Games Like GearCity

Make your dream cars a reality with Automation’s unparalleled car and engine design tools. Gain a competitive edge through smart engineering and business decisions to help you build an automotive empire. Will you become an industry leader, or just a footnote in automotive history?

Why similar: Management 27.7%, Automobile Sim 24.3%, Economy 12.9%, Simulation 11.9%, Strategy 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is the most direct competitor to GearCity, allowing for incredibly detailed engine and car design coupled with company management.

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 35.2%, Economy 27%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 9.5%, Building 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses specifically on the logistics and efficiency of building cars on an assembly line, mirroring the manufacturing side of GearCity.

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: Economy 26.3%, Management 25.3%, Capitalism 21.6%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep, complex simulation of running a business where you must manage everything from office layout to product development and market trends.

Create and control the business empire of your dreams. This in-depth strategy game covers almost every aspect of business that could be encountered in the real world.

Why similar: Economy 32.7%, Management 22.8%, Capitalism 22.4%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 9%

Why You'll Like It: Widely considered the gold standard for realistic economic simulation, providing a complex business environment that rewards strategic market manipulation.

Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

Why similar: Economy 30.1%, Management 28%, Simulation 13.1%, Strategy 12.6%, Historical 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an unmatched level of complexity in logistics, resource management, and economic planning for those who find standard tycoon games too simple.

Have you got what it takes to become the manager of a high-performance motorsport team? Motorsport Manager is a highly detailed, best-in-class management game for fans of motorsport. You’ll hire the drivers, build the cars and embed yourself in the dynamic world of racing.

Why similar: Management 44.5%, Automobile Sim 21.4%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 11.3%, Racing 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: While more focused on the racing aspect, it captures the high-stakes management and automotive industry feel of the sport perfectly.

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: Automobile Sim 26.4%, Economy 22.1%, Management 19%, Simulation 6.8%, Strategy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the car factory simulation genre that emphasizes the challenges of scaling production and managing a growing automotive business.

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 35.6%, Economy 30.8%, Capitalism 21.4%, Simulation 9.9%, Sandbox 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A deep business management simulator that allows you to build a massive commercial empire in a realistic city environment.

Economic booms, stock market crashes, oil crises, upswings, triumphs... Now you can become the greatest power in industry!

Why similar: Economy 30.9%, Management 24.4%, Strategy 22.6%, Simulation 22%

Why You'll Like It: A classic title that excels at modeling supply chains and the production of goods from raw materials to final products.

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: Economy 27.1%, Management 23.5%, Capitalism 21.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Simulates the hardware and software industry with a focus on long-term strategy and technological advancement similar to GearCity's car development.

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 30.6%, Economy 30.1%, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 11.1%, Capitalism 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features complex supply chain management and industrial production that requires careful planning to remain profitable.

The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!

Why similar: Management 32.4%, Economy 27.1%, Simulation 16.8%, Strategy 13.3%, Building 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines complex logistics and supply chain management with a focus on vehicle-based economic growth.

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: Automobile Sim 23.5%, Economy 22.1%, Management 21.1%, Capitalism 15.1%, Simulation 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Allows for detailed management of a bus company, focusing on route planning and vehicle maintenance in a real-world setting.

Car manufacturing company simulator. Turn-based, fast paced, covers 100 years of automotive history.

Why similar: Economy 23.4%, Capitalism 20.3%, Management 18.9%, Turn-Based 11.2%, Simulation 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the specific thematic focus on the automotive industry and the turn-based management style found in GearCity.

Mars has been colonized, and Earth's corporate titans fight to dominate this new market. Competition is fierce in this fast-paced economic RTS from Civilization IV Lead Designer, Soren Johnson.

Why similar: Economy 37.9%, Management 31.3%, Simulation 15.6%, Strategy 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses entirely on the economic side of strategy, requiring players to master market fluctuations and resource competition.

In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.

Why similar: Management 47.4%, Simulation 18.4%, Economy 16.7%, Strategy 8.5%, Addictive 4.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: While more accessible, it captures the core loop of product development and market research found in GearCity.

Build and manage an international airport!

Why similar: Management 26.2%, Economy 23.1%, Capitalism 19.9%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a high level of operational management and simulation depth for those who enjoy complex, system-heavy games.

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 31.2%, Economy 30.5%, Simulation 16.7%, Strategy 16.2%, Indie 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the resource extraction and economic strategy side of the energy industry, mirroring the complexity of industrial tycoon games.

Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.

Why similar: Economy 29.8%, Management 29.5%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 12.5%, Historical 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep look at logistics and infrastructure management within a competitive economic framework.

