- #1 Two Point Hospital
97% 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: Medical Sim 53.8% ★, Management 15.7%, Building 9.6%, Simulation 7.2%, City Builder 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is the most direct thematic peer, offering a polished hospital management experience with a focus on layout and patient flow.
- #2 Academia : School Simulator
96% matchVery Positive86% of 3,008 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!
Why similar: City Builder 22.8%, Management 15.3%, Economy 10.3%, Building 10%, Moddable 9.6% ★
Why You'll Like It: It applies the same institutional management and building principles to a school environment, requiring careful resource allocation.
- #3 Prison Architect
96% matchVery Positive89% of 73,112 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Why similar: City Builder 23%, Management 15.5%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11.9%, Moddable 9.5% ★
Why You'll Like It: It features the same deep, grid-based building and management mechanics, requiring careful planning of infrastructure and staff.
- #4 War Hospital
95% matchMixed60% of 1,201 reviews2024
Dev: Brave Lamb Studio S.A.Pub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take charge of a WW1 field hospital on the Western Front, and make all the decisions necessary to help the soldiers recover and to support the war effort. In this narrative management game, you are the last bastion of humanity.
Why similar: Medical Sim 44.5% ★, City Builder 18.8%, Management 12.4%, Economy 8.3%, Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the medical management focus but adds high-stakes survival and ethical decision-making in a wartime setting.
- #5 Big Pharma
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,921 reviews2015
Dev: Twice CircledPub: Positech Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
What if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick… and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in your hands. Will you use it for good?
Why similar: Medical Sim 43.9% ★, Management 14.7%, Economy 7%, Moddable 6.6% ★, Isometric 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the medical industry, challenging players to manage production lines and research while balancing economic success.
- #6 Software Inc.
94% 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: Management 20.5%, Moddable 16.5% ★, Economy 15.7%, Building 14.5%, Sandbox 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an incredibly deep management simulation where you must design office layouts while managing complex business operations.
- #7 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
92% 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 26.2%, Management 14.2%, Economy 11.3%, Building 11%, Moddable 10.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: It provides the deep, granular management and logistics simulation that fans of Project Hospital's complexity will appreciate.
- #8 Project Highrise
93% matchVery Positive85% of 4,730 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 31.4%, Building 20.4%, Simulation 12.1%, City Builder 9.1%, Sandbox 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes vertical building and tenant management, requiring players to balance infrastructure and utility logistics.
- #9 Two Point Campus
91% 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 23.9%, Management 21.6%, Building 13.2%, Sandbox 10%, Simulation 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It refines the management mechanics of the Two Point series, focusing on the specific needs of an educational campus.
- #10 Let's School
90% 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: Medical Sim 31% ★, City Builder 18.1%, Management 11.7%, Education 9.6%, Sandbox 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the design and management of an educational institution with a similar emphasis on facility layout and student needs.
- #11 Parkitect
91% 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 19.5%, Management 15.8%, Economy 12.4%, Moddable 12.2% ★, Building 12%
Why You'll Like It: It offers superior building tools and management depth for those who enjoy the sandbox architectural aspects of Project Hospital.
- #12 Planet Zoo
89% 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: Management 22.1%, City Builder 21.9%, Building 14%, Sandbox 11.8%, Economy 10%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides an unparalleled level of detail in sandbox building and complex animal welfare management.
- #13 Airport CEO
89% matchVery Positive83% of 8,135 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: City Builder 17.7%, Moddable 15.5% ★, Management 14.7%, Building 10.3%, Economy 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a detailed look at airport logistics, requiring players to manage everything from passenger flow to staff scheduling.
- #14 RimWorld
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 236,346 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, Moddable 18.6% ★, Management 18.4%, Sandbox 13.4%, Building 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a highly detailed medical system and colony management that requires constant attention to individual character needs.
- #15 Hotel Architect
86% 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 25.7%, Management 15.6%, Economy 12.1%, Building 11.9%, Sandbox 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It allows for detailed building and management of a service-based facility, focusing on guest satisfaction and operational efficiency.
