- #1 F1® Manager 2024
97% matchVery Positive84% of 6,946 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 34.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 28.4%, Management 23.3%, Automobile Sim 18%, Sports 14.3%, Simulation 7.8%
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 720 reviews2024
Dev: Funselektor Labs Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 29.7%, Management 27.2%, Automobile Sim 18.1%, Sports 10%, Simulation 9.6%
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 Positive75% of 110 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 34.9%, Management 28.1%, Sports 19.2%, Strategy 6.2%, Simulation 6%
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 1,504 reviews2022
Dev: Visual Entertainment And Technologies
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 43.8%, Automobile Sim 21.9%, Simulation 13.5%, Strategy 11.2%, Racing 8%
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
94% matchVery Positive94% of 17,866 reviews2015
Dev: Camshaft Software Ltd
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 53.8 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 38.9%, Automobile Sim 21%, Racing 20%, Simulation 12.9%, Strategy 5.8%
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 Positive76% of 546 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 45.9%, Management 41.4%, Simulation 10.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%, 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 Software Inc.
90% 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: Management 63.7%, Simulation 18.9%, Strategy 12.4%, Economy 2.8%, 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.
- #8 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 54.1%, Simulation 23.6%, Strategy 20.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed sports management sim that emphasizes scouting, roster construction, and long-term team development.
- #9 Big Ambitions
88% 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 79%, Simulation 17%, Economy 2.9%, 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 Game Dev Tycoon
89% 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 68.1%, Simulation 20.4%, Strategy 9.1%, Economy 1%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: An accessible yet addictive management sim that focuses on the growth of a company through strategic product development.
- #11 rFactor 2
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,204 reviews2015
Dev: Studio 397
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 25.3 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 45.5%, Automobile Sim 27.5%, Sports 14.9%, Simulation 10.9%, 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.
- #12 Transport Fever 2
84% 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 56.9%, Simulation 22.6%, Strategy 17.3%, Economy 2%, 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 15,899 reviews2020
Dev: Reiza Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 36.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 49.1%, Sports 22.1%, Automobile Sim 14.8%, Simulation 12.2%, 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 Assetto Corsa Competizione
83% matchVery Positive93% of 47,939 reviews2019
Dev: Kunos SimulazioniPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 53.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 48.5%, Automobile Sim 28.7%, Sports 11.1%, Simulation 9.7%, 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.
- #15 Railway Empire 2
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,651 reviews2023
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 57.2%, Simulation 20.6%, Strategy 18.1%, Economy 2.4%, 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.
- #16 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 66%, Simulation 24.8%, Strategy 7.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%, Multiplayer 0.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a satisfying management loop where you must optimize staff and facilities to handle increasingly complex challenges.
- #17 Planet Coaster
80% matchVery Positive91% of 72,129 reviews2016
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 22.3 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 58.9%, Simulation 24.3%, Strategy 10.9%, Great Soundtrack 1.8%, Economy 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers deep management tools alongside creative building mechanics, perfect for players who enjoy detailed simulation.
- #18 Cities: Skylines
79% matchVery Positive93% of 291,638 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.9 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 55.4%, Simulation 25.4%, Strategy 14.9%, Economy 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: A large-scale management simulation that requires balancing complex systems and long-term urban planning.
- #19 Esports Manager 2026
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,791 reviews2026
Dev: Neurona GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build and lead your own professional esports organization. Scout players, manage contracts, develop talent, hire staff, grow your brand, and compete for championship titles in a deep and realistic management simulation.
Why similar: Management 51.8%, Simulation 15.9%, Sports 15.1%, Strategy 13.8%, Economy 2%
- #20 Le Mans Ultimate
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 19,730 reviews2025
Dev: Studio 397
Windows
Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 69.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Step into the world of endurance racing and race on the official game of the FIA World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans. Race the latest Hypercars, LMGT3, LMP2 and GTE machinery on laser-scanned circuits with dynamic weather, ranked online competition, asynchronous Co-op and VR.
