- #1 Planet Coaster
97% matchVery Positive91% of 72,129 reviews2016
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.
Why similar: Management 23.4%, Building 22.8%, Sandbox 17.4%, Simulation 14.9%, Economy 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same creative team, this is the spiritual successor to the RCT series with unparalleled coaster-building tools.
- #2 Parkitect
96% matchVery Positive94% of 8,129 reviews2018
Dev: Texel Raptor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Management 23.2%, Building 18.7%, Sandbox 13.9%, Simulation 11.6%, Economy 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the charm and management depth of the classic RCT titles with a modern aesthetic.
- #3 Planet Coaster 2
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 14,453 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build and customise thrilling roller coasters and incredible water slides, manage the ultimate theme park experience, and share your epic creations. Are you ready to ride the wave?
Why similar: Sandbox 21.9%, Building 21.5%, Simulation 17.5%, Management 14.6%, Economy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: The latest entry in the franchise, offering advanced water park features and refined management mechanics.
- #4 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack
95% matchVery Positive90% of 5,846 reviews2014
Dev: Chris Sawyer ProductionsPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 38%
This compilation includes the entire RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 series, with the original game as well as the Time Twister and Wacky Worlds expansions.
Why similar: Management 29%, Classic 17.3% ★, Simulation 15.4%, Sandbox 14.2%, Building 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential classic that set the standard for the entire theme park management genre.
- #5 Planet Zoo
94% matchVery Positive91% of 97,434 reviews2019
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 29.1%, Building 19.3%, Sandbox 16.8%, Simulation 13.6%, Economy 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Utilizes the same powerful engine as Planet Coaster to provide a deep, detailed management experience focused on animal welfare.
- #6 Park Beyond
94% matchMixed63% of 1,327 reviews2023
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Bandai Namco Europe S.A.S.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Park Beyond is a theme park simulation game that gives you the freedom to create and manage the Parks of your Dreams! Whether you love to manage finances and visitor experience, or just create fun and cozy parks, the game has something in store just for you!
Why similar: Management 28.8%, Building 22.4%, Sandbox 20.4%, Simulation 16.1%, Strategy 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A modern theme park simulator that emphasizes gravity-defying coaster designs and creative modular building.
- #7 Thrillville®: Off the Rails™
93% matchVery Positive93% of 936 reviews2009
Dev: FrontierPub: LucasArts
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Thrillville™: Off the Rails lives up to its name with 20 death-defying rides! Players can build incredible coasters to leap from one track to another, launch through the air like cannonballs, blast through a burning rings of fire and more!
Why similar: Management 41.1%, Simulation 32%, Building 12.6%, Strategy 9.6%, Great Soundtrack 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines park management with a variety of mini-games that allow you to experience your own creations firsthand.
- #8 Megaquarium
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,770 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.9 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 25.5%, Building 21.8%, Sandbox 20.7%, Simulation 14%, Economy 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of a public attraction with a similar satisfying progression loop to theme park sims.
- #9 Two Point Hospital
91% matchVery Positive92% of 34,907 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 35.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.
Why similar: Management 34.6%, Building 22.2%, Simulation 20.1%, Sandbox 10.7%, Strategy 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same humorous, high-stakes management style found in classic tycoon games, applied to a medical setting.
- #10 Two Point Campus
90% matchVery Positive88% of 8,156 reviews2022
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.
Why similar: Management 30.6%, Building 19.7%, Sandbox 15.2%, Simulation 13.5%, Strategy 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Brings the quirky management style of Two Point Hospital to an academic setting with extensive building customization.
- #11 RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic
91% matchVery Positive91% of 3,107 reviews2017
Dev: Origin8 Technologies Ltd.Pub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 61.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Create incredible parks in the original rollercoaster sim from Chris Sawyer.
