- #1 PC Building Simulator
97% matchVery Positive93% of 52,731 reviews2019
Dev: Claudiu KissPub: The Irregular Corporation
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build and grow your very own computer repair enterprise as you learn to diagnose, fix and build PCs. With real-world licensed components and comprehensive hardware and software simulation, you can plan and bring your ultimate PC to life.
Why similar: Hardware 29.9% ★, Education 17.4%, Life Sim 10.5%, Management 9.3%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive experience for hands-on PC assembly and repair with realistic components and diagnostic challenges.
- #2 ServiceIT: You can do IT
96% matchMixed57% of 723 reviews2025
Dev: picture4uPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
⚡️Fix electronics 📈manage firm 💻challenge the hacker... ServiceIT is a simulation game where you run a full-service IT company to engage in tasks like diagnosing, repairing equipment, network infiltration, programming, server management while an Anonymous hacker keeps sabotaging it all.
Why similar: Programming 36.5% ★, Education 14%, Life Sim 13.1%, Management 11.3%, Sandbox 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It combines the technical repair of IT equipment with the management of a service-based business.
- #3 PC Tycoon 2
96% matchVery Positive80% of 344 reviews2024
Dev: Insignis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Start with one tiny office and a big idea, and grow it into a global computer company. Design your own CPUs, GPUs and laptops, launch your own OS, and outsmart your rivals. A laid-back tycoon that's easy to get into and hard to put down — made by one indie dev.
Why similar: Game Development 26.1% ★, Economy 21.1%, Idler 20.8%, Sandbox 13.2%, Management 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep management simulation focused on the PC industry, allowing you to design and sell your own hardware.
- #4 Computer Repair Shop
95% matchMixed68% of 611 reviews2024
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Become a dishonest computer repairman, steal rams. Burn the motherboards!
Why similar: Life Sim 60.2%, Simulation 36.8%, Indie 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the specific loop of receiving broken hardware, diagnosing issues, and performing repairs for profit.
- #5 Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,394 reviews2021
Dev: Red Dot GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 35.8%, Simulation 28.6%, Education 25.5%, Puzzle 9%, Indie 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides the same satisfying 'disassemble, repair, and reassemble' gameplay loop but applied to automotive hardware.
- #6 Hardware Engineers
94% matchVery Positive84% of 298 reviews2019
Dev: Green127
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Hardware Engineers is a simulation game where you have to manage a IT business. In a world where technology expands every day, you will need to learn how to be competitive.
Why similar: Hardware 54.5% ★, Management 18.1%, Simulation 15.1%, Building 8.6%, Indie 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses heavily on the technical aspects of hardware components and circuit design.
- #7 The Repair House: Restoration Sim
93% matchMixed54% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: Claudiu KissPub: Sold Out
Windows
From the original creator of PC Building Simulator comes The Repair House: Restoration Sim! Discover and restore a range of objects in this relaxing restoration sim. Dismantle, clean, fix, and sell everything from musical instruments and antiques to games consoles, arcade cabinets and more!
Why similar: Management 21.1%, Crafting 18.6%, Life Sim 16%, Building 15.6%, Simulation 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the meditative and rewarding nature of restoring old electronics and objects to their former glory.
- #8 Software Inc.
92% matchVery Positive94% of 7,806 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
Why similar: Programming 24.2% ★, Game Development 22.9% ★, Economy 15.2%, Management 12.6%, Sandbox 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a complex management simulation for running a tech company, including building office layouts and managing hardware infrastructure.
- #9 Retro Gadgets
91% matchVery Positive90% of 521 reviews2022
Dev: Licorice ehf
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 62.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
Why similar: Game Development 27% ★, Programming 24.3% ★, Education 13.9%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation allows for deep hardware design and programming, perfect for those interested in the 'under the hood' aspect of tech.
- #10 My Dream Setup
91% matchVery Positive91% of 6,903 reviews2023
Dev: Campfire Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
My Dream Setup is a simulation game about building the room you've always dreamed of. A huge selection of furniture, computers and their accessories, posters, pictures, plants, and other interior details await you. Try all of them and create your dream setup.
