- #1 Startup Company
96% matchVery Positive81% of 6,211 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 19.6 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 35.7%, Economy 24.4%, Simulation 18.2%, Strategy 7.7%, Real-Time with Pause 7.3% ★
- #2 Starship Corporation
97% matchMixed42% of 557 reviews2018
Dev: Coronado GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A sci-fi simulation game, in which players must design, assemble and test spaceships, in a bid to build a supreme Galactic Mega-Corporation. Gain your reputation by engineering and selling your own spacecraft, testing them to the limit in RTS missions and simulated emergency and combat situations.
Why similar: Space 32.2%, Management 26.2%, Simulation 22.9%, Strategy 12.3%, Sci-fi 4.9%
- #3 X4: Foundations
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 29,356 reviews2018
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 94.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.
Why similar: Trading 22.5%, Space 22.3%, Space Sim 12.1%, Economy 11.4%, Management 9.9%
- #4 Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
95% matchVery Positive88% of 1,153 reviews2026
Dev: SpaceOpsPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore the Solar System. Mine and drop asteroids. Colonize and terraform. Lead the space race and compete with other corporations on your way to profit. Watch the expansion of human race over the centuries.
Why similar: Space 29.2%, Space Sim 13.9%, Management 12.7%, Science 12%, Simulation 9.2%
- #5 InfraSpace
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,928 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.4 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: Space 25.4%, Transportation 14.6% ★, Economy 14.1%, Management 12.7%, Science 9.7%
- #6 Railway Empire
93% matchVery Positive83% of 9,677 reviews2018
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.
Why similar: Trading 20.6%, Management 18.2%, Economy 15.6%, Simulation 12.5%, Real-Time 10.8% ★
- #7 Space Company Simulator
94% matchMostly Negative28% of 179 reviews2019
Dev: IntermarumPub: All in! Games
Windows
Take the position of a CEO of a space transport company and become a new major player in the industry. Space Company Simulator is a realistic management sim game that will challenge your planning skills as you strive to launch the first manned mission to Mars.
Why similar: Space 30.4%, Space Sim 16%, Management 15.6%, Simulation 14.6%, Strategy 9.5%
- #8 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
91% matchVery Positive94% of 12,715 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.5 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
Why similar: Space 30%, Real-Time with Pause 17% ★, Space Sim 16.4%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Simulation 8.1%
- #9 Transport Fever
92% matchVery Positive83% of 10,827 reviews2016
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 47.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!
Why similar: Economy 21.2%, Management 20%, Transportation 19.2% ★, Simulation 11%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #10 Good Company
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,782 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!
Why similar: Economy 25.3%, Management 24.2%, Simulation 13.9%, Sandbox 11.6%, Multiplayer 9%
- #11 Interstellar Rift
90% matchMixed68% of 1,663 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!
Why similar: Trading 31.7%, Space 25.6%, Space Sim 19.7%, Sandbox 8.3%, Simulation 8.1%
- #12 Transport INC
89% matchMixed70% of 1,079 reviews2020
Dev: DIGIFOXPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Become the manager of the largest transport corporation ever! Create new planes, bus, trains and truck connections. Optimize them to ever-changing demands and adapt to unexpected events. Beat the competition. Connect cities all around the real world map!
Why similar: Economy 17.5%, Management 17.3%, Transportation 16.8% ★, Real-Time 15.1% ★, Sandbox 10.6%
- #13 Captain of Industry
88% matchVery Positive90% of 11,125 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 84.1 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: Economy 31.3%, Management 26.8%, Simulation 18.5%, Strategy 11.5%, Transportation 8.5% ★
- #14 Prosperous Universe
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,083 reviews2022
Dev: simulogics
Windows
In Prosperous Universe start your galactic empire by trading on the real-time market exchange with other real players. Build your 1st base from humble beginnings & watch as your business flourishes with complex supply chain strategies. Economics, politics & realism fuel this immersive business MMO.
Why similar: Trading 22.7%, Space 17.4%, Economy 12.7%, Management 9.8%, Space Sim 9.6%
- #15 Avorion
86% matchVery Positive90% of 14,488 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 99.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.
Why similar: Space 23.3%, Trading 19.9%, Space Sim 14.9%, Economy 12.4%, Management 9.7%
- #16 Helium Rain
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 336 reviews2018
Dev: Deimos Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Trade your wares and eliminate the competition in a cutthroat world. Buy new ships and stations to mine and haul resources. Explore the vast emptiness of space.
