- #1 Game Dev Tycoon
97% 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 45.7%, Simulation 28.9%, Strategy 9.9%, Economy 6.2%, Indie 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive game development simulation that mirrors the progression and market-driven mechanics found in GamersGoMakers.
- #2 Mad Games Tycoon 2
96% matchVery Positive94% of 7,570 reviews2023
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Game Development 39.8% ★, Management 26.2%, Simulation 14.2%, Economy 9.4%, Strategy 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a much deeper and more modern take on the game development management genre with extensive customization options for your studio.
- #3 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
96% matchVery Positive92% of 1,775 reviews2021
Dev: Binogure Studio 🐺
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 39.4% ★, Management 21.3%, Simulation 14%, Strategy 9.4%, Economy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of starting small and expanding your studio while managing the specific challenges of game publishing and console development.
- #4 Software Inc.
95% matchVery Positive94% of 7,637 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 45.6 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: Game Development 38.6% ★, Management 24.2%, Simulation 15.4%, Economy 9.6%, Strategy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides an incredibly detailed simulation of running a software company, including office building and complex team management.
- #5 Mad Games Tycoon
94% matchVery Positive91% of 4,414 reviews2016
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 44.8%, Simulation 23.7%, Strategy 14%, Economy 12.4%, Casual 5%
Why You'll Like It: The original predecessor to the sequel, it remains a strong, classic choice for those who enjoy the 1980s-to-modern-day progression style.
- #6 Game Dev Studio
94% matchVery Positive85% of 676 reviews2018
Dev: Explosive Squat Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?
Why similar: Simulation 31.1%, Management 28.5%, Strategy 17.6%, Economy 8.1%, Indie 8%
Why You'll Like It: A focused management simulation that emphasizes the day-to-day operations and staff management of a growing game development team.
- #7 Game Corp DX
93% matchVery Positive88% of 3,083 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Manage your Game Studio, earn big bucks, impress the critics, beat rival studios and clean up at the awards!
Why similar: Management 35.3%, Game Development 25% ★, Simulation 17.8%, Economy 9.5%, Strategy 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a streamlined, accessible approach to the game development simulation genre with a charming visual style.
- #8 Startup Company
92% matchVery Positive81% of 6,175 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 19.8 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 44.1%, Simulation 25.7%, Economy 12%, Strategy 11.8%, Indie 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: While focused on web platforms, it shares the same addictive loop of managing a growing tech business and optimizing employee productivity.
- #9 Computer Tycoon
91% matchVery Positive85% of 996 reviews2017
Dev: Progorion
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Computer Tycoon is a fairly complex Business Grand Strategy game about Computer Evolution. Start in the 70s, invent until 2034, create the best computer systems, upgrade your infrastructure, lead a team, and alter computer history! It is time to "Think Different"
Why similar: Management 39.4%, Strategy 19.8%, Simulation 19.7%, Economy 17.3%, Indie 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: It expands the scope from just game development to the hardware and operating system market, perfect for fans of the tech-era progression.
- #10 Game Dev Masters
91% matchVery Positive84% of 193 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 42.3% ★, Management 23.5%, Simulation 15.9%, Economy 9.5%, Strategy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the genre that balances resource management with the creative process of designing successful titles.
- #11 Game Builder Tycoon
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 42.2% ★, Management 20.4%, Simulation 15.7%, Economy 8.8%, Strategy 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A recent addition to the genre that focuses on the mechanics of building a studio and navigating the competitive gaming market.
- #12 SERIES MAKERS TYCOON
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 536 reviews2019
Dev: CREW Studio Krüger UG
Windows
Series Makers makes your dreams come true. Produce your own TV series and build your own TV studio with your team. Dominate the TV landscape and fight your way up for worldwide success!
Why similar: Management 38.1%, Simulation 27.7%, Strategy 18.6%, Indie 8.7%, Casual 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game adds a unique twist by focusing on the creation and management of long-running game series and franchises.
- #13 Game Dev Story
87% matchVery Positive91% of 1,365 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
Why similar: Game Development 45.7% ★, Management 26.1%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 10.1%, Casual 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: The classic mobile-to-PC port that defined the genre with its simple yet highly addictive management gameplay.
- #14 Startup Freak
89% 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: Simulation 32.4%, Management 28.8%, Strategy 21.6%, Indie 9.7%, Economy 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the high-pressure environment of managing a software startup and the constant need to adapt to new technologies.
- #15 Smartphone Tycoon
88% matchMixed53% of 1,658 reviews2019
Dev: Roastery Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
«Smartphone Tycoon» — unique business simulator. Create your own company for the production of smartphones! Your main goal will be to achieve worldwide recognition and take the company to the temple of fame of the global market.
Why similar: Management 35%, Simulation 34.2%, Strategy 21.6%, Indie 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: While focused on mobile devices, the core loop of designing, marketing, and selling tech products is very similar to game development.