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 34.5%, Economy 33%, Simulation 27.3%, Realistic 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the complexities of industrial production and managing a large-scale manufacturing business.

What if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick… and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in your hands. Will you use it for good?

Why similar: Management 39.9%, Economy 25.7%, Simulation 14.4%, Strategy 11%, Indie 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines production line management with economic strategy, forcing players to balance research and development with market demand.

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 33.5%, Economy 24.3%, Capitalism 16.1%, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a comprehensive look at running a game development studio with a focus on hardware and software production.

Step into the polished shoes of a racing team manager in the heart-stirring Golden Era of motorsport where every decision can lead to glory or gravel. With sleek minimalist charm and deep strategic gameplay, Golden Lap offers a unique experience in the motorsport management genre.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.9%, Management 30.3%, Simulation 13.7%, Strategy 7%, Racing 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of a racing team, providing a niche but deep look at the automotive sports industry.

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: Economy 27.6%, Management 25.8%, Capitalism 22.8%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep management mechanics and a focus on the lifecycle of product development and studio growth.

OpenTTD is a business simulation game in which players earn money by transporting passengers and cargo via road, rail, water, and air. It is an open-source remake and expansion of the 1995 Chris Sawyer video game Transport Tycoon Deluxe.

Why similar: Economy 35.8%, Management 30.1%, Simulation 15.8%, Building 6.8%, Strategy 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A legendary logistics simulator that offers endless depth for players who enjoy managing complex transport networks and economies.

Freight Tycoon is an economic simulation game which challenges players’ management skills. It puts one into the shoes of an owner of a cargo transportation company. One has to evaluate the profitability of contracts, contact customers, and appoint drivers to deliver goods.

Why similar: Management 31.3%, Strategy 30%, Economy 26.3%, Simulation 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A logistics-focused management game that challenges players to optimize transport routes and manage a growing fleet.

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: Economy 40.8%, Management 27.4%, Simulation 19.2%, Strategy 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that focuses on the manufacturing and design aspects of the automotive industry.

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

Why similar: Management 43.5%, Simulation 17.9%, Economy 14%, Strategy 13.7%, Building 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Requires careful management of resources and tenant satisfaction, offering a satisfyingly complex simulation experience.

Mashinky is a transport strategy game about trains. The goal is to create your own transport empire on a procedurally generated map. It’s a unique blend of realistic graphics combined with an isometric construction mode and board game-like rules.

Why similar: Economy 31.3%, Management 30.3%, Simulation 12.9%, Strategy 12.5%, Historical 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A transport-focused strategy game that emphasizes the complexity of building and managing a functional economic network.

Voxel Tycoon — a management sim set in the infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods on your custom factories. Set up supply chains and passenger routes with a huge fleet of trains, trucks, and buses, and turn small towns into prosperous megacities with a thriving economy!

Why similar: Management 34.1%, Economy 33.1%, Simulation 11.9%, Strategy 10.2%, Building 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines logistics, production, and economic management in a vast, procedurally generated world.

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 40.3%, Economy 28.7%, Simulation 14.4%, Strategy 8.8%, Building 2.1%

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 29.6%, Economy 22.1%, Simulation 19.9%, Strategy 15.1%, Addictive 6.6% ★

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 29.1%, Economy 21.1%, Simulation 15.4%, Strategy 12.6%, Capitalism 10.3%

Build a car factory in the beginning of XX century. Discover new cars and technologies. Manage employees. Make tons of money and stay on top. Car Manufacture: Prologue, being a shortened version of the full game, is a great way to try this automotive tycoon game.

Why similar: Economy 27%, Management 26.3%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 10.5%, Historical 4.7%

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: Economy 24.8%, Management 23.5%, Capitalism 22.3%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 9.6%

Manage your very own logistics company, discover the complex world of cross-country haulage and keep the US economy up and running!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 42.1%, Management 31.3%, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 12.3%

Strategy, trade and empire building on the old Silk Road. Spice Road is a town building, social and economic simulation game full of original challenges.

Why similar: Simulation 26%, Strategy 25.8%, Economy 24.8%, Management 16.4%, Indie 6.9%

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 29.7%, Simulation 20.5%, Economy 20.4%, Strategy 18.3%, Indie 5.8%

What could be better than having a million dollars, a billion? This will not make you all powerful in the world, your goal will not only be to make lots of money, but to print money and become a Federal reserve system

Why similar: Economy 32.3%, Management 26.9%, Strategy 12.5%, Simulation 11%, Turn-Based 8.6%

Worldwide Rush lets you experience passenger transportation and management on a global scale. Expand your company, meet the growing travel demand, compete against other companies, and discover new continents with its unique vehicles. The entire world is yours to control.

