- #1 Smart Factory Tycoon
97% matchMixed60% of 927 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Smart Factory Tycoon inspired by Little Big Workshop is a tycoon management game about running your dream factory with robots. Design your dream factory, plan all steps of production, research new technologies and become a tycoon!
Why similar: Resource Management 13.9%, Management 12.5%, Design & Illustration 12.4% ★, City Builder 10.2%, Sandbox 6.7%
- #2 Masterplan Tycoon: Foundations
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 248 reviews2024
Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Foundations is a free version of Masterplan Tycoon, a minimalist resource management sim. The world is your playground: start with simple production lines for basic needs and evolve into a production powerhouse in an elegant and stress-free setting
Why similar: Resource Management 25.4%, Management 21.6%, Building 12.7%, Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 10.5%
- #3 Oxygen: First Breath
96% matchVery Positive89% of 1,662 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: City Builder 19.4%, Resource Management 19.1%, Management 13.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 9%
- #4 Retail Company Simulator: Prologue
95% matchVery Positive87% of 658 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: Design & Illustration 23% ★, Management 12.7%, Simulation 11.7%, Resource Management 11.6%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #5 Toy Tinker Simulator: BETA
94% matchVery Positive82% of 382 reviews2021
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Have you ever wanted to be a toy tinker? Here you can take the first step to become one! This is a tiny portion of Toy Tinker Simulator, which includes only ten toys.
Why similar: Resource Management 19%, Design & Illustration 15.8% ★, Simulation 14.7%, Building 13.9%, Management 13.2%
- #6 Little Big Workshop
94% matchVery Positive84% of 3,391 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Management 18.7%, Resource Management 16.5%, Simulation 15.4%, Strategy 13.6%, Building 8.9%
- #7 Beer Factory - Prologue
92% matchVery Positive85% of 2,021 reviews2023
Dev: AKELPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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: Resource Management 29.5%, Management 22.5%, Automation 15.5%, Simulation 15.4%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #8 Market Tycoon
93% matchMixed55% of 412 reviews2017
Dev: Protection GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Market Tycoon is a Tycoon game where you Grow your Market from a small Mini Market all the way up to a Hyper Market. Manage, create, and customize your market from wall paint to placing cashiers, shelves, and fridges.
Why similar: Management 36.1%, Simulation 20.7%, Strategy 18.2%, Building 10%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #9 Factory Planner: First Sparks
91% matchVery Positive82% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: Lebleby GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Factory Planner: First Sparks is a card-based simulation and strategy game. In this Prologue version, build your own factory using strategic card combinations and enjoy a unique sandbox experience.
Why similar: Simulation 23.4%, Strategy 22.5%, Sandbox 15.2%, Management 13.6%, Automation 9.3%
- #10 Production Line : Car factory simulation
91% matchVery Positive82% of 3,483 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.6 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 22.2%, Resource Management 14.8%, Automation 8.4%, Building 8.3%, Simulation 8.3%
- #11 Car Manufacture: Prologue
90% matchVery Positive86% of 318 reviews2023
Dev: STEREO GAMES S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Build a car factory in the beginning of XX century. Discover new cars and technologies. Manage employees. Make tons of money and stay on top. Car Manufacture: Prologue, being a shortened version of the full game, is a great way to try this automotive tycoon game.
Why similar: Management 20.4%, Resource Management 18.1%, Building 11.3%, Time Management 10.5%, Simulation 10%
- #12 Industry Idle
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,484 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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: Resource Management 20.2%, City Builder 14.8%, Management 13.4%, Automation 10.9%, Building 8.6%
- #13 United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up
87% matchVery Positive89% of 636 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
This free version of the United Penguin Kingdom covers the content from one year of in-game time. A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales.
Why similar: Resource Management 21.6%, City Builder 21.5%, Management 18.3%, Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 9.3%
- #14 Crafting Idle Clicker
89% matchMixed49% of 933 reviews2020
Dev: Bling Bling Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 42.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Craft a complex production line, earn idle cash and become an industrial tycoon!
