- #1 Core Logistics
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Amber Anchor Studio
Windows
Core Logistics is a management sim about growing a transport company from a single van into a network that spans the whole map. Read the freight market, commit a finite fleet to the jobs worth taking, and match the right trucks and licenses to each load. And when you need to think — just hit pause.
Why similar: Transportation 38.8% ★, Management 15.4%, Simulation 13.4%, Sandbox 8.6%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #2 AirlineSim
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 108 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: Transportation 31.3% ★, Management 13.9%, Sandbox 13%, Resource Management 8.6%, Inventory Management 8.3%
- #3 Airport CEO
96% matchVery Positive83% of 8,308 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Transportation 23.4% ★, Moddable 21.2%, Management 11.3%, Sandbox 10.3%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #4 Worldwide Rush
95% matchMostly Positive80% of 561 reviews2025
Dev: Memel Games
Windows
Worldwide Rush lets you experience passenger transportation and management on a global scale. Expand your company, meet the growing travel demand, compete against other companies, and discover new continents with its unique vehicles. The entire world is yours to control.
Why similar: Transportation 39.2% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Management 12.2%, Capitalism 8.8%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #5 Deadstick - Bush Pilot Simulator
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spiral HousePub: Mythwright
Windows
A career-driven bush flight simulator where judgement, skill and reading the terrain determine whether you make a profit. Take on flying jobs across unforgiving wilderness, build crucial infrastructure and earn a reputation among the island's scattered communities.
Why similar: Transportation 35.4% ★, Moddable 17.1%, Sandbox 13.4%, Management 12.7%, Simulation 6.6%
- #6 Metroland
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anglia Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a transport tycoon in 1900s London. Expand transport lines, housing, and businesses to fund your transport empire. Make use of urban planning to create communities that will use your services.
Why similar: Transportation 38.3% ★, Management 13.4%, Sandbox 10.4%, Moddable 9.3%, Capitalism 9.2%
- #7 Transports
94% matchMixed66% of 107 reviews2018
Dev: Jens P. Behrens
Windows
Transports is a transportation business simulation game. Build your business empire by building transportation routes for trucks, trains, ships and planes to transport goods between industrial buildings and cities.
Why similar: Transportation 32.9% ★, Moddable 15.2%, Management 12.8%, Resource Management 8.9%, Sandbox 8%
- #8 Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon
92% matchMixed69% of 155 reviews2025
Dev: Aquila ChengduPub: Aquila Interactive
Windows
Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon is a simulation game where you take on the role of a shipping entrepreneur. Carefully plan shipping routes, balance supply and demand across ports, and maximize profits to fuel your expansion. Build a worldwide network and rise as the definitive global magnate.
Why similar: Transportation 21.6% ★, Inventory Management 15.3%, Management 13.3%, Moddable 12.8%, Capitalism 10%
- #9 OpenTTD
91% matchVery Positive95% of 16,870 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: Transportation 33% ★, Sandbox 14.7%, Moddable 13.5%, Management 13.4%, Simulation 8.5%
- #10 Transport Fever 2
90% matchVery Positive90% of 32,299 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 65.8 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: Transportation 40% ★, Management 15%, Moddable 11.3%, Sandbox 9.9%, Simulation 9.2%
- #11 Payout - Shop Simulator
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Bigos Games
Windows
Run your own store in this shop simulation game. Manage your warehouse, drive around the city, stock shelves, set prices, hire workers and keep customers happy as you grow your business from a small store to a busy supermarket.
Why similar: Transportation 30.6% ★, Management 15%, Simulation 11.3%, Inventory Management 9.4%, Capitalism 9.4%
- #12 Cities in Motion 2
91% matchMixed58% of 2,500 reviews2013
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cities in Motion 2 is the sequel to the popular mass transit simulation game Cities in Motion. Build, manage and lead your transportation network to provide cities with their ever changing needs. CIM2 introduces new features including multiplayer game modes, day and night cycles, timetables and dynamic cities.
