- #1 Software Inc.
97% matchVery Positive94% of 7,688 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.8 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: Capitalism 22.1%, Economy 19%, Building 14.5%, Management 12.7%, Sandbox 9%
- #2 Parkitect
96% matchVery Positive94% of 8,037 reviews2018
Dev: Texel Raptor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 18.3 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 16.1%, Capitalism 14.4%, Building 13%, Level Editor 11.4%, Management 10.4%
- #3 Tropical Resort Simulator (Paradise Beach Simulator)
96% matchVery Positive84% of 141 reviews2026
Dev: Beardroid Games
Windows
Transform an abandoned island into a thriving business. Install fun activities, open your restaurant, maintain your equipment, manage your staff. It's time to open the beach, you're ready to welcome your first customers!
Why similar: Capitalism 23.7%, Economy 20.8%, Building 15.6%, Management 12.9%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #4 Island Market Simulator
95% matchVery Positive83% of 141 reviews2026
Dev: Zentium Studio
Windows · Linux
Team up with your friends and build a thriving trade empire in this CO-OP strategy and economy simulation set on a lively island. Begin with a small market, share tasks, manage production chains, raise livestock, and dominate the economy together through changing seasons and dynamic festivals!
Why similar: Economy 25.4%, Building 19.7%, Management 17.5%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Strategy 8.3%
- #5 SimCasino
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 751 reviews2021
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.4 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: Capitalism 22.5%, Economy 17.7%, Building 15.6%, Management 11.6%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #6 Startup Company
94% matchVery Positive81% of 6,200 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!
Why similar: Economy 30%, Management 29%, Building 10.2%, Simulation 9.8%, Strategy 8.1%
- #7 Battle Royale Tycoon
93% matchMixed69% of 513 reviews2019
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 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: Economy 23.5%, Management 21.9%, Building 17.6%, Sandbox 14.2%, Strategy 12%
- #8 My Supermarket
91% matchVery Positive87% of 272 reviews2024
Dev: NeroForge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage your own supermarket, serving different types of customers and making the most profit you can! 🛒 Order products, restock shelves, play with your friends in co-op mode, chase thieves, hire employees, and grow your empire!
Why similar: Capitalism 22.3%, Economy 18.8%, Building 15.1%, Management 11.3%, Sandbox 10%
- #9 CoffeeBiz Tycoon
92% matchMixed64% of 66 reviews2018
Dev: The Sociopath Software
Windows
CoffeeBiz tycoon is a mix of entrepreneurship fun and complicated business simulation. Start your first coffee kiosk, brew, expand, hire, deal with competitors, build a well-known brand, risk, and do everything else needed to build prosperous and profitable business.
Why similar: Economy 22.2%, Management 21.1%, Capitalism 15.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 10.6%
- #10 Rest Area Simulator
90% matchVery Positive87% of 391 reviews2026
Dev: Oriseus StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Take over the gas station and convenience store at a roadside rest area and expand by purchasing new businesses. Manage a living world shaped by dynamic economy and random events. Upgrade your facilities, satisfy your customers, and play solo or with friends.
Why similar: Economy 23.2%, Management 15.2%, Capitalism 13.8%, Sandbox 12.6%, Co-op 8.1%
- #11 SimAirport
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,022 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!
Why similar: Economy 25.9%, Building 20.1%, Management 16.6%, Sandbox 12.9%, Strategy 7.3%
- #12 Flooded
89% matchVery Positive83% of 123 reviews2023
Dev: Artificial Disasters
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Flooded is a reversed city-builder, in which you need to optimize your production on an island that shrinks over time. Gather enough resources to flee to safety, while the surrounding world is getting flooded.
Why similar: Building 21.3%, Economy 20.8%, Real Time Tactics 19.8%, Management 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #13 Tropical Resort Story
88% matchVery Positive92% of 180 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
It's vacation time! Try your hand at managing a lush tropical resort!
Why similar: Building 32.8%, Simulation 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Casual 14.6%, Strategy 11.8%
- #14 City Bus Manager
86% matchVery Positive91% of 2,756 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 38.8 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 27.2%, Capitalism 26.2%, Management 17.8%, Sandbox 9.1%, Simulation 8.3%
- #15 My Sunny Resort
89% matchMixed55% of 247 reviews2018
Dev: upjers
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Are you ready for a vacation? Then treat yourself to one! Experience My Sunny Resort – a unique simulation with a holiday feel. In this tycoon you open your own resort. Play free now and put your hotel management skills to the test!
