- #1 Gold Mining Simulator
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 16,220 reviews2017
Dev: Code Horizon
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Become a gold miner. Work hard, dig deep, explore the world, and you’ll become the wealthiest person in Alaska. Use a variety of specialist machines to find as much gold as you can.
Why similar: Mining 32.4% ★, Simulation 18.7%, Realistic 13.8%, Sandbox 9.7%, Open World 8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the industrial process of mining, requiring players to operate complex machinery to extract and process gold.
- #2 Hydroneer
96% matchVery Positive86% of 28,029 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!
Why similar: Mining 24.6% ★, Sandbox 18.5%, Base Building 13.7%, Building 12.7%, Simulation 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox mining game that emphasizes building custom machinery and automated systems to extract resources from the earth.
- #3 RoadCraft
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 15,838 reviews2025
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use your construction machinery to restart the local industry. Clear debris and faulty equipment, rebuild roads and bridges damaged by weather, and much more!
Why similar: Building 28.6%, Simulation 18.7%, Realistic 14.1%, Physics 11.3%, Exploration 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on heavy vehicle physics and construction projects, requiring careful maneuvering and terrain management.
- #4 Construction Simulator
95% matchVery Positive81% of 13,911 reviews2022
Dev: weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung GmbHPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Construction Simulator has returned – larger and more impressive than ever! Fulfil your ambition to become a successful construction entrepreneur by establishing your business from scratch, assisted by your mentor Hape.
Why similar: Building 23.7%, Simulation 18.4%, Realistic 16.9%, Open World 11.5%, Relaxing 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a wide variety of officially licensed heavy machinery and realistic construction tasks that mirror the gameplay loop of Out of Ore.
- #5 Junkyard Simulator
94% matchMixed64% of 2,212 reviews2021
Dev: Rebelia GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Did you ever wish to work in a junkyard? Now you can, with Junkyard Simulator. They are many roads leading to success - whichever you take depends on your decisions.
Why similar: Sandbox 17%, Building 11.4%, Simulation 11%, Realistic 10.8%, Crafting 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines heavy machinery operation with the manual labor of dismantling, repairing, and recycling vehicles and scrap.
- #6 Farming Simulator 25
93% matchVery Positive87% of 53,623 reviews2024
Dev: GIANTS Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 32.9 hrsMean: 113.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Farming Simulator 25 invites you to join the rewarding farm life, single-handedly or cooperatively in multiplayer. This Farm is Your Farm!
Why similar: Farming Sim 32.5%, Simulation 11.7%, Realistic 11.6%, Building 10%, Management 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for heavy equipment simulation, offering deep mechanical systems for managing large-scale agricultural operations.
- #7 Ship Graveyard Simulator
94% matchMixed64% of 2,240 reviews2021
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Visit the largest ship graveyard in the world. A dozen kilometers of beach filled with wrecks. Hundreds of ships wrecked on the coast. Thousands of tons of steel. Choose the most valuable ship for you and start the adventure. Play as one of the workers during the most dangerous work in the world!
Why similar: Sandbox 18.9%, Realistic 12.3%, Crafting 11.7%, Simulation 11%, Management 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the industrial dismantling of massive ships, requiring the use of heavy tools and machinery to process materials.
- #8 SnowRunner
92% matchVery Positive90% of 54,243 reviews2021
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.6 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Get ready for the next-generation off-road experience! Drive powerful vehicles and overcome extreme open environments to complete dozens of challenging missions solo or with up to 3 friends!
Why similar: Sandbox 21.2%, Realistic 15.7%, Simulation 14.9%, Exploration 10.1%, Open World 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Renowned for its advanced terrain deformation and heavy vehicle physics, making it perfect for those who enjoy the driving and hauling aspects of Out of Ore.
- #9 Occupy Mars: The Game
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,088 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.7%, Building 12.6%, Crafting 11.9%, Base Building 11.7%, Simulation 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Integrates mining, base-building, and heavy equipment maintenance within a challenging survival-focused Martian environment.
