Games Like Mad Valley

Simulator of an 80s Japanese stock market businessman. Chill, catch a retro vibe and watch your profits grow in the text-based game STONKS-9800.

Why similar: Economy 23.8%, 1980s 19.8%, Life Sim 17.4%, Capitalism 12.7%, Time Management 9.8%

A single betrayal shattered your father’s business empire, leaving behind five public companies. Years later, you return from the bottom of the market, building capital through long-term investment. Your ultimate goal is simple: buy out and take full control of all five companies.

Why similar: Capitalism 27.1%, Economy 23.8%, Life Sim 19.1%, Time Management 11.8%, Simulation 7.1%

Step back to the era of dial-up and WinGoals SP. As a black-hat developer, manage the delicate balance of detection probability versus payout potential. Will you build a silent botnet for profit or a worm designed to destroy? Avoid the feds and conquer the web in this nostalgic management sim.

Why similar: Programming 28.7% ★, Capitalism 18.5%, Economy 16.9%, Time Management 11.8%, Crafting 10%

Start in 1980 in your garage and build your software empire. Unlock languages from BASIC to Python, develop projects, hire programmers and upgrade your office. Survive deadlines, bugs and demanding clients in this tycoon simulation.

Why similar: Programming 26.7% ★, Economy 17.8%, 1980s 16.9%, Time Management 13.8%, Crafting 11.1%

Juggle ridiculous office tasks, avoid sanity-sapping distractions, and beat the clock before corporate burnout takes hold. It’s you vs. the workday—and the copier is winning.

Why similar: Capitalism 22.6%, Economy 20.6%, Life Sim 16.8%, Time Management 15%, America 6.8% ★

Build your fake tech empire on lies, buzzwords, and vaporware! Scam investors, deceive customers, and become Silicon Valley’s most infamous fraudster. Forget real innovation HYPE is everything!

Why similar: Life Sim 27.2%, Economy 19.9%, Time Management 18.9%, Simulation 15.8%, Crafting 9.8%

Start from scratch, learn the market, and build your fortune in this accessible stock market tycoon game. Buy, sell, and diversify your way to wealth!

Why similar: Life Sim 22.8%, America 21.2% ★, Capitalism 15.7%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 12.7%

In the context of the first Internet wave sweeping the world, can the player play the role of an entrepreneur who has failed many times but never gives up, and become the world's number one Internet company in this great era?

Why similar: Capitalism 30%, Life Sim 20%, Time Management 17.1%, Economy 16.9%, Strategy 7.8%

Wall Street Raider offers the deepest stock market simulations in gaming history. Control publicly traded corporations, futures, options, and even crypto. Whether you want to make billions in equities, short-sell overvalued stocks, or hedge risk using derivatives, the market is yours to conquer!

Why similar: Capitalism 30.8%, Economy 28.3%, 1980s 18.6%, Simulation 9%, Strategy 8.3%

Play, learn, and experiment with programming in the Sprite32! 8-bit microcomputer sandbox. Use the high-level FREMScript programming language to write programs, create dynamic pixel art, and explore audio generation. Play tutorials and challenges to learn all the aspects of the system.

Why similar: Programming 55.3% ★, 1980s 25.6%, Simulation 11%, Retro 4.7%, 2D 1.9%

Thrilling business tycoon sim where you step into the shoes of a drug dealer in 1980s USA. Your main goal is simple: BUY LOW and SELL HIGH. Get ready for a experience where you'll combine strategy, risk-taking, and decision-making to build your criminal empire.

Why similar: Economy 22.1%, Life Sim 20.3%, Capitalism 18.8%, 1980s 13.1%, Time Management 11.1%

Choose the right products, make your own donuts, work as a cashier, hire cashiers, handle deliveries and make your small shop a big success by keeping your customers happy!

Why similar: Life Sim 30.3%, Capitalism 28.7%, Economy 24.8%, Simulation 14.2%, Indie 1.8%

Ever dreamed of creating a genre-defining masterpiece? Star of Games is a next-gen simulation management game centered on game dev. You'll act as an aspiring developer, starting from a humble garage startup and embarking on a glorious journey—from recreating classics to forging your own legends.

Why similar: Programming 21% ★, Economy 16.8%, Life Sim 15.4%, Simulation 11.7%, Capitalism 10.5%

Step into "Devices Company Tycoon Inc"! Lead your tech company to greatness by creating innovative devices like smartphones, laptops, and more. Customize every detail, hire top talent, and expand globally. Host product launches, study market trends, and outshine competitors. Enjoy the game!

