Games Like Painters Guild

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 40.7%, Simulation 18%, Economy 14.8%, Strategy 8.6%, Sandbox 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Like Painters Guild, this game focuses on managing a creative studio and hiring staff to produce high-quality products in a competitive industry.

Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!

Why similar: Management 19.4%, Simulation 16.7%, Economy 15%, Strategy 14.1%, Building 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: This management sim features a similar isometric perspective and focuses on the intricate production processes of a small, specialized workshop.

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: Building 17.1%, Sandbox 16.6%, Management 15.8%, Economy 15.7%, Simulation 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the goal of curating and managing artistic displays while balancing the logistical needs of a public-facing institution.

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: Capitalism 17.1%, Management 15.5%, Economy 14.5%, Sandbox 10.5%, Building 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the academy-management structure of the seed game, requiring you to hire staff and build facilities to educate students.

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 21.4%, Economy 16%, Capitalism 14.6%, Sandbox 10.2%, Building 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deep management simulation that tasks you with building a business empire from the ground up, similar to the guild expansion in Painters Guild.

A unique artist sim game with realistic paint mixing, physics and numerous painting tools. Upgrade and customize your studio, complete tasks, sell and expose art, buy instruments and get famous!

Why similar: Sandbox 27.8%, Management 27.4%, Simulation 11.9%, Cute 11.6%, Colorful 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title leans heavily into the actual act of painting, offering a sandbox experience for those who love the artistic theme of the seed game.

Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.

Why similar: Crafting 19.8%, Management 16.6%, Historical 15.5%, Capitalism 14.2%, Sandbox 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the artistic, experimental nature of creation while requiring you to manage a shop and interact with customers.

Welcome to Inn Tycoon! Build, design, and manage your dream inn. Serve delightful meals, offer various services, and hire a stellar staff. Create a top-notch hospitality empire and become the ultimate Inn Tycoon!

Why similar: Management 16.1%, Capitalism 15.8%, Economy 13.9%, Time Management 11.8%, Building 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a cozy, medieval-themed management experience where building layout and staff efficiency are key to success.

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: Management 17.7%, Economy 14.8%, Sandbox 12.6%, Building 11.8%, Crafting 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This medieval colony sim shares the historical setting and pixel-art style while focusing on managing the lives and tasks of your subjects.

Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer!

Why similar: Capitalism 59%, Management 14.3%, Cute 8.4%, Simulation 7.9%, Indie 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic shop management game that emphasizes hiring staff and managing inventory with a charming, stylized aesthetic.

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: Capitalism 18.6%, Economy 16.4%, Management 15.3%, Time Management 13.4%, Sandbox 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep staff management and building customization for a creative industry, perfect for fans of the guild-building mechanics.

Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.

Why similar: Management 31.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Crafting 16.5%, Building 16.1%, Simulation 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This pixel-art management game captures the medieval atmosphere and requires you to manage a business while crafting goods for customers.

Buy and sell art, manage employees, and grow your shop in this immersive simulator set in Europe. Curate a unique collection, attract customers, and become the premier art dealer. Transform your humble gallery into a thriving art empire!

Why similar: Capitalism 24%, Economy 23.9%, Management 21.2%, Sandbox 17.9%, Simulation 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the theme of running an art-focused business with modern management mechanics.

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 15.5%, Capitalism 11.7%, Time Management 11.3%, Economy 11%, Sandbox 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A management sim set in a historical period that focuses on layout building and staff management to produce a successful publication.

Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...

Why similar: Management 29%, Building 18.8%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 10.7%, Economy 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the logistical challenges of building and managing a complex structure, sharing the 'building-as-you-go' feel of the seed game.

Craft your culinary adventure in a beautiful pixel art world. Manage your restaurants, forage and hunt for ingredients, befriend locals, and grow your culinary empire. What kind of chef will you be?

Why similar: Management 29.9%, Building 21.1%, Crafting 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 17%, Simulation 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends artistic pixel-art visuals with restaurant management and creative recipe development.

PAINTER SIMULATOR is a new generation game in which the emphasis is placed on the player's imagination and perceptiveness. Create the world in the colors you want to see with a brush.

Why similar: Education 27.8%, Sandbox 23.6%, Simulation 13.4%, Cute 10.7%, Colorful 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the design and illustration aspects of painting, catering to those who enjoy the creative side of the seed game.

Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.

Why similar: Crafting 21.7%, Management 19.2%, Sandbox 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Building 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, humorous management sim with a medieval setting and pixel-art graphics that focuses on resource management and production.

Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.

Why similar: Management 44.8%, Pixel Graphics 25.4%, Simulation 16.2%, 2D 8.9%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines shop management with a distinct visual style, focusing on the balance between running a business and gathering resources.

Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, rundown motel, or elegant resort? With a ridiculous amount of customization tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel manager shine!

Why similar: Management 16.9%, Economy 15.7%, Sandbox 13.9%, Capitalism 13.5%, Building 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides extensive building and management tools for those who enjoy the sandbox elements of customizing their guild.

