- #1 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 36.4% ★, City Builder 13.9%, Sandbox 8.9%, Base Building 8.4%, Economy 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It is the most direct parallel to GolfTopia, focusing specifically on the design and management of a golf resort.
- #2 Snowtopia: Ski Resort Builder
96% matchMixed62% of 1,278 reviews2022
Dev: TeaForTwoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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 20.7%, Base Building 15.6%, Sandbox 14.3%, Economy 12.8%, Building 12.6%
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.
- #3 Forest Golf Planner
96% matchVery Positive83% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Create and customize your own golf course in this charming management sim.
Why similar: Golf 37.7% ★, Mini Golf 23.3% ★, City Builder 13.1%, Life Sim 5.8%, Building 4.6%
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.
- #4 Hotel Architect
94% matchVery Positive94% of 2,389 reviews2026
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 20.7%, Economy 14.6%, Sandbox 13.7%, Building 12.1%, Management 12%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the architectural and management challenges of running a large-scale resort, similar to the scope of GolfTopia.
- #5 Parkitect
95% matchVery Positive94% of 8,154 reviews2018
Dev: Texel Raptor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Parkitect is a business simulation game that charges you with the construction and management of theme parks! Bringing back the best of classic theme park games with many new features and content on top. Now supports online co-op with up to 8 players!
Why similar: City Builder 18%, Economy 17.4%, Building 13.5%, Management 13.3%, Sandbox 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers deep creative building tools and complex management systems similar to the design-heavy aspects of GolfTopia.
- #6 Planet Coaster
94% matchVery Positive91% of 72,226 reviews2016
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 22.4 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 19.1%, Sandbox 17.6%, Management 15.6%, Economy 13.1%, City Builder 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 Academia : School Simulator
93% 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: City Builder 17.9%, Base Building 12.6%, Economy 12.3%, Capitalism 11.3%, Management 11%
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.
- #8 Megaquarium
92% 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: Sandbox 22.2%, Building 19.4%, Management 18%, Economy 13.3%, Simulation 10%
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.
- #9 Two Point Hospital
91% 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 28.9%, Building 23.4%, Simulation 16.8%, Sandbox 13.6%, City Builder 11%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the humorous tone and complex management loop of balancing visitor needs with infrastructure efficiency.
- #10 Jurassic World Evolution 2
90% matchVery Positive90% of 47,186 reviews2021
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 23.1 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: Building 18%, City Builder 18%, Sandbox 18%, Management 15.7%, Economy 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines park management with defensive elements, mirroring the need to protect your assets from external threats.
- #11 Indoorlands
91% matchVery Positive81% of 279 reviews2022
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 21.9%, Management 19.3%, Building 18.8%, Sandbox 15.7%, Strategy 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A management game that allows for significant creative freedom in designing and operating a themed leisure park.
- #12 Two Point Museum
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,533 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 22.9%, Building 14.2%, Sandbox 14%, Economy 11.6%, Management 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines creative building with visitor management, emphasizing the flow and satisfaction of your guests.
- #13 Software Inc.
89% 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: Economy 17.9%, Capitalism 15.9%, Management 14.3%, Sandbox 14.2%, Building 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep building and management experience where you must balance physical space design with economic growth.
- #14 SimCasino
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 758 reviews2021
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.4 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 18.7%, Sandbox 12.3%, Economy 12.1%, Capitalism 11.6%, Base Building 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a detailed tycoon experience focused on building and managing a complex facility with high visitor traffic.
- #15 Little Big Workshop
87% 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 14.2%, Automation 13.7%, Economy 13.2%, Simulation 12.5%, Building 12.2%
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 Another Brick in The Mall
86% 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: Automation 16.6%, City Builder 14%, Management 13.3%, Building 11.1%, Economy 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A retail management sim that emphasizes building design and the management of customer flow.
- #17 Mad Tower Tycoon
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 445 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.5 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 19.7%, Economy 14.5%, Sandbox 13.1%, Building 11.8%, Management 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A building and management game that requires careful planning and maintenance to keep a large structure running smoothly.
- #18 Good Company
85% 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: Automation 14.8%, Economy 14.3%, Base Building 13.2%, City Builder 13%, Sandbox 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A management and automation game that shares the focus on building efficient systems within a sandbox environment.
- #19 Festival Tycoon 🎪
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 232 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 16.5%, Economy 11.9%, Base Building 11.2%, Sandbox 11%, Capitalism 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Requires you to build and manage a large-scale event space, focusing on logistics and visitor satisfaction.
- #20 Microtopia
81% matchVery Positive87% of 977 reviews2025
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 19.1%, Automation 16.6%, Base Building 14%, Sandbox 13.6%, Futuristic 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that emphasizes automation and resource management within a sandbox setting.
- #21 The Colonists
83% matchVery Positive86% of 1,242 reviews2018
Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.9 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 19.8%, Automation 15.1%, Economy 13.8%, Base Building 11%, Building 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and automation, providing a similar sense of satisfaction when your systems run perfectly.
