- #1 Rising Star 2
97% matchVery Positive94% of 692 reviews2020
Dev: Gilligames
Windows · Mac
Start a band, and take on the world in this music industry simulation/role-playing game. Success doesn't come without hard work, and making connections in your local music scene is the only path to stardom.
Why similar: Rock Music 35% ★, Music 21.2%, Management 14.9%, Open World 10.8%, Simulation 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive music band management simulator that mirrors the career progression and band-building mechanics of the seed game.
- #2 Nobody - The Turnaround
96% matchMixed60% of 14,305 reviews2022
Dev: U.Ground Game StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Nobody – The Turnaround is a life simulator set in a parallel world that echoes modern society. Manage your time and resources carefully, strive to find a way through difficult times, and overcome the predicament you find yourself in.
Why similar: Life Sim 30.9%, Open World 12.9%, Romance 11.1%, Management 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply realistic and challenging life-simulation experience that captures the struggle of starting from nothing in a modern city.
- #3 Streamer Life Simulator
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 7,896 reviews2020
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Streamer Life Simulator is a very comprehensive streamer life simulation game. Be the most popular streamer in the world.
Why similar: Life Sim 38.4%, Simulation 19.5%, Open World 17.9%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Adventure 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title captures the 'hustle' aspect of the seed game, where you start in a small space and work your way up to fame.
- #4 Youtubers Life 2
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,280 reviews2021
Dev: UPLAY Online
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Life Sim 26.2%, Character Customization 18.2%, Immersive Sim 17.6%, Management 16.9%, Open World 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same life-simulation DNA, focusing on balancing personal life with the demands of a high-pressure digital career.
- #5 Big Ambitions
94% matchVery Positive93% of 13,452 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
Why similar: Management 36.4%, Life Sim 25.6%, Immersive Sim 14%, Simulation 9.7%, Open World 9%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a massive, open-ended business and life-simulation experience that rewards strategic decision-making and career growth.
- #6 Rock God Tycoon
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 316 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 43.9%, Management 36.8%, Simulation 14.7%, Indie 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic management simulation that tasks you with navigating the music industry to turn a garage band into legends.
- #7 UNBEATABLE
91% matchVery Positive92% of 7,467 reviews2025
Dev: D-CELL GAMESPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
UNBEATABLE is a rhythm adventure where music is illegal and you do crimes. Follow the story of Beat and her band on the run, in a narrative experience full of big emotions powered by arcade-flawless rhythm gameplay.
Why similar: Rhythm 49.2%, Music 28.5%, Story Rich 9.2%, Choices Matter 6.4%, Adventure 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the rhythm-based gameplay and musical atmosphere that fans of the rock star fantasy will appreciate.
- #8 Music Band Manager
93% matchMixed54% of 361 reviews2017
Dev: Hamsters Gaming
Windows
Median: 4.7 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 34.6%, Management 22.5%, Life Sim 19.4%, Simulation 10.6%, Story Rich 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated management sim that emphasizes the logistical challenges of running a band, from touring to recording.
- #9 Metro Sim Hustle
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 397 reviews2021
Dev: Departure Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Take control of an underground commuter train and rise to the top in a bustling metropolis filled with cheap thrills, prime real estate, and a diverse community of unique characters.
Why similar: Life Sim 36.2%, Character Customization 21.8%, Open World 20.5%, Simulation 8.3%, 3D 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It blends survival elements with life-simulation, capturing the gritty, realistic struggle of making ends meet.
- #10 Supermarket Simulator
89% matchVery Positive92% of 83,799 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 34.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.
Why similar: Management 33.7%, Life Sim 20.4%, Simulation 20.2%, Immersive Sim 18%, 3D 4%
Why You'll Like It: A strong match for the management and economy mechanics found in the seed game, focusing on growth and customer satisfaction.
- #11 Denizen
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 911 reviews2024
Dev: Departure Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Make a living for yourself in a city full of opportunity while you meet a variety of locals, explore unique locations, and work your way to the top in this open-world life simulator.
Why similar: Life Sim 33%, Open World 19.4%, Character Customization 15.5%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Simulation 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world life-sim allows for the same level of character agency and career exploration found in the seed game.
- #12 Internet Cafe Simulator 2
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,194 reviews2022
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Internet Cafe Simulator 2 is an extremely comprehensive and detailed internet cafe business simulation game.
Why similar: Management 26.4%, Life Sim 23.3%, Immersive Sim 18.4%, Simulation 12.5%, Open World 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the 'immersive-sim' aspect of managing a business while navigating a realistic, interactive city environment.
