- #1 Game Dev Tycoon
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 45,135 reviews2013
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 15.5 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 53.6%, Simulation 16.6%, Economy 15.2%, Strategy 3.9%, Indie 3%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive game development simulator that mirrors the progression and decision-making loop found in Game Corp DX.
- #2 Mad Games Tycoon 2
96% matchVery Positive94% of 7,827 reviews2023
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Start your own game development studio in 1976. Build your own offices, production facilities and server rooms. Develop the games of your dreams and produce the next next-gen console. Rise from a small garage company to a huge corporation.
Why similar: Management 30.2%, Game Development 26.2% ★, Economy 22.5%, Simulation 8.1%, Building 5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a more complex and modern take on the game development management genre with deep customization and detailed studio building.
- #3 Software Inc.
96% matchVery Positive94% of 7,850 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 46.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Management 27.4%, Game Development 24.9% ★, Economy 22.3%, Simulation 8.4%, Building 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a highly detailed simulation of running a software company, focusing on office design and team management.
- #4 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
95% matchVery Positive92% of 1,910 reviews2021
Dev: Binogure Studio 🐺
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage a game studio from the dawn of the gaming industry in 1976. Your journey starts with small indie titles and grows into a gaming empire. Develop, design, and conquer the industry. From humble beginnings to gaming legend, it’s your story, your studio, your legacy!
Why similar: Game Development 26.5% ★, Management 25.5%, Economy 21.1%, Simulation 8.1%, Building 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the essence of starting a small indie studio and growing it into a massive publisher with a focus on game development cycles.
- #5 Game Dev Studio
94% matchVery Positive85% of 690 reviews2018
Dev: Explosive Squat Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?
Why similar: Management 35.5%, Economy 21.1%, Simulation 19.1%, Strategy 7.4%, Indie 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward and accessible management game that focuses on the core pillars of game development and studio growth.
- #6 Startup Company
94% matchVery Positive81% of 6,224 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 46%, Economy 26.2%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 4.1%, Building 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game shifts the focus to web development, offering a similar management experience centered on hiring, product development, and scaling a business.
- #7 Little Big Workshop
93% matchVery Positive84% of 3,399 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: THQ Nordic Mobile
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Management 34.3%, Economy 20.8%, Simulation 20.2%, Strategy 8.5%, Building 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It features a charming 2D-style aesthetic and focuses on managing a production line, which feels very similar to the management loop of Game Corp DX.
- #8 Two Point Hospital
92% matchVery Positive92% of 35,001 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 35.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.
Why similar: Management 51.9%, Simulation 20.1%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 4.7%, Strategy 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: While the theme differs, it shares the same satisfying management, room-building, and staff-optimization mechanics found in top-tier tycoon games.
- #9 Big Ambitions
90% matchVery Positive92% of 14,788 reviews2026
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Management 49.2%, Economy 33.9%, Simulation 11%, Sandbox 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: An expansive business simulator that allows you to manage multiple types of companies in a city, offering a deeper scale of economic management.
- #10 Project Highrise
91% matchVery Positive85% of 4,823 reviews2016
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
Why similar: Management 46.1%, Simulation 15.1%, Economy 12.3%, Building 10.7%, Strategy 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and construction of a skyscraper, requiring careful planning and resource allocation similar to studio management.
- #11 Good Company
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,793 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!
Why similar: Management 34.7%, Economy 30.2%, Simulation 11.2%, Building 9.3%, Sandbox 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the logistics of building a tech company, requiring players to manage production chains and staff efficiency.
- #12 SimAirport
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,050 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Management 32.9%, Economy 28.2%, Simulation 9.3%, Building 8.7%, Sandbox 7%
Why You'll Like It: A deep management simulation that tasks you with building and running an airport, emphasizing efficiency and passenger satisfaction.
- #13 Megaquarium
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,794 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.
Why similar: Management 36.1%, Economy 17.4%, Simulation 13.3%, Building 10.4%, Sandbox 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This management game emphasizes layout design and economic balance, providing a relaxing yet engaging experience similar to the seed game.
