Games Like Festival Tycoon 🎪

Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.

Why similar: Building 22%, Management 14.8%, Sandbox 14.5%, Economy 12.7%, City Builder 10%

Why You'll Like It: Offers the most robust creative tools for building and managing large-scale public venues similar to festival grounds.

Parkitect is a business simulation game that charges you with the construction and management of theme parks! Bringing back the best of classic theme park games with many new features and content on top. Now supports online co-op with up to 8 players!

Why similar: City Builder 12.6%, Time Management 12.3%, Capitalism 12.1%, Economy 11.9%, Building 11%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the logistics of guest flow and supply chains, mirroring the micro-management required in festival planning.

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 42.4%, Economy 19%, Simulation 15.3%, Strategy 9.2%, Sandbox 6%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the satisfying loop of managing projects and growing a business from small beginnings to a global success.

Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.

Why similar: City Builder 20.5%, Management 16.5%, Building 16.3%, Isometric 10.8%, Sandbox 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines building design with complex management systems and event-based progression.

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: Building 18.5%, Sandbox 15.2%, Management 14.2%, Resource Management 11.1%, Economy 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Requires careful layout planning and resource management to keep guests happy and exhibits running smoothly.

Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!

Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, Economy 14.8%, Base Building 13.9%, Building 13.1%, Management 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the intricate logistics of crowd control and infrastructure, which are core components of managing a large event.

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 21.5%, Economy 16.2%, Building 14.1%, Time Management 13.5%, Management 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, complex management experience where building design directly impacts staff productivity and company success.

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 14.3%, Building 10.8%, Capitalism 10.4%, Economy 10.3%, Resource Management 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the building and management of a hospitality business, similar to managing festival infrastructure.

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 19.1%, Economy 17.1%, Management 15.8%, Life Sim 12.3%, Time Management 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an expansive business simulation where you manage logistics, staff, and physical locations in a living city.

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: Building 12.8%, Resource Management 12.4%, Management 11.3%, Life Sim 9.7%, Base Building 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Involves complex facility management and resource balancing to keep operations running effectively.

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

Why similar: Building 14.3%, Management 13.7%, Resource Management 13.1%, Economy 13%, Strategy 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features detailed micro-management of production lines and facility layout.

Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits

Why similar: City Builder 19.4%, Building 14.1%, Life Sim 12.8%, Sandbox 10%, Economy 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exhibit design and visitor management, sharing the same management DNA as festival planning.

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

Why similar: Building 25.6%, Management 24.4%, Economy 10.3%, Sandbox 9.6%, Strategy 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Challenges you to design and manage a complex building while balancing the needs of various tenants.

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 27.6%, Economy 24.9%, Building 9.5%, Simulation 9.3%, Sandbox 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A management sim that emphasizes resource allocation and scaling your business operations.

The indoor park management simulator where you can create your rides and coasters from scratch and freely design your halls. Manage, expand and develop your own park to inspire your guests. Satisfy your visitors' needs by unlocking and researching new buildings, rides, transportation and more!

Why similar: City Builder 16%, Building 16%, Isometric 13.7%, Management 13.6%, Resource Management 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to design and manage your own theme park with a focus on building and guest experience.

Build your ideal ski resort. Keep skiers smiling with fresh pistes and fine facilities. Ski, build and chill in the wintry world of Snowtopia where everyone is welcome!

Why similar: City Builder 16.9%, Base Building 12.2%, Building 12%, Economy 10.3%, Resource Management 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Requires balancing infrastructure development with the needs of visitors in a sandbox environment.

Manage your own esports squad, expand your gaming house, and defeat legendary teams to become the best in the world!

Why similar: Economy 13.9%, Time Management 12.5%, Management 11.9%, Resource Management 11.6%, Building 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on managing a team and event-based growth, similar to booking bands and managing festival popularity.

Dive into the agricultural life with Farm Manager World! Manage your own farm across vibrant global locations, cultivate exotic crops, and build your agribusiness empire. Welcome to sustainable farming at its finest.

Why similar: City Builder 13.8%, Time Management 12.1%, Capitalism 11.3%, Resource Management 9.4%, Economy 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Requires careful time and resource management to maintain a successful operation.

An exciting new city-management/puzzle game about buildings and the city they inhabit. You must grow your city to a bustling metropolitan centre with an array of shops, offices, entertainment facilities and amenities, to help your buildings thrive; or risk them being demolished forever.

Why similar: City Builder 27%, Economy 19.1%, Building 15.1%, Management 15.1%, Base Building 12%

Why You'll Like It: Adds a unique layer of personality to city-building and management mechanics.