- #13 Gym Simulator 24
86% matchVery Positive84% of 2,641 reviews2024
Dev: Red Axe Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gym Simulator 24: Build Your Fitness Empire! Embark on a journey to create your dream fitness haven in Gym Simulator 24, the ultimate simulation game where you'll ascend the ranks and craft your very own fitness empire.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.5%, Immersive Sim 23.4%, Management 20.2%, FPS 17.9%, Simulation 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the first-person immersive simulation style and the focus on managing a specific career path.
- #14 Music Store Simulator
88% matchMixed55% of 198 reviews2023
Dev: Crystalia GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
With Music Store Simulator you can lead a musical instruments manufacturing company. Create, sell, earn and reinvest improving and developing your business. Expand your Brand and climb to success in order to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments!
Why similar: Management 28.7%, Immersive Sim 22.2%, Simulation 20%, Life Sim 17.3%, 3D 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a grounded look at the music industry through the lens of retail and management, complementing the band-focused gameplay.
- #15 Youtubers Life
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 15,450 reviews2017
Dev: UPLAY Online
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 20.3 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: Life Sim 30%, Management 24.4%, Character Customization 22.2%, Simulation 9.3%, Adventure 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: The original title in the series provides a foundational life-simulation experience focused on fame and content creation.
- #16 My Summer Car
84% matchVery Positive95% of 116,962 reviews2025
Dev: Amistech Games
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 47.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.
Why similar: Open World 59.3%, Simulation 27.9%, Adventure 5.2%, Singleplayer 4.5%, Indie 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: This is the ultimate immersive-sim for those who enjoy realistic, high-stakes progression and mechanical depth.
- #17 Game Dev Tycoon
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 45,066 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 67%, Simulation 24.9%, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 2.7%, Adventure 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: While focused on game development, it perfectly captures the career-path progression and management loops of the seed game.
- #18 Drug Dealer Simulator
85% matchVery Positive86% of 21,027 reviews2020
Dev: ByterunnersPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW
Why similar: Simulation 33.5%, Open World 26.7%, Management 24.6%, Indie 6.2%, Adventure 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar 'hustle' gameplay loop where you must manage your reputation and resources to climb the social ladder.
- #19 Disco Simulator: Prologue
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 226 reviews2023
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full game. Disco Simulator: Prologue is a game where you play the role of the owner and manager of a music club. Buy equipment, sound system, lighting and decide on the appearance of your club. Make money and have fun!
Why similar: Music-Based Procedural Generation 26.6% ★, Music 24.6%, Management 19.5%, Simulation 8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the management and party-focused atmosphere that aligns with the rock star lifestyle.
- #20 Streamer's Life
84% 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 77.5%, Indie 22.5%
Why You'll Like It: A focused life-simulation game that emphasizes the challenges of building a brand in a competitive digital space.
- #21 The Tenants
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,769 reviews2022
Dev: EndGameLoop Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.1 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: Life Sim 33.8%, Management 29.5%, Immersive Sim 26.2%, Simulation 7.4%, Indie 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: This management sim offers a deep, character-driven experience that focuses on building and maintaining a successful career.
- #22 Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,394 reviews2021
Dev: Red Dot GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment.
Why similar: Simulation 32.2%, Immersive Sim 27.3%, Open World 18.9%, 3D 11.8%, Singleplayer 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers the same level of technical detail and career progression found in other high-quality simulation titles.
- #23 Tech Store Simulator
82% matchMixed63% of 138 reviews2024
Dev: Astrasoft
Windows
Tech Store Simulator is a game in which you have to build your own tech store. Buy goods, put them on the shelves, sell them at an inflated price and beat the thieves!Also in the game there is a huge number of opportunities to customize the store and make it the way you would like it in life
Why similar: Life Sim 28.3%, Immersive Sim 21.8%, Management 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Simulation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the economy and management aspects of running a business, which are core to the seed game's progression.
- #24 Office Simulator
80% matchVery Positive84% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: Tzn Games
Windows
Ready to climb the career ladder? In Office Simulator, start as an intern and rise through the corporate ranks. Gain experience, earn promotions, and when the time comes, launch your own company to begin a new business adventure.
Why similar: Life Sim 32.6%, Immersive Sim 28%, Management 13.3%, Simulation 11.3%, 3D 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A casual yet engaging management sim that mirrors the time-management and career-building mechanics of the seed game.