Be a Pixel Shopkeeper! Collect items using inventory management puzzle mechanics. Sell your wares, decorate your shop, craft new products, and expand! Train to beat tougher dungeons, unlock new classes and decor, and furnish your shop smartly to maximize profits!

Why similar: Management 18.7%, Capitalism 17.3%, Economy 13.2%, Crafting 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A management game that utilizes pixel-art graphics to simulate the experience of running a fantasy shop.

A clothing shop management sim. Go from quaint corner shop to world-class brand!

Why similar: Simulation 16.1%, Strategy 12.5%, Management 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Economy 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A casual management sim that focuses on running a retail store with a charming, retro visual style.

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 25.5%, Economy 22.6%, Capitalism 21.7%, Time Management 11.6%, Sandbox 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A comprehensive business management simulation that allows for deep control over multiple types of shops and staff.

Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.

Why similar: Crafting 23.2%, Colorful 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Simulation 13.2%, Cute 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a cozy, pixel-art aesthetic and focuses on gathering ingredients and managing a small-town practice.

Build, Customize & Manage your own shopping center! Choose from modern gaming hardware store to cozy flower shop. Hire skilled cashiers, secure financing through bank loans, and launch strategic advertising campaigns to make your mall thrive!

Why similar: Capitalism 21%, Management 16.6%, Economy 16.2%, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the construction and management of a commercial space, sharing the building-centric gameplay of the seed game.

Color Factory is a relaxing factory-building game where strategy meets automation. Start with basic colors, refine them into vivid shades, and craft canvases of all sizes. Optimize your machines, scale operations at your own pace, and master automation to build a masterpiece of efficiency.

Why similar: Crafting 17%, Sandbox 16%, Strategy 14.7%, Simulation 13.7%, Time Management 13%

Why You'll Like It: Combines the artistic theme with automation mechanics, appealing to players who enjoy the production side of Painters Guild.

Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.

Why similar: Crafting 21.2%, Building 21.1%, Historical 19.3%, Sandbox 15%, Management 14.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a more immersive historical management experience where you build a settlement and manage the lives of your villagers.

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: Capitalism 17.3%, Management 14.5%, Economy 13.6%, Building 10.4%, Crafting 9.4%

Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 29.4%, Crafting 27.3%, Simulation 19.1%, Casual 10.9%, Indie 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: While more narrative-focused, it captures the cozy, artistic atmosphere and the satisfaction of creating products for customers.

Run a music talent agency and make platinum-selling records!

Why similar: Simulation 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Cute 11.2%, Casual 10.9%, Education 10%

Why You'll Like It: A casual life-sim and management game that features a cute pixel-art style and business growth mechanics.

In Game Builder Tycoon, begin as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing, research stuff and manage a skilled team. Overcome competition to guide your game development studio to global recognition and dominate the gaming industry.

Why similar: Capitalism 20%, Economy 18.5%, Management 16%, Education 14.4%, Sandbox 10.7%

A city-building sim with a historical twist

Why similar: Historical 14.1%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 12.1%, Building 10.8%, Management 8.3%

Build PCs of different rarities, hire workers with buffs and debuffs, and expand your shop. Train stats in special rooms, customize floors and colors, and relax in a cozy idle indie game in Early Access that grows with feedback from the community.

Why similar: Time Management 31.1%, Economy 23.3%, Management 17.5%, Crafting 15.2%, Casual 5.2%

For creation and collection aficionados, The Painter’s Playground offers a game-based sandbox to craft and collect 2D artwork and share it with the online community. Strive to either be the buzz of the arthouse as a creator of sought-after works, or own the most coveted collection - or both!

Why similar: Simulation 50.6%, Casual 28.5%, Indie 20.9%

Why You'll Like It: A casual simulation that focuses on the act of painting, serving as a relaxing alternative to the management-heavy seed game.

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: Management 24.7%, Building 15.2%, Sandbox 13.9%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 8.8%

Live the life of a starving artist in 19th century alternative history. Survive poverty, alchoholism, madness, depression, and 67 different feelings. Paint masterpieces by combining inspirations, sell them for riches (or scraps) and create a painting that will change the world.

Why similar: Alternate History 36.6%, Crafting 20%, Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 11.1%, 2D 6.8%

A cozy isometric desktop game about a tiny artisan who paints miniatures. Don’t press him too hard… but don’t let him slack off, either.

Why similar: Time Management 26.4%, Simulation 20.9%, Cute 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Casual 13%

Dear curator, you are about to embark on a journey to captivate the audience! You will be in charge of an art gallery.Impress the museum curators around the world with these masterpieces, collect badges, apply for support funds, and learn the value of art!

Why similar: Education 29.6%, Simulation 19.2%, Cute 15.4%, Retro 14%, Casual 9.6%

Movies Tycoon is a simulation game where you dive into the world of film-making. Start with a humble studio, scout and manage top talent, customize unique characters, and direct blockbuster films.

