- #1 Rock Star Life Simulator
97% matchVery Positive86% of 536 reviews2025
Dev: HOGO Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Rock Star Life Simulator is an extensive fame simulation game. Start this adventure by playing the guitar on the street, form your own band. Protect the fame, money, and charisma you earned with the right decisions and become a world star!
Why similar: Music 36.8%, Management 18.4%, Open World 14.9%, Realistic 10.1%, Character Customization 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the first-person, rags-to-riches journey of a musician trying to make it big in a competitive scene.
- #2 Rock God Tycoon
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 314 reviews2017
Dev: Fern NigroPub: EmberWulf
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Create, manage, and guide your very own band to success!
Why similar: Music 51.8%, Management 31.1%, Simulation 12.9%, Indie 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a comprehensive management experience focused specifically on the trials and tribulations of running a rock band.
- #3 Music Band Manager
96% matchMixed54% of 360 reviews2017
Dev: Hamsters Gaming
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Always dreamed of creating your own music band? We will realize your dream! Record songs, release albums and manage group activities! With the advancement of the group, managers will help you, and you will also have to face more than one difficult choice. Compete for a place in the top 100! Conquer the whole world!
Why similar: Music 46.4%, Management 21.9%, Simulation 10.5%, RPG 6.5%, Economy 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a focused simulation of the music industry, emphasizing the strategic decisions required to manage a successful group.
- #4 Disco Simulator
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 211 reviews2024
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Disco Simulator is a tycoon type game based on club management. Your task will be to set up the club from scratch, put up walls, arrange furniture, hire staff, plan events, invite artists, put on concerts. Create your own club!
Why similar: Music 42.4%, Management 22.4%, Economy 10.2%, Simulation 9.9%, Realistic 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: It combines music-themed management with the physical act of running a venue, capturing the atmosphere of the music scene.
- #5 Music Wars Empire
95% matchMixed46% of 179 reviews2016
Dev: Antuan JohnsonPub: Music Wars
Windows
Take the role of a manager or CEO of a record label, and try to make your mark on the music industry!
Why similar: Music 49.6%, Management 24.4%, Simulation 19.4%, Indie 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A deep simulation that allows you to control every aspect of the music industry, from signing artists to managing record labels.
- #6 Big Ambitions
93% 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 42.8%, Economy 18%, Simulation 11.9%, Open World 8.9%, Inventory Management 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: An expansive open-world management game that captures the feeling of building a career and business empire from scratch.
- #7 Music Store Simulator
94% matchMixed56% of 196 reviews2023
Dev: Crystalia GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
With Music Store Simulator you can lead a musical instruments manufacturing company. Create, sell, earn and reinvest improving and developing your business. Expand your Brand and climb to success in order to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments!
Why similar: Management 35.2%, Simulation 25.4%, Economy 17.2%, Realistic 9.1%, 3D 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This provides an adjacent experience to the music industry, focusing on the retail and economic side of the business.
- #8 Game Dev Tycoon
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 44,663 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 59.8%, Simulation 23.3%, Economy 10.3%, Indie 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: While focused on game development, it shares the core loop of starting small and managing a creative business to success.
- #9 Idol Manager
91% matchVery Positive88% of 4,041 reviews2021
Dev: Glitch PitchPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Idol Manager is a business sim about conquering the entertainment industry using any means you deem necessary.
Why similar: Management 51.5%, Economy 27%, Simulation 16.4%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: While focused on the idol industry, it features complex management and RPG-like character interactions that resonate with the spirit of Rising Star 2.
- #10 Mad Games Tycoon 2
91% 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: Management 49.4%, Economy 22.7%, Simulation 16.5%, Character Customization 8.2%, 3D 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A robust management simulation that emphasizes the creative and economic challenges of running a studio.
- #11 Drug Dealer Simulator 2
90% matchMixed70% of 5,701 reviews2024
Dev: ByterunnersPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
What turns a drug dealer into a drug lord? Find out in DDS2, a first-person co-op sim set in a dynamic open world. Make contacts, cook drugs, and manage your cartel on Isla Sombra, where power is the only law.
Why similar: Management 22.1%, Open World 20.7%, Simulation 11.5%, Inventory Management 9.9%, RPG 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a first-person, open-world progression system that mirrors the 'hustle' and street-level exploration found in Rising Star 2.
