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Games Like GolfTopia

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Building, Management, Strategy.

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DESIGN, BUILD and MANAGE your own futuristic golf course. Keep 200 persistent visitors fed, hydrated, and happy. Defend your creation from a growing infestation of weeds with robotic workers and defensive turrets. Evolve your course into a mega resort where nobody wants to go home, EVER!

Reviews: Very Positive — 96% — of 498 reviews
Released: 2021-03-30
Developer: MinMax Games Ltd.
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 3.2 hrs
Mean playtime: 6.4 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 80%

Overview

GolfTopia stands out for its unique blend of creative golf course design, resort management, and light tower defense mechanics against invasive weeds. These recommendations focus on games that offer deep sandbox building tools, complex visitor management systems, and the satisfying challenge of maintaining a functional, profitable facility under pressure.

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  1. #1 Forest Golf Planner
    96% matchVery Positive82% of 68 reviews2023
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    Create and customize your own golf course in this charming management sim.

    Why similar: Golf 37.1%, Mini Golf 22.9%, City Builder 13%, Life Sim 6%, Economy 4.9%

    Why You'll Like It: This game captures the relaxing yet strategic side of designing golf courses with a focus on layout and visitor experience.

  2. #2 Resort Boss: Golf
    97% matchMostly Negative38% of 152 reviews2019
    Dev: Gus MartinPub: Excalibur Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Can you turn your cosy, one-hole course into a bustling, world-famous resort? Craft unique courses and build top-class facilities to keep golf’s wealthiest players coming back. Oversee the running of your enterprise, host tournaments and head out onto the course to ensure it’s up-to-par.

    Why similar: Golf 35.4%, City Builder 13.7%, Sandbox 9%, Economy 8.6%, Base Building 8.4%

    Why You'll Like It: It is the most direct parallel to GolfTopia, focusing specifically on the design and management of a golf resort.

  3. #3 Snowtopia: Ski Resort Builder
    96% matchMixed62% of 1,256 reviews2022
    Dev: TeaForTwoPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    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 20.1%, Base Building 15.4%, Sandbox 14.1%, Economy 13.7%, Management 12.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Like GolfTopia, it tasks you with building a leisure facility and managing the flow and satisfaction of visitors in a sandbox environment.

  4. #4 Parkitect
    95% matchVery Positive94% of 7,997 reviews2018
    Dev: Texel Raptor
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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: Economy 18.4%, City Builder 17.3%, Management 13.5%, Building 13.1%, Capitalism 12%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers deep creative building tools and complex management systems similar to the design-heavy aspects of GolfTopia.

  5. #5 Hotel Architect
    94% matchVery Positive94% of 1,342 reviews2025
    Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
    Windows
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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 20%, Economy 15.7%, Sandbox 13.4%, Capitalism 12.3%, Management 11.7%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the architectural and management challenges of running a large-scale resort, similar to the scope of GolfTopia.

  6. #6 Planet Coaster
    94% matchVery Positive91% of 71,331 reviews2016
    Dev: Frontier Developments
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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 18.7%, Sandbox 17.4%, Management 16%, Economy 13.9%, Simulation 10%

    Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for creative building and management, allowing for the same level of granular control over your resort's layout.

  7. #7 Megaquarium
    93% 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: Sandbox 21.7%, Building 18.8%, Management 18.2%, Economy 14.1%, Simulation 9.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A management sim that requires careful planning of visitor paths and facility placement, much like designing an efficient golf course.

  8. #8 Academia : School Simulator
    92% matchVery Positive86% of 3,008 reviews2021
    Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 17.3%, Economy 13.1%, Base Building 12.5%, Capitalism 11.5%, Management 11.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Features similar building and management mechanics where you must optimize the layout to keep a large population of visitors happy.

  9. #9 Indoorlands
    91% matchVery Positive81% of 269 reviews2022
    Dev: Pixelsplit
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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 21.4%, Management 20%, Building 18.5%, Sandbox 15.6%, Strategy 10.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A management game that allows for significant creative freedom in designing and operating a themed leisure park.

