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 29.9%, Open World 13.1%, Management 11.6%, Co-op 11.5%, Multiplayer 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: The closest alternative for its open-world drug production and distribution loop, with properties, gangs, and online co-op.

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%, Simulation 17.8%, Open World 10.2%, Management 9.3%, Crafting 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the same first-person climb from street dealing to managing a larger drug operation, albeit as a solo experience.

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 23.7%, Open World 18.5%, Crafting 15%, Building 13.9%, Simulation 9%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person cannabis-business simulator emphasizes growing products, running shops, serving customers, and expanding a legal-or-not-so-legal empire.

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

Why similar: Crime 32.1%, Management 13.1%, Base Building 9.2%, Crafting 8.8%, Simulation 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses directly on building a narcotics empire through production choices, territory growth, money management, and criminal risk.

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 17.8%, Open World 15.2%, Building 10%, FPS 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It similarly mixes first-person cultivation, crafting, sales, shop ownership, and open-world entrepreneurial progression.

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 40%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Simulation 11.2%, Co-op 7.1%, Stealth 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op first-person crime sandbox shares the tense criminal jobs, loot progression, tools, and multiplayer chaos of Schedule we.

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 48.8%, Management 23.8%, Simulation 12.3%, Automation 10.1%, Strategy 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This management-focused crime sim revolves around producing, selling, and scaling an illicit drug operation.

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 39.2%, Management 19.8%, Base Building 15%, Simulation 10.3%, Building 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Build a criminal laboratory network, develop products, hire workers, and avoid law enforcement in this drug-empire management game.

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 35.5%, Management 28.8%, Crime 16.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Crafting 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep cannabis cultivation and distribution business game with political pressure, supply chains, and expansion decisions.

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 32.3%, Base Building 23.3%, Building 17.7%, Simulation 16.5%, Strategy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: While played from an isometric perspective, it strongly matches the cartel-management fantasy of producing goods, controlling territory, and surviving rival factions.

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 47.8%, Management 24.3%, Simulation 12.9%, Building 10.9%, Strategy 4%

Why You'll Like It: Its blend of legitimate storefronts concealing a growing drug-production operation captures Schedule I's empire-building contrast especially well.

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 30.2%, Management 24.1%, Simulation 18.7%, First-Person 12.1%, FPS 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Although you inspect rather than sell contraband, its first-person border-work gameplay captures the tense economics and risk surrounding illegal trade.

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 14.2%, Simulation 14.2%, Stealth 12.9%, Open World 12%

Why You'll Like It: This is another methodical first-person crime sandbox built around planning jobs, stealing valuables, and upgrading your operation.

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 36.7%, Stealth 12.6%, Open World 12.6%, Simulation 11.8%, Co-op 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person burglary, scouting, tool upgrades, selling stolen goods, and hideout progression make it a strong crime-sim alternative.

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 20.2%, Base Building 16.4%, Co-op 14%, Open World 13.7%, Crafting 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: The setting differs, but its first-person co-op building, resource processing, logistics, and automation provide a similarly addictive expansion loop.

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 30.3%, Open World 13.2%, Co-op 12.5%, Simulation 10.6%, Driving 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its comedic open-world criminal errands, property activities, and co-op-friendly sandbox energy resemble Schedule I's lighter side.

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 62.9%, Management 24.5%, Simulation 7.2%, Strategy 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Build an illicit urban business network by establishing production chains, bribing officials, and taking territory from rival gangs.

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 31.4%, Simulation 26.3%, Multiplayer 19%, Building 8.4%, Co-op 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: For the business-management side of Schedule we, it delivers a hands-on first-person cycle of stocking, pricing, staffing, and expanding a store.

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 61.5%, Simulation 23.3%, Open World 15.3%

Why You'll Like It: It trades crime for legitimate commerce but closely matches the city-based loop of buying properties, hiring staff, managing supply, and scaling businesses.

