- #1 Mayor: City in Session
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HeavyRescue112Pub: HeavyResuce112
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take control as mayor and guide a growing city through difficult council decisions. Balance the economy, crime, infrastructure, public approval, and your budget as every choice shapes the future of your community.
Why similar: Political Sim 36.8% ★, City Builder 27.7%, Simulation 12.8%, Economy 11.9%, Management 5.6%
- #2 Urban Protocol
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomas Kraits
Windows · Mac
Build and govern a growing city where prosperity, population growth, and social control must remain in balance. Expand districts, manage infrastructure, enact policies, and maintain stability in this city-building strategy simulation.
Why similar: Political Sim 36.8% ★, City Builder 28.8%, Economy 9.7%, Simulation 8.8%, Management 7.8%
- #3 Green New Deal Simulator
96% matchVery Positive86% of 115 reviews2023
Dev: Molleindustria
Windows · Mac
Achieve zero emissions and full employment in this casual card-driven game.
Why similar: Political Sim 33% ★, Capitalism 15.5%, Education 14.3%, Economy 9.6%, Simulation 6.9%
- #4 POLIS
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Afterwork Studio
Windows · Mac
Become mayor of a small Greek town and govern for 17 years. Citizens write you letters for years, the opposition never sleeps, and every promise is remembered. A satirical political city sim where the town never forgets.
Why similar: Political Sim 44.4% ★, City Builder 27.4%, Simulation 9.5%, Management 8.4%, Economy 7.8%
- #5 Spidle Tridle
94% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: solinvictus1313
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build your industry and earn credits to buy your ticket back home to Earth. Minimalist sci-fi base building about resource extraction and refinement. A 100% organic indie idle game with an oldschool lo-fi aesthetic and a light-hearted & relaxed atmosphere. Made to be played in a window on the side.
Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, Idler 20.2%, Economy 11.6%, Minimalist 11.4%, Simulation 7.9%
- #6 Tropico 6
94% matchVery Positive88% of 29,404 reviews2019
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
Why similar: City Builder 36.1%, Political Sim 28% ★, Economy 13.9%, Simulation 8.1%, Management 7.8%
- #7 Pochemeow
92% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: yiotro
Windows
Economic strategy about trade war
Why similar: Political Sim 35.1% ★, City Builder 28.3%, Capitalism 12.2%, Economy 8.6%, Minimalist 8.1%
- #8 Cleanup Project
93% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Michael J. CoffeyPub: Heron Mage Games
Windows
A 3D exploration game, where your goal is to clean up your neighborhood. But litter on the sidewalk isn't the only problem you'll need to solve.
Why similar: Political Sim 37.1% ★, Education 27.4%, Capitalism 18.8%, Nature 7.8%, Simulation 6.7%
- #9 Market Hours
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: ACB Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Grow a trading firm from your apartment to a global institution. Hire traders and engineers, research new strategies, negotiate with your competitors, optimize your infrastructure, and build the most successful proprietary trading firm on Wall Street!
Why similar: Political Sim 32.1% ★, City Builder 25.8%, Capitalism 12.5%, Simulation 12.2%, Economy 8.1%
- #10 FED Chairman
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aleksandar Brajkovic
Windows · Mac
Lead the U.S. economy: adjust rates, deploy QE/QT, and balance inflation with employment in this macro-strategy sim.
Why similar: Political Sim 40.2% ★, Education 26.6%, Economy 16.3%, Simulation 9.3%, 2D 4%
- #11 Billionaire in the Greedy America
90% matchNo user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Pizza OK Games
Windows
America, 1850. Fortunes are made and destroyed in a single day. Will you be the predator — or the prey? Trade stocks, crush rivals, seize companies, and claw your way to the top in the most ruthless financial arena of the century.
Why similar: Political Sim 38.6% ★, Capitalism 18.8%, Idler 16.8%, Economy 10.6%, Simulation 5.3%
- #12 CAPITALIUM
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WinFive Game
Windows · Mac
CAPITALIUM is a turn-based economic simulation set during an industrial revolution. Begin with a single deal, trade in a living market, found companies and build supply chains. Compete for wealth and power, earn a royal charter, take railways to the frontier, and build and name your own city.
