- #1 Mobiles Tycoon
96% matchVery Positive82% of 168 reviews2024
Dev: Insignis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mobiles Tycoon is a brand new game about creating your mobile devices: smartphones and tablets. In the game you have to manage your company and develop your devices (smartphones and tablets), operating systems and processors
Why similar: Management 29%, Capitalism 22.6%, Sandbox 21.7%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on the specific challenges of the smartphone industry and market competition.
- #2 Smartphone Tycoon
97% matchMixed53% of 1,658 reviews2019
Dev: Roastery Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
«Smartphone Tycoon» — unique business simulator. Create your own company for the production of smartphones! Your main goal will be to achieve worldwide recognition and take the company to the temple of fame of the global market.
Why similar: Management 45.9%, Simulation 24.8%, Strategy 21.1%, Indie 6.2%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the exact core premise of managing a mobile phone company from a small startup to a global leader.
- #3 PC Tycoon 2
96% 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: Management 23.6%, Sandbox 18%, Economy 18%, Capitalism 17.9%, Strategy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a very similar experience focused on hardware design, market trends, and managing production lines for tech products.
- #4 Mad Games Tycoon 2
95% matchVery Positive94% of 7,570 reviews2023
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start your own game development studio in 1976. Build your own offices, production facilities and server rooms. Develop the games of your dreams and produce the next next-gen console. Rise from a small garage company to a huge corporation.
Why similar: Management 20.5%, Economy 10.3%, City Builder 10.2%, Building 9.3%, Trading 9.1% ★
Why You'll Like It: This game features a highly polished management loop that mirrors the progression and research systems found in smartphone manufacturing sims.
- #5 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 38.1%, Economy 14.4%, Simulation 12.3%, Building 7.9%, Strategy 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the lifecycle of a tech startup, requiring you to manage product development and server infrastructure to succeed.
- #6 Computer Tycoon
94% 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: Management 18.9%, Capitalism 13.7%, Trading 13.7% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Economy 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the evolution of hardware technology and the strategic decisions required to dominate the global computer market.
- #7 Game Dev Tycoon
93% 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 50.7%, Simulation 17.8%, Economy 9.5%, Strategy 8.2%, Sandbox 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: The classic industry management game that defines the product development loop found in Mad Smartphone Tycoon.
- #8 Software Inc.
92% matchVery Positive94% of 7,637 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 45.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
Why similar: Management 23.2%, Building 15.8%, Capitalism 15.5%, Economy 12.8%, Sandbox 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep simulation of running a tech company, including product development, office building, and team management.
- #9 Good Company
91% 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: Management 17.9%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11.1%, Economy 10.4%, City Builder 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines logistics and manufacturing management, challenging you to optimize production chains for high-tech gadgets.
- #10 Mad Games Tycoon
91% 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 22.8%, Building 10.3%, Economy 8.8%, Capitalism 8.6%, Trading 8.5% ★
Why You'll Like It: The original title in the series that established the management mechanics and UI style seen in many modern tycoon games.
- #11 Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game
90% matchVery Positive94% of 16,959 reviews2015
Dev: Camshaft Software Ltd
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 53.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Make your dream cars a reality with Automation’s unparalleled car and engine design tools. Gain a competitive edge through smart engineering and business decisions to help you build an automotive empire. Will you become an industry leader, or just a footnote in automotive history?
Why similar: Management 28.7%, Building 17.3%, Sandbox 13.2%, Simulation 11.1%, Crafting 9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep design and manufacturing suite that appeals to players who enjoy the crafting aspects of phone building.
- #12 Game Builder Tycoon
88% 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: Management 23.5%, Capitalism 16.1%, Economy 14.1%, Sandbox 11.5%, Simulation 10%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the development and marketing of software products, sharing a similar progression structure to hardware sims.
- #13 Business Magnate
89% matchMixed67% of 216 reviews2019
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Business Magnate is a tycoon business simulation game where you can create all types of businesses: Cars, rockets, phones, tanks, trucks, airplanes, computers, and ships. Design, produce, market and sell them. You can even run multiple companies at the same time.
