- #1 Two Point Campus
97% matchVery Positive88% of 7,816 reviews2022
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.
Why similar: City Builder 19.9%, Management 18.3%, Building 12.6%, Sandbox 10.2%, Simulation 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This is the closest thematic match, offering a humorous and polished take on managing an educational institution.
- #2 Academia : School Simulator
96% matchVery Positive86% of 3,008 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!
Why similar: City Builder 22%, Management 15%, Economy 11.9%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core premise of designing and running a school while managing staff and student needs.
- #3 Two Point Hospital
96% matchVery Positive92% of 34,380 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.
Why similar: Medical Sim 41.5% ★, Management 16.4%, Building 11.3%, Simulation 7.5%, Sandbox 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Created by the same developers as Two Point Campus, it features the same signature humor and deep management gameplay.
- #4 Project Hospital
95% matchVery Positive89% of 9,018 reviews2018
Dev: Oxymoron Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.
Why similar: Medical Sim 31% ★, City Builder 18.1%, Management 11.7%, Education 9.6%, Sandbox 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly detailed simulation experience that mirrors the intricate planning and staff management found in Let's School.
- #5 Let's Build a Zoo
94% matchVery Positive89% of 4,032 reviews2021
Dev: SpringloadedPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...
Why similar: City Builder 26.9%, Management 16.5%, Sandbox 14%, Building 12.4%, Simulation 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the same lighthearted, sandbox-style management loop while allowing for creative facility design.
- #6 Two Point Museum
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 11,346 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
Why similar: City Builder 22.3%, Building 13%, Sandbox 11.3%, Management 10.8%, Economy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: The latest in the series, it maintains the high-quality management and building mechanics found in the other Two Point titles.
- #7 Prison Architect
94% matchVery Positive89% of 73,112 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Why similar: City Builder 23.4%, Management 16.1%, Building 15.3%, Sandbox 14.9%, Economy 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: The grid-based building and complex management systems serve as the mechanical blueprint for many modern school simulators.
- #8 Hotel Architect
91% 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: City Builder 21%, Management 13%, Economy 11.9%, Sandbox 11.2%, Building 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the architectural design focus and operational management challenges of running a large-scale service building.
- #9 Little Big Workshop
93% matchVery Positive84% of 3,350 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Management 19.8%, Building 14.8%, Simulation 14.1%, Economy 13%, Strategy 13%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the satisfying loop of building, optimizing, and managing a production facility with a charming aesthetic.
- #10 Megaquarium
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,644 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.
Why similar: Management 21%, Building 19.3%, Sandbox 18.9%, Economy 11.1%, Simulation 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A focused management sim that challenges you to build and maintain a complex facility while balancing visitor and animal needs.
- #11 Spellcaster University
90% matchVery Positive83% of 4,213 reviews2021
Dev: Sneaky Yak Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Develop a prestigious university of mages. Build rooms, train your students, fight orcs, slay the bureaucrats, manage your budget... a director's life is not a quiet one.
Why similar: Management 29.9%, Economy 27%, Simulation 12.9%, Funny 9.4%, Strategy 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title applies the school management formula to a fantasy setting, focusing on curriculum and magical staff management.
- #12 Parkitect
89% matchVery Positive94% of 7,997 reviews2018
Dev: Texel Raptor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Parkitect is a business simulation game that charges you with the construction and management of theme parks! Bringing back the best of classic theme park games with many new features and content on top. Now supports online co-op with up to 8 players!
Why similar: City Builder 16.2%, Management 13.4%, Economy 12.4%, Time Management 12%, Building 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep, satisfying building experience that emphasizes management and operational efficiency.
- #13 Planet Zoo
89% matchVery Positive91% of 93,912 reviews2019
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
Why similar: Management 17.3%, City Builder 16.8%, Building 12.3%, Sandbox 11.2%, Nature 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the gold standard for high-fidelity building and complex animal/staff management in a sandbox environment.
- #14 Project Highrise
88% 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 29.2%, Building 21.3%, Simulation 11.3%, Strategy 9.8%, Sandbox 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the vertical building and management aspects of running a complex facility with diverse tenant needs.
- #15 School Owner
87% matchMostly Negative22% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Owner Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
School Owner is a construction and management simulation game where you manage an entire school, from pre-school to college.
Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, Building 13.9%, Management 13.4%, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic alternative that focuses on the specific challenges of building and growing an educational business.
- #16 Settlement Survival
85% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: City Builder 33.8%, Management 16%, Building 15.7%, Sandbox 11.1%, Economy 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that emphasizes resource management and population growth within a structured, grid-based environment.
- #17 Software Inc.
86% 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 19.8%, Economy 17.9%, Building 15.7%, Sandbox 14.7%, Time Management 14.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers incredible depth in building design and business management, perfect for players who love complex systems.
- #18 Planet Coaster
86% matchVery Positive91% of 71,331 reviews2016
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.
Why similar: Building 17.1%, Management 16.5%, Sandbox 13.6%, Economy 9.9%, City Builder 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides unparalleled creative freedom for building and managing a large-scale public attraction.
- #19 Wizdom Academy
84% matchMixed61% of 199 reviews2025
Dev: Kipwak Studio
Windows
Headmaster, your academy awaits: Recruit young students and shape them into mighty wizards. Build, manage and customize your castle, manage your resources and send your squads in expedition to expand your school's prestige and influence.
Why similar: City Builder 24%, Management 18.4%, Building 15%, Sandbox 13.9%, Economy 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: It combines school management with colony-sim elements, requiring you to build and maintain a magical learning facility.
- #20 Go-Go Town!
82% matchVery Positive94% of 2,120 reviews2024
Dev: Prideful Sloth
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Step into the role of a hands-on mayor and build your town from the ground up. Plan neighborhoods, automate logistics, and grow your community—all while juggling workers, infrastructure, and day-to-day chaos to create your dream town. Play solo for total control, or bring friends for co-op mayhem.
Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, Management 15.5%, Sandbox 14.4%, Building 13.9%, Simulation 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It blends city-building with management and automation, offering a relaxing and colorful experience.
- #21 Urbek City Builder
84% matchVery Positive90% of 1,808 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.
Why similar: City Builder 22.2%, Voxel 17.3% ★, Management 12.5%, Building 11.2%, Economy 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the strategic placement and management of city infrastructure without the need for traditional resource extraction.
- #22 Pharaoh™: A New Era
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,128 reviews2023
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.
Why similar: City Builder 32.2%, Management 16.2%, Building 14.1%, Economy 13.7%, Education 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic city-builder that requires careful planning and management of a growing population and their needs.
- #23 Fabledom
81% matchVery Positive85% of 7,347 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!
Why similar: City Builder 30.6%, Economy 15.5%, Sandbox 14.6%, Management 13.1%, Relaxing 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing city-builder that emphasizes building a kingdom with a charming, fairy-tale aesthetic.
- #24 The Tenants
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,665 reviews2022
Dev: Ancient Forge
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Become a landlord and deal with problematic tenants as you build your rental property empire. Decide how to react to annoyed neighbors or police interventions. Will you design your apartment for a group of gamer friends or an aspiring musician looking for a new home?
Why similar: City Builder 22.8%, Management 15.9%, Economy 13%, Building 12.1%, Time Management 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the design and management of properties, appealing to the building and simulation aspects of the seed game.
- #25 Big Ambitions
80% 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 33.1%, Economy 24.9%, Time Management 12.3%, Sandbox 12.2%, Simulation 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a massive scale of business management and city-building that appeals to fans of complex simulation games.
- #26 Pocket Academy
81% matchVery Positive83% of 203 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Make your dream school in this management simulation game! School got you down?
Why similar: City Builder 25.3%, Education 18.5%, Management 14.4%, Economy 13%, Building 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic school management sim that features charming pixel art and deep educational progression systems.
- #27 My Time at Sandrock
77% matchVery Positive88% of 28,280 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Why similar: Building 36.7%, Sandbox 33.1%, Open World 18.6%, Simulation 8.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #28 Game Dev Tycoon
79% 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 46%, Simulation 16.9%, Economy 14.2%, Strategy 8.7%, Sandbox 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the addictive management and progression loop of growing a small business into a successful enterprise.
- #29 Hotel Renovator
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,708 reviews2023
Dev: Two HorizonsPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Unleash your inner designer and renovate the hotel of your dreams! Embark on a makeover journey to turn this worn-out place into a successful getaway. Play with thousands of furniture pieces and accessories, and manage the hotel to get 5-star reviews!
Why similar: City Builder 19.6%, Education 16%, Management 14.6%, Economy 14.2%, Building 13.5%
- #30 Startup Company
78% 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 35.9%, Economy 22.2%, Simulation 12.1%, Sandbox 9.1%, Building 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management and growth of a company, mirroring the progression systems found in Let's School.
- #31 Havendock
75% matchVery Positive80% of 1,861 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: City Builder 22.3%, Management 13.4%, Time Management 13.3%, Sandbox 12.2%, Building 11.8%
- #32 Wildmender
76% matchVery Positive85% of 2,104 reviews2023
Dev: Muse GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?
Why similar: Nature 29.3%, Strategy 18.8%, Simulation 18.8%, Relaxing 16.1%, 3D 12.5%
- #33 Everafter Falls
75% matchVery Positive84% of 668 reviews2024
Dev: SquareHuskyPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rediscover the simple life. Farm, fish, forge and fight to restore the peace in an all-new farming adventure. Features split-screen coop, a helpful pet, automated drones, resourceful pixies, a card-eating progression system, and dangerous dungeons to delve into!