Why similar: Capitalism 18.2%, Economy 16%, Time Management 14.9%, Management 14.4%, Sandbox 11.3%

Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!

Why similar: Management 31%, Building 19.3%, Simulation 12.6%, Time Management 10.9%, Historical 8.3%

Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue is a free simulation game in which you begin your journey as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing and research stuff. Create best game on the planet!

Why similar: Economy 17.1%, Management 16.2%, Capitalism 15.5%, Sandbox 10.8%, Building 10.5%

It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...

Why similar: Management 19%, Sandbox 16.2%, Building 12.7%, Simulation 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%

Manage your computer company and develop your PC components, create your own laptop, monitor, develop an interactive operating system or build your PC. Research new technologies, improve your office and your factory, hire the best employees, buy other companies and build your computer empire!

Why similar: Time Management 20.7%, Economy 19.8%, Capitalism 18.5%, Sandbox 14%, Management 13.4%

Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?

Why similar: Management 23.4%, Economy 18%, Simulation 17.9%, Strategy 14%, Sandbox 9%

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: Management 22%, Education 15.7%, Sandbox 14.3%, Economy 14.2%, Building 12.3%

Start your own game development studio in 1976. Build your own offices, production facilities and server rooms. Develop the games of your dreams and produce the next next-gen console. Rise from a small garage company to a huge corporation.

Why similar: Management 20.9%, Economy 20.3%, Capitalism 15.8%, Sandbox 10.1%, Building 9.8%

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

Why similar: Time Management 21.5%, Capitalism 18.1%, Economy 17.1%, Management 16.4%, Simulation 7.9%

Crafting Town Is : A Crafting game with Simulation&Building where you can Craft and Develop your Village, Source Management and Quests.

Why similar: Crafting 24.2%, Simulation 13.5%, Building 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Time Management 7.9%

Manage your Game Studio, earn big bucks, impress the critics, beat rival studios and clean up at the awards!

Why similar: Management 33.6%, Economy 24.3%, Simulation 11.8%, Sandbox 6.7%, Building 6.3%

Doodle Empires is an alternate history sandbox game all about drawing your own nations with your own histories and stories in a variety of maps. Watch your world take shape and evolve over time, and decide which nations will rise and which nations will fall.

Why similar: Alternate History 30.6%, Historical 23.3%, Sandbox 15%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 10.2%

Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.

Why similar: Economy 16%, Building 12.1%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 11.3%, Management 10.8%

Monuments Renovator is a game in which you play the role of a professional monument renovator. You choose from among the world's greatest monuments, restore them to their former glory and learn about history and architecture.

Why similar: Historical 20.3%, Management 16.5%, Sandbox 13.8%, Education 13.4%, Building 12.8%

Empire TV Tycoon is a game in which you manage a TV channel and fight for audiences taking decisions that will project your channel to fame and fortune.You will decide the content of your channel, select advertisers, hire workers, make your own productions, hire actors, and engage in much more activities!

Why similar: Management 30.9%, Economy 28.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

A painting meleon without any talent - and a talent without money. Help your meleon-artist to satisfy his need for recognition in this ultimate Idle-Painting-game where everything is about being part of a great community to reach your goals together with other players to become a famous painter!

Why similar: Building 17.7%, Strategy 14.9%, Simulation 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Crafting 14.7%

Customize your own store with a wide variety of products and business goals.

Why similar: Simulation 23.6%, Strategy 18.9%, Casual 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Building 10.4%

Become a ruler and build the ancient city of your dreams in Empire City! Unlock new opportunities for your city's prosperity, gain the support of the gods, construct grand buildings, and create unique infrastructure. Transform a small settlement into a magnificent center of civilization!

Why similar: Historical 21.4%, Economy 12.9%, Time Management 12.6%, Management 10.3%, Building 10.2%

Forge gear, run a shop, and send mercenaries into danger so you don’t have to. A cozy-but-clever crafting sim where business booms, heroes bicker, and dungeons provide all the “supply chain” problems you’ll ever need.

Why similar: Time Management 17.5%, Management 16.2%, Crafting 15.2%, Economy 15.1%, Capitalism 10.8%

Dive into the exhilarating role of a headmaster entrusted to revive your alma mater! Beyond just bricks and mortar, train teachers, recruit students. Sculpt your school into a unique educational haven! Let's School!

Why similar: Management 16.9%, Time Management 14.7%, Education 13.4%, Sandbox 13.3%, Economy 12.9%

Step into the studio and produce yourown hit anime with an original hero!

Why similar: Management 19.6%, Simulation 17.8%, Strategy 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Casual 10%

Even you can become a great artist! Wrestle subjectivity as you attempt to sell your art to rude customers in order to progress in this confusing art scene. The only thing threatening you is your expensive wine and baguette addiction! Will your art end up in the Louvre or on your parents' fridge?

Why similar: Simulation 41.5%, Casual 25.4%, Indie 16.5%, Colorful 8.9%, Singleplayer 7.7%