Why similar: Building 24.2%, Sandbox 21.7%, Minimalist 13.9%, Relaxing 13.4%, Simulation 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the aesthetic and design side of PC building, allowing for creative freedom in workspace arrangement.
- #11 Startup Company
90% matchVery Positive81% of 6,219 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 19.6 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 33.1%, Economy 28.1%, Simulation 13%, Sandbox 8.5%, Building 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the business side of the tech industry, requiring you to manage servers and software development teams.
- #12 Electrician Simulator
89% matchVery Positive80% of 4,404 reviews2022
Dev: Take IT Studio!Pub: Gaming Factory
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take on the electrician role and learn the profession's basics! Install sockets, repair worn-out equipment, assemble broken appliances, replace light bulbs, and lay wires at your customers' homes. Be sure to check everything twice, with electricity there are no jokes!
Why similar: Life Sim 28.6%, Education 27.7%, Crafting 13%, Simulation 12.8%, Relaxing 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features similar hands-on repair mechanics and diagnostic tasks focused on electrical systems.
- #13 Mad Games Tycoon 2
89% matchVery Positive94% of 7,786 reviews2023
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Game Development 24.7% ★, Programming 21.1% ★, Economy 15.7%, Management 14.2%, Building 7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a robust management loop for a tech-adjacent industry with deep customization options.
- #14 Virtual Circuit Board
88% matchVery Positive92% of 318 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie Foundry
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Virtual Circuit Board is the sandbox drawing-based logic simulator where you can build, program, decorate, and simulate anything from simple monochrome circuits to complex and colorful computers. Play with digital logic in this sandbox-only experience.
Why similar: Programming 34.3% ★, Science 16.4%, Education 12.6%, Minimalist 9.3%, Sandbox 9%
Why You'll Like It: It serves as a sandbox for building and testing complex electronic circuits and hardware logic.
- #15 Tech Store Simulator
87% matchMixed63% of 138 reviews2024
Dev: Astrasoft
Windows
Tech Store Simulator is a game in which you have to build your own tech store. Buy goods, put them on the shelves, sell them at an inflated price and beat the thieves!Also in the game there is a huge number of opportunities to customize the store and make it the way you would like it in life
Why similar: Life Sim 27.1%, Economy 21.5%, Sandbox 18.2%, Management 16%, Simulation 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the retail management side of selling hardware components to customers.
- #16 Game Dev Story
86% matchVery Positive90% of 1,492 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
Why similar: Programming 31.1% ★, Game Development 25.8% ★, Life Sim 13.7%, Management 12.6%, Building 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic management simulation that captures the addictive loop of growing a tech-focused business.
- #17 Internet Cafe Owner
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 154 reviews2023
Dev: GidAzGames
Windows
Build and manage your own internet café, starting with second-hand computers and growing into a local hotspot for gamers and students. Balance your budget, upgrade your gear, and outsmart competitors to become the king of the neighborhood
Why similar: Economy 23.4%, Life Sim 20.1%, Management 16.9%, Sandbox 16.7%, Simulation 12%
Why You'll Like It: It simulates the business side of maintaining a PC-focused space, including hardware maintenance and upgrades.
- #18 Laptop Tycoon
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 409 reviews2021
Dev: Roastery Games
Windows
Welcome to Laptop Tycoon!Compete with the tech giants! You will have the opportunity to show your skills in business management. Start your own laptop company! Choose and hire the best people for your company, buy and upgrade your own office and start building your dream laptop.
Why similar: Life Sim 23.9%, Idler 22.6%, Sandbox 14.1%, Economy 13.4%, Management 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the product development cycle of hardware, specifically within the laptop market.