- #22 Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management
84% matchMixed62% of 184 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 14.4%, Building 13.4%, Sandbox 11.7%, Base Building 11%, City Builder 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A management sim that focuses on facility layout and resource management to maintain order.
- #23 Puttler
81% matchVery Positive96% of 273 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 15 courses and over 250 unique holes to solve.
Why similar: Mini Golf 46.3% ★, Golf 34.3% ★, Building 8.7%, Physics 6.4%, Simulation 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based mini-golf game that allows for building and puzzle-solving, echoing the core theme of GolfTopia.
- #24 Ratopia
80% matchVery Positive88% of 4,899 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 21.1%, Base Building 17.2%, Building 14.6%, Management 11.7%, 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.
- #25 Infinite Minigolf
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 136 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 48.6% ★, Golf 43.2% ★, Building 6.1%, Cute 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A direct take on the mini-golf genre with a heavy emphasis on level creation and design.
- #26 Automation Empire
82% matchMixed66% of 2,646 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 18.8%, Base Building 15.5%, Sandbox 12.1%, Economy 11.2%, City Builder 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A management game that leans into the technical side of building and optimizing complex infrastructure.
- #27 Technotopia
79% matchVery Positive85% of 731 reviews2024
Dev: YustasPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 21.5%, God Game 20.6% ★, Building 12%, Management 11.6%, Futuristic 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that incorporates puzzle elements, requiring strategic placement of buildings to succeed.
- #28 Go-Go Town!
76% matchVery Positive93% of 2,784 reviews2026
Dev: Prideful Sloth
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 22.1%, Sandbox 14.4%, Building 12.4%, Management 11.9%, Automation 10.2%
- #29 Under Par Golf Architect
77% matchVery Positive84% of 179 reviews2026
Dev: Broken Arms Games
Windows · Mac
Step into the shoes of a golf architect as you build and manage your own golfing paradise! Sharpen your strategy by designing incredible courses to challenge the most demanding golfers and watch your club flourish as you attract VIP players, hire quirky staff and hold prestigious tournaments.
Why similar: Golf 29.2% ★, City Builder 11%, Economy 9.6%, Capitalism 8.5%, Base Building 7.9%
- #30 Highrise Mogul
79% 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 21.5%, Economy 12.6%, Capitalism 12.3%, God Game 12% ★, Building 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the economic and building aspects of city management, similar to the resort expansion in GolfTopia.
- #31 Waterpark Simulator
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,480 reviews2026
Dev: CayPlay
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Build and run your own waterpark solo or with friends. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a diamond five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!
Why similar: Economy 17%, Sandbox 15.3%, Management 12.9%, Building 12.8%, Capitalism 11.6%
- #32 Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 330 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 16.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Sandbox 12.5%, Economy 12.2%, Building 11%
Why You'll Like It: A management sim that focuses on building and maintaining a leisure facility for visitors.
- #33 Casino Resort Tower
76% matchVery Positive94% of 135 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 14.3%, Base Building 13.1%, City Builder 11.9%, Capitalism 11.4%, Management 10.3%
- #34 Sintopia
74% matchVery Positive81% of 1,094 reviews2026
Dev: Piraknights GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Manage Hell. Manipulate the Overworld. Build the resurrection business of your dreams! In Sintopia, you’re tasked with managing the bureaucratic administration of Hell: “re-educate” the sinful, generate profit, play god and expand your hellish empire. All part of a day’s work at Hell Incorporated.
Why similar: God Game 18.7% ★, City Builder 15.9%, Automation 14.4%, Base Building 12.4%, Management 10.4%
- #35 Grand Casino Tycoon
78% matchMixed59% of 58 reviews2021
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 20.3%, Building 17.8%, Management 15.7%, Economy 13.9%, City Builder 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: A management sim that requires balancing building layout with visitor behavior and economic success.
- #36 Let's Build a Zoo
75% matchVery Positive89% of 4,118 reviews2021
Dev: SpringloadedPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 25.8%, Sandbox 16.8%, Management 14.8%, Building 12.8%, Economy 9.7%
- #37 Hotel Magnate
75% matchMixed58% of 491 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 18%, Sandbox 13.5%, Economy 13.2%, Management 11.9%, Building 11.7%
- #38 The Tenants
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,782 reviews2022
Dev: EndGameLoop Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.1 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 17.2%, God Game 16.7% ★, Economy 12.5%, Management 10.9%, Sandbox 10%
- #39 Battle Royale Tycoon
77% 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: City Builder 17.9%, Management 17.5%, Sandbox 16.1%, Economy 15.8%, Building 11.4%
- #40 Dungeon Tycoon
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,953 reviews2024
Dev: Lunheim StudiosPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?
