Games Like Schedule I

What turns a drug dealer into a drug lord? Find out in DDS2, a first-person co-op sim set in a dynamic open world. Make contacts, cook drugs, and manage your cartel on Isla Sombra, where power is the only law.

Why similar: Crime 33.6%, Open World 14.3%, Management 13.5%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Crafting 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest match on Steam, expanding the same first-person loop of making product, managing dealers, buying properties, and growing a larger open-world drug network.

Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW

Why similar: Crime 40.9%, Simulation 18.3%, Open World 9.9%, Management 9.5%, Crafting 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: The original nails the same street-level buy-craft-sell rhythm and paranoid crime-sim progression that makes Schedule we so compelling.

BUILD YOUR VIRTUAL WEED EMPIRE: Grow the hottest strains & crossbreed new ones, roll your own Blunts, sell Bongs, hire Growers, make Solventless Concentrates, handle Rival Dealers, befriend Influencers, smoke Dabs, ride a Dolphin, and More! WELCOME TO WEED SHOP 3!

Why similar: Management 23.3%, Open World 17.2%, Crafting 14%, Building 13.5%, Simulation 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes first-person production, store management, and cannabis-business growth in a similarly hands-on sandbox style.

Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a business management sim with a Twist! Grow your drugs trade through legitimate fronts by managing both sides of the business. Acquire new "businesses", meet new clientele, Develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money and leave a city in ruin!

Why similar: Crime 47.3%, Management 24.7%, Simulation 12.9%, Building 11%, Strategy 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is one of the best crime-management alternatives, centered on building a drug empire through fronts, staff, production chains, and risky expansion.

The mayor of Rockhaven threw you down a hole into the Undercity. Why? Net worth too low. In this open-world simulation, you and up to 3 pals will steal, fight, and scheme to reclaim the city. Customise your rides, buy businesses, and take on the Mayor’s forces. Rockhaven is yours for the taking!

Why similar: Crime 30.4%, Open World 12.8%, Co-op 12.7%, Simulation 10.7%, Driving 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op open-world crime sandbox captures the same scrappy rise-from-nothing feel, with jobs, property upgrades, and citywide hustling.

Weed Shop 2 is a first person recreational Marijuana dispensary simulator where you'll get to grow the hottest strains, expand your business, hire employees and much more!

Why similar: Crime 34.2%, Management 18.2%, Open World 14.6%, Building 10.1%, FPS 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Like Schedule we, it casts you as a weed entrepreneur juggling product creation, shop upgrades, and steady business growth in first person.

Basement is a strategy game, where you start doing illegal business to fund the development of your dream video game. It won't be easy, so get ready to deal with other gangs, cops, crazy junkies, mysterious investor and even ghosts from the past.

Why similar: Crime 39.4%, Management 20.2%, Base Building 15%, Simulation 10.4%, Building 10%

Why You'll Like It: Basement focuses on growing an illegal narcotics operation through manufacturing rooms, employees, upgrades, and staying ahead of trouble.

Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.

Why similar: Management 32.7%, Base Building 22.9%, Building 17.8%, Simulation 16.4%, Strategy 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the kingpin fantasy from a top-down view, emphasizing cartel expansion, production, logistics, and territory control.

Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.

Why similar: Open World 28.3%, Management 23.9%, Simulation 18%, First-Person 12.2%, FPS 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person border-inspection loop of spotting smuggling, upgrading your post, and working in a grim crime-ridden setting feels adjacent in mood and structure.

Weedcraft Inc explores the business of producing, breeding and selling weed in America, delving deep into the financial, political and cultural aspects of the country's complex relationship with this troublesome and promising plant.

Why similar: Simulation 37.3%, Management 30.5%, Crime 15.4%, Strategy 12.4%, Crafting 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is all about running a drug business, balancing product quality, marketing, legislation, and expansion as your operation scales up.

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 62.4%, Simulation 22.9%, Open World 14.7%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world business sim similarly lets you start small, buy properties, hire staff, and scale into a citywide empire.

We love moonshin’. Now, you get to play a story-rich management game focused on crafting moonshine, brandy, whisky, and vodka. You’ll ferment, distill, then name your booze how you want it. You’ll run that business big. Smart, yet discreetly. Cause ain’t nothin’ illegal... ‘til you get caught!

Why similar: Crime 28.8%, Automation 17.6%, Management 16.1%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Although about alcohol instead of drugs, it scratches the same itch of manufacturing contraband, optimizing production, and building an illicit supply business.

Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

Why similar: Automation 21%, Base Building 16%, Co-op 14.3%, Open World 13.2%, Crafting 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person automation, factory building, and cooperative expansion echo Schedule I's production-chain and empire-optimization appeal.

Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.

