- #1 Planet Coaster
97% matchVery Positive91% of 71,331 reviews2016
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.2 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 19%, Sandbox 14.2%, Simulation 10.6%, Economy 9.4%, God Game 8.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor, it offers the most similar creative building tools and management experience.
- #2 Planet Zoo
96% matchVery Positive91% of 93,912 reviews2019
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Building 17.9%, City Builder 17.8%, Sandbox 15.3%, Economy 11.6%, Simulation 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, it shares the same engine, UI, and high-fidelity management depth.
- #3 Parkitect
96% matchVery Positive94% of 7,997 reviews2018
Dev: Texel Raptor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 17.9%, Building 17.3%, Economy 16.1%, Sandbox 12.6%, Simulation 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the spirit of classic coaster management with a focus on logistics and guest satisfaction.
- #4 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Complete Edition
95% matchVery Positive88% of 2,812 reviews2020
Dev: Frontier DevelopmentsPub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 8.4 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: City Builder 23.5%, Building 20.5%, Sandbox 15.6%, Management 11.3%, Simulation 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive 3D classic that pioneered the park management genre with coaster-building at its core.
- #5 Park Beyond
94% matchMixed62% of 1,304 reviews2023
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Bandai Namco Europe S.A.S.
Windows
Median: 3.6 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: Building 22.8%, Sandbox 20.4%, Simulation 14%, Management 11.6%, City Builder 10%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes creative coaster building and management with a focus on gravity-defying, impossible rides.
- #6 NoLimits 2 Roller Coaster Simulation
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,635 reviews2014
Dev: Ole LangePub: O.L. Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
NoLimits 2 is the ultimate roller coaster simulation that lets you experience authentic roller coaster thrills. Climb into the world's most famous roller coasters and experience the excitement in real time. Or design a new roller coaster that is engineered to your specifications.
Why similar: Simulation 43%, Sandbox 35.1%, Realistic 19.1%, Singleplayer 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is the ultimate tool for coaster enthusiasts who want to focus purely on realistic ride design and physics.
- #7 Two Point Campus
93% matchVery Positive88% of 7,816 reviews2022
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 19.6 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 22.1%, Building 19.2%, Sandbox 14.8%, Management 11.8%, Simulation 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a polished, humorous take on management games with deep building mechanics and creative customization.
- #8 Cities: Skylines II
92% matchMixed54% of 86,513 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.8 hrsMean: 72.6 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 29.6%, Building 16%, Sandbox 13.2%, Economy 11.3%, Simulation 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for complex, large-scale construction and city-wide infrastructure management.
- #9 Jurassic World Evolution 2
91% matchVery Positive90% of 45,488 reviews2021
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 22.3 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: Building 22.8%, Sandbox 18.7%, City Builder 17.3%, Economy 10.6%, Simulation 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides high-fidelity park management with a strong focus on infrastructure, guest safety, and terrain manipulation.
- #10 Megaquarium
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,644 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.8 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 25.3%, Sandbox 23.5%, Simulation 13.8%, Economy 12.5%, Management 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the specific niche of managing an attraction-based park where guest flow and exhibit design are paramount.
- #11 Two Point Museum
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 11,346 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 23.2%, Building 18.7%, Sandbox 15.3%, Simulation 11.5%, Economy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A fresh take on management games that focuses on exhibit design, visitor flow, and curating a unique experience.
- #12 Indoorlands
90% matchVery Positive81% of 269 reviews2022
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Building 20.8%, City Builder 18.8%, Sandbox 14.1%, Simulation 12%, Management 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses specifically on the management and customization of indoor theme parks and ride layouts.
- #13 Prehistoric Kingdom
88% matchVery Positive89% of 5,727 reviews2022
Dev: Blue MeridianPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Take on the role of park manager and design the ultimate zoo for nature's greatest creations.
Why similar: God Game 19% ★, Building 17.4%, Sandbox 16.9%, Economy 13.5%, Simulation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep creative building tools within a zoo management framework that rivals the Planet series.
- #14 Let's Build a Zoo
87% matchVery Positive89% of 4,032 reviews2021
Dev: SpringloadedPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 25.3%, Sandbox 17.1%, Building 16%, Simulation 12.6%, Management 9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides extensive management options and creative freedom with a unique, stylized aesthetic.
