- #1 F1® Manager 2024
97% matchVery Positive82% of 6,233 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 35.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lead your team to glory in F1® Manager 2024. A new Formula 1® season has arrived, and with it, the most comprehensive F1® management experience to date. Build a legacy with one of 10 official F1® constructors or create your own team for the very first time.
Why similar: Racing 27.6%, Management 24%, Automobile Sim 17.8%, Sports 14.3%, Simulation 8%
Why You'll Like It: This is the most direct modern successor to the Motorsport Manager experience, offering official licensing and deep race-day tactical control.
- #2 Golden Lap
96% matchVery Positive86% of 657 reviews2024
Dev: Funselektor Labs Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Step into the polished shoes of a racing team manager in the heart-stirring Golden Era of motorsport where every decision can lead to glory or gravel. With sleek minimalist charm and deep strategic gameplay, Golden Lap offers a unique experience in the motorsport management genre.
Why similar: Racing 28.8%, Management 28%, Automobile Sim 18.1%, Sports 9.9%, Simulation 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the retro charm and strategic intensity of managing a racing team in a stylized, accessible format.
- #3 Open Wheel Manager 2
96% matchVery Positive76% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: Paprikash GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
The ultimate racing management sim - Strategize, customize, refine to create your racing edge. Hire, research, win sponsors and attract the best drivers all while managing every aspect of your 90’s race team.
Why similar: Racing 34%, Management 29.1%, Sports 18.9%, Strategy 6.4%, Simulation 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated open-wheel racing management sim that focuses heavily on the technical and strategic aspects of team leadership.
- #4 GearCity
94% matchVery Positive90% of 1,472 reviews2022
Dev: Visual Entertainment And Technologies
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Do you find tycoon games too simplistic? GearCity is a complex and in-depth business simulator. It focuses on a realistic economic simulation of the global automobile industry. The game takes several hours to grasp and hundreds of hours to master. Can you succeed where many other CEOs have failed?
Why similar: Management 44.5%, Automobile Sim 21.4%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 11.3%, Racing 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A massive, complex simulation of the automotive industry that allows you to manage everything from car design to global sales.
- #5 Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game
93% 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 39.9%, Automobile Sim 20.2%, Racing 19.3%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides an incredibly detailed car-building engine that complements the engineering focus found in Motorsport Manager.
- #6 Pro Cycling Manager 2024
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 535 reviews2024
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Become a sports director, take part in the world's top cycling races and lead your riders to victory. Set race objectives, negotiate contracts, find new sponsors and build your team season after season.
Why similar: Sports 44.7%, Management 42.4%, Simulation 10.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%, Multiplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines deep team management with real-time tactical control during races, much like the race-day management in Motorsport Manager.
- #7 F1® Manager 2023
91% matchVery Positive80% of 3,186 reviews2023
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 43.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The intense world of Formula 1® comes alive for a new season in F1® Manager 2023. 23 races, six F1® Sprint events, new cars, new circuits including the Las Vegas Strip Circuit, new drivers, new challenges… Your legacy begins here.
Why similar: Management 21.9%, Racing 20.4%, Automobile Sim 19.4%, Sports 18.5%, Simulation 10%
Why You'll Like It: A previous iteration of the premier F1 management series that offers a polished and immersive team-leading experience.
- #8 Software Inc.
90% 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 63.5%, Simulation 19.1%, Strategy 12.5%, Economy 2.7%, Multiplayer 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A complex business management simulation that requires careful planning of office layouts, staff, and product development cycles.
- #9 Big Ambitions
89% 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 79.1%, Simulation 16.9%, Economy 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep dive into business management and logistics, requiring players to build an empire from the ground up.
- #10 Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2024
89% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2024 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite basketball team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents all the way to making each substitution to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Sports 53.1%, Simulation 24.2%, Strategy 21.2%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed sports management sim that emphasizes scouting, roster construction, and long-term team development.
- #11 Game Dev Tycoon
88% 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 68.1%, Simulation 20.4%, Strategy 9%, Singleplayer 1%, Economy 1%
Why You'll Like It: An accessible yet addictive management sim that focuses on the growth of a company through strategic product development.
- #12 Transport Fever 2
87% matchVery Positive91% of 31,208 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 65.7 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 56.8%, Simulation 22.8%, Strategy 17.2%, Economy 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on complex logistics and infrastructure management, appealing to those who enjoy optimizing systems and supply chains.
- #13 Automobilista 2
84% matchVery Positive92% of 14,761 reviews2020
Dev: Reiza Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Automobilista 2 is all the racing simulators you ever wanted - in just one. An incredibly diverse collection of cars and tracks cohesively simulated, featuring incredible graphics and audio quality, dynamic weather and track conditions and the best VR support for a racing experience like no other.