- #14 Two Point Campus
87% matchVery Positive88% of 8,220 reviews2022
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Management 44.4%, Simulation 13%, Economy 10.8%, Building 9.6%, Sandbox 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a polished management experience where you build and run a university, sharing the same lighthearted humor and strategic depth as other top-tier tycoons.
- #15 Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game
88% matchVery Positive82% of 569 reviews2021
Dev: Squidpunch StudiosPub: Vincent Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.9 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: Management 31.3%, Economy 25.9%, Simulation 10.2%, Building 8%, Sandbox 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of an arcade, providing a nostalgic and fun business-building experience.
- #16 Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,090 reviews2015
Dev: Daylight StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! is a wacky simulation game where you manage your very own weapon shop and expand its business across an incredible potato world.Use your potato smiths to forge weapons and sell them to questing heroes.
Why similar: Management 66.9%, Simulation 19.1%, Indie 5.6%, Casual 3.6%, Funny 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the quirky, indie aesthetic and management focus of Game Corp DX while applying it to a fantasy crafting setting.
- #17 Prison Architect
84% matchVery Positive85% of 76,934 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Why similar: Management 34.3%, Economy 18.8%, Simulation 13.1%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: While thematicly different, its grid-based building and staff management systems are hallmarks of the genre that Game Corp DX fans will appreciate.
- #18 Tavern Tycoon - Dragon's Hangover
85% matchMixed67% of 836 reviews2019
Dev: Terapoly
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Run your fantasy RPG tavern - let travellers take shelter for the night and serve 'em the best mead of their life with a good dose of humor.
Why similar: Management 62.7%, Simulation 20.5%, Strategy 8%, Building 4.6%, Indie 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A management game that focuses on building and maintaining a tavern, offering a similar casual yet strategic gameplay loop.
- #19 Coffee Shop Tycoon
84% matchVery Positive85% of 600 reviews2022
Dev: Riff Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 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 39.2%, Economy 23.6%, Simulation 13.4%, Strategy 5.4%, Building 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward management game where you build your coffee empire, focusing on supply chains and customer satisfaction.
- #20 Tech Corp.
86% matchMostly Negative33% of 264 reviews2019
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.Pub: 2tainment GmbH
Windows
Tech Corp. is a game where you try to become the biggest tech company in the world . Your goal is to become the next big shot in the tech industry. The game also takes place through history. Starting in the early 90's and going to present time.
Why similar: Management 38.2%, Economy 24.1%, Simulation 18.2%, Strategy 8.3%, Sandbox 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the hardware side of the tech industry, requiring players to design products and manage a growing workforce.
- #21 Game Dev Masters
82% matchVery Positive83% of 200 reviews2022
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
It's time to become the Game Developer you always wanted to be. Make use of a large array of features, and player skills to create stunning 10 / 10 games. Compete with and eventually acquire other dynamic Ai Studio's. Raise the talent of your team and studio's in an effort to dominate the market.
Why similar: Game Development 29.8% ★, Management 28.1%, Economy 23.7%, Simulation 9.4%, Sandbox 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated game development simulator that emphasizes the progression from a garage developer to a global studio.
- #22 Empire TV Tycoon
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 902 reviews2015
Dev: Dreamsite Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Empire TV Tycoon is a game in which you manage a TV channel and fight for audiences taking decisions that will project your channel to fame and fortune.You will decide the content of your channel, select advertisers, hire workers, make your own productions, hire actors, and engage in much more activities!
Why similar: Management 42.5%, Economy 30.1%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 4.9%, 2D 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: While focused on television, the management of content production and scheduling is highly reminiscent of the game development process.
- #23 Mad Games Tycoon
82% matchVery Positive91% of 4,423 reviews2016
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 42.2%, Economy 24.5%, Simulation 11%, Building 7.1%, Sandbox 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: The original predecessor to the sequel, offering a solid and well-regarded foundation for game development management.
- #24 Game Builder Tycoon
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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: Game Development 29.4% ★, Management 24.2%, Economy 21.7%, Simulation 9.2%, Sandbox 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the game development genre that focuses on the creative process of building software in a competitive market.
