- #1 Two Point Campus
97% matchVery Positive88% of 7,816 reviews2022
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 19.6 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: City Builder 19.1%, Management 17.2%, Building 13.4%, Sandbox 10.2%, Isometric 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the management of facilities and the training of students, mirroring the recruitment and skill-building loop of the seed game.
- #2 Evil Genius 2: World Domination
96% matchMixed69% of 13,065 reviews2021
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!
Why similar: Base Building 29.2%, Building 15.7%, Management 15%, Strategy 10.7%, Sandbox 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep base-building and management mechanics centered around a military-style lair and specialized minion training.
- #3 Prison Architect
96% matchVery Positive89% of 73,112 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Why similar: City Builder 17.2%, Base Building 15.1%, Building 12.4%, Management 11.5%, Sandbox 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a complex base-building experience where managing staff and inmate needs is critical to operational success.
- #4 Full Metal Sergeant
95% matchVery Positive88% of 138 reviews2023
Dev: CarloC
Windows
Be the drill instructor! Insult recruits with no remorse! Can you transform flabby recruits into lean war machines within 12 weeks?
Why similar: Base Building 29.4%, Management 28.8%, Resource Management 17.1%, Strategy 11%, Simulation 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on the rigorous training and management of military recruits.
- #5 War Hospital
94% matchMixed60% of 1,201 reviews2024
Dev: Brave Lamb Studio S.A.Pub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take charge of a WW1 field hospital on the Western Front, and make all the decisions necessary to help the soldiers recover and to support the war effort. In this narrative management game, you are the last bastion of humanity.
Why similar: City Builder 17.3%, Strategy RPG 13.6%, Tactical RPG 12.9%, Economy 12.4%, Base Building 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines military management with resource allocation and personnel care in a high-stakes historical setting.
- #6 Little Big Workshop
94% 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 14.8%, Economy 13.4%, Resource Management 13.1%, Building 12.6%, Simulation 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on production management and optimizing a workspace, which parallels the logistical challenges of a military camp.
- #7 Academia : School Simulator
93% matchVery Positive86% of 3,008 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: City Builder 20.5%, Base Building 15.4%, Economy 15%, Management 13.7%, Building 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the core loop of building a facility and managing the progression and needs of a student population.
- #8 Good Company
92% 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: Economy 13.6%, Base Building 12.6%, City Builder 11.7%, Resource Management 10.8%, Management 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on building and managing an efficient production line and workforce, emphasizing logistical optimization.
- #9 RimWorld
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 236,346 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Base Building 23.7%, City Builder 16%, Management 13.1%, Tactical RPG 12.3%, Sandbox 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep colony simulation where base defense and the management of individual colonist skills are paramount.
- #10 Ground of Aces
90% matchVery Positive85% of 1,315 reviews2025
Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!
Why similar: City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 16%, Economy 11.6%, Resource Management 11.2%, Management 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A base-building and management game focused on maintaining an airfield and training pilots during wartime.
- #11 Rescue HQ - The Tycoon
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 915 reviews2019
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build up your headquarters from scratch and design your own masterpiece. In Rescue HQ you build, organize and manage a joint station for firefighters, police and ambulance. Manage your resources wisely and master challenging emergencies to keep your city safe! Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: City Builder 14.8%, Management 13%, Building 11.2%, Base Building 11%, Isometric 11%
Why You'll Like It: Involves building and managing an emergency response base with a focus on personnel and resource deployment.
- #12 Project Hospital
89% matchVery Positive89% of 9,018 reviews2018
Dev: Oxymoron Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 24.2 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 20.9%, Management 13.2%, Economy 9.9%, Building 9.4%, Sandbox 9%
Why You'll Like It: Requires careful management of specialized staff and facility design to ensure efficient operations.
- #13 Two Point Hospital
89% 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 26.2%, Building 20.5%, Simulation 12.7%, Sandbox 9.5%, City Builder 9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic management sim that emphasizes efficient room layout and the training of specialized medical staff.