- #12 The Sims™ 4
89% matchVery Positive87% of 191,803 reviews2020
Dev: MaxisPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 52.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
Why similar: Simulation 33.5%, Character Customization 30.7%, Realistic 29.4%, Singleplayer 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: The life simulation mechanics and dedicated music career paths allow for a similar role-playing experience in a sandbox environment.
- #13 SERIES MAKERS TYCOON
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 536 reviews2019
Dev: CREW Studio Krüger UG
Windows
Series Makers makes your dreams come true. Produce your own TV series and build your own TV studio with your team. Dominate the TV landscape and fight your way up for worldwide success!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 35.9%, Management 30.4%, Simulation 13.6%, Open World 11.3%, Indie 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the creative management aspect of producing media, making it a strong thematic match for music industry sims.
- #14 New Star™ Manager
88% matchVery Positive87% of 514 reviews2018
Dev: New Star Games Ltd.Pub: Five Aces Publishing Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 99.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
This is soccer management like you’ve never experienced it - Be more than just a player, be the head, the heart, and backbone of New Star FC. Be the Manager.
Why similar: Management 44.5%, Simulation 36.9%, Indie 10.8%, RPG 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Though sports-focused, it excels at the 'manager-as-a-person' simulation that makes Rising Star 2 so engaging.
- #15 Movies Tycoon
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 487 reviews2024
Dev: PixelCraze s.r.o.
Windows
Movies Tycoon is a simulation game where you dive into the world of film-making. Start with a humble studio, scout and manage top talent, customize unique characters, and direct blockbuster films.
Why similar: Management 36.2%, Economy 19%, Simulation 15.8%, Character Customization 11.5%, Realistic 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of a creative industry, requiring players to balance artistic quality with commercial success.
- #16 Pumping Simulator 2
84% matchVery Positive92% of 1,620 reviews2023
Dev: Lance Games
Windows
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A gas station management game, start by selling a car to raise funds and invest in an abandoned plot of land. Build, expand, and upgrade your gas station, diversify services, customize and manage time efficiently during peak hours. And maybe you will become rich
Why similar: Management 31.4%, Simulation 18.2%, Economy 17.5%, Realistic 10.2%, First-Person 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a first-person management experience that focuses on the granular details of running a business in an open environment.
- #17 Gamer Career Tycoon
86% matchVery Positive81% of 289 reviews2018
Dev: Raptor Claw Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Start your life as a simple gamer in the year 2000. Find popular games to stream or compete in 8 different Esports. Who will you be? Play your career and story. Can you become the most famous broadcaster or the best progamer in the world?
Why similar: Management 29.4%, Simulation 24.4%, RPG 22.4%, Economy 14.1%, Indie 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A career-focused simulation that allows players to climb the ladder in a modern, digital-first industry.
- #18 REAL ESTATE Simulator - FROM BUM TO MILLIONAIRE
85% matchMixed45% of 206 reviews2024
Dev: GeekonPub: Midnight Games
Windows
Ready to transform from Broke to Rich while forging your real estate empire? Start small, strategize for tycoon status. Engage with diverse NPC clients, oversee properties from affordable to luxurious, and conquer challenges. Ready to dominate the real estate world?
Why similar: Management 24.5%, Strategy RPG 14.5%, Simulation 14.4%, RPG 14.3%, Realistic 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the rags-to-riches progression through first-person gameplay and management of assets.
- #19 Please Subscribe: Streamer Career
84% matchVery Positive83% of 129 reviews2022
Dev: Raptor Claw Games
Windows
Please Subscribe is the sequel to Gamer Career Tycoon from 2018. Develop your own livestream channel from the ground up. Manage and operate, overcome challenges, learn new tricks in order to rise in the charts, and possibly, become the next big internet superstar.
Why similar: Management 35.4%, Simulation 23.6%, RPG 15.4%, Economy 13.6%, Choices Matter 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the modern path to fame, mirroring the social media and fan-building aspects of a modern music career.
- #20 Startup Company
83% 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 55.4%, Simulation 19.9%, Economy 19.2%, Indie 3%, Resource Management 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: A management simulation that tasks players with building a company from the ground up, focusing on growth and sustainability.
