- #1 Little Big Workshop
97% matchVery Positive84% of 3,380 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
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 17.2%, Economy 15.6%, Simulation 15.4%, Strategy 14.6%, Building 14.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a satisfying management loop where you oversee production and logistics in a vibrant, miniature-themed environment.
- #2 Coffee Shop Tycoon
96% matchVery Positive85% of 598 reviews2022
Dev: Riff Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Manage your own coffee shop and control every detail to make it the most popular one in town! Roast your own beans and create your recipes. Hire and train your staff, manage your economy and marketing, and destroy your competition to become the ultimate legal coffee monopoly in Coffee Shop Tycoon.
Why similar: Management 23%, Economy 20.7%, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 10.7%, Building 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this title focuses on managing a specific food-service business from the ground up with a focus on expansion.
- #3 Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,483 reviews2020
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Chef is a Restaurant Management game in which you create your own character, acquire supreme cooking skills, customize restaurants, design unique menus, and devise innovative recipes with a realistic editor.
Why similar: Management 55.8%, Simulation 25.1%, Sandbox 14.1%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers deep restaurant management mechanics and extensive recipe customization similar to the pizza-building aspects of the seed game.
- #4 Tropico 6
95% matchVery Positive88% of 29,191 reviews2019
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Economy 21.3%, Management 15.5%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at economic management and city-building, offering the same strategic depth found in managing multiple pizza locations.
- #5 Planet Coaster
94% matchVery Positive91% of 71,954 reviews2016
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 22.1 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 22.2%, Management 19.3%, Economy 15.7%, Sandbox 13.4%, Simulation 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a robust sandbox management experience with deep customization tools for building and decorating your business empire.
- #6 Two Point Hospital
94% matchVery Positive92% of 34,720 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 35.2 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 28.9%, Building 22%, Simulation 16.7%, Sandbox 8.3%, Strategy 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the humorous, management-heavy gameplay style while tasking you with optimizing complex facility layouts.
- #7 Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 3,598 reviews2024
Dev: Flipline Studios
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Top, bake, and serve delicious pizzas in Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe! Craft pizzas for Papa Louie's loyal customers while earning tips, points, and Special Recipes. Unlock holiday ingredients for seasonal pies, and take a trip in the Food Truck to serve your own unique creations!
Why similar: Management 35.8%, Simulation 23.6%, Strategy 23.3%, Casual 6.6%, Action 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on the fast-paced, satisfying mechanics of running a pizza shop.
- #8 Game Dev Tycoon
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 44,938 reviews2013
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 40.6%, Simulation 18.8%, Economy 17.1%, Strategy 10.1%, Sandbox 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic tycoon experience that focuses on business growth and product development, mirroring the strategic expansion of a pizza chain.
- #9 Big Ambitions
91% matchVery Positive93% of 13,173 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 34.8%, Management 33.7%, Simulation 11.2%, Sandbox 10.6%, Resource Management 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a massive scope for business management and expansion, perfect for players who enjoy the economic side of the seed game.
- #10 SimCasino
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 755 reviews2021
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Modern Casino Tycoon Simulation in full 3D glory. Build the casino. Set the odds. Expand into a luxury hotel/casino or go cheap & extract max profits. Keep the vault secure at all times, and beware of criminals & cheaters!!
Why similar: Economy 18.2%, City Builder 16%, Building 15%, Management 14.7%, Sandbox 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a detailed management experience where you design and run a complex business facility.
- #11 Constructor Plus
90% matchVery Positive89% of 463 reviews2019
Dev: System 3
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Constructor Plus is the definitive building simulation for the modern day tycoon. Build your dream town full of crackpot undesirables, businesses, and quirky tenants whilst fending off your rivals in the eagerly awaited sequel to Constructor HD. With almost 3 times more content, building just got bigger!
Why similar: Strategy 26.3%, City Builder 26%, Simulation 22.6%, Building 17.5%, Indie 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a similar blend of strategy and management with a humorous, cartoonish art style.