- #16 Game Dev Life
85% matchNo user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Pedro Verpha
Windows
Build your own game development studio from scratch, create and release games, unlock new tools and platforms, and grow from solo dev to successful company in this lighthearted game dev tycoon sim.
Why similar: Game Development 48.4% ★, Management 23.2%, Economy 12%, Simulation 7.8%, Indie 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: It blends the management of a studio with personal life elements, providing a more holistic view of the developer's journey.
- #17 Tech Executive Tycoon
86% matchVery Negative17% of 53 reviews2018
Dev: WEB Gaming Entertainment
Windows
Tech Executive Tycoon is a simulation, strategy, role playing game that places you in the seat of CEO and entrepreneur of your very own tech company. Can you take your company to the top with top of the line products? Can you command a world class group of employees?
Why similar: Management 34.8%, Simulation 34.4%, Strategy 21.6%, Indie 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a broader management experience where you oversee the strategic direction of a technology-focused corporation.
- #18 Arcadecraft
86% matchMixed56% of 152 reviews2014
Dev: Firebase Industries Ltd.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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: Simulation 33.8%, Management 24.1%, Strategy 22%, Indie 11.1%, Casual 9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the specific niche of building and managing an arcade business, sharing the retro-gaming appeal of the seed game.
- #19 Game Tycoon 2
84% 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 40.6% ★, Management 21.5%, Simulation 15.6%, Strategy 10.6%, Economy 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward management simulation that allows you to experience the history of the gaming industry through various eras.
- #20 Big Ambitions
80% matchVery Positive93% of 12,519 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 56.2%, Simulation 25.3%, Economy 18.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a massive, open-ended business management experience where you can build various types of companies, including game studios.
- #21 Pro Gamer Manager
84% matchMixed49% of 685 reviews2016
Dev: Raptor Claw GamesPub: 501 Industries
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Compete for stardom in this Esport management tycoon.
Why similar: Simulation 37.9%, Management 35.6%, Strategy 9.8%, Indie 9.4%, Casual 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the esports side of the gaming industry, requiring management of professional teams and tournament strategies.
- #22 Smooth Operators
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 289 reviews2014
Dev: Heydeck Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Smooth Operators is an advanced simulation where you take control of a call center company and lead it to financial success! Watch your company become alive and grow while your building reach the highest skyline. What type of CEO will you be?
Why similar: Management 35.6%, Simulation 29.8%, Strategy 19.3%, Indie 8.4%, Casual 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A call center management game that shares the same 'business growth' and 'resource optimization' DNA as GamersGoMakers.
- #23 Gamer Career Tycoon
82% matchVery Positive81% of 289 reviews2018
Dev: Raptor Claw Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Simulation 38.3%, Management 28.4%, Indie 11.9%, Casual 10.8%, Economy 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game allows you to manage a career in the gaming industry, providing a personal perspective on the business.
- #24 Comic Book Tycoon
82% matchMixed43% of 53 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 34.3%, Strategy 24.3%, Management 16.4%, Indie 11.3%, Casual 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Applies the same management and creative development principles to the comic book industry, offering a refreshing thematic change.
- #25 Tube Tycoon
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 600 reviews2018
Dev: Teal Fire
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 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: Simulation 31.6%, Management 30.5%, Strategy 20.8%, Indie 9%, Casual 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the management and content creation aspect of the digital entertainment industry, appealing to the same casual strategy audience.
- #26 Megaquarium
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,644 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 39.3%, Simulation 29.4%, Economy 9.1%, Strategy 8.8%, Casual 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: While thematicly different, it shares the same satisfying 'build and optimize' management loop that makes GamersGoMakers so engaging.
- #27 Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue
78% matchMixed61% of 66 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 41.1% ★, Management 21.9%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 8.8%, Economy 8.6%
- #28 Gazillionaire
78% matchVery Positive95% of 334 reviews2020
Dev: LavaMind
Windows · Mac
Become a Gazillionaire by starting a tiny trading company and building a business empire!
Why similar: Simulation 39.5%, Strategy 29.3%, Indie 13.4%, Casual 11%, Economy 6.7%
- #29 Streamer Simulator
81% matchMostly Negative22% of 54 reviews2016
Windows
Streamer Simulator is a simulation being streamer. Change your old life for the better. You can become the world’s greatest streamer in history.
Why similar: Simulation 35.5%, Strategy 24.3%, Management 18.7%, Indie 11.3%, Casual 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the modern gaming ecosystem, requiring management of your online presence and content creation strategy.