Why similar: Management 42.9%, Simulation 18%, Classic 13.9% ★, Sandbox 10.2%, Building 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A faithful recreation of the original RCT experience, perfect for those seeking the nostalgic feel of the first two games.
- #12 Cities: Skylines
89% matchVery Positive93% of 291,638 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Why similar: Management 20.1%, Building 19.8%, Simulation 14.3%, Sandbox 13.7%, City Builder 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for modern city-building, offering deep infrastructure and economy management tools.
- #13 Let's Build a Zoo
89% matchVery Positive89% of 4,098 reviews2021
Dev: SpringloadedPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Management 26.5%, Sandbox 19.8%, Building 18.2%, Simulation 17.1%, Economy 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a charming, sandbox-style management experience with deep customization and unique animal breeding mechanics.
- #14 Jurassic World Evolution
88% matchVery Positive87% of 55,268 reviews2018
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.
Why similar: Management 26.8%, Building 26.4%, Sandbox 16.3%, Simulation 14.2%, Strategy 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a high-fidelity park management experience where you must balance guest safety with the care of prehistoric creatures.
- #15 SimCasino
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 757 reviews2021
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Modern Casino Tycoon Simulation in full 3D glory. Build the casino. Set the odds. Expand into a luxury hotel/casino or go cheap & extract max profits. Keep the vault secure at all times, and beware of criminals & cheaters!!
Why similar: Management 22.3%, Sandbox 19.3%, Building 19.2%, Simulation 12.6%, Economy 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar isometric management perspective and focuses on the intricate design of a complex public facility.
- #16 Game Dev Tycoon
85% 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 51.3%, Simulation 23.8%, Economy 7.5%, Strategy 5.6%, Sandbox 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: An accessible business management simulation that captures the satisfying progression of growing a small company.
- #17 Theme Park Studio
87% matchMixed40% of 466 reviews2016
Dev: Pantera Entertainment
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Theme Park Studio is a powerful suite of tools that allows players to design, build, and experience stunning amusement parks of their own design. Players can build whatever they can imagine, and then share it online for others to experience. Theme Park Studio includes Steam Workshop integration.
Why similar: Simulation 37.4%, Sandbox 23.1%, Management 21.2%, Building 17.3%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: A niche simulator that prioritizes the technical design and physics of roller coasters for dedicated enthusiasts.
- #18 Railroad Tycoon 3
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,263 reviews2007
Dev: PopTopPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo in a dynamic economy, and participate in...
Why similar: Management 48.6%, Real-Time with Pause 10.4% ★, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 7.9%, Classic 6.9% ★
Why You'll Like It: A classic economic strategy game that focuses on building transport networks and managing supply chains.
- #19 Tropico 4
84% matchVery Positive92% of 12,733 reviews2011
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.
Why similar: Management 26.8%, Simulation 16.9%, Sandbox 12.9%, City Builder 9.2%, Real-Time with Pause 9.1% ★
Why You'll Like It: A classic political and economic management sim that balances city-building with humorous narrative elements.
- #20 Airport CEO
83% matchVery Positive83% of 8,330 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Management 24.8%, Building 18.2%, Sandbox 17%, Simulation 11.7%, Moddable 9.1% ★
Why You'll Like It: A detailed management sim that challenges you to build and run a complex airport with realistic logistics.
- #21 Project Highrise
84% matchVery Positive85% of 4,811 reviews2016
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
Why similar: Management 34.8%, Building 23.9%, Simulation 17%, Sandbox 10.4%, Strategy 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on vertical building management, requiring you to balance tenant needs and structural logistics.
- #22 Prison Architect
82% matchVery Positive89% of 73,696 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.3 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: Management 22.7%, Building 20.3%, Sandbox 19%, Simulation 13%, Economy 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A grid-based building and management game that offers deep simulation mechanics and a distinct visual style.
- #23 Transport Fever 2
81% matchVery Positive90% of 32,451 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 66.0 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: Management 27.9%, Simulation 17.2%, Sandbox 13.7%, Building 13.5%, Economy 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A logistics-heavy management game that focuses on connecting cities through complex transport networks.
