- #1 Prosperous Universe
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,083 reviews2022
Dev: simulogics
Windows
In Prosperous Universe start your galactic empire by trading on the real-time market exchange with other real players. Build your 1st base from humble beginnings & watch as your business flourishes with complex supply chain strategies. Economics, politics & realism fuel this immersive business MMO.
Why similar: Trading 21.4%, Economy 19.4%, Sandbox 10.6%, Massively Multiplayer 10%, Management 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers an incredibly deep, player-driven economy and complex supply chain management that mirrors the hardcore simulation feel of Sim Companies.
- #2 Software Inc.
96% matchVery Positive94% of 7,733 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 45.8 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: Capitalism 26.4%, Economy 21.4%, Management 14.3%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at simulating the lifecycle of a business, from product development to managing office infrastructure and market competition.
- #3 Capitalism 2
96% matchVery Positive82% of 568 reviews2017
Dev: Enlight Software LimitedPub: Enlight Software Limited
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create and control the business empire of your dreams. This in-depth strategy game covers almost every aspect of business that could be encountered in the real world.
Why similar: Capitalism 34.7%, Economy 34.1%, Management 16.2%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Widely considered the gold standard for economic simulation, it provides unparalleled depth in corporate management and market strategy.
- #4 Big Ambitions
94% matchVery Positive93% of 13,173 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 25.1 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: Capitalism 28.1%, Economy 26.8%, Management 21.3%, Sandbox 8.6%, Simulation 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines detailed business management with a sandbox world, allowing you to scale from a small shop to a massive corporate conglomerate.
- #5 Rise of Industry
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,178 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: Economy 21.5%, Trading 15.6%, Management 15.1%, Capitalism 11.3%, Resource Management 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the logistical challenge of building complex production chains and managing regional supply networks.
- #6 Offworld Trading Company
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,700 reviews2016
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 35.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mars has been colonized, and Earth's corporate titans fight to dominate this new market. Competition is fierce in this fast-paced economic RTS from Civilization IV Lead Designer, Soren Johnson.
Why similar: Economy 36.1%, Management 20.5%, Resource Management 15.1%, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on competitive market manipulation and supply-demand dynamics in a fast-paced, player-versus-player environment.
- #7 Industry Idle
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,478 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Industry Idle is an idle game that combines factory building, resource management and market trading. Design & build your base, expand & scale up your productions, improve & optimize your economy. Plus all the incremental game goodies: offline earnings, prestige to unlock more powerful upgrades.
Why similar: Economy 18.6%, Capitalism 16.7%, Building 12.4%, Management 10.8%, Resource Management 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the satisfying loop of automation, resource management, and market-based trading found in Sim Companies.
- #8 Production Line : Car factory simulation
92% matchVery Positive82% of 3,474 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
Why similar: Economy 20.3%, Management 18.3%, Building 12.2%, Sandbox 10.2%, Isometric 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game challenges you to optimize manufacturing processes and supply chains to maximize efficiency and profit.
- #9 Mad Games Tycoon 2
91% matchVery Positive94% of 7,699 reviews2023
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 36.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Start your own game development studio in 1976. Build your own offices, production facilities and server rooms. Develop the games of your dreams and produce the next next-gen console. Rise from a small garage company to a huge corporation.
Why similar: Economy 19.4%, Trading 16.8%, Capitalism 16.3%, Management 14.3%, Building 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A detailed business management game that allows you to control every aspect of game development and corporate growth.
- #10 Startup Company
91% matchVery Positive81% of 6,211 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: Economy 28.4%, Management 27.3%, Simulation 10.9%, Building 7.7%, Sandbox 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This management simulator focuses on the specific challenges of growing a tech business and navigating competitive market pressures.
- #11 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
90% matchVery Positive91% of 26,420 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 71.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: Economy 27.5%, Building 17.6%, Management 17.6%, Sandbox 12.1%, Simulation 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore logistics and economic simulator that requires meticulous planning of production chains and resource distribution.
- #12 Anno 1800
89% matchVery Positive81% of 31,755 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
Why similar: Economy 34.6%, Simulation 11%, Strategy 10.8%, Sandbox 10.2%, Resource Management 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features intricate production chains and a sophisticated trade system that rewards players for mastering complex economic logistics.
- #13 Good Company
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,782 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!
Why similar: Economy 20.8%, Management 13.1%, Building 13%, Sandbox 12%, Isometric 9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the assembly-line management and business growth aspects of building a successful manufacturing firm.
