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  1. #1 Computer Tycoon
    97% 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: Hardware 74.1%, Management 14.3%, Simulation 8.4%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  2. #2 Startup Company
    96% 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 49.9%, Simulation 34.2%, Building 8.7%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%

  3. #3 Software Inc.
    96% 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: Management 39%, Simulation 29.1%, Building 22.3%, Indie 9.5%

  4. #4 PC Building Simulator
    95% matchVery Positive94% of 52,392 reviews2019
    Dev: Claudiu KissPub: The Irregular Corporation
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Build and grow your very own computer repair enterprise as you learn to diagnose, fix and build PCs. With real-world licensed components and comprehensive hardware and software simulation, you can plan and bring your ultimate PC to life.

    Why similar: Hardware 50.7%, Simulation 21.3%, Management 13.6%, Building 10.2%, Indie 2.7%

  5. #5 Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator
    94% matchVery Positive84% of 318 reviews2022
    Dev: Bigosaur
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Build rigs to mine Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrency. Trade on the market to grow wealth. Expand your business into new offices. Hire skilled employees and assign tasks. Use cash from your mega farms to research new technologies and reach the goal of each scenario.

    Why similar: Hardware 55%, Simulation 19.6%, Management 16.2%, Building 6.4%, Indie 2.1%

  6. #6 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 48.5%, Simulation 30.2%, Building 18.5%, Singleplayer 2.8%

  7. #7 Tavern Tycoon - Dragon's Hangover
    93% 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 46.1%, Simulation 36.6%, Indie 9.5%, Building 7.8%

  8. #8 Good Company
    92% 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: Management 40.4%, Simulation 31.2%, Building 24.7%, Singleplayer 3.7%

  9. #9 Airport CEO
    91% 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: Management 41%, Simulation 31.1%, Building 23.2%, Singleplayer 4.6%

  10. #10 Tech Executive Tycoon
    91% 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: Simulation 46.1%, Management 39.7%, Indie 14.2%

  11. #11 Space Station Manager
    90% 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 53.8%, Indie 19.6%, Management 16.4%, Building 10.2%

  12. #12 Game Corp DX
    89% 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 51.3%, Simulation 30.4%, Indie 8%, Building 7.8%, Singleplayer 2.4%

  13. #13 Data Center
    87% matchVery Positive89% of 85 reviews2026
    Dev: Waseku
    Windows

    Build, cable, and automate. Assemble racks, servers, and switches, connect enough capacity for each app, earn money from processed data, and unlock gear and bigger customers with XP and reputation. Follow colored data packets as your center comes to life.

    Why similar: Hardware 68.4%, Simulation 18.2%, Management 10.4%, Building 3%

  14. #14 Production Line : Car factory simulation
    88% 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 43.8%, Simulation 28.1%, Building 18.1%, Indie 7.4%, Singleplayer 2.7%

  15. #15 Hospitalize
    89% matchMixed40% of 171 reviews2016
    Dev: Illeris
    Windows

    Find the most effective way to construct and manage a hospital. Build your hospital smart and avoid excess time and resources consumed by examining your patients unnecessary. You can choose to micromanage your patients or hope that your doctors are able to identify the cause of their symptoms.

    Why similar: Simulation 54.5%, Management 27.5%, Indie 18.1%

  16. #16 Game Dev Tycoon
    85% 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 51%, Simulation 38%, Indie 8.8%, Singleplayer 2.3%

  17. #17 Smartphone Tycoon
    86% 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: Simulation 44.9%, Management 39.1%, Indie 13.8%, Singleplayer 2.1%

  18. #18 Big Ambitions
    84% 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 63.4%, Simulation 33.6%, Singleplayer 3%

  19. #19 Mall Simulator
    83% matchVery Positive91% of 2,672 reviews2025
    Dev: F13 Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! To avoid going bankrupt, you’ll need to build new stores and restaurants, set smart prices, and keep up with trends. 15+ stores, dozens of machines & services, and hundreds of brands waiting for you!