- #30 Rise of Industry
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,155 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 39.4%, Simulation 23.2%, Strategy 17.4%, Economy 14.8%, Indie 5.2%
- #31 Villa's Blinds
76% matchVery Positive80% of 212 reviews2022
Dev: Çamlıca GameLabPub: Neuron Entertainment
Windows
Hello graduates! You have a degree on computer engineering and you can’t find a job? Start now to develop a game in your rental garage. Advertise them and gather your own fan base. Earn your pocket money! Of course, you won’t live in this garbage dump till the end!
Why similar: Game Development 39.7% ★, Management 22.2%, Simulation 17.8%, Strategy 7.4%, Casual 4.5%
- #32 Smartphone Tycoon - Lite
77% matchMixed49% of 59 reviews2020
Dev: Roastery Games
Windows
«Smartphone Tycoon - Lite» — unique business simulator. Create your own company for the production of smartphones! Your main goal will be to achieve worldwide recognition and take the company to the temple of fame of the global market.
Why similar: Simulation 44.8%, Strategy 31.4%, Indie 14.6%, Management 9.3%
- #33 Game Tycoon 1.5
79% matchOverwhelmingly Negative15% of 663 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 51.1%, Management 24.4%, Strategy 20.2%, Economy 4.3%
- #34 Oil Enterprise
77% matchMixed48% of 194 reviews2016
Dev: Crafty StudiosPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In Oil Enterprise, you enter the multi-million dollar business of black gold as a shrewd businessman. Accept the challenge and grow from a small-scale en-trepreneur, investing in your first oilfield, to a global oil magnate.
Why similar: Management 31.5%, Simulation 27.5%, Strategy 19.9%, Economy 11.7%, Indie 9.3%
- #35 Indie Dev Story
73% matchVery Positive84% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: CBgameDev
Windows
Indie Dev Story - Quit your job to become an indie developer and make your first game!
Why similar: Management 40.4%, Simulation 30.1%, Strategy 15.3%, Indie 10.2%, Casual 4%
- #36 Indie Dev Simulator
75% matchMixed65% of 91 reviews2020
Dev: Egor MagurinPub: Indovers Studio
Windows · Mac
In this game, you're playing as game developer and encounter typical problems like eating and sleeping. You need to correctly allocate your time for human needs, hobbies and work, to live another day as indie developer.
Why similar: Simulation 51.3%, Strategy 33.3%, Indie 15.5%
- #37 老板,游戏凉了!- Game Company Simulator: back to 2000
74% 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: Simulation 49.6%, Management 45.4%, Indie 5%
- #38 Mobiles Tycoon
71% matchVery Positive82% of 168 reviews2024
Dev: Insignis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mobiles Tycoon is a brand new game about creating your mobile devices: smartphones and tablets. In the game you have to manage your company and develop your devices (smartphones and tablets), operating systems and processors
Why similar: Game Development 48.2% ★, Management 26.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 11.5%, Indie 1%
- #39 Tech Corp.
75% matchMostly Negative33% of 261 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 30.7%, Simulation 29.6%, Strategy 19.9%, Economy 9.3%, Indie 6.1%
- #40 CoffeeBiz Tycoon
74% 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 34.5%, Simulation 29.7%, Strategy 18.2%, Economy 9.5%, Indie 8.2%
- #41 Car Manufacture
71% matchMixed66% of 1,320 reviews2024
Dev: STEREO GAMES S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 40.6%, Simulation 23.8%, Economy 18%, Strategy 17.6%
- #42 Space Station Manager
73% matchMixed45% of 77 reviews2020
Dev: Ondrej Hroch
Windows
Space Station Manager is an exciting game where you own a space company, your main goal is to build a space station, make profit, grow your business, build an economical network, and expand beyond the solar system.
Why similar: Simulation 48.1%, Management 17.2%, Indie 15.3%, Casual 12.4%, Strategy 7%
- #43 Game Studio Simulator(我要做游戏)
72% matchVery Positive82% of 180 reviews2019
Dev: FunLab骆驼Pub: WhiteLakeStudio
Windows
Make a Game Company for your self!Get it work,Run for Rich!
Why similar: Strategy 29.9%, Simulation 28.6%, Management 20.2%, Casual 12%, Indie 9.4%
- #44 Movies Tycoon
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 487 reviews2024
Dev: PixelCraze s.r.o.
Windows
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: Management 38.9%, Simulation 27.6%, Strategy 17.4%, Economy 16%
- #45 Market Tycoon
73% matchMixed55% of 405 reviews2017
Dev: Protection GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Market Tycoon is a Tycoon game where you Grow your Market from a small Mini Market all the way up to a Hyper Market. Manage, create, and customize your market from wall paint to placing cashiers, shelves, and fridges.
Why similar: Management 35.8%, Simulation 30%, Strategy 18.3%, Indie 9%, Casual 6.9%
- #46 Hardware Engineers
71% matchVery Positive84% of 298 reviews2019
Dev: Green127
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Hardware Engineers is a simulation game where you have to manage a IT business. In a world where technology expands every day, you will need to learn how to be competitive.
