- #1 Planet Coaster
97% matchVery Positive91% of 71,331 reviews2016
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.
Why similar: Building 28.7%, Management 21.5%, Simulation 17.5%, Sandbox 17.5%, Strategy 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for modern theme park simulation, offering unparalleled creative freedom and coaster design tools.
- #2 Planet Coaster 2
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 12,780 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Building 27.2%, Sandbox 22%, Simulation 20%, Management 12.6%, Strategy 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel expands on the original with water park mechanics and improved management systems.
- #3 Parkitect
96% matchVery Positive94% of 7,997 reviews2018
Dev: Texel Raptor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Parkitect is a business simulation game that charges you with the construction and management of theme parks! Bringing back the best of classic theme park games with many new features and content on top. Now supports online co-op with up to 8 players!
Why similar: Building 26.5%, Management 24%, Sandbox 15.7%, Simulation 15.3%, Strategy 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the charm and management depth of the classic RCT games while introducing modern quality-of-life features.
- #4 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Complete Edition
95% matchVery Positive88% of 2,812 reviews2020
Dev: Frontier DevelopmentsPub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Build the park of a lifetime and rediscover the critically acclaimed rollercoaster simulation bestseller. Feel the thrill of a genre-defining classic, complete with two huge expansion packs.
Why similar: Management 27.9%, Building 27.5%, Sandbox 17%, Simulation 14.5%, Strategy 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This definitive version of the classic 3D entry remains a cornerstone of the theme park simulation genre.
- #5 Park Beyond
94% matchMixed62% of 1,304 reviews2023
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Bandai Namco Europe S.A.S.
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Park Beyond is a theme park simulation game that gives you the freedom to create and manage the Parks of your Dreams! Whether you love to manage finances and visitor experience, or just create fun and cozy parks, the game has something in store just for you!
Why similar: Building 27.2%, Management 25.5%, Sandbox 19.9%, Simulation 18.2%, Strategy 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique take on the genre by allowing players to build 'impossible' coasters that defy physics.
- #6 Planet Zoo
94% matchVery Positive91% of 93,912 reviews2019
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
Why similar: Management 26.8%, Building 24.6%, Sandbox 17.2%, Simulation 16.3%, Strategy 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team as Planet Coaster, it provides a highly detailed management and building experience focused on wildlife.
- #7 Jurassic World Evolution 2
93% matchVery Positive90% of 45,488 reviews2021
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.
Why similar: Building 29.5%, Management 23.6%, Sandbox 19.7%, Simulation 15%, Strategy 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines park management with dinosaur simulation, utilizing a polished engine similar to other top-tier park builders.
- #8 Two Point Campus
92% matchVery Positive88% of 7,816 reviews2022
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.
Why similar: Management 29%, Building 25.7%, Simulation 16.5%, Sandbox 16.1%, Strategy 9%
Why You'll Like It: It features the same humorous management style and deep building mechanics found in the best simulation games.
- #9 RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic
91% matchVery Positive91% of 2,924 reviews2017
Dev: Origin8 Technologies Ltd.Pub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 61.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Create incredible parks in the original rollercoaster sim from Chris Sawyer.
Why similar: Management 42.5%, Simulation 23.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Sandbox 11.4%, Building 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides the authentic, nostalgic experience of the original games in a modern, playable format.
- #10 Two Point Hospital
91% matchVery Positive92% of 34,380 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.
Why similar: Management 30.4%, Building 27.1%, Simulation 22.8%, Sandbox 10.4%, Strategy 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at balancing complex management tasks with a lighthearted, engaging aesthetic.
- #11 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack
90% matchVery Positive90% of 5,710 reviews2014
Dev: Chris Sawyer ProductionsPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 38%
This compilation includes the entire RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 series, with the original game as well as the Time Twister and Wacky Worlds expansions.
Why similar: Management 31.5%, Simulation 21.5%, Building 18%, Sandbox 17%, Strategy 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Considered by many fans to be the peak of the 2D isometric era of theme park management.
- #12 NoLimits 2 Roller Coaster Simulation
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,635 reviews2014
Dev: Ole LangePub: O.L. Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
NoLimits 2 is the ultimate roller coaster simulation that lets you experience authentic roller coaster thrills. Climb into the world's most famous roller coasters and experience the excitement in real time. Or design a new roller coaster that is engineered to your specifications.
Why similar: Simulation 51.5%, Sandbox 31.4%, Realistic 14.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: The ultimate choice for players who prioritize realistic, high-fidelity coaster design over park management.
- #13 Megaquarium
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,644 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.
Why similar: Building 29.5%, Management 24.9%, Sandbox 22.3%, Simulation 17.6%, Strategy 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A charming management sim that focuses on the intricate logistics of running a successful aquarium.