    Why similar: Management 39.7%, Simulation 33.4%, Building 18.4%, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 3.6%

  20. #20 Startup Freak
    86% 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 41.8%, Management 31.6%, Indie 14.4%, Building 10.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  21. #21 IT Specialist Simulator
    82% matchMostly Positive77% of 322 reviews2025
    Dev: Pixel Team RED
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Step into the world of IT! Diagnose network issues, manage servers, and repair devices while handling tasks under strict SLAs. Choose your career path, from HelpDesk to IT Project Manager. Develop real IT knowledge and climb the ranks in this realistic IT simulation!

    Why similar: Hardware 74.7%, Simulation 17.5%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 2.1%

  22. #22 Blacksmith Master
    81% matchVery Positive84% of 2,485 reviews2025
    Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.

    Why similar: Management 39%, Simulation 32.4%, Building 24.4%, Singleplayer 4.2%

  23. #23 Hardware Store Simulator
    82% matchMostly Positive76% of 51 reviews2025
    Dev: Stellar Fusion StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Compete with up to 4 players to build the most successful hardware store! Design your shop, manage inventory, hire employees, and influence market prices in this detailed business simulator. Master retail management as you expand your store empire.

    Why similar: Management 41.7%, Simulation 33.7%, Building 24.6%

  24. #24 Oil Enterprise
    84% 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: Simulation 42.4%, Management 41.3%, Indie 16.3%

  25. #25 SimAirport
    80% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,012 reviews2020
    Dev: LVGameDev LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!

    Why similar: Management 40.6%, Simulation 27.4%, Building 24.3%, Indie 5.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%

  26. #26 Web Host Simulator
    79% matchMostly Negative39% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: Chibum
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In Web Host Simulator, you'll start your web hosting company in your small apartment, aiming to become the world's leading provider. But to do so, you must win clients, outperform competitors, and deal with cyber threats, disruptions, and challenges from an ISP!

    Why similar: Management 53.6%, Simulation 46.4%

  27. #27 TCG Card Shop Simulator
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 46,691 reviews2024
    Dev: OPNeon Games
    Windows
    Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.

    Why similar: Simulation 47.7%, Management 46.9%, Singleplayer 3.8%, Indie 1.6%

  28. #28 Wall Street Tycoon
    81% matchMixed41% of 131 reviews2019
    Dev: Red Fox Studios
    Windows

    Wall Street Tycoon is a business simulation game where you’re the CEO of a new investment company. Your job is to grow the company, hire employees, and manage the business!

    Why similar: Simulation 49.6%, Management 29.4%, Indie 18.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%

  29. #29 ServiceIT: You can do IT
    77% matchMixed60% of 582 reviews2025
    Dev: picture4uPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    ⚡️Fix electronics 📈manage firm 💻challenge the hacker... ServiceIT is a simulation game where you run a full-service IT company to engage in tasks like diagnosing, repairing equipment, network infiltration, programming, server management while an Anonymous hacker keeps sabotaging it all.

    Why similar: Management 44.4%, Simulation 43.2%, Indie 9%, Singleplayer 3.5%

  30. #30 Supermarket & Internet Cafe Simulator
    77% matchMostly Positive79% of 899 reviews2024
    Dev: SmartPlayGames
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    "Internet Cafe & Supermarket Simulator 2024" is a comprehensive simulation game that combines the management of both an internet cafe and a supermarket. Step into the role of a shop owner, apply your business acumen, and expand your empire step by step.

    Why similar: Management 34.8%, Simulation 34.3%, Building 22.8%, Indie 6%, Singleplayer 2.1%

  31. #31 Smooth Operators
    79% 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 42.6%, Simulation 42%, Indie 13.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  32. #32 Project Highrise
    76% matchVery Positive85% of 4,730 reviews2016
    Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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

    Why similar: Management 40.7%, Simulation 32.1%, Building 21.4%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%

  33. #33 Tech Market Simulator
    75% matchMixed66% of 73 reviews2025
    Dev: Clap GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Build and manage your own tech store! Sell products like keyboards, mice, and gaming chairs. Hire employees, grow your shop, and make it the best place for gamers to shop. Can you become the top tech store?