Why similar: Management 24.5%, Sandbox 15.1%, Automation 15%, Strategy 13.2%, Simulation 10.8%
- #15 Factory Engineer
89% matchMixed46% of 133 reviews2017
Dev: Mind Leak
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Factory Engineer is a factory simulation game which is about creating a huge automated factory by building production lines to create products and make money. Start with simple products,make money,unlock technologies then create the most sophisticated products.
Why similar: Simulation 17%, Resource Management 17%, Strategy 15.7%, Management 15.6%, Sandbox 13.8%
- #16 Good Company
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,792 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.2 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: Resource Management 15.4%, Management 14.6%, City Builder 9.7%, Sandbox 8.5%, Building 8.1%
- #17 3D Printer Manager
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: Smushii
Windows · Mac · Linux
Start in a bedroom with one 3D printer and build a manufacturing empire! Manage filaments, upgrade machines, hire staff, and expand into a factory in this addictive idle tycoon game.
Why similar: Resource Management 22.5%, Management 20.2%, Automation 13.8%, Economy 10.7%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #18 Recycling Center Simulator: Prologue
84% matchVery Positive93% of 402 reviews2024
Dev: Balas GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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: Design & Illustration 19.7% ★, Resource Management 17.9%, Management 12.8%, Building 9.7%, Automation 9.5%
- #19 Blueprint Tycoon
86% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Management 29%, Resource Management 18.8%, City Builder 14.6%, Simulation 12.6%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #20 Urbek City Builder: Prologue
83% matchVery Positive94% of 1,703 reviews2022
Dev: Estudios KremlinoisPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Urbek City Builder: Prologue is a free city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures. Try it yourself for free!
Why similar: Resource Management 18.8%, City Builder 17.9%, Management 17.5%, Sandbox 10.7%, Building 10.2%
- #21 Microtopia: Prologue
82% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in this free version of Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Why similar: Resource Management 20.5%, City Builder 15.9%, Sandbox 11.2%, Automation 11.1%, Building 10.1%
- #22 Drink Factory Simulator - Prologue
79% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Agosto Game StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Build your own beverage empire from scratch! 🍹 Experiment with recipes, find the perfect blend, expand your factory and fulfill massive orders. Every drop is your call!
Why similar: Simulation 37.6%, Resource Management 22.6%, Management 18.1%, Time Management 10.1%, Casual 9.2%
- #23 Incremental Factory
81% matchMixed68% of 247 reviews2024
Dev: Significant Steak
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!
Why similar: Resource Management 26.7%, Automation 14.8%, Sandbox 12.1%, Simulation 11%, Strategy 10.8%
- #24 Chocolate Factory: Prologue
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 207 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits! The free prologue for the full game!
Why similar: Resource Management 21.7%, Management 18.3%, City Builder 14.8%, Automation 12.2%, Building 10.1%
- #25 Automation Empire
81% matchMixed66% of 2,643 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Resource Management 15.9%, Management 13.2%, Automation 11.9%, Simulation 10.6%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #26 Factory Town
79% matchVery Positive91% of 4,475 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Resource Management 19.8%, Management 16.5%, City Builder 15.8%, Automation 11.1%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #27 Tobacco Shop Simulator: Prologue
78% matchVery Positive84% of 796 reviews2024
Dev: Business Tycoon
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Run your tobacco shop in this free prologue version of the game. Sign contracts with leading brands, order products, and meet customer needs. Play with friends or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your shop.
Why similar: Design & Illustration 32.1% ★, Management 19.6%, Simulation 13.5%, Sandbox 13.4%, Immersive Sim 9.3%
- #28 Outpath: First Journey
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,694 reviews2022
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Resource Management 48.9%, Automation 22.9%, Building 22.5%, Casual 4.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #29 Modulus: Factory Automation
75% matchVery Positive91% of 846 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build, automate, & optimize production lines across sky islands with real spatial constraints. Every production line is an open-ended puzzle: which operators to use, how to route your belts and how to fit your factory into the landscape. Your solutions, like your factories, are uniquely your own.
