- #1 Prehistoric Kingdom
97% matchVery Positive90% of 6,839 reviews2022
Dev: Blue MeridianPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Take on the role of park manager and design the ultimate zoo for nature's greatest creations.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 32.6% ★, City Builder 12.9%, Management 10%, Building 9.4%, Economy 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly detailed and visually stunning experience focused entirely on designing and managing prehistoric wildlife parks.
- #2 Planet Zoo
96% matchVery Positive91% of 97,899 reviews2019
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
Why similar: Management 17.6%, City Builder 17.1%, Building 14.2%, Zoo 13% ★, Sandbox 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers the ultimate modern zoo management experience with deep enclosure building tools and charming animal behaviors.
- #3 Jurassic World Evolution 2
96% matchVery Positive90% of 47,186 reviews2021
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 38.8% ★, Building 12.8%, City Builder 12.2%, Management 11.6%, Sandbox 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features blockbuster production values and massive dinosaur management mechanics that expand directly on prehistoric park building.
- #4 Let's Build a Zoo
95% matchVery Positive89% of 4,118 reviews2021
Dev: SpringloadedPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: City Builder 25.6%, Management 15.9%, Building 13.2%, Sandbox 11.4%, Simulation 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the same colorful, pixelated charm and lighthearted tycoon management style while letting you build unconventional animal parks.
- #5 Two Point Museum
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,533 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 22.5%, Building 14.6%, Management 11.2%, Sandbox 9.5%, Isometric 8%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the whimsical, comedic management vibe of building and running a public exhibition space.
- #6 Megaquarium
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,794 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 20.4%, Management 19.8%, Sandbox 15.4%, Economy 9.4%, Simulation 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines cute, accessible tycoon management with intricate exhibit design and guest happiness mechanics.
- #7 Two Point Campus
93% matchVery Positive88% of 8,220 reviews2022
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 20.1 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 20.2%, Management 18.5%, Building 14.4%, Sandbox 8.8%, Isometric 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same humorous, stylized management gameplay centered around designing specialized rooms and keeping visitors happy.
- #8 Planet Coaster
92% matchVery Positive91% of 72,226 reviews2016
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 22.4 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: Building 21.4%, Management 18.1%, Sandbox 13%, City Builder 10.7%, Economy 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides industry-leading theme park building tools for players who love the sandbox and architectural aspects of Parkasaurus.
- #9 Jurassic World Evolution
91% matchVery Positive87% of 55,314 reviews2018
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 41% ★, Building 14.6%, Management 12.3%, City Builder 9.8%, Sandbox 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Lets you fulfill your dinosaur park tycoon fantasies within a heavily detailed and cinematic universe.
- #10 Park Beyond
91% matchMixed63% of 1,331 reviews2023
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Bandai Namco Europe S.A.S.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Park Beyond is a theme park simulation game that gives you the freedom to create and manage the Parks of your Dreams! Whether you love to manage finances and visitor experience, or just create fun and cozy parks, the game has something in store just for you!
Why similar: Management 20%, Building 18.8%, Sandbox 13.6%, Resource Management 11.1%, City Builder 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to build wildly creative, gravity-defying theme parks with a heavy emphasis on sandbox management.
- #11 Parkitect
90% matchVery Positive94% of 8,154 reviews2018
Dev: Texel Raptor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Parkitect is a business simulation game that charges you with the construction and management of theme parks! Bringing back the best of classic theme park games with many new features and content on top. Now supports online co-op with up to 8 players!
Why similar: City Builder 19.3%, Management 15.5%, Building 15.1%, Economy 13.1%, Isometric 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on isometric theme park construction, logistics, and guest management with a charming aesthetic.
- #12 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Complete Edition
89% matchVery Positive87% of 3,024 reviews2020
Dev: Frontier DevelopmentsPub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Build the park of a lifetime and rediscover the critically acclaimed rollercoaster simulation bestseller. Feel the thrill of a genre-defining classic, complete with two huge expansion packs.
Why similar: City Builder 24.8%, Management 20.6%, Building 17.4%, Sandbox 10.7%, Simulation 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic theme park management simulator that laid the groundwork for the modern park-building genre.
