- #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: Building 29.1%, Management 20.9%, Sandbox 17.6%, Simulation 17.4%, 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 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: Building 27.1%, Sandbox 21.8%, Simulation 20.2%, Management 12.8%, Strategy 9.6%
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 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: Building 26.9%, Management 23.3%, Sandbox 15.9%, 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 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: Building 27.8%, Management 27.7%, Sandbox 17%, Simulation 14.4%, Strategy 9.8%
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% 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: Building 27.7%, Management 24.9%, Sandbox 20%, 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 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 26.4%, Building 25.2%, Sandbox 17.3%, Simulation 16.2%, Realistic 4.7%
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 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: Building 30.1%, Management 23.1%, Sandbox 19.8%, Simulation 14.9%, 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 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 28.5%, Building 26.4%, Simulation 16.4%, 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 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 42.3%, Simulation 23.2%, Strategy 11.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Building 10%
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 34,907 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 29.9%, Building 27.6%, Simulation 22.7%, Sandbox 10.5%, 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 5,846 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 30.9%, Simulation 21.5%, Building 18.5%, Sandbox 17.1%, 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 1,682 reviews2014
Dev: Ole LangePub: O.L. Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 39.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 51.1%, Sandbox 31.6%, Realistic 14.5%, Singleplayer 2.8%
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 3,770 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: Building 29.9%, Management 24.5%, Sandbox 22.5%, Simulation 17.5%, Strategy 4.6%
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 4,044 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: Building 28.5%, Management 25.4%, Sandbox 21%, Simulation 14.1%, Strategy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This management sim focuses on the complex logistics of building and running a functional airport.
- #15 Transport Fever 2
87% 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 26.8%, Simulation 21.6%, Building 18.6%, Sandbox 15%, Strategy 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A deep management game that challenges players to build efficient transportation networks across different eras.
- #16 Cities: Skylines
86% 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: Building 29.8%, Management 21.1%, Simulation 19.6%, Sandbox 16.3%, 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.
- #17 Let's Build a Zoo
86% 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 24.3%, Building 23.9%, Sandbox 20.6%, Simulation 20.5%, Strategy 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A creative management game that allows for deep customization and complex animal breeding mechanics.
- #18 Indoorlands
85% 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: Building 28.5%, Management 25.8%, Simulation 17.6%, Sandbox 15.7%, Strategy 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A management sim specifically focused on building and running indoor theme parks with unique constraints.
- #19 Software Inc.
84% 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: Building 26.6%, Management 25.3%, Sandbox 18.9%, Simulation 15.2%, 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.
- #20 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: Building 27.1%, Management 21.2%, Sandbox 20.1%, Simulation 15.8%, Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly detailed building and management loop that requires careful planning and resource allocation.
- #21 Project Highrise
83% 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 29.9%, Building 29.4%, Simulation 19.2%, Sandbox 10.2%, 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.
- #22 Waterpark Simulator
79% 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: Building 26.5%, Management 23.5%, Sandbox 20.8%, Simulation 15.5%, Multiplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A specialized simulation game that focuses on the unique challenges of designing and managing a water park.
- #23 Theme Park Studio
84% 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 39.9%, Sandbox 21.4%, Building 20.2%, Management 17.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A niche simulation tool that provides advanced coaster design capabilities for dedicated enthusiasts.
- #24 Cities: Skylines II
81% 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: Building 28%, Management 20%, Simulation 19.5%, Sandbox 18.6%, Strategy 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: The latest in city-building simulation, offering massive scale and complex management systems for the dedicated builder.
- #25 Academia : School Simulator
80% 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 25.7%, Building 25.5%, Sandbox 17.8%, Simulation 14.4%, 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.
- #26 Wildlife Park 3
82% matchMixed59% of 525 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 24.7%, Simulation 21.4%, Building 20.9%, Sandbox 15.5%, Strategy 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic management simulation that focuses on the construction and maintenance of a successful zoo.
- #27 Big Ambitions
78% 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 53.3%, Simulation 23.2%, Sandbox 20.1%, Singleplayer 2.2%, 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 Train Station Simulator
81% matchMixed57% of 256 reviews2017
Dev: Appliks Apps Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 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 33.1%, Simulation 25.5%, Strategy 14.7%, Building 14.3%, Sandbox 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the management and layout design of complex train stations.
- #29 Rise of Industry
79% 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 35.2%, Simulation 20%, Building 17.4%, Strategy 13.4%, Sandbox 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic management game that focuses on supply chains and economic growth in a sandbox environment.
- #30 Game Dev Tycoon
78% 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 50.7%, Simulation 30.8%, Strategy 9.4%, Sandbox 6.2%, 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.
- #31 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 29.8%, Simulation 22.6%, Sandbox 18.2%, Building 17.6%, Strategy 7.8%
- #32 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Platinum
77% matchVery Positive92% of 5,244 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 27.6%, Building 23.6%, Simulation 20.2%, Sandbox 19.4%, Strategy 5.9%
- #33 Jurassic World Evolution
75% 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: Building 32.8%, Management 23.2%, Simulation 16.1%, Sandbox 16%, Strategy 8.4%
- #34 Theme Park Architect
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Creye Games
Windows
Theme Park Architect is the future of theme park simulation in the making. Build your dream park one detail at a time with total creative freedom at scales you never dared to try before, and join a growing community of Creatives to share the passion!