- #19 Computer Tycoon
84% matchVery Positive85% of 1,016 reviews2017
Dev: Progorion
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Computer Tycoon is a highly complex Business Grand Strategy game about Computer Evolution. Start in the 70s, invent until 2034, create the best computer systems, upgrade your infrastructure, lead a team, and alter computer history! It is time to "Think Different"
Why similar: Economy 28.4%, Management 19.8%, Education 19.3%, Sandbox 19%, Simulation 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A comprehensive management sim that tasks you with building a computer empire from the early days of computing.
- #20 Upload Simulator Silicon
84% matchMostly Positive69% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: EnigmaDev Studios
Windows · Linux
Upload Simulator Silicon is an incremental game about uploading, making money, hacking, and ascending as a powerful entity that controls the very laws of the universe using powerful technologies you discover throught your journey.
Why similar: Idler 31.5%, Incremental 28.5%, Crafting 14%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the idler and clicker aspects of the seed game while focusing on digital growth.
- #21 Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator
83% matchVery Positive83% of 341 reviews2022
Dev: Bigosaur
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build rigs to mine Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrency. Trade on the market to grow wealth. Expand your business into new offices. Hire skilled employees and assign tasks. Use cash from your mega farms to research new technologies and reach the goal of each scenario.
Why similar: Hardware 43.1% ★, Economy 15.9%, Management 15.1%, Simulation 10.1%, Sandbox 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It centers on the specific niche of building and managing high-performance mining rigs.
- #22 Gaming Cafe Simulator
81% matchVery Positive85% of 420 reviews2025
Dev: Prapancha Studios
Windows
Revive a closed-down gaming café and build it into the ultimate gaming hub! Manage rentals, sell gaming merch, and expand with PCs, consoles, and an in-house café to prepare and sell fresh food. Attract customers with unique gaming sections. Can you turn your dream café into a bustling success?
Why similar: Life Sim 28%, Management 25%, Sandbox 15.7%, Simulation 13.2%, Relaxing 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines management with the hands-on maintenance of gaming hardware in a commercial setting.
- #23 Game Corp DX
82% matchVery Positive88% of 3,083 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Manage your Game Studio, earn big bucks, impress the critics, beat rival studios and clean up at the awards!
Why similar: Management 27.1%, Economy 22.6%, Game Development 22.5% ★, Simulation 9.2%, Sandbox 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A management simulation that focuses on the development and growth of a tech-based company.
- #24 Architect Life: A House Design Simulator
81% matchMixed51% of 288 reviews2025
Dev: Shine ResearchPub: Nacon
Windows
Create dream homes! From 3D plan modelling through to on-site decision-making, you must bring each project to life while giving free rein to your creativity, to take your architectural firm to the pinnacle of the profession.
Why similar: Life Sim 18.1%, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 13.5%, Management 11.4%, Economy 10%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the design and sandbox elements, appealing to players who enjoy the creative building aspect of PC Creator.
- #25 ComPressure
82% matchVery Positive85% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Charlie Brej
Windows · Mac · Linux
Design increasingly complex computation units powered by high pressure steam. From switches to steam based computers, all in a world of analogue pressure devices. Use previous designs to solve further challenges, unravel the mystery of the missing steam and discover a new field of science.
Why similar: Programming 29.2% ★, Science 16.1%, Education 9.7%, Sandbox 8.6%, Management 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the logic and programming side of hardware, challenging players to solve puzzles through automation.
- #26 PowerWash Simulator
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 58,591 reviews2022
Dev: FuturLab
Windows
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Release the Pressure with PowerWash Simulator! Wash away your worries with the soothing sounds of high-pressure water. Fire up your power washer and blast away every speck of dirt and grime you can find, all with the simple satisfaction of power-washing to a sparkling finish.
Why similar: Sandbox 42.1%, Relaxing 27.5%, Simulation 26.3%, Indie 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides the same meditative, task-oriented satisfaction found in the repair and maintenance aspects of PC building.
- #27 House Flipper
79% matchVery Positive94% of 111,419 reviews2018
Dev: EmpyreanPub: Frozen District
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
House Flipper is a unique chance to become a one-man renovation crew. Buy, repair and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit!