- #12 Production Line : Car factory simulation
89% matchVery Positive82% of 3,474 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
Why similar: Management 21.4%, Economy 19.6%, Building 13.7%, Sandbox 9.3%, Resource Management 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the logistics and economic optimization of a production line, appealing to those who enjoy the management side of the seed game.
- #13 Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!
89% matchVery Positive91% of 2,286 reviews2020
Dev: Vertigo Gaming Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Hit the road in this massive sequel to the million-selling Cook, Serve, Delicious series. Manage your food truck, cook delicious dishes and serve customers as you take the road trip of a lifetime across war-torn America.
Why similar: Management 32.2%, Difficult 23%, Strategy 15.3%, Simulation 13.5%, Multiplayer 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the high-pressure, fast-paced food service mechanics that complement the management aspects of the seed game.
- #14 Megaquarium
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,727 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.
Why similar: Building 20.2%, Management 19.9%, Sandbox 15.1%, Economy 14.4%, Simulation 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This management sim focuses on building and maintaining a complex facility while balancing customer satisfaction and economic growth.
- #15 Hotel Magnate
87% matchMixed59% of 487 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: Economy 17.4%, Management 16.1%, Building 14.8%, City Builder 13.3%, Sandbox 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a sandbox management experience focused on designing and running a successful hotel business.
- #16 Mad Games Tycoon 2
85% matchVery Positive94% of 7,699 reviews2023
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 36.9 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: Economy 22.9%, Management 20.6%, City Builder 12.4%, Building 12.1%, Sandbox 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A detailed business simulation that tasks you with managing a company and its products, much like the pizza chain in the seed game.
- #17 Software Inc.
86% matchVery Positive94% of 7,733 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 45.8 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: Economy 25.4%, Management 20.7%, Building 18.1%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, complex business simulation that allows for granular control over your company's growth and office design.
- #18 PlateUp!
84% matchVery Positive95% of 26,639 reviews2022
Dev: It's happeningPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!
Why similar: Management 45.6%, Building 34.4%, Strategy 12.2%, Casual 3.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines restaurant management with roguelite elements, focusing on the chaotic fun of running a successful kitchen.
- #19 Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management
86% matchMixed62% of 184 reviews2021
Dev: Abylight StudiosPub: Ziggurat
Windows
Build an intricate prison, hire the best staff, and pamper your prisoners to create the perfect rehabilitation facility in Prison Tycoon: Under New Management
Why similar: Management 19.1%, Building 16.8%, Resource Management 11.7%, Economy 11.2%, Sandbox 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a management-heavy experience where you must balance facility design with operational efficiency.
- #20 Project Highrise
84% matchVery Positive85% of 4,793 reviews2016
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
Why similar: Management 26.9%, Building 21.9%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 11.8%, Economy 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on building and managing a skyscraper, requiring similar attention to layout and tenant satisfaction.
- #21 Ratopia
81% matchVery Positive88% of 4,734 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
Why similar: Building 15.8%, Management 13.5%, City Builder 13.2%, Difficult 10.2%, Economy 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a colony-building experience that requires careful management of resources and citizen needs.
- #22 Power to the People
82% matchVery Positive81% of 553 reviews2022
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?
Why similar: Economy 22.7%, Management 18.6%, Building 16.5%, City Builder 15.5%, Resource Management 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on infrastructure management and economic balancing, appealing to fans of strategic simulation games.
- #23 Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition
83% matchMixed55% of 4,067 reviews2019
Dev: Klabater
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Crossroads Inn, a real-time management sim, unfolds in Delcrys' unique fantasy realm. Construct and oversee your inn, delight traveling heroes, and achieve renowned status for your services across the kingdom.
Why similar: Economy 31.9%, City Builder 28%, Management 17.3%, Sandbox 13.4%, Strategy 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It blends management and RPG elements in a fantasy setting, focusing on running a successful tavern.