Why similar: Crime 35.6%, Co-op 14.8%, Simulation 14.2%, Stealth 13.1%, Open World 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: The first game offers a simpler but still satisfying loop of casing targets, committing crimes, and upgrading your tools and home base.

The door to your robber’s career is waiting! Just crowbar the lock off and force your way through the threshold. Learn skills, collect tools and become a master of the thieving trade!

Why similar: Crime 37.8%, Stealth 13.2%, Open World 12.5%, Simulation 12%, Driving 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the sneaky first-person crime-sim feel, emphasizing scouting, breaking in, stealing valuables, and reinvesting your profits.

Crime Boss: Rockay City is a 1-4 player co-op FPS heist game with enjoyable stealth and epic killing spree combat. Featuring a solo roguelike campaign that combines FPS and strategy elements with the most hilariously cheesy voice acting that make you laugh.

Why similar: Crime 39.1%, Co-op 21.1%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Stealth 10.5%, FPS 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It leans more toward heists than management, but the co-op FPS crime action and rising-underworld power fantasy are very close in tone.

The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!

Why similar: Management 30.3%, Multiplayer 28.1%, Simulation 27.1%, Building 8.2%, First-Person 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part is co-op management and keeping a business machine running with friends, this is one of the closest non-crime alternatives.

Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.

Why similar: Management 31.9%, Simulation 26.5%, Multiplayer 19%, Building 8.8%, Co-op 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Like Schedule we, it turns repetitive retail tasks, stocking, pricing, and growth into an oddly addictive small-business climb.

Omerta - City of Gangsters is a simulation game with tactical turn-based combat. Taking the role of a fresh-from-the-boat immigrant, with dreams of the big life, the player will work his way up the criminal hierarchy of 1920’s Atlantic City.

Why similar: Crime 61%, Management 19.9%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 5.7%, Multiplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers another organized-crime empire builder where rackets, laundering, and city control matter more than pure combat.

In this management tycoon game, you’ll start a criminal operation from nothing and grow it into a well-oiled money machine! Build speakeasies and illegal distilleries. Manage production chains and resource distribution. Leverage favors, chase down debtors, and bribe the police to look the other way.

Why similar: Crime 62.4%, Management 24.7%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on building criminal rackets, managing crews, and expanding influence across a living city economy.

Fight. Sell. Survive. Live off the land, build your perfect shop, and defend against nightly horrors in this open world survival shop simulator for 1-8 players.

Why similar: Open World 29.2%, Base Building 27.7%, Crafting 24.2%, Simulation 19%

Why You'll Like It: It matches the co-op open-world crafting and base-building side of Schedule we by letting you gather, craft, build, and run a shop in a shared sandbox.

Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.

Why similar: Management 54.2%, Simulation 38.3%, First-Person 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: The store-management loop is cleaner and less criminal, but the appeal of scaling inventory, profits, and staff is very familiar.

Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.

Why similar: Management 20.6%, Simulation 19.2%, Open World 15.2%, Base Building 14.7%, Building 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers another first-person management grind where you expand a humble operation, juggle logistics, and upgrade toward a larger business.

Build your crappy vehicle into a race car, install the parts yourself. Make money by cutting wood, racing at night or delivering pizza. Maybe you want to manage a sugar shack or build yourself a big garage?

Why similar: Open World 22.8%, Driving 22.5%, Crafting 18%, Building 17.3%, First-Person 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It has a similarly homemade open-world hustle, asking you to craft products, make deliveries, and slowly improve your setup.

Empire of Sin is a new strategy game brought to you by Romero Games and Paradox Interactive that puts you at the heart of the ruthless criminal underworld of 1920s Prohibition-era Chicago.

Why similar: Crime 59.2%, Management 28.4%, Strategy 6%, Simulation 4.4%, Action 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: This mob-management game is more tactical, but the appeal of growing a criminal organization through territory, businesses, and personnel lines up well.

PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.

Why similar: Crime 29.8%, Co-op 26.8%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Stealth 10.8%, FPS 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: While heist-focused rather than managerial, it captures the same co-op first-person criminal teamwork and illicit-job progression.

Internet Cafe Simulator 2 is an extremely comprehensive and detailed internet cafe business simulation game.

Why similar: Management 40.6%, Simulation 26.3%, Open World 14.1%, First-Person 11.3%, Multiplayer 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person business sim also blends storefront management, upgrades, and rough-around-the-edges city interactions in a very similar indie sandbox spirit.

PAYDAY 3 is the ultimate co-op FPS crime fantasy. Choose between stealth or loud playstyles, customize your character, and get ready to pull off the perfect heist.