- #14 E-Startup
89% matchMixed48% of 168 reviews2018
Dev: Polytale Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
E-Startup is a sandbox business simulation game in a low-poly universe. Build, buy resources to create products and complete contracts, invest in the stock market to become rich and popular!
Why similar: Capitalism 23.3%, Trading 20.3%, Economy 17.1%, Sandbox 11.6%, Management 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox business simulator that captures the essence of starting small and scaling up through strategic management and trading.
- #15 Victoria 3
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 60,188 reviews2022
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 118.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.
Why similar: Capitalism 28.6%, Economy 26.8%, Management 12.7%, Sandbox 9.8%, Resource Management 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This grand strategy game offers a deep macro-economic simulation where you manage the entire economy of a nation through trade and industrialization.
- #16 Eco
87% matchVery Positive81% of 13,962 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.7 hrsMean: 89.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Why similar: Trading 26.1%, Economy 17.5%, Education 13.6%, Crafting 13%, Sandbox 11%
Why You'll Like It: A unique simulation where players must collaborate to build a functioning economy while managing the environmental impact of their production.
- #17 Factorio
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 231,662 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 45.0 hrsMean: 191.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.6%, Crafting 18.9%, Resource Management 18.1%, Management 13.1%, Building 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: While focused on automation, it provides the ultimate experience in designing and scaling complex supply chains and resource management systems.
- #18 Mad Games Tycoon
86% matchVery Positive91% of 4,419 reviews2016
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Economy 14.6%, Capitalism 14.6%, Trading 13.9%, Management 13.9%, Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: The original title provides a solid foundation in business management and market-driven product development.
- #19 AirlineSim
84% matchVery Positive80% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: simulogics
Windows
Manage and grow your own virtual airline in this business simulation. Plan operations by acquiring aircraft and scheduling flights. Monitor finances using realistic tools as you cooperate and compete with other players on a real-time market and turn your company into a flourishing business.
Why similar: Economy 23.5%, Capitalism 19.5%, Management 14.1%, Sandbox 11.9%, Massively Multiplayer 9%
Why You'll Like It: A highly realistic economic simulator that focuses on the complexities of managing an airline business in a competitive market.
- #20 Satisfactory
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 274,659 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 32.8 hrsMean: 111.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Crafting 24.9%, Building 23%, Sandbox 19.4%, Resource Management 15.2%, Multiplayer 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a first-person perspective on building massive, automated production chains and managing resource flow.
- #21 Big Pharma
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,935 reviews2015
Dev: Twice CircledPub: Positech Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
What if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick… and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in your hands. Will you use it for good?
Why similar: Management 22.7%, Economy 21.1%, Isometric 12.1%, Sandbox 9.7%, Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It blends business management with production optimization, requiring you to balance research, manufacturing, and market demand.
- #22 Shipping Manager
83% matchMixed46% of 571 reviews2023
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Create and manage your own shipping empire. Control every aspect from route creation to marketing to staff handling and beat other managers to top the leaderboards.
Why similar: Economy 24%, Capitalism 20.7%, Management 15.5%, Building 14.3%, Resource Management 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This tactical simulation focuses on the global logistics and shipping industry, requiring careful economic management to succeed.
- #23 Transport Fever 2
81% matchVery Positive90% of 31,979 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: Economy 26.1%, Management 21.6%, Building 13%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the logistical backbone of an economy, forcing you to manage complex transportation networks to move goods effectively.
- #24 Airline Manager
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,225 reviews2021
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 34.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Create and manage your own airline. Create both passenger and cargo routes all over the world while you upgrade and expand your fleet of airplanes and airports. Airline Manager is among the most realistic of its genre - so prove yourself and beat your friends and other real life managers.
Why similar: Economy 26.5%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 20.8% ★, Management 14.9%, Simulation 11.9%, Strategy 7%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a streamlined but engaging experience in managing flight routes, fleet maintenance, and economic strategy.
- #25 Business Magnate
82% matchMixed67% of 218 reviews2019
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Business Magnate is a tycoon business simulation game where you can create all types of businesses: Cars, rockets, phones, tanks, trucks, airplanes, computers, and ships. Design, produce, market and sell them. You can even run multiple companies at the same time.
Why similar: Economy 27.1%, Management 18.4%, Simulation 10.4%, Building 10.4%, Sandbox 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A comprehensive business simulator that covers everything from product research to market expansion and corporate management.