- #25 Startup Company
81% matchVery Positive81% of 6,219 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!
Why similar: Management 70.3%, Simulation 24.3%, Indie 3.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: A great choice for players who enjoy the management and growth aspects of building a successful enterprise from the ground up.
- #26 SEX, SIN & ROCK'N'ROLL 🤘🎸
78% matchVery Positive86% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: Lewd Star
Windows
SEX, SIN & ROCK’N’ROLL is a 3D visual novel with side-scroller exploration where a cursed guitar offers fame for a price. Write songs, play rhythm concerts, face adult temptations, and choose between becoming a rock god or saving your soul. 🤘
Why similar: Rock Music 45.2% ★, Life Sim 15.2%, Management 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #27 Football Life Simulator
78% matchMixed70% of 1,597 reviews2025
Dev: Ludu Arts
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Live the life of a professional footballer both on and off the field. Train, play matches, manage your social life, climb the career ladder, and spend your earned money. Decorate your life with luxury while managing your relationships and finances.
Why similar: Life Sim 18.8%, Romance 14%, FPS 13.5%, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Management 11.3%
- #28 Streamer Life Simulator 2
75% matchVery Positive81% of 6,964 reviews2026
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.5 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: Life Sim 30.1%, Immersive Sim 25%, Open World 18.5%, Character Customization 11.7%, Simulation 10.2%
- #29 Mobile Store Simulator
79% matchMostly Negative34% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Flugames
Windows
Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Mobile Store Simulator! Build and manage your own tech haven, from store design to product selection. Experience the thrill of shaping a thriving mobile tech business and conquer the tech industry.
Why similar: Simulation 51.5%, 3D 17.4%, Indie 11.9%, Singleplayer 10%, Adventure 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a first-person management perspective that aligns well with the immersive-sim elements of the seed game.
- #30 Rocking Legend
77% 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 34.8% ★, Rhythm 22.2%, Music-Based Procedural Generation 20.2% ★, Music 15.1%, 3D 4.1%
- #31 Flatinside Simulator
77% matchMixed70% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: SncI Studios
Windows
Flatinside offers a realistic simulation experience set in a vast city waiting to be explored. Work for more money, create your style, buy luxury houses and cars, flirt with women, and dive into the fun at nightclubs. In this city where everyone writes their own story, take your place!
Why similar: Life Sim 22.4%, Immersive Sim 17.1%, Character Customization 15.1%, Open World 14.8%, FPS 13.9%
- #32 Logistics Simulator
79% matchMostly Negative35% of 69 reviews2021
Dev: Whoisthis
Windows
Logistics Simulator As an active member of a shipping company in a major city around the world, you can play with up to 10 friends in a multiplayer co-op mode or single player mode to help you understand what the cargo workers are going through, and maybe will make you rich.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.5%, Management 19.9%, Character Customization 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Open World 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep dive into the economy and management systems that drive the success of a business.
- #33 K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut
76% matchMixed56% of 192 reviews2026
Dev: Wisageni StudioPub: PQube
Windows
The ultimate crossover between K-pop and Life Simulation! Step into the role of manager and build your dream idol group by scouting talent, managing schedules, choosing outfits, planning social media, and organizing the perfect album. Can you make it to debut?
Why similar: Rhythm 24.7%, Music 17%, Life Sim 16.2%, Management 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
- #34 Music Store Simulator Prologue
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 360 reviews2023
Dev: Crystalia GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
With Music Store Simulator Prologue you can lead a musical instruments manufacturing company. Create, sell, earn and reinvest improving and developing your business. Expand your Brand and climb to success in order to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments!
Why similar: Life Sim 33.5%, Immersive Sim 28%, Management 16%, Simulation 12.3%, 3D 8.3%
- #35 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
75% matchVery Positive92% of 1,889 reviews2021
Dev: Binogure Studio 🐺
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 30.4%, Life Sim 26.8%, Immersive Sim 25.9%, Simulation 11.7%, Indie 2.7%
- #36 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
74% matchVery Positive84% of 2,786 reviews2023
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Life Sim 21.8%, Immersive Sim 20.7%, Management 17.7%, Quick-Time Events 17.5% ★, Simulation 7.6%
- #37 Russian Life Simulator
74% matchVery Positive89% of 8,359 reviews2019
Dev: GosDev ProductionPub: Abama Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The most realistic simulator of the life of a Russian person. Collect pension from birth, collect bottles to survive and become part of an exciting life-long story.