- #15 Parkasaurus
86% matchVery Positive93% of 3,092 reviews2020
Dev: Washbear Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Parkasaurus is a dinosaur tycoon management simulation where you take care of your dinosaurs by constructing well-designed exhibits, researching specialized technologies, and maximizing profits to expand into the ultimate dinosaur theme park. Do you favor development for guests or your dinosaurs?
Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Building 17.7%, Sandbox 14.3%, Economy 12.2%, Management 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A charming management game that emphasizes park layout, guest happiness, and creative enclosure design.
- #16 Theme Park Studio
89% matchMixed41% of 464 reviews2016
Dev: Pantera Entertainment
Windows
Theme Park Studio is a powerful suite of tools that allows players to design, build, and experience stunning amusement parks of their own design. Players can build whatever they can imagine, and then share it online for others to experience. Theme Park Studio includes Steam Workshop integration.
Why similar: Simulation 39.2%, Sandbox 27.8%, Building 21.2%, Management 10.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated sandbox tool that allows for extensive customization of rides and park environments.
- #17 Timberborn
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,007 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Why similar: City Builder 34.4%, Building 18.8%, Sandbox 18.2%, Management 9%, Simulation 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features unique vertical building mechanics and complex resource management that will appeal to fans of construction games.
- #18 Foundation
84% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 37.7%, Sandbox 12.3%, Building 11.7%, Economy 10.6%, Simulation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A gridless city-builder that emphasizes organic growth and creative layout design over rigid structures.
- #19 Anno 1800
86% matchVery Positive81% of 30,897 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
Why similar: City Builder 41.1%, Economy 17.4%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 10.7%, Sandbox 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines intricate supply chain management with beautiful city building and aesthetic planning.
- #20 Transport Fever 2
85% matchVery Positive91% of 31,208 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 65.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Economy 14.6%, Simulation 13.3%, Building 12.3%, Sandbox 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the logistics and infrastructure side of management, which is a key component of park design.
- #21 House Flipper 2
82% matchVery Positive87% of 17,900 reviews2023
Dev: Frozen District
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Clean your worries away with this relaxing renovation simulator! Buy, fix, sell, and become a local legend. Or grab your power tools and build anything from scratch! With the online 2-4 players co-op mode, you can play both in sandbox and story mode together.
Why similar: Building 25.2%, Sandbox 21.7%, Simulation 13.6%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Family Friendly 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the granular design and building aspects found in the creative modes of the Planet series.
- #22 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack
83% matchVery Positive90% of 5,710 reviews2014
Dev: Chris Sawyer ProductionsPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 38%
This compilation includes the entire RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 series, with the original game as well as the Time Twister and Wacky Worlds expansions.
Why similar: Sandbox 20%, Simulation 19%, Building 17.2%, Management 16.4%, Economy 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive classic that established the core loop of park management and coaster building.
- #23 Tropico 6
82% matchVery Positive88% of 28,783 reviews2019
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 26.9 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 32.7%, Economy 16.1%, Sandbox 10.7%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Blends city-building with political management and infrastructure planning in a vibrant, tropical setting.
- #24 Big Ambitions
80% matchVery Positive93% of 12,519 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 24.0 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 35.4%, Management 23.1%, Sandbox 19.1%, Simulation 16.6%, 3D 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A detailed business simulation that rewards strategic planning, layout design, and economic management.
- #25 Software Inc.
81% matchVery Positive94% of 7,637 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 45.6 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: Building 20.2%, Economy 19.7%, Sandbox 17.8%, Simulation 10.8%, Management 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep building and business management mechanics for those who enjoy complex simulation systems.
- #26 Railway Empire 2
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,521 reviews2023
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.
Why similar: City Builder 20.7%, Sandbox 16.8%, Economy 16.3%, Building 16%, Simulation 11%
Why You'll Like It: Excellent for those who enjoy the infrastructure and track-building aspects found in coaster games.
- #27 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
78% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Building 16.5%, Sandbox 15.6%, Economy 15.3%, Simulation 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the most complex logistics and construction management available for hardcore simulation fans.
- #28 Captain of Industry
79% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Economy 22.2%, City Builder 19.5%, Building 17.9%, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A deep simulation game focused on building, logistics, and resource management on a grand scale.
- #29 Frostpunk 2
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,240 reviews2024
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.
Why similar: City Builder 61.1%, Strategy 18.5%, Simulation 10.1%, Management 6.2%, Atmospheric 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers intense management challenges with a focus on city infrastructure and survival under pressure.