Why similar: Management 27.5%, Economy 14.8%, Simulation 12.9%, Building 11.7%, Strategy 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a broad business management experience that allows for the creation and expansion of various types of companies.
- #14 Smart Factory Tycoon
89% matchMixed61% of 822 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Smart Factory Tycoon inspired by Little Big Workshop is a tycoon management game about running your dream factory with robots. Design your dream factory, plan all steps of production, research new technologies and become a tycoon!
Why similar: Management 19%, City Builder 12.6%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 10.9%, Base Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the industrial side of management, focusing on base-building and resource optimization for production.
- #15 Super Movie Tycoon
86% 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: Management 14.5%, City Builder 10.6%, Building 9.5%, Capitalism 9.4%, Trading 9.3% ★
Why You'll Like It: While the industry is different, the core management and production-scheduling mechanics are very similar to hardware tycoon games.
- #16 E-Startup 2 : Business Tycoon
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Polytale Games
Windows
Manage your product company ! Design concept and sell product on the market ! Dodge bankruptcy and rise to the top by making the best concept, the best pricing strategy and applying the best management ! Beat all those damn competitors !
Why similar: Management 19%, Capitalism 13.7%, Sandbox 12.9%, Trading 12.1% ★, Economy 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A modern business simulation that focuses on the competitive landscape of the digital economy and startup growth.
- #17 Tech Corp.
87% matchMostly Negative33% of 261 reviews2019
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.Pub: 2tainment GmbH
Windows
Tech Corp. is a game where you try to become the biggest tech company in the world . Your goal is to become the next big shot in the tech industry. The game also takes place through history. Starting in the early 90's and going to present time.
Why similar: Management 30.4%, Simulation 16.2%, Strategy 14.7%, Economy 12.8%, Crafting 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A management simulation that tasks you with building a tech empire through research, development, and strategic market expansion.
- #18 Smartphone Tycoon - Lite
85% matchMixed49% of 59 reviews2020
Dev: Roastery Games
Windows
«Smartphone Tycoon - Lite» — unique business simulator. Create your own company for the production of smartphones! Your main goal will be to achieve worldwide recognition and take the company to the temple of fame of the global market.
Why similar: Simulation 37.7%, Strategy 35.5%, Management 14.1%, Indie 11.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A streamlined version of the smartphone management experience, perfect for those who want a more casual approach.
- #19 Startup Freak
84% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: PulPul Games
Windows
In Startup Freak you take the role of a budding entrepreneur, and grow your very own software startup from humble beginnings to a multi-million dollar company. Along the way you will have to overcome countless challenges. But the ultimate question you must answer: are you a Startup Freak?
Why similar: Management 28.6%, Simulation 17.8%, Strategy 16%, Building 11.2%, Economy 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the frantic pace of managing a small tech team and the challenges of bringing a product to market.
- #20 Tech Market Simulator
82% matchMixed66% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Clap GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Build and manage your own tech store! Sell products like keyboards, mice, and gaming chairs. Hire employees, grow your shop, and make it the best place for gamers to shop. Can you become the top tech store?
Why similar: Management 23.9%, Building 19.3%, Economy 17.4%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Simulation 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the retail and market aspects of selling tech products, providing a different perspective on the industry.
- #21 Mall Craze
83% matchMixed54% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Milan Timčenko
Windows
Build, Customize & Manage your own shopping center! Choose from modern gaming hardware store to cozy flower shop. Hire skilled cashiers, secure financing through bank loans, and launch strategic advertising campaigns to make your mall thrive!
Why similar: Management 17%, Building 13.3%, Capitalism 11.8%, City Builder 10.5%, Sandbox 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and management, providing a satisfying sandbox experience for those who enjoy the construction aspect of tycoon games.
- #22 Industry Giant 4.0
82% matchMostly Negative37% of 545 reviews2025
Dev: Don VS DodoPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Build an industrial empire from scratch in Industry Giant 4.0. Produce goods, build up your industries, construct transportation networks, plan production, manage finances, and navigate global events. Become the next business tycoon and write history!
