- #1 Software Inc.
97% 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: Game Development 22.2% ★, Economy 13.8%, Programming 12.7% ★, Management 12.1%, Capitalism 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the most comparable depth in office building, staff management, and software development cycles.
- #2 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
96% matchVery Positive92% of 1,775 reviews2021
Dev: Binogure Studio 🐺
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Manage a game studio from the dawn of the gaming industry in 1976. Your journey starts with small indie titles and grows into a gaming empire. Develop, design, and conquer the industry. From humble beginnings to gaming legend – it’s your story, your studio, your legacy!
Why similar: Game Development 28.3% ★, Programming 18.3% ★, Economy 15.6%, Capitalism 13.3%, Management 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly detailed game development management experience with a focus on studio growth and market competition.
- #3 Mad Games Tycoon
96% matchVery Positive91% of 4,414 reviews2016
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!
Why similar: Management 17.2%, Economy 13.8%, Programming 12.9% ★, Trading 11.5% ★, Capitalism 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: The direct predecessor to the seed game, offering a familiar loop of game development and office expansion.
- #4 Game Dev Tycoon
95% 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 50.8%, Economy 19.8%, Simulation 16.6%, Strategy 7.1%, Sandbox 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential game development simulator that popularized the genre with its accessible yet addictive progression.
- #5 Big Ambitions
94% 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 31.8%, Economy 30.4%, Capitalism 21.7%, Simulation 7.4%, Sandbox 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features an incredibly deep economic simulation where you manage multiple businesses and navigate a complex city environment.
- #6 Startup Company
94% 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 35.8%, Economy 28.2%, Simulation 10.8%, Building 6.5%, Strategy 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the technical and management aspects of running a web development firm, including server management and product scaling.
- #7 Good Company
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,764 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 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 20%, Management 16.6%, City Builder 11.9%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines business management with intricate production line logistics and automation.
- #8 Computer Tycoon
92% matchVery Positive85% of 996 reviews2017
Dev: Progorion
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Computer Tycoon is a fairly complex Business Grand Strategy game about Computer Evolution. Start in the 70s, invent until 2034, create the best computer systems, upgrade your infrastructure, lead a team, and alter computer history! It is time to "Think Different"
Why similar: Trading 22.6% ★, Economy 22.3%, Capitalism 18.5%, Management 17.4%, Sandbox 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to simulate the entire history of computing by developing both hardware and software in a grand strategy format.
- #9 MMORPG Tycoon 2
91% matchVery Positive86% of 3,013 reviews2020
Dev: VectorStorm Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
MMORPG Tycoon 2 is a single-player world-builder game about creating the greatest MMORPG of all time – yours.
Why similar: Game Development 33.4% ★, Economy 16.1%, City Builder 15.1%, Management 14%, Sandbox 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A unique management sim that tasks you with building and maintaining a virtual world for your players.
- #10 Project Hospital
91% 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: City Builder 23.4%, Management 23%, Economy 16%, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly detailed building and management simulation that rewards careful planning and efficient room layout.
- #11 Two Point Campus
90% 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: Management 27.1%, City Builder 19.3%, Building 14%, Sandbox 9.4%, Economy 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Refines the management and building formula with a focus on educational facility design and student satisfaction.
- #12 Airport CEO
89% matchVery Positive83% of 8,135 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Management 17.3%, Economy 16.9%, Capitalism 14.9%, City Builder 13.4%, Building 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a complex management experience centered on building and operating a functional airport facility.
- #13 Game Dev Studio
89% matchVery Positive85% of 676 reviews2018
Dev: Explosive Squat Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?
Why similar: Management 31.8%, Economy 26.3%, Simulation 17.9%, Strategy 12.6%, Sandbox 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A solid management simulator that captures the essence of growing a small indie team into a major studio.
- #14 Two Point Hospital
88% 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: Management 38.6%, Building 19.9%, Simulation 15.8%, City Builder 8.6%, Sandbox 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features excellent building and management mechanics that require careful planning and staff optimization.
- #15 Mad Tower Tycoon
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 438 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.
Why similar: Economy 15.7%, Management 14.1%, City Builder 14%, Trading 11.4% ★, Building 9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on vertical building and management, challenging you to balance the needs of tenants in a massive skyscraper.