Why similar: Political Sim 33.7% ★, Capitalism 17.3%, Economy 15.5%, City Builder 15%, Management 8.1%
- #13 Geoplanetical
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Polytale Games
Windows
Take control of any of 177 countries in 2026. Shape its economy, politics, public services, diplomacy and military in a living geopolitical sandbox where every nation is simulated, every system is connected and your decisions write the story.
Why similar: Political Sim 48.9% ★, Capitalism 21.5%, Economy 12.6%, Simulation 8.9%, Management 8.1%
- #14 Beat the Fed
87% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: TideMill Group LLC
Windows · Mac
Run the Federal Reserve in this macroeconomics time-traveling simulation game. Apply monetary and fiscal policies and monitor and assess the impact on unemployment, inflation, and other key economic metrics. Can you Beat the Fed?
Why similar: Political Sim 33.2% ★, Education 19.7%, Capitalism 17.5%, Economy 12%, Management 6.5%
- #15 Hansa Forever
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Oğuzcan Şirolu
Windows
Build a medieval trading empire across Northern Europe. Establish trade routes, influence politics, expand your cities, and compete with rival merchants for wealth and power in a dynamic economic strategy game.
Why similar: Capitalism 22.2%, Political Sim 21.7% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Economy 17.3%, Simulation 7.4%
- #16 Factory Business Management
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gran Capitan Game Dev
Windows · Mac
Build factories, manage resources, research new technologies, try to locate the best markets to sell your products. Keep building, managing resources, researching and selling. Repeat, fail, learn, repeat, succeed, grow
Why similar: Political Sim 29.5% ★, City Builder 25%, Economy 13.6%, Capitalism 12.2%, Management 8.7%
- #17 Citystate
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 813 reviews2018
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Create a 21st century micro-nation and experiment with economic and political ideals. Futuristic skyscrapers or spreading slums, the Nation relies on your economic and city planning skills.
Why similar: Political Sim 35.4% ★, City Builder 35.4%, Economy 12%, Simulation 9.9%, Management 6%
- #18 Stakeholder Game
86% matchMixed41% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: BoneAppsPub: Bone Apps
Windows · Linux
Investment business simulation game. Become the richest billionaire ever! Build your financial empire out of merged companies and increase your capital.
Why similar: City Builder 25.3%, Capitalism 23.6%, Economy 19.1%, Idler 11.8%, Simulation 11.4%
- #19 Academia : School Simulator
83% matchVery Positive86% of 3,073 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 22.8%, Capitalism 16.3%, Education 12.3%, Economy 11.4%, Management 8.1%
- #20 Democracy 4
82% matchVery Positive82% of 6,385 reviews2022
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...
Why similar: Political Sim 38.5% ★, Education 13.5%, Capitalism 13.2%, Economy 13.1%, Management 8.1%
- #21 Tropico 7
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Get rich or die trying! In Tropico 7, you step into El Presidente’s shiny boots again to build your island nation and – literally – move mountains. As glorious leader you guide your loyal citizens (and your Swiss Bank Account) through the ages toward untold prosperity.
Why similar: Political Sim 35% ★, City Builder 25.6%, Capitalism 10.9%, Simulation 9.9%, Economy 9.5%
- #22 Epoch Cycle
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: GeometricUniverse
Windows
Apocalypse is Not the End, It's Your Beginning. Become the supreme leader of a civilization in an apocalyptic world. Every collapse fuels the rise of a new era—your choices will forge a legacy across four monumental epochs.
Why similar: Political Sim 43.1% ★, City Builder 31.7%, Management 9%, Base Building 6.6%, Simulation 5%
- #23 Epic City Builder 4
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 33 reviews2021
Dev: Andrew Rowe
Windows · Linux
In Epic City Builder 4 you build a whole nation across multiple maps. Pass laws at the national level. Fiddle with the budgets at the city level. Manage your taxes and spending well and later you could be laying out whole cities at once.