- #10 MineMogul
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,858 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!
Why similar: Mining 17.1% ★, Farming Sim 14.3%, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 11.2%, Crafting 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the automation and management of mining operations, perfect for players who enjoy the industrial side of the seed game.
- #11 Tank Mechanic Simulator
91% matchVery Positive88% of 9,206 reviews2020
Dev: DeGenerals S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Renovate & build II World War tanks. Experience highly detailed & realistic simulation game. Take tanks fully apart by using different tools. Transform them from rusty and ruined to fully working. Check them on the training ground, sell or put into your own museum.
Why similar: Building 16.6%, Realistic 15.6%, Crafting 12.6%, Management 11.9%, Simulation 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a detailed look at the repair and restoration of heavy military vehicles, appealing to the maintenance aspect of Out of Ore.
- #12 Coal Mining Simulator
90% matchMostly Negative34% of 183 reviews2023
Dev: GamePlanet
Windows
Welcome to the world of Coal Mining! Start with almost nothing and get to the top - develop your mine, sell coal, buy new machines and avoid dangers in this sandbox simulator. Take control of numerous mining machines. Destroy, mine, drill, transport and blow things up.
Why similar: Mining 24.4% ★, Sandbox 18.5%, Simulation 9.9%, Management 9%, Realistic 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated simulation of the mining industry that focuses on the tools and processes required to extract resources.
- #13 Orebound
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 933 reviews2024
Dev: Emberforge
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.
Why similar: Mining 17.6% ★, Sandbox 12.8%, Building 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Crafting 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines mining and crafting in a sandbox environment that encourages building and resource management.
- #14 Demolish & Build 2018
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,667 reviews2018
Dev: Noble MuffinsPub: Demolish Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Your company is going global. Use big machines to demolish huge buildings or go close and personal and use your hammer. Buy land properties, upgrade your machines and hire workers in different parts of the world.
Why similar: Simulation 31.9%, Building 24.9%, Sandbox 11.5%, Realistic 7.5%, First-Person 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Allows players to operate heavy construction equipment to tear down structures and manage a demolition business.
- #15 Dinosaur Fossil Hunter
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 973 reviews2022
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Become a real paleontologist, explore various environments and search for dinosaur fossils. Dig for and study the remnants of these majestic creatures to learn about their evolution. Build your own museum and experience an immersive background story.
Why similar: Mining 20.9% ★, Sandbox 14.5%, Building 11.8%, Realistic 8.9%, Management 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features excavation and mining mechanics that require careful operation of tools and vehicles to uncover fossils.
- #16 Star Ores Inc.
86% matchVery Positive82% of 318 reviews2025
Dev: BlackBeak GamesPub: Three River Games (3RG)
Windows
Take over an abandoned space station and manage your own ore mine. Cut through the asteroid with your laser, sell ore, and create an automated network of robot helpers to maximize your profit.
Why similar: Mining 18% ★, Sandbox 16.1%, Crafting 10.6%, Management 9%, Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox mining game that tasks players with exploring and extracting resources from alien environments.
- #17 Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 37,370 reviews2021
Dev: Red Dot GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment.
Why similar: Sandbox 30.8%, Simulation 24%, Realistic 21.6%, First-Person 7.8%, 3D 6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly detailed simulation of vehicle repair and maintenance that complements the equipment-focused gameplay of the seed game.
- #18 Gas Station Simulator
84% matchVery Positive88% of 27,215 reviews2021
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.
Why similar: Simulation 17.5%, Building 16%, Management 13.1%, Realistic 12.5%, Base Building 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Includes building, renovation, and maintenance tasks that provide a similar sense of progression and physical work.
- #19 Alaska Gold Fever
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 891 reviews2026
Dev: Baked GamesPub: Baked Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Step into the role of a gold prospector during the Alaskan gold rush and build your own empire from scratch. Mine resources, refine different forms of gold, and upgrade your tools to increase efficiency. Explore diverse mines, survive the harsh climate, and complete engaging story and side quests!
