- #1 Island Market Simulator
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 231 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 24.8%, Building 20.5%, Management 17.2%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Strategy 8.2%
- #2 Parkitect
96% matchVery Positive94% of 8,154 reviews2018
Dev: Texel Raptor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 15.4%, Capitalism 14.2%, Building 13.3%, Level Editor 11.7%, Management 10.2%
- #3 Software Inc.
96% matchVery Positive94% of 7,850 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 46.3 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 18.3%, Building 14.9%, Management 12.7%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #4 Tropical Resort Simulator
95% matchVery Positive84% of 190 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 23.4%, Economy 19.9%, Building 15.9%, Management 12.7%, Sandbox 11.3%
- #5 Startup Company
94% matchVery Positive81% of 6,224 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 19.6 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 29.2%, Management 28.8%, Building 10.4%, Simulation 10%, Strategy 8.3%
- #6 Resort Island Simulator
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Tenjin GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
A world filled with tricksters, pirates, zealots, and treasures. An ocean full of danger and prize. Face dilemmas and encounters. Manage a resort in this wild world and build a thriving business. An Explorer, a Survivor a Resorter or a Trader? Forge your own path to wealth. Make Resort Prosper!
Why similar: Management 28.9%, Building 28.8%, Sandbox 16.2%, Simulation 15.5%, Casual 7.5%
- #7 Hotel Architect
92% matchVery Positive94% of 2,389 reviews2026
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 20.9%, Economy 19.5%, Building 17.9%, Management 13.9%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #8 Resort Island Simulator: Prologue
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Tenjin GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
A world filled with tricksters, pirates, zealots, and treasures. An ocean full of danger and prize. Face dilemmas and encounters. Manage a resort in this wild world and build a thriving business. An Explorer, a Survivor a Resorter or a Trader? Forge your own path to wealth. Make Resort Prosper!
Why similar: Sandbox 24%, Simulation 18.9%, Economy 16.6%, Building 15.5%, Management 15.3%
- #9 SimCasino
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 758 reviews2021
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 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 22.3%, Economy 17%, Building 16%, Management 11.5%, Sandbox 11%
- #10 SimAirport
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,050 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 24.9%, Building 20.7%, Management 16.4%, Sandbox 13.2%, Strategy 7.3%
- #11 Republic of Pirates
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 545 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.6 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 26.9%, Economy 23.7%, Building 20.6%, Strategy 16.1%, Simulation 11.7%
- #12 CoffeeBiz Tycoon
90% 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 21.5%, Management 20.9%, Capitalism 15.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Simulation 10.8%
- #13 My Supermarket
88% matchVery Positive87% of 274 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 22.1%, Economy 18%, Building 15.6%, Management 11.1%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #14 Rest Area Simulator
86% matchVery Positive86% of 700 reviews2026
Dev: Oriseus StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 22.2%, Management 15%, Capitalism 13.7%, Sandbox 12.8%, Co-op 8.2%
- #15 Battle Royale Tycoon
89% matchMixed69% of 516 reviews2019
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design and build arenas for your guests to fight in, keep them happy, your workers paid and make a profit!
Why similar: Economy 22.6%, Management 21.7%, Building 18.2%, Sandbox 14.6%, Strategy 12.2%
- #16 Tropical Resort Story
86% matchVery Positive90% of 213 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
It's vacation time! Try your hand at managing a lush tropical resort!
Why similar: Building 33%, Simulation 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Casual 14.8%, Strategy 11.7%
- #17 My Sunny Resort
87% matchMixed55% of 248 reviews2018
Dev: upjers
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.5 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 25.2%, Management 20.2%, Economy 16.6%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Simulation 8.5%
- #18 City Bus Manager
84% matchVery Positive91% of 2,878 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 39.0 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 26.4%, Capitalism 26.3%, Management 17.8%, Sandbox 9.4%, Simulation 8.5%
- #19 Rise of Industry 2
85% matchMixed64% of 220 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 23.8%, Economy 20.5%, Building 17.1%, Management 14.6%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #20 Hotel Owner Simulator
84% matchMixed66% of 179 reviews2025
Dev: Kiraz 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 24.1%, Economy 21.6%, Building 17.2%, Management 14.5%, Sandbox 11.7%
- #21 Retail Rivals
83% matchVery Positive97% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: DreamStudios
Windows
Build your retail empire inside a shopping mall. Open multiple stores, sabotage rivals, and play solo or with up to 8 players. Choose different match objectives or play endless mode and compete for retail domination.
