- #1 Airport CEO
97% matchVery Positive83% of 8,135 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Flight 23.5%, City Builder 12.8%, Economy 11.2%, Management 10.1%, Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This is the most direct alternative to SimAirport, offering a deep focus on airport infrastructure, passenger flow, and airline management.
- #2 Sky Haven Tycoon - Airport Simulator
96% matchMixed59% of 1,340 reviews2022
Dev: Real Welders
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build your own airport in Skyhaven! Live out your airplane tycoon and simulation game fantasies and make the best surroundings and strategy for both airline manager and passenger alike. Schedule flight plans, build terminals, landing strips and more and create an airport tycoon empire in Skyhaven.
Why similar: Flight 34.1%, Management 22.3%, Building 16.1%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar experience of designing and managing an airport from the ground up with a focus on modern aviation logistics.
- #3 Project Highrise
96% matchVery Positive85% of 4,730 reviews2016
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
Why similar: Management 25.8%, Building 22.2%, Economy 10.5%, Simulation 9.4%, Sandbox 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game challenges you to build and manage a vertical skyscraper, mirroring the floor-by-floor management style found in SimAirport.
- #4 Mad Tower Tycoon
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 438 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.
Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, Economy 16.2%, Building 12.7%, Management 12.7%, Sandbox 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the construction and management of a massive tower, requiring you to balance tenant needs with infrastructure efficiency.
- #5 Two Point Hospital
94% matchVery Positive92% of 34,380 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.
Why similar: Management 30.6%, Building 24.9%, Simulation 13.3%, City Builder 11.1%, Sandbox 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Like SimAirport, this game requires careful spatial planning and efficient management of complex facility operations to keep customers satisfied.
- #6 Two Point Campus
94% matchVery Positive88% of 7,816 reviews2022
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.
Why similar: City Builder 24.1%, Management 20.7%, Building 16.8%, Sandbox 11.9%, Economy 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same satisfying management loop as its hospital counterpart, focusing on building layout and student flow management.
- #7 Hotel Architect
92% matchVery Positive94% of 1,342 reviews2025
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Step into the shoes of a hotel owner as you design, build, and manage grand hotels around the world. Juggle demanding guests, frantic logistics, and plenty of unexpected surprises in Hotel Architect; the ultimate hotel construction and tycoon management game!
Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Economy 18.6%, Building 14.3%, Management 14.1%, Sandbox 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the architectural design and management of a hotel, requiring careful planning of guest flow and amenities.
- #8 Software Inc.
93% matchVery Positive94% of 7,637 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 45.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
Why similar: Economy 28%, Management 21.4%, Building 20%, Sandbox 16.2%, Simulation 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This deep management sim features complex building design and business operations that will appeal to players who enjoy the granular control of SimAirport.
- #9 Prison Architect
91% matchVery Positive89% of 73,112 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Why similar: City Builder 18.6%, Base Building 15.5%, Building 13.4%, Management 11.9%, Sandbox 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: The grid-based construction and management of inmate flow and facility security share a similar DNA with airport design mechanics.
- #10 Academia : School Simulator
91% matchVery Positive86% of 3,008 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!
Why similar: City Builder 21.7%, Economy 15.9%, Base Building 15.4%, Management 13.8%, Building 12%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similar grid-based building experience where you must manage the layout and daily operations of a school facility.
- #11 Cities: Skylines II
90% matchMixed54% of 86,513 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.8 hrsMean: 72.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
Why similar: City Builder 32.9%, Economy 14.5%, Building 14.3%, Management 11.6%, Sandbox 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the ultimate city-building experience, allowing for massive scale and complex traffic management systems.
- #12 Parkitect
89% matchVery Positive94% of 7,997 reviews2018
Dev: Texel Raptor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Parkitect is a business simulation game that charges you with the construction and management of theme parks! Bringing back the best of classic theme park games with many new features and content on top. Now supports online co-op with up to 8 players!
Why similar: Economy 21.3%, City Builder 20.5%, Building 16%, Management 15.8%, Sandbox 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines creative park building with the logistical challenge of managing staff and supply lines behind the scenes.
- #13 Another Brick in The Mall
89% matchVery Positive83% of 2,425 reviews2020
Dev: The Quadsphere
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design, build and manage a giant shopping center. Open shops, supermarkets, restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys and more. Hire and manage the best staff for the job and milk your customers for all they're worth!
Why similar: City Builder 19%, Management 18.2%, Building 15.4%, Economy 15.1%, Base Building 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the construction and management of a shopping mall, requiring you to optimize store layouts and customer traffic.
