- #1 Startup Company
96% matchVery Positive81% of 6,219 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 24.2%, Simulation 18.3%, Strategy 7.7%, Real-Time with Pause 7.4% ★
- #2 Starship Corporation
97% matchMixed42% of 557 reviews2018
Dev: Coronado GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.7 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 32.5%, Management 25.9%, Simulation 22.9%, Strategy 12.3%, Sci-fi 5%
- #3 X4: Foundations
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 30,013 reviews2018
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 95.3 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: Space 22.6%, Trading 22.3%, Space Sim 12.2%, Economy 11.2%, Management 9.8%
- #4 Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
95% matchVery Positive88% of 1,295 reviews2026
Dev: SpaceOpsPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.7 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 29.3%, Space Sim 13.9%, Management 12.5%, Science 12%, Simulation 9.1%
- #5 InfraSpace
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,954 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.2 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: Space 25.6%, Transportation 14.6% ★, Economy 13.8%, Management 12.6%, Science 9.8%
- #6 Railway Empire
93% matchVery Positive83% of 9,710 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 20.5%, Management 18.1%, Economy 15.4%, Simulation 12.6%, Real-Time 11% ★
- #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 30.6%, Space Sim 16%, Management 15.4%, Simulation 14.6%, Strategy 9.5%
- #8 Transport Fever
92% matchVery Positive83% of 10,841 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 20.9%, Management 20%, Transportation 19.3% ★, Simulation 11%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #9 Transport INC
91% matchMixed70% of 1,084 reviews2020
Dev: DIGIFOXPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.3 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 17.2%, Management 17.1%, Transportation 16.9% ★, Real-Time 15.4% ★, Sandbox 10.6%
- #10 Good Company
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,792 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: Economy 25%, Management 24.2%, Simulation 14%, Sandbox 11.7%, Multiplayer 9.1%
- #11 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
89% matchVery Positive94% of 12,820 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 41.1 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 30.1%, Real-Time with Pause 17% ★, Space Sim 16.4%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Simulation 8%
- #12 Interstellar Rift
90% matchMixed68% of 1,666 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.1 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 31.4%, Space 25.7%, Space Sim 19.8%, Sandbox 8.3%, Simulation 8%
- #13 Star Trucker
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,287 reviews2024
Dev: Monster and MonsterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 30.8%, Space Sim 19.1%, Transportation 17.5% ★, Simulation 10.3%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #14 Prosperous Universe
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,103 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 22.6%, Space 17.6%, Economy 12.5%, Management 9.8%, Space Sim 9.7%
- #15 Captain of Industry
87% matchVery Positive90% of 11,469 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 84.9 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 30.6%, Management 26.6%, Simulation 18.6%, Strategy 11.4%, Transportation 9.2% ★
- #16 Avorion
86% matchVery Positive90% of 14,549 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 99.5 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 23.5%, Trading 19.7%, Space Sim 15%, Economy 12.2%, Management 9.6%
- #17 Cargo Company
86% matchMixed58% of 73 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: Management 21.7%, Economy 21.6%, Transportation 19.7% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #18 Train Fever
85% matchMixed64% of 3,527 reviews2014
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.6 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 24.3%, Economy 22.2%, Simulation 22%, Transportation 10% ★, Strategy 8.3%
- #19 orbit.industries
84% matchMixed60% of 91 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 33%, Space Sim 13.8%, Management 12.6%, Economy 11.3%, Science 8.6%
- #20 Satellite Command
84% 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 27.1%, Space Sim 15.3%, Management 12.5%, Science 11.9%, Simulation 9.8%
- #21 Solargene
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 848 reviews2026
Dev: Alexander Semenov
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 23.6%, Space Sim 18.7%, Management 15.6%, Economy 15.4%, Sandbox 8%
- #22 Helium Rain
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 339 reviews2018
Dev: Deimos Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.4 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 35.3%, Space Sim 22.5%, Trading 15.7%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 6.9%
- #23 Software Inc.