Why similar: Racing 40.2%, Automobile Sim 26.1%, Sports 20.8%, Simulation 9.9%, Multiplayer 1.5%
- #21 GT Manager
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 262 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 28.6%, Management 21.1%, Automobile Sim 18.5%, Sports 15.7%, Simulation 8.3%
- #22 Team Principal: A Racing Manager
74% matchVery Positive94% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: Patrick H
Windows
A deep yet accessible motorsport management sandbox inspired by the 1990s games of this genre. Manage teams, drivers, finances, engines, and regulations in a fully customizable, ever-changing world where no two seasons play out the same.
Why similar: Racing 35.9%, Automobile Sim 21.5%, Simulation 17%, Management 15.8%, Strategy 9.3%
- #23 Revhead
78% matchVery Positive82% of 709 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 35.6%, Management 29.4%, Automobile Sim 24.6%, Simulation 10.1%, 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.
- #24 Automobilista
77% matchVery Positive89% of 2,597 reviews2016
Dev: Reiza Studios
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 47%, Automobile Sim 26.9%, Sports 14.5%, Simulation 11.1%, Multiplayer 0.5%
- #25 F1® 24
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 19,100 reviews2024
Dev: CodemastersPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 16.7 hrsMean: 49.4 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 43.3%, Automobile Sim 23.1%, Sports 21.8%, Simulation 9%, Multiplayer 1.4%
- #26 iRacing Arcade
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,206 reviews2026
Dev: Original Fire GamesPub: iRacing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 52.5%, Management 19.9%, Automobile Sim 18.6%, Sports 7.8%, Multiplayer 0.7%
- #27 Football Manager 26
69% matchMostly Negative35% of 35,447 reviews2025
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 56.5 hrsMean: 154.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Sports 36.7%, Management 30.6%, Simulation 16.6%, Strategy 13.9%, Multiplayer 1.3%
- #28 Assetto Corsa EVO
68% matchMixed59% of 21,010 reviews2025
Dev: KUNOS SimulazioniPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 42.6%, Automobile Sim 24.2%, Sports 19.9%, Simulation 11.6%, Multiplayer 1.1%
- #29 rFactor
71% matchVery Positive92% of 885 reviews2015
Dev: Image Space Incorporated
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 50.7%, Sports 19.8%, Automobile Sim 15.8%, Simulation 13%, Multiplayer 0.7%
- #30 Pro Cycling Manager 2020
70% matchVery Positive87% of 955 reviews2020
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.7 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 33.8%, Sports 24.4%, Racing 17%, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 9.4%
- #31 iRacing
70% matchVery Positive85% of 7,521 reviews2015
Dev: iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 83.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
We are the world’s premier motorsports racing game. An iRacing membership provides entry into the newest form of motorsport: internet racing. Internet racing is a fun, easy, and inexpensive way for race fan and gamers alike to enjoy the thrill of the racetrack from the comfort of their home.
Why similar: Racing 51.5%, Automobile Sim 24.2%, Sports 13.4%, Simulation 9.6%, Multiplayer 0.8%
- #32 GPRO - Classic racing manager
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 224 reviews2023
Dev: GPRO OOD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 39.5%, Management 29.2%, Sports 19.6%, Strategy 9.6%, Multiplayer 1.2%
- #33 art of rally
67% matchVery Positive92% of 6,551 reviews2020
Dev: Funselektor Labs Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 47.4%, Automobile Sim 21.5%, Sports 20.1%, Simulation 6.8%, Difficult 2.1%
- #34 F1® 25
64% matchVery Positive87% of 28,458 reviews2025
Dev: CodemastersPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 49.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Rewrite The Grid with the ultimate evolution in racing: EA SPORTS™ F1® 25: 2026 Season Edition. Get F1® 25 and the 2026 Season Pack in one bundle for the most complete Formula One® experience.
Why similar: Racing 54.8%, Sports 22.7%, Automobile Sim 14.3%, Simulation 6.7%, Multiplayer 1%
- #35 Forza Motorsport
67% matchMixed51% of 12,686 reviews2023
Dev: Turn 10Pub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 86.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Compete in over 500 cars on 30 world-famous tracks – now featuring the legendary Fujimi Kaido! Play the new 20th Anniversary Tour and obtain special rewards.
Why similar: Racing 37.4%, Automobile Sim 21.1%, Sports 17.4%, Management 13.8%, Simulation 8.3%