Why similar: Education 18.3%, Building 17.5%, Sandbox 17.5%, Economy 14.4%, Simulation 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the satisfying 'fix and improve' loop that makes repair-focused simulation games so engaging.
- #28 Big Ambitions
78% matchVery Positive93% of 13,452 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
Why similar: Economy 30%, Management 29.3%, Life Sim 20.9%, Sandbox 11%, Simulation 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It expands the management scope to running a business empire, requiring careful planning and resource allocation.
- #29 Web Host Simulator
80% matchMostly Negative34% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Chibum
Windows · Mac · Linux
In Web Host Simulator, you'll start your web hosting company in your small apartment, aiming to become the world's leading provider. But to do so, you must win clients, outperform competitors, and deal with cyber threats, disruptions, and challenges from an ISP!
Why similar: Programming 30.7% ★, Life Sim 14.5%, Economy 13.6%, Education 11.9%, Management 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A management simulation focused on the IT infrastructure and server maintenance side of the tech world.
- #30 Data Center
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 888 reviews2026
Dev: Waseku
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build, cable, and automate. Assemble racks, servers, and switches, connect enough capacity for each app, earn money from processed data, and unlock gear and bigger customers with XP and reputation. Follow colored data packets as your center comes to life.
Why similar: Hardware 31.6% ★, Programming 14.4% ★, Science 10.6%, Economy 8.6%, Incremental 8%
- #31 Upload Labs
75% matchVery Positive92% of 8,354 reviews2025
Dev: EnigmaDev Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect
Why similar: Programming 31.4% ★, Idler 20.6%, Incremental 13.4%, Management 9.4%, Economy 9%
- #32 Autonauts
78% matchVery Positive90% of 4,956 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.9 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: Programming 53.2% ★, Crafting 9.9%, Sandbox 8.5%, Simulation 8.3%, Management 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It introduces programming and automation to a management loop, rewarding players for building efficient systems.
- #33 PC Building Empire
76% matchVery Positive85% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: Moose Games
Windows
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: Idler 29.6%, Economy 25.5%, Crafting 17.8%, Management 16.6%, Relaxing 5.1%
- #34 IT Specialist Simulator
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 425 reviews2025
Dev: Pixel Team RED
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Step into the world of IT! Diagnose network issues, manage servers, and repair devices while handling tasks under strict SLAs. Choose your career path, from HelpDesk to IT Project Manager. Develop real IT knowledge and climb the ranks in this realistic IT simulation!
Why similar: Hardware 29.6% ★, Programming 26.9% ★, Life Sim 12.1%, Education 10.5%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #35 Crypto Mining Simulator
77% matchMixed64% of 1,528 reviews2021
Dev: Satosha Nakamoti
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.7 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: Programming 22.8% ★, Game Development 19.7% ★, Idler 13.3%, Life Sim 12.4%, Economy 11.7%
- #36 Game Builder Tycoon
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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: Game Development 33.8% ★, Economy 18.5%, Management 13.9%, Education 13.4%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #37 Mall Simulator
73% matchVery Positive83% of 3,240 reviews2025
Dev: F13 Games
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! To avoid going bankrupt, you’ll need to build new stores and restaurants, set smart prices, and keep up with trends. 15+ stores, dozens of machines & services, and hundreds of brands waiting for you!
Why similar: Economy 22.8%, Life Sim 19.5%, Management 18.8%, Sandbox 11.7%, Building 11.3%
- #38 Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator Starter Edition
74% matchVery Positive89% of 1,354 reviews2023
Dev: Bigosaur
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Start in your bedroom in year 2010. Build rigs to mine Bitcoin, Ethereum and other crypto coins. Trade on the market to grow wealth. Expand your business into new offices. Hire skilled employees and assign tasks. Use cash from your mega farms to research new technologies.