- #24 Two Point Campus
79% matchVery Positive88% of 8,016 reviews2022
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 19.8 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: Management 21.1%, Building 16.1%, City Builder 13.9%, Sandbox 9.8%, Simulation 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A humorous management game that focuses on building and running a university, sharing the same polished tycoon feel.
- #25 Rescue HQ - The Tycoon
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 926 reviews2019
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 4.0 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: Management 18.1%, Building 15.3%, City Builder 12.3%, Sandbox 11.3%, Simulation 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game tasks you with managing a multi-department emergency station, requiring careful resource and facility management.
- #26 Startup Company
80% matchVery Positive81% of 6,211 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 30.6%, Economy 26.1%, Simulation 13.1%, Strategy 9.3%, Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A business simulation game that focuses on the challenges of growing a company and managing resources effectively.
- #27 Buildings Have Feelings Too!
82% matchMixed45% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Blackstaff GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
An exciting new city-management/puzzle game about buildings and the city they inhabit. You must grow your city to a bustling metropolitan centre with an array of shops, offices, entertainment facilities and amenities, to help your buildings thrive; or risk them being demolished forever.
Why similar: Economy 23.7%, Management 19.7%, City Builder 18.6%, Building 15.3%, Strategy 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A unique management game that focuses on city growth and the needs of individual buildings, sharing a quirky, stylized feel.
- #28 Rise of Industry
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,178 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
Why similar: Economy 22.5%, Management 19.3%, City Builder 15%, Strategy 9.7%, Resource Management 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on complex supply chains and economic strategy, perfect for players who enjoy the business-building aspect of the seed game.
- #29 Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,486 reviews2010
Dev: EasyGameStationPub: Carpe Fulgur LLC
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Management 44.8%, Simulation 26%, Strategy 10.4%, Indie 9.6%, Singleplayer 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines shop management with dungeon crawling, offering a unique take on the retail simulation genre.
- #30 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Complete Edition
76% matchVery Positive87% of 2,908 reviews2020
Dev: Frontier DevelopmentsPub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
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: Management 21.3%, Building 17.8%, City Builder 15.4%, Sandbox 10.9%, Strategy 10.1%
- #31 Pizza Connection 2
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 315 reviews2017
Dev: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
It's your empire... Take control! The game has it all! the depth of gameplay will have you on the edge of your seat for hours on-end. Build, manage, strategize and conquer the competition with the richest gameplay tycoon product ever offered!
Why similar: Management 22.9%, Economy 20.1%, Strategy 17.5%, Simulation 17.2%, Classic 14.4% ★
- #32 Pizza Connection 3 - Pizza Creator
77% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2018
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mamma mia... Long awaited by fans around the world, the new Pizza Creator of Pizza Connection 3 is now on Steam and playable separately.
Why similar: Simulation 77.3%, Casual 22.7%
- #33 Pizza Connection
77% matchMixed69% of 96 reviews2017
Dev: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Pizza Connection is a humorous business strategy game that challenges you to build a pizza empire from scratch.
Why similar: Economy 18.7%, Classic 18.6% ★, Strategy 18.6%, Management 18%, Simulation 16.9%
- #34 Battle Royale Tycoon
76% matchMixed69% of 516 reviews2019
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 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 18.6%, Economy 16.4%, Building 11.5%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 11.1%
- #35 Internet Cafe Evolution
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 710 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Flame Games
Windows
This is a business simulation + construction game. It tells the evolution history of Internet cafes that began in the 1990s, and imagines the future of internet cafes. There are also some small emotional stories.
Why similar: Economy 22.2%, Management 16.6%, Building 15.7%, Sandbox 11.8%, Simulation 8.7%
- #36 Pizza Slice
73% matchMixed57% of 238 reviews2026
Dev: Quest CraftPub: Gaming Factory
Windows
More than just a simulator, Pizza Slice is a true Italian adventure! Take on the role of Tonio, manage your family pizzeria, bake authentic Italian pizzas, fight the competition and grow your business. See if you can win the title of the best pizzeria in the area!