- #13 Hotel Architect
87% matchVery Positive94% of 2,389 reviews2026
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 23%, Management 14.5%, Building 14%, Economy 11.4%, Sandbox 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Challenges you to design and manage custom multi-floor buildings to keep guests satisfied and profitable.
- #14 Little Big Workshop
89% matchVery Positive84% of 3,399 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: THQ Nordic Mobile
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Management 19.2%, Building 15.9%, Simulation 12.9%, Economy 11.6%, Resource Management 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features cute, isometric business management where you organize a bustling production floor.
- #15 Dinosaur Fossil Hunter
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,002 reviews2022
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.8 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: Dinosaurs 44.8% ★, Building 14.3%, Management 13%, Sandbox 10.8%, Simulation 6%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to deep-dive into the paleontology side of things by excavating, cleaning, and mounting dinosaur skeletons.
- #16 Wildlife Park 3
88% matchMixed59% of 525 reviews2014
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Do you have what it takes to be a zoo tycoon? You are responsible for your very own and unique zoo. Choose from numerous types of enclosures, park buildings and plants to design an environment appropriate to each species. Take home a part of wilderness with Wildlife Park 3!
Why similar: Management 18.8%, City Builder 16.8%, Building 13.4%, Economy 10.5%, Sandbox 10%
Why You'll Like It: Gives you full control over managing a traditional animal park, balancing finances with animal welfare.
- #17 Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game
86% matchVery Positive82% of 569 reviews2021
Dev: Squidpunch StudiosPub: Vincent Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.9 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 22.1%, Management 14.3%, Building 13.1%, Economy 11.8%, Sandbox 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines a colorful isometric art style with the step-by-step management of a entertainment business.
- #18 United Penguin Kingdom
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 453 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 28.6%, Management 16.1%, Economy 12.7%, Building 10%, Resource Management 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cute colony-building and management game focused on keeping a specific, beloved group of animals thriving.
- #19 Tinytopia
84% matchVery Positive83% of 328 reviews2021
Dev: MeNic GamesPub: Mastiff
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Construct charming toy towns and cities atop tiny terrain. Combine building blocks to create new megastructures. Test your skills in the physics-based Challenge stages or simply unwind and obliterate everything with an array of cute catastrophes!
Why similar: City Builder 33.8%, Building 18.6%, Sandbox 13.6%, Family Friendly 6.7%, Simulation 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Presents a whimsical, toy-like city builder where you construct and manage miniature settlements.
- #20 Rescue HQ - The Tycoon
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 932 reviews2019
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.2 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 17.8%, Management 15.6%, Building 13.4%, Isometric 10.4%, Comedy 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Applies classic tycoon building and resource management mechanics to running a multi-service rescue station.
- #21 SimAirport
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,050 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 27%, Management 16.2%, Building 15.4%, Economy 13.8%, Sandbox 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on efficient spatial design, economic balancing, and passenger satisfaction in a tycoon setting.
- #22 Academia : School Simulator
82% matchVery Positive81% of 3,240 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 24.4%, Management 16.3%, Building 13.7%, Economy 11.8%, Sandbox 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a lighthearted, colorful art style combined with building and managing an educational institution.
- #23 Tavern Master
81% matchVery Positive92% of 13,319 reviews2021
Dev: Untitled Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 31.7%, Building 24.7%, City Builder 17.5%, Resource Management 11%, Simulation 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, management-heavy building game where you design a medieval establishment to keep patrons happy.
- #24 Prison Architect
82% matchVery Positive85% of 76,934 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.3 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 23.7%, Building 17.3%, Management 16%, Sandbox 12.9%, Economy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic top-down management simulator where layout design and keeping occupants content drive the core gameplay.
- #25 Supermarket Simulator
78% matchVery Positive92% of 84,255 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.
Why similar: Management 29.8%, Economy 23%, Simulation 16.9%, Building 13.2%, Sandbox 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to experience the hands-on economic management of running, stocking, and expanding a retail business.
- #26 Airport CEO
81% matchVery Positive83% of 8,359 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: City Builder 21%, Management 17.5%, Building 15.6%, Economy 12.1%, Sandbox 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep operational management and construction mechanics centered around running a complex facility.