- #21 Rise of Industry 2
82% matchMixed67% of 198 reviews2025
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Navigate the competitive industrial landscape of vibrant 1980's USA! Make strategic manufacturing decisions, optimize production chains, acquire technologies, and expand your global business network with key contacts. Opportunities await those savvy enough to capitalize on them!
Why similar: Management 40.8%, Economy 19.8%, Simulation 15%, Character Customization 11.9%, Resource Management 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical management game that requires careful economic planning, similar to the resource management in band sims.
- #22 Game Dev Masters
81% matchVery Positive84% of 193 reviews2022
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
It's time to become the Game Developer you always wanted to be. Make use of a large array of features, and player skills to create stunning 10 / 10 games. Compete with and eventually acquire other dynamic Ai Studio's. Raise the talent of your team and studio's in an effort to dominate the market.
Why similar: Management 31.1%, Economy 16%, Simulation 13%, Procedural Generation 7.8%, Realistic 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the lifecycle of creative projects and business management, providing a similar progression loop.
- #23 Startup Freak
81% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: PulPul Games
Windows
In Startup Freak you take the role of a budding entrepreneur, and grow your very own software startup from humble beginnings to a multi-million dollar company. Along the way you will have to overcome countless challenges. But the ultimate question you must answer: are you a Startup Freak?
Why similar: Management 43.9%, Simulation 30.4%, Economy 14.7%, Indie 9.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: A management-focused simulation that emphasizes the challenges of growing a small venture into a large success.
- #24 Tech Executive Tycoon
82% matchVery Negative17% of 53 reviews2018
Dev: WEB Gaming Entertainment
Windows
Tech Executive Tycoon is a simulation, strategy, role playing game that places you in the seat of CEO and entrepreneur of your very own tech company. Can you take your company to the top with top of the line products? Can you command a world class group of employees?
Why similar: Management 44.7%, Simulation 27.2%, RPG 20.5%, Indie 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a management-heavy experience that focuses on the strategic growth of a company in a competitive market.
- #25 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
79% 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 47.2%, Economy 24.7%, Simulation 19.1%, Indie 5.6%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #26 Music Store Simulator Prologue
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 360 reviews2023
Dev: Crystalia GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
With Music Store Simulator Prologue you can lead a musical instruments manufacturing company. Create, sell, earn and reinvest improving and developing your business. Expand your Brand and climb to success in order to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments!
Why similar: Management 25.9%, Simulation 20.7%, Economy 15.3%, Realistic 13.9%, First-Person 10.1%
- #27 Laundry Store Simulator
76% matchVery Positive90% of 1,772 reviews2024
Dev: Akhir Pekan StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In Laundry Store Simulator, you'll start small and work your way up, upgrading your equipment, designing a stylish store, and expanding your services! Are you ready to own the best Laundry Store in the world?
Why similar: Management 31%, Economy 15.2%, Simulation 13.9%, Realistic 11.7%, First-Person 8.1%
- #28 Sol Trader
80% matchMixed66% of 68 reviews2016
Dev: Chris ParsonsPub: Revelation Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lean on your network of in-game friends and family to trade, mine and explore in this genre-busting space simulation.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 30%, RPG 27.4%, Simulation 25.8%, Indie 8.7%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features procedural generation and RPG elements that create a unique, personal story for the player's character.
- #29 Industry Manager: Future Technologies
79% matchMixed58% of 312 reviews2016
Dev: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
INDUSTRY MANAGER: Future Technologies is a classic economy simulation in which you can build your own empire, research new sustainable products, and sweep aside the competition on your way to fame and success.
Why similar: Management 32.5%, Simulation 25.8%, Open World 15.3%, Economy 15.1%, Realistic 11.2%
- #30 Game Dev Studio
78% matchVery Positive85% of 676 reviews2018
Dev: Explosive Squat Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?
Why similar: Management 44.4%, Simulation 29.9%, Economy 16.2%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #31 Junkyard Simulator
77% matchMixed65% of 2,146 reviews2021
Dev: Rebelia GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Did you ever wish to work in a junkyard? Now you can, with Junkyard Simulator. They are many roads leading to success - whichever you take depends on your decisions.
Why similar: Management 21.4%, Open World 20.5%, Simulation 15.1%, Economy 12.5%, Realistic 10.1%
- #32 Supermarket Simulator
73% matchVery Positive92% of 80,575 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.