- #14 Blacksmith Master
87% matchVery Positive84% of 2,485 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 14.3%, Economy 13.3%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Involves managing a workshop and the progression of staff skills to fulfill production goals.
- #15 Siege Survival: Gloria Victis
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,722 reviews2021
Dev: Black Eye GamesPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A medieval city under siege and a handful of civilians are all that keep the walls from falling. Mixing survival strategy and resource management, build your camp, craft supplies, and scavenge the occupied city to supply the last troops holding back the invaders.
Why similar: City Builder 16.6%, Economy 12.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Strategy RPG 11%, Isometric 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on resource management and base maintenance under the pressure of a military siege.
- #16 United Penguin Kingdom
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 427 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Economy 17%, Resource Management 14.5%, Management 14.2%, Building 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that requires managing resources and the specific needs of a penguin colony.
- #17 First Feudal
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 627 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: City Builder 17.6%, Base Building 16.1%, Resource Management 13%, Building 11.9%, Management 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building a settlement and managing the labor and skills of your villagers to survive and grow.
- #18 Spellcaster University
85% matchVery Positive83% of 4,213 reviews2021
Dev: Sneaky Yak Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Develop a prestigious university of mages. Build rooms, train your students, fight orcs, slay the bureaucrats, manage your budget... a director's life is not a quiet one.
Why similar: Base Building 23.8%, Economy 22.2%, Management 17.9%, Resource Management 13.2%, Simulation 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a similar management structure to build a campus and train students in specialized magical disciplines.
- #19 Going Medieval
82% matchVery Positive89% of 20,287 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: City Builder 22.8%, Base Building 18.2%, Economy 18.1%, Management 14.1%, Sandbox 13%
Why You'll Like It: A colony simulation that emphasizes architectural planning and the management of individual villager tasks.
- #20 SimAirport
84% 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: City Builder 19.9%, Economy 15.4%, Base Building 14.8%, Management 11.9%, Building 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Requires complex layout design and staff management to maintain an efficient and profitable airport.
- #21 Exogate Initiative
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 699 reviews2025
Dev: Xeno Bits
Windows
Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.
Why similar: City Builder 20.4%, Base Building 16.5%, Resource Management 13.3%, Management 13%, Building 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines base-building with the management of a specialized team tasked with exploring extraterrestrial gates.
- #22 Megaquarium
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,644 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.8 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: Building 19.4%, Management 18.6%, Sandbox 17.7%, Economy 13.6%, Resource Management 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features detailed management of layout and staff, requiring careful planning to satisfy both visitors and animal needs.
- #23 Power to the People
81% matchVery Positive82% of 543 reviews2022
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?
Why similar: City Builder 16.6%, Economy 14.6%, Management 11.8%, Resource Management 10.9%, Building 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the logistical challenge of building and maintaining a power grid, emphasizing resource management.
- #24 Esports Life Tycoon
82% 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: Economy 13.1%, Management 11.8%, Resource Management 10.3%, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 9%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on the management and training of a professional team, focusing on individual skill development.
- #25 Dungeon Keeper™ 2
79% matchVery Positive93% of 1,194 reviews2024
Dev: Bullfrog ProductionsPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Bad guys have all the fun. Discover your dark side as you build an evil underground kingdom and defend it against the forces of good.
Why similar: Strategy 55.5%, Base Building 28.5%, Singleplayer 16%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential base-building and management game where you design a lair and train minions for combat.
- #26 Two Point Museum
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 11,346 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
Why similar: City Builder 18.9%, Building 12.2%, Life Sim 11.1%, Economy 10.3%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #27 Festival Tycoon 🎪
80% 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: City Builder 12.8%, Economy 9.8%, Base Building 9.3%, Time Management 8.9%, Resource Management 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Requires careful planning and resource management to build and operate a successful large-scale event.
- #28 School Owner
81% matchMostly Negative22% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Owner Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
School Owner is a construction and management simulation game where you manage an entire school, from pre-school to college.
Why similar: City Builder 14.3%, Building 11%, Economy 10.1%, Resource Management 10%, Management 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A management sim that tasks you with building a school and overseeing the academic success of your students.