- #24 SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
82% matchVery Positive82% of 9,827 reviews2010
Dev: EA - MaxisPub: Electronic Arts
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.
Why similar: Management 21.7%, Building 18%, Sandbox 17.5%, Simulation 10.4%, Economy 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational city-building classic that remains a benchmark for urban planning and economic simulation.
- #25 Big Ambitions
79% 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 48.3%, Economy 17.1%, Simulation 16.1%, Sandbox 16%, Open World 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A comprehensive business management simulator that allows you to build a commercial empire from the ground up.
- #26 Foundation
78% matchVery Positive87% of 24,128 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.2 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: Management 21.7%, Sandbox 17.8%, Building 16.5%, Simulation 15.7%, City Builder 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A gridless city-builder that emphasizes organic growth and resource management in a medieval setting.
- #27 Software Inc.
81% matchVery Positive94% of 7,806 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 46.1 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 26.6%, Building 19.4%, Sandbox 17.4%, Simulation 12.2%, Economy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deep business management sim that allows for extensive office building design and complex production chains.
- #28 Rise of Industry
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,193 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 34.4%, Simulation 14.9%, Economy 13.8%, Building 11.8%, Sandbox 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the strategic side of management, tasking players with building efficient supply chains and economies.
- #29 Academia : School Simulator
78% matchVery Positive86% of 3,073 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Management 25.6%, Building 17.7%, Sandbox 15.7%, Simulation 11%, Economy 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A management game that focuses on the design and daily operations of a school, mirroring the layout-based gameplay of RCT.
- #30 Two Point Museum
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,230 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Building 21.6%, Management 20%, Sandbox 17.8%, Simulation 15.3%, Economy 7.4%
- #31 Mad Tower Tycoon
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 444 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.
Why similar: Management 24.6%, Building 19.6%, Sandbox 18%, Simulation 12.7%, Economy 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A building and management simulator that tasks you with constructing and maintaining a massive skyscraper.
- #32 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Complete Edition
77% matchVery Positive87% of 2,983 reviews2020
Dev: Frontier DevelopmentsPub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Build the park of a lifetime and rediscover the critically acclaimed rollercoaster simulation bestseller. Feel the thrill of a genre-defining classic, complete with two huge expansion packs.
Why similar: Management 31.6%, Building 22%, Sandbox 17.1%, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 6.5%
- #33 RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe
77% matchVery Positive94% of 8,281 reviews2014
Dev: Chris Sawyer ProductionsPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
One of the best games from acclaimed Tycoon series, with well designed gameplay mechanics, appealing graphics, and really high re-playability value. There’s no limit to what you can create so design and build the most thrilling roller coaster the world has ever seen!
Why similar: Management 28.3%, Classic 16.7% ★, Simulation 16.4%, Sandbox 15.2%, Building 11.7%
- #34 The Sims™ 3
76% matchVery Positive86% of 34,328 reviews2011
Dev: The Sims StudioPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 87.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Sims 3: Create the perfect world with full customization at your fingertips. Refine personalities and help fulfill destinies.
Why similar: Simulation 30.2%, Building 26.7%, Sandbox 25.7%, Moddable 5.9% ★, Funny 2.3%
- #35 Waterpark Simulator
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,339 reviews2026
Dev: CayPlay
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Build and run your own waterpark solo or with friends. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a diamond five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!