    Why similar: Management 35%, Simulation 32.7%, Building 23.8%, Indie 6.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%

  34. #34 Transports
    78% matchMixed65% of 107 reviews2018
    Dev: Jens P. Behrens
    Windows

    Transports is a transportation business simulation game. Build your business empire by building transportation routes for trucks, trains, ships and planes to transport goods between industrial buildings and cities.

    Why similar: Management 37.6%, Simulation 31.1%, Building 19.8%, Indie 8.8%, Singleplayer 2.8%

  35. #35 Car Manufacture
    74% 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 42.5%, Simulation 29.2%, Building 28.3%

  36. #36 Hard Chip
    73% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2024
    Dev: Elorth
    Windows

    Hard Chip is a 3D simulation/puzzle game about building processors focusing on realism. Explore the world of semiconductor chip design and delve into the intricacies of CPU logic, floor planning, and propagation delay.

    Why similar: Simulation 52.8%, Building 36.2%, Indie 7.5%, Singleplayer 3.4%

  37. #37 Electronics Store Simulator
    73% matchMostly Positive73% of 66 reviews2025
    Dev: Digital MelodyPub: Games Incubator
    Windows

    Open your own electronics store and grow it from a small shop into a modern technology hub. Manage deliveries, prices, and store equipment, take care of customers, expand the product range, and become a master in the world of electronics retail!

    Why similar: Simulation 57.6%, Management 33.5%, Indie 7.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%

  38. #38 Laptop Tycoon
    74% matchMostly Positive75% of 409 reviews2021
    Dev: Roastery Games
    Windows

    Welcome to Laptop Tycoon!Compete with the tech giants! You will have the opportunity to show your skills in business management. Start your own laptop company! Choose and hire the best people for your company, buy and upgrade your own office and start building your dream laptop.

    Why similar: Simulation 56.8%, Management 43.2%

  39. #39 Captain of Industry
    71% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.

    Why similar: Management 38%, Simulation 35.7%, Building 19.7%, Indie 4.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%

  40. #40 City Bus Manager
    71% matchVery Positive91% of 2,686 reviews2024
    Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data. Buy buses, maintain them, take care of your staff and lead your bus company to become the #1 in town!

    Why similar: Management 48.6%, Simulation 45.7%, Singleplayer 5.7%

  41. #41 Mech Engineer
    72% matchMostly Positive75% of 902 reviews2024
    Dev: KiberKrekerPub: MicroProse Software
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    A dark sci-fi mech assembling manager with semi-auto battles against mutating, alien bio-weapon.

    Why similar: Management 49%, Simulation 24.6%, Building 16.5%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 2%

  42. #42 Hotel Architect
    69% 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: Management 36%, Simulation 29.6%, Building 22.2%, Indie 8.4%, Singleplayer 3.8%

  43. #43 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: Simulation 45.9%, Management 40.5%, Indie 10.8%, Singleplayer 2.8%

  44. #44 Handyman Corporation
    73% matchMixed54% of 142 reviews2023
    Dev: Potato GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
    Windows

    In Handyman Corporation you become the owner of a business where you handle a variety of jobs in cleaning, maintenance, design, and construction. Accept contracts, play minigames to perform every task required. Then expand your company – buy spare parts, tools, train skills, and manage employees

    Why similar: Simulation 42.1%, Management 29.1%, Building 20.2%, Singleplayer 6.2%, Indie 2.3%

  45. #45 Silicon Zeroes
    72% matchVery Positive88% of 281 reviews2017
    Dev: PleasingFungus Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Build hardware. Solve puzzles. From the creator of Manufactoria, a new open-ended puzzle game set in Silicon Valley's first startup.

    Why similar: Simulation 71.2%, Indie 24.1%, Singleplayer 4.7%

  46. #46 GearCity
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 1,472 reviews2022
    Dev: Visual Entertainment And Technologies
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Do you find tycoon games too simplistic? GearCity is a complex and in-depth business simulator. It focuses on a realistic economic simulation of the global automobile industry. The game takes several hours to grasp and hundreds of hours to master. Can you succeed where many other CEOs have failed?

