- #1 Software Inc.
97% matchVery Positive94% of 7,806 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
Why similar: Game Development 23% ★, Economy 13.4%, Programming 12.6% ★, Management 12.2%, Capitalism 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the most comparable depth in office building and complex business management within the software development industry.
- #2 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
96% matchVery Positive92% of 1,889 reviews2021
Dev: Binogure Studio 🐺
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 27.1% ★, Programming 16% ★, Economy 14.1%, Management 12.7%, Capitalism 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title mirrors the game development cycle and studio expansion mechanics found in the seed game.
- #3 Game Dev Tycoon
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 45,066 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 51%, Economy 19.4%, Simulation 16.9%, Strategy 7.1%, Sandbox 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: As a genre staple, it provides a streamlined but highly addictive experience focused on the history of game development.
- #4 Mad Games Tycoon
95% matchVery Positive91% of 4,423 reviews2016
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 17.3%, Economy 13.5%, Programming 13% ★, Trading 11.2%, Capitalism 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: The predecessor to the seed game offers a familiar interface and core loop for those who enjoy the original's mechanics.
- #5 Startup Company
94% matchVery Positive81% of 6,219 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!
Why similar: Management 36%, Economy 27.6%, Simulation 11%, Building 6.7%, Strategy 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management of a web-based tech company, requiring similar resource and staff allocation strategies.
- #6 Game Dev Studio
94% matchVery Positive85% of 686 reviews2018
Dev: Explosive Squat Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 31.9%, Economy 25.5%, Simulation 18.4%, Strategy 12.7%, Sandbox 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a focused simulation experience centered on managing a development team and releasing successful titles.
- #7 Game Corp DX
93% 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 30.3%, Game Development 25.9% ★, Economy 22.8%, Simulation 8.1%, Building 5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a classic approach to the game development management genre with a focus on staff training and project planning.
- #8 Game Builder Tycoon
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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 34.2% ★, Economy 16.5%, Management 13.7%, Capitalism 13.2%, Sandbox 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: This modern take on the genre emphasizes the creative and economic aspects of running a game studio.
- #9 Big Ambitions
91% matchVery Positive93% of 13,452 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 32.3%, Economy 29.9%, Capitalism 21.4%, Simulation 7.7%, Sandbox 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It expands the management scope to a city-wide scale, perfect for players who enjoy deep economic and business simulations.
- #10 MMORPG Tycoon 2
91% matchVery Positive86% of 3,124 reviews2020
Dev: VectorStorm Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.2 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 34.3% ★, Economy 15.3%, City Builder 15.2%, Management 14%, Sandbox 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a unique niche simulation experience focused on building and maintaining a virtual world.
- #11 Good Company
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,792 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!
Why similar: Economy 19.4%, Management 16.6%, City Builder 12.2%, Base Building 11.2%, Building 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels in combining product design with complex production line management and facility building.
- #12 News Tower
87% matchVery Positive94% of 4,551 reviews2025
Dev: Sparrow NightPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 27.1 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 26.2%, Economy 18.9%, Capitalism 15%, Building 10.6%, Sandbox 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines building management with the pressure of running a media organization in a competitive market.
- #13 Computer Tycoon
89% matchVery Positive85% of 1,016 reviews2017
Dev: Progorion
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Computer Tycoon is a highly 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: Economy 21.5%, Trading 20.6%, Capitalism 18.6%, Management 16.6%, Sandbox 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title allows you to simulate the history of the computer industry, sharing the same grand-strategy and economic focus.
- #14 Production Line : Car factory simulation
89% matchVery Positive82% of 3,483 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.6 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 21.1%, Building 11.4%, City Builder 10.4%, Base Building 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly technical approach to production management that appeals to players who enjoy the facility-building aspects of the seed game.
- #15 Game Dev Story
88% matchVery Positive90% of 1,492 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
Why similar: Game Development 31.7% ★, Programming 19.9% ★, Management 15.1%, City Builder 15%, Building 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: The classic title that defined the genre, offering a charming and accessible take on game studio management.
- #16 Movies Tycoon
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 537 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 17.9%, Management 15.6%, Capitalism 15.3%, City Builder 10.9%, Building 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It applies the same management and production principles to the film industry, offering a similar 'tycoon' feel.
- #17 Another Brick in The Mall
86% matchVery Positive83% of 2,448 reviews2020
Dev: The Quadsphere
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.7 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 22.4%, Economy 15.4%, City Builder 14.4%, Building 12.2%, Capitalism 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the architectural and management challenges of running a large-scale commercial space.
- #18 Startup Panic
85% matchMixed55% of 288 reviews2022
Dev: AlgorocksPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Quit your job and build an exciting startup! Survive the tech bubble, compete with rival CEOs and expand your office from bedroom programmer up to the heights of global corporate sabotage! As long as you don't get hacked... or kidnapped...
Why similar: Programming 33% ★, Economy 23.4%, Management 20.1%, Character Customization 8.5%, Simulation 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the frantic growth of a tech startup with a focus on balancing development speed and quality.