- #27 Turmoil
80% matchVery Positive93% of 16,171 reviews2016
Dev: Gamious
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.
Why similar: Management 36.4%, Economy 23.9%, Resource Management 19.8%, Simulation 10%, Strategy 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, tongue-in-cheek resource management and economic simulation game inspired by the 19th-century oil rush.
- #28 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
79% matchVery Positive84% of 2,817 reviews2023
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.
Why similar: Management 35.9%, Resource Management 18.9%, Simulation 14.6%, Family Friendly 14.2%, Colorful 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines interior design and layout planning with micro-management to run a successful hospitality business.
- #29 Jurassic World Evolution 3
77% matchVery Positive93% of 13,774 reviews2025
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Build your own Jurassic World. Nurture generations of dinosaurs with the series debut of juveniles, create and manage sprawling prehistoric parks around the globe, and let your imagination roar with powerful new creative options.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 39.5% ★, City Builder 17%, Management 9.3%, Sandbox 8.8%, Economy 6.7%
- #30 Autonauts
79% matchVery Positive89% of 4,970 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
Why similar: Building 21%, Management 17.9%, Sandbox 16.8%, Simulation 16%, Resource Management 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a cute, friendly art style paired with automation and management mechanics that encourage creativity.
- #31 Winkeltje: The Little Shop
78% matchVery Positive88% of 1,830 reviews2022
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Winkeltje: The Little Shop is all about building, decorating, and running your own old-world fantasy shop. Buy low, sell high - from nails and apples to swords and alchemic love potions. Impress your customers, craft items, and be the master of your very own shop.
Why similar: Management 23.2%, Economy 18.6%, Building 18.5%, Sandbox 14.7%, Simulation 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy shop-keeping and building simulator that emphasizes cute aesthetics and business growth.
- #32 Indoorlands
77% matchVery Positive81% of 279 reviews2022
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The indoor park management simulator where you can create your rides and coasters from scratch and freely design your halls. Manage, expand and develop your own park to inspire your guests. Satisfy your visitors' needs by unlocking and researching new buildings, rides, transportation and more!
Why similar: City Builder 17.1%, Management 16.5%, Building 15.3%, Isometric 10.8%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #33 Food Park Manager
75% matchVery Positive82% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Drix Dev
Windows
Build and manage your own Food Park! Customize food stalls, hire staff, and cater to hungry customers as you find the perfect recipes. Decorate your park to attract and satisfy more customers.
Why similar: City Builder 26%, Management 14.1%, Economy 13%, Sandbox 10.4%, Isometric 9.3%
- #34 Planet Coaster 2
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 14,789 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build and customise thrilling roller coasters and incredible water slides, manage the ultimate theme park experience, and share your epic creations. Are you ready to ride the wave?
Why similar: City Builder 25.1%, Building 17.7%, Sandbox 14.3%, Economy 11.4%, Management 9.9%
- #35 Parking World: Build & Manage
74% matchMixed66% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Build, manage, and expand your own lucrative parking enterprise in this management sim. Parking World puts the power to build your perfect parking garage at your fingertips while solving everybody else's parking problems in unique narrative scenarios or without any objectives in freeplay mode.
Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, Building 15.3%, Management 15.2%, Economy 12.6%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #36 Wildlife Park 2
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 561 reviews2014
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Now’s the chance to build the Zoo of your dreams! Just like in a real Zoo, your animals must receive complete care. Feed them, train them, cure them and even relocate them. Observe their realistic interactions with one another, the landscape, the play equipment and even Zoo visitors.
Why similar: Management 18.1%, Building 14.7%, Economy 14.2%, Sandbox 12.7%, City Builder 11.3%
- #37 Zoo Park
76% matchMixed57% of 313 reviews2014
Dev: ExcaliburPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Care for over 40 different animals from all four corners of the Earth whilst running a professional programme of rescue, rehabilitation, research and conservation.
Why similar: Management 24.4%, Simulation 16%, City Builder 15.1%, Building 8.9%, Economy 8.1%
- #38 Dino Nest
73% matchVery Positive93% of 270 reviews2022
Dev: Raptor Claw Games
Windows
Dinosaur survival management game. Lead your own pack of dinos and feed to grow bigger. Can you survive or will you become extinct?