Why similar: Management 17.8%, City Builder 11.8%, Building 10%, Modern 9.6%, Trading 9.1% ★
Why You'll Like It: A comprehensive management game that covers the entire supply chain from raw materials to final product sales.
- #23 Hardware Tycoon
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NordCode
Windows
From 1986 to the present day, design and engineer the world's most advanced CPUs and GPUs. Manage your company's finances, research groundbreaking technologies, and build your office to become the ultimate hardware tycoon.
Why similar: Management 16.7%, Capitalism 13.4%, Building 11.8%, Economy 11.2%, Simulation 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Directly focuses on the hardware industry, requiring players to navigate technological advancements and consumer demand.
- #24 Big Ambitions
79% matchVery Positive93% of 12,519 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
Why similar: Management 33.2%, Capitalism 15.5%, Economy 15.3%, Sandbox 9%, Simulation 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive business simulator that allows you to manage multiple types of companies in a realistic city environment.
- #25 SimCasino
81% 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: Management 15.3%, City Builder 13.7%, Building 12.1%, Capitalism 11.3%, Sandbox 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep building and management tools that allow for complex facility design and operational control.
- #26 Mall Simulator
77% 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: Management 17.3%, Capitalism 11.2%, Trading 10.1% ★, Economy 9.6%, Building 9.6%
- #27 Rise of Industry
81% 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: Management 21.5%, City Builder 13.7%, Economy 11.3%, Trading 8.3% ★, Strategy 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A complex production chain simulator that challenges players to manage supply and demand across a growing industrial empire.
- #28 Inn Tycoon
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 779 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 27.7 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 22%, Building 14.7%, Capitalism 11.9%, Sandbox 11.2%, Economy 9.9%
- #29 Music Store Simulator
80% matchMixed56% of 196 reviews2023
Dev: Crystalia GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
With Music Store Simulator you can lead a musical instruments manufacturing company. Create, sell, earn and reinvest improving and developing your business. Expand your Brand and climb to success in order to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments!
Why similar: Management 24.6%, Simulation 16%, Economy 13.1%, Crafting 12.6%, Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features 3D management and crafting mechanics that mirror the product-focused gameplay of smartphone manufacturing.
- #30 Hotel Magnate
78% 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 17.7%, Building 12.5%, City Builder 11.9%, Sandbox 10.7%, Economy 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A detailed management game that emphasizes building and guest satisfaction, sharing the 'tycoon' DNA of the seed game.
- #31 Entertainment Simulator
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 164 reviews2026
Dev: Grizzbera StudioPub: INDIECN
Windows
"Entertainment Simulator" is a new era TV station simulation game with a powerful data simulation system and many innovative gameplay. You have to compete with TV stations and new media, and finally, through unremitting efforts, build your own media empire.
Why similar: Management 17.3%, Building 12.4%, City Builder 11.2%, Modern 10.5%, Trading 8.7% ★
- #32 Highrise Mogul
79% matchMixed51% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Olli Arkko
Windows
Highrise Mogul: design, build and manage your own skyscraper. Make floor plans, place rentable rooms, hire staff, design a beautiful garden, manage your own power grid and much more!
Why similar: City Builder 17.1%, Management 16.1%, Building 15.1%, Capitalism 13%, Economy 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the building and economic management aspects of creating a successful business empire.
- #33 Megastore Simulator
74% matchVery Positive93% of 685 reviews2026
Dev: Yolo Games Studio
Windows · Linux
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 run Bakery, Clothing, Electronics, Sports, Music, Toy & Grocery departments.
Why similar: Management 19.1%, Economy 10%, Trading 9.5% ★, Crafting 9.3%, Building 9.2%
- #34 Mad Tower Tycoon
77% 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: Management 15.7%, City Builder 11.8%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 9.4%, Economy 8.4%
- #35 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: Management 17.7%, City Builder 14.2%, Building 13%, Sandbox 11.2%, Capitalism 10.9%
- #36 PC Building Simulator
73% matchVery Positive94% of 52,392 reviews2019
Dev: Claudiu KissPub: The Irregular Corporation
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build and grow your very own computer repair enterprise as you learn to diagnose, fix and build PCs. With real-world licensed components and comprehensive hardware and software simulation, you can plan and bring your ultimate PC to life.