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.7%, Mining 20% ★, Building 11.3%, Crafting 10.5%, Realistic 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the atmosphere of gold mining with a focus on exploration and the use of specialized mining equipment.
- #20 Machine World 2
86% matchMixed49% of 200 reviews2017
Dev: Trino GamesPub: Trino AB
Windows · Mac
Take control of a range of different machines and operate them in a unique environment. Each new game generates a new world, and it is yours to develop: Dig and build anything, anywhere! All machines have been carefully modelled down to small details.
Why similar: Sandbox 33.7%, Simulation 25.7%, Realistic 20.5%, Building 12.2%, Open World 8%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox game that gives players total freedom to build and operate complex machinery in a physics-based world.
- #21 Keep Digging
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,175 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Dog
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Keep Digging is a digging survival craft game for up to 8 players. Explore a procedurally generated 5000m underground world, bring back ores, blueprints, and fossils, then use the smelter, forge, and enchantments to build your gear! Team up in co-op or compete for items in PvP.
Why similar: Mining 22.9% ★, Sandbox 17.3%, Crafting 10.7%, Management 10.7%, Realistic 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative mining and exploration game that emphasizes the physical act of digging and resource collection.
- #22 MudRunner
82% matchVery Positive92% of 43,277 reviews2017
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
MudRunner is the ultimate off-road experience putting the players in the driver seat and dares them to take charge of incredible all-terrain vehicles, venturing across extreme Siberian landscapes with only a map and compass as guides!
Why similar: Simulation 23%, Realistic 22.1%, Sandbox 13.2%, Open World 12.6%, Physics 10%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the challenge of navigating heavy vehicles through difficult terrain, emphasizing physics-based movement.
- #23 GeoDepths
82% matchVery Positive87% of 300 reviews2023
Dev: A Little More Games
Windows
Pilot your drill deep below the surface of a remote planet, to mine ore to refine into resources, which will be used in drill upgrades and construction of your homebase. Upgrades will allow you to drill deeper to find more types of ores. Explore caves to uncover mysteries and secrets.
Why similar: Mining 32.2% ★, Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 13.7%, Building 11.1%, Exploration 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on deep-earth mining and resource management, requiring players to build infrastructure to succeed.
- #24 House Flipper 2
81% matchVery Positive87% of 19,094 reviews2023
Dev: Frozen District
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 32.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Clean your worries away with this relaxing renovation simulator! Buy, fix, sell, and become a local legend. Or grab your power tools and build anything from scratch! With the online 2-4 players co-op mode, you can play both in sandbox and story mode together.
Why similar: Sandbox 22%, Building 17.7%, Base Building 14.3%, Realistic 12.7%, Simulation 10%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a satisfying loop of renovation, building, and repair that mirrors the construction and improvement elements of Out of Ore.
- #25 Giant Machines 2017
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 589 reviews2016
Dev: Code Horizon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Take control over seven of the biggest industrial machines in the world. During the 14 mission campaign you will punch through the snows of Greenland, plow the steppes of Wyoming and travel all the way to sunny Florida. Your hard work will be completed by launching a space shuttle into space.
Why similar: Simulation 48.8%, Building 22.8%, Realistic 14.2%, Open World 8.2%, Atmospheric 5%
Why You'll Like It: Features massive industrial equipment and specialized machinery in a realistic simulation setting.
- #26 Mineral Mining Simulator
79% matchVery Positive87% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Bewolba Studios
Windows
Turns raw rock into valuable minerals and jewelry grade gemstones through a hands on production chain. Mine ore, crush it into fragments, refine it, and scale your operation with better machines and smarter workflow. Optimize every stage of the pipeline to maximize efficiency, quality, and profit.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.1%, Simulation 18.9%, Mining 18.4% ★, Realistic 11.5%, Building 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A casual simulation that focuses on the time-management and logistical aspects of running a mining operation.
