- #1 Food Truck Simulator
97% matchMixed69% of 1,332 reviews2022
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Renovate, equip and restore the shine of the food truck that belonged to your father. Create recipes, cook the food and serve customers across an entire city. Customize and upgrade your food truck to reach more customers and expand your menu.
Why similar: Management 43.6%, Simulation 42.3%, Indie 14.1%
Why You'll Like It: This is the most direct thematic successor, offering a more immersive, first-person experience of managing and upgrading a mobile food business.
- #2 Coffee Shop Tycoon
96% matchVery Positive85% of 598 reviews2022
Dev: Riff Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Manage your own coffee shop and control every detail to make it the most popular one in town! Roast your own beans and create your recipes. Hire and train your staff, manage your economy and marketing, and destroy your competition to become the ultimate legal coffee monopoly in Coffee Shop Tycoon.
Why similar: Management 50.5%, Simulation 36.7%, Indie 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deep dive into the management side of the food industry, focusing on inventory, staff, and shop expansion.
- #3 Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!
96% matchVery Positive91% of 2,271 reviews2020
Dev: Vertigo Gaming Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Hit the road in this massive sequel to the million-selling Cook, Serve, Delicious series. Manage your food truck, cook delicious dishes and serve customers as you take the road trip of a lifetime across war-torn America.
Why similar: Management 62.7%, Simulation 37.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the high-speed, frantic nature of serving food to customers under pressure in a mobile setting.
- #4 Tavern Tycoon - Dragon's Hangover
95% matchMixed67% of 833 reviews2019
Dev: Terapoly
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Run your fantasy RPG tavern - let travellers take shelter for the night and serve 'em the best mead of their life with a good dose of humor.
Why similar: Management 52.6%, Simulation 36.4%, Indie 11%
Why You'll Like It: This game applies the classic tycoon management formula to a fantasy setting, focusing on building and maintaining a successful establishment.
- #5 Espresso Tycoon
94% matchVery Positive85% of 1,273 reviews2023
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Management 52.5%, Simulation 37.2%, Indie 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A modern, 3D management simulator that allows you to build and customize your own coffee shop from the ground up.
- #6 PlateUp!
93% matchVery Positive95% of 26,299 reviews2022
Dev: It's happeningPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!
Why similar: Management 100%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends restaurant management with roguelite mechanics, challenging you to design and run an efficient kitchen layout.
- #7 Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,481 reviews2020
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Chef is a Restaurant Management game in which you create your own character, acquire supreme cooking skills, customize restaurants, design unique menus, and devise innovative recipes with a realistic editor.
Why similar: Management 57.4%, Simulation 36.8%, Indie 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a high level of customization for your restaurant, including menu creation and chef skill development.
- #8 Game Dev Tycoon
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 44,810 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 54.5%, Simulation 36%, Indie 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A staple of the management genre that focuses on growth, research, and product development in a stylized, accessible way.
- #9 DAVE THE DIVER
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 150,346 reviews2023
Dev: MINTROCKET
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.
Why similar: Management 60.4%, Simulation 32%, Indie 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly balances exploration with a highly addictive restaurant management loop during the evening hours.
- #10 Travellers Rest
91% matchVery Positive88% of 17,329 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.
Why similar: Management 68.6%, Simulation 21%, Indie 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy management game where you run a tavern, brew your own beer, and serve food to travelers.
- #11 Supreme: Pizza Empire
92% matchMixed65% of 113 reviews2015
Dev: Nexeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Supreme allows you to pursue your wildest dream ever, the dream that you’ve wanted to fulfill all your life. Your dream of owning and operating your own Pizzeria franchise that you will dominate the world with...err… we mean make everyone full and happy with? Yeah that.
Why similar: Simulation 43.9%, Management 33.5%, Indie 22.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic tycoon-style game that focuses on the logistics and strategy of building a pizza restaurant chain.
- #12 Bear and Breakfast
89% matchVery Positive90% of 5,261 reviews2022
Dev: Gummy CatPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Management 56.2%, Simulation 43.8%
Why You'll Like It: This management game focuses on building and running a cozy business, emphasizing customer satisfaction and facility upgrades.
- #13 Gas Station Simulator
89% matchVery Positive88% of 27,112 reviews2021
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.
Why similar: Simulation 50.5%, Management 42.3%, Indie 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Like a food truck, this game tasks you with managing a roadside service business while handling various customer needs.
- #14 Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,457 reviews2010
Dev: EasyGameStationPub: Carpe Fulgur LLC
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer!
Why similar: Management 43.7%, Simulation 36.3%, Indie 20%
Why You'll Like It: A cult classic that masters the balance between shop management, inventory control, and customer interaction.
- #15 Cat Cafe Manager
86% matchVery Positive88% of 3,138 reviews2022
Dev: Roost GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Travel to the sleepy village of Caterwaul Way and rebuild your grandmother's cat cafe. Renovate your restaurant, befriend the local cats and townsfolk, forge lasting friendships, unravel catty mysteries, and build a home for dozens of unique felines!
Why similar: Management 58.3%, Simulation 41.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines cozy management mechanics with the rewarding task of building a community-focused business.
- #16 Fabulous Food Truck
88% matchMixed49% of 142 reviews2016
Dev: EnsenaSoft
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Fabulous Food Truck is an exciting time-management arcade game testing your skills and talent as Cook, Server and Manager of a busy food truck with a steady stream of demanding customers.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, time-management focused game that mirrors the core loop of serving customers quickly in a food truck.
- #17 Moonlighter
85% matchVery Positive82% of 21,741 reviews2018
Dev: Digital SunPub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.
Why similar: Management 64.9%, Simulation 35.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features a satisfying loop of managing your own shop during the day while gathering resources to sell.
- #18 Two Point Hospital
84% matchVery Positive92% of 34,521 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 35.1 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: Management 51.7%, Simulation 42.9%, Indie 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: While medical-themed, it captures the humorous and strategic management style found in many top-tier tycoon games.
- #19 Supermarket Tycoon
86% matchMixed49% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Nicholas Rizzo
Windows
Ready to be a millionaire? broke? robbed? or finally receive the sweet release of death? Well Supermarket Tycoon is the game for you! Build up and manage your own super market and much much more!
Why similar: Simulation 70.6%, Indie 29.4%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward management game that focuses on the retail side of food and goods distribution.
- #20 Business Heroes: Street Grub
83% matchVery Positive93% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Visionaries
Windows · Mac
A food truck tycoon and street-food strategy game. Think you have founder instincts? Prove it with a burger bike, limited cash, and a market that punishes bad decisions. Set prices, tune recipes, manage stock, hire staff, outplay rivals, and see if your burger business grows or goes broke.
Why similar: Management 59.6%, Simulation 40.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the strategy and economic management of running a street food business.
- #21 Big Ambitions
82% matchVery Positive93% of 12,848 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 24.8 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 67.9%, Simulation 32.1%
Why You'll Like It: An expansive business simulator that lets you start small and eventually control the entire economy of a city.
- #22 Megaquarium
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,695 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.0 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 50.6%, Simulation 39.3%, Indie 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A polished management sim that focuses on the logistics of running a public attraction and keeping customers happy.
- #23 CoffeeBiz Tycoon
84% matchMixed64% of 66 reviews2018
Dev: The Sociopath Software
Windows
CoffeeBiz tycoon is a mix of entrepreneurship fun and complicated business simulation. Start your first coffee kiosk, brew, expand, hire, deal with competitors, build a well-known brand, risk, and do everything else needed to build prosperous and profitable business.
Why similar: Management 44.9%, Simulation 40.4%, Indie 14.7%
Why You'll Like It: A business-focused management game that challenges you to optimize your coffee shop's performance and profitability.
- #24 World End Diner
81% matchVery Positive93% of 422 reviews2025
Dev: Andymente
Windows
Run a diner on the last island in the world after the destruction of humankind! For the cute animals and robots that survived, cook delicious food, run a farm, explore the forest, and create the best diner!
Why similar: Simulation 95.1%, Indie 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing management game where you run a restaurant in a post-apocalyptic world, focusing on cooking and gathering.
- #25 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
79% matchVery Positive93% of 43,576 reviews2022
Dev: niceplay gamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
Why similar: Management 48.2%, Simulation 39%, Indie 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique, tactile approach to shop management and customer service within a fantasy setting.
- #26 Internet Cafe Simulator
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 10,206 reviews2019
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Internet Cafe Simulator is an internet cafe business simulation game. Build the best internet café in the world!
Why similar: Simulation 50.3%, Management 37.6%, Indie 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a gritty, first-person perspective on running a small business and dealing with daily operational challenges.
- #27 Potion Permit
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 5,276 reviews2022
Dev: MassHive MediaPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends life-sim elements with the management of a small clinic, focusing on crafting and community service.
- #28 Overcooked! 2
78% matchVery Positive90% of 81,537 reviews2018
Dev: Ghost Town Games Ltd.Pub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!
Why similar: Simulation 52.1%, Indie 47.9%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the chaotic, high-pressure environment of a professional kitchen, albeit with a focus on co-op gameplay.
- #29 Drive Thru Simulator : Prologue
80% matchMixed41% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Red Axe Games
Windows
Drive Thru Simulator is a simulation game that immerses you in the exciting world of fast food restaurant management. Take customer orders, prepare their meals, process payments, and expand your restaurant!
Why similar: Simulation 71%, Management 15.5%, Indie 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: A focused simulation experience that highlights the specific operational challenges of running a drive-thru restaurant.
- #30 Street Food Simulator
77% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: civciv
Windows
Welcome to the bustling world of street food! Grill hot dogs, sizzle hamburgers, and serve delicious snacks to hungry customers. Find best spot in the city, perfect your recipes, manage your stand and watch your reputation grow!
Why similar: Management 50.9%, Simulation 36.9%, Indie 12.2%
- #31 Inn Tycoon
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 801 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 26.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome to Inn Tycoon! Build, design, and manage your dream inn. Serve delightful meals, offer various services, and hire a stellar staff. Create a top-notch hospitality empire and become the ultimate Inn Tycoon!
Why similar: Management 59.9%, Simulation 40.1%
- #32 Production Line : Car factory simulation
76% matchVery Positive82% of 3,473 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
Why similar: Management 57.3%, Simulation 32.7%, Indie 9.9%
- #33 Startup Company
75% matchVery Positive81% of 6,200 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 19.7 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 57.9%, Simulation 35.2%, Indie 6.9%
- #34 Laptop Tycoon
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 409 reviews2021
Dev: Roastery Games
Windows
Welcome to Laptop Tycoon!Compete with the tech giants! You will have the opportunity to show your skills in business management. Start your own laptop company! Choose and hire the best people for your company, buy and upgrade your own office and start building your dream laptop.
Why similar: Simulation 53.9%, Management 46.1%
- #35 Auto Dealership Tycoon
78% matchMixed51% of 186 reviews2015
Dev: Diggidy.net
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Welcome to Auto Dealership Tycoon, own and operate your own car dealership. Watch your Customer Satisfaction Rating, if it sinks too low customers will stop coming! Special customers will visit your Dealership on occasion! Sometimes good, sometimes bad.
Why similar: Simulation 45.8%, Management 35.2%, Indie 19.1%
- #36 Ride! Carnival Tycoon
77% matchMixed44% of 50 reviews2008
Dev: Gabriel EntertainmentPub: Cosmi Valusoft
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Are you ready to build the Greatest Midway on Earth? Summer nights, flashing lights, stomach churning rides, girls and guys all combine to make the perfect carnival. Attract them, thrill them, feed them, frighten them, and leave them yearning for more! Run your own traveling carnival.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #37 Fast Food Manager
74% matchMixed70% of 266 reviews2021
Dev: Cyber EyePub: UMKA Games
Windows
Launch your own business from scratch! Starting with a small coffee booth, build the most popular food service chain in town. Experiment, develop, make a profit.
Why similar: Management 57.1%, Simulation 42.9%
- #38 Road Food Simulator
71% matchMixed63% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: 2MEDYA
Windows
Run a roadside Pizza restaurant with your friends. Play solo or in Co-op with other players. Make pizzas fast and fill orders. Keep your customers happy and get more orders. Improve your restaurant as your income increases.
Why similar: Management 47.3%, Simulation 44%, Indie 8.7%
- #39 TasteMaker
70% matchVery Positive83% of 1,298 reviews2023
Dev: Jelle Booij
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
TasteMaker is a restaurant tycoon game. Design your own restaurant from the ground up, decorate, create a menu, hire and manage staff, and much more. Keep your customers happy and make a profit to keep the restaurant of your dreams from turning into a nightmare.
Why similar: Management 62.7%, Simulation 37.3%
- #40 Coastal Kitchen Simulator
70% matchVery Positive84% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: Bewolba Studios
Windows
Cook and serve dishes as you run your own seafood restaurant! Unlock new recipes, grow your kitchen with the help of employees, and satisfy every customer’s craving. Expand your reputation, manage resources wisely, and build a seafood restaurant that becomes the talk of the town.
Why similar: Simulation 57.7%, Management 31.4%, Indie 11%
- #41 Pro Gamer Manager
74% matchMixed49% of 685 reviews2016
Dev: Raptor Claw GamesPub: 501 Industries
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Compete for stardom in this Esport management tycoon.
Why similar: Simulation 45%, Management 40.4%, Indie 14.7%
- #42 Drive Thru Miami - Restaurant Simulator
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 122 reviews2024
Dev: Alkame Games
Windows
A cooking and restaurant management game designed for drive thru lovers. Build your own restaurant from scratch. Prepare mouthwatering dishes, expand your menu with unique recipes, serve customers with care, and grow into the most legendary drive thru spot in the city!
Why similar: Management 48%, Simulation 41.6%, Indie 10.3%
- #43 Click and Manage Tycoon
73% matchMixed47% of 96 reviews2018
Dev: Cloaz Studio
Windows
Click and Manage Tycoon is a clicker and management game! Welcome to our sweet world, become a good manager here!
Why similar: Simulation 68.4%, Indie 31.6%
- #44 Wrap House Simulator🌯
68% matchVery Positive89% of 3,028 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Lyre EntertainmentPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to Wrap House Simulator! Run your own wrap shop, chop, grill, and serve in this cooking adventure. Customize your shop, master the grill, and survive the rush solo or co-op with up to 6 players. Keep up with orders, satisfy customers, and build your dream restaurant!
Why similar: Simulation 50.5%, Management 49.5%
- #45 Esports Life Tycoon
72% matchMixed61% of 713 reviews2020
Dev: UPLAY Online
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Manage your own esports squad, expand your gaming house, and defeat legendary teams to become the best in the world!
Why similar: Management 58.8%, Simulation 41.2%
- #46 Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator
69% matchVery Positive86% of 418 reviews2025
Dev: Purple Heads Games
Windows
Buy cooking equipment, prepare delicious meals, and serve hungry customers. Upgrade your setup, read customer reviews, and expand your business to become the top fast-food joint in the city.
Why similar: Management 55.9%, Simulation 44.1%
- #47 Blueprint Tycoon
71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Management 53.6%, Simulation 35.4%, Indie 11%
- #48 Arcadecraft
73% matchMixed56% of 153 reviews2014
Dev: Firebase Industries Ltd.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Enter the exciting world of Arcade ownership! Play through the 1980's arcade revolution by buying arcade machines for your customers to play! Customize your arcade to increase its popularity! Manage your finances, capitalize on newly released games, but beware the pitfalls that could bankrupt you!