Why similar: Management 19.5%, Building 17.5%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Simulation 14.4%, Sandbox 11.9%
- #37 Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator
74% matchVery Positive84% of 318 reviews2022
Dev: Bigosaur
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build rigs to mine Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrency. Trade on the market to grow wealth. Expand your business into new offices. Hire skilled employees and assign tasks. Use cash from your mega farms to research new technologies and reach the goal of each scenario.
Why similar: Management 29.9%, Simulation 17%, Economy 14.2%, Building 14.1%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #38 Supermarket & Internet Cafe Simulator
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 899 reviews2024
Dev: SmartPlayGames
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"Internet Cafe & Supermarket Simulator 2024" is a comprehensive simulation game that combines the management of both an internet cafe and a supermarket. Step into the role of a shop owner, apply your business acumen, and expand your empire step by step.
Why similar: Management 24.1%, Building 18.8%, Modern 12.3%, Economy 11.8%, Simulation 11.2%
- #39 Blockchain Tycoon
76% matchMixed48% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Wamill
Windows · Mac
Blockchain Tycoon is the cryptocurrency simulation game where you build and manage your own mining operation. Create your own coin, mine it, invest in other coins, upgrade and overclock GPUs or you can just HODL.
Why similar: Management 18.4%, Trading 12% ★, Economy 11.3%, Sandbox 9.7%, Capitalism 9.3%
- #40 Pocket City 2
70% matchVery Positive94% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Codebrew Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A city-building game with a unique twist—step inside and experience your city firsthand! Plan roads, zones, and infrastructure while growing your economy, managing resources, and unlocking special buildings. Host events, build mega projects, and watch your city thrive in a dynamic world.
Why similar: City Builder 18.8%, Sandbox 14.1%, Economy 11.5%, Capitalism 9.8%, Strategy 8.9%
- #41 King of Retail
71% 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: Management 16.1%, Building 11.7%, Capitalism 11.3%, Trading 11.1% ★, Sandbox 10.3%
- #42 Market Tycoon
75% matchMixed55% of 405 reviews2017
Dev: Protection GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Market Tycoon is a Tycoon game where you Grow your Market from a small Mini Market all the way up to a Hyper Market. Manage, create, and customize your market from wall paint to placing cashiers, shelves, and fridges.
Why similar: Management 35%, Simulation 16.2%, Strategy 13.3%, Building 12.6%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #43 Festival Tycoon 🎪
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 226 reviews2022
Dev: Johannes GäblerPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
A micro-management sim about music festivals! Design the perfect festival grounds in ‘create’ mode, then manage the event itself in ‘live’ mode! Book bands, sign deals, plant flowers, fix toilets, and grow your show into a global phenomenon.
Why similar: Management 15.3%, City Builder 12.8%, Building 12.7%, Capitalism 11.3%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #44 Music Store Simulator Prologue
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 360 reviews2023
Dev: Crystalia GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
With Music Store Simulator Prologue you can lead a musical instruments manufacturing company. Create, sell, earn and reinvest improving and developing your business. Expand your Brand and climb to success in order to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments!
Why similar: Sandbox 14.5%, Management 13.8%, Building 13.1%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Simulation 9.9%
- #45 Shopping Tycoon
75% matchMixed45% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: DreamsSoftGames
Windows
Shopping Tycoon is a game in which your main objective is to design, build and manage a big shopping mall. Become a successful entrepreneur by satisfying your customers’ needs as you have fun constructing your own business.
Why similar: Management 23.1%, Building 18.3%, Simulation 14.9%, Strategy 12%, Economy 10.9%
- #46 ShoppingMall: Manager Simulator
71% matchMixed45% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: GeekonPub: Midnight Games
Windows
Build your dream shopping empire from the ground up! Design, decorate, and attract top tenants. Keep customers thrilled, maximize profits, and dominate the industry. Can you become the ultimate shopping center tycoon? Start now and watch your empire thrive!