Why similar: Economy 24.2%, Management 20.1%, Resource Management 17.7%, Simulation 14.4%, Strategy 11.5%
- #37 Spacebase Startopia
75% matchMixed56% of 654 reviews2021
Dev: Realmforge StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Spacebase Startopia captivates with its original mixture of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS skirmishes and a good dose of humor.
Why similar: Economy 18.4%, City Builder 14.6%, Management 14.6%, Strategy 14.1%, Simulation 12.2%
- #38 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Platinum
74% matchVery Positive92% of 5,234 reviews2008
Dev: Frontier
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum combines the excitement of rollercoasters with the fun of a great strategy simulation. RCT3 Platinum combines the roller coaster theme park fun of the Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 with included expansion packs Soaked! and Wild! Now enjoy more options than ever.
Why similar: Management 24%, Building 17%, Sandbox 13.9%, Simulation 13.4%, Economy 10.3%
- #39 SimAirport
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,031 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!
Why similar: Economy 20%, Management 15.6%, City Builder 15.5%, Building 14.5%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #40 CoffeeBiz Tycoon
74% matchMixed64% of 66 reviews2018
Dev: The Sociopath Software
Windows
CoffeeBiz tycoon is a mix of entrepreneurship fun and complicated business simulation. Start your first coffee kiosk, brew, expand, hire, deal with competitors, build a well-known brand, risk, and do everything else needed to build prosperous and profitable business.
Why similar: Management 24.7%, Economy 21.4%, Simulation 15.6%, Strategy 14.9%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #41 Pocket Academy 3
71% matchVery Positive94% of 247 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
After 12 long years, we're back and bringing the school festival with us!
Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Simulation 18.9%, Strategy 17.7%, Building 13.3%, Management 10.7%
- #42 RollerCoaster Tycoon World™
75% matchMostly Negative25% of 5,879 reviews2016
Dev: Nvizzio CreationsPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
RollerCoaster Tycoon World™ is the newest installment in the legendary RCT franchise. This next-generation theme park simulation and building game includes fan-favorite features along with incredible new advancements!
Why similar: Building 25%, Management 24.6%, Simulation 17.9%, Sandbox 16.2%, Strategy 11.9%
- #43 Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 327 reviews2019
Dev: Jarrod Brown
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.4 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 17.7%, Management 15.7%, Building 15.4%, City Builder 13.5%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #44 Internet Cafe Simulator
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 10,259 reviews2019
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Internet Cafe Simulator is an internet cafe business simulation game. Build the best internet café in the world!
Why similar: Management 26.7%, Simulation 25.1%, Economy 23.2%, Strategy 6.1%, Multiplayer 5.7%
- #45 Tropico Reloaded
72% matchVery Positive88% of 981 reviews2009
Dev: PopTop SoftwarePub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 40%
TROPICO RELOADED is the ultimate game compilation for hobby-dictators and those dreaming of their own Caribbean island. Tropico combines real-time strategy and simulation elements with a healthy dose of political intrigue and Caribbean flair to create a unique and critically acclaimed game experience.
Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, Management 15.9%, Classic 14% ★, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 13.5%
- #46 Food Park Manager
69% matchVery Positive82% of 50 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: Economy 22.3%, City Builder 17.6%, Management 16%, Sandbox 11.5%, Resource Management 10%
- #47 Caesar™ 3
70% matchVery Positive93% of 2,222 reviews2016
Dev: Impressions GamesPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Prove your strength of mind and spirit and you just may be crowned Caesar!
Why similar: City Builder 34.8%, Classic 22.9% ★, Strategy 17.8%, Simulation 12.4%, Management 8.9%
- #48 Pocket City 2
68% matchVery Positive94% of 135 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: Economy 22.9%, City Builder 20.6%, Sandbox 14.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Building 10.1%
- #49 Nebuchadnezzar
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,817 reviews2021
Dev: Nepos GamesPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.