Why similar: Building 24.6%, Management 20.5%, Economy 17.3%, Multiplayer 11%, Simulation 8.5%
- #16 Hotel Owner Simulator
87% matchMixed66% of 173 reviews2025
Dev: Valmere Games Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Hotel Owner Simulator is a hotel management game where you start from a small hotel and grow your business by creating beautifully designed rooms, adjusting room sizes and layouts by placing each individual wall, negotiating high prices, and expanding your empire. Lets build, and manage the resort.
Why similar: Capitalism 24.2%, Economy 22.4%, Building 16.7%, Management 14.6%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #17 Rise of Industry 2
86% matchMixed66% of 207 reviews2025
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Navigate the competitive industrial landscape of vibrant 1980's USA! Make strategic manufacturing decisions, optimize production chains, acquire technologies, and expand your global business network with key contacts. Opportunities await those savvy enough to capitalize on them!
Why similar: Capitalism 23.9%, Economy 21.3%, Building 16.6%, Management 14.7%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #18 ISLANDERS
85% matchVery Positive94% of 16,741 reviews2019
Dev: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
Why similar: Building 49.7%, Strategy 22%, Procedural Generation 21%, Multiplayer 4.4%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #19 Grocery Store Simulator
84% matchVery Positive91% of 6,070 reviews2024
Dev: EXPERIMENT ONE
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Grocery Store Simulator is a 1-4 player co-op game where you build and manage your own supermarket by stocking shelves, setting prices, hiring staff, and customizing your store, all while expanding your business and keeping customers happy.
Why similar: Economy 23.8%, Management 15.3%, Sandbox 11.9%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Co-op 8.2%
- #20 Sim Companies
84% matchVery Positive80% of 1,031 reviews2023
Dev: Sim Companies s.r.o.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 89.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Become a Business Tycoon. Build your own company from the ground up. Do business in a virtual economy with players all around the world! Gain valuable business skills for free. An advanced, proprietary, Economy simulation model is used to deliver the best gaming experience.
Why similar: Capitalism 26%, Economy 22.6%, Building 14.6%, Management 12.5%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #21 Republic of Pirates
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 487 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.
Why similar: Management 26.8%, Economy 24.7%, Building 20.1%, Strategy 15.8%, Simulation 11.5%
- #22 Hotel Architect
81% matchVery Positive94% of 1,712 reviews2026
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Capitalism 22.4%, Economy 20.3%, Building 16.8%, Management 13.5%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #23 Casino Resort Tower
82% matchVery Positive94% of 127 reviews2023
Dev: Cyperk Software
Windows · Mac
Build a towering casino resort and watch it come alive. Crowds flow, elevators jam, and tiny decisions create big stories as your tower grows upward, floor by floor. Build it. Break it. Fix it.
Why similar: Capitalism 24.5%, Economy 23.2%, Building 16.5%, Management 14.1%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #24 Inn Tycoon
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 801 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 26.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome to Inn Tycoon! 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: Capitalism 22.1%, Economy 19%, Building 17.7%, Management 15.6%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #25 Shop Simulator: Supermarket
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 112 reviews2024
Dev: Three River Games (3RG)
Windows
DESIGN, SELL & EXPAND – YOUR SUCCESS IS IN YOUR HANDS. Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in Shop Simulator: Supermarket. Immerse yourself in the world of retail and start your own business today!
Why similar: Capitalism 20.3%, Economy 20.3%, Building 14.4%, Management 12.8%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #26 Rest Area Simulator: Prologue
78% matchVery Positive86% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: Oriseus StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Take over the gas station and convenience store at a roadside rest area and expand by purchasing new businesses. Manage a living world shaped by dynamic economy and random events. Upgrade your facilities, satisfy your customers, and play solo or with friends.
Why similar: Economy 26.8%, Management 18.2%, Simulation 11.5%, Capitalism 11.4%, Co-op 9.9%
- #27 Shopping Tycoon
81% matchMixed45% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: DreamsSoftGames
Windows
Shopping Tycoon is a game in which your main objective is to design, build and manage a big shopping mall. Become a successful entrepreneur by satisfying your customers’ needs as you have fun constructing your own business.