- #19 Project Hospital
84% matchVery Positive89% of 9,301 reviews2018
Dev: Oxymoron Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 24.4 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 23.6%, Management 23.1%, Economy 15.2%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a more realistic and granular approach to building and managing a complex facility.
- #20 Mad Tower Tycoon
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 444 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.5 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 15.3%, City Builder 14.4%, Management 14.1%, Trading 11.1%, Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the vertical expansion and management of a skyscraper, sharing the building-centric DNA of the seed game.
- #21 Academia : School Simulator
83% matchVery Positive86% of 3,073 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Management 16.7%, City Builder 16.5%, Economy 16.3%, Capitalism 14.4%, Base Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features similar building and management mechanics, tasking you with designing and running an efficient educational facility.
- #22 Sim Companies
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,093 reviews2023
Dev: Sim Companies s.r.o.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 88.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Build a business empire in a player-driven online economy. Manage supply chains, trade with thousands of players, dominate markets, research new products, and grow from a small startup into a global corporation.
Why similar: Economy 19.3%, Trading 16.8%, Capitalism 16.2%, Management 14.3%, Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This is a pure economic simulation that allows players to engage in market trading and business management without the building focus.
- #23 Tavern Master
81% matchVery Positive92% of 13,253 reviews2021
Dev: Untitled Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.9 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 39.5%, Building 21.1%, City Builder 14.5%, Simulation 12%, Strategy 6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a relaxing but engaging experience focused on building and managing a medieval business.
- #24 Rise of Industry
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,193 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
Why similar: Economy 19.3%, Management 18.4%, City Builder 15.9%, Trading 12.3%, Base Building 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deep economic simulation that challenges players to manage complex supply chains and production facilities.
- #25 Two Point Hospital
81% matchVery Positive92% of 34,907 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 35.3 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 38.2%, Building 20.2%, Simulation 15.8%, City Builder 8.8%, Sandbox 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a polished and humorous take on facility management and staff optimization.
- #26 Airport CEO
80% matchVery Positive83% of 8,330 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Management 17.4%, Economy 16.3%, Capitalism 14.4%, City Builder 13.8%, Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides deep management mechanics regarding facility layout and operational efficiency in an airport setting.
- #27 Parkitect
79% matchVery Positive94% of 8,129 reviews2018
Dev: Texel Raptor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 19.7%, Management 17.3%, City Builder 14.2%, Capitalism 12.9%, Building 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels in the building and management of a theme park, requiring careful attention to both aesthetics and economy.
- #28 Transport Fever 2
79% matchVery Positive90% of 32,451 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 66.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
Why similar: Management 23.1%, City Builder 21.5%, Economy 20.4%, Simulation 10.1%, Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a complex economic simulation centered on logistics and infrastructure development.
- #29 The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon
77% matchVery Positive80% of 1,107 reviews2025
Dev: Aniki GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.9 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 21.9%, Economy 20.2%, Capitalism 16.6%, Trading 10.6%, Building 9.2%
- #30 Game Dev Masters
78% matchVery Positive83% of 200 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 38.2% ★, Economy 19.9%, Management 17.6%, Sandbox 8%, Simulation 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A newer entry that focuses on the competitive aspects of the game development industry with modern management tools.
- #31 Megaquarium
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,770 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.9 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 25.5%, Building 17.9%, Economy 16.4%, Sandbox 14.1%, Simulation 10%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a satisfying management loop focused on building and maintaining a public aquarium with complex needs.
- #32 Mad Smartphone Tycoon
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 638 reviews2024
Dev: MiradilPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 20.4%, City Builder 10.4%, Economy 9.9%, Building 9.7%, Trading 8.9%
- #33 City Bus Manager
75% matchVery Positive91% of 2,842 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data. Buy buses, maintain them, take care of your staff and lead your bus company to become the #1 in town!
Why similar: Economy 28.1%, Management 25%, Capitalism 19.8%, Simulation 10.6%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #34 PC Tycoon 2
75% matchVery Positive80% of 344 reviews2024
Dev: Insignis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Start with one tiny office and a big idea, and grow it into a global computer company. Design your own CPUs, GPUs and laptops, launch your own OS, and outsmart your rivals. A laid-back tycoon that's easy to get into and hard to put down — made by one indie dev.
Why similar: Game Development 31% ★, Economy 22.1%, Capitalism 15.5%, Management 14.4%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #35 Hotel Architect
72% matchVery Positive94% of 2,276 reviews2026
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 17.2%, City Builder 16.9%, Management 16.1%, Capitalism 13.1%, Building 10.6%
- #36 SimAirport
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,044 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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%, City Builder 19.1%, Management 17.4%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 11.2%
- #37 Mall Simulator
72% matchVery Positive83% of 3,240 reviews2025
Dev: F13 Games
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 18.2%, Management 16.7%, Trading 16.6%, Capitalism 15.2%, City Builder 10.2%
- #38 Car Manufacture
74% matchMixed65% of 1,408 reviews2024
Dev: STEREO GAMES S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 29.4%, Management 23.8%, Building 17%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 7.3%
- #39 GamersGoMakers
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 399 reviews2014
Dev: gnifrebel Games UG
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 40.8% ★, Management 25.8%, Simulation 14.3%, Economy 9%, Strategy 8.3%
- #40 The Tenants
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,769 reviews2022
Dev: EndGameLoop Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.1 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 20.6%, Management 20.5%, City Builder 19.8%, Building 12.1%, Base Building 9.7%
- #41 Mad Television Tycoon
70% matchVery Positive86% of 289 reviews2026
Dev: Eggcode
Windows
In Mad Television Tycoon, you take control of a TV station. Accept the challenge and lead your network to success. Your task is to create a diverse schedule, maximize advertising revenue, and outshine the competition.