Why similar: Space 35.1%, Space Sim 22.3%, Trading 15.9%, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 6.9%
- #17 Software Inc.
84% matchVery Positive94% of 7,733 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 45.8 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 26.6%, Economy 26.1%, Simulation 14.5%, Sandbox 11%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #18 Solargene
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2026
Dev: Alexander Semenov
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions
Why similar: Space 23.2%, Space Sim 18.6%, Economy 15.8%, Management 15.8%, Sandbox 8%
- #19 Satellite Command
86% matchMixed64% of 81 reviews2016
Dev: Stormtide
Windows
Satellite Command is a realistic, relaxing astrophysics simulator. Complete contracts with real data, launch and take control of ever more powerful Satellites, research advanced technology and build your Space Agency!
Why similar: Space 26.9%, Space Sim 15.2%, Management 12.6%, Science 11.8%, Economy 10%
- #20 Cargo Company
85% matchMixed58% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Cargo Company is a transport simulation tycoon game where you make money by transporting passengers, wood, steel, goods, cars, tanks and more - using trains, trucks, busses, and even rockets between planets.
Why similar: Economy 21.9%, Management 21.8%, Transportation 19.6% ★, Simulation 14.7%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #21 Train Fever
84% matchMixed64% of 3,525 reviews2014
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
It’s the year 1850, and there are great times ahead! Establish a transport company and be its manager. Build infrastructure such as railways and stations, purchase transportation vehicles and manage lines. Fulfill the people’s needs and watch cities evolve dynamically.
Why similar: Management 24.4%, Economy 22.5%, Simulation 21.9%, Transportation 10% ★, Strategy 8.3%
- #22 Starminer
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,757 reviews2026
Dev: CoolAndGoodGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Design and build a massive interstellar fleet in this simulation sandbox. Strip space of its minerals for profit, but stay alert: your greed attracts the alien. Master deep base-building and deploy warships to protect your empire in immersive real-time space.
Why similar: Trading 26.1%, Space 22.1%, Space Sim 14.3%, Economy 13.7%, Management 10.6%
- #23 Anno 2070™
82% matchMixed60% of 12,668 reviews2011
Dev: Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.
Why similar: Economy 16.9%, Strategy 16.8%, Simulation 13.9%, Trading 12.9%, Management 11%
- #24 orbit.industries
82% matchMixed61% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: LAB132Pub: Klabater
Windows · Linux
🚀 Become a Space Pioneer by building and managing a station of your own on the orbit of distant planets! Focus on design and management or fulfill objectives to progress. 🛰️ Explore, Build and Prosper!
Why similar: Space 32.8%, Space Sim 13.8%, Management 12.7%, Economy 11.6%, Science 8.5%
- #25 Star Trucker
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,221 reviews2024
Dev: Monster and MonsterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre.
Why similar: Space 30.7%, Space Sim 19.1%, Transportation 17.6% ★, Simulation 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #26 Star Ruler
81% matchVery Positive83% of 340 reviews2010
Dev: Blind Mind Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves)...
Why similar: Space 61.5%, Strategy 21.4%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Great Soundtrack 5.6%, Indie 1.8%
- #27 Frontier Pilot Simulator
79% matchMixed70% of 956 reviews2021
Dev: RAZAR s.r.o.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
FPS is a Sci-Fi cargo pilot sim, with an engaging emergent mission-driven storyline, with a real-time economy with free flight and trading, on an alien world to explore. All in customizable upgradeable, well-simulated VTOL craft with real weather, and flight dynamics.
Why similar: Trading 22.2%, Space 20.3%, Economy 13.9%, Space Sim 11.1%, Transportation 10.6% ★
- #28 Railway Empire 2
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,601 reviews2023
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.
Why similar: Trading 26.6%, Management 16.4%, Transportation 15.9% ★, Economy 15.8%, Simulation 10.8%
- #29 Transports
79% matchMixed66% 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: Trading 25.9%, Management 17.7%, Economy 17%, Transportation 16.2% ★, Simulation 10.9%
- #30 Per Aspera
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,722 reviews2020
Dev: Tlön IndustriesPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.
