- #1 Bonanza Burger
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dawg Patch Games
Windows
Bonanza Burger: Build, manage, and compete! Design your restaurant, hire a top-notch team, and battle rival managers. Conquer challenges, expand, and prove you're the ultimate fast-food mogul!
Why similar: City Builder 24.6%, Capitalism 12.7%, Sandbox 11.9%, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 11.3%
- #2 Construction Company
96% matchMixed60% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: Single Game Production
Windows
Your grandfather's construction company is now in your hands. Take over a business burdened by debt and lead it to success. Hire workers, build crews, purchase equipment, complete contracts, expand your office, and turn the company into a thriving construction empire.
Why similar: City Builder 24.9%, Capitalism 12.6%, Sandbox 12.1%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 11.6%
- #3 Ethics Empire
96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Nullgrid Studios
Windows
Become the richest business owner in this strategy-based simulator, choose your playstyle trying to balance ethics and profits in this chaotic low poly world. Will you keep your ethical businesses thriving or will you let it all crumble down for a quick buck?
Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Strategy 14.3%, Capitalism 11.9%, Management 11.2%, Simulation 10.9%
- #4 Mall Craze
95% 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: City Builder 17.7%, Capitalism 17.1%, Economy 14.7%, Sandbox 11%, Management 10%
- #5 FD's Industry Tycoon
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows
Build a global industrial empire from a 1990s desktop. A retro business management sim, hand-drawn in pixel art. Alone or in MP: open factories worldwide, broker supply deals across continents, and acquire rivals when they falter. Markets shift, empires grow, and the CRT flickers.
Why similar: City Builder 18.4%, Economy 16%, Capitalism 13.3%, Sandbox 10.6%, Management 9.8%
- #6 Urbanist
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Halfcooked Games
Windows
Thousands of citizens, each with a life of their own. Urbanist is a strategy and simulation game about transforming small settlements into thriving cities and vibrant neighborhoods. Build up your island, manage resources and production chains, and earn your reputation as the next great Urbanist.
Why similar: City Builder 28.5%, Economy 12.5%, Sandbox 12.5%, Resource Management 11%, Building 10.1%
- #7 My Tiny Park
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cold Cabin
Windows
My Tiny Park is a management sim where you design and manage parks of all kinds - from schoolyard playgrounds to sprawling nature reserves. Balance budgets, attract visitors, and craft the perfect outdoor space in this relaxing yet strategic game!
Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, Sandbox 13.4%, Economy 12.8%, Simulation 11.5%, Management 10.5%
- #8 Amusement Tycoon
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BronStudio
Windows
Manage your park in Amusement Tycoon! Build thrilling attractions, manage staff, and delight visitors to create the park of your dreams and achieve success!
Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Capitalism 15.8%, Economy 14.6%, Management 11.8%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #9 Justice Project
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Hopeful Pixels
Windows · Mac
A management and tycoon game where you build and manage a courthouse. From small-town traffic courts to high-profile criminal cases you are the one in control. Build your courthouse, hire and manage staff, schedule cases and balance the pressures of efficiency and reputation.
Why similar: Capitalism 16.7%, Economy 16.7%, City Builder 14.7%, Sandbox 12.1%, Management 11.5%
- #10 Hotel Magnate
91% matchMixed58% of 491 reviews2025
Dev: Arcade Oven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, rundown motel, or elegant resort? With a ridiculous amount of customization tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel manager shine!
Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, Economy 14.6%, Sandbox 11.6%, Capitalism 11.3%, Resource Management 10.7%
- #11 Highrise Mogul
90% matchMixed51% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Olli Arkko
Windows
Highrise Mogul: design, build and manage your own skyscraper. Make floor plans, place rentable rooms, hire staff, design a beautiful garden, manage your own power grid and much more!
Why similar: City Builder 26.7%, Capitalism 17.5%, Economy 15.5%, Building 10%, Management 8.9%
- #12 Nightlife Tycoon
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koala Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nightlife Tycoon is a bar management game, where you have to build your dream bar and make it thrive. Hire staff, take care of customers, organize incredible events and become the king of nightlife!