Why similar: Racing 48.5%, Sports 22.4%, Automobile Sim 14.9%, Simulation 12.7%, Multiplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed racing simulation that features a wide variety of vehicles and tracks for an authentic motorsport feel.
- #14 rFactor 2
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,031 reviews2015
Dev: Studio 397
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
rFactor 2 is a realistic, easily extendable racing simulation that offers race customization, great graphics, outstanding multiplayer and the height of racing realism. It features mixed class road racing with ultra realistic dynamics, an immersive sound environment and stunning graphics.
Why similar: Racing 44.8%, Automobile Sim 27.7%, Sports 14.8%, Simulation 11.4%, Multiplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: Known for its advanced tire and physics modeling, this is a must-play for fans of the technical side of racing.
- #15 Assetto Corsa Competizione
83% matchVery Positive93% of 44,808 reviews2019
Dev: Kunos SimulazioniPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 56.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Assetto Corsa Competizione, the official GT World Challenge videogame. Thanks to the extraordinary quality of simulation, you will experience the atmosphere of the GT3 championship. Compete against official drivers, teams, cars and official circuits reproduced to the highest quality ever seen.
Why similar: Racing 47.4%, Automobile Sim 29.2%, Sports 11.3%, Simulation 10.2%, Multiplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers the most realistic GT3 racing experience, ideal for players who want to see the results of their engineering efforts on track.
- #16 Railway Empire 2
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,521 reviews2023
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.
Why similar: Management 57.4%, Simulation 20.5%, Strategy 18%, Economy 2.3%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic management game that challenges you to build and maintain a massive transportation network across changing eras.
- #17 Two Point Hospital
81% 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 66%, Simulation 24.8%, Strategy 7.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%, Multiplayer 0.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a satisfying management loop where you must optimize staff and facilities to handle increasingly complex challenges.
- #18 Planet Coaster
80% 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 59.3%, Simulation 24.3%, Strategy 10.8%, Great Soundtrack 1.7%, Economy 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers deep management tools alongside creative building mechanics, perfect for players who enjoy detailed simulation.
- #19 Cities: Skylines
79% matchVery Positive93% of 286,936 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Why similar: Management 55.6%, Simulation 25.4%, Strategy 14.9%, Singleplayer 1.8%, Economy 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: A large-scale management simulation that requires balancing complex systems and long-term urban planning.
- #20 GT Manager
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 222 reviews2025
Dev: THE TINY DIGITAL FACTORY
Windows · Mac
Take charge as the ultimate racing manager, leading your GT racing team to victory. Build your team, improve your car, and deploy winning race strategies across 5 official GT leagues, including the pinnacle of endurance racing: the hypercar category! Are you ready to dominate the world of GT racing?
Why similar: Racing 27.9%, Management 21.6%, Automobile Sim 18.4%, Sports 15.5%, Simulation 8.6%
- #21 Revhead
78% matchVery Positive82% of 698 reviews2017
Dev: Creative Pudding Hungary Llc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Revhead is a car racing simulation game, where you have to build your own race car. You start your journey somewhere in a small village in Australia. You have to think as a real Revhead! You can buy or sell cars and components, fix and tweak your car to make it the fastest around.
Why similar: Racing 34.5%, Management 30.3%, Automobile Sim 24.5%, Simulation 10.3%, Action 0.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the mechanical side of racing, allowing players to build and tune their own cars for competition.
- #22 Football Manager 26
74% matchMostly Negative32% of 30,190 reviews2025
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 56.1 hrsMean: 110.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Sports 35.9%, Management 31%, Simulation 17.1%, Strategy 13.7%, Multiplayer 1.3%
- #23 Automobilista
76% matchVery Positive90% of 2,547 reviews2016
Dev: Reiza Studios
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 29.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
AUTOMOBILISTA places you in the driving seat of an advanced racing simulator, featuring elite brazilian racing series along with a wide range of racing vehicles and international tracks for a uniquely diverse motorsports experience.
Why similar: Racing 46.3%, Automobile Sim 27.1%, Sports 14.5%, Simulation 11.6%, Multiplayer 0.5%
- #24 F1® 24
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 18,873 reviews2024
Dev: CodemastersPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 16.7 hrsMean: 49.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Join the grid and Be One of the 20. Drive like the greatest in EA SPORTS™ F1® 24, the official video game of the 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship™.
Why similar: Racing 42.7%, Automobile Sim 23.3%, Sports 21.6%, Simulation 9.4%, Multiplayer 1.4%
- #25 F1® 25
70% matchVery Positive87% of 22,956 reviews2025
Dev: CodemastersPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 17.8 hrsMean: 42.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Leave your mark on the world of racing in F1® 25, the official video game of the 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship™, featuring a revamped My Team mode, the thrilling third chapter of Braking Point, and more!