- #25 Game Dev Story
79% matchVery Positive90% of 1,512 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
Why similar: Game Development 35.5% ★, Management 34.7%, Building 9.1%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: The classic mobile-to-PC port that defined the game development management genre with its simple, addictive 2D gameplay.
- #26 Startup Freak
81% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: PulPul Games
Windows
In Startup Freak you take the role of a budding entrepreneur, and grow your very own software startup from humble beginnings to a multi-million dollar company. Along the way you will have to overcome countless challenges. But the ultimate question you must answer: are you a Startup Freak?
Why similar: Management 35.7%, Simulation 19.8%, Economy 19.5%, Strategy 9%, Indie 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A management game that captures the high-pressure environment of a tech startup with a focus on indie-style development.
- #27 Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,498 reviews2020
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Chef is a Restaurant Management game in which you create your own character, acquire supreme cooking skills, customize restaurants, design unique menus, and devise innovative recipes with a realistic editor.
Why similar: Management 67.3%, Simulation 20.4%, Sandbox 5.3%, Relaxing 3.4%, Indie 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep dive into restaurant management with a focus on customization and menu creation that mirrors the creative aspects of game development.
- #28 Battle Royale Tycoon
80% matchMixed69% of 516 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 38.3%, Economy 22.5%, Simulation 15.8%, Sandbox 6.8%, Strategy 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to design and manage your own battle royale arenas, blending building mechanics with business management.
- #29 Rise of Industry
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,197 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
Why similar: Management 39.8%, Economy 31.1%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 5.9%, Building 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A more complex economic simulator that focuses on supply chains and production, perfect for players who want to scale up their management skills.
- #30 Automachef
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 925 reviews2019
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to Automachef, a resource management puzzler where you design kitchens, program machinery and watch your genius come to life! It’s time to engineer tomorrow’s kitchen, today!
Why similar: Simulation 51.3%, Management 24.4%, Indie 14%, Funny 6.1%, Strategy 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the puzzle-like optimization of kitchen automation, which will appeal to players who enjoy the efficiency-focused aspects of management games.
- #31 Blueprint Tycoon
77% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Management 46.1%, Economy 19.7%, Simulation 14.4%, Sandbox 4.5%, Strategy 3.9%
- #32 Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue
77% matchMixed63% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue is a free simulation game in which you begin your journey as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing and research stuff. Create best game on the planet!
Why similar: Game Development 26.6% ★, Management 24.1%, Economy 19.8%, Simulation 7.2%, Building 5.6%
- #33 Gamer Career Tycoon
76% matchVery Positive81% of 289 reviews2018
Dev: Raptor Claw Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Start your life as a simple gamer in the year 2000. Find popular games to stream or compete in 8 different Esports. Who will you be? Play your career and story. Can you become the most famous broadcaster or the best progamer in the world?
Why similar: Management 31.8%, Economy 24.9%, Simulation 21.2%, Casual 6.5%, Indie 6%
- #34 News Tower
71% matchVery Positive94% of 4,596 reviews2025
Dev: Sparrow NightPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Develop your newspaper and become New York’s new media mogul! In this tycoon, build and manage your newspaper from printer to toilet. Create your editorial line and lead your journalists through unique 1930's stories and dig out the latest scoops!
Why similar: Management 40.5%, Economy 21.7%, Simulation 11.1%, Sandbox 6.9%, Building 6.6%
- #35 Disco Simulator
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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: Management 35%, Economy 26%, Simulation 12.3%, Building 5.9%, Strategy 4.5%
- #36 PC Tycoon 2
74% matchVery Positive80% of 347 reviews2024
Dev: Insignis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Start with one tiny office and a big idea, and grow it into a global computer company. Design your own CPUs, GPUs and laptops, launch your own OS, and outsmart your rivals. A laid-back tycoon that's easy to get into and hard to put down — made by one indie dev.