Why similar: Hardware 27.7% ★, Economy 20.1%, Management 18.4%, Simulation 12.9%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #39 Turing Complete
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,587 reviews2021
Dev: LevelHead
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Hardware 42.6% ★, Programming 24.9% ★, Building 7.3%, Education 7.3%, Sandbox 6.3%
- #40 Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game
74% matchVery Positive94% of 17,866 reviews2015
Dev: Camshaft Software Ltd
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 53.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Make your dream cars a reality with Automation’s unparalleled car and engine design tools. Gain a competitive edge through smart engineering and business decisions to help you build an automotive empire. Will you become an industry leader, or just a footnote in automotive history?
Why similar: Management 19.5%, Science 14.8%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 12.3%, Economy 10.8%
- #41 TCG Card Shop Simulator
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 49,185 reviews2024
Dev: OPNeon Games
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.
Why similar: Economy 31.1%, Management 29.9%, Simulation 18%, Life Sim 14.7%, Relaxing 4.7%
- #42 Music Store Simulator Prologue
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 360 reviews2023
Dev: Crystalia GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
With Music Store Simulator Prologue you can lead a musical instruments manufacturing company. Create, sell, earn and reinvest improving and developing your business. Expand your Brand and climb to success in order to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments!
Why similar: Life Sim 22.2%, Sandbox 15.2%, Economy 15%, Crafting 11.9%, Building 10.9%
- #43 Tech Market Simulator
71% matchMixed64% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Clap GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Build and manage your own tech store! Sell products like keyboards, mice, and gaming chairs. Hire employees, grow your shop, and make it the best place for gamers to shop. Can you become the top tech store?
Why similar: Economy 30.8%, Life Sim 21.6%, Management 19%, Building 17%, Simulation 10.2%
- #44 Electronics Store Simulator
71% matchMixed64% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Digital MelodyPub: Games Incubator
Windows
Open your own electronics store and grow it from a small shop into a modern technology hub. Manage deliveries, prices, and store equipment, take care of customers, expand the product range, and become a master in the world of electronics retail!
Why similar: Education 24.7%, Life Sim 18.1%, Management 18.1%, Simulation 18.1%, Economy 11.8%
- #45 Junkyard Builder
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 252 reviews2026
Dev: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
In Junkyard Builder, you’re the proud owner of a once-forgotten junkyard, now brimming with endless potential. Dive into the satisfying world of restoration, recycling, and raw hustle as you transform trash into treasure and rise to become the ruler of the junk empire!
Why similar: Life Sim 19%, Economy 17%, Management 15.7%, Incremental 12.1%, Sandbox 11.9%
- #46 Music Store Simulator
72% matchMixed55% of 198 reviews2023
Dev: Crystalia GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
With Music Store Simulator you can lead a musical instruments manufacturing company. Create, sell, earn and reinvest improving and developing your business. Expand your Brand and climb to success in order to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments!
Why similar: Economy 22.7%, Management 19.1%, Crafting 15.8%, Simulation 15.1%, Life Sim 11.7%
- #47 Hotel Manager Simulator
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Black Sea Studios
Windows
Build and run your own hotel from the ground up. Manage guests, design rooms, hire staff and upgrade floors. Set competitive prices for rooms and turn the tiny 1-floor building into a thriving 100-story luxury hotel.
Why similar: Management 21.7%, Life Sim 21.1%, Economy 16%, Building 14.3%, Simulation 12.1%
- #48 Mini Racer Car Shop Simulator
70% matchMixed70% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Bewolba StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Manage your mini racer car shop, sell mini cars and spare parts, and unleash your creativity with custom builds. Test drive your creations on the race track before putting them up for sale. Transform your shop into a haven for mini car enthusiasts and build a thriving business in the process!
Why similar: Management 28.6%, Simulation 22.4%, Sandbox 19.1%, Crafting 18.3%, Building 7.8%
- #49 Parcel Simulator
68% matchVery Positive93% of 2,797 reviews2025
Dev: Dansan Digital
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Inspect and process parcels and packages in this parcel inspection simulator! Receive and sort deliveries, examine labels for mistakes, and automate to maximise warehouse efficiency. Upgrade and expand your warehouse to build your parcel empire!