Why similar: Dinosaurs 63.4% ★, Management 21.7%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 4.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #39 Battle Royale Tycoon
74% matchMixed69% of 516 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 20.7%, City Builder 19.5%, Building 13%, Economy 12.1%, Sandbox 12.1%
- #40 Aquapark Tycoon
70% matchVery Positive90% of 294 reviews2026
Dev: Boxelware
Windows
Build the ultimate waterpark paradise in this classic tycoon simulation game! Design & customize water slides, pools, and saunas to fulfill your guests' needs. Combine creativity, strategy, and management to make a splash in the world of water parks and become the ultimate Aquapark Tycoon!
Why similar: City Builder 26.3%, Building 14.7%, Management 14.1%, Sandbox 12.6%, Economy 11.3%
- #41 PuPu's Adventure Park
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 185 reviews2025
Dev: 西梅树工作室
Windows
Build an Adventure Park from the ground up! The PuPu clan had just rented a new "playground" from the Dark Goblins. Manage the park, construct park facilities, and grow your clan to serve the expansion of the Park for "hero" customers summoned from other planets!
Why similar: Management 20.3%, City Builder 20.3%, Building 16.6%, Economy 12.1%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #42 SteamWorld Build
70% matchVery Positive85% of 2,285 reviews2023
Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
SteamWorld Build is a casual city-building and dungeon-management cross-over set in the SteamWorld Universe, where you build and manage a town on a dying planet. You'll need to balance resources, construction, and exploration to its depths to ensure your town's survival and eventual escape.
Why similar: City Builder 25.7%, Management 13.2%, Economy 12.7%, Building 11.6%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #43 Hotel Magnate
71% matchMixed58% of 491 reviews2025
Dev: Arcade Oven
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: City Builder 20.1%, Management 14.5%, Building 13.6%, Economy 10.4%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #44 Bunny Park
71% matchVery Positive90% of 873 reviews2020
Dev: Cozy Bee Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Manage your own bunny park! Give snacks and toys to your bunnies. Improve and decorate your park to increase its popularity and collect all the bunnies!
Why similar: City Builder 21.7%, Building 19.4%, Sandbox 15.3%, Management 12.7%, Cute 8.3%
- #45 ZooKeeper
72% matchMostly Positive69% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: ▲ Pyramid GamesPub: Gaming Factory
Windows
Become a Zoo Keeper, manage and build the zoo of your childhood dreams! Take care of the animals and create ideal conditions for them. Grow your zoo, add extraordinary species and prepare amazing attractions for visitors.
Why similar: Management 17.2%, Building 16.6%, Sandbox 12.3%, Economy 12.2%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #46 Amber Isle
69% matchVery Positive82% of 2,112 reviews2024
Dev: Ambertail GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to Amber Isle - a quaint, friendly village of prehistoric residents who are in need of a new shopkeep... That’s you! Craft and sell items, upgrade your shop, befriend your Paleofolk neighbours and customise the island to bring the village back to life and welcome even more prehistoric pals!
Why similar: Dinosaurs 59.8% ★, Management 19%, Cute 6.4%, Family Friendly 5.9%, Simulation 5.6%
- #47 Dinosaur Park – Primeval Zoo
72% matchMixed69% of 214 reviews2022
Dev: upjers
Windows
It’s a sensation: A real t-rex has just hatched from an egg – in YOUR dino zoo game! Create a fantastic animal world teeming with prehistoric creatures and wow your visitors. In this dino game, you’re the proud owner of a dino zoo with numerous attractions.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 53.6% ★, Management 10.4%, Economy 8.8%, Zoo 7.3% ★, Simulation 6.6%
- #48 Wildlife Park 2 - Dino World
73% matchMixed65% of 78 reviews2014
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Exciting and thrilling dinosaur-extension for the Wildlife Park univers with 11 different dinosaurs in 9 new missions.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 72.2% ★, Building 10.7%, Simulation 8%, Strategy 3.7%, Resource Management 3.6%
- #49 Disco Simulator
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Disco Simulator is a tycoon type game based on club management. Your task will be to set up the club from scratch, put up walls, arrange furniture, hire staff, plan events, invite artists, put on concerts. Create your own club!