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

  47. #47 Business Simulator 2026
    69% matchMostly Positive80% of 158 reviews2025
    Dev: HOGO Games
    Windows

    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: Management 48.6%, Simulation 36.4%, Indie 10.4%, Singleplayer 4.6%

  48. #48 PC Creator - PC Building Simulator
    71% matchMixed65% of 217 reviews2021
    Dev: CREATY
    Windows

    Try yourself as a PC builder and build your dream PC from 200+ real components!Complete different PC building and PC repair orders to upgrade your business: build a PC from zero, install popular OS', upgrade computers, install different programs and games, fix PC parts, and much more.

    Why similar: Hardware 54.8%, Management 18.3%, Simulation 14.9%, Building 8.4%, Indie 3.6%

  49. #49 Food Processing Simulator
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 248 reviews2025
    Dev: Bewolba Studios
    Windows

    Build and manage your own food processing factory. Automate production with machines, work together with skilled employees to keep operations running smoothly, expand your facility, and keep inventory under control as you grow from a small workshop into a large scale production facility.

    Why similar: Simulation 45.3%, Management 44.3%, Indie 8.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%

  50. #50 GamersGoMakers
    70% matchMostly Positive77% of 399 reviews2014
    Dev: gnifrebel Games UG
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    In GamersGoMakers, you found a little company creating the first video games in history. Create your first game with only basic sound and simple graphics available in the year 1980. You´re one of the pioneers entering the rising global market for computer games.

    Why similar: Simulation 47.6%, Management 38.5%, Indie 13.9%

  51. #51 PC Building Empire
    66% matchVery Positive87% of 189 reviews2025
    Dev: Moose Games
    Windows

    Build PCs of different rarities, hire workers with buffs and debuffs, and expand your shop. Train stats in special rooms, customize floors and colors, and relax in a cozy idle indie game in Early Access that grows with feedback from the community.

    Why similar: Management 59.7%, Simulation 25.7%, Indie 11.2%, Singleplayer 3.3%

  52. #52 Beer Factory
    68% matchMixed42% of 1,459 reviews2024
    Dev: MyceliumGames
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Beer Factory is a business simulation and management game. Take the challenge and manage your own beer factory, employees, production lines, as well as the import and export of merchandise.

    Why similar: Simulation 45.7%, Management 42.2%, Indie 7%, Singleplayer 5.2%

  53. #53 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
    67% 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: Management 45.3%, Simulation 35%, Indie 11.3%, Singleplayer 4.9%, Building 3.4%

  54. #54 Gunsmith
    69% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,034 reviews2018
    Dev: SCT
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Build up your own arms manufacturing company. Find your factory, buy resources, produce a wide range of military equipment to sell to the highest bidder. Good or bad? That's up to you, who you do business with is your choice. Don't ask, don't tell, get paid. After all, war is about making money.

    Why similar: Management 42.7%, Simulation 30.8%, Building 15.4%, Indie 8.8%, Singleplayer 2.3%

  55. #55 Rise of Industry
    67% 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 45.8%, Simulation 31.7%, Building 12.1%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%

  56. #56 Industry Manager: Future Technologies
    70% 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 60.2%, Management 39.8%

  57. #57 PC Tycoon 2
    66% 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: Management 60%, Simulation 35.4%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 1.6%

  58. #58 Megastore Simulator
    63% matchVery Positive93% of 685 reviews2026
    Dev: Yolo Games Studio
    Windows · Linux

    Megastore Simulator is a first-person management & tycoon game. Start small and grow into a massive two-floor megastore with forklifts, pallet jacks, and staff. Unlock and run Bakery, Clothing, Electronics, Sports, Music, Toy & Grocery departments.

    Why similar: Management 39.8%, Simulation 34.1%, Building 16.2%, Indie 6.1%, Singleplayer 3.8%

  59. #59 EarthX
    65% matchVery Positive88% of 905 reviews2023
    Dev: DenisPub: Mesote Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    EarthX is a rocket company management game. Go from launching small rockets on Earth to eventually building a colony on Mars. Create your own Internet constellation, develop new technologies, supply the International Space Station and terraform Mars!

    Why similar: Management 35%, Simulation 30.2%, Building 19.8%, Indie 11%, Singleplayer 4%

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