- #16 The Tenants
86% 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: City Builder 26.3%, Management 17.9%, Economy 12.4%, Building 12.2%, Life Sim 11%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on property management and interior design, allowing for the same level of creative control over building layouts.
- #17 SimAirport
87% 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 28.3%, Management 17.1%, Economy 13.6%, Building 12.7%, Sandbox 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the design and management of an airport, sharing the logistical and building challenges found in hospital management.
- #18 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 39.7%, Management 17.7%, Building 13.8%, Sandbox 13.2%, Simulation 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It introduces unique building mechanics and water-based resource management that require careful planning and optimization.
- #19 Mad Games Tycoon 2
84% 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 23.4%, Management 23%, Economy 16%, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep management simulation focused on the game development industry, requiring careful resource and staff management.
- #20 Production Line : Car factory simulation
85% matchVery Positive82% of 3,465 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 19%, City Builder 11.6%, Economy 10.7%, Building 9.7%, Sandbox 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on automation and production chains, appealing to those who enjoy the logistical optimization of Project Hospital.
- #21 Dwarf Fortress
82% matchVery Positive95% of 30,806 reviews2022
Dev: Bay 12 GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
Why similar: City Builder 31.3%, Management 19.2%, Building 14.8%, Sandbox 14.1%, Simulation 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the ultimate simulation experience with unmatched depth in management, building, and individual character simulation.
- #22 112 Operator
83% matchVery Positive89% of 7,117 reviews2020
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Manage emergency services in any city in the world! Take calls and dispatch rescue forces. Handle difficult situations, now depending on the weather, and traffic. Help the citizens through cataclysms and natural disasters, becoming a better emergency number operator every day!
Why similar: Medical Sim 36.2% ★, Moddable 15.9% ★, Management 11.5%, Education 10.8%, Sandbox 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on emergency services and dispatch management, sharing the high-pressure, time-sensitive nature of medical care.
- #23 Let's Build a Zoo
82% 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 30.2%, Management 18.2%, Sandbox 12.8%, Building 12.2%, Simulation 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines management and sandbox building with a quirky, detailed approach to animal care and facility design.
- #24 Cities: Skylines II
81% 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 33.4%, Management 12.4%, Building 11.5%, Sandbox 9.4%, Economy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for complex city-building and infrastructure management, offering endless sandbox potential.
- #25 Frostpunk
81% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: City Builder 49.3%, Building 11.4%, Resource Management 11.3%, Management 9.9%, Strategy 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It challenges players with high-stakes management and infrastructure building under extreme survival conditions.
- #26 Foundation
78% 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 43.7%, Management 11.9%, Sandbox 8.9%, Economy 8.7%, Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers grid-less building and management with a focus on organic growth and community needs.
- #27 Two Point Museum
77% 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 25.6%, Building 13.1%, Management 12.2%, Sandbox 10.6%, Life Sim 9.5%
- #28 Urbek City Builder
79% matchVery Positive90% of 1,808 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.
Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Management 16.4%, Building 13%, Economy 11.6%, Sandbox 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on city planning and resource management, emphasizing the interconnected nature of urban infrastructure.
- #29 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
79% matchVery Positive81% of 1,740 reviews2020
Dev: SquarePlay Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Design and build the most efficient metro stations known to man! Excavate. Expand. Set staff priorities. And manage the commuter flow. Overcrowd is a 2.5D management/tycoon/simulator set below the bustling city of Lubdon Town.
Why similar: City Builder 26%, Management 17.5%, Building 12%, Sandbox 10.2%, Isometric 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management of a complex public transit hub, requiring careful planning to avoid congestion.
- #30 Rescue HQ - The Tycoon
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 915 reviews2019
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build up your headquarters from scratch and design your own masterpiece. In Rescue HQ you build, organize and manage a joint station for firefighters, police and ambulance. Manage your resources wisely and master challenging emergencies to keep your city safe! Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Management 20.8%, Building 14%, Sandbox 12.8%, Isometric 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It manages emergency services with a similar layout-building focus, requiring players to balance different departments.
