Games Like The Monetary Lever

Play the strategy game of money, power and wealth.

Why similar: Capitalism 29.5%, Economy 21.2%, Simulation 18.8%, Strategy 18.2%, Management 12.4%

Master the daily grind in Corner Cafe Capitalist, a business management simulator. Tweak your recipes, set prices, purchase supplies, and hire staff by night, then watch your strategy test the morning rush by day. Can you scale your humble corner cart into a thriving city-wide refreshment empire?

Why similar: Economy 30.7%, Capitalism 22.3%, Simulation 14.6%, Strategy 12.9%, Management 11.3%

Inspired by the economy simulation games oft the mid 90s, Undertaker's let's you manage your very own funeral home.

Why similar: Strategy 23.2%, Simulation 22.6%, Capitalism 20.5%, Economy 19.8%, Management 8.3%

Create and control the business empire of your dreams. This in-depth strategy game covers almost every aspect of business that could be encountered in the real world.

Why similar: Economy 35.8%, Capitalism 27.2%, Simulation 13%, Strategy 11.7%, Management 11.4%

BankingSim puts you in charge of a growing bank. Issue loans, set interest rates, manage risk, and deal with defaults as you grow your financial empire.

Why similar: Capitalism 31.1%, Economy 28.4%, Strategy 15.6%, Simulation 12%, Management 11%

Economic booms, stock market crashes, oil crises, upswings, triumphs... Now you can become the greatest power in industry!

Why similar: Economy 33.6%, Strategy 29.3%, Simulation 24.7%, Management 12.4%

Streaming Platform Manager is a tycoon game, where you can build your own streaming empire.

Why similar: Capitalism 22.1%, Economy 18.7%, Strategy 13.1%, Simulation 12.8%, Tactical 11.1%

Build a property development company from the ground up. Find undervalued land, negotiate acquisitions, design profitable estates, navigate planning and construction, finance your projects and sell into a changing property market where every decision affects your return.

Why similar: Economy 26.1%, Capitalism 23.3%, Tactical 12.1%, Management 11.5%, Strategy 10.1%

Run a modern airline, design unique airplanes and grow a run-down carrier into a globally recognized company that passengers practically beg to fly.

Why similar: Economy 31.2%, Simulation 29.6%, Strategy 26.8%, Management 12.4%

In Oil Enterprise, you enter the multi-million dollar business of black gold as a shrewd businessman. Accept the challenge and grow from a small-scale en-trepreneur, investing in your first oilfield, to a global oil magnate.

Why similar: Economy 36%, Strategy 23.2%, Simulation 20.7%, Management 17.1%, Indie 3.1%

Investment Fund Game is a singleplayer sandbox simulation where you become the manager of an investment fund. Buy stocks, bonds, commodities. Test different investment strategies, track your performance, and compete with AI-driven funds using their own approaches.

Why similar: Economy 29.3%, Capitalism 25.3%, Simulation 17.8%, Strategy 12.5%, Management 10.6%

Divine Business - is that side of religion that no one ever think about. Why gods prefer to help ones and forsake others? What goal do they follow? Its time to take a look at this process from the place of god by yourself.

Why similar: Economy 40.3%, Simulation 24.6%, Management 16.9%, Strategy 16.8%, Indie 1.4%

You have a few dollars and a hunger for more. Navigate decades of economic booms, tech revolutions, and devastating crashes in this deep turn-based simulation. Will you build a legacy through meticulous analysis, or seize power through hostile takeovers and political shadow-play?

Why similar: Economy 26.5%, Capitalism 23.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 10.1%

"In this economic strategy game starting in the Great Depression of 1929, buy stocks, take over companies, acquire countries, and shape world history. Compete fiercely against rivals to manipulate UN decisions, invest in the technologies of the era, and build mega projects.

Why similar: Economy 25.3%, Capitalism 22.4%, Simulation 16.3%, Strategy 16.2%, Tactical 10.1%

Wealth, power, greed: in the oil boom of the 1960s, money never sleeps. Invest in stocks, commodities and real estate, acquire companies and manipulate markets to build a financial empire. Use mergers, Ruthless speculation and strategies to dominate the global economy.

Why similar: Capitalism 24.8%, Economy 24.4%, Simulation 16%, Strategy 14.6%, Political Sim 9.7% ★

Run your own venture capital firm. Hunt deals, research founders, write the checks — then live with the results. Most bets fail. The one that doesn't pays for everything: a bigger fund, the corner office, a name every founder knows. Outrank the big firms, or take yours public.