- #14 SimAirport
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,012 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!
Why similar: Building 28.1%, Management 26.1%, Sandbox 20.8%, Simulation 14.2%, Strategy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This management sim focuses on the complex logistics of building and running a functional airport.
- #15 Cities: Skylines
87% matchVery Positive93% of 286,936 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Why similar: Building 29.4%, Management 21.7%, Simulation 19.7%, Sandbox 16.2%, Strategy 8%
Why You'll Like It: While focused on city building, it shares the same satisfying sense of scale and complex infrastructure management as theme park sims.
- #16 Transport Fever 2
86% matchVery Positive91% of 31,208 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 65.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
Why similar: Management 27.2%, Simulation 21.7%, Building 18.4%, Sandbox 14.8%, Strategy 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A deep management game that challenges players to build efficient transportation networks across different eras.
- #17 Let's Build a Zoo
86% matchVery Positive89% of 4,032 reviews2021
Dev: SpringloadedPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...
Why similar: Management 24.5%, Building 23.8%, Sandbox 20.7%, Simulation 20.3%, Strategy 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A creative management game that allows for deep customization and complex animal breeding mechanics.
- #18 Indoorlands
84% matchVery Positive81% of 269 reviews2022
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The indoor park management simulator where you can create your rides and coasters from scratch and freely design your halls. Manage, expand and develop your own park to inspire your guests. Satisfy your visitors' needs by unlocking and researching new buildings, rides, transportation and more!
Why similar: Building 28%, Management 26.5%, Simulation 17.7%, Sandbox 15.5%, Strategy 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A management sim specifically focused on building and running indoor theme parks with unique constraints.
- #19 Cities: Skylines II
83% 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: Building 26.8%, Management 19.9%, Simulation 19.2%, Sandbox 18%, Strategy 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: The latest in city-building simulation, offering massive scale and complex management systems for the dedicated builder.
- #20 Project Highrise
84% matchVery Positive85% of 4,730 reviews2016
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
Why similar: Management 30.6%, Building 28.8%, Simulation 19.4%, Sandbox 9.9%, Strategy 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the vertical management and construction of skyscrapers, requiring similar planning to park layouts.
- #21 Theme Park Studio
85% matchMixed41% of 464 reviews2016
Dev: Pantera Entertainment
Windows
Theme Park Studio is a powerful suite of tools that allows players to design, build, and experience stunning amusement parks of their own design. Players can build whatever they can imagine, and then share it online for others to experience. Theme Park Studio includes Steam Workshop integration.
Why similar: Simulation 40%, Sandbox 21.2%, Building 19.9%, Management 17.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A niche simulation tool that provides advanced coaster design capabilities for dedicated enthusiasts.
- #22 Prison Architect
82% matchVery Positive89% of 73,112 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Why similar: Building 26.7%, Management 21.7%, Sandbox 20%, Simulation 15.9%, Strategy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly detailed building and management loop that requires careful planning and resource allocation.
- #23 Software Inc.
82% matchVery Positive94% of 7,637 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 45.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
Why similar: Building 26.2%, Management 25.6%, Sandbox 18.8%, Simulation 15.3%, Strategy 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A deep simulation game where you build offices and manage a company, offering complex building and management mechanics.
- #24 Waterpark Simulator
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,416 reviews2025
Dev: CayPlay
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Build and run your own waterpark. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!
Why similar: Building 26.9%, Management 26.6%, Sandbox 21.6%, Simulation 17.4%, Funny 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A specialized simulation game that focuses on the unique challenges of designing and managing a water park.
- #25 Game Dev Tycoon
80% 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 51.2%, Simulation 30.6%, Strategy 9.4%, Sandbox 6%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A management simulation that captures the progression and growth loop found in many building-centric strategy games.
- #26 Academia : School Simulator
79% matchVery Positive86% of 3,008 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!
Why similar: Management 26.4%, Building 25.1%, Sandbox 17.7%, Simulation 14.5%, Strategy 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A management sim that tasks you with building and running a school, focusing on student needs and facility design.
- #27 Big Ambitions
78% 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 53.9%, Simulation 22.9%, Sandbox 19.7%, Singleplayer 2.3%, Open World 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: A comprehensive business management simulator that allows for deep control over retail and service operations.
- #28 Wildlife Park 3
81% matchMixed59% of 522 reviews2014
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Do you have what it takes to be a zoo tycoon? You are responsible for your very own and unique zoo. Choose from numerous types of enclosures, park buildings and plants to design an environment appropriate to each species. Take home a part of wilderness with Wildlife Park 3!
Why similar: Management 25.1%, Simulation 21.3%, Building 20.3%, Sandbox 15.2%, Strategy 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic management simulation that focuses on the construction and maintenance of a successful zoo.
