- #1 Music Wars Empire
97% matchMixed46% of 179 reviews2016
Dev: Antuan JohnsonPub: Music Wars
Windows
Take the role of a manager or CEO of a record label, and try to make your mark on the music industry!
Why similar: Music 41.3%, Simulation 19.5%, Strategy 19.4%, Management 17%, Indie 2.8%
- #2 Music Band Manager
96% matchMixed54% of 361 reviews2017
Dev: Hamsters Gaming
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Always dreamed of creating your own music band? We will realize your dream! Record songs, release albums and manage group activities! With the advancement of the group, managers will help you, and you will also have to face more than one difficult choice. Compete for a place in the top 100! Conquer the whole world!
Why similar: Music 41.6%, Management 16.2%, Simulation 11.4%, Life Sim 10.9%, Strategy 8.7%
- #3 Rock God Tycoon
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 315 reviews2017
Dev: Fern NigroPub: EmberWulf
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Create, manage, and guide your very own band to success!
Why similar: Music 54.2%, Management 27.2%, Simulation 16.3%, Indie 2.2%
- #4 RapStar Tycoon
95% matchMostly Negative22% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: MadOptimist Games
Windows
Become a rap star in RapStar Tycoon. Walk the path from an unknown artist to a world-class star. Create songs participate in rap battles, shoot a music video. Live your music!
Why similar: Music 39.5%, Simulation 21.4%, Strategy 20%, Management 16.2%, Indie 2.9%
- #5 A Story of a Band
94% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2018
Dev: Hot Byte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Listening to contemporary hit songs can be a traumatizing experience. Protect your mental health, say no to bad music and return to the golden age of rock with A Story of a Band. 100% attitude guaranteed.
Why similar: Music 46.2%, Simulation 25.2%, Strategy 25.1%, Indie 3.5%
- #6 CD Market - Music Label Sim
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lost Star Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
CD Market is a music industry management sim where you build a record label on your own terms, from vinyl to digital. Stay small, or grow into something bigger. Discover artists, shape careers, and survive decades of changing formats, trends, rivals, and crises.
Why similar: Music 41.3%, Management 18.1%, Simulation 16.5%, Strategy 10.8%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #7 Music Manager
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Throup Media Ltd
Windows
Sign artists, develop talent, release music and steer careers through tours, festivals and changing trends in a detailed music industry management sim set from 1952 to 2026.
Why similar: Music 45.7%, Management 17.7%, Simulation 16.9%, Strategy 14.2%, Immersive Sim 4.1%
- #8 Drummer Talent VR
91% matchMixed57% of 49 reviews2017
Dev: Tungsten Games
Windows
Drummer Talent VR is a drumming simulation VR music game. Everyone can be a drum talent, come and join us.
Why similar: Music 79.5%, Simulation 18%, Indie 2.6%
- #9 RIFF VR for Arcades
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Imex Media Inc
Windows
RIFF VR for arcades allows everyone to become a VR rockstar. Its levels of difficulty, leaderboards, customization mode, interactive environments, and rock solid song selection is a crowd pleaser!
Why similar: Music 58%, Simulation 31.5%, RPG 10.5%
- #10 MusicLabeLManager 2K21
90% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: ONETEAMSTUDIO
Windows
Music Tycoon 2K21, singles, concert tours, streaming services and much more! Create your Music Empire!
Why similar: Music 42.4%, Management 14.5%, Text-Based 14%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 10.6%
- #11 Rising Star 2
89% matchVery Positive94% of 673 reviews2020
Dev: Gilligames
Windows · Mac
Start a band, and take on the world in this music industry simulation/role-playing game. Success doesn't come without hard work, and making connections in your local music scene is the only path to stardom.
Why similar: Music 47.4%, Management 19.9%, Strategy RPG 15.5%, Simulation 11.5%, RPG 3.8%
- #12 Internet Cafe Tycoon
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Muzaffer Usta
Windows · Mac
Run your own internet cafe in late 1990s and early 2000s! Seat customers, brew drinks, hire a ghost apprentice, and level up your business. A nostalgic tycoon sim with pixel art, CRT vibes, and that unmistakable LAN party atmosphere.