Why similar: Building 22.5%, Economy 21.4%, Management 16.6%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 11.4%
- #28 TerraScape
76% matchVery Positive89% of 2,155 reviews2024
Dev: Bitfall StudiosPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build gorgeous kingdoms on floating islands by strategically placing buildings in this cozy, medieval City-Puzzler. Discover secret combinations, take on weekly challenges and explore randomly generated maps in various single- and multiplayer game modes.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 32.9%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Strategy 13.2%, Co-op 12.7%, PvP 10.4%
- #29 Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 326 reviews2019
Dev: Jarrod Brown
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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: Capitalism 18.8%, Economy 16.2%, Building 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Management 11.9%
- #30 Dream Town Island
77% matchVery Positive96% of 460 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
Why similar: Building 20.5%, Economy 13.5%, Strategy 12.7%, Sandbox 12.6%, Management 10.4%
- #31 Miami Hotel Simulator
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 159 reviews2025
Dev: Last HowlPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Transform and manage your dream hotel in vibrant Miami! Renovate your property, delight your guests, and boost your income. Expand your offerings with vending machines and food services to become the ultimate hospitality tycoon!
Why similar: Capitalism 27.1%, Economy 21.5%, Management 14.1%, Sandbox 9.9%, Co-op 7.2%
- #32 Mad Tower Tycoon
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 441 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 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: Economy 21.6%, Building 18.2%, Capitalism 16.2%, Management 14.7%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #33 Grand Casino Tycoon
78% matchMixed60% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this colorful tycoon with unique puzzle elements you are the designer of stunning, glamorous casinos. Your guests, though, have varied and sometimes opposite demands! Analyze their routines, split them up and manipulate them on your way to success!
Why similar: Capitalism 32.3%, Building 22.1%, Economy 16.7%, Management 16%, Simulation 4%
- #34 Hardware Store Simulator
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Stellar Fusion StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Compete with up to 4 players to build the most successful hardware store! Design your shop, manage inventory, hire employees, and influence market prices in this detailed business simulator. Master retail management as you expand your store empire.
Why similar: Economy 22%, Building 17.5%, Management 14.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Multiplayer 8.6%
- #35 Supermarket Simulator
71% matchVery Positive92% of 82,065 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 34.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.
Why similar: Economy 26%, Management 18%, Capitalism 15.3%, Simulation 10.6%, Building 10.4%
- #36 Game Builder Tycoon
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 157 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
In Game Builder Tycoon, begin as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing, research stuff and manage a skilled team. Overcome competition to guide your game development studio to global recognition and dominate the gaming industry.
Why similar: Capitalism 29%, Economy 26.2%, Management 16%, Sandbox 10.4%, Simulation 7.2%
- #37 Banker Simulator
74% matchMixed62% of 684 reviews2025
Dev: Red Axe Games
Windows
Banker Simulator is a single-player game where you revive a bankrupt bank. With active and passive (idle) gameplay, make strategic decisions to grow your bank, satisfy customers, and tackle financial crises.
Why similar: Capitalism 22.3%, Economy 21.1%, Building 15.6%, Management 12.7%, Sandbox 11%
- #38 Pioneers of Pagonia
71% matchVery Positive82% of 5,292 reviews2025
Dev: Envision Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
Why similar: Economy 21.6%, Building 17.2%, Procedural Generation 16.4%, Management 13.7%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #39 Indoorlands
73% matchVery Positive82% of 271 reviews2022
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Building 30.8%, Management 25.8%, Sandbox 14.8%, Strategy 12.6%, Simulation 10.7%
- #40 Rock the Islands
71% matchVery Positive90% of 312 reviews2024
Dev: HYPE GAME LLC
Windows
Team up with friends and dive into adventure! Rescue dwellers, let them work for you so they farm resources and protect you from enemies. Upgrade your equipment, explore new lands, complete quests and fight evil with glory!
Why similar: Sandbox 60.2%, Online Co-Op 24.7%, Casual 15.1%
- #41 Soda Story - Brewing Tycoon
73% matchVery Positive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Upper Class Walrus
Windows
Take on the challenge of running a Soda brewing operation, all while participating in the current season of the hit reality TV show “Prisoneers.” Will you win your freedom?
Why similar: Economy 38%, Building 30.8%, Management 22.1%, Simulation 6.3%, Sandbox 1.6%
- #42 Rescue Team
74% matchVery Positive89% of 172 reviews2015
Dev: Alawar EntertainmentPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Control the rescue workers who rebuild three islands in the wake of devastating weather! Repair damaged restaurants, houses, and sawmills to produce necessary resources. Race against the clock to collect gems, put out fires, and save stranded swimmers!
Why similar: Strategy 44.5%, Simulation 32.7%, Casual 19.9%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #43 Good Company
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,775 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 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 22.9%, Building 17.8%, Management 14.4%, Sandbox 11.8%, Multiplayer 8.1%
- #44 Mad Games Tycoon
72% matchVery Positive91% of 4,416 reviews2016
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!