- #29 Train Station Simulator
81% matchMixed57% of 256 reviews2017
Dev: Appliks Apps Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Train Station Simulator is a station builder and manager game. Create and maintain your dream station! Ride the rails and operate your ultimate grand central empire!
Why similar: Management 33.8%, Simulation 25.5%, Strategy 14.6%, Building 14%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the management and layout design of complex train stations.
- #30 Rise of Industry
79% 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 35.8%, Simulation 19.9%, Building 17%, Strategy 13.3%, Sandbox 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic management game that focuses on supply chains and economic growth in a sandbox environment.
- #31 RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe
77% matchVery Positive94% of 8,087 reviews2014
Dev: Chris Sawyer ProductionsPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
One of the best games from acclaimed Tycoon series, with well designed gameplay mechanics, appealing graphics, and really high re-playability value. There’s no limit to what you can create so design and build the most thrilling roller coaster the world has ever seen!
Why similar: Management 30.4%, Simulation 22.6%, Sandbox 18%, Building 17.1%, Strategy 7.8%
- #32 Two Point Museum
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 11,346 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
Why similar: Building 29.3%, Simulation 19.6%, Sandbox 19.6%, Management 18.8%, Strategy 10.6%
- #33 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Platinum
77% matchVery Positive92% of 5,223 reviews2008
Dev: Frontier
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum combines the excitement of rollercoasters with the fun of a great strategy simulation. RCT3 Platinum combines the roller coaster theme park fun of the Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 with included expansion packs Soaked! and Wild! Now enjoy more options than ever.
Why similar: Management 28.2%, Building 23.2%, Simulation 20.2%, Sandbox 19.2%, Strategy 5.9%
- #34 Jurassic World Evolution
75% matchVery Positive87% of 54,890 reviews2018
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.
Why similar: Building 32.3%, Management 23.8%, Simulation 16.2%, Sandbox 15.8%, Strategy 8.4%
- #35 Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection
76% matchMixed64% of 2,002 reviews2018
Dev: Frontier DevelopmentsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The wildly popular Zoo Tycoon series gets set to crank up the excitement, challenge, and fun of building the ultimate zoo. Let your imagination run wild with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection. Build, manage, and maintain your dream zoo alone or with up to four players.
Why similar: Management 38.9%, Simulation 30.5%, Sandbox 15.1%, Building 9.2%, Multiplayer 4.9%
- #36 Transport Fever
75% matchVery Positive83% of 10,800 reviews2016
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 47.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!
Why similar: Building 26%, Management 22.6%, Sandbox 20.6%, Simulation 13.4%, Strategy 8.8%
- #37 Tavern Keeper 🍻
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,275 reviews2025
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper 🍻, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!
Why similar: Building 27.1%, Management 22.6%, Sandbox 19.5%, Simulation 16.2%, Strategy 9.5%
- #38 Startup Company
73% 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 42.3%, Simulation 23.3%, Building 13.2%, Sandbox 10.6%, Strategy 9.5%
- #39 SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
74% matchVery Positive82% of 9,611 reviews2010
Dev: EA - MaxisPub: Electronic Arts
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.
Why similar: Building 26.4%, Management 23.2%, Sandbox 20.5%, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 9.1%
- #40 Park Studio
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Creye Games
Windows
Create the parks of your dreams in Park Studio! Construct amazing structures, build thrilling rides and decorate your park with an unprecedented level of detail and unmatched realism! What are you waiting for? Get creative!
Why similar: Building 27%, Sandbox 23.1%, Management 21.8%, Simulation 17.4%, Realistic 9.4%
- #41 Cities XXL
76% matchMixed40% of 2,356 reviews2015
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 51.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design, build, and manage the world’s largest and most diverse cities in Cities XXL. Bigger and better than ever before with a more powerful game engine and new interface, become the mayor of your very own sprawling metropolis.
Why similar: Building 27.7%, Management 20.9%, Simulation 19.2%, Sandbox 15.8%, Strategy 8.7%
- #42 Farming Simulator 15
72% matchVery Positive92% of 15,703 reviews2014
Dev: Giants Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 91.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Welcome to the new generation of Farming Simulator!With a brand new graphics and physics engine, Farming Simulator 15 offers an immense open world, filled with details and visual effects transporting the Farming Simulator franchise to a new era.
Why similar: Simulation 47.6%, Management 13.2%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Sandbox 10.3%, Realistic 7.3%
- #43 Wildlife Park 2
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 559 reviews2014
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Now’s the chance to build the Zoo of your dreams! Just like in a real Zoo, your animals must receive complete care. Feed them, train them, cure them and even relocate them. Observe their realistic interactions with one another, the landscape, the play equipment and even Zoo visitors.