Why similar: Space 21%, Real-Time 18% ★, Management 14.3%, Science 9.4%, Simulation 7.8%
- #31 Dawn of Andromeda
80% matchMixed43% of 243 reviews2017
Dev: Grey Wolf EntertainmentPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dawn of Andromeda is a pausable, real-time 4X space strategy game providing an accessible, fun and immersive experience, introducing fresh ideas to the genre. Build your empire, colonize new planets, interact with other factions and characters, research technologies and build great fleets.
Why similar: Space 44.7%, Real-Time with Pause 25.6% ★, Strategy 18.3%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Indie 1.5%
- #32 Starship Theory
76% matchMixed50% of 1,119 reviews2026
Dev: Reconnect Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.
Why similar: Space 38.6%, Management 16.1%, Simulation 14.5%, Real-Time with Pause 13.2% ★, Strategy 8.9%
- #33 Stationeers
75% matchVery Positive88% of 9,110 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 83.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Space 35.4%, Management 20.1%, Science 16.5%, Sandbox 10.5%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #34 Offworld Trading Company
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,700 reviews2016
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 35.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mars has been colonized, and Earth's corporate titans fight to dominate this new market. Competition is fierce in this fast-paced economic RTS from Civilization IV Lead Designer, Soren Johnson.
Why similar: Space 24.9%, Economy 18.9%, Management 16.3%, Simulation 11.6%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #35 Industry Manager: Future Technologies
77% matchMixed58% of 314 reviews2016
Dev: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.2 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 33.5%, Management 30.4%, Economy 27.9%, Realistic 8.2%
- #36 AirlineSim
73% matchVery Positive80% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: simulogics
Windows
Manage and grow your own virtual airline in this business simulation. Plan operations by acquiring aircraft and scheduling flights. Monitor finances using realistic tools as you cooperate and compete with other players on a real-time market and turn your company into a flourishing business.
Why similar: Economy 22.5%, Management 20.5%, Transportation 16.6% ★, Simulation 11%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #37 Reassembly
73% matchVery Positive94% of 4,079 reviews2015
Dev: Anisoptera GamesPub: Indie Voyage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks.
Why similar: Space 61.4%, Sandbox 16.1%, Strategy 9.9%, Sci-fi 5.7%, Great Soundtrack 4.2%
- #38 TransOcean: The Shipping Company
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,323 reviews2014
Dev: Deck13 HamburgPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
TransOcean – The Shipping Company is your ticket to the world of gigantic ships and transnational transport empires. Build a mighty fleet of modern merchant ships and conquer the seven seas.
Why similar: Management 30%, Economy 29%, Simulation 28.3%, Strategy 12.7%
- #39 Space Station Manager
75% matchMixed44% 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 42%, Space 31.9%, Management 17.2%, Strategy 5.6%, Indie 3.3%
- #40 Imagine Earth
72% matchVery Positive82% of 961 reviews2021
Dev: Serious Bros.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.
Why similar: Economy 26%, Management 24.5%, Science 19.7%, Sandbox 13.3%, Strategy 10.1%
- #41 Train Station Simulator
74% matchMixed57% of 256 reviews2017
Dev: Appliks Apps Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Management 36.3%, Simulation 25.3%, Strategy 15%, Economy 13.1%, Sandbox 5.7%
- #42 Rise of Industry
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,178 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: Trading 24.6%, Management 22.4%, Economy 21%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 8%
- #43 Fly Corp
70% matchVery Positive85% of 3,365 reviews2023
Dev: KishMish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Develop your own transport network in different regions and cities: open new routes, buy and upgrade new planes, and increase airport capacity!
Why similar: Transportation 29.8% ★, Management 29.3%, Simulation 16.5%, Sandbox 13%, Strategy 11.4%
- #44 Distant Worlds 2
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,527 reviews2022
Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Why similar: Space 41.9%, Simulation 21.5%, Strategy 15.6%, Sci-fi 12%, Real-Time with Pause 9% ★
- #45 Outworld Station
68% matchVery Positive85% of 799 reviews2026
Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.
Why similar: Space 38.6%, Management 17.9%, Simulation 12.3%, Sandbox 9.1%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #46 Celestial Command
73% matchMixed62% of 701 reviews2014
Dev: Science Interactive
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.