Why similar: Capitalism 24.3%, Economy 21.3%, Strategy 19.8%, Simulation 19.7%, Management 7.7%

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 26.1%, Simulation 19.8%, Strategy 18.8%, Management 16.6%, Capitalism 14.3%

Day Trade Coach is a day trading simulator built for focus. Cut through the noise, master the set-ups that actually work, and build your edge, one trade at a time.

Why similar: Economy 25.9%, Capitalism 21.9%, Strategy 18.9%, Simulation 18.9%, Management 7%

From brick phones to 5G, build your phone empire. This is a deep business simulation spanning 40 years of mobile phone history (1985-2030). Design phones across three technological eras, manage a global supply chain, fight OS ecosystem wars, and battle 20+ AI competitors.

Why similar: Economy 28.7%, Capitalism 25.1%, Simulation 19.5%, Strategy 12.9%, Management 12.9%

Blueprint: EV is a single- and multiplayer strategy game about founding an electric vehicle company and running it through six fiscal years. Make three founding decisions, then guide pricing, production, R&D, and finance across 24 quarters of real P&L against three rival companies.

Why similar: Capitalism 22.7%, Economy 22.3%, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 14.2%, Political Sim 10.1% ★

Zona Eleitoral is a turn-based strategy game that puts you in charge of a mayoral campaign. Choose your candidate, build your strategy, manage your resources to unlock new actions, and navigate unexpected twists in the race for the mayor's office. Do you have what it takes to win the election?

Why similar: Economy 25.1%, Political Sim 16.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Strategy 11.4%, Tactical 11.1%

An economic strategy game where you run the central bank. Built on the IS–PC–MR macroeconomic model. The policy rate, unemployment, inflation, the trade balance. Can you keep the economy clear of overheating and slumps?

Why similar: Economy 29.2%, Capitalism 16.7%, Strategy 14.7%, Simulation 14%, Education 9.8%

Loop Craft is a game about economics. There is an item trading system within the game. This game has a variety of item mix systems. And have a reservation system to set up a factory to produce products for sale in the game.

Why similar: Economy 39.1%, Strategy 30.8%, Simulation 28.1%, Indie 2.1%

An entire industrial empire under your control. Have you always dreamed of swimming in money? In “Industry Empire” you are the boss of all bosses.

Why similar: Simulation 30.3%, Strategy 29.8%, Economy 25.8%, Management 14.1%

A turn-based financial simulator where you try to become the richest. Trade stocks, bonds, and real estate, use leverage and survive market crashes. It balances someone who wants to learn about investing ("buy the stock that goes up") with someone who wants to experiment ("barbell this round")

Why similar: Capitalism 35.4%, Economy 32.1%, Simulation 17.3%, Education 12.8%, 2D 1.4%

Overproduction Crisis Simulator

Why similar: Economy 33.3%, Capitalism 29.9%, Management 12.7%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 10.8%

Wall Street Raider offers the deepest stock market simulations in gaming history. Control publicly traded corporations, futures, options, and even crypto. Whether you want to make billions in equities, short-sell overvalued stocks, or hedge risk using derivatives, the market is yours to conquer!

Why similar: Economy 30.4%, Capitalism 29.5%, Strategy 12.3%, Management 12.3%, Simulation 12.2%

Do you find tycoon games too simplistic? GearCity is a complex and in-depth business simulator. It focuses on a realistic economic simulation of the global automobile industry. The game takes several hours to grasp and hundreds of hours to master. Can you succeed where many other CEOs have failed?

Why similar: Economy 30.7%, Capitalism 18.8%, Management 16.5%, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 14.6%

Investment business simulation game. Become the richest billionaire ever! Build your financial empire out of merged companies and increase your capital.

Why similar: Economy 32.4%, Capitalism 26.7%, Simulation 15.1%, Strategy 13.4%, Management 6.7%

Freight Tycoon is an economic simulation game which challenges players’ management skills. It puts one into the shoes of an owner of a cargo transportation company. One has to evaluate the profitability of contracts, contact customers, and appoint drivers to deliver goods.

Why similar: Strategy 38.5%, Economy 29.9%, Management 16.1%, Simulation 14.5%, Singleplayer 1%

FUNEX is the first and only STOCK MARKET SIMULATION which provides REAL ORDER BOOK TRADING to the players. You don't trade fake algoritmic prices on a fake market. Instead, there are 22 AI funds which are actively trading in a REAL SIMULATED STOCK EXCHANGE. Are you ready for REAL CHAOS?

Why similar: Economy 33.5%, Capitalism 29.2%, Strategy 11%, Simulation 10.6%, Management 7.2%

Operator is a minimalist elevator management game. Your job is to get passengers to their destination before they stress out. Can you keep up with the demand?