Why similar: Simulation 47.3%, Management 32.2%, Indie 20.6%
- #49 Hotdog: The Videogame
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Tenth Horizon Games
Windows
Solo or with friends, manage multiple hot dog stands in a dynamic and realistic business simulator. Sell fast food, customize it with unique toppings, upgrade your equipment and buy your dreamed restaurant. Serve demanding customers against the clock to achieve efficient greatness.
Why similar: Simulation 59.3%, Management 32.3%, Indie 8.3%
- #50 Game Corp DX
70% matchVery Positive88% of 3,083 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Manage your Game Studio, earn big bucks, impress the critics, beat rival studios and clean up at the awards!
Why similar: Management 59.2%, Simulation 31.2%, Indie 9.5%
- #51 The Good Life
73% matchMixed53% of 170 reviews2014
Dev: immersionFXPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Good Life is an intriguing combination of gameplay styles: part tycoon, part time-management, part simulation and 100% fun! Live the life you always dreamed of on your way to becoming the area top dog in this tropical sandbox game.
Why similar: Simulation 51%, Management 27.4%, Indie 21.6%
- #52 Tropical Resort Simulator (Paradise Beach Simulator)
67% matchVery Positive84% of 141 reviews2026
Dev: Beardroid Games
Windows
Transform an abandoned island into a thriving business. Install fun activities, open your restaurant, maintain your equipment, manage your staff. It's time to open the beach, you're ready to welcome your first customers!
Why similar: Simulation 57.9%, Management 42.1%
- #53 Parisian Brasserie Simulator
67% matchVery Positive94% of 435 reviews2025
Dev: Quark Studios
Windows
Manage your own brasserie in Paris and turn it into the place to be! Create menus, serve customers, and master every detail to grow your restaurant. Manage supplies, ensure top-notch service, and make your mark on the city of lights. Will you become the next Parisian brasserie institution?
Why similar: Simulation 58.4%, Management 39%, Indie 2.7%
- #54 Inn Tycoon: Prologue
68% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Evil Goose Games
Windows
Welcome to Inn Tycoon: Prologue! Build, design, and manage your dream inn. Serve delightful meals, offer various services, and hire a stellar staff. Create a top-notch hospitality empire and become the ultimate Inn Tycoon!
Why similar: Management 58.9%, Simulation 41.1%
- #55 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
67% matchVery Positive84% of 2,599 reviews2023
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.
Why similar: Management 56.9%, Simulation 43.1%
- #56 Parking Tycoon: Business Simulator
68% matchMixed65% of 977 reviews2023
Dev: GeekonPub: Midnight Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Are you ready to immerse yourself in the exhilarating world of car parking management? Step into the shoes of a visionary entrepreneur and become the ultimate Parking Lot Tycoon! Take Charge and embark on a thrilling journey of strategy, expansion, and success.
Why similar: Simulation 68.1%, Management 28.3%, Indie 3.6%
- #57 Battle Royale Tycoon
69% matchMixed69% of 513 reviews2019
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design and build arenas for your guests to fight in, keep them happy, your workers paid and make a profit!
Why similar: Management 46.8%, Simulation 41%, Indie 12.2%
- #58 Cafe Business Manager
65% matchVery Positive88% of 250 reviews2026
Dev: Caos Interactive
Windows
Build, design and manage your own café in this detailed cafe management simulator. Hire staff, craft your menu, serve customers and grow your coffee shop business in a lively island city.
Why similar: Management 54.2%, Simulation 39.4%, Indie 6.4%
- #59 Game Tycoon 1.5
72% matchOverwhelmingly Negative15% of 663 reviews2014
Dev: Sunlight Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Welcome to the Game Industry!The year is 1982. Three young entrepreneurs discover the computer and potential to strike it rich in the Games Industry! Their love for computer games is a common bond that they all share but they are also in fierce competition with one another in a race to build a successful Games Development House…They...
Why similar: Simulation 68.6%, Management 31.4%
- #60 Game Builder Tycoon
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 157 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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: Management 53.5%, Simulation 43.1%, Indie 3.4%
