Dungeon Crawler 16.3%, Management 12.5%, Dark Humor 10.8%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #37 PuPu's Adventure Park
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: 西梅树工作室
Windows
Build an Adventure Park from the ground up! The PuPu clan had just rented a new "playground" from the Dark Goblins. Manage the park, construct park facilities, and grow your clan to serve the expansion of the Park for "hero" customers summoned from other planets!
Why similar: Management 20.8%, Economy 18.3%, City Builder 17.6%, Building 14.1%, Fantasy 7.5%
- #38 Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon
70% matchVery Positive90% of 1,274 reviews2025
Dev: Hammer & RavensPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!
Why similar: Economy 21.1%, Management 19.7%, Building 14.9%, Medieval 13.8%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #39 Space Station Tycoon
74% matchMixed61% of 215 reviews2023
Dev: Lunheim Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.2%, City Builder 19.9%, Economy 16.3%, Management 15.7%, Building 10.7%
- #40 Inn Tycoon
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 779 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome to Inn Tycoon! Build, design, and manage your dream inn. Serve delightful meals, offer various services, and hire a stellar staff. Create a top-notch hospitality empire and become the ultimate Inn Tycoon!
Why similar: Management 19.7%, Economy 19.4%, Medieval 15.2%, Building 14.5%, Sandbox 12.5%
- #41 Academia : School Simulator
73% matchVery Positive86% of 3,008 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: City Builder 22%, Economy 18.5%, Management 17.2%, Building 12%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #42 SteamWorld Build
71% matchVery Positive84% of 2,093 reviews2023
Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
SteamWorld Build is a casual city-building and dungeon-management cross-over set in the SteamWorld Universe, where you build and manage a town on a dying planet. You'll need to balance resources, construction, and exploration to its depths to ensure your town's survival and eventual escape.
Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Economy 21.1%, Management 14.8%, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #43 Mega Mall Story
72% matchVery Positive94% of 307 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Design a towering mega mall in this mall management simulation game.
Why similar: City Builder 18.7%, Dungeon Crawler 16.3%, Economy 16.2%, Management 13%, Sandbox 11.3%
- #44 Highrise Mogul
74% matchMixed51% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Olli Arkko
Windows
Highrise Mogul: design, build and manage your own skyscraper. Make floor plans, place rentable rooms, hire staff, design a beautiful garden, manage your own power grid and much more!
Why similar: City Builder 24.2%, Economy 17.3%, God Game 17.2% ★, Building 13.4%, Management 13%
- #45 Creo God Simulator
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 237 reviews2025
Dev: MKSM Design LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.
Why similar: God Game 24.9% ★, City Builder 17.7%, Voxel 16.7% ★, Management 11.7%, Economy 9.5%
- #46 Demon Castle Story
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 142 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.5%, City Builder 24.4%, Strategy 12.5%, Simulation 12.3%, Building 5.2%
- #47 Mad Tower Tycoon
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 438 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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: City Builder 22.1%, Economy 19.9%, Management 16.8%, Building 13.4%, Sandbox 12.5%
- #48 Hotel Magnate
69% 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: City Builder 19.9%, Economy 17.9%, Management 16.9%, Building 13.2%, Sandbox 12.8%
- #49 Block Tower TD
70% matchVery Positive82% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Block Tower TD is a roguelike tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Build a world out of blocks, choose random upgrades to make every run unique.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.9%, City Builder 22.1%, Sandbox 12.9%, Management 10.7%, Strategy 7.1%
- #50 Game Dev Tycoon
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 44,663 reviews2013
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 47.3%, Economy 19.6%, Simulation 17.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Sandbox 5.2%
- #51 Hexguardian
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 685 reviews2024
Dev: Split Second GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.1%, City Builder 21.3%, Fantasy 10.1%, Strategy 9.3%, Colorful 7.8%
- #52 Novice Dungeon Master
67% matchVery Positive90% of 150 reviews2024
Dev: LazyCnD
Windows
[Novice Dungeon Master] is a dungeon management simulation set in a fantasy world of dungeons and adventures. Turn your beginner dungeon into the ultimate dungeon of your dreams. Greet adventurers who come to visit your dungeon, grow herbs, summon monsters, and more!
Why similar: Management 38.4%, Sandbox 22.8%, Simulation 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #53 Dungeon Dev
67% matchVery Positive87% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Team ETTU
Windows
Under the Demon Lord's orders, following a secret deal with the human kingdom, you must create a special dungeon that will satisfy the kingdom's heroes. Strategically place monsters and traps according to the roles of the heroes, such as "Tank," "Dealer," and "Healer," to design this unique dungeon!
Why similar: Medieval 24.8%, Strategy 19.7%, Fantasy 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Cute 9.3%
- #54 Drill Deal – Oil Tycoon
68% matchVery Positive87% of 120 reviews2022
Pub: Manager Games S.A.
Windows
Drill Deal is a fun oil business simulator. Start from a single tiny rig and expand it to a large complex of connected platforms. Optimize & grow your business. Look out for threats like weather, terrorists, fire, and others. Take care of your working crews.
Why similar: Economy 21.4%, Tower Defense 15.8%, Voxel 15.1% ★, Management 14.3%, Building 12.1%
- #55 Another Brick in The Mall
68% matchVery Positive83% of 2,425 reviews2020
Dev: The Quadsphere
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 23.8%, City Builder 20.2%, Economy 18.3%, Building 16%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #56 Mad Smartphone Tycoon
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 580 reviews2024
Dev: Miradil
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 23.9%, City Builder 15.7%, Building 13.6%, Economy 12.7%, Sandbox 12.7%
- #57 Ninja Tycoon
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 436 reviews2018
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Recruit Ninjas, Hire Workers, build your base, train your Ninjas and send them on Missions!
Why similar: Economy 28.3%, Management 27.3%, Simulation 18.3%, Strategy 14%, Medieval 12%
- #58 Coffee Shop Tycoon
65% matchVery Positive85% of 596 reviews2022
Dev: Riff Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Manage your own coffee shop and control every detail to make it the most popular one in town! Roast your own beans and create your recipes. Hire and train your staff, manage your economy and marketing, and destroy your competition to become the ultimate legal coffee monopoly in Coffee Shop Tycoon.
Why similar: Management 30.5%, Economy 27.1%, Simulation 12.1%, Building 11.9%, Strategy 10.7%
- #59 Dungeon Warfare 3
63% matchMostly Positive79% of 619 reviews2025
Dev: Excidium Inc.
Windows · Mac
Forge invincible defenses with lethal traps and devious machines, and crush relentless waves of adventurers in the ultimate tower defense showdown!
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.2%, Building 16.7%, Medieval 12.3%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 8.6%