Why similar: Strategy 22.4%, Simulation 22.1%, Capitalism 21.6%, Management 11.6%, Tactical 11%

Brooks Investment Simulator puts you in control of a real-money portfolio across 4 historical stock markets — from the 1980s Nikkei bubble to modern Wall Street — with 30 turns to beat the index or go broke.

Why similar: Capitalism 20.2%, Economy 19.8%, Strategy 18.8%, Simulation 18%, Education 12%

Epic Car Factory puts you in the drivers seat of your very own car company. Build, market, hire, fire, and more in this fast paced business simulation. The failure and success of the company depends entirely on your decisions and how you react to the ever changing market place.

Why similar: Economy 46.2%, Simulation 22.2%, Strategy 17.3%, Management 14.3%

Take control of any of 177 countries in 2026. Shape its economy, politics, public services, diplomacy and military in a living geopolitical sandbox where every nation is simulated, every system is connected and your decisions write the story.

Why similar: Capitalism 25.2%, Economy 22.1%, Political Sim 19.7% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Management 10.2%

Build and run a multi-entity family office: source commercial property deals, compare financing, negotiate terms, manage debt and cash flow, hire staff, structure trusts, and carry the institution into the next generation.

Why similar: Economy 28.8%, Capitalism 26.3%, Simulation 12.5%, Management 12.5%, Strategy 10.5%

Trade unfolding market catalysts, stack dangerous leverage, and turn one broke farmhouse into an increasingly absurd family dynasty. A deep trading roguelite with adaptive hype music, anime power-ups, and a Goddess of Fortune who has plans for your margin account.

Why similar: Economy 25.8%, Strategy 20.3%, Simulation 20.2%, Capitalism 18.9%, Management 11.7%

You've inherited a rusty assembly line. From sourcing a single bolt to developing your own V8, from a "shady workshop" mocked on forums to a household brand name—every design decision is a stone thrown into water. The ripples across the entire media landscape are the real exam.

Why similar: Simulation 21.6%, Strategy 21.5%, Economy 20.9%, Capitalism 18.3%, Management 10.9%

Build a business empire across the United States. Create companies, open and upgrade assets. Expand across industries, dominate markets, control a growing share of the economy, and build a trillion-dollar fortune.

Why similar: Economy 31.1%, Capitalism 27.7%, Simulation 18.9%, Management 11.3%, Strategy 4%

Strategy, trade and empire building on the old Silk Road. Spice Road is a town building, social and economic simulation game full of original challenges.

Why similar: Strategy 33.1%, Simulation 28.8%, Economy 26.3%, Management 8.1%, Indie 3.6%

Do you like watching others do all the work?Cats do!In this unique game (AVX req'd) you plan, direct and oversee the construction of a Pyramid in Ancient Egypt.Organize agriculture, plan the village, direct the building and watch thousands of workers on screen, in real time.Build it, stone by stone!

Why similar: Economy 36.7%, Strategy 33.1%, Simulation 30.2%

Build your own TV network, license shows, schedule prime-time slots, hire writers, sign sponsors, and fight for ratings week by week.

Why similar: Economy 25.6%, Capitalism 23.5%, Simulation 13.9%, Management 13.8%, Strategy 13.4%

Across five cities mapped from real geographic data, run a restaurant chain: open locations, develop products, set prices and manage cash flow. Make decisions week by week, expand abroad and acquire companies. Grow one restaurant into an international chain.

Why similar: Economy 33.9%, Capitalism 28.2%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 12.1%, Management 10.1%

Manage a million-dollar hedge fund with real stock prices. Free to play, with performance you can prove and share.

Why similar: Capitalism 25%, Economy 23.2%, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 10.9%, Management 10.6%

The Trade Prince is a logistical economic simulation game in which you build automated trade networks across multiple planets to produce increasingly complex goods.

Why similar: Capitalism 26.3%, Economy 23.3%, Simulation 23.1%, Strategy 23%, 2D 2.4%

Box Office Mayhem is a business management game where you simulate running your own movie theatre. Navigate through signing movie deals, managing day to day operations, and struggle as movie goers have unpredictable behavior. Play solo against AI competitors or take it online against friends!

Why similar: Economy 37.4%, Capitalism 29.4%, Simulation 15.8%, Strategy 12%, Management 3%

Meiji Oligarchy is a historical simulation game that models the political, economic, and military systems of Meiji-era Japan. It spans the period from the assassination of Ōkubo Toshimichi through the Katsura–Saionji era (1878–1912).

Why similar: Economy 24.5%, Capitalism 21.8%, Political Sim 16.4% ★, