
Become an indie game developer! Make your own games by hand and publish them on a fantasy market like Steam. Earn fans, receive brutal reviews, and battle your inner demons. Can you become the creator of your dreams?
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Indie, Singleplayer, Management.

Become an indie game developer! Make your own games by hand and publish them on a fantasy market like Steam. Earn fans, receive brutal reviews, and battle your inner demons. Can you become the creator of your dreams?

Make it indie!
Claw your way through the abyss of the mind and survive the horrors that stalk you as you attempt to survive seven days as... an Indie Developer.

City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
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!
Claw your way through the abyss of the mind and survive the horrors that stalk you as you attempt to survive seven days as... an Indie Developer.
Why similar: Indie 67.3%, Simulation 32.7%
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: Simulation 73.2%, Indie 26.8%
In this game, you're playing as game developer and encounter typical problems like eating and sleeping. You need to correctly allocate your time for human needs, hobbies and work, to live another day as indie developer.
Why similar: Simulation 72%, Indie 28%
Indie Dev Story - Quit your job to become an indie developer and make your first game!
Why similar: Simulation 51.4%, Action 26.1%, Indie 22.5%
It's time to become the Game Developer you always wanted to be. Make use of a large array of features, and player skills to create stunning 10 / 10 games. Compete with and eventually acquire other dynamic Ai Studio's. Raise the talent of your team and studio's in an effort to dominate the market.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
In Game Builder Tycoon, begin as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing, research stuff and manage a skilled team. Overcome competition to guide your game development studio to global recognition and dominate the gaming industry.
Why similar: Simulation 92.8%, Indie 7.2%
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
Why similar: Simulation 83.3%, Indie 16.7%
Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?
Why similar: Simulation 75%, Indie 25%
In the Simulator of a game developer, you will be able to understand all the subtleties of this profession, understand how the game industry works and all the difficulties of one developer.
Why similar: Simulation 70.7%, Indie 29.3%
Make a Game Company for your self!Get it work,Run for Rich!
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
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: Simulation 79.4%, Indie 20.6%
Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Mobile Store Simulator! Build and manage your own tech haven, from store design to product selection. Experience the thrill of shaping a thriving mobile tech business and conquer the tech industry.
Why similar: Simulation 67.3%, Indie 20.3%, Action 12.4%
It is time for your childhood dream to come true - create your own game! This is not a simple puzzle builder, but rather an RPG maker. Design your own dungeons and share them with fans all over the world! In the world of BQM, you can challenge sophisticated dungeons and build your own evil ones!
Why similar: Simulation 49.6%, Action 28%, Indie 22.4%
Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue is a free simulation game in which you begin your journey as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing and research stuff. Create best game on the planet!
Why similar: Simulation 79%, Indie 21%
RPG-Simulation game where you can create your own streamer and see whether you can overcome difficulties of being streamer or not.
Why similar: Simulation 72.5%, Indie 27.5%
Live out your school days as you navigate the rocky world of game development! Can you make an amazing game, or will something get in the way?
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Be a Pixel Shopkeeper! Collect items using inventory management puzzle mechanics. Sell your wares, decorate your shop, craft new products, and expand! Train to beat tougher dungeons, unlock new classes and decor, and furnish your shop smartly to maximize profits!
Why similar: Simulation 74%, Indie 26%
"Take control of all game elements! By selecting Creative Cards, you can change the camera angle, place objects, switch skins, summon enemies, and even create a football match. Becoming an outstanding game designer, creating unique levels and gameplay, with unlimited creativity awaits you."
Why similar: Simulation 34.9%, Platformer 33%, Action 18.8%, Indie 13.3%
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: Simulation 78.5%, Indie 21.5%
Step into the studio and produce yourown hit anime with an original hero!
Why similar: Simulation 89%, Indie 11%
A physics sandbox game for people who like to play with digital toys. Create, control toys and define your goals.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Put your mechanical skills to the test in a physics-based sandbox where ingenuity and creativity are the ultimate key to survival. Construct fantastical machines, gather resources, acquire new technologies to battle dangerous enemies and use your imagination to shape your world.
Why similar: Simulation 40.6%, Action 30%, Indie 29.4%
I Wanna Maker is a precision platformer with a robust level editor and online level sharing, based on I Wanna Be The Guy fangames. Create complex levels using a variety of objects, a powerful events system, and customizable visuals. Browse levels online, take on challenge modes, and more!
Why similar: Platformer 56.2%, Indie 25.9%, Action 17.9%
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: Simulation 100%
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: Simulation 81%, Indie 19%
Create your own gym, train boxers, and aim for the championship!
Why similar: Simulation 92.5%, Indie 7.5%
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: Simulation 100%
In Gabe Newell Simulator you can manage Steam releasing and creating new games and also in the story mode you can play as Gaben and help him in his fight against other software house, talk with his employees and decide the fate of Half Life 3!