- #14 Transport Fever 2
88% matchVery Positive91% of 31,208 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 65.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
Why similar: City Builder 22.3%, Economy 15.8%, Management 15%, Flight 10.6%, Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game is perfect for those who enjoy the logistics and infrastructure-building aspects of managing transportation hubs.
- #15 Captain of Industry
86% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 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: Base Building 23.5%, Economy 18.1%, City Builder 13.8%, Management 12%, Resource Management 11%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a complex logistics and base-building experience where managing supply chains and resource flow is paramount.
- #16 Little Big Workshop
87% matchVery Positive84% of 3,350 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Management 16.6%, Economy 15.8%, Building 14.7%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a charming yet deep look at managing a factory floor, focusing on production lines and workspace layout.
- #17 Snowtopia: Ski Resort Builder
86% matchMixed62% of 1,256 reviews2022
Dev: TeaForTwoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Build your ideal ski resort. Keep skiers smiling with fresh pistes and fine facilities. Ski, build and chill in the wintry world of Snowtopia where everyone is welcome!
Why similar: City Builder 19.5%, Base Building 14.7%, Economy 12.9%, Building 12.3%, Management 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: It challenges you to design a functional ski resort, focusing on lift placement and slope management to keep skiers moving efficiently.
- #18 Indoorlands
85% matchVery Positive81% of 269 reviews2022
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The indoor park management simulator where you can create your rides and coasters from scratch and freely design your halls. Manage, expand and develop your own park to inspire your guests. Satisfy your visitors' needs by unlocking and researching new buildings, rides, transportation and more!
Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, Management 19.4%, Building 18.8%, Sandbox 11.7%, Resource Management 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This theme park management game allows for detailed building and operational control, similar to the sandbox nature of SimAirport.
- #19 City Bus Manager
83% matchVery Positive91% of 2,686 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data. Buy buses, maintain them, take care of your staff and lead your bus company to become the #1 in town!
Why similar: Economy 34.7%, Management 26.2%, Sandbox 14.1%, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the logistics of public transport, requiring you to manage routes and bus maintenance to keep a city moving.
- #20 Megaquarium
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,644 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.
Why similar: Building 21.4%, Management 19.7%, Sandbox 18.2%, Economy 15.2%, Simulation 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This management sim emphasizes the layout of tanks and visitor paths, requiring efficient planning to keep both animals and guests happy.
- #21 Rescue HQ - The Tycoon
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 915 reviews2019
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.5 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: City Builder 20.1%, Management 16.9%, Building 15.1%, Base Building 14.1%, Sandbox 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: You must manage a multi-department emergency station, balancing building layout with the rapid deployment of resources.
- #22 Factory Town
82% matchVery Positive91% of 4,419 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, Base Building 17.7%, Economy 12.5%, Management 12.3%, Sandbox 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the automation of goods and the creation of efficient logistical networks in a sandbox environment.
- #23 SimCasino
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 751 reviews2021
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Modern Casino Tycoon Simulation in full 3D glory. Build the casino. Set the odds. Expand into a luxury hotel/casino or go cheap & extract max profits. Keep the vault secure at all times, and beware of criminals & cheaters!!
Why similar: City Builder 21.8%, Economy 15%, Base Building 13%, Building 12.4%, Management 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same building and management philosophy as SimAirport, focusing on the layout and operational efficiency of a casino floor.
- #24 Startup Company
81% matchVery Positive81% of 6,175 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!
Why similar: Management 31.1%, Economy 27.9%, Simulation 9.9%, Building 8.9%, Sandbox 8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management of a software business, requiring you to balance office layout with employee productivity.
- #25 Jurassic World Evolution 2
79% matchVery Positive90% of 45,488 reviews2021
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.
Why similar: Building 18.6%, City Builder 17.6%, Management 16.3%, Sandbox 14%, Economy 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines park building with management, requiring you to balance guest safety and infrastructure with dinosaur care.
- #26 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
78% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 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: City Builder 22%, Economy 15.4%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 11.6%, Management 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is a highly complex city-builder and logistics sim that offers the deepest level of infrastructure management on this list.
- #27 Rise of Industry
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,155 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
Why similar: City Builder 21.9%, Economy 19.8%, Management 16%, Base Building 11.2%, Building 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deep economic simulation where you must manage production chains and logistics across a growing industrial map.
- #28 Big Ambitions
78% matchVery Positive93% of 12,519 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
Why similar: Economy 37%, Management 34%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 8.4%, Resource Management 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game allows you to build and manage various businesses in a city, focusing on logistics, supply chains, and retail layout.
- #29 Railway Empire 2
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,521 reviews2023
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.