Why similar: Political Sim 33.4% ★, City Builder 22.4%, Capitalism 13.7%, Economy 7.9%, Top-Down 6.5%
- #24 VAL-YOU: Future Europe
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PandaBee Studios
Windows
Build a healthy democracy and shape the future of Europe in this Free Card Game. Play Cards as actions to balance the demands of Politics, Economy, Science, and Society in different political scenarios.
Why similar: Political Sim 47.5% ★, Education 17.9%, Simulation 10.1%, Minimalist 6.4%, Management 6%
- #25 Idler Coaster
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixels n Parallax
Windows
Build and manage the amusement park of your dreams! Idler Coaster is a Clicker that combines Management Tycoon and Business Simulation in a unique way! Build, upgrade, hire staff and research new attractions to achieve maximum profits!
Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Idler 20%, Capitalism 12.8%, Economy 8.8%, Management 8.5%
- #26 Mageo
80% match8 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Enigmatus s.r.o.
Windows
Mageo is a Free Network Adventure With Leaderboards
Why similar: Political Sim 28.9% ★, Education 19.7%, Idler 15.5%, Capitalism 12.9%, Economy 8.6%
- #27 Green City
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fabiulous Games
Windows · Mac
Green City is a Free-to-Play, Eco-Focused City-Builder. Create your own beautiful sustainable city, manage resources and balance economic growth with environmental impact.
Why similar: Political Sim 30% ★, City Builder 28.1%, Economy 10.4%, Nature 9.7%, Management 7.7%
- #28 Tax Empire
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Virtual Fable
Windows
Build your own Tax Empire! Collect taxes, expand your city, hire tax officers, control traffic, enact new policies and squeeze out as much revenue as you can on your road to riches.
Why similar: City Builder 29.3%, Capitalism 21.8%, Idler 19.5%, Simulation 10%, Economy 9.4%
- #29 The Gaming Cafe
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BiliciPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Build, run, and grow your own Gaming Cafe. Set up gaming stations, manage customer flow, and boost profits by selling drinks and shelf products.
Why similar: Political Sim 30.4% ★, City Builder 18%, Capitalism 14.9%, Economy 10.9%, Idler 9.4%
- #30 Take town
79% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Merragamm
Windows
Urban Planning Simulator (puzzle) build and manage your city! You are the mayor of a small town develop it and earn money.
Why similar: Political Sim 53.9% ★, City Builder 33.2%, Management 6.7%, Simulation 4%, Resource Management 2.2%
- #31 Dissent on Mars
76% matchMixed47% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Michael HicksPub: MichaelArts
Windows
A sci-fi life sim where you create new societies unlike anything on Earth. Design your economy and government, build your colony, and experience your choices firsthand by living as a colonist. Will your society become a living utopia, or another dystopia?
Why similar: Political Sim 35.3% ★, City Builder 20.2%, Economy 13.4%, Capitalism 8%, Simulation 6%
- #32 Juice factory
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game Alchemy Studio
Windows
Run a juice empire in a city full of sloths. Build factories, outprice rivals, and climb to the top of a fruit-fueled economy. A silly, strategic multiplayer sim packed with derpy sloth antics and juice-powered capitalism.
Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Education 15.8%, Capitalism 14.6%, Economy 9.5%, Top-Down 9.2%
- #33 +1%
75% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: IdleClick Games
Windows
Idle clicker game with a percentage based math inside. Compound percent is used for all calculations. Slow start, exponential growth and lots of fun!
Why similar: Idler 22.4%, Economy 15.8%, Minimalist 12.9%, Capitalism 12.5%, Education 9.8%
- #34 Passive Income
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ReallyMushroom
Windows · Mac
Passive Income is an idle-ish simulator game where you can build houses, get upgrades, and gain money over time! Chill out and relax as you rip rent out of little cartoon people's pockets. Grow your passive income now!
Why similar: City Builder 26.9%, Idler 18.8%, Capitalism 15.1%, Economy 9.8%, Simulation 8.3%
- #35 Resource chill
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Asfar GAMES
Windows · Linux
A cozy idle automation game about building tiny factories, unlocking upgrades, and relaxing while your machines work overtime. Progress has never been this chill.