Why similar: Economy 28.6%, Game Development 26.3% ★, Management 25.5%, Sandbox 6.9%, Simulation 6.3%
- #37 The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon
73% matchVery Positive80% of 1,115 reviews2025
Dev: Aniki GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Shape the history of the Hollywood movie industry in this sandbox business simulation game. Create the movies you've always wanted to see, hire the best team, research cutting-edge technologies, and dominate the Box Office. Can you rise from a small studio to a Hollywood giant?
Why similar: Management 35.5%, Economy 24.5%, Simulation 10.5%, Building 6.1%, Sandbox 5.9%
- #38 CoffeeBiz Tycoon
76% matchMixed64% of 66 reviews2018
Dev: The Sociopath Software
Windows
CoffeeBiz tycoon is a mix of entrepreneurship fun and complicated business simulation. Start your first coffee kiosk, brew, expand, hire, deal with competitors, build a well-known brand, risk, and do everything else needed to build prosperous and profitable business.
Why similar: Management 40.8%, Economy 23.6%, Simulation 17.3%, Strategy 7.2%, Indie 4.4%
- #39 Game Tycoon 2
75% matchMixed49% of 248 reviews2016
Dev: Sunlight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In Game Tycoon 2 you find yourself in the middle of the big players. Get into the act and experience the fascination of the game development. Reach your goal and become the Game Tycoon!
Why similar: Game Development 30.9% ★, Management 27.8%, Economy 18.4%, Simulation 10%, Strategy 4.6%
- #40 Comic Book Tycoon
75% matchMixed43% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: True Seria
Windows
Start out as comic artist in small room and draw best comic you can and show off your work, replay the history of the comic industry., your decisions will make or break your studio. Create bestselling comics and become immortal with your stories.
Why similar: Simulation 25.8%, Management 24.9%, Economy 14.7%, Strategy 12.5%, Indie 7.7%
- #41 Mall Craze
73% matchMixed54% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Milan Timčenko
Windows
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: Management 34.1%, Economy 25.9%, Simulation 11.1%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #42 Showrunner
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 114 reviews2023
Dev: Inexplicable Games
Windows
Create and run your own TV show! An isometric management game where you craft scripts, populate your world with characters and cast actors to play them. Hire and manage staff, develop your studio and gain a dedicated following.
Why similar: Management 42%, Economy 23%, Simulation 20.4%, Strategy 8%, Funny 2.6%
- #43 City Bus Manager
68% matchVery Positive91% of 2,878 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 39.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data. Buy buses, maintain them, take care of your staff and lead your bus company to become the #1 in town!
Why similar: Management 37.5%, Economy 31.4%, Simulation 14.8%, Sandbox 5.2%, Strategy 4.3%
- #44 Production Line : Car factory simulation
70% matchVery Positive82% of 3,484 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
Why similar: Management 40.6%, Economy 24.9%, Simulation 10.9%, Building 7.4%, Sandbox 5.6%
- #45 Filmmaker Tycoon
72% matchMostly Negative26% of 93 reviews2023
Dev: Aternis Level 0Pub: Aternis Interactive
Windows
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: Management 32.4%, Economy 25.9%, Simulation 11%, Building 8.5%, Sandbox 6%
- #46 Another Brick in The Mall
69% matchVery Positive83% of 2,456 reviews2020
Dev: The Quadsphere
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.7 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 43%, Economy 21.8%, Simulation 12.5%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 4.4%
- #47 Parking World: Build & Manage
68% matchMixed66% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
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: Management 34%, Economy 28.4%, Simulation 11.2%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 7%
- #48 Industry Manager: Future Technologies
71% matchMixed58% of 314 reviews2016
Dev: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
INDUSTRY MANAGER: Future Technologies is a classic economy simulation in which you can build your own empire, research new sustainable products, and sweep aside the competition on your way to fame and success.
Why similar: Management 41.9%, Economy 32.1%, Simulation 26%
- #49 Game Tycoon 1.5
73% matchOverwhelmingly Negative15% of 664 reviews2014
Dev: Sunlight Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Welcome to the Game Industry!The year is 1982. Three young entrepreneurs discover the computer and potential to strike it rich in the Games Industry! Their love for computer games is a common bond that they all share but they are also in fierce competition with one another in a race to build a successful Games Development House…They...