  10. #10 Two Point Hospital
    91% matchVery Positive92% of 34,380 reviews2018
    Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 34.9 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 29.6%, Building 23%, Simulation 17.1%, Sandbox 13.5%, City Builder 10.5%

    Why You'll Like It: It shares the humorous tone and complex management loop of balancing visitor needs with infrastructure efficiency.

  11. #11 Two Point Museum
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 11,346 reviews2025
    Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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 22%, Sandbox 14.1%, Building 13.9%, Economy 12.5%, Management 10.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines creative building with visitor management, emphasizing the flow and satisfaction of your guests.

  12. #12 Jurassic World Evolution 2
    89% matchVery Positive90% of 45,488 reviews2021
    Dev: Frontier Developments
    Windows
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.

    Why similar: Sandbox 17.9%, Building 17.7%, City Builder 17.2%, Management 16.1%, Economy 12.5%

    Why You'll Like It: It combines park management with defensive elements, mirroring the need to protect your assets from external threats.

  13. #13 Software Inc.
    90% 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: Economy 18.6%, Capitalism 15.9%, Management 14.1%, Sandbox 13.8%, Automation 13.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep building and management experience where you must balance physical space design with economic growth.

  14. #14 SimCasino
    88% matchMostly Positive74% of 751 reviews2021
    Dev: LVGameDev LLC
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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 18.1%, Economy 12.8%, Sandbox 12.2%, Capitalism 12%, Base Building 11%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers a detailed tycoon experience focused on building and managing a complex facility with high visitor traffic.

  15. #15 Little Big Workshop
    87% matchVery Positive84% of 3,350 reviews2019
    Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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

    Why similar: Automation 14.1%, Management 14%, Economy 13.5%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 12%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the satisfying loop of building and optimizing a production space, which mirrors the management depth of GolfTopia.

  16. #16 Another Brick in The Mall
    86% matchVery Positive83% of 2,425 reviews2020
    Dev: The Quadsphere
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.8 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: Automation 17.7%, City Builder 13.5%, Management 13.1%, Economy 11%, Building 10.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A retail management sim that emphasizes building design and the management of customer flow.

  17. #17 Good Company
    86% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,764 reviews2022
    Dev: Chasing Carrots
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 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: Automation 15.6%, Economy 15%, Base Building 12.9%, City Builder 12.4%, Sandbox 12.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A management and automation game that shares the focus on building efficient systems within a sandbox environment.

  18. #18 Mad Tower Tycoon
    85% matchMostly Positive78% of 438 reviews2020
    Dev: Eggcode
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    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 19%, Economy 15.4%, Sandbox 12.8%, Management 11.9%, Building 11.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A building and management game that requires careful planning and maintenance to keep a large structure running smoothly.

  19. #19 Festival Tycoon 🎪
    84% matchMostly Positive77% of 226 reviews2022
    Dev: Johannes GäblerPub: Future Friends Games
    Windows

    A micro-management sim about music festivals! Design the perfect festival grounds in ‘create’ mode, then manage the event itself in ‘live’ mode! Book bands, sign deals, plant flowers, fix toilets, and grow your show into a global phenomenon.

    Why similar: City Builder 15.9%, Economy 12.6%, Capitalism 11.2%, Base Building 11.1%, Sandbox 10.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Requires you to build and manage a large-scale event space, focusing on logistics and visitor satisfaction.

  20. #20 Ratopia
    81% matchVery Positive88% of 4,645 reviews2025
    Dev: Cassel Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.

    Why similar: City Builder 20.4%, Base Building 17%, Building 14.4%, Management 12.1%, Sandbox 11.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that blends building and survival, capturing some of the defensive and management challenges found in GolfTopia.

  21. #21 The Colonists
    84% matchVery Positive86% of 1,205 reviews2018
    Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.