Why similar: Capitalism 20.2%, Economy 19.8%, Building 14%, Management 11.6%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #22 Bee Island
82% matchVery Positive87% of 1,715 reviews2023
Dev: Lemma Arts
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Play solo or in co-op with friends, take control of the hive and protect it from enemies. Build factories and defence, research technologies and, if necessary, use nuclear weapons, but do not let the enemies harm the queen!
Why similar: Building 49.6%, Strategy 20.1%, Co-op 16.3%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #23 Waterpark Simulator
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,480 reviews2026
Dev: CayPlay
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Build and run your own waterpark solo or with friends. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a diamond five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!
Why similar: Economy 19.3%, Capitalism 17.9%, Building 16.1%, Management 12.7%, Sandbox 11%
- #24 Flooded
81% matchVery Positive81% of 139 reviews2023
Dev: Artificial Disasters
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 21.8%, Real Time Tactics 20.3%, Economy 19.9%, Management 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #25 Shop Simulator: Supermarket
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 114 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 20.2%, Economy 19.5%, Building 14.9%, Management 12.7%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #26 Sim Companies
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,110 reviews2023
Dev: Sim Companies s.r.o.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 86.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Build a business empire in a player-driven online economy. Manage supply chains, trade with thousands of players, dominate markets, research new products, and grow from a small startup into a global corporation.
Why similar: Capitalism 26%, Economy 21.9%, Building 15%, Management 12.4%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #27 Rest Area Simulator: Prologue
78% matchVery Positive83% of 126 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 25.5%, Management 17.8%, Simulation 11.5%, Capitalism 11.2%, Co-op 9.9%
- #28 Mall Rivals
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 241 reviews2026
Dev: Creedon Games
Windows
Competitive mall simulation. 1-8 players open stores in the same mall, fight for customers, crush rivals. Team up or go solo. Fair play or dirty tricks? Your call. Procedural maps, employee system,mall cops, smugglers and physical mechanics.
Why similar: Economy 19.2%, Building 14.2%, Capitalism 13.9%, Sandbox 11.3%, Management 10.7%
- #29 Aquapark Tycoon
76% matchVery Positive90% of 294 reviews2026
Dev: Boxelware
Windows
Build the ultimate waterpark paradise in this classic tycoon simulation game! Design & customize water slides, pools, and saunas to fulfill your guests' needs. Combine creativity, strategy, and management to make a splash in the world of water parks and become the ultimate Aquapark Tycoon!
Why similar: Capitalism 23%, Economy 17%, Building 16.5%, Sandbox 12.2%, Management 11.9%
- #30 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 23%, Economy 20.5%, Management 16.4%, Strategy 12.4%, Simulation 11.4%
- #31 Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 330 reviews2019
Dev: Jarrod Brown
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Design, build and manage a recreation center! Host fitness classes, build swimming pools, arcade & entertainment areas, build event rooms to host parties & much more. With endless customisation, Rec Center Tycoon goes much more in-depth than your average business management simulator.