Why similar: Transportation 50.4% ★, Management 17.9%, Simulation 14.5%, Sandbox 12.4%, Economy 4.1%
- #13 European Seafreight Tycoon
89% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Warnicke Gamedesign
Windows
Build your own maritime freight company, plan trade routes between European ports, and manage ships, crews, and operating costs. Transport containers and specialized cargo, optimize your fleet, and grow your business into one of Europe's leading logistics networks.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.7%, Transportation 17.3% ★, Management 16.7%, Simulation 15.4%, Inventory Management 13.3%
- #14 Fleet Manager: Logistics Simulator
88% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Woodheadgames Studio
Windows
Build a delivery empire from a single bicycle to an orbital fleet. Hire specialists, unlock cities, optimize routes, and conquer weather, events, and the cosmos — all while your fleet runs without you.
Why similar: Transportation 24% ★, Sandbox 20%, Simulation 15%, Inventory Management 10.5%, Management 9.6%
- #15 Canal Tycoon
87% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Throup Media Ltd
Windows
Canal Tycoon is a unique transport builder set in the canal’s golden age, with mechanics not seen elsewhere in the genre. Move industry’s goods across period-map landscapes, manage contested water, politics and rivals, automate operations to reduce grind, then survive the railroads.
Why similar: Transportation 42.7% ★, Simulation 12.8%, Moddable 11.7%, Management 9.9%, Resource Management 7.1%
- #16 Neuron Connection
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Falls Wood Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into a microscopic world where neurons float and pulse. Connect synapses, guide neurotransmitters, and shape the flow of the network. Watch neurotransmitters travel along the paths, circuits light up, and the neural world softly hum to life under your connections.
Why similar: Transportation 49.4% ★, Simulation 15.6%, Management 15.2%, Resource Management 14%, Top-Down 3.8%
- #17 Voxel Tycoon
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,786 reviews2021
Dev: Voxel Tycoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Voxel Tycoon is a management sim set in an infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods in 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: Transportation 38.6% ★, Management 14%, Moddable 13.7%, Sandbox 10.5%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #18 Citystate Metropolis
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
The creative, pragmatic, limitless city builder. Engineer a masterpiece of urban design, a small sustainable town or a futuristic metropolis. With procedurally generated buildings, grid-less zoning and powerful editor tools, everything is customizable: the city is yours.
Why similar: Transportation 29.6% ★, Sandbox 17.2%, Management 14.7%, Moddable 10.3%, Simulation 9.3%
- #19 Moving Simulator
84% matchMixed43% of 126 reviews2026
Dev: Corpix GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Dive into the ultimate moving experience in Moving Simulator! Manage chaotic house moves, carefully pack belongings, load trucks, and navigate through hilarious disasters. Precision, speed, and creativity will make you a moving master!
Why similar: Transportation 34.5% ★, Management 14.2%, Sandbox 14%, Capitalism 8.7%, Simulation 8.5%
- #20 Shop Simulator: Waifu Pillows
83% matchVery Positive91% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: Three River Games (3RG)
Windows
Konnichiwa Shop-owner-kun! Become a hero of the weeb/otaku community in a cute Japanese suburb with your very own waifu pillow shop! Stock your shelves with exciting dakimakura designs, expand your store, and make a fortune in Shop Simulator: Waifu Pillows!
Why similar: Moddable 25.7%, Management 15.2%, Sandbox 11.5%, Inventory Management 10.3%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #21 On The Road - The Truck Simulator
84% matchMixed48% of 1,157 reviews2019
Dev: tox² interactive GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
From 18 tonners to the Gigaliner, ON THE ROAD – The Truck Simulator offers everything a trucker’s heart desires.
Why similar: Transportation 35.2% ★, Moddable 16.6%, Sandbox 14%, Management 13.7%, Economy 7.6%
- #22 Industrial Empire
82% matchMixed36% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Mustafa Alimoğlu
Windows
Build and expand your industrial empire. Invest in industries and companies, manage supply chains, and operate your forklift hands-on to handle inventory, shipments, and sales.
Why similar: Transportation 34.8% ★, Inventory Management 18.5%, Management 15.5%, Resource Management 11.9%, Economy 7.7%
- #23 Ship It!: A Warehouse Game
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Space Bro Games LLC
Windows
Become Forklift Certified and manage your factory in this simple Top-Down Management game. Ship It! Ship yourself to the world where you control the flow of product to the companies you can earn reputation with!