Why similar: City Builder 17.8%, Management 16.8%, Economy 12.4%, Building 10.3%, Simulation 6.8%
- #50 Mesozoica
75% matchMostly Negative22% of 588 reviews2018
Dev: Underdog Interactive
Windows
Mesozoica - A full featured dinosaur theme park tycoon simulator in which you focus on the construction and management of your dinosaur wonderland. From choosing your starting company to your prime attraction, everything lies in your hands.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 80.6% ★, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 5.3%, Casual 2.4%, Adventure 1.3%
- #51 Paleo Pines
69% matchVery Positive82% of 2,696 reviews2023
Dev: Italic PigPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to Paleo Pines, a charming island known for its friendly dinosaurs, quirky townsfolk, and mysterious past. Befriend dinos and enlist their help to fix up your ranch and farm crops to create your cozy dino sanctuary! Then set out with your companion, Lucky, to uncover the island’s secrets.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 65.7% ★, Cute 7.4%, Simulation 7.4%, Family Friendly 5.4%, Colorful 5.1%
- #52 Project Hospital
68% matchVery Positive89% of 9,400 reviews2018
Dev: Oxymoron Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 24.3 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 28.3%, Management 18.3%, Building 13%, Sandbox 10.3%, Economy 8.9%
- #53 Minami Lane
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,778 reviews2024
Dev: BlibloopPub: Doot Tiny Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Welcome to Minami Lane! Build your own street in this tiny cozy, casual management sim! Unlock and customize buildings, manage your shops, and maximize the happiness of your villagers to complete quests and fill your street with love!
Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Management 17%, Building 12.9%, Isometric 12.2%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #54 Dream Park Story
68% matchVery Positive86% of 175 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Create your own amusement park with a variety of rides, mascots, and activities!
Why similar: City Builder 31.7%, Simulation 18.2%, Building 13.4%, Economy 10.2%, Strategy 8.8%
- #55 Pocket City 2
66% matchVery Positive94% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: Codebrew Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A city-building game with a unique twist—step inside and experience your city firsthand! Plan roads, zones, and infrastructure while growing your economy, managing resources, and unlocking special buildings. Host events, build mega projects, and watch your city thrive in a dynamic world.
Why similar: City Builder 35.3%, Economy 15.5%, Sandbox 15.2%, Building 10.5%, Funny 6.3%
- #56 Two Point Hospital
66% matchVery Positive92% of 35,001 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 35.4 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 28.3%, Building 22%, Simulation 12.5%, City Builder 9.9%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #57 Fantastic Haven: Prologue
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: Piece of Cake FabulousPub: Gamera Games
Windows
Save fantasy creatures and protect them until releasing them into their natural habitat. Build your shelter, explore the neighboring region, and encounter a series of events.
Why similar: City Builder 34%, Sandbox 15.8%, Building 14.2%, Management 9.5%, Simulation 9.2%
- #58 Filmmaker Tycoon
69% matchMostly Negative26% of 93 reviews2023
Dev: Aternis Level 0Pub: Aternis Interactive
Windows
Filmmaker Tycoon is a next generation movie tycoon simulation game! You're the producer of your very own movie studio! Hire actors, build movie sets, make films, move up in the industry, and watch your finished films in Filmmaker Tycoon.
Why similar: Management 14.8%, City Builder 14.3%, Building 14%, Economy 11.7%, Isometric 10.3%
- #59 Blooming Business: Casino
67% matchMixed69% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: Homo Ludens
Windows
Build your casino empire in Las Venas alongside cute animals! Blooming Business: Casino is a cosy management game. Build and run your casino in a bustling world full of drama. Complete quests and manage your clientele. Keep everyone happy, from the clients, to the employees (and beware of the bear).
Why similar: City Builder 22%, Management 14.8%, Building 13.6%, Economy 9.4%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #60 Town to City
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,135 reviews2026
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build an idyllic 19th century Mediterranean town and help it flourish into a prosperous city. Freely place and customise each element to create the perfect home for your growing population in this cozy city builder from the creators of Station to Station.
Why similar: City Builder 31.7%, Building 13.9%, Management 11.4%, Economy 9.7%, Sandbox 8.5%