Why similar: Programming 29% ★, Capitalism 17.4%, Economy 16.4%, Strategy 15.2%, Simulation 15.1%

Master your destiny in a high-fidelity life & business simulator. Manage health, climb your career, create companies, and diversify in real estate & stocks. No 3D distractions—just you and your strategy. From the park bench to a global monopoly.

Why similar: Life Sim 23.7%, Economy 22.9%, Capitalism 15.8%, Time Management 13.9%, Simulation 10.6%

Build your empire from a basement. Trade stocks, run companies, date, raise kids, dodge the SEC, and retire a legend — or go broke trying.

Why similar: Life Sim 23%, Capitalism 22.7%, Economy 19.2%, Time Management 10.2%, Simulation 9.8%

Manage your own hosting company! Set up your servers, upgrade your infrastructure, create hosting packages, and serve your customers. Play solo or with friends in co-op, and turn your company from a small business into a large data center.

Why similar: Programming 27.3% ★, Economy 25.4%, Capitalism 23.2%, Simulation 12.6%, Life Sim 10.2%

CryptoRIG is a semi-idle server management game focussed on cryptocurrency mining and trading.

Why similar: Programming 30.3% ★, Capitalism 21.7%, Economy 19.5%, Time Management 14.6%, Strategy 4.9%

A money-focused life simulator. Create characters with allergies and addictions. Manage their lives through financial booms and busts. Advance their careers, start a small business, invest in real estate and stocks - or roleplay a penniless hobo.

Why similar: Capitalism 24.7%, Economy 22.2%, Life Sim 19%, Time Management 14.2%, Simulation 7.8%

OIL TOWN is a rags-to-riches life-sim where you work to earn enough money to buy a special piece of land. By scooping and hauling oil, while discovering your hidden Witch Power.

Why similar: Life Sim 22.3%, Economy 19.2%, Capitalism 19.2%, Time Management 15.1%, Crafting 11.5%

Forge Your Dream Games, Build a Legendary Studio! Unearth and cultivate talented employees, leading your team through countless critical decisions as you rise from obscurity to claim the coveted Game of the Year award. This is your path to becoming a legend. Are you ready to write your own chapter?

Why similar: Programming 26.7% ★, Economy 17.6%, Capitalism 17.3%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 12%

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: Programming 31.2% ★, Capitalism 20.1%, Economy 20%, Life Sim 12.8%, Simulation 6.3%

Strip Club Simulator puts you in the owner's chair of the nightlife scene in this comprehensive business simulation. Starting with a small venue, you'll use smart decisions and strategies to transform your club into the city's most popular strip club.

Why similar: Economy 24.2%, Capitalism 23.8%, Time Management 20.5%, Life Sim 15.2%, Strategy 8.8%

Build your financial empire in Trading Simulator by strategically investing in businesses, navigating a dynamic market, and using realistic trading mechanics. Are you ready to turn your financial dreams into reality?

Why similar: Capitalism 36%, Economy 29.3%, Life Sim 21.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Choices Matter 3%

Embark on a medieval odyssey in Barter & Blades! As a budding adventurer, trade goods, shape your reputation, and amass wealth. Engage in dynamic trading, epic quests, and unforeseen events. Are you ready to thrive in the realm?

Why similar: Capitalism 32%, Economy 28.2%, Crafting 10.3%, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 9.6%

A shopkeeping game set in an Arabian Nights–inspired city. Sell goods, haggle with customers, unlock new districts, and climb your way to the rank of Royal Merchant.

Why similar: Capitalism 26.9%, Economy 23.6%, Time Management 19.9%, Life Sim 15.3%, Simulation 7.5%

Manage chaos, people, and impossible expectations in a satirical corporate world. Turn stress into progress, survive absurd workflows, and keep your sanity intact. How much can you handle before everything falls apart?

Why similar: Capitalism 18.3%, Life Sim 17.5%, Economy 16.7%, 1980s 16.3%, Time Management 12.1%

Dead broke in a dump, heavy mob debts, and a sick mother in the hospital. Hustle your way out. Flip wholesale goods online, day-trade crypto, build mining rigs, or dive deep into the dark web. A first-person hustle simulator where every dollar is your ticket out—or your death sentence.

Why similar: Economy 30.6%, Capitalism 21.9%, Life Sim 21.1%, Simulation 14.2%, Time Management 9.3%

Ad Agency Tycoon is an Advertising Agency simulator set in the 60's. Choose the perfect combination for your propagandas, develop your company and conquer the golden age of publicity! Your advertising will come to life and face the tough market and the most feared of all: the public.