Why similar: Life Sim 19.4%, Simulation 18.7%, Strategy 17.8%, Shop Keeper 17.5% ★, Incremental 11.9%
- #13 Unmanned helicopter
87% matchMixed61% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Laush Dmitriy SergeevichPub: Laush Studio
Windows
Is a helicopter flight simulator. Control the helicopter and move along the points of your route, and then make a safe landing on the landing pad to complete the level. Prove to yourself and your friends that you are the best pilot!
Why similar: Music 56.8%, Simulation 36.7%, Indie 5.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #14 Hotel Keeper
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MakeThings
Windows
Start with an empty building and run your hotel: attract guests, clean rooms, gain windfalls or return lost items, while keeping an eye out for suspicious characters, gradually realizing your dream of a star-rated hotel.
Why similar: Simulation 20.6%, Life Sim 20.4%, Strategy 18.9%, Strategy RPG 17.3%, Management 14.4%
- #15 Remote Life Simulator
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: dyvoker
Windows
Work remotely, build skills, earn money, and upgrade your life. Become a professional remote worker in this life simulation game!
Why similar: Simulation 24.9%, Life Sim 22.9%, Strategy 22.4%, Management 14.4%, Incremental 13.7%
- #16 Smartphone Tycoon
84% matchMixed53% of 1,658 reviews2019
Dev: Roastery Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
«Smartphone Tycoon» — unique business simulator. Create your own company for the production of smartphones! Your main goal will be to achieve worldwide recognition and take the company to the temple of fame of the global market.
Why similar: Management 36.2%, Simulation 31.4%, Strategy 27.8%, Indie 3.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #17 My Music Label
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tristan Glowa
Windows
My Music Label is a music management and simulation game where you take full control of your label. Discover young talents, manage legendary artists, and shape the evolution of the music industry. Every decision influences careers and the history of music.
Why similar: Life Sim 23%, Simulation 21.9%, Management 18.5%, Music 18.1%, Text-Based 18%
- #18 Airport Master
83% matchMostly Negative26% of 58 reviews2017
Dev: STICLI Games
Windows
Very detailed game about airport management and aviation in general, including Real World aircraft, procedures, IFR\VFR traffic, ATC, resources, upgrades and sounds! Enjoy the Ultimate Airport Management Experience!
Why similar: Simulation 34.9%, Strategy 34.6%, Management 30.5%
- #19 Tech Executive Tycoon
82% matchVery Negative17% of 53 reviews2018
Dev: WEB Gaming Entertainment
Windows
Tech Executive Tycoon is a simulation, strategy, role playing game that places you in the seat of CEO and entrepreneur of your very own tech company. Can you take your company to the top with top of the line products? Can you command a world class group of employees?
Why similar: Management 33.2%, Simulation 29.3%, Strategy 25.7%, RPG 8.3%, Indie 3.4%
- #20 SECONDED
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Caeli Studios
Windows
Seconded is a strategy-driven tavern management game about assigning the right companion to the right problem under pressure and uncertainty. Each request hides its true requirements, forcing you to read situations carefully rather than rely on explicit instructions.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 24.6% ★, Strategy 22%, Strategy RPG 20%, Management 14.4%, Text-Based 10.9%
- #21 Vegas: Make It Big™
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 165 reviews2006
Dev: DeepredPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 61.5 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Develop a state-of-the art Las Vegas resort complex, using all the money and management skill you can. Customers on the living, breathing Las Vegas boulevard are Notoriously hard to satisfy - can you win the hearts and wallets of Vegas? Amazing real-time 3D graphics show off your resort to the max.
Why similar: Management 42.2%, Strategy 35.5%, Simulation 22.3%
- #22 Movie Maven: A Tycoon Game
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chapultepec Studios
Windows · Mac
With Movie Maven Tycoon lead a mini-major studio to success in an engaging and fully simulated box office environment. Avoid bankruptcy and grow by building up a roster of capable actors, producing ever larger films, securing valuable screenplays, and attracting the best directors.