Why similar: City Builder 20.7%, Economy 18.8%, Management 14.8%, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a detailed look at managing railway networks, focusing on logistics and infrastructure expansion.
- #30 Automation Empire
80% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
Why similar: Base Building 18.9%, Economy 14.5%, City Builder 12.3%, Building 12.1%, Sandbox 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on building massive, automated industrial networks, appealing to players who enjoy optimizing complex systems.
- #31 Terminal One
77% matchMixed68% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Terminal Reality
Windows
Airport building and light business tycoon game. Build up an airport providing cargo, maintenance, and passenger service. Choose which upgrades to invest in, manage policies, organize finances, optimize layouts, and balance carbon emissions.
Why similar: City Builder 19.4%, Flight 15.7%, Economy 12.8%, Building 12.3%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #32 Transport Fever
77% matchVery Positive83% of 10,800 reviews2016
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 47.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!
Why similar: Flight 22.7%, City Builder 19.2%, Economy 15.1%, Building 11.4%, Management 10.8%
- #33 Jumbo Airport Story
76% matchVery Positive92% of 354 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Just imagine: your own world-famous airport! A game with sky-high levels of fun!
Why similar: Flight 29.9%, City Builder 21.8%, Building 7.7%, Economy 6.9%, Strategy 6.6%
- #34 Ground of Aces
73% matchVery Positive85% of 1,315 reviews2025
Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!
Why similar: City Builder 17.2%, Base Building 14.4%, Flight 14.3%, Economy 11%, Building 10.2%
- #35 Citystate II
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,099 reviews2021
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Create your own Nation, build cities and bring prosperity to your people. Citystate II is a unique city-builder featuring realistic economics and complex political options. Slums or skyscrapers, experiment and bring about your vision of the ideal society.
Why similar: City Builder 29.2%, Economy 21.3%, Building 14.3%, Management 13.1%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #36 Battle Royale Tycoon
76% matchMixed69% of 513 reviews2019
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design and build arenas for your guests to fight in, keep them happy, your workers paid and make a profit!
Why similar: Management 18%, City Builder 17.7%, Economy 16.7%, Sandbox 12.3%, Building 11.8%
- #37 Rail Route
72% matchVery Positive89% of 2,461 reviews2024
Dev: Bitrich.info
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 111.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
In Rail Route, you will design, construct, upgrade, and automate your railway network in one of the many maps based on real-life cities worldwide. Dispatch the trains to make the traffic flow and the network grow!
Why similar: City Builder 19.1%, Economy 17.3%, Building 13.4%, Base Building 13.1%, Management 12.6%
- #38 Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 323 reviews2019
Dev: Jarrod Brown
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Design, build and manage a recreation center! Host fitness classes, build swimming pools, arcade & entertainment areas, build event rooms to host parties & much more. With endless customisation, Rec Center Tycoon goes much more in-depth than your average business management simulator.
Why similar: City Builder 17.7%, Economy 14%, Base Building 13.5%, Building 12.2%, Management 11.8%
- #39 Good Company
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,764 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 17.3%, Base Building 15.1%, City Builder 14.7%, Building 12.7%, Management 12.6%
- #40 Airline Manager
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,060 reviews2021
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 31.4 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: Flight 42.7%, Economy 20.6%, Management 13.3%, Simulation 8.5%, Strategy 6.8%
- #41 Blueprint Tycoon
73% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Management 24.1%, City Builder 21.3%, Economy 16.3%, Sandbox 9.2%, Simulation 8.3%
- #42 Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon
69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,274 reviews2025
Dev: Hammer & RavensPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!
Why similar: Economy 17.1%, Base Building 16.7%, Management 14.9%, Building 14.1%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #43 Cities XL Platinum
74% matchMixed58% of 1,631 reviews2013
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Build cities, shape a world.Cities XL Platinum lets you design, build and link up cities of all shapes and sizes around the Cities XL planet!Build more impressive cities than ever before! Cities XL Platinum offers a huge variety of over 1,000 buildings and constructions (including 50 brand new structures), that you can freely place on...
Why similar: City Builder 49.2%, Management 11.8%, Simulation 11.7%, Sandbox 10.6%, Strategy 5.9%
- #44 Hotel Magnate
70% matchMixed60% of 481 reviews2025
Dev: Arcade Oven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, rundown motel, or elegant resort? With a ridiculous amount of customization tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel manager shine!