Why similar: Economy 24.7%, Capitalism 23.8%, 1980s 19.5%, Time Management 18.4%, Simulation 8.5%

In MiniTransport, players need to think about how to use wiring to build a complete industrial chain to achieve the goal of producing the final product.

Why similar: Programming 36.5% ★, Economy 26.9%, Life Sim 18.3%, Simulation 11.6%, Indie 4%

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 40.2% ★, Economy 20.8%, Time Management 13.7%, Simulation 6.7%, Strategy 6.3%

Project Khatanga 1989 is a retro economic simulation game about buying, storing, tracking, and selling goods across volatile international markets. Manage limited storage, compare currencies, watch shifting prices, and decide when to hold or sell.

Why similar: Capitalism 37.5%, Economy 30.5%, Crafting 16.3%, Simulation 10.7%, 2D 3%

Own it. Run it. Rule it. Build one quiet café into the biggest, brightest, loudest retro arcade empire in the city. Stock the cabinets, hire your crew, work the floor — and watch the cash roll in. Insert coin. Press Start. Be the legend!

Why similar: Life Sim 20.8%, 1980s 19.9%, Simulation 15.6%, Capitalism 13.1%, Time Management 13.1%

Cinema Simulator 2025 is a simulation game where you will manage your own movie theater and test your strategy and management skills. Starting from a small movie theater, try to become a giant in the movie industry.

Why similar: Capitalism 23.5%, Economy 22.4%, Life Sim 18.6%, Time Management 15.2%, Crafting 8.1%

Storage Finder is a trade and strategy-focused simulation game where you try to make a profit by bargaining and selling items. We buy and sell items found in the city or retrieved from storage units won at auctions — with every deal, some of us make money, while some of us lose.

Why similar: Economy 34.4%, Life Sim 25.3%, Time Management 20.7%, Simulation 17.5%, Indie 2%

In Arcana Automata, you program drones using Python to harvest a mystical resource, unlock upgrades, and encounter German mythical creatures. Perfect for curious minds who love to learn through play.

Why similar: Programming 53.8% ★, Economy 21.2%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 11.4%, Indie 1.3%

Build a retail empire across dozens of locations with hundreds of employees. Design every inch of your stores with a deep building tool, then fine-tune pricing, staffing, and product mix to stay profitable. Scale up, customize everything, and manage the details that make or break your bottom line.

Why similar: Capitalism 27.4%, Economy 25.5%, Life Sim 18.2%, Time Management 15.4%, Simulation 7.5%

Inspired by the economy simulation games oft the mid 90s, Undertaker's let's you manage your very own funeral home.

Why similar: Capitalism 26.7%, Economy 23.1%, Simulation 20.7%, Strategy 19.5%, Indie 7.1%

Streaming Platform Manager is a tycoon game, where you can build your own streaming empire.

Why similar: Capitalism 26.9%, Life Sim 25.9%, Economy 20.3%, Simulation 11%, Strategy 10.3%

Start in 1984 with a small game studio. Create hit games, build consoles, grow a business empire, acquire companies, invest in stocks, own football clubs and other ventures, then enter politics, fight elections, and lead a nation. One save. One journey from developer to mogul to Prime Minister.

Why similar: Capitalism 28.7%, Economy 25.4%, 1980s 19.9%, Time Management 14.3%, Simulation 8.9%

Life & Debt: A Real Life Simulator is a 2D pixel art game that challenges players to manage their finances and maintain their cashflow while navigating the challenges of new home ownership. Players must also overcome a shopping addiction and make decisions about how to furnish their home.

Why similar: Life Sim 38.2%, Economy 18%, Simulation 17.7%, Strategy 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%

Manage your stocks, organize your resources, cook snacks and make friendships.

Why similar: Life Sim 29.2%, Capitalism 23.6%, Economy 19.1%, Simulation 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%

Step into the bustling world of Middle Eastern bazaars as a chai vendor in this fast-paced, cozy time management game. Serve tea, master recipes, upgrade your stall, and keep customers happy in a charming cultural experience.

Why similar: Economy 25.2%, Life Sim 19.6%, Time Management 17.7%, Crafting 15%, Strategy 6.8%

Run your own retro game store through the changing eras of gaming. Check the store reports, follow demand, stock the right products, set prices, and grow your shop into a thriving business.