- #29 Hotel Architect
76% 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: City Builder 19.5%, Economy 14.8%, Management 11.8%, Building 11.5%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #30 Startopia
79% matchVery Positive90% of 962 reviews2013
Dev: My Little Planet Ltd
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 39%
A once thriving network of space stations and planets have been left lifeless, redundant scars of the apocalypse. Into this age of darkness comes light. You will lead the way in rebuilding the network of space stations to a standard accepted by the individual alien races, attracting them to harness their expertise and research new...
Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, Base Building 16.8%, Management 14.9%, Sandbox 9.5%, Life Sim 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic base-building and management game that tasks players with maintaining a space station for diverse alien species.
- #31 Rise to Ruins
78% matchVery Positive88% of 7,737 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Why similar: City Builder 41.6%, Base Building 22.1%, Sandbox 10.1%, Resource Management 9.1%, Strategy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Blends colony simulation with tower defense, requiring constant base management and resource gathering.
- #32 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
75% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 20.1%, Base Building 14%, Economy 14%, Management 10.9%, Building 10.7%
- #33 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
78% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Why similar: Base Building 24.4%, City Builder 13.8%, Sandbox 11.6%, Resource Management 10.7%, Economy 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building a base and managing a group of survivors to defend against supernatural threats.
- #34 Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon
74% matchVery Positive90% of 1,274 reviews2025
Dev: Hammer & RavensPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!
Why similar: Base Building 15.7%, Economy 15.1%, Management 13.8%, Building 12.6%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #35 Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management
77% matchMixed61% of 179 reviews2021
Dev: Abylight StudiosPub: Ziggurat
Windows
Build an intricate prison, hire the best staff, and pamper your prisoners to create the perfect rehabilitation facility in Prison Tycoon: Under New Management
Why similar: Management 13.6%, Resource Management 13.4%, Building 12.1%, Base Building 10.1%, Life Sim 9%
- #36 Office Management 101
76% matchMixed65% of 96 reviews2022
Dev: tulevik.EU
Windows · Linux
Office Management 101 is a satirical office life simulation tycoon game set in a fictional capitalistic dystopia. Step over competitors, drive your staff to the limit and milk your customers for every penny in the pursuit of spiraling success!
Why similar: City Builder 12.9%, Economy 11.2%, Base Building 10.4%, Management 9.5%, Building 9%
- #37 Rise of Industry
75% 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: City Builder 18.8%, Economy 16.9%, Management 14.3%, Resource Management 11%, Base Building 10.1%
- #38 Captain of Industry
73% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Base Building 21.7%, Resource Management 19.3%, Economy 15.7%, City Builder 12.1%, Management 10.9%
- #39 Honey, I Joined a Cult
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,875 reviews2022
Dev: Sole Survivor GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
It's time to start working towards that ultimate goal of enlightenment, faith and money…lots and lots of money! Become the ultimate tycoon - create, customise, and manage your own cult whilst listening to funky music. Welcome to Honey, I Joined a Cult!
Why similar: Base Building 19.3%, Resource Management 15.9%, Management 14.6%, Sandbox 12%, Building 10.9%
- #40 Infection Free Zone
71% matchVery Positive80% of 17,172 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: City Builder 28%, Base Building 25.6%, Management 13.2%, Sandbox 10.3%, Time Management 9.4%
- #41 Cliff Empire
73% matchVery Positive87% of 4,340 reviews2019
Dev: Lion's Shade
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!
Why similar: City Builder 19.9%, Economy 13.9%, Resource Management 10.4%, Base Building 10%, Management 9.6%
- #42 A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator
72% matchMixed69% of 176 reviews2024
Dev: Vanargand Games
Windows
Build shops, craft items with hundreds of customization options, and manage your resources wisely to lead your Heroes to success. Immerse yourself as proprietor of a medieval fantasy town in a world abounding with Heroes and Monsters.