    Why similar: City Builder 18.9%, Automation 16.1%, Economy 14.6%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 10.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and automation, providing a similar sense of satisfaction when your systems run perfectly.

  22. #22 Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management
    83% matchMixed61% of 179 reviews2021
    Dev: Abylight StudiosPub: Ziggurat
    Windows

    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: Management 14.8%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11.6%, Base Building 10.9%, City Builder 9.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A management sim that focuses on facility layout and resource management to maintain order.

  23. #23 Microtopia
    80% matchVery Positive88% of 903 reviews2025
    Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!

    Why similar: City Builder 18.5%, Automation 17.9%, Base Building 13.9%, Sandbox 13.4%, Management 10.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that emphasizes automation and resource management within a sandbox setting.

  24. #24 Automation Empire
    82% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
    Dev: DOG HOGGLER
    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!

    Why similar: Automation 19.9%, Base Building 15.1%, Economy 11.8%, Sandbox 11.8%, City Builder 9.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A management game that leans into the technical side of building and optimizing complex infrastructure.

  25. #25 Puttler
    79% matchVery Positive96% of 242 reviews2025
    Dev: Bean Juice Studios
    Windows

    Puttler is a mini-golf puzzle game featuring wacky obstacles and a charming backstory. Build contraptions to score the golf ball under par across 14 courses and over 250 unique holes to solve.

    Why similar: Mini Golf 45.9%, Golf 34.1%, Building 8.9%, Physics 6.6%, Simulation 4.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A physics-based mini-golf game that allows for building and puzzle-solving, echoing the core theme of GolfTopia.

  26. #26 Infinite Minigolf
    82% matchMostly Positive77% of 134 reviews2017
    Dev: Zen Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Explore thousands of holes created by the community, set new world records, participate in multiplayer competitions, customize your character with unlockable clothes and accessories or create your own courses – the possibilities are endless in Infinite Mini Golf.

    Why similar: Mini Golf 48.4%, Golf 43.1%, Building 6.3%, Cute 2.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A direct take on the mini-golf genre with a heavy emphasis on level creation and design.

  27. #27 Technotopia
    78% matchVery Positive85% of 628 reviews2024
    Dev: YustasPub: Alawar
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Welcome to Technotopia, a city-builder card game. Take on the role of an AI designed to build a perfect city. Build districts, meet the needs of diverse communities and maintain the delicate balance between factions vying for control over you!

    Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, God Game 21.3%, Management 12.7%, Building 12.7%, Futuristic 11.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that incorporates puzzle elements, requiring strategic placement of buildings to succeed.

  28. #28 Highrise Mogul
    81% matchMixed51% of 53 reviews2021
    Dev: Olli Arkko
    Windows

    Highrise Mogul: design, build and manage your own skyscraper. Make floor plans, place rentable rooms, hire staff, design a beautiful garden, manage your own power grid and much more!

    Why similar: City Builder 20.8%, Economy 13.5%, Capitalism 12.7%, God Game 11.5%, Building 11.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the economic and building aspects of city management, similar to the resort expansion in GolfTopia.

  29. #29 Let's Build a Zoo
    77% matchVery Positive89% of 4,032 reviews2021
    Dev: SpringloadedPub: No More Robots
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...

    Why similar: City Builder 25.5%, Sandbox 16.8%, Management 14.9%, Building 12.7%, Economy 10.2%

  30. #30 Grand Casino Tycoon
    79% matchMixed60% of 57 reviews2021
    Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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 20.8%, Building 17.2%, Management 16%, Economy 14.7%, City Builder 12.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A management sim that requires balancing building layout with visitor behavior and economic success.