Why similar: Space 48.5%, Simulation 16%, Space Sim 11.6%, Sandbox 9.1%, Strategy 7.3%
- #47 Airport CEO
69% matchVery Positive83% of 8,268 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Management 24%, Economy 20.2%, Transportation 17.9% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #48 EarthX
69% matchVery Positive88% of 912 reviews2023
Dev: DenisPub: Mesote Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.8 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: Space 37.1%, Management 20.8%, Space Sim 19.5%, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 8.3%
- #49 Mars First Logistics
67% matchVery Positive95% of 3,674 reviews2025
Dev: Shape Shop
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build physically simulated rovers to transport awkwardly shaped cargo across the rugged terrain of Mars. Earn funds, unlock new parts, and use your ingenuity to help the Martians establish a new home. Playable solo or in online co-op!
Why similar: Space Sim 24.4%, Transportation 23.5% ★, Science 18.7%, Simulation 13.1%, Sandbox 12.3%
- #50 Transporter
71% matchMixed49% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: Shattered Mirror Studio
Windows
Modern transport sim game combining realistic simulation with indie game style, old-school grid environment, newest features, and modern transport options. Transport a wide variety of cargo and passengers over road, rail, and water, and create your own transport company!
Why similar: Transportation 28.5% ★, Management 26.7%, Simulation 16.3%, Economy 12.5%, Strategy 11.8%
- #51 Space Station Tycoon
70% matchMixed61% of 216 reviews2023
Dev: Lunheim Studios
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.
Why similar: Space 30.5%, Management 18.5%, Economy 15.6%, Space Sim 15.2%, Simulation 6.7%
- #52 X3: Reunion
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 733 reviews2006
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
X3: Reunion continues the epic space saga, blending deep space trading and intense real-time combat. Explore a vast universe, establish your empire, and shape the new frontier. With enhanced graphics and intricate economies, it's a journey of strategy, simulation, and interstellar intrigue.
Why similar: Space 36.5%, Space Sim 13.6%, Trading 12.4%, Economy 11.2%, Simulation 9.4%
- #53 Railroads Online
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,971 reviews2024
Dev: Stefan KelnbergerPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 66.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your dream railroad across a huge open world! You can build tracks and stations, drive detailed locomotives, and transport goods to earn money and experience. Play exciting Online Multiplayer sessions with your friends or create your very own sandbox!
Why similar: Economy 30.7%, Management 28.9%, Sandbox 16.1%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Online Co-Op 10.6%
- #54 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 34,271 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Space 36.2%, Space Sim 19.6%, Simulation 13.7%, Sandbox 9%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #55 Railroad Corporation
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,487 reviews2019
Dev: Corbie GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Relive the pioneering spirit of the Golden Age of Steam by establishing your own railroad empire across 19th century North America. Bring settlements together, produce and trade goods and develop new technologies to stay ahead of the competition. Want more? RAILROAD CORPORATION 2 Out Now!
Why similar: Management 16.9%, Real-Time with Pause 15.5% ★, Economy 13.2%, Transportation 12.8% ★, Real-Time 11.1% ★
- #56 Railroad Corporation 2
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 385 reviews2026
Dev: Corbie GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
The 20th century heralds the new age of electrification for the railroad, and a new opportunity to make your fortune. Build your corporation carefully, as you deploy modern electric and diesel locomotives, lay new tracks, transport goods and passengers, and stay ahead of the competition.
Why similar: Economy 22.9%, Transportation 18.5% ★, Simulation 16.2%, Management 11.7%, Sandbox 10.9%
- #57 Worldwide Rush
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 540 reviews2025
Dev: Memel Games
Windows
Worldwide Rush lets you experience passenger transportation and management on a global scale. Expand your company, meet the growing travel demand, compete against other companies, and discover new continents with its unique vehicles. The entire world is yours to control.
Why similar: Economy 22.5%, Transportation 21.8% ★, Management 19%, Simulation 13.4%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #58 Unending Galaxy
70% matchMixed62% of 125 reviews2016
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Unending Galaxy is a unique space-sim in which you can fill any role from pirate or trader to the leader of a large galactic empire.
Why similar: Space 28.1%, Simulation 17.1%, Strategy 11.5%, Real-Time with Pause 11.3% ★, Space Sim 11%
- #59 Anno 2205™
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 6,319 reviews2015
Dev: Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 54.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.
Why similar: Space 23.8%, Economy 16.4%, Management 12.2%, Simulation 11.9%, Strategy 10.9%
- #60 RAILGRADE
66% matchVery Positive85% of 1,228 reviews2023
Dev: Minakata Dynamics
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!
Why similar: Real-Time 26% ★, Economy 18.2%, Management 17.7%, Simulation 12.5%, Transportation 8.9% ★