Why similar: City Builder 18.7%, Economy 15.5%, Capitalism 13.8%, Management 11.4%, Resource Management 11.4%
- #13 Dubai Simulator
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mobilway S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
In Dubai Simulator, you'll have the chance to design and build your dream city, complete with towering skyscrapers, bustling streets, luxurious resorts, and awe-inspiring landmarks.
Why similar: City Builder 29.1%, Sandbox 14.1%, Simulation 13.5%, Economy 12.9%, Strategy 9.5%
- #14 Shopping Center Tycoon
88% matchPositive80% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
Shopping Center Tycoon Is : Market Simulation & Tycoon and Improve your market. Grow, Design and Manage your Shopping Center with the right Strategy.
Why similar: City Builder 18.6%, Economy 17%, Management 14.5%, Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 11.1%
- #15 Property Pro
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SimDevs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your tower is falling apart and your staff came from the classified ads. Build the rooms, take in the guests, then hire the people to keep it standing. Send the plumber to the burst pipe, not the front desk. Put the wrong worker on the wrong job and you'll watch your guests walk out.
Why similar: City Builder 22.1%, Economy 16.2%, Capitalism 11.5%, Management 10.6%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #16 Dream Corp 梦想公司
86% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: zhangkun
Windows
This is an integrated company simulation game combining construction, management, and life elements. As the boss, precisely control each character without cumbersome page operations. Encounter random events, explore employees' hobbies, quirks, and build a dream company together.
Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, Economy 15.9%, Management 12.4%, Resource Management 11.6%, Building 10.2%
- #17 Cities XXL
87% matchMixed41% of 2,367 reviews2015
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 50.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design, build, and manage the world’s largest and most diverse cities in Cities XXL. Bigger and better than ever before with a more powerful game engine and new interface, become the mayor of your very own sprawling metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 35.9%, Economy 18.2%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 9.9%, Management 9.7%
- #18 Kapital: Sparks of Revolution
85% matchMixed60% of 245 reviews2022
Dev: Lapovich TeamPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sandbox economic simulation game about class struggle. European country is in a deep crisis. You are the mayor of the capital. Social unrest is inevitable. What price will you pay to save your people from anarchy?
Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Capitalism 16.9%, Economy 16.5%, Strategy 9.1%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #19 Tropico 5
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 14,424 reviews2014
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.
Why similar: City Builder 39.7%, Strategy 13.8%, Economy 12.8%, Sandbox 12.1%, Simulation 9.6%
- #20 Anno 1800
84% matchVery Positive81% of 32,498 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
Why similar: City Builder 41.3%, Economy 18.6%, Strategy 10.3%, Resource Management 8%, Simulation 7.3%
- #21 Civilize
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NCAT
Windows
From the first stone tool to the first starship. One city carries an entire civilization across eight ages. Civilize is the first CivForge: a city-builder where multiple islands and 100+ resources let you forge an arc of human history that is entirely your own.
Why similar: City Builder 30.4%, Economy 15.3%, Resource Management 13.1%, Building 10.1%, Simulation 9.5%
- #22 Cities: Skylines II
82% matchMixed56% of 92,848 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.7 hrsMean: 77.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
Why similar: City Builder 34.6%, Economy 14.2%, Sandbox 11.4%, Building 10%, Management 9.3%
- #23 Planet Coaster 2
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 14,789 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build and customise thrilling roller coasters and incredible water slides, manage the ultimate theme park experience, and share your epic creations. Are you ready to ride the wave?
Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Economy 15%, Sandbox 14.8%, Building 10.8%, God Game 10.4% ★
- #24 PolyTown
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Threading Squirrel
Windows
PolyTown is a modern, low poly city building game. Zone areas for residents and businesses, connect them and build services and utilities to keep your citizens satisfied. But don’t get too comfy, if you don’t do your job well, people will make you pay the price.
Why similar: City Builder 31.9%, Economy 20.2%, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 10.6%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #25 Citystate Metropolis
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
The creative, pragmatic, limitless city builder. Engineer a masterpiece of urban design, a small sustainable town or a futuristic metropolis. With procedurally generated buildings, grid-less zoning and powerful editor tools, everything is customizable: the city is yours.