- #26 Industry Giant 4.0
81% matchMostly Negative37% of 556 reviews2025
Dev: Don VS DodoPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Build an industrial empire from scratch in Industry Giant 4.0. Produce goods, build up your industries, construct transportation networks, plan production, manage finances, and navigate global events. Become the next business tycoon and write history!
Why similar: Trading 16.4%, Economy 15.6%, Capitalism 15.5%, Management 11.9%, Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It challenges players to manage production, logistics, and sales in a dynamic market environment that rewards long-term planning.
- #27 Definitely Not Fried Chicken
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,530 reviews2023
Dev: Dope GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: Capitalism 19%, Trading 16.5%, Economy 14.8%, Management 10.4%, Sandbox 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique twist on business management by requiring you to balance legitimate operations with illicit market activities.
- #28 这个CEO我当定了!
79% matchVery Positive83% of 548 reviews2025
Dev: 叁石肆两
Windows
《这个ceo我当定了!》跟随着主人公(林燃)的求职机遇,进入这职场之中的龙争虎斗。财富与名望,就在选择之间,抓住机遇,成就事业。在这暗斗之中,是为利益与虎谋皮?还是无畏恐惧向死而生?这职场ceo我当定了!
Why similar: Choices Matter 51.6%, Simulation 48.4%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation focuses on the high-level decision-making and market-dominance strategies required to run a successful corporation.
- #29 OpenTTD
78% matchVery Positive95% of 16,779 reviews2021
Dev: OpenTTD
Windows · Mac · Linux
OpenTTD is a business simulation game in which players earn money by transporting passengers and cargo via road, rail, water, and air. It is an open-source remake and expansion of the 1995 Chris Sawyer video game Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
Why similar: Economy 24.7%, Building 17.5%, Management 14.2%, Sandbox 14%, Simulation 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic logistics and economic simulation that remains one of the best games for mastering supply chain and transport management.
- #30 Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator Starter Edition
77% matchVery Positive89% of 1,349 reviews2023
Dev: Bigosaur
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Start in your bedroom in year 2010. Build rigs to mine Bitcoin, Ethereum and other crypto coins. Trade on the market to grow wealth. Expand your business into new offices. Hire skilled employees and assign tasks. Use cash from your mega farms to research new technologies.
Why similar: Economy 23.5%, Management 18%, Trading 14.2%, Simulation 12.8%, Sandbox 11.9%
- #31 Bank Simulator
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 372 reviews2025
Dev: Strong Bow Games
Windows
Build and manage your financial empire from a small bank to a global powerhouse. Approve loans, trade bonds, hire staff, and master the market in Bank Simulator a business management sim and banking tycoon where every economic decision impacts your bottom line
Why similar: Capitalism 18.1%, Trading 18.1%, Economy 15.8%, Education 10.6%, Building 9.7%
- #32 Supermarket Simulator
73% matchVery Positive92% of 82,915 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Economy 22%, Trading 16.9%, Management 15.4%, Capitalism 13.7%, Simulation 10.7%
- #33 Mall Simulator: Prologue
74% matchVery Positive89% of 693 reviews2025
Dev: F13 Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! Start working with Prologue now. To avoid going bankrupt, you'll need to build new stores, set good prices and keep up with trends. A limited number of stores & services for Prologue are waiting for you.
Why similar: Capitalism 20.9%, Trading 19%, Economy 17.1%, Management 11.1%, Building 8.2%
- #34 Mad Smartphone Tycoon
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 613 reviews2024
Dev: MiradilPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build Your smartphone Empire in Mad Smartphone Tycoon, your main goal in this game is to create the ultimate smartphone that combines both performance and aesthetics. Expand your company, dominate the global market, become a tycoon in the world of mobile phones!
Why similar: Management 17%, Capitalism 13.5%, Building 12.1%, Trading 11.4%, Economy 11.2%
- #35 Mall Simulator
73% matchVery Positive85% of 3,096 reviews2025
Dev: F13 Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! To avoid going bankrupt, you’ll need to build new stores and restaurants, set smart prices, and keep up with trends. 15+ stores, dozens of machines & services, and hundreds of brands waiting for you!
Why similar: Capitalism 21.8%, Trading 18.7%, Economy 18.1%, Management 12.1%, Building 9.1%
- #36 Railroad Tycoon 3
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,249 reviews2007
Dev: PopTopPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo in a dynamic economy, and participate in...