Why similar: Management 26.1%, Building 20.6%, Sandbox 20.3%, Simulation 13.2%, Economy 11.5%
- #36 Cities: Skylines II
72% matchMixed56% of 91,808 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.6 hrsMean: 76.6 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 20.8%, Building 20.3%, Sandbox 17%, Simulation 15.5%, Economy 8.4%
- #37 Tropico 5
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 14,408 reviews2014
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.4%, Simulation 21.9%, Management 16.8%, Strategy 13.3%, City Builder 10.1%
- #38 SimAirport
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,044 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Management 25.9%, Building 20.2%, Sandbox 18.8%, Economy 11.4%, Simulation 11%
- #39 RollerCoaster Tycoon World™
76% matchMostly Negative25% of 5,891 reviews2016
Dev: Nvizzio CreationsPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
RollerCoaster Tycoon World™ is the newest installment in the legendary RCT franchise. This next-generation theme park simulation and building game includes fan-favorite features along with incredible new advancements!
Why similar: Management 27.6%, Building 23.6%, Simulation 20.2%, Sandbox 19.4%, Strategy 5.9%
- #40 SimCity™ 3000 Unlimited
71% matchVery Positive84% of 777 reviews2024
Dev: MaxisPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 31%
SimCity 3000 Unlimited brings you the classic strategy gaming of SimCity 3000 with all-new scenarios that open up a whole world of city planning and building possibilities! The thrills of the classic SimCity 3000 are here again!
Why similar: Simulation 45.9%, Classic 17.7% ★, Strategy 17.7%, City Builder 14.6%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #41 Cities XL Platinum
75% matchMixed58% of 1,635 reviews2013
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Build cities, shape a world.Cities XL Platinum lets you design, build and link up cities of all shapes and sizes around the Cities XL planet!Build more impressive cities than ever before! Cities XL Platinum offers a huge variety of over 1,000 buildings and constructions (including 50 brand new structures), that you can freely place on...
Why similar: Simulation 30%, Management 22.3%, Sandbox 18.2%, City Builder 11.4%, Strategy 6.9%
- #42 Train Fever
74% matchMixed64% of 3,527 reviews2014
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
It’s the year 1850, and there are great times ahead! Establish a transport company and be its manager. Build infrastructure such as railways and stations, purchase transportation vehicles and manage lines. Fulfill the people’s needs and watch cities evolve dynamically.
Why similar: Management 27.7%, Simulation 21.1%, Sandbox 14%, Economy 11%, Building 10.6%
- #43 Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,392 reviews2007
Dev: PopTopPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Includes Railroad Tycoon II and the expansion The Second Century It can take you from New York to South Africa. It can take you from the year 1804 to the year 2000. It can take you from penniless manual laborer to powerful multi-millionaire.
Why similar: Management 48.2%, Classic 15.9% ★, Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 12.7%, Economy 9%
- #44 Another Brick in The Mall
71% matchVery Positive83% of 2,448 reviews2020
Dev: The Quadsphere
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.7 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 30.1%, Building 19.9%, Simulation 13.2%, Sandbox 10.5%, Real-Time with Pause 8.2% ★
- #45 Tropico Reloaded
73% matchVery Positive88% of 990 reviews2009
Dev: PopTop SoftwarePub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 40%
TROPICO RELOADED is the ultimate game compilation for hobby-dictators and those dreaming of their own Caribbean island. Tropico combines real-time strategy and simulation elements with a healthy dose of political intrigue and Caribbean flair to create a unique and critically acclaimed game experience.
Why similar: Management 25%, Simulation 22.1%, Classic 13.4% ★, Sandbox 12.7%, Strategy 9.4%
- #46 Train Simulator Classic
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 29,402 reviews2015
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - Trains
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The ultimate railway hobby for more than 15 years! From historic steam locomotives to modern high-speed and heavy freight trains, and routes around the world, Train Simulator Classic is the simulation made by railfans for railfans.
Why similar: Simulation 62.7%, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 11%, Moddable 5.7% ★, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #47 Mad Games Tycoon
70% matchVery Positive91% of 4,423 reviews2016
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 35.4%, Building 17.6%, Sandbox 15.3%, Simulation 13.8%, Economy 10.6%
- #48 Parking World: Build & Manage
68% matchMixed67% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Build, manage, and expand your own lucrative parking enterprise in this management sim. Parking World puts the power to build your perfect parking garage at your fingertips while solving everybody else's parking problems in unique narrative scenarios or without any objectives in freeplay mode.