Why similar: Strategy 33.1%, Simulation 32.8%, Management 13.7%, Strategy RPG 8.6%, RPG 6.5%
- #23 No Pineapple Left Behind
81% matchMixed51% of 43 reviews2016
Dev: Subaltern Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dehumanize kids and make money.
Why similar: Strategy 33.5%, Management 32.2%, Simulation 30.2%, Indie 4.1%
- #24 Late Night Empire
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThroneGutter
Windows
Build your dream late-night TV empire in this deep management sim. Book celebrity guests, shape your show's identity, hire staff, craft unforgettable episodes, and battle rival networks for ratings, relevance, and cultural dominance in a living entertainment world of fame.
Why similar: Simulation 29.6%, Strategy 26.6%, Management 21.5%, Text-Based 21.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #25 Movie Business - Die Welt der Filme
78% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: SchnoxCore
Windows
"Have you ever dreamed of diving into the glamorous and cutthroat world of film? Not as a star on the red carpet, but as the driving force behind it – as the tycoon who builds empires, discovers talent, and writes film history?"
Why similar: Shop Keeper 23.1% ★, Simulation 22.4%, Strategy 20.3%, Strategy RPG 18.9%, Management 13.7%
- #26 Impresario (Theater Tycoon)
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Förderer der Kusnte Games
Windows
No swords. No space marines. Just passion, pressure, and performance—every note matters. Behind-the-scenes theater through eras: manage rehearsals, explore scores, navigate intrigue, ambition & reputation.
Why similar: Music 51.2%, Simulation 17.3%, Strategy 16.3%, Management 14.2%, Indie 0.8%
- #27 Seishin - Virtual Rhythm
78% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Sean Reilly
Windows
Seishin is a virtual reality rhythm game where the goal is to hit targets the beat of the music. Use your pair of magical drumsticks to hit targets, follow sliders and spin spinners. A strong combination of timing and precision is key to achieving success.
Why similar: Music 93.9%, Indie 6.1%
- #28 Circuits
77% matchVery Positive89% of 2,102 reviews2014
Dev: Digital Tentacle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Simple in concept, but very challenging and rewarding,Circuits is a puzzle game that requires careful listening to complete each level. The goal of Circuits : piece together the different parts of a song. Sounds easy, but maybe not.
Why similar: Music 97.2%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #29 Tavern Tycoon - Dragon's Hangover
76% matchMixed67% of 833 reviews2019
Dev: Terapoly
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Run your fantasy RPG tavern - let travellers take shelter for the night and serve 'em the best mead of their life with a good dose of humor.
Why similar: Management 47.2%, Simulation 27.8%, Strategy 22.3%, Indie 2.8%
- #30 AliveInVR
77% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: AliveIn Tech Ltd.
Windows
Control Ableton Live from VR. Ever wanted to use a giant Push or Launchpad from within VR? AliveInVR controls Ableton Live allowing you to trigger clips, play instruments and mix with a giant 3D Controllerist interface in VR.
Why similar: Music 93.7%, Indie 6.3%
- #31 Wall Street Tycoon
76% matchMixed41% of 131 reviews2019
Dev: Red Fox Studios
Windows
Wall Street Tycoon is a business simulation game where you’re the CEO of a new investment company. Your job is to grow the company, hire employees, and manage the business!
Why similar: Simulation 33.9%, Strategy 33.6%, Management 26.6%, Indie 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #32 Big Tech Time
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Codecudo
Windows
Big Tech Time is a simulation game about building your own modern tech company. Grow your company and hire skilled employees. Research promising technologies and develop top-tier software. Unlock upgrades to keep up with constant innovation. Start from the ground up and reach for the top!
Why similar: Management 37.8%, Simulation 30.3%, Strategy 26.8%, Indie 4.1%, Singleplayer 1%
- #33 我是首富
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: zhzmPub: zjqhwlkj
Windows
Dive into "Be The Richest"! Build your empire from a small stall to global corporations. Enjoy idle & strategic gameplay as you invest, upgrade, and compete with tycoons. Chase your billion-dollar dream in this fun sim game. Can you become the wealthiest?