Why similar: Transportation 43.4% ★, Management 25.5%, Simulation 13.8%, Inventory Management 11.4%, Top-Down 3.6%
- #24 NIMBY Rails
82% matchVery Positive90% of 2,277 reviews2021
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Solve global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.
Why similar: Transportation 42% ★, Management 13.8%, Sandbox 13.2%, Capitalism 7.7%, Moddable 7.7%
- #25 City Painter
79% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: Blunix Games
Windows
Advanced city simulator with minimalist "Paint" graphics. Build complex intersections, edit traffic rules, and solve traffic jams without melting your PC.
Why similar: Transportation 35.3% ★, Sandbox 19.7%, Simulation 15%, Moddable 13.3%, Management 11.3%
- #26 Transport Fever 3
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Transport Fever 3, the ultimate transport tycoon returns, bigger, deeper, and more dynamic than ever. Build the routes that transform the world across land, sea, and sky using over a century of evolving transport options. Design and build your ideal transport network.
Why similar: Transportation 41.4% ★, Management 14.7%, Sandbox 11%, Simulation 8.5%, Moddable 7.3%
- #27 Forge Industry
81% matchMixed67% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: BiteMe Games
Windows · Mac
Forge your destiny as a blacksmith! Automate your workshops, optimize your supply chain, research new materials, craft legendary weapons, and cast your place in the world.
Why similar: Moddable 23.3%, Inventory Management 18.3%, Management 14.3%, Resource Management 11.8%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #28 Tuggin It
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sam Meese
Windows
Drive a lil tug boat, haul cargo with a crane, and manage your warehouse storage, all while taking on some side-jobs when you can! Unlock and purchase upgrades to make tuggin it go a little smoother, and apply cosmetics so you're always tuggin it with style!
Why similar: Transportation 50% ★, Capitalism 12.8%, Simulation 10.7%, Management 10%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #29 Skyline Airways
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meridian
Windows
Build and manage your own airline. Purchase aircraft, plan routes, set ticket prices, customize onboard services, and navigate an ever-changing aviation market where every decision affects your profits.
Why similar: Transportation 41% ★, Sandbox 19.2%, Resource Management 11.3%, Simulation 10.2%, Economy 7.4%
- #30 Sweet Transit
78% matchMixed68% of 1,262 reviews2024
Dev: Ernestas NorvaišasPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Sweet Transit is a unique city builder where the railway is king. Build and automate the dream supply chain for your citizens, giving them all they need to expand quaint villages into bustling cities. Progress from steam power to diesel and beyond in this advanced train-driven experience.
Why similar: Transportation 31.5% ★, Moddable 19.1%, Management 11.3%, Sandbox 10.5%, Resource Management 9%
- #31 Game Giant
77% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Turtle Games
Windows · Linux
Become the biggest game publisher! Find developers, negotiate contract and market the games. Grow your company and design your offices.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.3%, Moddable 17.4%, Simulation 16.8%, Management 16.4%, Capitalism 8.7%
- #32 TrainCraft
77% match8 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Endulum
Windows
A nostalgic, retro train management game.
Why similar: Transportation 42.1% ★, Sandbox 20.7%, Management 16.7%, Simulation 9%, Resource Management 6.8%
- #33 ROADS: Tangled in Traffic
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SamPub: Super Swine Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
The city is strangled by its own explosive growth. Identify the chokepoints, invest in infrastructure, and redesign the network. One well-placed roundabout could nurse it back to life. Can you relieve the pressure and let prosperity flow as freely as the traffic?
Why similar: Transportation 49.3% ★, Management 19.2%, Simulation 14.2%, Resource Management 7.2%, Economy 5.5%
- #34 InfraSpace
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,946 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
Why similar: Transportation 33.6% ★, Moddable 16%, Sandbox 12.1%, Management 10.5%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #35 Airline Founder
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nerowan
Windows
Starting from a single base airport, build your own airline. Establish routes, and fine-tune your pricing and service strategies; manage flight schedules, your staff, your fleet, public reputation, and more. Ultimately, grow from a regional carrier into a global aviation network.
Why similar: Transportation 58.6% ★, Simulation 20.2%, Management 19.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #36 Mashinky
76% matchVery Positive85% of 2,808 reviews2018
Dev: Jan Zelený
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 36.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Mashinky is a transport strategy game about trains. The goal is to create your own transport empire on a procedurally generated map. It’s a unique blend of realistic graphics combined with an isometric construction mode and board game-like rules.