Why similar: Racing 53.4%, Sports 22.4%, Automobile Sim 14%, Simulation 8.6%, Multiplayer 1%
- #26 Le Mans Ultimate
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 16,064 reviews2025
Dev: Studio 397
Windows
Median: 16.2 hrsMean: 59.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Le Mans is a continually evolving story... powered by emotion, speed and glory. Le Mans Ultimate - the official game of the FIA World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Why similar: Racing 56.4%, Automobile Sim 27%, Sports 8.2%, Simulation 6.5%, Multiplayer 1.2%
- #27 iRacing Arcade
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 846 reviews2026
Dev: Original Fire GamesPub: iRacing
Windows
Race across global licensed series and build your own racing team to secure your motorsport legacy in this third person arcade racer.
Why similar: Racing 51.5%, Management 21%, Automobile Sim 18.5%, Sports 7.8%, Multiplayer 0.6%
- #28 Pro Cycling Manager 2020
71% matchVery Positive87% of 947 reviews2020
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become the manager of a cycling team and take them to the top! You will need to manage finances and recruitment, plan your training, implement your strategy and, new for this edition, look after your cyclists and their morale!
Why similar: Management 34.6%, Sports 23.7%, Racing 16.3%, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 9.5%
- #29 rFactor
72% matchVery Positive92% of 874 reviews2015
Dev: Image Space Incorporated
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
rFactor is a realistic easily extendable racing simulation from Image Space Incorporated. It offers the latest in vehicle and race customization, great graphics, outstanding multiplayer, and the height of racing realism.
Why similar: Racing 50%, Sports 19.8%, Automobile Sim 15.9%, Simulation 13.6%, Multiplayer 0.7%
- #30 Car Mechanic Simulator 2018
70% matchVery Positive91% of 52,742 reviews2017
Dev: Red Dot GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build and expand your repair service empire in this incredibly detailed and highly realistic simulation game, where attention to car detail is astonishing. Find classic, unique cars in the new Barn Find module and Junkyard module. You can even add your self-made car in the Car Editor.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 40.4%, Racing 28%, Simulation 18.6%, Management 9.1%, Strategy 1.5%
- #31 art of rally
70% matchVery Positive92% of 6,174 reviews2020
Dev: Funselektor Labs Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Race in the golden era of rally. Drive iconic cars from the 60s to Group B on challenging stages through stylized environments inspired by real worldwide locations. Will you master the art of rally?
Why similar: Racing 46.5%, Automobile Sim 21.7%, Sports 20.4%, Simulation 7.2%, Difficult 2.1%
- #32 GPRO - Classic racing manager
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 205 reviews2023
Dev: GPRO OOD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 34.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Manage your racing team, driver and a car, prepare setups and strategy for every race, plan your season and budget, analyze race telemetry.
Why similar: Racing 38.4%, Management 30.1%, Sports 19.4%, Strategy 9.9%, Multiplayer 1.2%
- #33 Pro Cycling Manager 2023
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 634 reviews2023
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Manage a team of professional cyclists: control the budget, recruit young talent, train riders and devise race strategies. Jostle for position to reach the top of the world rankings!
Why similar: Sports 29.5%, Management 28.3%, Racing 17.7%, Simulation 16.2%, Strategy 5.7%
- #34 Assetto Corsa EVO
65% matchMixed59% of 19,007 reviews2025
Dev: KUNOS SimulazioniPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Assetto Corsa EVO redefines the realism and features of one of the most popular multiplatform driving simulations ever developed. Featuring cars and tracks from different classes spanning across years of motoring history.
Why similar: Racing 42%, Automobile Sim 23.9%, Sports 20.2%, Simulation 12.2%, Multiplayer 1.2%
- #35 Tennis Manager 2021
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 232 reviews2021
Dev: Rebound
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Do you have what it takes to become the greatest tennis manager? Enter your academy, manage your team, plan your training, schedule your tournaments, change your game plans and discover the new young guns. Take the reins, make the right decisions, become the very best!
Why similar: Management 40.9%, Sports 30.7%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 11.6%, Multiplayer 1.4%
- #36 Project Motor Racing
65% matchMostly Negative36% of 2,089 reviews2025
Dev: Straight4 StudiosPub: GIANTS Software
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
All the passion, beauty & intensity of pro motorsport merging the most iconic cars & circuits with a new benchmark in handling performance.
Why similar: Racing 41.3%, Automobile Sim 24.8%, Sports 21%, Simulation 11.1%, Multiplayer 1%