Experience entertainment blockbusters Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online — now upgraded for a new generation with stunning visuals, faster loading, 3D audio, and more, plus exclusive content for GTA Online players.

Why similar: Crime 39%, Open World 25.3%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Co-op 9.4%, First-Person 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It supplies a huge open-world crime playground with co-op-style online activities, business ownership, heists, and freeform mayhem.

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 20.4%, Simulation 19.4%, Open World 15.4%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person property restoration, inventory handling, employee management, and business growth scratch a similar hands-on empire-building itch.

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 59.9%, Management 27.8%, Strategy 5.9%, Simulation 4.4%, Action 2%

Why You'll Like It: It combines prohibition-era business rackets, territory control, criminal crews, and empire management with tactical combat.

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 20.9%, Multiplayer 13%, Stealth 10.3%, FPS 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers co-op criminal missions and a campaign about assembling a crew and taking over a city's underworld.

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 30%, Co-op 26.6%, Stealth 10.8%, Multiplayer 10.7%, FPS 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its cooperative first-person criminal teamwork, progression, equipment upgrades, and escalating police pressure suit players seeking the co-op crime side of Schedule we.

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 29.1%, Automation 16.8%, Management 15.9%, Base Building 13%, Building 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: This production-management sim is about refining recipes, operating equipment, and building a profitable alcohol business under pressure.

Build a criminal empire from a hidden underground hangar. Produce drugs, craft weapons, print fake money, operate cartel airstrip and more. Hire workers, expand your gang, upgrade your base and take control of city distribution solo or in co-op.

Why similar: Crime 21%, Co-op 11.1%, Management 10.4%, Automation 8.4%, Base Building 7.1%

From the THIEF SIMULATOR developers. It's the 80s. Steal VCRs, tapes, classic cars, and if you get caught, outrun the police!

Why similar: Crime 45.4%, Stealth 18.2%, Open World 14.6%, Driving 11.1%, Simulation 6%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person theft sandbox with scouting, stealing, selling, upgrades, and a growing criminal career.

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

Why similar: Management 39%, Simulation 26%, Open World 14.4%, First-Person 10.8%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines first-person shop management, expansion, employees, upgrades, and a rough city atmosphere with occasional shady dealings.

Your favorite pawn shop experience is finally getting a sequel! Haggle like your life depends on it in this funny tycoon game. You never know WHAT is gonna stumble through that door!

Why similar: Management 72.4%, Simulation 25.3%, Indie 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its bargaining, buying-and-selling, staff management, and shop expansion offer a compact but satisfying underground-merchant progression loop.

Build a criminal empire from the streets up. Commit crimes in third-person, run and automate illegal businesses, recruit your own crime family, fight rival organizations, and take control of a seamless open-world city.

Why similar: Crime 24.8%, Management 10.9%, Open World 10.1%, Automation 9.4%, Base Building 8.4%

Run your pizza shop up front and handle shady business out back. Help hand-crafted NPCs with favors that never go as planned. Play solo or online co-op with up to four players and expand your operation across Hobarey Town. In this darkly comedic management sim - become that guy everyone knows.

Why similar: Crime 30.7%, Co-op 16.3%, Management 10.4%, Simulation 8.9%, Stealth 8.3%

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 32.1%, Management 13.1%, Open World 12.4%, Simulation 7.7%, Base Building 7.6%

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: Management 34.8%, Simulation 19.9%, Building 19.9%, First-Person 12.7%, Character Customization 12.7%

Build and manage your underground scam empire in a city ruled by chaos. Expand your operation through illegal means, grow your workforce, automate your schemes, and uncover the dark mysteries hidden beneath the town.

Why similar: Crime 32.2%, Automation 15.9%, Management 15.1%, Base Building 11.7%, Simulation 9.1%

Moonshiner Simulator is an in-depth spirits production simulator. Start from the bottom and build your operation into a thriving empire by mastering the intricacies of the craft and creating unique recipes. But beware – there will always be those who want to see you fail.