- #30 Jurassic World Evolution 3
76% matchVery Positive93% of 9,574 reviews2025
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 22.4 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: City Builder 25%, Sandbox 19%, Simulation 13.6%, Economy 13.2%, Strategy 9.5%
- #31 SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
79% matchVery Positive82% of 9,611 reviews2010
Dev: EA - MaxisPub: Electronic Arts
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.
Why similar: God Game 21% ★, City Builder 18%, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 12.3%, Economy 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: The foundational city-builder that set the standard for deep management and infrastructure simulation.
- #32 Waterpark Simulator
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,416 reviews2025
Dev: CayPlay
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Build and run your own waterpark. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!
Why similar: Economy 21.8%, Building 21.8%, Sandbox 21.4%, Simulation 12.9%, Management 11.7%
- #33 Hotel Architect
75% matchVery Positive94% of 1,342 reviews2025
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 21.1%, Building 15.4%, Sandbox 14.6%, Economy 14%, Simulation 8.4%
- #34 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Platinum
77% matchVery Positive92% of 5,223 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: Sandbox 22%, Building 21.6%, Simulation 17.3%, Management 14.3%, Economy 9.1%
- #35 RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe
76% matchVery Positive94% of 8,087 reviews2014
Dev: Chris Sawyer ProductionsPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
One of the best games from acclaimed Tycoon series, with well designed gameplay mechanics, appealing graphics, and really high re-playability value. There’s no limit to what you can create so design and build the most thrilling roller coaster the world has ever seen!
Why similar: Sandbox 22.3%, Simulation 20.8%, Building 17.2%, Management 16.6%, Strategy 9.3%
- #36 Town to City
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,836 reviews2025
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.0 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 39.6%, Building 18.4%, Economy 13.7%, Simulation 7.8%, Strategy 6.8%
- #37 Jurassic World Evolution
75% matchVery Positive87% of 54,890 reviews2018
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 28.0 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: Building 26.9%, Sandbox 16.1%, City Builder 14.5%, Simulation 12.4%, Management 10.8%
- #38 Cities: Skylines
74% matchVery Positive93% of 286,936 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Why similar: City Builder 36.2%, Building 16.5%, Sandbox 11.2%, Simulation 10.2%, Economy 9.1%
- #39 Anno 117: Pax Romana
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 11,270 reviews2025
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.
Why similar: City Builder 26.6%, Sandbox 15.5%, Building 15%, Economy 13.9%, Simulation 10.4%
- #40 Two Point Hospital
73% matchVery Positive92% of 34,380 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 34.9 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: Building 27.5%, Simulation 21.3%, Management 16.8%, Sandbox 13%, City Builder 9.8%
- #41 Pocket City 2
72% matchVery Positive94% of 128 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 27.6%, Sandbox 18.1%, Economy 16.1%, Building 10.2%, Strategy 9.3%
- #42 MMORPG Tycoon 2
73% matchVery Positive86% of 3,013 reviews2020
Dev: VectorStorm Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
MMORPG Tycoon 2 is a single-player world-builder game about creating the greatest MMORPG of all time – yours.
Why similar: God Game 23.8% ★, City Builder 19.8%, Sandbox 14%, Economy 12.8%, Simulation 7.1%
- #43 RollerCoaster Tycoon World™
77% matchMostly Negative25% of 5,847 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 27.2%, Sandbox 22%, Simulation 20%, Management 12.6%, Strategy 9.9%
- #44 Railroads Online
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,879 reviews2024
Dev: Stefan KelnbergerPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 67.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build your dream railroad across a huge open world! You can build tracks and stations, drive detailed locomotives, and transport goods to earn money and experience. Play exciting Online Multiplayer sessions with your friends or create your very own sandbox!
Why similar: Building 22.9%, Sandbox 21.2%, Economy 19.1%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Management 9.7%
- #45 RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic
72% matchVery Positive91% of 2,924 reviews2017
Dev: Origin8 Technologies Ltd.Pub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 61.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Create incredible parks in the original rollercoaster sim from Chris Sawyer.
Why similar: Management 27.6%, Simulation 25.6%, Strategy 17.3%, Sandbox 16.7%, Building 10.6%
- #46 Reus 2
70% matchVery Positive95% of 2,219 reviews2024
Dev: Abbey GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Shape worlds with your godly titans. Make symbiotic ecosystems and inspire humanity with your creations. Their achievements unlock new possibilities. Make different planets for different human spirits, and fill the universe with life!