Why similar: Economy 26%, Management 21.5%, Capitalism 21.5%, Simulation 8%, Cartoon 7.9%
- #42 Two Point Campus
71% matchVery Positive88% of 8,156 reviews2022
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 20.1 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%, City Builder 19.6%, Building 14.4%, Sandbox 9.2%, Economy 8.9%
- #43 Empire TV Tycoon
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 900 reviews2015
Dev: Dreamsite Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 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 41.1%, Economy 39.1%, Simulation 9.4%, Strategy 8.9%, Casual 1.4%
- #44 Tropico 6
71% matchVery Positive88% of 29,404 reviews2019
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, Economy 20.8%, Management 16.9%, Strategy 7.5%, Simulation 7.2%
- #45 Super Movie Tycoon
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 338 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 15.3%, Trading 14.7%, Management 13.2%, City Builder 13.1%, Capitalism 12.1%
- #46 Cartel Tycoon
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,802 reviews2022
Dev: Moon MoosePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.3 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%, Management 18.6%, City Builder 18.1%, Base Building 11.6%, Building 11.4%
- #47 Esports Life Tycoon
73% matchMixed61% of 715 reviews2020
Dev: UPLAY Online
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 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 22.3%, Economy 22.2%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 10.9%, Simulation 7.9%
- #48 Hotel Magnate
70% matchMixed58% of 491 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 16.6%, City Builder 15.7%, Building 11%, Capitalism 10.7%
- #49 Definitely Not Fried Chicken
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,559 reviews2023
Dev: Dope GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 18.5%, Trading 18%, Management 17.6%, Capitalism 16.2%, Building 8.8%
- #50 Game Tycoon 2
73% 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 41.5% ★, Management 18.2%, Economy 16.1%, Building 7.4%, Simulation 7%
- #51 Little Big Workshop
69% matchVery Positive84% of 3,391 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Management 22.4%, Economy 18.2%, Simulation 14.2%, Building 12.6%, Strategy 10.6%
- #52 King of Retail
67% matchVery Positive88% of 3,556 reviews2022
Dev: Freaking GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 17.7%, Economy 17%, Management 14.7%, Capitalism 14.7%, Building 9.7%
- #53 Megastore Simulator
65% matchVery Positive93% of 1,923 reviews2026
Dev: Yolo Games Studio
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 36.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Megastore Simulator is a first-person management & tycoon game. Start small and grow into a massive two-floor megastore with forklifts, pallet jacks, and staff. Unlock and manage departments like Bakery, Clothing, Electronics, Sports, Music, Toys, Grocery, Seafood, and Vending Machines
Why similar: Economy 20.1%, Management 19.9%, Trading 16.7%, Capitalism 12.5%, Building 8.5%
- #54 Blockbuster Inc.
69% matchMixed52% of 639 reviews2024
Dev: Super Sly FoxPub: EndGameLoop Games
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 19.5%, Management 17.7%, Base Building 13.7%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #55 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
65% matchVery Positive91% of 27,069 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 71.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: City Builder 20.8%, Economy 19.4%, Management 17%, Base Building 12.2%, Building 11.2%
- #56 Dealer's Life 2
67% matchVery Positive85% of 4,224 reviews2022
Dev: Abyte Entertainment
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Your favorite pawn shop experience is finally getting a sequel! Haggle like your life depends on it in this funny tycoon game. You never know WHAT is gonna stumble through that door!
Why similar: Trading 28.6%, Management 20.5%, Capitalism 19.4%, Economy 18.7%, Simulation 4.5%
- #57 The Guild 3
68% matchMixed60% of 8,003 reviews2022
Dev: Purple LampPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!
Why similar: Economy 39%, Trading 10.5%, Simulation 10.5%, Building 9.1%, Management 8.9%
- #58 Blacksmith Master
65% matchVery Positive83% of 2,724 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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%, City Builder 18.7%, Management 16.7%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 11.3%
- #59 Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game
68% matchVery Positive82% of 553 reviews2021
Dev: Squidpunch StudiosPub: Vincent Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Build stunning Arcade Centre’s, purchase a range of arcades machines, manage troublesome staff in this colourful and humorous simulation management game. Inspired by Two Point Hospital, Let's Build A Zoo and Megaquarium.
Why similar: Economy 19%, City Builder 17.4%, Management 17.1%, Building 10.6%, Base Building 10.2%
- #60 Espresso Tycoon
65% matchVery Positive84% of 1,311 reviews2023
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.8 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 30.5%, Building 20.6%, Sandbox 11.6%, Character Customization 11.4%, Simulation 10.9%