Why similar: City Builder 26.7%, Idler 21.4%, Capitalism 15.1%, Economy 10%, Simulation 5.6%
- #36 Fireworks Incremental
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Frajda Games
Windows
Bad Wizard covered the land with a Magical Dome and the only way to destroy it is with fireworks! Hire units, unlock buildings, buy powerful upgrades, discover unique synergies, create a ridiculous spectacle and ultimately defeat The Bad Wizard in this addictive incremental game about fireworks!
Why similar: Idler 23.4%, Capitalism 19%, Economy 14.7%, Minimalist 9%, Management 8.1%
- #37 Bonfires of Azure
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Cloud
Windows
Embark on a cozy journey to settle and thrive on floating islands in the remnants of a ruptured world. Grow your village, manage resources, and become the renowned pioneer of the clouds. A relaxing city-building experience where you build and optimize your serene sanctuary in the skies.
Why similar: City Builder 32.7%, Idler 25.6%, Economy 11.4%, Top-Down 9.2%, Family Friendly 5.9%
- #38 Corner Arcade
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Origami Panda Studio
Windows
Live the dream and run your own arcade in this idle management sim. Purchase arcade machines and build your space, your way. Run your arcade, level up and upgrade your machines to attract elite gamers and watch as they empty their pockets to fill yours! Then sit back & enjoy the buzz of the arcade.
Why similar: Idler 23.7%, City Builder 21.2%, Capitalism 13.2%, Economy 12.6%, Management 9.8%
- #39 Megacity Builder
75% matchMixed49% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: Andrew Rowe
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A city builder that has all the bells and whistles you know and love with one twist. In Megacity Builder you build a whole nation not just a city. Pass laws at the national level. Build cities like in classic city builders while producing resources to feed your massive capital.
Why similar: Political Sim 35% ★, City Builder 23.1%, Capitalism 16.6%, Economy 11.3%, Management 6.2%
- #40 Power Network Tycoon
72% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: David Made This
Windows · Mac · Linux
Power Network Tycoon is a physics based power grid simulation game where you build and maintain a high-voltage power network. Build power infrastructure, monitor resources, research upgrades, adapt to environmental challenges, keep up with energy demands and protect your island community!
Why similar: City Builder 29%, Capitalism 18.6%, Education 16.7%, Political Sim 11.3% ★, Simulation 7.7%
- #41 暗色战争(Dark Conflict)
71% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Li
Windows
Welcome to "Dark Conflict"! This is a game full of strategy and war elements, allowing you to play as a leader, constructing buildings, assembling armies, and developing resources to compete for the glory of victory.
Why similar: Political Sim 35.2% ★, City Builder 27.5%, Economy 12.9%, Simulation 9.2%, Management 6.6%
- #42 Governor
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Daniling
Windows
An economic strategy game where you run the central bank. Built on the IS–PC–MR macroeconomic model. The policy rate, unemployment, inflation, the trade balance. Can you keep the economy clear of overheating and slumps?
Why similar: Education 23%, Economy 18.7%, Capitalism 15.8%, Political Sim 15.3% ★, Simulation 11.7%
- #43 Shop Tycoon
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loop Entertainment
Windows
Buy, sell, and build the largest shopping center in the city.
Why similar: City Builder 29%, Idler 19.6%, Capitalism 15.2%, Economy 10.5%, Simulation 8.9%
- #44 Highrise Mogul
72% 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 34.5%, Capitalism 22.5%, Economy 14.7%, Management 8.4%, Simulation 7.8%
- #45 Civitas Rise
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Renewal Art Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Civitas Rise是一款古典社会模拟游戏。本游戏中,数千名玩家共同建设一座座著名的汉代时期东西方城市,发展经济系统,制定社会规则,沉淀文化记忆。玩家们的群体决策会对城市产生不可逆的深远影响。
Why similar: Political Sim 51.2% ★, City Builder 31.2%, Minimalist 8.2%, Simulation 4.1%, 2D 3%
- #46 Settlemoon
69% matchVery Positive86% of 288 reviews2023
Dev: Lepioid LLC
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
After the moon vanished, the fantasy world of Settlemoon lays abandoned in darkness. Re-light the skies, and provide a rest stop for adventurers in a town that updates in real time. Grow your town to attract strange visitors, and discover happened to this world.