Why similar: City Builder 26.6%, Economy 16%, Sandbox 12.7%, Building 9.8%, Management 9.7%
- #26 County of Fortune
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nepos GamesPub: Aquila Interactive
Windows · Linux
Build an entire medieval county, not just a city. Found villages across a wide, varied landscape, weave trade along rivers and roads, and guide mayors, noble houses, and cultures as your region comes to life. A city-builder on a much bigger scale, no two counties are alike.
Why similar: City Builder 25.7%, Economy 17.8%, Sandbox 11.1%, Resource Management 10.7%, Building 9.4%
- #27 Tropico 4
80% matchVery Positive92% of 12,763 reviews2011
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.
Why similar: City Builder 41.9%, Management 11.3%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 8.6%, Economy 8.6%
- #28 SimCasino
79% 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: City Builder 22.4%, Capitalism 16%, Economy 14.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Management 8.9%
- #29 Office Manager
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jan Štěpánek
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and manage your own office empire. Design buildings, find tenants, negotiate contracts, and keep them happy. Research new technologies, expand your business, and handle unexpected events in a living office world.
Why similar: Economy 16.2%, City Builder 15.3%, Sandbox 12.4%, Management 10.8%, Building 10.2%
- #30 Lotwick Hill
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lasse Bjørge
Windows
Build a business empire in a living harbour city. Buy land, open shops and compete against AI rivals or friends in online multiplayer. Set prices, stock your shelves and win customers with different budgets and changing tastes, from the 1930s into the modern day.
Why similar: Economy 19.6%, City Builder 18.1%, Management 12.9%, Capitalism 11.8%, Strategy 9.7%
- #31 CENTAVO
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Trocado Studio
Windows
A city sim where money never comes from nowhere. You lay the streets and zone the lots; residents build with their own money, open businesses, hire and leave if work or food runs out. Click any payment and see whose pocket it came from. Grow a camp into a metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 26.7%, Economy 18%, Capitalism 15.5%, Management 9.3%, Simulation 7%
- #32 Seasteader
78% matchMixed48% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Cosy Goat
Windows
Seasteader is a city building and management strategy game that allows you to develop and rule over your own seastead, a floating community.
Why similar: City Builder 25.7%, Economy 19.4%, Strategy 17.8%, Simulation 15.6%, Resource Management 10.9%
- #33 Project AURA
77% matchMixed64% of 699 reviews2018
Dev: Nexcentric Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.
Why similar: City Builder 28.1%, Economy 13.8%, Resource Management 11.3%, Management 10.4%, Strategy 10.2%
- #34 Subway Builder
74% matchMixed60% of 422 reviews2026
Dev: Colin MillerPub: Borough Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Subway Builder is a hyperrealistic transit simulation game. Build a new subway system from the ground up while dealing with real-world constraints and costs. Craft the subway system your city deserves.
Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Strategy 13%, Management 10.8%, Simulation 10.2%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #35 Rise of Industry
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,197 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: City Builder 23%, Economy 19.2%, Management 12.7%, Resource Management 10.3%, Capitalism 8.3%
- #36 Dubai Builder
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Dubai Builder is a strategy game in which you build, develop and manage a city in the desert and are responsible for all aspects related to it and struggle with difficult climatic conditions.
Why similar: City Builder 28.9%, Strategy 13.2%, Resource Management 11.3%, Management 10.9%, Building 10.5%
- #37 Datacenter Simulator
73% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Jelle
Windows
A hands-on, first-person datacenter tycoon. Order hardware, haul the boxes, rack the servers, patch every cable and subnet every switch then keep it all online through power cuts, heatwaves and hardware failures as your empire grows.
Why similar: Capitalism 20%, Economy 18%, Sandbox 16.1%, Management 12.4%, Building 10.6%
- #38 Coffee Noir - Business Detective Game
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 87 reviews2021
Dev: DOJI
Windows · Mac · Linux
A unique combination of a business management game and detective novel with elegant graphics in a noir comic-book art style. Experience an advanced business management simulation along with intriguing story set in alternative future of Neo-London.