Why similar: Life Sim 44.1%, Simulation 21.9%, Story Rich 16%, Adventure 6.8%, Indie 5.8%
- #38 Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice of Life Sim
72% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Triple ToppingPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Gordy and her punk band, Dead Pets, haven't hit it big but they will any day now! Go to band practice, crush a diner shift, chat with friends and manage Gordy’s mess of a life. Unleash your inner demon in a feminist, slice-of-life, management-lite, minigame-heavy narrative rhythm game!
Why similar: Rock Music 62.2% ★, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #39 Tech Market Simulator
73% matchMixed64% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Clap GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Build and manage your own tech store! Sell products like keyboards, mice, and gaming chairs. Hire employees, grow your shop, and make it the best place for gamers to shop. Can you become the top tech store?
Why similar: FPS 22%, Immersive Sim 21.7%, Life Sim 17.6%, Management 15.7%, Open World 8.1%
- #40 Cowboy Life Simulator
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,278 reviews2025
Dev: Odd QubitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
“Cowboy Life Simulator” is an immersive and relaxing ranching sim where you step into the boots of a failed businessman starting fresh on the frontier. Buy your first goat, meet the locals, explore vibrant lands, and build your dream ranch in a world full of stories and adventure!
Why similar: Life Sim 35.9%, Open World 25.7%, Story Rich 14.3%, Simulation 11.7%, 3D 9.5%
- #41 Rock Life: The Rock Simulator
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,455 reviews2022
Dev: BGNB Studios
Windows · Mac
Built from the ground up, Rock Life is the next generation of immersion and simulations. Live, do, and experience what it is like to truly become one with nature... as a rock!
Why similar: Open World 44.7%, Simulation 26.2%, 3D 20.8%, Indie 5.2%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #42 Realife Simulator
73% matchMixed65% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Northenlight Studios
Windows
Realife Simulator is an online life simulation where players can work, socialize, and grow by assuming different roles in a realistic city. Whether alone or with friends, freely choose a career, earn money, upgrade your vehicle, and shape city life.
Why similar: Life Sim 25.1%, FPS 21.2%, Immersive Sim 20.8%, Open World 11.1%, Simulation 8.1%
- #43 Casino Boss Simulator
72% matchMixed59% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Nons Games
Windows
Casino Boss Simulator is a casino management simulation game that turns your dream of building a casino empire from scratch into reality. Manage, expand, and lead your own casino empire in the competitive world of gambling.
Why similar: Management 20.7%, Life Sim 19.1%, FPS 15.6%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, Simulation 13.7%
- #44 Auto Sale Life
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 731 reviews2025
Dev: OTTO GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build an automotive empire. Buy, sell, and customize cars to create your own brands and showrooms. Become a shrewd entrepreneur in this immersive car trading and customization game.
Why similar: Life Sim 33.4%, Immersive Sim 23.4%, Simulation 18%, Open World 9.9%, 3D 7.8%
- #45 Supermarket & Internet Cafe Simulator
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 921 reviews2024
Dev: SmartPlayGames
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 27.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
"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: Life Sim 39%, Management 30.5%, Simulation 15.2%, 3D 11.5%, Indie 2.3%
- #46 To Pixelia
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,284 reviews2025
Dev: Pixeduo StudiosPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Meet the Pixelians and discover the ultimate life simulator in To Pixelia. As you climb your career ladder of choice, step into the world of politics, art, sports, music, and even crime. Live your dream life in pixels!
Why similar: Life Sim 22.1%, Open World 13.5%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Management 13.2%, Romance 12%
- #47 Car Dealer Simulator
67% matchVery Positive89% of 10,250 reviews2025
Dev: Garage Monkeys
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Uncover a goldmine in the used car market! Sniff out deals, buy low, modify, and sell high. Your journey from amateur grease monkey to car dealer magnate awaits. How fast will you rise in this lucrative venture?
Why similar: Life Sim 20.9%, Immersive Sim 18.4%, Management 15.7%, FPS 14.2%, Open World 14.1%
- #48 Megastore Simulator
67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,923 reviews2026
Dev: Yolo Games Studio
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 36.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Megastore Simulator is a first-person management & tycoon game. Start small and grow into a massive two-floor megastore with forklifts, pallet jacks, and staff. Unlock and manage departments like Bakery, Clothing, Electronics, Sports, Music, Toys, Grocery, Seafood, and Vending Machines
Why similar: Life Sim 30%, Management 26%, Immersive Sim 24.2%, Simulation 11.4%, 3D 4.6%
- #49 Pumping Simulator 2
68% matchVery Positive92% of 1,689 reviews2023
Dev: Lance Games
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A gas station management game, start by selling a car to raise funds and invest in an abandoned plot of land. Build, expand, and upgrade your gas station, diversify services, customize and manage time efficiently during peak hours. And maybe you will become rich
Why similar: Life Sim 34%, Management 23.2%, Simulation 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, 3D 8.6%
- #50 Pawn Simulator
70% matchMixed56% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Editmode
Windows
A simulation game where we run a pawn shop. Take the first steps to open a thrift shop in Detroit and discover the experience of running a real thrift shop. Find, restore, and sell amazing items and build your own shop kingdom!