82% matchVery Positive94% of 7,806 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 46.1 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 25.8%, Simulation 14.6%, Sandbox 11.1%, Multiplayer 8%
- #24 Star Ruler
82% matchVery Positive82% of 341 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 61.6%, Strategy 21.2%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Great Soundtrack 5.7%, Indie 1.8%
- #25 Starminer
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,858 reviews2026
Dev: CoolAndGoodGames
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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%, Space 22.3%, Space Sim 14.4%, Economy 13.5%, Management 10.6%
- #26 Railway Empire 2
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,651 reviews2023
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 26.5%, Management 16.4%, Transportation 16.1% ★, Economy 15.6%, Simulation 10.9%
- #27 Frontier Pilot Simulator
79% matchMixed70% of 956 reviews2021
Dev: RAZAR s.r.o.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.9 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%, Space 20.6%, Economy 13.7%, Space Sim 11.2%, Transportation 10.7% ★
- #28 Anno 2070™
80% matchMixed60% of 12,702 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: Strategy 16.8%, Economy 16.6%, Simulation 14%, Trading 12.8%, Management 11%
- #29 Industry Manager: Future Technologies
81% matchMixed58% of 314 reviews2016
Dev: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 33.7%, Management 30.3%, Economy 27.6%, Realistic 8.4%
- #30 Per Aspera
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,760 reviews2020
Dev: Tlön IndustriesPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.0 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 21.1%, Real-Time 18.2% ★, Management 14.2%, Science 9.4%, Simulation 7.8%
- #31 TransOcean: The Shipping Company
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,327 reviews2014
Dev: Deck13 HamburgPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.5 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 28.7%, Simulation 28.5%, Strategy 12.7%
- #32 Mars First Logistics
73% matchVery Positive95% of 3,744 reviews2025
Dev: Shape Shop
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.4 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 23.4% ★, Science 18.8%, Simulation 13%, Sandbox 12.3%
- #33 Starship Theory
75% matchMixed50% of 1,130 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 38.8%, Management 15.9%, Simulation 14.5%, Real-Time with Pause 13.3% ★, Strategy 8.9%
- #34 Dawn of Andromeda
78% matchMixed43% of 244 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 18.2%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Indie 1.5%
- #35 Fly Corp
73% matchVery Positive85% of 3,391 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%
- #36 Transports
77% 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 25.8%, Management 17.7%, Economy 16.8%, Transportation 16.3% ★, Simulation 10.9%
- #37 AirlineSim
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 109 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 22.2%, Management 20.5%, Transportation 16.7% ★, Simulation 11%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #38 Worldwide Rush
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 568 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 22.1%, Transportation 21.9% ★, Management 18.9%, Simulation 13.5%, Sandbox 10%
- #39 Stationeers
74% matchVery Positive88% of 9,229 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 85.3 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 35.6%, Management 19.8%, Science 16.5%, Sandbox 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #40 Train Station Simulator
76% matchMixed57% of 256 reviews2017
Dev: Appliks Apps Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 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 36.1%, Simulation 25.4%, Strategy 15.1%, Economy 12.9%, Sandbox 5.8%
- #41 Dyson Sphere Program
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 91,542 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 75.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Why similar: Space 43.6%, Management 15.3%, Simulation 10%, Space Sim 9.9%, Sci-fi 8%
- #42 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 41.9%, Space 32.2%, Management 17%, Strategy 5.6%, Indie 3.3%
- #43 Reassembly
71% matchVery Positive94% of 4,094 reviews2015
Dev: Anisoptera GamesPub: Indie Voyage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 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 61.5%, Sandbox 16%, Strategy 9.8%, Sci-fi 5.7%, Great Soundtrack 4.2%
- #44 Railroad Corporation
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,496 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 16.7%, Real-Time with Pause 15.7% ★, Economy 12.9%, Transportation 12.8% ★, Real-Time 11.2% ★
- #45 Airport CEO
70% matchVery Positive83% of 8,330 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Management 24%, Economy 19.9%, Transportation 17.9% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #46 City Bus Manager
68% matchVery Positive91% of 2,842 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 28.8%, Economy 28.6%, Simulation 20.3%, Sandbox 8.7%, Strategy 7.9%
- #47 Transporter
71% matchMixed47% of 55 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 28.6% ★, Management 26.6%, Simulation 16.4%, Economy 12.3%, Strategy 11.8%
- #48 Possible One: Lunar Industries
69% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Upstairs Games
Windows
Stake your claim in the first realistic lunar colony management game! Use proven, real-world technologies to plan and grow your colony, mine resources, ship them to Earth, and keep the board of directors happy in this science-based colony sim.
Why similar: Space 21.6%, Space Sim 18%, Economy 14.1%, Management 12.7%, Simulation 11.6%
- #49 X3: Reunion
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 739 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 36.7%, Space Sim 13.6%, Trading 12.3%, Economy 11%, Simulation 9.4%
- #50 Rise of Industry
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,193 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 20.8%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 8%
- #51 Imagine Earth
69% matchVery Positive82% of 967 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 25.6%, Management 24.4%, Science 19.9%, Sandbox 13.4%, Strategy 10.1%
- #52 Railroads Online
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,018 reviews2024
Dev: Stefan KelnbergerPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 64.8 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 30.4%, Management 28.9%, Sandbox 16.3%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Online Co-Op 10.6%
- #53 Celestial Command
71% matchMixed62% of 704 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 49%, Simulation 15.8%, Space Sim 11.5%, Sandbox 9%, Strategy 7.2%
- #54 Railroad Corporation 2
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 417 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 22.5%, Transportation 18.6% ★, Simulation 16.3%, Management 11.6%, Sandbox 11%
- #55 Offworld Trading Company
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,704 reviews2016
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 35.3 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 25.2%, Economy 18.5%, Management 16.2%, Simulation 11.6%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #56 ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
68% matchVery Positive81% of 9,603 reviews2012
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ENDLESS Space™ is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS Universe™, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.
Why similar: Space 53.7%, Strategy 21.5%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Multiplayer 4.6%, Great Soundtrack 4.2%
- #57 Distant Worlds 2
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,552 reviews2022
Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Why similar: Space 42%, Simulation 21.4%, Strategy 15.5%, Sci-fi 12%, Real-Time with Pause 9.1% ★
- #58 Outworld Station
64% matchVery Positive85% of 841 reviews2026
Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 38.9%, Management 17.7%, Simulation 12.2%, Sandbox 9.1%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #59 RAILGRADE
65% matchVery Positive85% of 1,255 reviews2023
Dev: Minakata Dynamics
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.7 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 26.4% ★, Economy 17.9%, Management 17.6%, Simulation 12.5%, Transportation 8.8% ★
- #60 Unending Galaxy
69% 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 28.3%, Simulation 17.1%, Strategy 11.4%, Real-Time with Pause 11.4% ★, Space Sim 11.1%