- #16 Rise of Industry
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,155 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: Economy 19.9%, Management 18.3%, City Builder 15.4%, Trading 12.6% ★, Capitalism 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on complex economic management and building production chains to dominate a regional market.
- #17 News Tower
83% 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 25.6%, Economy 19.6%, Capitalism 15.5%, Sandbox 10.4%, Building 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A management simulation that tasks you with building and running a newspaper office while balancing editorial integrity.
- #18 Academia : School Simulator
85% 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: Economy 16.9%, Management 16.7%, City Builder 16.1%, Capitalism 14.8%, Base Building 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A management and building game that tasks you with designing and running a successful educational institution.
- #19 Game Corp DX
86% 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 30.5%, Game Development 25% ★, Economy 23.7%, Simulation 7.9%, Building 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: An accessible and charming game development management sim that focuses on the core loop of creating hits.
- #20 The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon
84% matchVery Positive80% of 1,036 reviews2025
Dev: Aniki GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Shape the history of the Hollywood movie industry in this sandbox business simulation game. Create the movies you've always wanted to see, hire the best team, research cutting-edge technologies, and dominate the Box Office. Can you rise from a small studio to a Hollywood giant?
Why similar: Management 21.7%, Economy 20.7%, Capitalism 16.9%, Trading 10.8% ★, Building 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the business side of the film industry with a management-heavy approach to production.
- #21 SimAirport
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,012 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!
Why similar: Economy 20.8%, City Builder 18.7%, Management 17.5%, Base Building 12%, Building 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar building and management loop focused on the logistics of airport operations.
- #22 PC Tycoon 2
82% matchVery Positive80% of 315 reviews2024
Dev: Insignis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage your computer company and develop your PC components, create your own laptop, monitor, develop an interactive operating system or build your PC. Research new technologies, improve your office and your factory, hire the best employees, buy other companies and build your computer empire!
Why similar: Game Development 29.8% ★, Economy 22.8%, Capitalism 16%, Management 14.4%, Sandbox 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the hardware and software development side of the tech industry with a sandbox approach.
- #23 Megaquarium
82% 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 25.3%, Building 17.4%, Economy 17.1%, Sandbox 14.1%, Simulation 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines management and building with a focus on layout efficiency and visitor satisfaction.
- #24 Parkitect
81% 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: Economy 20.4%, Management 17.3%, City Builder 13.8%, Capitalism 13.2%, Building 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep management and building mechanics with a focus on operational efficiency and guest experience.
- #25 Movies Tycoon
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 487 reviews2024
Dev: PixelCraze s.r.o.
Windows
Movies Tycoon is a simulation game where you dive into the world of film-making. Start with a humble studio, scout and manage top talent, customize unique characters, and direct blockbuster films.
Why similar: Economy 19.5%, Capitalism 16.5%, Management 16.3%, City Builder 11.1%, Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Applies the management and production loop to the film industry, focusing on studio growth and movie success.
- #26 Sim Companies
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 998 reviews2023
Dev: Sim Companies s.r.o.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 95.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Become a Business Tycoon. Build your own company from the ground up. Do business in a virtual economy with players all around the world! Gain valuable business skills for free. An advanced, proprietary, Economy simulation model is used to deliver the best gaming experience.
Why similar: Economy 19.6%, Trading 17% ★, Capitalism 16.4%, Management 14.2%, Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A pure economic and market simulation that focuses on capitalism and competitive business strategy.
- #27 Planet Coaster
79% 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: Management 23.5%, Building 18.3%, Economy 17.8%, Sandbox 11.9%, Simulation 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides high-end building tools and management systems for creating a successful theme park.
- #28 Game Builder Tycoon
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Game Development 33% ★, Economy 17.1%, Capitalism 13.8%, Management 13.7%, Sandbox 5.7%
- #29 GamersGoMakers
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 399 reviews2014
Dev: gnifrebel Games UG
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
In GamersGoMakers, you found a little company creating the first video games in history. Create your first game with only basic sound and simple graphics available in the year 1980. You´re one of the pioneers entering the rising global market for computer games.
Why similar: Game Development 39.8% ★, Management 26.2%, Simulation 14.2%, Economy 9.4%, Strategy 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style game development management sim that focuses on the progression from garage to corporation.