Why similar: Simulation 38.1%, Management 37.5%, Economy 14.2%, Strategy 10.2%
- #50 Tube Tycoon
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 602 reviews2018
Dev: Teal Fire
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The only game of its kind where you can feel like a real internet celebrity! Record videos, interact with your subscribers, buy better equipment and gain fame!
Why similar: Management 48.5%, Simulation 24.8%, Strategy 11.1%, Casual 6.9%, Indie 6.4%
- #51 GamersGoMakers
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 399 reviews2014
Dev: gnifrebel Games UG
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
In GamersGoMakers, you found a little company creating the first video games in history. Create your first game with only basic sound and simple graphics available in the year 1980. You´re one of the pioneers entering the rising global market for computer games.
Why similar: Management 34.3%, Game Development 26.5% ★, Simulation 17.8%, Economy 8.9%, Strategy 5.8%
- #52 Arcadecraft
71% matchMixed55% of 157 reviews2014
Dev: Firebase Industries Ltd.
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Enter the exciting world of Arcade ownership! Play through the 1980's arcade revolution by buying arcade machines for your customers to play! Customize your arcade to increase its popularity! Manage your finances, capitalize on newly released games, but beware the pitfalls that could bankrupt you!
Why similar: Management 41.5%, Simulation 28.7%, Strategy 12.8%, Indie 8.6%, Casual 8.4%
- #53 Academia : School Simulator
66% matchVery Positive81% of 3,240 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.0 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: Management 36.9%, Economy 26.8%, Simulation 10.5%, Building 8.6%, Sandbox 6.6%
- #54 Car Manufacture
66% matchMixed66% of 1,417 reviews2024
Dev: STEREO GAMES S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Car Manufacture is an automotive tycoon game. Start in the beginning of the XX century and create thriving business. Build cars, manage people, expand your plant and research new technology. Make tons of money and stay on top.
Why similar: Management 31.9%, Economy 29.4%, Building 9.3%, Simulation 9.2%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #55 Gaming Cafe Life
66% matchVery Positive95% of 153 reviews2024
Dev: Akhir Pekan Studio
Windows
Manage your very own gaming cafe!
Why similar: Management 33.9%, Economy 30.7%, Simulation 12.1%, Sandbox 8.4%, Funny 3.7%
- #56 Game Saloon Simulator
65% matchVery Positive92% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Gnome Games
Windows
Step into the world of fun and become the boss of your own game saloon! In this game, you’ll serve customers, enjoy interactive games, and get a taste of the relaxing and enjoyable experience that awaits you.
Why similar: Economy 34.4%, Management 33.1%, Simulation 13.4%, Sandbox 6.9%, Relaxing 6.9%
- #57 Grocery Store Tycoon
65% matchVery Positive83% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Spyder Lab Gaming
Windows
Build and manage your own grocery store in first person. Run the register, stock inventory, hire employees, and expand your business from a small market into a thriving retail operation.
Why similar: Management 39.9%, Economy 35.2%, Simulation 14.9%, Relaxing 4.8%, Indie 2%
- #58 老板,游戏凉了!- Game Company Simulator: back to 2000
68% matchMixed65% of 232 reviews2021
Dev: Fate Game Studio
Windows
“Game Company Simulator:back to 2000” is a game development company to establish a management game. Employ employees, balance pressure and output, develop new game types, produce highly praised games, release and earn revenue, gain game fans, and continuously sell the game to the global market.
Why similar: Management 54.5%, Simulation 29.4%, Relaxing 6.1%, 2D 5.8%, Indie 2.7%
- #59 Hotel Manager Simulator
64% matchMostly Positive71% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Black Sea Studios
Windows
Build and run your own hotel from the ground up. Manage guests, design rooms, hire staff and upgrade floors. Set competitive prices for rooms and turn the tiny 1-floor building into a thriving 100-story luxury hotel.
Why similar: Management 39.9%, Economy 19.8%, Simulation 16.3%, Building 8.8%, Indie 4.7%