- #27 Lightyear Frontier
79% matchVery Positive84% of 4,521 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.6%, Sandbox 12.9%, Crafting 10.6%, Base Building 10.6%, Management 8%
Why You'll Like It: Features mech-based resource gathering and base-building that provides a sci-fi twist on the heavy equipment experience.
- #28 Hillshade Farm
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: NORTHSTAR Games
Windows
You’ve got land, time, and a whole lot to figure out. Start small, work hard, earn what you need, and build the kind of farm you’d never want to leave.
Why similar: Farming Sim 30.7%, Building 11.8%, Crafting 10.4%, Simulation 9.7%, Realistic 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A farming simulation that emphasizes the use of machinery and land management in an open-world setting.
- #29 Center Station Simulator
77% matchVery Positive88% of 569 reviews2024
Dev: Nightmare Phoenix
Windows
Mine, farm, manufacture components and build a wide range of machines in an infinite basement. Forget primitive tasks thanks to automation! And sell your products to your customers! Build a parking, a gas station...
Why similar: Sandbox 21.5%, Building 13.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Simulation 11.4%, Farming Sim 10.9%
- #30 Cowboy Life Simulator
76% matchVery Positive90% of 1,198 reviews2025
Dev: Odd QubitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
“Cowboy Life Simulator” is an immersive and relaxing ranching sim where you step into the boots of a failed businessman starting fresh on the frontier. Buy your first goat, meet the locals, explore vibrant lands, and build your dream ranch in a world full of stories and adventure!
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.1%, Sandbox 13.8%, Building 11.2%, Crafting 9.6%, Base Building 9%
- #31 Outpath
76% matchVery Positive93% of 3,051 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Farming Sim 23%, Sandbox 14.2%, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 9.5%
- #32 Mon Bazou
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,184 reviews2025
Dev: Santa Goat
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build your crappy vehicle into a race car, install the parts yourself. Make money by cutting wood, racing at night or delivering pizza. Maybe you want to manage a sugar shack or build yourself a big garage?
Why similar: Sandbox 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Building 12.9%, Crafting 9.6%, Exploration 7%
- #33 Coal Mining Simulator: Prologue
77% matchMixed66% of 307 reviews2022
Dev: Grande GamesPub: GamePlanet
Windows
Welcome to the world of Coal Mining! Start with almost nothing and get to the top - develop your mine, sell coal, buy new machines and avoid dangers in this sandbox simulator. Take control of numerous mining machines. Destroy, mine, drill, transport and blow things up.
Why similar: Mining 23.8% ★, Sandbox 18.1%, Simulation 9.8%, Management 9.3%, Realistic 7.7%
- #34 The Last Caretaker
72% matchVery Positive86% of 11,569 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 18.1 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.6%, Crafting 12.4%, Base Building 12.3%, Management 10.5%, Simulation 8.2%
- #35 Terrafactor
73% matchNo user reviews89% of 81 reviews2026
Dev: randy
Windows
You have one job — feed The Hole. Harvest the land with your hands. Then build machines to do it for you. Craft more advanced technology... then feed it to The Hole.
Why similar: Farming Sim 31.8%, Sandbox 18.7%, Building 11.7%, Simulation 11.1%, Crafting 8.5%
- #36 My Little Blacksmith Shop
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,170 reviews2025
Dev: DasiusPub: Noble Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Craft weapons, armor and tools, manage resources and expand your workshop. Experience realistic physics-based forging, unlock new recipes and special orders, and interact with a medieval town's inhabitants as you work to become the greatest blacksmith in the land.
Why similar: Crafting 23.4%, Mining 16.5% ★, Simulation 15.8%, Sandbox 13.4%, Relaxing 10.5%
- #37 Farmer's Dynasty - Final Harvest Edition
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,291 reviews2019
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Live – Build – Farm: Enjoy a unique mix of farming, constructing and life simulation that takes you to the countryside and holds plenty of challenging gameplay in stock!