Why similar: Management 24%, Building 20%, Sandbox 16.9%, Simulation 11.8%, Economy 10.3%
- #49 Indoorlands
69% matchVery Positive81% of 279 reviews2022
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The indoor park management simulator where you can create your rides and coasters from scratch and freely design your halls. Manage, expand and develop your own park to inspire your guests. Satisfy your visitors' needs by unlocking and researching new buildings, rides, transportation and more!
Why similar: Management 29.3%, Building 22.6%, Sandbox 15.7%, Simulation 15.3%, Strategy 6.9%
- #50 Startup Company
69% 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 39.2%, Simulation 16.8%, Economy 11.5%, Sandbox 8.9%, Building 8.8%
- #51 Cities in Motion
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,089 reviews2011
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Manage transportation for commuters in four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam
Why similar: Management 34.7%, Simulation 29.8%, Sandbox 10.7%, Economy 7.8%, Strategy 5.7%
- #52 Aquapark Tycoon
65% matchVery Positive91% of 265 reviews2026
Dev: Boxelware
Windows
Build the ultimate waterpark paradise in this classic tycoon simulation game! Design & customize water slides, pools, and saunas to fulfill your guests' needs. Combine creativity, strategy, and management to make a splash in the world of water parks and become the ultimate Aquapark Tycoon!
Why similar: Management 21.9%, Sandbox 20.4%, Building 18.9%, Simulation 12.9%, Economy 9.1%
- #53 Tropico 6
67% matchVery Positive88% of 29,404 reviews2019
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
Why similar: Management 26%, Simulation 15.5%, Sandbox 14.4%, Economy 12.2%, Building 11.2%
- #54 Hotel Architect
63% matchVery Positive94% of 2,276 reviews2026
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Management 23.9%, Building 19%, Sandbox 18.1%, Simulation 12.1%, Economy 9.7%
- #55 Sid Meier's Railroads!
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,467 reviews2007
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Sid Meier's Railroads! marks the return of the watershed title in simulation/strategy gaming that launched the popular "tycoon" genre, and inspired a new generation of games. Sid Meier's Railroads!
Why similar: Management 38.2%, Simulation 15.3%, Economy 14.3%, Strategy 11.5%, Real-Time with Pause 8.3% ★
- #56 Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game
67% matchVery Positive82% of 553 reviews2021
Dev: Squidpunch StudiosPub: Vincent Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Build stunning Arcade Centre’s, purchase a range of arcades machines, manage troublesome staff in this colourful and humorous simulation management game. Inspired by Two Point Hospital, Let's Build A Zoo and Megaquarium.
Why similar: Management 24%, Building 18.1%, Sandbox 16.8%, Simulation 11.6%, Economy 10.2%
- #57 Parkasaurus
66% matchVery Positive93% of 3,119 reviews2020
Dev: Washbear Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 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: Management 27.6%, Building 19.9%, Sandbox 16.5%, Simulation 11.9%, Economy 8.1%
- #58 Little Big Workshop
67% matchVery Positive84% of 3,391 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Management 25.9%, Simulation 22.9%, Building 17.7%, Sandbox 12.3%, Strategy 9.6%
- #59 Chris Sawyer's Locomotion™
68% matchVery Positive87% of 677 reviews2015
Dev: Chris SawyerPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Explore a vast and detailed world and build a Transportation Empire!
Why similar: Management 34.3%, Simulation 32.1%, Strategy 12.9%, Classic 12% ★, Economy 8.7%
- #60 Jurassic World Evolution 2
64% matchVery Positive90% of 46,970 reviews2021
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.
Why similar: Management 26%, Building 23.7%, Sandbox 19.6%, Simulation 12.8%, Economy 6.4%