  31. #31 Casino Resort Tower
    76% matchVery Positive94% of 122 reviews2023
    Dev: Cyperk Software
    Windows · Mac

    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: Economy 15.6%, Base Building 13.2%, Capitalism 11.9%, Management 10.8%, City Builder 10.3%

  32. #32 Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator
    78% matchMostly Positive73% of 323 reviews2019
    Dev: Jarrod Brown
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    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 15.9%, Economy 13%, Base Building 12.3%, Sandbox 12.3%, Capitalism 11%

    Why You'll Like It: A management sim that focuses on building and maintaining a leisure facility for visitors.

  33. #33 Hotel Magnate
    76% matchMixed60% of 481 reviews2025
    Dev: Arcade Oven
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 17.3%, Economy 14%, Sandbox 13.2%, Management 12.2%, Building 11.4%

  34. #34 The Tenants
    75% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,665 reviews2022
    Dev: Ancient Forge
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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 16.8%, God Game 16.2%, Economy 13.3%, Management 11.1%, Sandbox 9.9%

  35. #35 Battle Royale Tycoon
    77% matchMixed69% of 513 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 17.8%, City Builder 17.2%, Economy 16.7%, Sandbox 15.8%, Building 11.1%

  36. #36 Project Hospital
    75% matchVery Positive89% of 9,018 reviews2018
    Dev: Oxymoron Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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 26.2%, Management 16.1%, Sandbox 13.8%, Economy 12.9%, Building 11.4%

  37. #37 Go-Go Town!
    73% matchVery Positive94% of 2,120 reviews2024
    Dev: Prideful Sloth
    Windows
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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 22.3%, Automation 15.6%, Sandbox 14.7%, Building 12.1%, Management 12%

  38. #38 Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 531 reviews2021
    Dev: Squidpunch StudiosPub: Vincent Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 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: City Builder 20%, Economy 16.8%, Base Building 13.4%, Sandbox 13%, Management 12.6%

  39. #39 Rescue HQ - The Tycoon
    74% matchMostly Positive79% of 915 reviews2019
    Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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 19.6%, Management 16.8%, Sandbox 16.4%, Building 14.3%, Base Building 14%

  40. #40 Tinytopia
    73% matchVery Positive84% of 319 reviews2021
    Dev: MeNic GamesPub: Mastiff
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Construct charming toy towns and cities atop tiny terrain. Combine building blocks to create new megastructures. Test your skills in the physics-based Challenge stages or simply unwind and obliterate everything with an array of cute catastrophes!

    Why similar: City Builder 31.6%, Sandbox 18.8%, Building 16.9%, Physics 12.3%, Simulation 7.6%

  41. #41 Microtopia: Prologue
    71% matchVery Positive95% of 112 reviews2024
    Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows

    Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in this free version of Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!

    Why similar: Automation 19.6%, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 16.1%, Sandbox 14.4%, Building 11.6%

  42. #42 Airport CEO
    72% matchVery Positive83% of 8,135 reviews2021
    Dev: Apog Labs
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Build and manage an international airport!

    Why similar: Automation 13.1%, City Builder 12.8%, Economy 11.6%, Sandbox 10.3%, Capitalism 10.3%

  43. #43 Waterpark Simulator
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,416 reviews2025
    Dev: CayPlay
    Windows
    Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Build and run your own waterpark. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!

    Why similar: Economy 16.4%, Capitalism 13.3%, Base Building 13.3%, Sandbox 13.2%, Management 12.3%

  44. #44 Two Point Campus
    71% matchVery Positive88% of 7,816 reviews2022
    Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 19.6 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: City Builder 22.9%, Management 20.1%, Building 15.6%, Sandbox 14.9%, Simulation 8.8%

  45. #45 Venture Towns
    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 131 reviews2022
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!

    Why similar: City Builder 33%, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 12.4%, God Game 11.4%, Building 11.3%

  46. #46 InfraSpace
    70% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,870 reviews2023
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.

    Why similar: City Builder 18.1%, Automation 15.3%, Economy 12.8%, Sandbox 10.9%, Base Building 9.7%

  47. #47 Mini Motorways
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,591 reviews2021
    Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?