Why similar: Shop Keeper 22.7% ★, Simulation 21.2%, Strategy 19.3%, Strategy RPG 18.5%, Management 11.9%
- #34 Percussive VR
74% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: Jamhack Games
Windows
Percussive VR is a collection of virtual musical instruments you can play in your home! Learn, practice, perform, or just play — your own creativity is the limit.
Why similar: Music 82.1%, Simulation 17.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #35 Cosmic DJ
74% matchVery Positive88% of 1,054 reviews2014
Dev: Gl33kPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Cosmic DJ is a quick, "pick-up and play" musical experience about the joy of music creation for budding intergalactic musicians of all skill levels. Set among the stars, you will strive to become the legendary Cosmic DJ through six musical adventures as you’re tasked with repairing the all-important “Jamtennas” and bring...
Why similar: Music 96.4%, Indie 3.6%
- #36 Disco Simulator
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 219 reviews2024
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Disco Simulator is a tycoon type game based on club management. Your task will be to set up the club from scratch, put up walls, arrange furniture, hire staff, plan events, invite artists, put on concerts. Create your own club!
Why similar: Music 50.5%, Management 22.3%, Simulation 14.2%, Strategy 10.5%, Indie 1.7%
- #37 The Terminal 2
73% matchMostly Negative26% of 176 reviews2014
Dev: FrameLineNetwork
Windows
'The Terminal 2' game is a realistic airport management game. Land, park, unload, load, fuel and take off your fleet. The better you play the more planes you get every game-day. Expand your airport with more jetways, runways and terminal buildings. Connect the local transportation to get more passengers to your Terminal complex.
Why similar: Simulation 39.5%, Strategy 37.8%, Management 22.7%
- #38 Smooth Operators
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 291 reviews2014
Dev: Heydeck Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Smooth Operators is an advanced simulation where you take control of a call center company and lead it to financial success! Watch your company become alive and grow while your building reach the highest skyline. What type of CEO will you be?
Why similar: Management 39.5%, Simulation 29.4%, Strategy 26.8%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #39 Forever Epic Story: A Journey of Life (Reimagined)
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forever Epic Story
Windows
The album "Forever Epic Story: A Journey of Life (Reimagined)" is a remake of the original album that was released many years ago back in 2002. Journey through the map and experience each song with it's own animated background and music.
Why similar: Music 66.6%, Incremental 14.4%, Simulation 11.5%, RPG 6.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #40 Musician
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: ZhangHaiLong
Windows
A musician is a game that can generate animated music, and you can freely import the MIDI orbit in the game. Play the favorite music and write the music that belongs to your own step by step.
Why similar: Music 68.6%, Simulation 27.3%, Indie 4.1%
- #41 MetalGods
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Visual ProductionsPub: Dream VIsual Productions
Windows
Live the metal dream. Rise from bedroom musician to stadium legend in this deep career simulation. Write songs, record albums, recruit bandmates, and compete against real licensed bands and procedurally generated rivals. Your metal empire starts now. FORGE YOUR LEGACY
Why similar: Life Sim 23.7%, Simulation 21%, Management 15.7%, Music 15.3%, Immersive Sim 8.9%
- #42 淫御天下
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MASOBU Studio
Windows
在《淫御天下》中,你将以皇帝之身统御天下,游走于宫廷权谋、与后宫情感之间。安定后宫风格各异的爱妃,与邻国结交同盟,通过深思熟虑的策略选择,打造一个属于你的“以淫为本”的盛世王朝。
Why similar: Management 24.7%, Strategy RPG 20.3%, Strategy 20%, Simulation 14.5%, Text-Based 13.2%
- #43 Party Tycoon
70% matchMixed48% of 393 reviews2017
Dev: Pinokl GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Manage your dream nightclub in Party Hard Tycoon, a business simulation game where you're tasked with throwing the most profitable party ever. It takes place in the same universe as tinyBuild's 2015 hit Party Hard.
Why similar: Simulation 38.6%, Strategy 34.6%, Management 22%, Indie 4.9%
- #44 MIRAGE
70% matchVery Positive84% of 112 reviews2018
Dev: MIRAGE VR
Windows
Be immersed in a transcendental experience that brings your music to life. Use your own music and watch the environment react. Play music in any music player and MIRAGE will listen and respond. This is a world-class music visualizer.