Why similar: Co-op 17%, Management 15.3%, Simulation 12.5%, Automation 11.1%, Open World 10%

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%, Simulation 23.3%, Management 17.7%, Co-op 11.1%, Action 4.9%

Step into the world of bootleg booze in this story-driven, single-player sim! Grow your crops, brew your drinks, bond with eccentric customers, and bottle it all under your own brand. Uncover the truth behind your brother’s arrest, complete quirky missions, and build your underground empire.

Why similar: Crime 26.6%, Simulation 17.3%, Open World 12.1%, Management 9.7%, Crafting 9.6%

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 52.8%, Simulation 39.8%, First-Person 6.9%, Indie 0.4%

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

Why similar: Crime 36.3%, Co-op 19.4%, Open World 13.1%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Simulation 10.6%

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 23.8%, Open World 21.8%, Driving 19.3%, Simulation 16.7%, First-Person 9.3%

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 31.7%, Co-op 15.4%, Open World 13.5%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Driving 10.1%

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 31.7%, Open World 14.4%, Multiplayer 10%, Base Building 9.3%, Building 8.4%

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 58.9%, Management 22.1%, Simulation 14.7%, Strategy 3.1%, Indie 1.2%

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: Co-op 20.1%, Management 19.3%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Building 11.2%, Simulation 11.1%

VISIT HIGHLAND! Build a weed empire from nothing on a broken tropical island. Grow, sell, expand, and survive the chaos solo or in co-op.

Why similar: Management 35.9%, Open World 19.3%, Simulation 14.4%, Co-op 12.8%, First-Person 11.5%

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

Why similar: Crime 29.9%, Multiplayer 17%, Open World 13.3%, Co-op 9.1%, FPS 8.8%

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 29.7%, Multiplayer 29.3%, Simulation 27%, Building 7.7%, First-Person 5.9%

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 22.9%, Simulation 15.4%, Management 14.9%, Open World 13.1%, Base Building 11.8%

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

Why similar: Simulation 55.9%, Open World 37.5%, Indie 6.6%

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 17.6%, Open World 15.8%, Multiplayer 12%, Simulation 10.7%

Build vehicles from the ground up and drive them across a hostile open world. Scavenge parts, tools and supplies, engineer your chassis, engine, wiring and controls by hand, and fight off wildlife, the undead and rival survivors. Play Survival solo or in 6-player co-op, or build freely in Sandbox.

Why similar: Co-op 14.1%, Open World 14%, Management 12%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Base Building 9.2%

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 44.8%, Simulation 18.9%, Open World 11.6%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Stealth 7.4%

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 49.5%, Action 14.9%, FPS 14%, First-Person 13.6%, Strategy 5.9%

Start small, team up with friends, and automate production with conveyor belts, pipes, and magical devices. Stock your shop with potions, jewelry, and relics, complete commissions, and build an alchemy empire! Alchemy Factory 1.0 is out now with the Wagon Logistics System and revamped shopkeeping.

Why similar: Automation 26.5%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 11.6%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Building 10.9%

Buy used cars and motorcycles, negotiate with sellers, and discover each vehicle’s true value. Drive, repair, repaint, and customize your vehicles before selling them for a profit. Start with a small office, grow your dealership, and become the city’s most successful vehicle dealer!

Why similar: Driving 21.1%, Multiplayer 18.9%, Open World 18.9%, Simulation 15.3%, FPS 10.2%

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%, Base Building 18.3%, Crafting 15.1%, Automation 14.3%, Simulation 12.3%

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 18.5%, Co-op 17.2%, Open World 14.4%, Base Building 13.9%, Crafting 11.2%

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 54.8%, Management 25.1%, Crafting 14.7%, Strategy 5.4%

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 41.1%, Automation 22.4%, Management 19.9%, Simulation 9.3%, First-Person 7.3%