Why similar: Transportation 33.4% ★, Moddable 15.4%, Sandbox 13.5%, Management 13.3%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #37 Silk Roads II: Paths of Fortune
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Priory Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hire companions, master trade routes and build relationships as you forge a path of trade through the medieval world in Silk Roads II: Paths of Fortune - a colourful trading sim that uses real history to present you with a view of the life of a medieval merchant in the times of Marco Polo.
Why similar: Transportation 31.1% ★, Inventory Management 14%, Management 12.4%, Sandbox 11.6%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #38 Train World
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Turn Point Games
Windows
Become a railroad pioneer in Train World - a railway simulator that spans centuries as you design, manage, and operate your own train network. Start at the dawn of railroad technology and evolve into a complex, modern railway company.
Why similar: Transportation 35.9% ★, Sandbox 16.6%, Management 11.5%, Resource Management 9.2%, Simulation 8.4%
- #39 Train Valley World
73% matchMixed70% of 296 reviews2024
Dev: FlazmPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Train Valley World is an engrossing transport tycoon inspired by the genre classics. Build and manage efficient railroads across the globe, create sophisticated logistics chains, design your own levels, and become a business mogul – solo or in multiplayer!
Why similar: Transportation 40.2% ★, Sandbox 12.1%, Management 11%, Resource Management 10.4%, Capitalism 7.9%
- #40 Junxions
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CyberStormPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Answer your true calling as a traffic engineer in Junxions! Featuring comprehensive simulation, construction, and management tools, use careful planning to build roadways, railways, and walkways, and the complex interactions between them.
Why similar: Transportation 31.7% ★, Moddable 19.2%, Sandbox 11.7%, Management 11.5%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #41 Industrial Mogul
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: codebooster
Windows · Linux
Build an industrial empire across vast procedurally generated maps. Create production chains, develop cities, research technologies, build powerful brands, and compete for market dominance in a dynamic economy shaped by supply and demand.
Why similar: Transportation 28.1% ★, Management 16.1%, Resource Management 13%, Sandbox 11.4%, Capitalism 10.9%
- #42 Big Ambitions
72% matchVery Positive93% of 13,300 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 25.2 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: Management 26.8%, Capitalism 13.3%, Inventory Management 13%, Sandbox 12%, Economy 11.2%
- #43 Epic Trains 4
71% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Andrew Rowe
Windows · Linux
Run a transportation empire with planes, trains, automobiles and ships. Become a transportation tycoon. No generative AI.
Why similar: Transportation 33.1% ★, Sandbox 15.5%, Management 12.4%, Capitalism 10.4%, Economy 7%
- #44 Studio Sim
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PrattDesign
Windows
Build a film and television empire in a living entertainment industry beginning in the 1980s. Create and manage productions, cast unique talent, outmaneuver rival studios, climb the box office and grab television ratings in this immersive, old-school tycoon sim.
Why similar: Management 18.8%, Sandbox 16.1%, Simulation 14.2%, Moddable 13.9%, Inventory Management 12.6%
- #45 Cities: Skylines II
71% matchMixed55% of 91,103 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.9 hrsMean: 76.3 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: Transportation 21.4% ★, Sandbox 16.8%, Moddable 16%, Management 15.4%, Simulation 11.5%
- #46 Epic Transport
70% match1 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Pixel Games
Windows
Epic Transport is a casual game where you build paths and spawn vehicles that make you money. You select 1 of 4 Heroes that give boosts to different vehicles.
Why similar: Transportation 49% ★, Sandbox 25.1%, Economy 10.3%, Simulation 9.6%, Top-Down 3.9%
- #47 Simple Airline Sim
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: zedzag
Windows
A minimalistic airline management game where you buy planes, choose routes and try to stay ahead of the competition.