Why similar: Music 71.9%, Simulation 24.7%, Indie 3.4%
- #45 MHL
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marcotte
Windows
Recruit, train, equip, and build the ultimate team.
Why similar: Strategy 48.1%, Management 16.5%, Strategy RPG 13.8%, Text-Based 12.4%, Simulation 6.5%
- #46 Please Subscribe: Streamer Career
69% matchVery Positive83% of 129 reviews2022
Dev: Raptor Claw Games
Windows
Please Subscribe is the sequel to Gamer Career Tycoon from 2018. Develop your own livestream channel from the ground up. Manage and operate, overcome challenges, learn new tricks in order to rise in the charts, and possibly, become the next big internet superstar.
Why similar: Management 23.7%, Simulation 22.8%, Strategy 20.4%, Life Sim 19.6%, RPG 5.6%
- #47 StepX
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 95 reviews2017
Dev: LillyWelland inc.Pub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
The most popular music game is now available on steam. The easiest way to realize your musical ideas is with just a few mouse clicks. In front of you is a panel with notes with different musical instruments. You can adjust the tempo, volume, tonality. You can import and export your creations.
Why similar: Music 57.6%, Simulation 37.1%, Indie 5.3%
- #48 NPC Simulator
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wasabi Games StudioPub: Wasabi Games Publish
Windows
NPC SIMULATOR is a game where you can finally become that boring NPC! No swords or spells. Your job is to give out quests, fix crooked textures, and do whatever it takes to keep players from reporting bugs. Hang in there!
Why similar: Management 33.1%, Simulation 23.1%, Shop Keeper 20.3% ★, Life Sim 12.6%, RPG 7.8%
- #49 Academy Life
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SC Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Academy Life is a text-based life simulation RPG set in a dynamic open world where your choices matter.
Why similar: Life Sim 22.5%, Strategy RPG 17.5%, Simulation 15.6%, Strategy 15%, Management 11.8%
- #50 Lumbermill
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BW Games
Windows
Build, Manage and Maintain a Lumber Mill deep in the Forest!
Why similar: Simulation 37.4%, Strategy 35.2%, Management 21.9%, Indie 5.5%
- #51 Tube Tycoon
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 600 reviews2018
Dev: Teal Fire
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The only game of its kind where you can feel like a real internet celebrity! Record videos, interact with your subscribers, buy better equipment and gain fame!
Why similar: Management 34.1%, Simulation 31.5%, Strategy 29.1%, Indie 3.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #52 Plot Twist
66% matchMixed50% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: Sagittarius Fox
Windows
Welcome to Plot Twist, where you take on the role of an ambitious writer in a world of stories and inspiration. You will manage your own writing career, create bestsellers, gain fans, and shape the history of literature! Your success depends on making the right decisions and your creativity!
Why similar: Management 30.7%, Life Sim 26.6%, Simulation 16.6%, Strategy 13.6%, Immersive Sim 10.7%
- #53 Anime Studio Saga
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Night Llama Games
Windows
Embark on Anime Studio Saga! Go from a Manga Artist living with your mom to establishing your anime studio, create chart-topping series, developing talent, and pioneer new stories. Ascend to industry leadership, captivating a global fanbase as the unparalleled anime visionary!
Why similar: Simulation 35.9%, Strategy 32.2%, Management 28.9%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #54 E-commerce Simulation
65% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Picelu
Windows
Start your dream online store, pack your box, ship your orders, and make a name for yourself in the city! E-commerce Simulation is waiting for you.
Why similar: Management 26.2%, Simulation 26.1%, Strategy 20.6%, Life Sim 18.8%, Immersive Sim 7.1%
- #55 Market Manager Simulator
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bugurca Game Studio
Windows
Build and manage your own market. Fill the shelves, set prices, serve customers, manage online orders and grow your business. Hire employees, check stocks and turn your market into a large business.
Why similar: Management 26.6%, Simulation 25.8%, Shop Keeper 24.5% ★, Life Sim 15.6%, Immersive Sim 6.2%