Why similar: Farming Sim 40.9%, Simulation 12.5%, Building 10.3%, Realistic 7.9%, Crafting 7.4%
- #38 Chinese Frontiers
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 526 reviews2025
Dev: SolidGamesPub: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Plan, build, and unwind in medieval China. Lead villagers, fine-tune production, and craft iconic Chinese landmarks brick by brick. Roam passes, deserts, and river valleys; farm, cook, and decorate. Master new crafts, earn imperial favor, and turn smart design into lasting legacy.
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.1%, Sandbox 12.4%, Building 12.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Simulation 8.9%
- #39 Professional Construction - The Simulation
78% matchMostly Negative25% of 27 reviews2016
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Immerse yourself in the sprawling and fascinating world of road construction! Experience life on the construction site like the pros, and use heavy equipment and massive machinery.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: A classic construction simulator that emphasizes the operation of excavators, cranes, and other heavy equipment.
- #40 Surviving Ceres
71% matchVery Positive87% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Farming Sim 23.2%, Building 13.9%, Crafting 12.3%, Base Building 10.6%, Simulation 10%
- #41 Pure Rock Crawling
71% matchVery Positive84% of 1,313 reviews2024
Dev: Maciej Kuzianik
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Pure Rock Crawling is a physics based off-road simulator. Featuring soft body tires, suspension customization that affects your handling, true to life drivetrain simulation and visual addons. Explore a variety of trails in free roam with multiple challenges.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.7%, Realistic 15.8%, Simulation 13.7%, Exploration 9.8%, Third Person 8.8%
- #42 Miner: Dig Deep
73% matchVery Positive91% of 255 reviews2020
Dev: Substance Games
Windows
A cozy mining platformer game. Dig deep into the earth in search of riches. Create your mine, improve your equipment, but don't get too greedy.
Why similar: Mining 36.7% ★, Sandbox 17.6%, Simulation 12.1%, Exploration 9.9%, Relaxing 9.5%
- #43 Recycling Center Simulator
70% matchVery Positive86% of 2,870 reviews2024
Dev: Balas GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Recycling Center Simulator is a business simulator game with a first person view. Make money from garbage, collect raw materials for your recycling center from different locations, recycle them, make money by producing new products and improve your factory.
Why similar: Sandbox 16.5%, Management 12.8%, Building 12.5%, Simulation 10.8%, Crafting 9.4%
- #44 FOUNDRY
69% matchVery Positive81% of 3,835 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 47.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.2%, Building 16.2%, Base Building 14.4%, Crafting 14.1%, Simulation 9.8%
- #45 Alaskan Road Truckers
70% matchMixed62% of 3,229 reviews2023
Dev: Road Studio S.A.Pub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.
Why similar: Realistic 17%, Management 12.5%, Simulation 11.4%, Open World 11%, Exploration 10%
- #46 Crypto Mining Simulator
71% matchMixed64% of 1,523 reviews2021
Dev: Satosha Nakamoti
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Realistic Mining simulator with custom builds mechanics! A lot of GPUs, CPUs, Motherboards, RAMs, SSDs, PSUs and more! Build your dream farm with 1000+ GPUs!
Why similar: Farming Sim 27.5%, Mining 21.3% ★, Sandbox 16%, Building 12.7%, Realistic 10.9%
- #47 Farmington County: The Ultimate Farming Tycoon Simulator
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 111 reviews2019
Dev: Grenoble Interactive, LLC
Windows · Mac
Farming & town living sim. Develop the farm of your dreams using tools, tractors, trucks & other vehicles. Build cabins, sheds, barns, and more! Hire workers to help out in your farm. Grow thousands of crops, raise hundreds of livestock and explore the world of Farmington County!
Why similar: Farming Sim 33.3%, Building 12.6%, Sandbox 10.8%, Base Building 10.2%, Simulation 9.5%
- #48 Elsewhere
68% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
A sandbox crafting adventure with quests, magic, automation, and exploration. Gather resources, build your base, unlock new technologies, and shape your own path through a world full of secrets and progression. Inspired by classic Minecraft modpacks with many new and unique features.