Why similar: Management 45.2%, Economy 20.2%, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 7.2%, Building 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This classic title focuses on the economic side of rail transport, requiring smart investment and market navigation to build a monopoly.
- #37 CEO
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 90 reviews2022
Dev: Salty Olives
Windows
Play the CEO of a multi-national conglomerate in this business simulation. Grow crops, raise livestock, build mines and oil wells to get the raw resources needed to make more than 75 types of consumer goods.
Why similar: Capitalism 26.8%, Economy 24.6%, Management 12%, Building 9.7%, Simulation 8.9%
- #38 Game Builder Tycoon
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 162 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
In Game Builder Tycoon, begin as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing, research stuff and manage a skilled team. Overcome competition to guide your game development studio to global recognition and dominate the gaming industry.
Why similar: Capitalism 23.1%, Economy 19.6%, Education 13.9%, Management 12%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #39 Supermarket Together
71% matchVery Positive94% of 94,851 reviews2024
Dev: DeadDevsTellNoLies
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Economy 20.5%, Trading 15.7%, Management 15.1%, Capitalism 13.2%, Simulation 11.3%
- #40 Military Incremental Complex
73% matchVery Positive83% of 695 reviews2025
Dev: Space Kraken Studios
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.
Why similar: Capitalism 23.1%, Economy 17.3%, Trading 16.8%, Management 10.6%, Crafting 8.9%
- #41 E-Startup 2 : Business Tycoon
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Polytale Games
Windows
Manage your product company ! Design concept and sell product on the market ! Dodge bankruptcy and rise to the top by making the best concept, the best pricing strategy and applying the best management ! Beat all those damn competitors !
Why similar: Capitalism 24.6%, Trading 20.8%, Economy 20.7%, Sandbox 12.2%, Management 12.2%
- #42 CivIdle
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,064 reviews2025
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 78.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!
Why similar: Trading 26.7%, Capitalism 19.8%, Management 17.2%, Building 12.1%, Resource Management 11.2%
- #43 Supermarket Simulator: Prologue
71% matchVery Positive94% of 4,681 reviews2024
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Start running your own supermarket with Prologue already. Stock shelves, handle cashier tasks, process online orders, design & expand. Set the prices based on the market. Be prepared to face the consequences if you fail to make the nightly repayment to the gangs.
Why similar: Capitalism 20.3%, Economy 18.8%, Trading 17.6%, Management 11.3%, Building 9.3%
- #44 Upload Labs
69% matchVery Positive92% of 7,876 reviews2025
Dev: EnigmaDev Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect
Why similar: Economy 28.7%, Management 24.3%, Simulation 21.6%, Sandbox 12.4%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #45 Crafting Idle Clicker
75% matchMixed49% of 919 reviews2020
Dev: Bling Bling Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 42.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Craft a complex production line, earn idle cash and become an industrial tycoon!
Why similar: Capitalism 22.4%, Economy 17.1%, Management 16.1%, Sandbox 15.6%, Building 11.7%
- #46 Global City
72% matchMixed70% of 1,400 reviews2021
Dev: Red Brix WallPub: MY.GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 33.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Become the mayor and build the city of your dreams! In this game, anything is possible. Whatever you can imagine in a city-building and development simulator, you can do. Start from the very beginning and unlock new possibilities for developing your city in Global City!
Why similar: Capitalism 19.8%, Economy 18.9%, Building 10.9%, Isometric 10.2%, Management 10.1%
- #47 Beer Factory - Prologue
70% matchVery Positive85% of 2,021 reviews2023
Dev: AKELPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Beer Factory - Prologue is a business simulation and management game. Take the challenge and manage your own beer factory, employees, production lines, as well as the import and export of merchandise.
Why similar: Management 19.9%, Resource Management 16.3%, Sandbox 15%, Simulation 13.7%, Crafting 13.6%
- #48 PC Tycoon 2
70% matchVery Positive80% of 336 reviews2024
Dev: Insignis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage your computer company and develop your PC components, create your own laptop, monitor, develop an interactive operating system or build your PC. Research new technologies, improve your office and your factory, hire the best employees, buy other companies and build your computer empire!