Why similar: Capitalism 28%, Economy 25.7%, Life Sim 19.4%, 1980s 15.6%, Simulation 4.7%

Create and control the business empire of your dreams. This in-depth strategy game covers almost every aspect of business that could be encountered in the real world.

Why similar: Economy 41.4%, Capitalism 35.1%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 9.8%, Indie 1.9%

AutoMaker is an automotive business simulator. Start at the dawn of the automotive history, build your factory, research technologies and design cars as you progress through the ages to the current era and beyond.

Why similar: Economy 29.9%, Capitalism 21.3%, Simulation 13.8%, Strategy 12.3%, Crafting 8.3%

This game will make you rich! Learn the basics of investment and life management. Your goal is to make your dream come true. You can make a career, buy real estate, run business, trade stocks, become a blogger, or make a fortune on an art market. Study, network, and plan your time for all of it.

Why similar: Economy 22.8%, Capitalism 22%, Life Sim 20.4%, Time Management 14.5%, Strategy 5.6%

Start with empty pockets and a pickpocket's nerve. Build a criminal empire one racket at a time in this atmospheric pixel-art idle game. Train your skills, run your crew, manage the heat - and when the law closes in, burn it all down and rise again, stronger.

Why similar: Capitalism 30.8%, Economy 25%, Life Sim 19.9%, Strategy 10%, Simulation 8.8%

Take Stock! is the ultimate wacky stock trading simulation strategy game! You take your time getting information about stocks in order to make the most profit buying and selling shares. Featuring a colorful monochromatic art style!

Why similar: Economy 30%, Capitalism 29.7%, Time Management 16.2%, Simulation 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%

Run six different stores, from a car wash to a hardware shop. Buy inventory, set your prices, and outsmart the daily market trends to maximize profit. Manage daily utility bills and taxes carefully—falling $100K behind means game over. Build your retail empire to Millions!

Why similar: Life Sim 20.7%, America 19.3% ★, Strategy 17.2%, Simulation 14.5%, Economy 13.1%

Solve puzzles by designing an AI for a team of selfless heroes. Test your algorithm, optimize it, and emerge victorious from the dungeon!

Why similar: Programming 48.8% ★, Simulation 18.2%, Strategy 17.6%, Indie 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%

Project: Centurion is a narrative-driven adventure puzzle game built around real-world Linux skills. Players must use actual Linux commands and systems knowledge to interact with the ship, parse logs, repair services, and uncover what happened to the crew—and whether escape is still possible.

Why similar: Programming 56.4% ★, 1980s 20%, Simulation 15.9%, Retro 5.8%, Indie 1.7%

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: Economy 32.6%, Capitalism 28.5%, Life Sim 20.4%, Time Management 9.8%, Simulation 8.6%

Run your own Video Game Store in 1984. Everyday until the end of 1989 gives you the opportunity to stock shelves, cycle your inventory, manage your prices, and analyze historical trends to make your game store profitable. Use era-relevant technology and systems to prove that gaming is not dead!

Why similar: 1980s 24.8%, Economy 24.3%, Life Sim 18.2%, Capitalism 15.1%, Simulation 8.2%

Diecast Car Shop Simulator, open your own diecast car shop. Fill the shelves with the latest diecast cars, set your own prices, hire and manage staff, meet customer demands, and grow your shop to become the leading seller in the industry.

Why similar: Economy 33.6%, Capitalism 21%, Simulation 18.1%, Life Sim 12.7%, Crafting 12.5%

Why did the beloved game shops of our childhood fade away? Live through 25 years of gaming history (1985–2010) as a shop owner in this management sim.

Why similar: 1980s 27.4%, Economy 18.5%, Life Sim 17.8%, Capitalism 15%, Simulation 12.3%

Three jobs. One life. Zero savings. A satirical British life sim, spiritual successor to Jones in the Fast Lane. Move your marble token around a city of 16 buildings. Take jobs, study, eat, save, and dodge the weekly Algorithm. See how far you can climb!

Why similar: Life Sim 27.4%, Economy 27.3%, Time Management 19.2%, Simulation 15.5%, Strategy 4.5%

Manage the most unpredictable resource - people - in this WASD tycoon! Plan projects, hire a dream team, assign tasks to specialists, and monitor the budget while upgrading your office. Balance between team burnout, complex contracts, and the wrath of upper management.

Why similar: Capitalism 31.6%, Economy 31.3%, Time Management 17.4%, Simulation 10.6%, Strategy 7.8%