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: City Builder 16.7%, Capitalism 15.4%, Building 10.6%, Economy 10.6%, Base Building 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Requires careful planning of floor layouts and guest flow to maximize profit.

Filmmaker Tycoon is a next generation movie tycoon simulation game! You're the producer of your very own movie studio! Hire actors, build movie sets, make films, move up in the industry, and watch your finished films in Filmmaker Tycoon.

Why similar: Economy 11.5%, Building 10.9%, Capitalism 10.7%, City Builder 10.1%, Isometric 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the production and management aspects of a creative industry.

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: Capitalism 15.8%, Building 12.8%, Economy 12%, Management 11.4%, Resource Management 11%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a cozy management experience focused on building and guest satisfaction.

Build, Customize & Manage your own shopping center! Choose from modern gaming hardware store to cozy flower shop. Hire skilled cashiers, secure financing through bank loans, and launch strategic advertising campaigns to make your mall thrive!

Why similar: Capitalism 17.5%, City Builder 14%, Building 12.8%, Economy 11.7%, Management 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Centers on building and managing a retail space, requiring careful layout planning.

In this colorful tycoon with unique puzzle elements you are the designer of stunning, glamorous casinos. Your guests, though, have varied and sometimes opposite demands! Analyze their routines, split them up and manipulate them on your way to success!

Why similar: Capitalism 24.2%, Building 16.7%, Management 12.2%, Economy 11%, City Builder 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Involves building and managing a venue while balancing guest satisfaction and profit.

Become a movie mogul in Super Movie Tycoon! From script to screen, build your dream team and create blockbusters to conquer Hollywood!

Why similar: City Builder 12.3%, Capitalism 12.1%, Economy 9.8%, Time Management 9.7%, Building 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a management simulation centered on the film industry and business growth.

Build up your headquarters from scratch and design your own masterpiece. In Rescue HQ you build, organize and manage a joint station for firefighters, police and ambulance. Manage your resources wisely and master challenging emergencies to keep your city safe! Are you up to the challenge?

Why similar: City Builder 16%, Building 13.4%, Isometric 12.6%, Management 12.4%, Sandbox 11%

Why You'll Like It: Combines facility management with time-sensitive operational decisions.

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 18.1% ★, City Builder 17.1%, Economy 14%, Management 11.2%, Building 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a management experience with a unique fantasy theme and operational challenges.

In Game Builder Tycoon, begin as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing, research stuff and manage a skilled team. Overcome competition to guide your game development studio to global recognition and dominate the gaming industry.

Why similar: Capitalism 22.2%, Economy 17.8%, Management 12.6%, Isometric 10.1%, Sandbox 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the development cycle and business management of a creative studio.

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 21.8%, Capitalism 18.4%, Building 13.9%, Economy 12.6%, Base Building 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines city-building with economic management and capitalism.

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: City Builder 16.8%, Economy 16.4%, Management 14%, Building 10.8%, Resource Management 8.8%

Build and manage your own Food Park! Customize food stalls, hire staff, and cater to hungry customers as you find the perfect recipes. Decorate your park to attract and satisfy more customers.

Why similar: City Builder 15.8%, Life Sim 11.5%, Economy 11.1%, Time Management 10.8%, Resource Management 8.5%

Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!

Why similar: Management 21.6%, City Builder 20.7%, Resource Management 15.3%, Economy 14.6%, Sandbox 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on logistics and resource management in a sandbox environment.

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: City Builder 16.1%, Capitalism 13.2%, Economy 11.2%, Building 10.9%, Sandbox 8.9%

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 16.9%, Capitalism 15.7%, Economy 11.4%, Base Building 11.4%, Building 10.5%

Design and build arenas for your guests to fight in, keep them happy, your workers paid and make a profit!

Why similar: City Builder 16.8%, Management 15.7%, Economy 14.6%, Sandbox 12.6%, Building 12.5%

A city-building game with a unique twist—step inside and experience your city firsthand! Plan roads, zones, and infrastructure while growing your economy, managing resources, and unlocking special buildings. Host events, build mega projects, and watch your city thrive in a dynamic world.

Why similar: City Builder 21.3%, Economy 13.1%, Capitalism 12.3%, Sandbox 11.1%, Base Building 11%

Build and manage an international airport!

Why similar: Capitalism 14.2%, City Builder 12.7%, Resource Management 12%, Building 10.5%, Economy 10.3%

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 13.8%, Capitalism 13.4%, Economy 12.6%, Building 10.5%, Base Building 10.2%

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 14.5%, Capitalism 13.8%, Building 11.2%, Base Building 10.5%, Economy 10.5%

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 17.1%, Economy 12.4%, Building 11.9%, Capitalism 10.5%, Management 9.7%

Embark on an e-commerce startup journey in E-Shop Tycoon! Optimize warehouse logistics, hire and train staff, and design unique office spaces as your business grows. Handle industry events and marketing crises. Come grow your startup into an e-commerce giant!