Why similar: Economy 19.4%, Life Sim 19%, Management 16.9%, Education 11.9%, Simulation 11.1%
- #50 Gas Station Simulator
69% matchVery Positive88% of 27,404 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: Economy 25.3%, Management 19.2%, Education 17.2%, Building 14.9%, Simulation 14.7%
- #51 Biker Garage: Mechanic Simulator
72% matchMixed67% of 517 reviews2019
Dev: BeardedBrothers.gamesPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Become an ace motorcycle mechanic. Buy used motorcycles, repair, and sell them for a profit. Work with 15 types of motorbikes. Develop a workshop and attract as many customers as you can. Customize bikes or create your own dream bike from hundreds of available parts.
Why similar: Economy 19%, Management 16.4%, Education 15.5%, Sandbox 14.5%, Building 12%
- #52 Pharmacy Store Simulator
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
Run your own Pharmacy! Sell medicines, advise customers, validate prescriptions, and fulfill them. Start small and expand your business - make it big in the medicine world!
Why similar: Economy 26.7%, Management 21.7%, Life Sim 17.3%, Simulation 15%, Building 9.6%
- #53 Ice Cream Simulator
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 188 reviews2026
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Run your dream ice cream shop in Ice Cream Simulator! Create delicious ice cream using a variety of ingredients, manage your business, hire staff, decorate your store, handle changing weather and different customers, and enjoy a relaxing first-person simulation experience.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.9%, Economy 19.7%, Management 16.8%, Sandbox 14.5%, Building 12.5%
- #54 Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 329 reviews2019
Dev: Jarrod Brown
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.6 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: Economy 24.9%, Management 22.3%, Sandbox 19.6%, Building 18.5%, Simulation 10.6%
- #55 Internet Cafe Simulator 2025
69% matchMixed44% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Revolt Games
Windows
Run your own internet café! Manage, upgrade, and customise every detail to create the ultimate hangout in this immersive first-person simulation.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.9%, Sandbox 18.5%, Economy 17.2%, Management 12.9%, Building 12.5%
- #56 Scrap Dealer Simulator
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Emre ŞahinPub: Survivillage
Windows
Start from scratch and rise with scrap, dig through trash, process junk, and grow your profits. Buy warehouses, machines, and vehicles to build your own recycling empire.
Why similar: Life Sim 28.5%, Crafting 20.4%, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 13.3%, Simulation 11.2%
- #57 Supermarket Simulator
63% matchVery Positive92% of 83,799 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 34.6 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: Economy 28%, Management 24.1%, Simulation 16.4%, Life Sim 14.8%, Building 8.8%
- #58 Cafe Owner Simulator
68% matchMixed63% of 1,109 reviews2022
Dev: Second RealityPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Open your dream restaurant at FPP. Create a unique exterior and interior, hire the best workers and chefs, create a place where people will love to eat, spend time and spend their money. Simulation of the restaurant business.
Why similar: Economy 23.9%, Life Sim 20.1%, Management 15.5%, Sandbox 13.2%, Building 13.1%
- #59 Pumping Simulator 2
66% matchVery Positive92% of 1,689 reviews2023
Dev: Lance Games
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A gas station management game, start by selling a car to raise funds and invest in an abandoned plot of land. Build, expand, and upgrade your gas station, diversify services, customize and manage time efficiently during peak hours. And maybe you will become rich
Why similar: Life Sim 22.3%, Economy 20%, Management 14.9%, Sandbox 13.4%, Education 11.4%
- #60 Beauty Store Simulator
65% matchVery Positive88% of 184 reviews2026
Dev: NovaraGamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Run your own beauty store in Beauty Store Simulator! Manage a variety of cosmetics, fashion items, jewelry, and more. Design your store, keep customers happy, and build a successful beauty empire. Can you become the ultimate beauty mogul?
Why similar: Life Sim 32.7%, Economy 17.7%, Management 14.3%, Simulation 12.2%, Sandbox 10.2%