Why similar: Economy 18.2%, City Builder 16.7%, Management 13.8%, Strategy 12.4%, Resource Management 10.6%
- #39 Real Estate Tycoon!
73% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Real Estate Tycoon lets you buy, sell, and upgrade properties to maximize profits. Play through Career Mode, Time Trial, or Endless Mode as you navigate a dynamic market. Build your empire, strategize investments, and dominate the property market!
Why similar: City Builder 24.9%, Capitalism 18.3%, Economy 16.9%, Resource Management 10.1%, Building 9.4%
- #40 Chess Club Manager
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pouet
Windows · Linux
Tycoon game to build and manage your own chess club from the ground up. Balance training, sponsors, tournaments and turn a tiny local club into a global success.
Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, Economy 17.4%, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 10.7%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #41 Wildlife Park 3
74% matchMixed59% of 525 reviews2014
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Do you have what it takes to be a zoo tycoon? You are responsible for your very own and unique zoo. Choose from numerous types of enclosures, park buildings and plants to design an environment appropriate to each species. Take home a part of wilderness with Wildlife Park 3!
Why similar: City Builder 16.7%, Economy 14.7%, Management 13.5%, Sandbox 11.1%, Simulation 10.8%
- #42 Parking World: Build & Manage
71% matchMixed66% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Build, manage, and expand your own lucrative parking enterprise in this management sim. Parking World puts the power to build your perfect parking garage at your fingertips while solving everybody else's parking problems in unique narrative scenarios or without any objectives in freeplay mode.
Why similar: City Builder 21.4%, Economy 18.4%, Sandbox 11.9%, Management 11.4%, Resource Management 11%
- #43 Amusement Factory
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Corbata Games
Windows · Mac
Build the theme park of your dreams. Lay the roads, place the rides, open the shops and keep every guest smiling from the gate to the last bus home. A bright, cozy park builder with a ten-location campaign, free play with no limits, and a front-seat view of every ride you put down.
Why similar: City Builder 22.6%, Economy 18.8%, Sandbox 13.6%, Management 12.2%, Building 10.6%
- #44 Project manager SIM
70% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Escapismogames
Windows
Manage the most unpredictable resource - people - in this WASD tycoon! Plan projects, hire a dream team, assign tasks to specialists, and monitor the budget while upgrading your office. Balance between team burnout, complex contracts, and the wrath of upper management.
Why similar: Capitalism 21%, Economy 21%, Management 14.6%, Resource Management 14.4%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #45 Towers Inc.
72% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Unicorn Den
Windows
Build and manage your own corporate tower in this relaxing take on the tower management building genre. Satisfy the needs of corporate tenants and keep them happy by adding services and utilities while balancing finances. Build and manage your tower the way you want to.
Why similar: City Builder 24.2%, Economy 12.4%, Capitalism 12.2%, Management 11.6%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #46 Office Management 101
71% matchMixed64% of 98 reviews2022
Dev: tulevik.EU
Windows · Linux
Office Management 101 is a satirical office life simulation tycoon game set in a fictional capitalistic dystopia. Step over competitors, drive your staff to the limit and milk your customers for every penny in the pursuit of spiraling success!
Why similar: City Builder 18.7%, Capitalism 16.4%, Economy 15.1%, Sandbox 11.5%, Management 10%
- #47 Tropico 6
70% matchVery Positive88% of 29,546 reviews2019
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
Why similar: City Builder 35.2%, Economy 18.4%, Management 10.4%, Strategy 10.3%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #48 Uber Urban
69% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: J.F
Windows · Mac
Build your city in multiple different hand-crafted worlds and manage all the complexities that a real mayor would. From city services to demand, finances, policies, approval ratings and re-election, Uber Urban offers a complete and innovative take on the city building genre.
Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Economy 16%, Capitalism 14.9%, Sandbox 12.9%, Building 9.5%
- #49 Cities: Skylines
70% matchVery Positive93% of 292,422 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 66.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Why similar: City Builder 40.6%, Economy 11%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9.2%, Management 9.1%
- #50 Battle Royale Tycoon
71% 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: City Builder 18.2%, Economy 15.9%, Management 14%, Sandbox 12.6%, Strategy 10.5%
- #51 Chinese Empire: Prologue
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YeyunaPub: G11 S.A.
Windows
Chinese Empire is an economic city-building strategy taking place in the picturesque areas of China. The prologue will introduce you to the world of Chinese Empire!
Why similar: City Builder 32%, Economy 17.2%, Strategy 12.3%, Building 10.5%, Simulation 9.8%
- #52 Wall Street Broker
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GamesCorpPub: Zero Sun Games
Windows
A real-time portfolio management sim where you build a career as a stock broker. Balance clients' trust, market timing, and your own reputation on a procedurally-generated Wall Street that never stops moving.
Why similar: Capitalism 23.3%, Economy 20.5%, Sandbox 17.8%, Management 11.3%, Strategy 10.1%
- #53 City Masterplan
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1:1 Studio
Windows
Break the grid and build a true 1:1 scale metropolis. City Masterplan is a realistic city builder where traffic, citizens, and economy form a fully simulated system. Design complex road networks freely, manage real congestion, and shape a city through the decisions you make.
Why similar: City Builder 30.1%, Sandbox 13.3%, Strategy 13%, Simulation 12.3%, Economy 11.6%
- #54 Mars Attracts
65% matchVery Positive89% of 301 reviews2026
Dev: Outlier
Windows
Mars Attracts is a park management sim set in the iconic universe of Mars Attacks™. Play as the devious Martians as you construct detailed enclosures, manage staff, and most importantly - abduct and experiment on humans for the entertainment of your Martian guests!
Why similar: City Builder 19.8%, Capitalism 11.4%, Economy 11.3%, Sandbox 10.7%, God Game 9.1% ★
- #55 The Archaeologists
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: dogvsbear
Windows · Linux
The Archaeologists is a single-player settlement builder. Establish multiple settlements through manufacturing and trade. Raise great structures across the mountain to link them into one interconnected economy. Dig into the rock to unearth valuable artifacts and uncover a forgotten past.
Why similar: City Builder 32.9%, Economy 17.8%, Strategy 12.1%, Management 11.3%, Simulation 11.1%
- #56 Tattoo Tycoon
66% matchMixed68% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: CrazyBunchPub: THQ Nordic Mobile
Windows
Become a tattoo artist and manage your own tattoo parlor. Find the perfect designs for your curious customers and turn their vague wishes into amazing skin art. Grow from a small personal studio to a multi-parlor business throughout the different districts of Tattuga Bay.
Why similar: City Builder 18.5%, Capitalism 15.6%, Economy 15.5%, Sandbox 10.5%, Management 9.9%
- #57 Stakeholder Game
68% matchMixed41% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: BoneAppsPub: Bone Apps
Windows · Linux
Investment business simulation game. Become the richest billionaire ever! Build your financial empire out of merged companies and increase your capital.
Why similar: Economy 24.1%, City Builder 23.5%, Capitalism 21.9%, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 9.3%
- #58 Foundation
65% matchVery Positive87% of 24,287 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 40.2%, Economy 11.9%, Sandbox 9.5%, Resource Management 8.7%, Management 7.9%
- #59 Metropolis 1998
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yesbox Studios
Windows
A fresh, modern city builder with charming aesthetics. Detailed agent-based simulation and scheduling. See inside buildings. Design and customize almost anything. Business-specific zoning, and mixed use zones too!
Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Economy 15.5%, Capitalism 14.7%, Management 10.2%, Resource Management 10%
- #60 Atmocity
67% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: Correcture Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Atmocity allows you to build impressive, gravity-defying cities. Test your skills as a mayor in the campaign mode with set objectives, or let your creativity go wild in the free-roaming mode.
Why similar: City Builder 21%, Economy 17.1%, Sandbox 12.7%, Management 11.9%, Resource Management 10.8%