Why similar: City Builder 31.7%, Idler 24.1%, Minimalist 12.9%, Simulation 9.9%, Colorful 7%
- #47 Backyard Birdwatching
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Barry HerbersPub: Warder Games
Windows
Backyard Birdwatching is your virtual window to a relaxing afternoon in the Midwest. It's a simple, colorful management sim that teaches you about birds and how to attract them to your yard.
Why similar: City Builder 32.4%, Idler 27.4%, Nature 9.4%, Management 9.3%, Simulation 7.4%
- #48 Polyglot Language Learning Quiz
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Wholetone Games
Windows
Learn French, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese & Korean like a polyglot!
Why similar: Education 36.1%, Idler 34.7%, Simulation 15.2%, Minimalist 14%
- #49 NIMBY Rails
70% matchVery Positive90% of 2,300 reviews2021
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Solve global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.
Why similar: Political Sim 26.5% ★, City Builder 19.6%, Capitalism 14.6%, Economy 13.9%, Management 8.2%
- #50 Terachain
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jabuticabra Games
Windows
Terachain is a short incremental game about generating the largest possible chain reaction in a weird alien machine. What's the biggest reaction possible with a single click? Earn billions or trillions of points by increasing the attributes of these strange spinning pieces.
Why similar: Idler 28.3%, Capitalism 21.7%, Economy 18.6%, Management 9.6%, Simulation 6.5%
- #51 Billionaire in the Oil Boom
68% matchPositive83% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: Pizza OK Games
Windows
Wealth, power, greed: in the oil boom of the 1960s, money never sleeps. Invest in stocks, commodities and real estate, acquire companies and manipulate markets to build a financial empire. Use mergers, Ruthless speculation and strategies to dominate the global economy.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.8% ★, Capitalism 25.1%, Economy 16.5%, Simulation 13.9%, Management 8.3%
- #52 Capitalize
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JL Games Studio
Windows
Financial life sim from 18 to retirement: job, budget, housing, broker (ETFs, stocks, gold…), business & IPO, local modes + online career. Learn compounding and the 4% rule by playing.
Why similar: Education 30.2%, Capitalism 19.1%, Simulation 16.8%, Minimalist 12.2%, Economy 10.2%
- #53 Oceanopolis 2000
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andrew ConnellyPub: Andrew Connellt
Windows
Build the future under the sea in this retro sci-fi city tycoon.
Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Idler 16.2%, Capitalism 14.6%, Economy 9.9%, Simulation 9%
- #54 The Monetary Lever
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: WAL Interactive
Windows · Mac
In The Monetary Lever, you're the Bank of England Governor. Control interest rates and QE to guide the UK economy. Balance growth with inflation and navigate unexpected challenges. Test your economic skills in this engaging simulator. Can you steer the economy towards prosperity?"
Why similar: Economy 22.7%, Capitalism 22.6%, Political Sim 17.6% ★, Simulation 13.9%, Education 13.4%
- #55 Federal Reserve Simulator
65% matchVery Positive97% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Billmeade Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you beat inflation without crashing the economy? Run the Federal Reserve through real crises, political pressure, AI bubbles, and market panic. Set rates, deploy QE, manage expectations, and engineer the perfect soft landing. Featured on Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal.
Why similar: Political Sim 46.5% ★, Economy 19.3%, Education 16.7%, Management 8.8%, Simulation 6.9%
- #56 Amusement Tycoon
67% 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: City Builder 33.2%, Capitalism 21.2%, Economy 14.4%, Management 11.7%, Simulation 8.9%
- #57 Valdrin
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Stalwart Fox
Windows · Linux
A low-fantasy kingdom sim where you never command a single subject. Shape laws, set priorities, and watch an autonomous society build, trade, worship, and fight under your rule.
Why similar: Political Sim 51.6% ★, City Builder 31.3%, Simulation 9%, Base Building 5.5%, 2D 2.7%
- #58 Urbek City Builder
66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,977 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.5% ★, City Builder 28.5%, Economy 12.4%, Management 8.4%, Minimalist 7.7%