Why similar: Building 27.1%, Sandbox 23.4%, Management 21.2%, Simulation 17.4%, Realistic 9.7%
- #35 Two Point Museum
71% 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 29.7%, Sandbox 19.4%, Simulation 19.2%, Management 19.2%, Strategy 10.3%
- #36 Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection
76% matchMixed64% of 2,045 reviews2018
Dev: Frontier DevelopmentsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 38.2%, Simulation 30.6%, Sandbox 15.3%, Building 9.5%, Multiplayer 5%
- #37 Transport Fever
74% matchVery Positive83% of 10,841 reviews2016
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 47.6 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 26.4%, Management 22%, Sandbox 20.7%, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 8.7%
- #38 Aquapark Tycoon
71% 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: Building 26.1%, Sandbox 22.3%, Management 21.1%, Simulation 16.3%, Strategy 10.4%
- #39 Parking World: Build & Manage
72% 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: Building 26.4%, Management 22.1%, Sandbox 17.7%, Simulation 14.2%, Strategy 8.5%
- #40 Cities XXL
76% matchMixed41% of 2,364 reviews2015
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 50.8 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 28.2%, Management 20.3%, Simulation 19.1%, Sandbox 15.9%, Strategy 8.7%
- #41 SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
73% 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: Building 26.8%, Management 22.6%, Sandbox 20.7%, Simulation 14.2%, Strategy 9.1%
- #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 27.6%, Simulation 27.4%, Sandbox 15.8%, Building 15.1%, Strategy 10.1%
- #43 Startup Company
71% 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 41.7%, Simulation 23.4%, Building 13.4%, Sandbox 10.7%, Strategy 9.6%
- #44 Thrillville®: Off the Rails™
73% 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: Simulation 34.8%, Management 34.2%, Building 15%, Strategy 13.6%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #45 Virtual Rides 3 - Funfair Simulator
72% matchVery Positive88% of 1,015 reviews2017
Dev: Pixelsplit Simulations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 83.7%, Realistic 11.3%, Singleplayer 5%
- #46 Wildlife Park 2
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 561 reviews2014
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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%, Building 22.1%, Sandbox 19%, Simulation 16.9%, Strategy 10.2%
- #47 Little Big Workshop
70% 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: Simulation 26.3%, Management 22.8%, Building 22.3%, Strategy 14.4%, Sandbox 12.2%
- #48 Train Sim World® 2020
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,995 reviews2017
Dev: Dovetail GamesPub: Dovetail Games - TSW
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 113.0 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%, Building 27.3%, Realistic 16.6%, Singleplayer 4.6%, Open World 3.4%
- #49 The Sims™ Legacy Collection
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,438 reviews2025
Dev: MAXISPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The original game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. Create a neighborhood of Sims and guide their lives through careers and romance. Or create chaos with open-ended gameplay that lets you shape their destinies.
Why similar: Building 30%, Sandbox 25.2%, Management 25.1%, Simulation 14.7%, Strategy 2.3%
- #50 Tropico 5
70% 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: Simulation 27.7%, Sandbox 24.7%, Strategy 22.1%, Management 16.3%, Multiplayer 5.6%
- #51 Railway Empire
68% matchVery Positive83% of 9,710 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 27.5%, Building 22.7%, Simulation 20.9%, Strategy 15.2%, Sandbox 12.1%
- #52 Fun Park Simulator
66% matchMixed58% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Flugames
Windows
Rebuild an abandoned theme park in this first-person simulation. Build rides, shops, and decorations, keep guests happy, earn stars, unlock upgrades, hire staff, stop troublemakers, and turn your park into a famous attraction.
Why similar: Sandbox 37.4%, Management 34.1%, Simulation 23.3%, Funny 5.2%
- #53 Anno 2070™
69% matchMixed60% of 12,702 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 22.7%, Management 16.3%, Building 16.2%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #54 Jurassic World Evolution 3
62% matchVery Positive93% of 13,266 reviews2025
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 24.5 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 24.7%, Simulation 23.1%, Management 22.6%, Building 13.3%, Strategy 12.3%
- #55 Train Simulator Classic
68% 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 60.5%, Building 13.7%, Realistic 10.3%, Sandbox 9.2%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #56 Theme Park Simulator: Rollercoaster Paradise
68% matchMixed68% of 57 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 96.2%, Funny 3.8%
- #57 Market Tycoon
69% matchMixed55% of 412 reviews2017
Dev: Protection GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 2.9 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 30.9%, Simulation 25%, Building 17.5%, Strategy 13.6%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #58 Rescue HQ - The Tycoon
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 932 reviews2019
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build up your headquarters from scratch and design your own masterpiece. In Rescue HQ you build, organize and manage a joint station for firefighters, police and ambulance. Manage your resources wisely and master challenging emergencies to keep your city safe! Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Building 24.5%, Management 24%, Sandbox 18.3%, Simulation 18.2%, Strategy 10.3%
- #59 Farming Simulator 15
66% matchVery Positive92% of 15,852 reviews2014
Dev: GIANTS Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 91.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 47.4%, Management 12.9%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Sandbox 10.5%, Realistic 7.5%
- #60 Mad Games Tycoon
66% 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 32.9%, Building 23.5%, Simulation 16.8%, Sandbox 16.1%, Strategy 8.9%