- #31 SimCasino
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 751 reviews2021
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.5 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: City Builder 26.5%, Management 14.5%, Building 11.9%, Sandbox 11.5%, Economy 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: It involves building and managing a complex facility with a heavy emphasis on economy and customer behavior simulation.
- #32 Doctor Life Simulator
75% matchMixed67% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: Bleeding Edge StudioPub: Blackburne Games Studio FZ LLC
Windows
Step into the shoes of a dedicated medical professional in Doctor Life Simulator. Experience the challenges and triumphs of running your own medical practice, from diagnosing complex illnesses to performing life-saving surgeries.
Why similar: Medical Sim 37.1% ★, Job Simulator 27.5% ★, Management 10%, Life Sim 7.2%, Economy 5.5%
- #33 Another Brick in The Mall
76% matchVery Positive83% of 2,425 reviews2020
Dev: The Quadsphere
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design, build and manage a giant shopping center. Open shops, supermarkets, restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys and more. Hire and manage the best staff for the job and milk your customers for all they're worth!
Why similar: Management 23.8%, City Builder 23.6%, Building 15.1%, Economy 11.5%, Simulation 8.1%
- #34 Startup Company
76% matchVery Positive81% of 6,175 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 19.8 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 35.9%, Economy 18.8%, Simulation 12%, Building 7.7%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #35 Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,478 reviews2020
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.3 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 45.7%, Simulation 16.1%, Sandbox 11.3%, Moddable 8.9% ★, Character Customization 8.6%
- #36 Mad Games Tycoon
74% matchVery Positive91% of 4,414 reviews2016
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!
Why similar: Management 28.7%, Economy 15.4%, Building 13.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Isometric 9.1%
- #37 Megaquarium
73% 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: Management 21.2%, Building 17.4%, Sandbox 15.9%, Moddable 13.2% ★, Economy 9.6%
- #38 Recipe for Disaster
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 714 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 21.6%, Building 12.4%, Economy 11.8%, Life Sim 11.5%, Isometric 7.9%
- #39 Espresso Tycoon
72% matchVery Positive85% of 1,249 reviews2023
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Espresso Tycoon - a coffee shop simulator. Create your brand, decorate the coffee shop, manage your employees, and take care of your customers. Use the 3D coffee editor to create coffee recipes, order supplies, and collect rating points. Build the whole coffee business and complete all the missions!
Why similar: Management 17.5%, Education 16.2%, Building 14.2%, Isometric 10.2%, Sandbox 9%
- #40 Little Big Workshop
72% matchVery Positive84% of 3,350 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Management 20.9%, Simulation 14.8%, Building 14%, Economy 11.6%, Strategy 11%
- #41 Hotel Magnate
71% 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 24%, Management 17.4%, Building 12.8%, Sandbox 11.8%, Economy 11.6%
- #42 Fable Hospital
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: AMGames TC
Windows
Fable Hospital is a medieval hospital management simulator with a touch of fantasy and humor. Cure hilarious diseases, manage an eccentric team, and gather resources in a world full of satire and fun.
Why similar: Medical Sim 48.2% ★, Management 12.4%, Sandbox 8.8%, Economy 8.4%, Building 5.9%
- #43 Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management
73% matchMixed61% of 179 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: Medical Sim 30% ★, Management 15.3%, Building 10.7%, City Builder 9.4%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #44 Tavern Master
70% matchVery Positive92% of 12,821 reviews2021
Dev: Untitled Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!
Why similar: Management 33%, Building 20.4%, City Builder 18.5%, Simulation 11%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #45 Good Company
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,764 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!
Why similar: City Builder 18.1%, Management 16.2%, Economy 13.1%, Building 12.3%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #46 Galacticare
68% matchVery Positive88% of 626 reviews2024
Dev: Brightrock GamesPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Build, manage and optimise intergalactic hospitals! Recruit staff to satisfy the whims of various alien species, and cure their bizarre illnesses - for money! Save the (literal) Galaxy in story mode, or head into sandbox to design the hospital of your dreams.