Why similar: Economy 27.9%, Management 22.4%, Capitalism 19.9%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 8.6%

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: Economy 25.6%, Management 23.7%, Capitalism 21.1%, Simulation 10.3%, Strategy 8.7%

Weedcraft Inc explores the business of producing, breeding and selling weed in America, delving deep into the financial, political and cultural aspects of the country's complex relationship with this troublesome and promising plant.

Why similar: Management 32.5%, Simulation 29.9%, Strategy 24.9%, Indie 7.5%, Economy 4.3%

Do you know how to profit from trading cars while maintaining a good reputation? Car Trader Simulator lets you play the role of an American car dealer. Your goal is to get rich. How you do it depends entirely on you.

Why similar: Management 28.1%, Economy 27.2%, Capitalism 14.9%, Simulation 14.7%, Strategy 9.5%

Manage your Game Studio, earn big bucks, impress the critics, beat rival studios and clean up at the awards!

Why similar: Management 43.6%, Economy 30.6%, Simulation 13.5%, Strategy 5.9%, Indie 2.9%

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: Economy 34.1%, Management 31.2%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 11.8%, Building 5.6%

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: Economy 26.7%, Management 23.7%, Capitalism 20.9%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 8.2%

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 32.3%, Economy 25.6%, Simulation 19.1%, Strategy 17.2%, Indie 3.7%

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: Economy 31.7%, Management 22.1%, Capitalism 21.6%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 6.8%

In Business Simulator 2026, you start with a small capital and aim to build a business empire in the city by deciding which business to start in which shop and deciding the prices. Business Simulator 2026 is a business simulation that will test your business acumen and strategic planning skills.

Why similar: Economy 29.6%, Management 24.4%, Capitalism 23.6%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 8.5%

Start broke on a burger bike. Build your fortune by selling... well... just burgers. Outsmart rivals, ride economic booms, feel in control and powerful as your strategies begin to show results. A tycoon/management game about starting small, getting better, and making it big.

Why similar: Economy 25.2%, Management 22.6%, Capitalism 21.6%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 8.1%

Welcome to Auto Dealership Tycoon, own and operate your own car dealership. Watch your Customer Satisfaction Rating, if it sinks too low customers will stop coming! Special customers will visit your Dealership on occasion! Sometimes good, sometimes bad.

Why similar: Management 50.2%, Simulation 38.4%, Indie 11.4%

A game that simulates the use of capital to build a complex industrial chain, stock investment and business challenges

Why similar: Management 27.8%, Simulation 19.9%, Economy 19.5%, Strategy 17%, Capitalism 14%

Run your own valet company. Start as a beginner and rise to become the best in town. Park cars with precision, deliver exceptional customer service, and expand your business. Compete with rival valet services and dominate valet market with your top-tier valet skills.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 31.4%, Management 19.9%, Capitalism 18%, Economy 17.5%, Simulation 11.3%

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 30.6%, Economy 28.8%, Capitalism 16.3%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 8.1%

It's your empire... Take control! The game has it all! the depth of gameplay will have you on the edge of your seat for hours on-end. Build, manage, strategize and conquer the competition with the richest gameplay tycoon product ever offered!

Why similar: Management 32.9%, Economy 24.3%, Simulation 20.7%, Strategy 18.2%, Retro 2%

Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks is a unique combination of tank design and tycoon game. It puts you in charge of an arms trading company specialized in tanks from WWI to the modern era. Research, design, sell and follow your tanks in battle to make your own history!

Why similar: Management 49.9%, Simulation 23.7%, Historical 11.7%, Sandbox 7.7%, Realistic 6.9%

The business simulator Plutocracy gives you the chance to become wealthy and powerful to take control over the world. Where policy, laws, officials and people are only the chess pieces how do you play your game?

Why similar: Economy 24.8%, Management 24.5%, Capitalism 20.3%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 10.3%

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: Management 48.2%, Simulation 36.6%, Indie 10.1%, Building 5.2%

Business Magnate is a tycoon business simulation game where you can create all types of businesses: Cars, rockets, phones, tanks, trucks, airplanes, computers, and ships. Design, produce, market and sell them. You can even run multiple companies at the same time.

Why similar: Economy 31.3%, Management 30.9%, Simulation 16.1%, Strategy 13.9%, Building 3.2%

Highrise City offers a new spin on City Simulations & Tycoon games expanding the economy and resource management aspect. Experience a modern take on the genre enriched with a complex resource based economy system.

Why similar: Economy 29.5%, Management 23.4%, Simulation 18.4%, Strategy 17.3%, Sandbox 5.8%