Why similar: Management 35.9%, Simulation 22.5%, Economy 17.6%, First-Person 5.2%, Inventory Management 4.9%
- #33 Mad Games Tycoon
77% 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 54.2%, Economy 19.2%, Simulation 17.6%, Resource Management 6.9%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #34 Supermarket & Internet Cafe Simulator
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 899 reviews2024
Dev: SmartPlayGames
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"Internet Cafe & Supermarket Simulator 2024" is a comprehensive simulation game that combines the management of both an internet cafe and a supermarket. Step into the role of a shop owner, apply your business acumen, and expand your empire step by step.
Why similar: Management 28.5%, Simulation 14.7%, Economy 12.8%, RPG 10.5%, Inventory Management 8.9%
- #35 Youtubers Life
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 15,450 reviews2017
Dev: UPLAY Online
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Become the most successful youtuber on the planet! Create videos, get subscribers, attend events, interact with your fans… and grow your channel. Live a youtuber’s life!
Why similar: Management 42.2%, Simulation 16.6%, Character Customization 14.3%, Resource Management 8.9%, Indie 5.3%
- #36 Youtubers Life 2
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,249 reviews2021
Dev: UPLAY Online
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Start from humble beginnings and take charge of the daily life of a wannabe influencer. Balance your day between creating trend-based content, completing tasks to earn money, and building trust with your neighbors to uncover their stories. Are you ready to embark on your road to fame?
Why similar: Management 39.6%, Open World 23.5%, Simulation 18.6%, Character Customization 15.8%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #37 Project Hospital
74% matchVery Positive89% of 9,018 reviews2018
Dev: Oxymoron Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.
Why similar: Management 45.4%, Simulation 16.8%, Economy 13.9%, Realistic 8.6%, Character Customization 8%
- #38 Streamer Life Simulator 2
71% matchVery Positive82% of 6,613 reviews2026
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In the second game of the series, competition has increased and now everyone wants to be a streamer. Are you ready to stream until your cpu burns out?
Why similar: Open World 28.1%, Economy 18.9%, Simulation 18.8%, First-Person 10.9%, Character Customization 7.9%
- #39 Gas Station Simulator
72% matchVery Positive88% of 26,842 reviews2021
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.
Why similar: Management 25.1%, Simulation 17.7%, Open World 16.4%, Economy 13.8%, Realistic 8.9%
- #40 Fast Food Manager
74% matchMixed70% of 266 reviews2021
Dev: Cyber EyePub: UMKA Games
Windows
Launch your own business from scratch! Starting with a small coffee booth, build the most popular food service chain in town. Experiment, develop, make a profit.
Why similar: Management 33.3%, Economy 17.7%, Simulation 14.7%, Realistic 12.8%, First-Person 7.7%
- #41 Rise of Industry
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,155 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: Management 46.9%, Economy 22.5%, Simulation 17%, Resource Management 8.1%, Indie 4%
- #42 Game Builder Tycoon
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
In Game Builder Tycoon, begin as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing, research stuff and manage a skilled team. Overcome competition to guide your game development studio to global recognition and dominate the gaming industry.
Why similar: Management 38.3%, Economy 21%, Simulation 18.1%, Character Customization 11.7%, Resource Management 5.9%
- #43 This Grand Life 2
69% matchVery Positive89% of 288 reviews2025
Dev: Poking Water Games
Windows
A money-focused life simulator. Create characters with allergies and addictions. Manage their lives through financial booms and busts. Advance their careers, start a small business, invest in real estate and stocks - or roleplay a penniless hobo.
Why similar: Management 24.5%, Strategy RPG 17.5%, Economy 17.2%, Simulation 15%, Character Customization 8.8%
- #44 Esports History
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 383 reviews2024
Dev: Quantum Gear Studios
Windows
Esports History is an RPG sim where you start as a regular guy, and work your way up to the very top of esports. Defeat bosses in tournaments, make a name for yourself within the esports community, and become a real pro!
Why similar: Management 30.8%, Strategy RPG 29.6%, Simulation 12.4%, RPG 8.8%, Resource Management 6.4%
- #45 March to a Million
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Run a music talent agency and make platinum-selling records!