Why similar: Economy 20.6%, Management 19.5%, Capitalism 19.4%, Building 15.1%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #45 Flotsam
68% matchVery Positive81% of 4,361 reviews2025
Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.
Why similar: Economy 26.1%, Procedural Generation 22.2%, Building 21.4%, Sandbox 17.4%, Strategy 8.6%
- #46 Check Inn
70% matchVery Positive85% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: KishMish Games
Windows · Mac
Build hotels, accommodate guests and expand your hotel business throughout the world!
Why similar: Capitalism 33.8%, Economy 31%, Building 22.9%, Management 12.3%
- #47 Island Paradise
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 110 reviews2025
Dev: GSG
Windows
Island Paradise is a survival game where you build, upgrade, customize your own island and use nearby resources to create a home for generations to come!
Why similar: Building 27.5%, Economy 25.9%, Sandbox 15.2%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Strategy 7.2%
- #48 The Islander
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 427 reviews2018
Dev: Boxhead Bros.
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The Islander is a fast building/farming game set somewhere in an exotic Polynesia. Plant crops, bushes and trees, build livestock pens, but don’t forget to make it look classy by adding various decorations.
Why similar: Building 28.6%, Sandbox 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Simulation 13.4%, Casual 9.4%
- #49 Mall Simulator
67% matchVery Positive88% of 2,933 reviews2025
Dev: F13 Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! To avoid going bankrupt, you’ll need to build new stores and restaurants, set smart prices, and keep up with trends. 15+ stores, dozens of machines & services, and hundreds of brands waiting for you!
Why similar: Capitalism 26.6%, Economy 23.5%, Management 15.6%, Building 14.6%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #50 Captain of Industry
68% matchVery Positive90% of 10,894 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 84.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Economy 35.4%, Building 21.2%, Management 19.7%, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 9.1%
- #51 Shiny Ski Resort
69% matchVery Positive94% of 111 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Enjoy building and running a ski resort in this cool simulation game!
Why similar: Sandbox 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Building 16%, Strategy 15.5%, Simulation 13.7%
- #52 Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue
69% matchMixed61% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue is a free simulation game in which you begin your journey as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing and research stuff. Create best game on the planet!
Why similar: Economy 22.4%, Capitalism 20.7%, Building 15.9%, Management 15%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #53 The Islander: Town Architect
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 107 reviews2019
Dev: Boxhead Bros.
Windows
Escape your stressful and mundane everyday routine and head to exotic Polynesia to become a grand-master town architect. Turn this sandy wilderness into a beautiful paradise settlement.
Why similar: Building 27.4%, Casual 25.1%, Sandbox 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Retro 10.6%
- #54 Havendock
65% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,898 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: Building 25.3%, Management 19.9%, Sandbox 17.6%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Strategy 10.5%
- #55 Rise of Industry
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,169 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
Why similar: Economy 27.5%, Management 19.3%, Capitalism 13.6%, Building 10.3%, Strategy 9%
- #56 Holiday Motel Simulator
66% matchMixed67% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Red Phoenix Interactive
Windows
Start with a crumbling motel and transform it into a guest favorite. Clean, repair, decorate, manage bookings, and expand — your hospitality empire begins here.
Why similar: Economy 25.8%, Management 23.9%, Building 21.9%, Sandbox 15.4%, Simulation 7.1%
- #57 Island Market Simulator: Prologue
65% matchVery Positive87% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Zentium Studio
Windows
Island Market Simulator – In this strategy and economy simulation game set in an island town, build your trade empire by starting with a small market. Produce your goods through farming, livestock, and supply chain management, and expand your business with seasonal dynamics and festivals!
Why similar: Economy 33.7%, Building 24.6%, Management 21.1%, Sandbox 15.9%, Casual 4.7%
- #58 Hot Springs Story
66% matchVery Positive85% of 274 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build and manage the ultimate Japanese hot springs inn.
Why similar: Building 31.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Simulation 10.8%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #59 Mall Craze
67% matchMixed54% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Milan Timčenko
Windows
Build, Customize & Manage your own shopping center! Choose from modern gaming hardware store to cozy flower shop. Hire skilled cashiers, secure financing through bank loans, and launch strategic advertising campaigns to make your mall thrive!
Why similar: Capitalism 25.3%, Economy 19.1%, Building 18.4%, Management 13.9%, Sandbox 11%