Why similar: Crime 37.7%, Co-op 20.5%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Stealth 10.5%, FPS 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It keeps the cooperative FPS crime angle alive with modernized heists, planning, and underworld mission progression.

Start from nothing and rise to the top as you expand your criminal empire in Drug Lord Tycoon.

Why similar: Crime 32.1%, Management 13.3%, Base Building 9.2%, Simulation 8.6%, Crafting 8.5%

You’re out of jail, but the debt isn’t gone. Sneak, steal, and break into houses solo or in 4-player co-op. Use lockpicks, sleeping gas, and brute force to complete jobs, outsmart security, and make enough money before time runs out. Will you pay back what you owe, or lose everything?

Why similar: Crime 38.1%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Simulation 11.5%, Stealth 6.3%, First-Person 6.3%

Start as a street dealer and rise to criminal power — produce and distribute various illegal substances across the dark streets of Hyland Point. Expand your empire by purchasing property, growing your business, acquiring new cars, and building a powerful underground network.

Why similar: Crime 32.3%, Management 13.5%, Open World 12%, Simulation 7.7%, Base Building 7.6%

The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!

Why similar: Simulation 26%, Open World 20.8%, Multiplayer 17.1%, Management 14.2%, Building 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its broader business-sim sandbox lets you build production chains, own shops, and pursue shady paths to city influence.

Run your nightclub. Lead your gang. Rule the city. In The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire, you’ll balance a glamorous nightlife business with brutal street power. Manage VIPs, fight rival mafias, and outsmart the corrupt police in a city where every decision matters.

Why similar: Crime 39.8%, Management 20.6%, Open World 16.1%, Simulation 11.6%, Character Customization 6.1%

First-person homeless crime sandbox. Steal, drink, hallucinate and crush rival bums in chaotic online co-op.

Why similar: Crime 35.5%, Co-op 19.1%, Open World 12.4%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Simulation 10.4%

Drug Dealer Simulator: Free Sample is an introduction to the dark alleys of the ghetto, where you can start to expand your own crime empire! Get in touch with your contact and take your first steps in drug dealing business! 8 levels of dope business deals and constant adrenaline!

Why similar: Crime 41.9%, Simulation 23.8%, Management 18.5%, Co-op 10.9%, Action 4.9%

In a world where sweets and carbs are banned, take your baking underground. Build and upgrade your RV kitchen, bake forbidden treats, sell them across cities, manage your blood sugar, and stay one step ahead of the law. Play solo or team up with friends to grow your underground baking empire.

Why similar: Crime 31.8%, Co-op 15.5%, Open World 13.1%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Driving 10%

You're the last remaining video rental store. From humble VHS clerk to rental racketeer - run your video store and explore Reshoot Springs, building an underground empire. Expand with upgrades, side hustles, store membership, and more. Whatever it takes to survive - solo or in up to 4-player co-op.

Why similar: Co-op 23.2%, Simulation 15.4%, Management 15%, Open World 12.6%, Base Building 11.7%

Craft your workshop as an alchemist!‌ Harness arcane devices to automate crafting. Sell alchemical goods, fulfill commissions, and rise to become a renowned alchemy magnate. ‌Multiplayer Supported!‌ Invite master designers to (ahem) contribute their expertise—let them optimize your production lines!

Why similar: Automation 26.4%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 11.5%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Building 11%

Welcome to Brighton! Join the police force of this fictitious American city and experience the day to day life of a police officer.

Why similar: Crime 37.5%, Co-op 17.9%, Open World 15.3%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Simulation 10.7%

A clicker/management drug dealing simulator. Get your product cut and wrapped quickly and out on the streets. Build your crew, expand your operation, and climb the supply chain. Stay ahead of the cops, keep your crew in line, or pay the price.

Why similar: Crime 48.2%, Management 24%, Simulation 12.2%, Automation 10.6%, Strategy 5.2%

BadLads is a neo-noir multiplayer roleplay game centered around each player having their own job. Cities are ruled by President. Civilians are assaulted by Gangs and protected by Police. Adventure, collect, craft, base build, gamble, socialize, overthrow, customize yourself and your belongings.

Why similar: Crime 32.2%, Open World 14.1%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Base Building 9.4%, Building 8.7%

Roadside Research is a 1 to 4 player co-op gas station simulator. Except you’re aliens. And undercover. Do very human things like restocking shelves while preparing for the invasion. Just don’t get caught.

Why similar: Co-op 25.4%, Management 24.5%, Multiplayer 17.1%, Simulation 14.2%, First-Person 9.4%

Sub Rosa is a multiplayer first-person shooter about tense deals, double-crosses, and the occasional high-speed car chase.