Why similar: City Builder 16.3%, Strategy RPG 11.8%, Base Building 11%, Resource Management 10%, Time Management 10%
- #43 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
73% matchVery Positive81% of 1,740 reviews2020
Dev: SquarePlay Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Design and build the most efficient metro stations known to man! Excavate. Expand. Set staff priorities. And manage the commuter flow. Overcrowd is a 2.5D management/tycoon/simulator set below the bustling city of Lubdon Town.
Why similar: City Builder 18.2%, Management 12.2%, Isometric 10.9%, Building 10.6%, Base Building 10.6%
- #44 Gladiator Guild Manager
70% matchVery Positive81% of 3,874 reviews2024
Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.
Why similar: City Builder 16.7%, Strategy RPG 15.2%, Tactical RPG 13.9%, Base Building 13.9%, Management 12.2%
- #45 Edge Islands
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: LS Games
Windows
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: Base Building 21.2%, City Builder 15.9%, Building 15.3%, Management 12.7%, Sandbox 12.2%
- #46 Galacticare
69% matchVery Positive88% of 626 reviews2024
Dev: Brightrock GamesPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Build, manage and optimise intergalactic hospitals! Recruit staff to satisfy the whims of various alien species, and cure their bizarre illnesses - for money! Save the (literal) Galaxy in story mode, or head into sandbox to design the hospital of your dreams.
Why similar: Economy 18.7%, Base Building 17.9%, Time Management 16.1%, Management 14.1%, Building 14%
- #47 Mad Games Tycoon
71% 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 18.2%, Economy 15.9%, Base Building 13.2%, Building 11%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #48 Battle Royale Tycoon
72% matchMixed69% of 513 reviews2019
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design and build arenas for your guests to fight in, keep them happy, your workers paid and make a profit!
Why similar: Management 17.3%, City Builder 16.3%, Economy 15.2%, Sandbox 12.2%, Resource Management 11.7%
- #49 News Tower
65% matchVery Positive94% of 4,202 reviews2025
Dev: Sparrow NightPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.8 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 18.2%, Economy 15.1%, Sandbox 12.7%, Resource Management 12.6%, Time Management 12%
- #50 Startup Company
69% 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 30.2%, Economy 25.7%, Simulation 10.7%, Building 8.3%, Sandbox 8%
- #51 Oxygen
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 865 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: City Builder 20.7%, Base Building 16%, Resource Management 12.3%, Economy 11.6%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #52 Ninja Tycoon
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 436 reviews2018
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Recruit Ninjas, Hire Workers, build your base, train your Ninjas and send them on Missions!
Why similar: Economy 32.2%, Management 30.4%, Simulation 21.9%, Strategy 15.5%
- #53 Showrunner
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: Inexplicable Games
Windows
Create and run your own TV show! An isometric management game where you craft scripts, populate your world with characters and cast actors to play them. Hire and manage staff, develop your studio and gain a dedicated following.
Why similar: Management 15.6%, Isometric 13.7%, Economy 12.8%, City Builder 10.7%, Resource Management 10.6%
- #54 Empires of the Undergrowth
64% matchVery Positive94% of 17,329 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 14.1%, Economy 13.9%, Resource Management 11%, Management 10.9%
- #55 Lords and Villeins
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!
Why similar: City Builder 22.8%, Management 13.7%, Economy 13.3%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #56 Synergy
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,011 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
Why similar: City Builder 16.5%, Economy 13.3%, Base Building 11%, Isometric 10.1%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #57 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: City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 12.9%, Economy 12.6%, Management 11.2%, Building 11.2%
- #58 Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game
68% matchVery Positive81% of 531 reviews2021
Dev: Squidpunch StudiosPub: Vincent Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 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: City Builder 18.1%, Economy 14.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Management 11.7%, Building 10.7%
- #59 Zombie Cure Lab
66% matchMixed69% of 448 reviews2025
Dev: Thera Bytes GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.
Why similar: City Builder 15.1%, Base Building 13.6%, Economy 11.8%, Resource Management 11.1%, Building 10.2%
- #60 Another Brick in The Mall
67% matchVery Positive83% of 2,425 reviews2020
Dev: The Quadsphere
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.8 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 18.5%, City Builder 18.5%, Building 15%, Economy 14.6%, Base Building 13.1%