Why similar: Mining 19% ★, Sandbox 18.2%, Building 12.5%, Crafting 12%, Base Building 10.3%
- #49 Lumberjack's Dynasty
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,795 reviews2021
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A unique life simulation where you are a lumberjack building up a business and founding a lasting dynasty for generations to come.
Why similar: Simulation 37.1%, Building 17.9%, Crafting 13.6%, Open World 8.5%, Realistic 7.4%
- #50 Offroad Mechanic Simulator
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 289 reviews2023
Dev: Image Power S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Service off-road vehicles and take them for a drive! Offroad Mechanic Simulator lets you modify many classic off-road vehicles and prepare them for daunting tasks that no normal car could ever hope to complete. Test your work and climb steep cliffs or drive through rivers and deep layers of mud.
Why similar: Building 17.6%, Realistic 16.9%, Crafting 15.4%, Simulation 13.2%, Third Person 11.4%
- #51 Ship Graveyard Simulator: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive86% of 907 reviews2021
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Visit the largest ship graveyard in the world. A dozen kilometers of beach filled with wrecks. Hundreds of ships wrecked on the coast. Thousands of tons of steel. Choose the most valuable ship for you and start the adventure. Play as one of the workers during the most dangerous work in the world!
Why similar: Sandbox 22.2%, Building 14%, Realistic 12.8%, Simulation 12.7%, First-Person 8.5%
- #52 Drill and Delve
66% matchVery Positive89% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: noOne
Windows
You've been trapped in a mine. You'll need to use your tools to dig your way to the exit in a fully destructible 3D voxel terrain. Manage your oxygen and equipment, and uncover the dark mystery buried deep within the mine.
Why similar: Sandbox 31.6%, Mining 20.7% ★, Exploration 13%, First-Person 11.5%, 3D 8.5%
- #53 Returns Outlet Simulator
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 765 reviews2025
Dev: Twisted Twice Games
Windows
Returns Outlet Simulator is a relaxed first-person simulation where every aspect of operating your own shop springs to life.
Why similar: Base Building 21.9%, Management 20.9%, Realistic 18.2%, Simulation 13.6%, First-Person 13.3%
- #54 Banker Simulator
67% matchMixed62% of 691 reviews2025
Dev: Red Axe Games
Windows
Banker Simulator is a single-player game where you revive a bankrupt bank. With active and passive (idle) gameplay, make strategic decisions to grow your bank, satisfy customers, and tackle financial crises.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.1%, Building 15.3%, Management 12.4%, Crafting 12.3%, Realistic 8.4%
- #55 Space Mechanic Simulator
68% matchMixed63% of 119 reviews2023
Dev: Atomic JellyPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Become a Space Mechanic! Get your hands dirty, explore the depths of space and repair broken machinery. Diagnose problems using diagrams and tools, perform repairs, manage your resources and watch the simulated machinery come alive. Or just gaze upon the beauty of the Solar System.
Why similar: Building 21.7%, Realistic 21.2%, Simulation 18.7%, First-Person 11.6%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #56 My Recycling Center
67% matchMixed69% of 626 reviews2024
Dev: Darius Bode
Windows
Operate, configure and expand your own recycling center in this first-person simulator! Work fast and sort the trash. Use the compactors to destroy the bulky waste. Earn satisfaction and cash to buy new containers and unlock new trash types. Use the second hand shop to sell re-usable items.
Why similar: Farming Sim 24.6%, Realistic 17.3%, Simulation 14%, Management 12.1%, Building 11.9%
- #57 Deconstruction Simulator
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,463 reviews2025
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Deconstruction Simulator is the ultimate demolition simulator, offering you complete freedom of action and a wide array of contracts to complete. Get ready for spectacular destruction.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.9%, Building 18.5%, Realistic 14.6%, Simulation 12.2%, Management 10.3%
- #58 Derail Valley
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,120 reviews2019
Dev: Altfuture
Windows
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 37.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
Why similar: Realistic 20.6%, Sandbox 19.5%, Simulation 16.4%, Open World 11.2%, First-Person 10.5%