Why similar: Life Sim 30.1%, Immersive Sim 25.3%, Simulation 15.9%, Management 11.6%, 3D 7%
- #51 Storage Dealer Simulator
69% matchMixed62% of 816 reviews2025
Dev: Quadfix Games
Windows
Storage Dealer Simulator invites you to a world where your bargaining skills will be tested to the limits, and you'll never know what lies behind each door. Are you ready to become a top-tier trader? Join the warehouse adventure with Storage Dealer Simulator!
Why similar: FPS 21.2%, Immersive Sim 21%, Life Sim 19%, Management 16.5%, Open World 9.4%
- #52 Chushpan Simulator
68% matchVery Positive85% of 2,872 reviews2024
Dev: Sebasa Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A game in which you have to go from an insignificant person to the king of the world
Why similar: Life Sim 37.8%, Open World 24.2%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Simulation 10%, Story Rich 5%
- #53 Santa Rockstar
71% matchVery Positive82% of 346 reviews2016
Dev: Bekho TeamPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
SAVE CHRISTMAS WITH THE POWER OF ROCK! Santa needs your help! Take your guitar and rock all around the world, delivering presents in the Merry Christmas Stage Sled with the help of the Reindeer Band. Test your skills in this amazing music game, with incredible rock versions of the best known Christmas Carols.
Why similar: Rhythm 55.7%, Music 38.2%, Indie 6.1%
- #54 Thief Simulator
69% matchVery Positive88% of 39,713 reviews2018
Dev: Noble MuffinsPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.
Why similar: Open World 26%, Simulation 22.4%, FPS 19.4%, Immersive Sim 18.2%, Adventure 6.6%
- #55 OFFBEAT
65% matchVery Positive98% of 420 reviews2026
Dev: Whetstone GamesPub: Pantaloon
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 58%
OFFBEAT is a music-tycoon game where you build the recording studio of your dreams. Collect and upgrade increasingly strange musical objects, complete jobs for cash, and record real, actual music.
Why similar: Music-Based Procedural Generation 22.8% ★, Rhythm 21.9%, Music 17.9%, Immersive Sim 12.1%, Management 11%
- #56 REAL ESTATE Simulator - FROM BUM TO MILLIONAIRE
70% matchMixed44% of 216 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: Life Sim 49.9%, Management 30.7%, Simulation 17.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #57 Drums Rock
68% matchVery Positive87% of 469 reviews2023
Dev: Garage51
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Drums Rock is an arcade drums game for VR, follow the rhythm of rock with your drums and smash the demons. Live a unique campaign: with different levels, challenges, songs and worlds. Drums Rock is an ideal game to feel like a rock hero, while destroying hordes of demons to the rhythm of rock!
Why similar: Rock Music 47.1% ★, Rhythm 31.2%, Music 17%, Simulation 2.4%, Indie 1.6%
- #58 Resort Island Simulator: Prologue
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Tenjin GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
A world filled with tricksters, pirates, zealots, and treasures. An ocean full of danger and prize. Face dilemmas and encounters. Manage a resort in this wild world and build a thriving business. An Explorer, a Survivor a Resorter or a Trader? Forge your own path to wealth. Make Resort Prosper!
Why similar: Life Sim 33.8%, Immersive Sim 24.3%, Simulation 17.6%, Management 14.1%, Adventure 8.1%
- #59 Pawnbroker Simulator
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 399 reviews2026
Dev: Next Sky GamesPub: Ultimate Publishing
Windows
Enter Pawnbroker Simulator, where every deal, appraisal, and choice forges your path to pawn shop greatness. Sharpen your instincts, unlock new talents, craft a storefront that turns heads, offer high-stakes loans, and stay one step ahead of cunning thieves.
Why similar: Life Sim 30.6%, Immersive Sim 25.7%, Management 16.5%, Simulation 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%