Why similar: Simulation 58%, Management 33.2%, Singleplayer 5.1%, Indie 3.7%
- #46 Rocking Legend
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: Domuro Soft
Windows
Shred your guitar or smash your drum set like a rockstar! Play the original soundtrack in dynamic stages, progress through the campaign to get new skins, or customize your experience with custom songs, gameplay modifiers, and multiple control schemas!
Why similar: Rock Music 47.5% ★, Music 33.5%, Simulation 6%, Realistic 5.7%, First-Person 4.3%
- #47 Railway Empire 2
70% 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: Management 45%, Economy 22.1%, Simulation 20.9%, Resource Management 9.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #48 The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon
67% matchVery Positive80% of 1,036 reviews2025
Dev: Aniki GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Shape the history of the Hollywood movie industry in this sandbox business simulation game. Create the movies you've always wanted to see, hire the best team, research cutting-edge technologies, and dominate the Box Office. Can you rise from a small studio to a Hollywood giant?
Why similar: Management 51.8%, Economy 21.8%, Simulation 19%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #49 Rest Area Simulator: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Oriseus StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Take over the gas station and convenience store at a roadside rest area and expand by purchasing new businesses. Manage a living world shaped by dynamic economy and random events. Upgrade your facilities, satisfy your customers, and play solo or with friends.
Why similar: Management 33.8%, Simulation 22.7%, Economy 17.1%, Inventory Management 10.3%, Resource Management 5.5%
- #50 Game Dev Story
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,365 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
Why similar: Management 64.3%, Simulation 19%, Retro 11.1%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #51 Deadwater Saloon
69% matchMixed66% of 209 reviews2022
Dev: Tanglefoot GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Dive into the wild west as a saloon owner in a volatile frontier town. Customize your character and face the consequences of your choices as you forge friendships and enemies of townsfolk, travellers, outlaws and lawmen. Build the most famous saloon in the territory, or be overwhelmed and destroyed.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 33.6%, Management 30.4%, Simulation 13.2%, RPG 10.6%, Character Customization 8.5%
- #52 Cities: Skylines II
67% 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: Management 35.8%, Simulation 22.5%, Economy 17.2%, Realistic 10%, Open World 7%
- #53 Market Tycoon
71% matchMixed55% of 405 reviews2017
Dev: Protection GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Market Tycoon is a Tycoon game where you Grow your Market from a small Mini Market all the way up to a Hyper Market. Manage, create, and customize your market from wall paint to placing cashiers, shelves, and fridges.
Why similar: Management 47.3%, Simulation 24.4%, RPG 19.1%, Indie 7.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #54 Entertainment Simulator
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 164 reviews2026
Dev: Grizzbera StudioPub: INDIECN
Windows
"Entertainment Simulator" is a new era TV station simulation game with a powerful data simulation system and many innovative gameplay. You have to compete with TV stations and new media, and finally, through unremitting efforts, build your own media empire.
Why similar: Management 42.3%, Simulation 19%, Economy 11.3%, Inventory Management 11.1%, 3D 6.2%
- #55 Streamer's Life
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 145 reviews2019
Dev: Just Making Games
Windows
RPG-Simulation game where you can create your own streamer and see whether you can overcome difficulties of being streamer or not.
Why similar: Simulation 41.6%, RPG 33.9%, Indie 12.6%, Realistic 11.9%
- #56 Film Studio Manager
68% matchMixed42% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Illumion Games
Windows
Film Studio Manager is an interactive business simulation game where you manage your own film studio. You need to be creative, strategic and have an eye for success to succeed in the game's business.
Why similar: Economy 47.3%, Simulation 42.9%, Indie 6.3%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #57 Electronics Store Simulator
64% matchMostly Positive73% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Digital MelodyPub: Games Incubator
Windows
Open your own electronics store and grow it from a small shop into a modern technology hub. Manage deliveries, prices, and store equipment, take care of customers, expand the product range, and become a master in the world of electronics retail!
Why similar: Management 27.9%, Simulation 25.1%, Realistic 15.8%, Open World 8%, Economy 7.5%
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Dev: Olie Games
Windows
Own a movie studio, negotiate with talents, schedule releases, make money, expand your business and become the biggest in the industry.
Why similar: Simulation 80.8%, Indie 13.3%, Singleplayer 6%