Why similar: Simulation 39.5%, Family Friendly 28.2%, Relaxing 24.8%, Indie 7.5%
- #34 Rule Your School
79% matchMixed44% of 88 reviews2016
Dev: WeersProductions
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rule Your School is a game in which you create and manage a school. Choose the correct decisions at the right time and become the best school in town! You are the headmaster, you decide what happens. Organize proms, hire teachers, force students to work in the gardens or be a generous Headmaster and let them play football.
Why similar: Simulation 76.7%, Indie 23.3%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward management simulation that focuses on the day-to-day operations of a school environment.
- #35 Godlike Burger
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,017 reviews2022
Dev: Liquid PugPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In Godlike Burger you run the craziest restaurant of the galaxy! Stun, poison and kill customers in many devious ways… and turn them into burger meat! And don’t worry: Alien customers will keep coming if you are smart about it, because cannibalism is just too damn tasty.
Why similar: Time Management 31.6%, Management 18.1%, Comedy 14.8%, Funny 14.5%, Strategy 11.4%
- #36 Beholder: Conductor
71% matchVery Positive91% of 4,209 reviews2025
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!
Why similar: Management 44.5%, Strategy 22.1%, Simulation 20.8%, Indie 6.6%, Singleplayer 6%
- #37 Town to City
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,836 reviews2025
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build an idyllic 19th century Mediterranean town and help it flourish into a prosperous city. Freely place and customise each element to create the perfect home for your growing population in this cozy city builder from the creators of Station to Station.
Why similar: City Builder 33.5%, Voxel 20.6% ★, Building 11.4%, Economy 9.8%, Management 9.8%
- #38 Pocket City 2
72% matchVery Positive94% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Codebrew Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A city-building game with a unique twist—step inside and experience your city firsthand! Plan roads, zones, and infrastructure while growing your economy, managing resources, and unlocking special buildings. Host events, build mega projects, and watch your city thrive in a dynamic world.
Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, Sandbox 13.9%, Economy 13.6%, Strategy 7.6%, Building 7.4%
- #39 Paleo Pines
73% matchVery Positive83% of 2,478 reviews2023
Dev: Italic PigPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to Paleo Pines, a charming island known for its friendly dinosaurs, quirky townsfolk, and mysterious past. Befriend dinos and enlist their help to fix up your ranch and farm crops to create your cozy dino sanctuary! Then set out with your companion, Lucky, to uncover the island’s secrets.
Why similar: Relaxing 21.5%, Open World 19.5%, Simulation 15.6%, Family Friendly 15.2%, Funny 12.1%
- #40 Stranded: Alien Dawn
72% matchVery Positive85% of 10,890 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.
Why similar: Management 34.7%, Strategy 22.3%, Simulation 21.5%, Building 10.2%, 3D 9.2%
- #41 Builder Simulator
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,078 reviews2022
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Builder Simulator is the perfect game for those who want to build a house, from the ground up, one brick at a time. On easy, the game will guide and teach you by showing you full instruction, but on hard you will get no help - instead rely on your builder skills and make everything yourself.
Why similar: Education 17.6%, Building 15.2%, Sandbox 14.6%, Management 12.8%, Economy 12.6%
- #42 News Tower
69% matchVery Positive94% of 4,202 reviews2025
Dev: Sparrow NightPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Develop your newspaper and become New York’s new media mogul! In this tycoon, build and manage your newspaper from printer to toilet. Create your editorial line and lead your journalists through unique 1930's stories and dig out the latest scoops!
Why similar: Management 22.7%, Sandbox 15%, Economy 13.7%, Time Management 13.4%, Building 12%
- #43 STORY OF SEASONS: Pioneers of Olive Town
73% matchVery Positive80% of 1,579 reviews2021
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Welcome to Olive Town, a peaceful community established by your trailblazing grandfather and his friends. Now that you've taken over his farm, it's your job to carry on his legacy. Plant crops, raise animals, build relationships, and get to know the residents of your new home!
Why similar: Building 37%, Simulation 27.7%, Family Friendly 14.1%, 3D 10.9%, Relaxing 10.3%
- #44 Nova Lands
71% matchVery Positive89% of 3,351 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Sandbox 32.9%, Building 23%, Open World 17.9%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 9.1%
- #45 Rescue HQ - The Tycoon
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 915 reviews2019
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build up your headquarters from scratch and design your own masterpiece. In Rescue HQ you build, organize and manage a joint station for firefighters, police and ambulance. Manage your resources wisely and master challenging emergencies to keep your city safe! Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: City Builder 17.1%, Management 15.4%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Comedy 10.5%
- #46 Diplomacy is Not an Option
68% matchVery Positive85% of 11,517 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Strategy 51.6%, Simulation 48.4%
- #47 Honey, I Joined a Cult
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,875 reviews2022
Dev: Sole Survivor GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
It's time to start working towards that ultimate goal of enlightenment, faith and money…lots and lots of money! Become the ultimate tycoon - create, customise, and manage your own cult whilst listening to funky music. Welcome to Honey, I Joined a Cult!