Why similar: Capitalism 29.1%, Economy 28.5%, Sandbox 15.4%, Management 13.7%, Simulation 4.7%
- #49 Recycling Center Simulator: Prologue
68% matchVery Positive93% of 394 reviews2024
Dev: Balas GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Recycling Center Simulator: Prologue is a free business simulator game in which you make money from garbage. Collect raw materials for your recycling center from different locations, recycle them, make money by producing new products and improving your factory.
Why similar: Trading 20.1%, Economy 17.5%, Building 12.9%, Capitalism 11.5%, Management 9.6%
- #50 Retail Company Simulator: Prologue
68% matchVery Positive87% of 652 reviews2024
Dev: Business Tycoon
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Run your retail company in this free prologue version of the game. Sign contracts with leading brands, order new products, meet customer needs, and never let your customers leave the store empty-handed. Hire new workers, expand your store, and enjoy the growth of your retail company.
Why similar: Capitalism 22.3%, Economy 19.5%, Sandbox 14.4%, Management 10%, Simulation 9.1%
- #51 Captain of Industry
67% matchVery Positive90% of 11,125 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 84.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Economy 29.7%, Resource Management 19.3%, Management 16.7%, Building 14.3%, Simulation 9%
- #52 Blockchain Tycoon
71% matchMixed48% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Wamill
Windows · Mac
Blockchain Tycoon is the cryptocurrency simulation game where you build and manage your own mining operation. Create your own coin, mine it, invest in other coins, upgrade and overclock GPUs or you can just HODL.
Why similar: Trading 19.1%, Economy 18.1%, Capitalism 15.4%, Management 10.8%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #53 Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue
68% matchMixed61% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue is a free simulation game in which you begin your journey as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing and research stuff. Create best game on the planet!
Why similar: Economy 21.7%, Capitalism 21.4%, Management 14.5%, Building 12.4%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #54 Retail Company Simulator
65% matchVery Positive91% of 733 reviews2024
Dev: Business Tycoon
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Run your retail company. Sign contracts with leading brands, order products, hire workers, expand your store, and never let your customers leave the store empty-handed. Play with friends or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your shop.
Why similar: Capitalism 20.4%, Economy 19.3%, Trading 17.9%, Management 12.7%, Sandbox 12.3%
- #55 The Corporate Machine
70% matchMixed61% of 97 reviews2015
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Stardock's classic 2001 real-time economic strategy game, available now on Steam. Dive back into the timeless battle for one of the most ruthless environments ever created: international trade.
Why similar: Capitalism 21.8%, Economy 17.4%, Trading 17.3%, Management 10.3%, Building 10.2%
- #56 Rise of Industry 2
66% matchMixed64% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Navigate the competitive industrial landscape of vibrant 1980's USA! Make strategic manufacturing decisions, optimize production chains, acquire technologies, and expand your global business network with key contacts. Opportunities await those savvy enough to capitalize on them!
Why similar: Trading 20.6%, Capitalism 18.9%, Economy 15.8%, Management 11%, Building 9.9%
- #57 Money Simulator: Brokeville (Free Prologue)
64% matchVery Positive86% of 1,189 reviews2025
Dev: OrganicaPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Welcome to the Brokeville! Grind your way to the top through jobs, deliveries, bicycle races, and risky crypto trades. Buy, customize, and sell cars & motorcycles for profit. Build your own businesses, manage them, and hire staff to grow your empire.
Why similar: Capitalism 37.7%, Economy 18.5%, Sandbox 14.2%, Management 11.8%, Simulation 11.7%
- #58 Airport CEO
66% matchVery Positive83% of 8,268 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Capitalism 22.5%, Economy 17.4%, Management 13.6%, Building 12.5%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #59 Megastore Simulator: Prologue
64% matchVery Positive91% of 138 reviews2026
Dev: Yolo Games Studio
Windows
Expand from a small shop to a two-floor giant with Bakery, Clothing, Electronics, and more. Bake your own dough, hire staff, serve customers, and use forklifts and pallet jacks to keep the store running smoothly.
Why similar: Economy 18.5%, Capitalism 16.4%, Management 15.5%, Trading 13.9%, Crafting 9.4%
- #60 Music Store Simulator Prologue
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 360 reviews2023
Dev: Crystalia GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 48%
With Music Store Simulator Prologue you can lead a musical instruments manufacturing company. Create, sell, earn and reinvest improving and developing your business. Expand your Brand and climb to success in order to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments!
Why similar: Economy 18.3%, Sandbox 16.1%, Trading 14.6%, Building 13.4%, Crafting 12%