Why similar: Time Management 15.5%, Capitalism 14.7%, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 10.6%, Economy 10%

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: Building 12.9%, Economy 12.7%, Capitalism 12.1%, Sandbox 11.4%, Management 10.8%

Become a landlord and deal with problematic tenants as you build your rental property empire. Decide how to react to annoyed neighbors or police interventions. Will you design your apartment for a group of gamer friends or an aspiring musician looking for a new home?

Why similar: City Builder 16.7%, Life Sim 12.8%, Economy 11.9%, Time Management 11.5%, Building 11%

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 15.1%, Building 13.4%, Base Building 12.7%, Management 11.6%

Movies Tycoon is a simulation game where you dive into the world of film-making. Start with a humble studio, scout and manage top talent, customize unique characters, and direct blockbuster films.

Why similar: Capitalism 16.3%, Economy 12.3%, Time Management 11.7%, City Builder 10.9%, Building 10.4%

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 15%, Building 13.2%, City Builder 13.2%, Capitalism 11.1%, Sandbox 10.3%

Build the ultimate waterpark paradise in this classic tycoon simulation game! Design & customize water slides, pools, and saunas to fulfill your guests' needs. Combine creativity, strategy, and management to make a splash in the world of water parks and become the ultimate Aquapark Tycoon!

Why similar: City Builder 15.9%, Capitalism 14.2%, Time Management 13%, Building 9.9%, Economy 9.6%

Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.

Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Management 12.9%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 10.1%, Economy 10%

Build, manage, and expand your own lucrative parking enterprise in this management sim. Parking World puts the power to build your perfect parking garage at your fingertips while solving everybody else's parking problems in unique narrative scenarios or without any objectives in freeplay mode.

Why similar: City Builder 16.6%, Economy 14.2%, Building 13.8%, Resource Management 11.1%, Management 10.8%

Espresso Tycoon - a coffee shop simulator. Create your brand, decorate the coffee shop, manage your employees, and take care of your customers. Use the 3D coffee editor to create coffee recipes, order supplies, and collect rating points. Build the whole coffee business and complete all the missions!

Why similar: Building 18.6%, Isometric 17.9%, Management 14.9%, Life Sim 13.5%, Sandbox 10.9%

Step into the role of a hands-on mayor and build your town from the ground up. Plan neighborhoods, automate logistics, and grow your community—all while juggling workers, infrastructure, and day-to-day chaos to create your dream town. Play solo for total control, or bring friends for co-op mayhem.

Why similar: City Builder 22%, Life Sim 16.3%, Building 14.3%, Sandbox 11.9%, Management 11.3%

Build a towering casino resort and watch it come alive. Crowds flow, elevators jam, and tiny decisions create big stories as your tower grows upward, floor by floor. Build it. Break it. Fix it.

Why similar: Capitalism 14.6%, Economy 12.2%, Base Building 10.9%, Time Management 10.8%, City Builder 10.3%

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 13.4%, City Builder 11.8%, Economy 9.5%, Building 9.2%, Base Building 8.6%

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: Capitalism 15.3%, Economy 15%, Building 13.3%, Sandbox 11.4%, Life Sim 11.1%

Create, manage, and guide your very own band to success!

Why similar: Management 72%, Simulation 28%

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: Capitalism 15.4%, Management 14.7%, Time Management 13%, Economy 12.4%, Sandbox 11.3%

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: City Builder 16%, Building 14.7%, Management 14.5%, Capitalism 14%, Economy 11.7%

Ultimate Theater Simulator is a first-person cinema management game where you screen movies, serve snacks, hire staff, handle chaos, and grow your dream theater from the ground up.

Why similar: Time Management 17.4%, Life Sim 16.7%, Economy 12.2%, Sandbox 12.1%, Building 11%

Build & design your own parades! Create light shows, setup animatronics, use special effects, play music, and more to captivate audiences in both singleplayer & multiplayer. Inspired by real-world celebrations like Mardi Gras & Carnival of Brazil 🎊

Why similar: Building 19%, Resource Management 16.9%, Economy 16.8%, Sandbox 16.5%, Management 16.1%

Smart Factory Tycoon inspired by Little Big Workshop is a tycoon management game about running your dream factory with robots. Design your dream factory, plan all steps of production, research new technologies and become a tycoon!

Why similar: City Builder 15.1%, Base Building 12%, Resource Management 11.9%, Management 9.8%, Building 9.7%