Why similar: City Builder 16.7%, God Game 15.4% ★, Economy 13.8%, Management 11.4%, Sandbox 11.3%
- #41 Project Hospital
73% matchVery Positive89% of 9,400 reviews2018
Dev: Oxymoron Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 24.3 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 26.7%, Management 15.9%, Sandbox 14.2%, Economy 11.9%, Building 11.8%
- #42 Factory Town 2: Paradise
71% matchVery Positive91% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
A Town Builder + Factory Sim where you fully automate a tropical village and feed a giant volcano. Use conveyor belts, trains, boats, zip lines, pipes, water wheels and more to produce massive amounts of items and keep everyone happy!
Why similar: City Builder 18.8%, Automation 15.6%, Economy 12.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Building 10.3%
- #43 Aquapark Tycoon
71% matchVery Positive90% of 294 reviews2026
Dev: Boxelware
Windows
Build the ultimate waterpark paradise in this classic tycoon simulation game! Design & customize water slides, pools, and saunas to fulfill your guests' needs. Combine creativity, strategy, and management to make a splash in the world of water parks and become the ultimate Aquapark Tycoon!
Why similar: City Builder 21.1%, Sandbox 14.6%, Economy 12.9%, Capitalism 12.8%, Building 11.3%
- #44 Microtopia: Prologue
71% matchVery Positive95% of 132 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: City Builder 18.8%, Automation 18.2%, Base Building 16.2%, Sandbox 14.6%, Building 11.8%
- #45 Tinytopia
72% matchVery Positive83% of 328 reviews2021
Dev: MeNic GamesPub: Mastiff
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 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 32.1%, Sandbox 18.8%, Building 17%, Physics 12.1%, Simulation 7.5%
- #46 Rescue HQ - The Tycoon
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 932 reviews2019
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.2 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 20.1%, Sandbox 16.5%, Management 16.2%, Building 14.5%, Base Building 14.2%
- #47 Mini Motorways
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,480 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 24.6%, Strategy 20.5%, City Builder 19.7%, Simulation 16%, Building 14.8%
- #48 Modulus: Factory Automation
68% matchVery Positive91% of 869 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build, automate, & optimize production lines across sky islands with real spatial constraints. Every production line is an open-ended puzzle: which operators to use, how to route your belts and how to fit your factory into the landscape. Your solutions, like your factories, are uniquely your own.
Why similar: Automation 16.5%, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 12.4%, Building 11.5%
- #49 Airport CEO
70% matchVery Positive83% of 8,359 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: City Builder 13.4%, Automation 12.3%, Economy 11%, Sandbox 10.7%, Management 10.3%
- #50 4D Golf
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 808 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 58.8% ★, Golf 37.9% ★, Physics 3.3%
- #51 Food Park Manager
69% matchVery Positive82% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Drix Dev
Windows
Build and manage your own Food Park! Customize food stalls, hire staff, and cater to hungry customers as you find the perfect recipes. Decorate your park to attract and satisfy more customers.
Why similar: City Builder 22.8%, Economy 16.3%, Sandbox 13.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Management 11.4%
- #52 Biztopia
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: Lymo Games
Windows
Welcome to Biztopia! A unique trading city full of business and opportunities awaits you! Start with a small delivery, build your own trading world, and team up with friends to shape the city and discover the next big venture!
Why similar: Economy 15.3%, Base Building 14.3%, Capitalism 14.3%, Sandbox 13.9%, Building 11.2%
- #53 Venture Towns
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 144 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!
Why similar: City Builder 33.4%, Simulation 13%, Strategy 12.1%, God Game 11.6% ★, Building 11.4%
- #54 InfraSpace
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,968 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 18.9%, Automation 14.5%, Economy 12.1%, Sandbox 11.2%, Base Building 9.9%
- #55 Space Architect
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 309 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 16.8%, Base Building 16.6%, Sandbox 12.8%, Management 12.4%, Economy 12.3%
- #56 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
65% matchVery Positive84% of 705 reviews2026
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Program a crew of tiny robots to turn a frozen planet into a living world. Connect visual code blocks, automate crafting, and build a workforce that fuels itself. Keep the heat flowing, refine your machines, and watch your ideas come to life.
Why similar: Automation 30.3%, Sandbox 25.6%, Base Building 23.2%, Strategy 9.2%, Simulation 7.1%
- #57 Parking World: Build & Manage
67% 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: City Builder 21.2%, Economy 18.4%, Sandbox 15.4%, Building 15.1%, Management 14.4%
- #58 Town to City
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,135 reviews2026
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build an idyllic 19th century Mediterranean town and help it flourish into a prosperous city. Freely place and customise each element to create the perfect home for your growing population in this cozy city builder from the creators of Station to Station.
Why similar: City Builder 33.1%, Economy 14.5%, Building 13.9%, Sandbox 12.9%, Management 11%
- #59 Golf It!
64% matchVery Positive90% of 31,128 reviews2023
Dev: Perfuse Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 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 50% ★, Golf 41.8% ★, Sandbox 4.3%, Simulation 2.5%, Strategy 1.4%