Why similar: Management 16.1%, Resource Management 14.9%, City Builder 13.2%, Automation 10.1%, Building 9.8%
- #30 Game Builder Tycoon
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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: Management 23.4%, Resource Management 16.5%, Simulation 12.3%, Economy 11.5%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #31 Gym Manager: Prologue
77% matchVery Positive80% of 242 reviews2024
Dev: Han GAMES
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Gym Manager: Prologue is a free simulation game where you can build, expand and manage your own Gym. To attract more clients - invest in new equipment, keep the room clean and sabotage your competitors.
Why similar: Design & Illustration 19.5% ★, Management 19.3%, Resource Management 13.9%, Simulation 10.3%, Economy 9.7%
- #32 Factorio
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 233,774 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 192.8 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: Resource Management 27.6%, Automation 18.4%, Sandbox 12.5%, Management 12.4%, City Builder 7.8%
- #33 Inn Tycoon: Prologue
75% matchVery Positive90% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Evil Goose Games
Windows
Welcome to Inn Tycoon: Prologue! Build, design, and manage your dream inn. Serve delightful meals, offer various services, and hire a stellar staff. Create a top-notch hospitality empire and become the ultimate Inn Tycoon!
Why similar: Resource Management 22%, Management 19.1%, Sandbox 12%, Building 11.7%, Economy 8.9%
- #34 Factory Outlet Simulator: Prologue
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 458 reviews2024
Dev: PISHO
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Factory Outlet Simulator is a very comprehensive clothes manufacturing and selling game. You can produce the products of world famous brands in your factory and sell them. Or you can expand your business and create your own brand. Use your business acumen to lead the market from zero to the top!
Why similar: Resource Management 28.4%, Simulation 21.8%, Management 15.5%, Immersive Sim 12.1%, Economy 8.1%
- #35 Block Factory
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Block Factory is a relaxing and creative building game where you craft delightful 3D figurines from blocks. Shape your designs and build flowing production lines in a peaceful factory world.
Why similar: Management 19.3%, Resource Management 18.7%, Automation 11.2%, Sandbox 11.1%, Building 10.8%
- #36 Factory Planner
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 389 reviews2026
Dev: Lebleby GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Factory Planner is a card-based simulation/strategy game that lets you build a factory using cards. The main goal of the game is to make combinations with different cards so that each player can build different factories and feel the sandbox experience to the fullest.
Why similar: Management 28.6%, Sandbox 20.3%, Automation 18.7%, Strategy 13.2%, Simulation 9.1%
- #37 Figure Shop Simulator: Prologue
71% matchVery Positive90% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Gnome Games
Windows
In this free version of the game, manage your own figure shop! Produce figures with 3D printers, stock your shelves, set prices, and offer the best shopping experience to your customers. Manage your warehouse, complete collections, follow trends, and grow your business!
Why similar: Resource Management 18%, Time Management 13.9%, Management 13.6%, Simulation 12.7%, Economy 12%
- #38 Rise of Industry
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,193 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: Management 20.9%, Resource Management 16.5%, City Builder 16.3%, Strategy 9.1%, Economy 9%
- #39 MegaFactory Titan
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 152 reviews2026
Dev: Q Switched Productions, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!
Why similar: Resource Management 21.7%, City Builder 16.9%, Management 16.9%, Building 12%, Automation 11.6%
- #40 Coin Factory
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 218 reviews2024
Dev: Lino Rabolini
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Coin Factory. Build your first coin maker factory and explore the different synergies and combinations. Level up your buildings and become the ultimate money maker. Strategize and plan ahead. Unlock new buildings and compete in the global leaderboard!
Why similar: Resource Management 30%, Strategy 18%, City Builder 14.7%, Building 14.2%, Isometric 13.7%
- #41 Industry Giant 4.0
71% matchMostly Negative37% of 560 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: Management 17.6%, Resource Management 16%, City Builder 14.5%, Automation 7.9%, Building 7.6%
- #42 Office Simulator: Prologue
70% matchVery Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Tzn Games
Windows
Office Simulator: Prologue is a limited-content version designed to let you experience office management right away. Manage your employees, plan tasks, and navigate the challenges of office life!