Why similar: God Game 32.1% ★, City Builder 21.2%, Sandbox 12.9%, Building 9%, Management 7.5%
- #47 The Tenants
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,665 reviews2022
Dev: Ancient Forge
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Become a landlord and deal with problematic tenants as you build your rental property empire. Decide how to react to annoyed neighbors or police interventions. Will you design your apartment for a group of gamer friends or an aspiring musician looking for a new home?
Why similar: God Game 22.9% ★, City Builder 19.4%, Building 14.1%, Economy 13%, Sandbox 11.8%
- #48 Park Studio
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Creye Games
Windows
Create the parks of your dreams in Park Studio! Construct amazing structures, build thrilling rides and decorate your park with an unprecedented level of detail and unmatched realism! What are you waiting for? Get creative!
Why similar: Sandbox 26.8%, Building 25.5%, Simulation 15.1%, Realistic 13.2%, Management 11.2%
- #49 Parking World: Build & Manage
69% matchMixed68% of 174 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 25.8%, Building 15.1%, Simulation 11.7%, Economy 11.6%, Strategy 9.1%
- #50 Mad Games Tycoon 2
68% matchVery Positive94% of 7,570 reviews2023
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: City Builder 20.2%, Economy 19.6%, Building 14.7%, Sandbox 12.7%, Management 11.7%
- #51 SimAirport
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,012 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.1 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: City Builder 24.9%, Building 17.5%, Economy 16.8%, Sandbox 15.9%, Management 8.8%
- #52 City Bus Manager
67% matchVery Positive91% of 2,686 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data. Buy buses, maintain them, take care of your staff and lead your bus company to become the #1 in town!
Why similar: Economy 28.6%, Simulation 19.6%, Sandbox 18.1%, Management 15.4%, Strategy 9.7%
- #53 Hotel Magnate
68% matchMixed60% of 481 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%, Building 16.7%, Sandbox 15.7%, Economy 13.6%, Simulation 8.9%
- #54 The Universim
65% matchVery Positive80% of 10,483 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.
Why similar: God Game 28.5% ★, City Builder 22.9%, Building 14.9%, Sandbox 14.7%, Management 5.9%
- #55 Let's School
65% matchVery Positive93% of 7,094 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Dive into the exhilarating role of a headmaster entrusted to revive your alma mater! Beyond just bricks and mortar, train teachers, recruit students. Sculpt your school into a unique educational haven! Let's School!
Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Sandbox 15.2%, Building 14.4%, Economy 11.3%, Management 8.6%
- #56 Dream Park Story
66% matchVery Positive88% of 143 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Create your own amusement park with a variety of rides, mascots, and activities!
Why similar: City Builder 27.6%, Simulation 26.6%, Strategy 18.5%, Building 14.5%, Economy 11.8%
- #57 Snowtopia: Ski Resort Builder
67% matchMixed62% of 1,256 reviews2022
Dev: TeaForTwoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Build your ideal ski resort. Keep skiers smiling with fresh pistes and fine facilities. Ski, build and chill in the wintry world of Snowtopia where everyone is welcome!
Why similar: City Builder 20.3%, Building 15.9%, Sandbox 14.7%, Economy 11.7%, Simulation 8.3%
- #58 Wildlife Park 3
69% matchMixed59% of 522 reviews2014
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: City Builder 12.9%, Building 12.7%, Simulation 12.2%, God Game 11.9% ★, Sandbox 11.7%
- #59 PowerWash Simulator 2
62% matchVery Positive92% of 10,031 reviews2025
Dev: FuturLab
Windows
Median: 19.7 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
PowerWash Simulator is back, bubbling with fresh locations, soap-erior equipment and splashy features. Effortlessly transform soiled surroundings into clean, serene scenes, solo or with pals. Satisfaction is a spray away!
Why similar: Sandbox 27.6%, Simulation 18.7%, Online Co-Op 14.9%, Realistic 7.6%, Family Friendly 6.5%
- #60 Transport Fever
66% matchVery Positive83% of 10,800 reviews2016
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 47.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!
Why similar: City Builder 22.6%, Building 16.6%, Sandbox 16.1%, Economy 15.4%, Simulation 7.8%