Why similar: Management 28.6%, Trading 21.4% ★, Capitalism 13.7%, Simulation 12.1%, Building 11%
- #47 Sim Companies
70% 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: Management 17.1%, Capitalism 13.5%, Building 11.8%, Trading 11.5% ★, Economy 11.4%
- #48 E-Startup
73% matchMixed48% of 168 reviews2018
Dev: Polytale Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
E-Startup is a sandbox business simulation game in a low-poly universe. Build, buy resources to create products and complete contracts, invest in the stock market to become rich and popular!
Why similar: Management 19.4%, Capitalism 14.4%, Sandbox 13.6%, Trading 13.1% ★, Economy 10.9%
- #49 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
69% 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: Management 25.3%, Capitalism 17.4%, Economy 14.4%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Simulation 9.2%
- #50 Hotel Owner Simulator
68% matchMixed67% of 168 reviews2025
Dev: Valmere Games Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Hotel Owner Simulator is a hotel management game where you start from a small hotel and grow your business by creating beautifully designed rooms, adjusting room sizes and layouts by placing each individual wall, negotiating high prices, and expanding your empire. Lets build, and manage the resort.
Why similar: Management 19.3%, Building 12.9%, Capitalism 12.1%, Sandbox 11.4%, Economy 10.8%
- #51 SimAirport
69% 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: Management 19.2%, City Builder 15.5%, Building 13.7%, Sandbox 11.3%, Economy 11%
- #52 Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Aquila ChengduPub: Aquila Interactive
Windows
Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon is a simulation game where you take on the role of a shipping entrepreneur. Carefully plan shipping routes, balance supply and demand across ports, and maximize profits to fuel your expansion. Build a worldwide network and rise as the definitive global magnate.
Why similar: Management 23.5%, Capitalism 17%, Trading 9% ★, Modern 8.9%, Economy 8.6%
- #53 Dungeon Tycoon
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,751 reviews2024
Dev: Lunheim StudiosPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?
Why similar: Management 23.9%, City Builder 15.7%, Building 13.6%, Economy 12.7%, Sandbox 12.7%
- #54 Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 323 reviews2019
Dev: Jarrod Brown
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Design, build and manage a recreation center! Host fitness classes, build swimming pools, arcade & entertainment areas, build event rooms to host parties & much more. With endless customisation, Rec Center Tycoon goes much more in-depth than your average business management simulator.
Why similar: Management 16.3%, Building 12.2%, City Builder 11.4%, Sandbox 10.3%, Capitalism 9.8%
- #55 Little Big Workshop
68% 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 21.3%, Simulation 14.5%, Building 13.6%, Strategy 11.9%, Economy 8.5%
- #56 Espresso Tycoon
66% matchVery Positive85% of 1,249 reviews2023
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Espresso Tycoon - a coffee shop simulator. Create your brand, decorate the coffee shop, manage your employees, and take care of your customers. Use the 3D coffee editor to create coffee recipes, order supplies, and collect rating points. Build the whole coffee business and complete all the missions!
Why similar: Management 25.7%, Building 19.9%, Sandbox 11.7%, Simulation 10.1%, Immersive Sim 9.1%
- #57 Laptop Tycoon
68% 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: Management 21.7%, Sandbox 16.8%, Simulation 13.4%, Modern 12.6%, Strategy 12.2%
- #58 Esports Life Tycoon
69% 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: Management 26.1%, Sandbox 15.1%, Building 15.1%, Economy 12.9%, Simulation 9.7%
- #59 Waterpark Simulator
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,416 reviews2025
Dev: CayPlay
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Build and run your own waterpark. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!
Why similar: Management 17.1%, Building 11.4%, Immersive Sim 11%, Capitalism 11%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #60 Potion Tycoon
65% matchMostly Positive72% of 712 reviews2024
Dev: Snowhound GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Potion Tycoon is a management simulator with a witchy twist! Build and develop your very own magic shop. Manage resources, set up production lines, mix potions and sell them smartly to stay ahead of the competition. Welcome to the potion business!
Why similar: Management 23.1%, Building 14.4%, Sandbox 12.6%, Capitalism 11.5%, Economy 10.1%