Why similar: Capitalism 18.6%, Building 15.6%, Economy 15.6%, Real Time Tactics 13%, Management 11.7%
- #32 TerraScape
75% matchVery Positive89% of 2,250 reviews2024
Dev: Bitfall StudiosPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 32.8%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Strategy 13.2%, Co-op 12.7%, PvP 10.4%
- #33 Dream Town Island
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 549 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 20.9%, Economy 12.9%, Sandbox 12.7%, Strategy 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #34 Grocery Store Simulator
73% matchVery Positive91% of 6,193 reviews2024
Dev: EXPERIMENT ONE
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 15.8 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 22.5%, Management 15.6%, Sandbox 12.3%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Co-op 8.4%
- #35 Game Builder Tycoon
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.0 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: Capitalism 28.8%, Economy 25.5%, Management 16%, Sandbox 10.8%, Simulation 7.4%
- #36 Inn Tycoon
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 849 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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%, Building 18.3%, Economy 18.3%, Management 15.5%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #37 Grand Casino Tycoon
77% matchMixed59% of 58 reviews2021
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 32.1%, Building 22.8%, Economy 16.1%, Management 15.8%, Simulation 4.1%
- #38 Miami Hotel Simulator
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 167 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%, Economy 20.8%, Management 14%, Sandbox 10.2%, Co-op 7.3%
- #39 Supermarket Simulator
69% matchVery Positive92% of 84,255 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 35.0 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 25%, Management 18.1%, Capitalism 14.9%, Simulation 10.9%, Building 10.7%
- #40 ISLANDERS
71% matchVery Positive94% of 16,788 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 52.2%, Strategy 22.9%, Procedural Generation 21.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #41 Casino Resort Tower
72% matchVery Positive94% of 135 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 24.4%, Economy 22.4%, Building 17.2%, Management 14%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #42 Rescue Team
74% matchVery Positive89% of 176 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 44.4%, Simulation 32.6%, Casual 20.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #43 Hardware Store Simulator
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 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 21.1%, Building 18%, Management 14.4%, Sandbox 11.7%, Multiplayer 8.7%
- #44 Banker Simulator
70% matchMixed59% of 800 reviews2026
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 22.2%, Economy 20.3%, Building 16%, Management 12.5%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #45 Mad Tower Tycoon
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 445 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.5 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 20.8%, Building 18.7%, Capitalism 16.1%, Management 14.5%, Sandbox 11.9%
- #46 Rock the Islands
70% matchVery Positive90% of 337 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 60.5%, Online Co-Op 24.2%, Casual 15.3%
- #47 Indoorlands
71% matchVery Positive81% of 279 reviews2022
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 31.3%, Management 25.2%, Sandbox 14.9%, Strategy 12.6%, Simulation 10.6%
- #48 Good Company
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,793 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: Economy 22%, Building 18.3%, Management 14.2%, Sandbox 12%, Multiplayer 8.2%
- #49 Mad Games Tycoon
69% 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: Economy 19.9%, Management 19.4%, Capitalism 19.3%, Building 15.6%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #50 The Islander
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 428 reviews2018
Dev: Boxhead Bros.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.1 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 28.7%, Sandbox 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Simulation 13.2%, Casual 9.4%
- #51 Island Paradise
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 113 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 28.2%, Economy 24.8%, Sandbox 15.4%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Strategy 7.2%
- #52 Spirit of the Island
69% matchMixed66% of 1,907 reviews2022
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A beautiful Life Sim Sandbox RPG with Cross-Platform Online COOP set on a tropical Archipelago. Build your farm, grow crops and animals, craft various items, cook dishes, gather resources, build shops and museum to attract visitors, and turn a desolate Island into a prosperous tourist destination!
Why similar: Sandbox 28%, Strategy 21.1%, Multiplayer 19.5%, Simulation 12.8%, Online Co-Op 10.7%
- #53 Pioneers of Pagonia
65% matchVery Positive81% of 5,512 reviews2025
Dev: Envision Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.3 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 20.7%, Building 17.7%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Management 13.6%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #54 Shiny Ski Resort
68% matchVery Positive94% of 122 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 16.3%, Building 16.1%, Strategy 15.4%, Simulation 13.5%
- #55 Flotsam
64% matchVery Positive81% of 4,643 reviews2025
Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 25%, Procedural Generation 22.3%, Building 21.9%, Sandbox 17.7%, Strategy 8.7%
- #56 ShoreTiles
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Voxel StudiosPub: Noovola
Windows
Build your island around a fragile lighthouse in this Gloomy tile-placement strategy game. Balance growth, economy, and defense - because when night falls, THEY will rise from the depths.
Why similar: Sandbox 44%, Strategy 35.7%, Casual 15.5%, Singleplayer 4.8%
- #57 Check Inn
65% matchVery Positive84% of 210 reviews2025
Dev: KishMish Games
Windows · Mac
Build hotels, accommodate guests and expand your hotel business throughout the world!
Why similar: Capitalism 33.9%, Economy 30.1%, Building 23.8%, Management 12.3%
- #58 Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue
67% matchMixed63% of 70 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 21.6%, Capitalism 20.7%, Building 16.4%, Management 14.8%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #59 Mall Simulator
63% matchVery Positive83% of 3,319 reviews2025
Dev: F13 Games
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 29.0 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 26.5%, Economy 22.5%, Management 15.6%, Building 15.1%, Sandbox 9.5%