Why similar: Crime 30.4%, Multiplayer 17.4%, Open World 13%, Co-op 9.2%, FPS 8.9%

Once you get tangled with the mob, you will forever be a part of the mob. At least they pay a decent salary and all you have to do is clean up after their dirty work, but you know what you’re doing. So clean crime scenes, earn as much money as you can, and get ready for the next mission.

Why similar: Crime 61%, Simulation 20.5%, First-Person 9.7%, Stealth 6.7%, Action 2.2%

Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!

Why similar: Automation 23.3%, Management 15.7%, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 10.8%

Thrilling business tycoon sim where you step into the shoes of a drug dealer in 1980s USA. Your main goal is simple: BUY LOW and SELL HIGH. Get ready for a experience where you'll combine strategy, risk-taking, and decision-making to build your criminal empire.

Why similar: Crime 59.2%, Management 22.7%, Simulation 14.9%, Strategy 3.2%

We need to cook! You are a drug-designing genius, living a bland existence in a middle-class neighborhood in Utah. You decide you want more out of life, so you buy a beat-up RV, drive it into the desert, and cook drugs. Make immense profits! (Made by one dude, hope you enjoy)

Why similar: Simulation 45.2%, Action 13.3%, FPS 12.7%, First-Person 12.7%, Action-Adventure 10.6%

Build up your own arms manufacturing company. Find your factory, buy resources, produce a wide range of military equipment to sell to the highest bidder. Good or bad? That's up to you, who you do business with is your choice. Don't ask, don't tell, get paid. After all, war is about making money.

Why similar: Management 24.6%, Base Building 18.3%, Automation 15.1%, Crafting 14.7%, Simulation 12.3%

Crime Simulator: Playgrounds is a short, chaotic, and hilarious entry in the Crime Simulator franchise. Throw hammers, spray pepper gas, and cause mayhem solo or with up to 4 players. Take over hideouts, complete absurd missions, and unleash destruction with the wildest weapons. No rules—just fun!

Why similar: Crime 35.9%, Co-op 17.6%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Driving 7.9%, First-Person 7.2%

Check it, clean it, sort it, ship it. Welcome to the life of a cash cleaner. Take jobs from underworld contacts and clean some cash. Just don't try to leave...

Why similar: Crime 40.4%, Management 22%, Automation 17%, Simulation 12.9%, First-Person 7.8%

Drug Dealing RPG roguelite strategy crime saga with choose your own adventure elements. The police and the jackboys aren't your biggest enemy... Time is!

Why similar: Crime 54.6%, Management 25.6%, Crafting 14.2%, Strategy 5.5%

Discover the life of Dr Greenstuff, grow marijuana, coca, make meth', drugs and more to keep your legal/illegal business running.

Why similar: Simulation 60.8%, Open World 39.2%

Welcome to Klepto where there's no place like a burglarized home. In this burglary simulation you'll explore, terrorize and loot your way to success in a variety of open-world sandbox neighborhoods. **VR is NOT required for this game.

Why similar: Crime 45.8%, Simulation 19.4%, Open World 11.4%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Stealth 7.7%

Prison Boss Prohibition is a VR crafting game where you play as a shop owner smuggling prohibited stuff. Produce and sell beers, erotic magazines, cigarettes, and more! But watch out, the police are cracking down on contraband!

Why similar: Crime 31.1%, Management 16.3%, Crafting 14.2%, Stealth 12.3%, Simulation 11.2%

Uncover a goldmine in the used car market! Sniff out deals, buy low, modify, and sell high. Your journey from amateur grease monkey to car dealer magnate awaits. How fast will you rise in this lucrative venture?

Why similar: Management 27%, Open World 23.2%, Driving 21.1%, Simulation 18.2%, First-Person 10.6%

Plan, design, build, and decorate your dream house in an open-world. Smash walls, sketch your layout, then build and decorate every inch—inside and garden. In an open world, tackle each renovation solo or with up to 4 friends. Pick up that hammer and start creating - Your dream house is waiting!

Why similar: Management 15.8%, Open World 14.7%, Base Building 12.6%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Building 10.9%

StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

Why similar: Automation 19.2%, Co-op 17.4%, Open World 13.9%, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 11%

Bluff, build alliances, betray your friends, and become the richest player! Speak with other players, guess their job, and kill them if it can bring you money. Between Police, FBI, Robber, Mafia, Kamikaze, and Serial Killer, you will find the best job to win.

Why similar: Crime 41%, Simulation 14.6%, Multiplayer 12.3%, FPS 8.8%, Strategy 6.1%

Compete with up to 4 players to build the most successful hardware store! Design your shop, manage inventory, hire employees, and influence market prices in this detailed business simulator. Master retail management as you expand your store empire.

Why similar: Co-op 18.3%, Management 18.1%, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 12%, Multiplayer 11.7%