    Why similar: Management 24.8%, Strategy 20.6%, City Builder 19.2%, Simulation 16.2%, Building 14.6%

  48. #48 4D Golf
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 761 reviews2024
    Dev: CodeParade
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Explore higher dimensions... with golf! Conquer mind-bending challenges, design your own 4D courses, and unlock new worlds and accessories as you golf your way through the 4th dimension and beyond!

    Why similar: Mini Golf 58.5%, Golf 38.1%, Physics 3.4%

  49. #49 Production Line : Car factory simulation
    71% matchVery Positive82% of 3,465 reviews2019
    Dev: Positech Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.7 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 15.6%, Automation 15.5%, Economy 15.3%, Base Building 10.9%, Sandbox 10.7%

  50. #50 Space Architect
    69% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
    Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?

    Why similar: Automation 17.7%, Base Building 16.1%, Economy 12.9%, Management 12.5%, Sandbox 12.4%

  51. #51 Inn Tycoon
    68% matchMostly Positive78% of 779 reviews2025
    Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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: Economy 19%, Management 17.7%, Sandbox 16.2%, Capitalism 16.2%, Building 15.7%

  52. #52 Project AURA
    72% matchMixed64% of 698 reviews2018
    Dev: Nexcentric Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.

    Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Economy 14.1%, Management 12.8%, Sandbox 10.5%, Building 10%

  53. #53 Builderment
    70% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2023
    Dev: Builderment LLC
    Windows · Mac

    Builderment is a casual factory builder, where you are sent to far away planets to keep Earth going with fresh resources. Establish your base, then mine, build, transport, and ultimately design an automated operation that will save your home one shipment at a time!

    Why similar: Automation 22.4%, City Builder 19.9%, Base Building 17.7%, Sandbox 12.9%, Building 10.9%

  54. #54 Golf It!
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 30,532 reviews2023
    Dev: Perfuse Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Embark on an exciting journey with Golf It! Seize your putter, rally your friends, and immerse yourself in an epic minigolf adventure. Conquer countless courses, create lasting memories, and refine your skills to emerge as the ultimate minigolf champion. Your thrilling golfing odyssey begins here!

    Why similar: Mini Golf 49.8%, Golf 41.7%, Sandbox 4.4%, Simulation 2.6%, Strategy 1.5%

  55. #55 Mad Games Tycoon 2
    66% 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: Economy 18.1%, City Builder 15.8%, Management 15.1%, Capitalism 10.6%, Base Building 10.3%

  56. #56 TasteMaker
    67% matchVery Positive83% of 1,294 reviews2023
    Dev: Jelle Booij
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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: God Game 16.5%, Economy 15.6%, Sandbox 15.2%, Management 13.1%, Building 12.3%

  57. #57 Oasis Mission: Colony Sim
    67% matchMixed63% of 114 reviews2025
    Dev: Lunar pug studio
    Windows · Mac

    A Sci-Fi colony and strategy sim with a complex economy, immersive logistics, and a war against the rise of the machines! Build your colony and ensure supplies for your people. Automate industrial ships and create combat groups to defend against waves of enemies.

    Why similar: City Builder 18.4%, Automation 15.9%, Economy 12.7%, Base Building 12.3%, Capitalism 9.9%

  58. #58 Buildings Have Feelings Too!
    70% matchMixed45% of 80 reviews2021
    Dev: Blackstaff GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
    Windows

    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 25.2%, Economy 19.9%, Management 15.5%, Building 12.2%, Base Building 11.9%

  59. #59 Learning Factory
    65% matchVery Positive86% of 511 reviews2025
    Dev: Luden.io
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Build intricate supply chains to meet your feline customers' needs. Discover underground and air transport layers, a vast research tree, procedural worlds, machine learning, and endless automation in this relaxing, enemyless game.

    Why similar: Automation 17.1%, Base Building 16%, Economy 15.5%, Sandbox 13%, Building 12.1%

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