Why similar: Simulation 47.6%, Management 38.5%, Indie 13.9%
- #47 Industry Manager: Future Technologies
72% matchMixed58% of 312 reviews2016
Dev: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Simulation 48.5%, Management 37.7%, Economy 13.7%
- #48 Dev Inc
70% matchMixed60% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: Huntah
Windows
An in depth game development simulation game
Why similar: Game Development 53% ★, Simulation 18.8%, Management 14.1%, Economy 9%, Casual 5.1%
- #49 PC Tycoon 2
67% matchVery Positive80% of 315 reviews2024
Dev: Insignis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage your computer company and develop your PC components, create your own laptop, monitor, develop an interactive operating system or build your PC. Research new technologies, improve your office and your factory, hire the best employees, buy other companies and build your computer empire!
Why similar: Game Development 41.4% ★, Management 23.2%, Economy 12.7%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 10.3%
- #50 Epic Car Factory
70% matchMixed65% of 274 reviews2018
Dev: Zwetan LetschewPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Epic Car Factory puts you in the drivers seat of your very own car company. Build, market, hire, fire, and more in this fast paced business simulation. The failure and success of the company depends entirely on your decisions and how you react to the ever changing market place.
Why similar: Simulation 34.9%, Management 30.6%, Economy 17.4%, Strategy 17.1%
- #51 GameMaker 25th Anniversary
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: YoYo Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Join us in celebrating twenty five years of GameMaker with GameMaker 25th Anniversary! A fun look at the process behind creating the world's greatest 2D Game Engine! Manage your development house, keep your employees happy, and squash bugs as they come up!
Why similar: Game Development 46.5% ★, Management 21.4%, Simulation 16.8%, Strategy 10.8%, Casual 4.5%
- #52 Indie Game Sim
69% matchVery Positive91% of 57 reviews2016
Dev: Valadria
Windows · Mac
Become an indie game developer! Make your own games by hand and publish them on a fantasy market like Steam. Earn fans, receive brutal reviews, and battle your inner demons. Can you become the creator of your dreams?
Why similar: Simulation 75.2%, Indie 24.8%
- #53 The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon
65% matchVery Positive80% of 1,036 reviews2025
Dev: Aniki GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 39.8%, Simulation 23.8%, Strategy 14.5%, Economy 13.1%, Indie 5.5%
- #54 Automobile Tycoon
69% matchMixed60% of 63 reviews2018
Dev: Silver Lemur Games
Windows
Car manufacturing company simulator. Turn-based, fast paced, covers 100 years of automotive history.
Why similar: Management 38.1%, Simulation 23.7%, Economy 18%, Strategy 17%, Indie 3.3%
- #55 Ad Agency Tycoon
66% matchMixed69% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: BarCoffee Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ad Agency Tycoon is an Advertising Agency simulator set in the 60's. Choose the perfect combination for your propagandas, develop your company and conquer the golden age of publicity! Your advertising will come to life and face the tough market and the most feared of all: the public.
Why similar: Management 40.8%, Simulation 28.1%, Economy 15.8%, Casual 8.3%, Indie 7.1%
- #56 Empire TV Tycoon
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 891 reviews2015
Dev: Dreamsite Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 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 44%, Simulation 19.1%, Strategy 14.9%, Economy 14.9%, Indie 4.1%
- #57 Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,586 reviews2026
Dev: Blood Pact Studios
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Manage your very own video store in the early 90s! Rent, sell, decorate and expand your business from the ground up and relive the golden ages of video rentals!
Why similar: Management 41.9%, Simulation 30.9%, Economy 15.2%, Casual 7.7%, Indie 4.4%
- #58 Painters Guild
68% matchMixed67% of 541 reviews2015
Dev: Lucas Molina
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Painters Guild is a management sim where you control an art academy in the Italian Renaissance. Paint artwork as beautiful as the Mona Lisa. Hire painters like Leonardo da Vinci and millions of randomly generated ones. Expand and customize your guild with furniture and more.
Why similar: Management 33.5%, Simulation 24.6%, Strategy 16.4%, Economy 11.2%, Indie 7.9%
- #59 Tavern Tycoon - Dragon's Hangover
67% matchMixed67% of 832 reviews2019
Dev: Terapoly
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.5 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 45.2%, Simulation 30.5%, Strategy 17.4%, Indie 6.9%
- #60 Mobile Empire
68% matchMixed54% of 1,511 reviews2018
Dev: Shanghai huan zhen Info Tech LtdPub: XD
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
This may be the world's first stand-alone simulation game that can “develop a mobile phone"! There are more than 60 models for you to develop! Develop your own mobile phone now!Support sharing with IOS version of the game archive!
Why similar: Simulation 44.9%, Strategy 32.4%, Indie 12.3%, Casual 10.4%