Why similar: Transportation 49.1% ★, Management 19.3%, Capitalism 12.1%, Economy 8.8%, Simulation 8.5%
- #48 Quarantine Market Simulator: Prologue
68% matchMixed68% of 40 reviews2026
Dev: Arafkan GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Run a market inside a quarantine zone. Check temperatures, manage customers and inventory, and defend the walls during zombie raids. A first-person market management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Inventory Management 22.5%, Management 21.7%, Resource Management 15.8%, Simulation 15.4%, Economy 10.7%
- #49 A Millionaire's Story
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Under Rise Games
Windows
In A Millionaire’s Story, you run a start-up. Make sure your clients are satisfied by managing the resources and the employees. Make decisions to overcome the challenges. Improve yourself as a leader and discover the perfect strategies to build a million-dollar business.
Why similar: Moddable 28.2%, Management 19.7%, Sandbox 15.6%, Resource Management 11.7%, Simulation 11%
- #50 Cities in Motion
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,089 reviews2011
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Manage transportation for commuters in four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam
Why similar: Transportation 37.7% ★, Management 24%, Simulation 20.6%, Sandbox 9.9%, Economy 6.4%
- #51 Ferry Good Day
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AstroTechnician
Windows · Linux
Set sail and bring your passengers to their destination. In this relaxing boat simulation you explore different maps, plan your routes and ensure your reliable arrival at port. Utilize currents, locks and catch fish to experience the best possible journey with your ferry.
Why similar: Transportation 43.1% ★, Sandbox 18.7%, Management 14.6%, Inventory Management 8.5%, Simulation 7.2%
- #52 Steam & Heather
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Flag Hippo Games
Windows
A cosy railway management builder set in 19th-century Scotland. Shape the land, lay track, connect industries, and watch towns grow as steam reshapes the Scottish landscape.
Why similar: Transportation 37.7% ★, Management 16.1%, Sandbox 12.5%, Resource Management 11.2%, Simulation 8.9%
- #53 Metro Architect
67% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Northern21 Studio
Windows · Mac
In Metro Architect, you will design, expand, and optimize metro and subway networks in a metro simulator inspired by real-world transit systems. Build stations, manage trains, reduce congestion, and keep your city moving.
Why similar: Transportation 45.5% ★, Management 15.4%, Resource Management 9.6%, Sandbox 9.2%, Simulation 8.7%
- #54 Euro Truck Simulator 2
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 934,848 reviews2012
Dev: SCS Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.4 hrsMean: 145.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
Why similar: Transportation 40.2% ★, Moddable 26%, Management 13.7%, Economy 7.3%, Simulation 7.3%
- #55 AIR EMPIRE: 1950 Airline Tycoon
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hAi Corp
Windows · Mac
1950 — you run the world's smallest airline, dead last of 19. Hire planners to read unsurveyed markets, send negotiators to fight for slots, price every seat. Each month's ledger shows exactly why you won or lost; each December, the board judges you. An Aerobiz-inspired tycoon.
Why similar: Transportation 42.9% ★, Management 16.9%, Capitalism 15.7%, Economy 9.7%, Simulation 8%
- #56 Silicon City
68% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2023
Dev: Polycorne
Windows · Mac · Linux
Silicon City is a new take on the classic city builder genre, where each citizen voice their opinion. Will you be an urban designer, a rural evangelist or a reckless capitalist? Build your way to the most productive city until elected as the best mayor or plan the city of your dreams in sandbox.
Why similar: Transportation 29.8% ★, Moddable 20.5%, Sandbox 13.7%, Management 12.7%, Capitalism 8.9%
- #57 Nightclub Architect
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Setfire Ent.
Windows
Nightclub Architect is a nightclub construction and management simulator with strategic management elements. Design, build, and control the atmosphere as you transform an empty space into the heart of urban nightlife.
Why similar: Management 31.9%, Sandbox 18.7%, Simulation 17.4%, Resource Management 15.6%, Economy 8.8%
- #58 shapez 2 - Factory
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,989 reviews2026
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.
Why similar: Transportation 35.6% ★, Moddable 20.6%, Management 17.8%, Sandbox 14.7%, Simulation 7%
- #59 Civilize
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NCAT
Windows
From the first stone tool to the first starship. One city carries an entire civilization across eight ages. Civilize is the first CivForge: a city-builder where multiple islands and 100+ resources let you forge an arc of human history that is entirely your own.
Why similar: Transportation 32.4% ★, Resource Management 16.9%, Simulation 13.5%, Management 13.3%, Sandbox 9.1%