Why similar: Management 24.2%, Sandbox 18.8%, Building 15.9%, Comedy 11.3%, Simulation 9.8%
- #48 Bear and Breakfast
69% matchVery Positive90% of 5,218 reviews2022
Dev: Gummy CatPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Bear and Breakfast is a laid-back management adventure game where you build and run a bed and breakfast...but you’re a bear.
Why similar: Economy 21.8%, Management 16.8%, Nature 14.1%, Building 13.7%, Family Friendly 9%
- #49 校长模拟器
74% matchVery Negative15% of 99 reviews2021
Dev: 校长模拟器
Windows
校长模拟器是一款开罗式玩法的休闲类模拟经营游戏。在游戏中玩家将以高中校长的身份管理整个学校,充分调动学校的资源,完成上级布置的任务。将学校建立成为全国一流的高中。
Why similar: Management 25.1%, Time Management 23.2%, Building 21.3%, Simulation 10%, Strategy 6.6%
- #50 Lords and Villeins
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!
Why similar: City Builder 24.9%, Management 15.3%, Building 11.5%, Sandbox 10.9%, Economy 10.8%
- #51 Hotel Magnate
68% matchMixed60% of 481 reviews2025
Dev: Arcade Oven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, rundown motel, or elegant resort? With a ridiculous amount of customization tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel manager shine!
Why similar: City Builder 21%, Management 15.5%, Building 12.8%, Sandbox 12.7%, Economy 12.2%
- #52 Minami Lane
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,345 reviews2024
Dev: DootPub: Doot Tiny Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Minami Lane! Build your own street in this tiny cozy, casual management sim! Unlock and customize buildings, manage your shops, and maximize the happiness of your villagers to complete quests and fill your street with love!
Why similar: City Builder 31.7%, Management 21.9%, Building 14.8%, Relaxing 10.8%, Simulation 8.3%
- #53 Park Beyond
70% matchMixed62% of 1,304 reviews2023
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Bandai Namco Europe S.A.S.
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Park Beyond is a theme park simulation game that gives you the freedom to create and manage the Parks of your Dreams! Whether you love to manage finances and visitor experience, or just create fun and cozy parks, the game has something in store just for you!
Why similar: Management 21.5%, Building 17.8%, Sandbox 16.9%, City Builder 10.7%, Simulation 9.4%
- #54 Planet Coaster 2
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 12,780 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build and customise thrilling roller coasters and incredible water slides, manage the ultimate theme park experience, and share your epic creations. Are you ready to ride the wave?
Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Sandbox 15.2%, Building 14.4%, Economy 11.3%, Management 8.6%
- #55 Old School
69% matchVery Positive83% of 437 reviews2023
Dev: MDickie
Windows
Relive your school days in 3D, where old school graphics bring back timeless fun! Create your own star student and attend a schedule full of classes in time to gather the knowledge you need to thrive, while an equally important popularity contest challenges you survive...
Why similar: Education 37.1%, Time Management 32.7%, Open World 18.1%, Simulation 6.8%, 3D 5.2%
- #56 Cities: Skylines II
68% matchMixed54% of 86,513 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.8 hrsMean: 72.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
Why similar: City Builder 33.5%, Building 13.2%, Management 12.7%, Sandbox 11.5%, Economy 10.9%
- #57 Old World
66% matchVery Positive82% of 6,135 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Why similar: Management 27.6%, Economy 24.9%, Sandbox 20.5%, Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 11.7%
- #58 Festival Tycoon 🎪
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 226 reviews2022
Dev: Johannes GäblerPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
A micro-management sim about music festivals! Design the perfect festival grounds in ‘create’ mode, then manage the event itself in ‘live’ mode! Book bands, sign deals, plant flowers, fix toilets, and grow your show into a global phenomenon.
Why similar: City Builder 16.7%, Voxel 14.6% ★, Time Management 10.7%, Management 10%, Building 9.7%
- #59 Espresso Tycoon
65% matchVery Positive85% of 1,249 reviews2023
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Espresso Tycoon - a coffee shop simulator. Create your brand, decorate the coffee shop, manage your employees, and take care of your customers. Use the 3D coffee editor to create coffee recipes, order supplies, and collect rating points. Build the whole coffee business and complete all the missions!
Why similar: Education 20.4%, Management 20%, Building 18.1%, Sandbox 12.4%, Simulation 8.3%