Why similar: Economy 20.1%, City Builder 18.8%, Building 15%, Management 14.3%, Sandbox 11.9%
- #50 Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha)
70% matchVery Positive87% of 373 reviews2020
Dev: A2 SoftworksPub: Manager Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Drill Deal is a unique simulator in a fun style that will draw you for hours. It's a building simulator like never before. Feel the thrill of a drill hitting underwater oil fields. Sell the precious substance and make your oil rig more efficient.
Why similar: Management 22%, Economy 16%, City Builder 14.6%, Simulation 13.2%, Building 11.8%
- #51 Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
68% matchVery Positive94% of 32,999 reviews2017
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!
Why similar: Management 21.7%, Difficult 19.8%, Simulation 17.9%, Strategy 12.2%, Horror 9.3%
- #52 Supreme: Pizza Empire
71% matchMixed65% of 113 reviews2015
Dev: Nexeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Supreme allows you to pursue your wildest dream ever, the dream that you’ve wanted to fulfill all your life. Your dream of owning and operating your own Pizzeria franchise that you will dominate the world with...err… we mean make everyone full and happy with? Yeah that.
Why similar: Management 34.3%, Simulation 31.6%, Strategy 12.5%, Casual 10.9%, Indie 10.8%
- #53 Recipe for Disaster
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 719 reviews2022
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Recipe for Disaster is a management sim that captures the fast-paced, drama-filled environment of a professional kitchen and dining room. Build your dream restaurant, create recipes, design menus and manage your staff, all while contending with demanding customers and disastrous situations!
Why similar: Management 24.7%, Economy 21.8%, Building 17.8%, Simulation 10.7%, Strategy 7.3%
- #54 Pizza Express
70% matchVery Positive82% of 279 reviews2015
Dev: Onni InteractivePub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Pizza Express is a fast-paced restaurant simulation where you'll join the laborious Gastone and his wreckless friend Lucky in a tasty adventure which will bring you from zero to hero. Manage every aspect of your pizzeria and turn it into the best eatery in town!
Why similar: Simulation 45%, Strategy 34.3%, Indie 11.1%, Casual 9.6%
- #55 Cities: Skylines II
66% matchMixed55% of 90,178 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.6 hrsMean: 73.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
Why similar: City Builder 21.6%, Economy 15.8%, Building 15.6%, Management 13.4%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #56 Park Beyond
67% matchMixed63% of 1,322 reviews2023
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Bandai Namco Europe S.A.S.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 19.4%, Building 17.9%, Sandbox 12.8%, Resource Management 11.8%, Simulation 10.8%
- #57 Hot Springs Story 2
67% matchVery Positive86% of 194 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A "hot" new hot springs resort sim with a ton of new exclusive features!
Why similar: City Builder 27.7%, Building 22.1%, Simulation 20.5%, Retro 12.2%, Strategy 9.6%
- #58 Pizza Clicker
67% matchMixed63% of 145 reviews2024
Dev: Bazura Games
Windows
PIZZA CLICKER. You get dropped a pizza every 2 hours 5 times per day. Your chance to try every kind of pizza in the world and share it with friends!
Why similar: Cartoony 43.2%, Simulation 38.1%, Casual 11.7%, Singleplayer 7%
- #59 Burger Shop 3
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 605 reviews2023
Dev: GoBit Games
Windows · Mac
Make tasty food items to serve hungry customers in this fast-paced sequel to the amazing food making games Burger Shop 1 & 2!
Why similar: Simulation 50.8%, Casual 24.9%, Action 16.7%, Singleplayer 7.6%
- #60 Depraved
68% matchMixed61% of 1,248 reviews2019
Dev: Evil Bite
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Depraved is a city builder game with survival aspects, settled in the Wild West. Build towns and establish important outposts to supply your residents with food and other raw materials. Resist the seasons, dangerous animals, and bandits and conquer the Wild West.
Why similar: Economy 22.8%, City Builder 19.5%, Management 17.9%, Building 17.6%, Strategy 7.9%