Why similar: Medical Sim 37.5% ★, Job Simulator 28.7% ★, Management 10.2%, Economy 8.3%, Building 8%
- #47 Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 323 reviews2019
Dev: Jarrod Brown
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.7 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: Medical Sim 32.1% ★, City Builder 16%, Management 11.1%, Building 8.7%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #48 Hospital Manager
73% matchMixed46% of 254 reviews2015
Dev: CCCPPub: Microids Indie
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Experience something novel, bursting with extraordinary phenomena and strange situations in your hospital! Only you have the power to make the best decisions and to make your hospital the most popular one! But beware: Several events will add some spice to your life! Embark on the career of your life!
Why similar: Medical Sim 68.8% ★, Management 24.1%, Simulation 7.1%
- #49 TasteMaker
68% matchVery Positive83% of 1,294 reviews2023
Dev: Jelle Booij
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
TasteMaker is a restaurant tycoon game. Design your own restaurant from the ground up, decorate, create a menu, hire and manage staff, and much more. Keep your customers happy and make a profit to keep the restaurant of your dreams from turning into a nightmare.
Why similar: Management 23.2%, Building 17.2%, Sandbox 16.9%, Economy 15.9%, Isometric 10.5%
- #50 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
67% matchVery Positive84% of 2,520 reviews2023
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.
Why similar: Job Simulator 29.7% ★, Management 23.9%, Life Sim 15.7%, Simulation 9.9%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #51 Pharmacy Simulator
68% matchMixed60% of 242 reviews2024
Dev: Altai Entertainment
Windows
Experience a realistic pharmacy management experience with Pharmacy Simulator. Set up your shop, decorate it as you wish, and purchase over a hundred types of medications. Pharmacy Simulator offers you an incredibly realistic pharmacy experience. Prove your skills in a challenging economic system.
Why similar: Medical Sim 46.6% ★, Life Sim 10.3%, Simulation 8.9%, Education 8.3%, Economy 7.2%
- #52 Big Ambitions
66% 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: Management 34.6%, Economy 22.1%, Life Sim 13.1%, Sandbox 10.6%, Simulation 8.9%
- #53 CURE - A Hospital Simulator
65% matchVery Positive89% of 574 reviews2025
Dev: Sentinel Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Manage an ER during the apocalypse, solo or with friends online: diagnose patients, design and grow your hospital, and defend against the undead while treating the living. Integrate with Twitch chat for even more fun!
Why similar: Medical Sim 37.9% ★, Job Simulator 29.7% ★, Management 10.3%, Economy 8.2%, Life Sim 6.8%
- #54 Transport Fever 2
67% 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 25.3%, Management 17.9%, Economy 11%, Simulation 8.7%, Building 8.4%
- #55 Going Medieval
63% matchVery Positive89% of 20,287 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: City Builder 27.7%, Management 17.2%, Moddable 17% ★, Economy 13.6%, Sandbox 12.5%
- #56 Hospitalize
71% matchMixed40% of 171 reviews2016
Dev: Illeris
Windows
Find the most effective way to construct and manage a hospital. Build your hospital smart and avoid excess time and resources consumed by examining your patients unnecessary. You can choose to micromanage your patients or hope that your doctors are able to identify the cause of their symptoms.
Why similar: Management 46.6%, Simulation 45%, Indie 8.4%
- #57 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
66% matchVery Positive92% of 1,775 reviews2021
Dev: Binogure Studio 🐺
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Manage a game studio from the dawn of the gaming industry in 1976. Your journey starts with small indie titles and grows into a gaming empire. Develop, design, and conquer the industry. From humble beginnings to gaming legend – it’s your story, your studio, your legacy!
Why similar: Management 20.2%, Moddable 19% ★, Economy 16%, Isometric 11.7%, Life Sim 11.3%
- #58 Fun Hospital
69% matchMixed64% of 596 reviews2018
Dev: OrangesGame Technology Limited
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Build your own theme hospital! Here, you might meet patients with a lot of hair, or no hair; strange aliens, evil guy, super hero…
Why similar: Medical Sim 75.3% ★, Simulation 11.9%, Strategy 10.5%, Indie 2.3%
- #59 Parkasaurus
66% 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 27.8%, Management 18.2%, Building 12.6%, Sandbox 10.1%, Economy 9.7%