Why similar: City Builder 19%, Economy 15%, Management 13.1%, Building 12.8%, Base Building 11.2%
- #45 Cities XXL
74% matchMixed40% of 2,356 reviews2015
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 51.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design, build, and manage the world’s largest and most diverse cities in Cities XXL. Bigger and better than ever before with a more powerful game engine and new interface, become the mayor of your very own sprawling metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Economy 18.4%, Building 14.6%, Management 12.1%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #46 Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
71% matchVery Positive81% of 1,740 reviews2020
Dev: SquarePlay Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Design and build the most efficient metro stations known to man! Excavate. Expand. Set staff priorities. And manage the commuter flow. Overcrowd is a 2.5D management/tycoon/simulator set below the bustling city of Lubdon Town.
Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, Management 14.4%, Building 13%, Base Building 12.4%, Economy 10.6%
- #47 Cities: Skylines
70% matchVery Positive93% of 286,936 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Why similar: City Builder 38.9%, Building 14.2%, Management 11.5%, Economy 11.3%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #48 The Tenants
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,665 reviews2022
Dev: Ancient Forge
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Become a landlord and deal with problematic tenants as you build your rental property empire. Decide how to react to annoyed neighbors or police interventions. Will you design your apartment for a group of gamer friends or an aspiring musician looking for a new home?
Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Economy 17.5%, Management 14.8%, Building 13.3%, Base Building 12.3%
- #49 Fly Corp
69% matchVery Positive85% of 3,299 reviews2023
Dev: KishMish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Develop your own transport network in different regions and cities: open new routes, buy and upgrade new planes, and increase airport capacity!
Why similar: Management 25.4%, Building 23.7%, Sandbox 20.3%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 9%
- #50 Power to the People
70% matchVery Positive82% of 543 reviews2022
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?
Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, Economy 19.8%, Management 15.3%, Building 14.4%, Base Building 11.1%
- #51 Transport INC
71% matchMixed70% of 1,070 reviews2020
Dev: DIGIFOXPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Become the manager of the largest transport corporation ever! Create new planes, bus, trains and truck connections. Optimize them to ever-changing demands and adapt to unexpected events. Beat the competition. Connect cities all around the real world map!
Why similar: Economy 21.9%, Sandbox 18.1%, Management 16.4%, Building 14.6%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #52 Train Station Simulator
71% matchMixed57% of 256 reviews2017
Dev: Appliks Apps Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Train Station Simulator is a station builder and manager game. Create and maintain your dream station! Ride the rails and operate your ultimate grand central empire!
Why similar: Management 23.7%, Economy 11.3%, City Builder 10.7%, Simulation 10.3%, Strategy 10%
- #53 Project Hospital
68% matchVery Positive89% of 9,018 reviews2018
Dev: Oxymoron Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.
Why similar: City Builder 28.3%, Management 17.1%, Economy 13.6%, Building 12.7%, Sandbox 11.3%
- #54 Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game
68% matchVery Positive81% of 531 reviews2021
Dev: Squidpunch StudiosPub: Vincent Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Build stunning Arcade Centre’s, purchase a range of arcades machines, manage troublesome staff in this colourful and humorous simulation management game. Inspired by Two Point Hospital, Let's Build A Zoo and Megaquarium.
Why similar: City Builder 19.9%, Economy 16.2%, Base Building 13.1%, Management 12.3%, Building 11.7%
- #55 Foundation
65% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 36.6%, Economy 11.9%, Management 9.5%, Building 9.1%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #56 Pocket City 2
66% matchVery Positive94% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Codebrew Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A city-building game with a unique twist—step inside and experience your city firsthand! Plan roads, zones, and infrastructure while growing your economy, managing resources, and unlocking special buildings. Host events, build mega projects, and watch your city thrive in a dynamic world.
Why similar: City Builder 27.6%, Economy 18.6%, Base Building 15%, Sandbox 13.3%, Building 8.2%
- #57 Production Line : Car factory simulation
68% matchVery Positive82% of 3,465 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: Management 17.7%, Economy 17.2%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 12%, City Builder 11.3%
- #58 Mad Games Tycoon 2
65% matchVery Positive94% of 7,570 reviews2023
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 20.8%, City Builder 18.7%, Management 17.5%, Base Building 12%, Building 10.9%
- #59 AirlineSim
66% matchVery Positive80% of 101 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: Flight 30.8%, Economy 23.4%, Management 16.1%, Sandbox 12.8%, Resource Management 6.6%
- #60 Voxel Tycoon
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,743 reviews2021
Dev: Voxel Tycoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Voxel Tycoon — a management sim set in the infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods on your custom factories. Set up supply chains and passenger routes with a huge fleet of trains, trucks, and buses, and turn small towns into prosperous megacities with a thriving economy!
Why similar: Economy 21.7%, Management 17.7%, City Builder 14.3%, Building 12.6%, Sandbox 11.2%