Why similar: Management 26.8%, Simulation 15.1%, Time Management 15%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Building 8.2%
- #43 Builderment
71% matchMixed68% of 128 reviews2023
Dev: Builderment LLC
Windows · Mac
Builderment is a casual factory builder, where you are sent to far away planets to keep Earth going with fresh resources. Establish your base, then mine, build, transport, and ultimately design an automated operation that will save your home one shipment at a time!
Why similar: Resource Management 23.3%, City Builder 19.2%, Automation 13.9%, Sandbox 11.1%, Building 10.2%
- #44 Gun Factory Simulator
70% matchMixed63% of 163 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Clock
Windows
Take control of your very own firearms factory. Start with a workshop and a gun shop, and evolve it into a factory of mass destruction. Craft bullets to rockets, handguns to shotguns, hire workers & managers, and become a merchant of death. Get use to the smell of gunpowder and cash.
Why similar: Management 21%, Resource Management 17.5%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Economy 9.5%, Time Management 8.4%
- #45 FOUNDRY
68% matchVery Positive81% of 3,918 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 48.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Why similar: Resource Management 24%, Robots 15.2%, Sandbox 13.3%, Automation 13%, Building 12.6%
- #46 Business Magnate
72% 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: Management 23.4%, Resource Management 17%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 12.6%, Economy 10.4%
- #47 Mini Settlers: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive89% of 803 reviews2024
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist city builder, settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.
Why similar: Resource Management 20.9%, City Builder 15.6%, Management 13.5%, Strategy 11.3%, Automation 11.1%
- #48 Masterplan Tycoon
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 744 reviews2023
Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Welcome to the resource management game where your creativity and logistics skills are put to the test! In this minimalistic simulation you will build interconnected chains of products and open new missions by completing various tasks to create the biggest system you can.
Why similar: Resource Management 22.9%, Management 20.5%, Building 11.6%, Automation 10.6%, Strategy 9.5%
- #49 shapez 2 - Factory
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,091 reviews2026
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 29.1 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: Management 29.3%, Automation 17.1%, Sandbox 13.8%, Building 13.7%, Strategy 11.4%
- #50 Mad Games Tycoon
68% matchVery Positive91% of 4,423 reviews2016
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Management 27.5%, Resource Management 16.2%, Simulation 10%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 9%
- #51 Color Factory: Automation Meets Canvas
66% matchVery Positive88% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Bosphorus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Color Factory is a relaxing factory-building game where strategy meets automation. Start with basic colors, refine them into vivid shades, and craft canvases of all sizes. Optimize your machines, scale operations at your own pace, and master automation to build a masterpiece of efficiency.
Why similar: Strategy 24.1%, Automation 24.1%, Simulation 21.5%, Sandbox 17.7%, Time Management 10.9%
- #52 Food Processing Simulator
63% matchVery Positive88% of 335 reviews2026
Dev: Bewolba Studios
Windows
Build and manage your own food processing factory. Automate production with machines, work together with skilled employees to keep operations running smoothly, expand your facility, and keep inventory under control as you grow from a small workshop into a large scale production facility.
Why similar: Resource Management 18.5%, Management 17%, Automation 13.4%, Sandbox 12.4%, Time Management 11.9%
- #53 Supply Chain Idle
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 382 reviews2018
Dev: Upturn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, link and upgrade factories to produce and sell products.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #54 Bank Simulator
65% matchMostly Positive73% of 389 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: Resource Management 21%, Management 20.8%, Automation 11.6%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #55 Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue
66% matchVery Positive93% of 1,558 reviews2020
Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue is a battle sim about managing your own Gladiator Guild in an epic fantasy world. Build and run your own guild, hire and train gladiators, develop unique tactics, manage resources, compete for the rank in the arena, and much more.
Why similar: Management 45%, Simulation 21.8%, Strategy 21.5%, Survival 8.2%, Singleplayer 3.6%