- #30 City Bus Manager
76% matchVery Positive91% of 2,686 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Economy 28.7%, Management 24.7%, Capitalism 20.1%, Simulation 10.2%, Sandbox 8%
- #31 Mall Simulator
75% matchVery Positive91% of 2,672 reviews2025
Dev: F13 Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! To avoid going bankrupt, you’ll need to build new stores and restaurants, set smart prices, and keep up with trends. 15+ stores, dozens of machines & services, and hundreds of brands waiting for you!
Why similar: Economy 18.9%, Trading 17% ★, Management 16.3%, Capitalism 15.5%, City Builder 9.7%
- #32 Game Dev Story
77% matchVery Positive91% of 1,365 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
Why similar: Game Development 31.1% ★, Programming 20.4% ★, Management 15.3%, City Builder 15%, Building 9.6%
- #33 Another Brick in The Mall
77% matchVery Positive83% of 2,425 reviews2020
Dev: The Quadsphere
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design, build and manage a giant shopping center. Open shops, supermarkets, restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys and more. Hire and manage the best staff for the job and milk your customers for all they're worth!
Why similar: Management 22.1%, Economy 16.1%, City Builder 14.1%, Capitalism 12.3%, Building 11.8%
- #34 Esports Life Tycoon
78% matchMixed61% of 711 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: Economy 22.9%, Management 22.3%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 10.9%, Simulation 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines management and strategy to simulate the growth of a professional esports organization.
- #35 Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue
76% matchMixed61% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue is a free simulation game in which you begin your journey as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing and research stuff. Create best game on the planet!
Why similar: Game Development 27.4% ★, Economy 14.3%, Management 12.6%, Programming 11.7% ★, Capitalism 9.7%
- #36 Mad Smartphone Tycoon
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 580 reviews2024
Dev: Miradil
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build Your smartphone Empire in Mad Smartphone Tycoon, your main goal in this game is to create the ultimate smartphone that combines both performance and aesthetics. Expand your company, dominate the global market, become a tycoon in the world of mobile phones!
Why similar: Management 20.5%, Economy 10.3%, City Builder 10.2%, Building 9.3%, Trading 9.1% ★
- #37 Production Line : Car factory simulation
75% matchVery Positive82% of 3,465 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 25.8%, Economy 21.9%, Building 11.1%, Base Building 10.1%, City Builder 10.1%
- #38 Tavern Master
73% matchVery Positive92% of 12,821 reviews2021
Dev: Untitled Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!
Why similar: Management 40.2%, Building 21%, City Builder 14.5%, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 6.2%
- #39 Hotel Architect
71% 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: Economy 18%, City Builder 16.4%, Management 15.5%, Capitalism 14%, Building 10%
- #40 Little Big Workshop
74% 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 22.1%, Economy 18.5%, Simulation 14.1%, Building 12.4%, Strategy 10.6%
- #41 Car Manufacture
73% matchMixed66% of 1,320 reviews2024
Dev: STEREO GAMES S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Car Manufacture is an automotive tycoon game. Start in the beginning of the XX century and create thriving business. Build cars, manage people, expand your plant and research new technology. Make tons of money and stay on top.
Why similar: Economy 30.4%, Management 23.6%, Building 16.4%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 7.1%
- #42 The Tenants
71% 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: Economy 21.4%, Management 20.6%, City Builder 19.4%, Building 11.7%, Base Building 9.6%
- #43 Empire TV Tycoon
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 891 reviews2015
Dev: Dreamsite Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Empire TV Tycoon is a game in which you manage a TV channel and fight for audiences taking decisions that will project your channel to fame and fortune.You will decide the content of your channel, select advertisers, hire workers, make your own productions, hire actors, and engage in much more activities!
Why similar: Management 40.7%, Economy 40%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 8.8%, Casual 1.4%
- #44 Game Dev Masters
72% matchVery Positive84% of 193 reviews2022
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
It's time to become the Game Developer you always wanted to be. Make use of a large array of features, and player skills to create stunning 10 / 10 games. Compete with and eventually acquire other dynamic Ai Studio's. Raise the talent of your team and studio's in an effort to dominate the market.
Why similar: Game Development 37.1% ★, Economy 20.7%, Management 17.7%, Sandbox 8.1%, Simulation 6.2%
- #45 King of Retail
70% matchVery Positive88% of 3,551 reviews2022
Dev: Freaking GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The store is your kingdom! Expand your humble boutique into a thriving business: hire the right staff, decorate your displays, and lure in customers. Even your wildest ideas can turn a profit. Why not start a business that sells only white T-shirts and ketchup? PCs and beans? Your rule, your rules!