Why similar: Management 23.7%, Building 21.8%, Sandbox 18.9%, Simulation 17%, Strategy 10.3%
- #44 Virtual Rides 3 - Funfair Simulator
72% matchVery Positive88% of 1,000 reviews2017
Dev: Pixelsplit Simulations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Design! Control! Ride! Virtual Rides III is here! Set foot in an even bigger, more colorful, and more impressive fairground than ever before! Let your imagination be your guide! Design, control, and ride more than 15 unique attractions!
Why similar: Simulation 84%, Realistic 11%, Singleplayer 5.1%
- #45 Tropico 5
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 14,325 reviews2014
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 22.1 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: Simulation 27.8%, Sandbox 24.4%, Strategy 22.1%, Management 16.6%, Multiplayer 5.6%
- #46 Hotel Architect
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,342 reviews2025
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Step into the shoes of a hotel owner as you design, build, and manage grand hotels around the world. Juggle demanding guests, frantic logistics, and plenty of unexpected surprises in Hotel Architect; the ultimate hotel construction and tycoon management game!
Why similar: Building 26.4%, Management 23.8%, Sandbox 20.4%, Simulation 15.7%, Strategy 8.8%
- #47 Jurassic World Evolution 3
65% matchVery Positive93% of 9,574 reviews2025
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Build your own Jurassic World. Nurture generations of dinosaurs with the series debut of juveniles, create and manage sprawling prehistoric parks around the globe, and let your imagination roar with powerful new creative options.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.6%, Simulation 23.4%, Management 22.9%, Strategy 12.6%, Building 12.5%
- #48 Thrillville®: Off the Rails™
71% matchVery Positive93% of 915 reviews2009
Dev: FrontierPub: LucasArts
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 32.7 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 34.8%, Simulation 34.6%, Building 14.6%, Strategy 13.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #49 Little Big Workshop
69% matchVery Positive84% of 3,350 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Simulation 26.5%, Management 22.8%, Building 22%, Strategy 14.4%, Sandbox 12.3%
- #50 Train Fever
70% matchMixed64% of 3,520 reviews2014
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.9 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 28.2%, Simulation 27.4%, Sandbox 15.4%, Building 14.8%, Strategy 10.1%
- #51 Anno 2070™
70% matchMixed60% of 12,622 reviews2011
Dev: Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.
Why similar: Strategy 26.6%, Simulation 22.8%, Management 16.7%, Building 15.8%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #52 Parking World: Build & Manage
66% matchMixed68% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Build, manage, and expand your own lucrative parking enterprise in this management sim. Parking World puts the power to build your perfect parking garage at your fingertips while solving everybody else's parking problems in unique narrative scenarios or without any objectives in freeplay mode.
Why similar: Building 25.4%, Simulation 21.5%, Management 20.3%, Strategy 12.9%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #53 Market Tycoon
70% 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 31.6%, Simulation 25%, Building 17.1%, Strategy 13.5%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #54 Theme Park Simulator: Rollercoaster Paradise
69% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2020
Dev: Best Ride Simulators
Windows
Theme Park Simulator is a physics simulation game in which you experience a wide array of different attractions. Ranging from rollercoasters to bumper cars, there’s a ride for everyone in Theme Park Simulator!
Why similar: Simulation 96.3%, Funny 3.7%
- #55 Train Sim World® 2020
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,995 reviews2017
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 105.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Train Sim World is an immersive first-person simulator perfect for everyone, with complete in-cab interactivity, accurate detail on locos, real-world routes and hours of gameplay. Take to the rails with the brand-new Train Sim World 2020 Edition and find everything you need to master new skills.
Why similar: Simulation 46.5%, Building 27%, Realistic 16.3%, Singleplayer 4.6%, Open World 3.3%
- #56 Anno 2205™
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 6,263 reviews2015
Dev: Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 54.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.
Why similar: Simulation 23.9%, Management 22.5%, Strategy 21.3%, Building 15.6%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #57 Railway Empire
66% matchVery Positive83% of 9,620 reviews2018
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.
Why similar: Management 28.1%, Building 22.3%, Simulation 21%, Strategy 15.2%, Sandbox 11.9%
- #58 Roller Coaster Rampage
69% matchMixed56% of 117 reviews2012
Dev: Pantera Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Roller Coaster Rampage introduces an innovative approach, and a specialized procedural coaster engine that allows players to build coasters in real-time as they ride them.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #59 Sid Meier's Railroads!
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,402 reviews2007
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 9.1 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 42.9%, Simulation 22%, Strategy 21.4%, Building 8%, Multiplayer 3.8%
- #60 Dream Park Story
65% matchVery Positive88% of 143 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Create your own amusement park with a variety of rides, mascots, and activities!
Why similar: Simulation 48.3%, Strategy 25.9%, Building 24.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%