Why similar: Simulation 51.1%, Action 27.6%, Indie 21.3%
这是一款可以自制关卡的IWBTG同人游戏,在里面你可以体验到各种千奇百怪的关卡,同样也可以创作出属于你自己的关卡。
Why similar: Platformer 47.3%, Action 32.1%, Indie 20.6%
Create your own worlds, build interesting mechanisms and just beautiful buildings, everything depends on your imagination.
Why similar: Simulation 87.3%, Indie 12.7%
Feel like a real Achievement hunter! Earn Achievements, upgrades and get the most Achievements on steam!
Why similar: Simulation 46.1%, Indie 29.4%, Action 24.4%
Create shows, sign stars, and dominate the airwaves in this TV studio sim.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Create, manage, and guide your very own band to success!
Why similar: Simulation 71.1%, Indie 28.9%
Super Dungeon Maker is a creative pixel art dungeon editor inspired by the best 2D adventure games. Choose however many levels, enemies, secret rooms, traps and items you want. Challenge your friends and the community to master your dungeon or play the countless dungeons of the community.
Manage your Game Studio, earn big bucks, impress the critics, beat rival studios and clean up at the awards!
Why similar: Simulation 77.1%, Indie 22.9%
My Dream Setup is a simulation game about building the room you've always dreamed of. A huge selection of furniture, computers and their accessories, posters, pictures, plants, and other interior details await you. Try all of them and create your dream setup.
Why similar: Simulation 75.3%, Indie 24.7%
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 75.2%, Indie 24.8%
Run your own tabletop game shop! Stock shelves, glue & paint minis, battle customers on game night, and grow your store into the ultimate nerd paradise.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Live the life of a starving artist in 19th century alternative history. Survive poverty, alchoholism, madness, depression, and 67 different feelings. Paint masterpieces by combining inspirations, sell them for riches (or scraps) and create a painting that will change the world.
Why similar: Simulation 68.8%, Indie 31.2%
Revive a closed-down gaming café and build it into the ultimate gaming hub! Manage rentals, sell gaming merch, and expand with PCs, consoles, and an in-house café to prepare and sell fresh food. Attract customers with unique gaming sections. Can you turn your dream café into a bustling success?
Why similar: Simulation 87.1%, Indie 12.9%
Use your godly powers to craft amazing pixel worlds or destroy the universe! Play with physics, over 200 elements and controllable heroes. Make your own games or levels, and then share your creations online. There are no limits to your creativity and imagination!
Why similar: Simulation 45.8%, Platformer 20.1%, Action 18%, Indie 16.1%
An in depth game development simulation game
Why similar: Simulation 100%
This is just the story of a young and naive indie dev.
Why similar: Simulation 68%, Indie 32%
Step into the world of Interior Designer. Embark on client jobs, dominate the Design League, and create stunning interiors. Shape your spaces, and unleash your style. Your masterpiece awaits.
Why similar: Simulation 85.8%, Indie 14.2%
Always dreamed of creating your own music band? We will realize your dream! Record songs, release albums and manage group activities! With the advancement of the group, managers will help you, and you will also have to face more than one difficult choice. Compete for a place in the top 100! Conquer the whole world!
Why similar: Simulation 74.4%, Indie 25.6%
The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!
Casino Boss Simulator is a casino management simulation game that turns your dream of building a casino empire from scratch into reality. Manage, expand, and lead your own casino empire in the competitive world of gambling.
Why similar: Simulation 63.9%, Action 28.3%, Indie 7.8%
Spend a summer with an old high school classmate making games! Play and debug a 2D action RPG to make the best game ever.
Why similar: Action 100%
Take control of your very own fuel station and transform it into a bustling business hub! Experience the perfect mix of management, customization, and exciting challenges as you serve customers, expand your services, and build your empire.
Why similar: Simulation 72.4%, Indie 27.6%
Train Station Simulator is a station builder and manager game. Create and maintain your dream station! Ride the rails and operate your ultimate grand central empire!
Why similar: Simulation 76.2%, Indie 23.8%
Make the dwelling of your dreams a reality in this apartment management sim!
Why similar: Simulation 84.2%, Indie 15.8%
Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.
Why similar: Simulation 92.9%, Indie 7.1%
Design and build arenas for your guests to fight in, keep them happy, your workers paid and make a profit!
Why similar: Simulation 77.5%, Indie 22.5%
Manipulate the world around you by editing source code in an adventure game about a burnt out indie game developer's quest to fulfill a lifelong dream.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Manage your mini racer car shop, sell mini cars and spare parts, and unleash your creativity with custom builds. Test drive your creations on the race track before putting them up for sale. Transform your shop into a haven for mini car enthusiasts and build a thriving business in the process!
Why similar: Simulation 79.4%, Indie 20.6%
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: Simulation 87.5%, Indie 12.5%
Run a music talent agency and make platinum-selling records!
Why similar: Simulation 92.5%, Indie 7.5%
Take the role of a manager or CEO of a record label, and try to make your mark on the music industry!
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
Garlic Builder is a unique building game. As the new builder of the Garlic Family, can you inherit your father's building hammer, take various orders, follow the blueprint, or use your imagination to fulfill the strange needs of your customers?
Why similar: Platformer 100%
Become a movie mogul in Super Movie Tycoon! From script to screen, build your dream team and create blockbusters to conquer Hollywood!
Why similar: Simulation 100%