Why similar: Trading 18% ★, Economy 17.4%, Capitalism 15%, Management 14.6%, Building 9.3%
- #46 Definitely Not Fried Chicken
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,463 reviews2023
Dev: Dope GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a business management sim with a Twist! Grow your drugs trade through legitimate fronts by managing both sides of the business. Acquire new "businesses", meet new clientele, Develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money and leave a city in ruin!
Why similar: Economy 18.9%, Trading 18.3% ★, Management 17.3%, Capitalism 16.5%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #47 Blacksmith Master
68% matchVery Positive84% of 2,485 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: Economy 19.2%, City Builder 18.3%, Management 17%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 11.1%
- #48 Hotel Magnate
70% 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: Management 17.2%, Economy 17.2%, City Builder 15.3%, Capitalism 11%, Building 10.6%
- #49 SimCasino
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 751 reviews2021
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Modern Casino Tycoon Simulation in full 3D glory. Build the casino. Set the odds. Expand into a luxury hotel/casino or go cheap & extract max profits. Keep the vault secure at all times, and beware of criminals & cheaters!!
Why similar: City Builder 16.3%, Economy 16%, Capitalism 14.9%, Management 13.8%, Building 9.5%
- #50 Super Movie Tycoon
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 317 reviews2025
Dev: Yuedong Game
Windows · Mac
Become a movie mogul in Super Movie Tycoon! From script to screen, build your dream team and create blockbusters to conquer Hollywood!
Why similar: Economy 15.7%, Trading 15% ★, Management 13.1%, City Builder 12.6%, Capitalism 12.4%
- #51 Cartel Tycoon
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,719 reviews2022
Dev: Moon MoosePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.
Why similar: Economy 20.8%, Management 18.6%, City Builder 17.7%, Base Building 11.5%, Building 11.1%
- #52 Supermarket Simulator
65% matchVery Positive92% of 80,575 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.
Why similar: Economy 23.5%, Management 21.1%, Trading 15.6% ★, Simulation 11.1%, Capitalism 10.1%
- #53 Captain of Industry
67% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 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 23.3%, Base Building 19.3%, Management 17.6%, City Builder 12.5%, Building 9.5%
- #54 Tavern Keeper 🍻
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,275 reviews2025
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper 🍻, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!
Why similar: Economy 25.7%, Management 24.4%, Building 17%, Sandbox 13.1%, Simulation 9.6%
- #55 Game Tycoon 2
72% matchMixed49% of 248 reviews2016
Dev: Sunlight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In Game Tycoon 2 you find yourself in the middle of the big players. Get into the act and experience the fascination of the game development. Reach your goal and become the Game Tycoon!
Why similar: Game Development 40.5% ★, Management 18.5%, Economy 17%, Building 7.3%, Simulation 6.9%
- #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 28.2%, Economy 17.8%, Management 16.3%, Building 12.7%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #57 Transport INC
69% matchMixed70% of 1,070 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 28.6%, Management 24.4%, Sandbox 16.3%, Building 13.8%, Simulation 7.7%
- #58 Youtubers Life
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 15,450 reviews2017
Dev: UPLAY Online
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Become the most successful youtuber on the planet! Create videos, get subscribers, attend events, interact with your fans… and grow your channel. Live a youtuber’s life!
Why similar: Management 40.9%, Character Customization 18.2%, Cartoon 14.7%, Simulation 13.5%, Strategy 5.8%
- #59 Blockbuster Inc.
68% matchMixed52% of 603 reviews2024
Dev: Super Sly FoxPub: Ancient Forge
Windows
Ever dreamed of making your own movies? Build up your own movie studio, scout for upcoming stars, and produce cutting-edge films and TV shows. Try to stay ahead of your competition throughout the history of cinematography.
Why similar: Economy 20.2%, Management 17.8%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 12.7%, Sandbox 10.9%
- #60 TasteMaker
67% matchVery Positive83% of 1,294 reviews2023
Dev: Jelle Booij
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Economy 21%, Management 20.3%, Capitalism 12.9%, Building 12.7%, Sandbox 11%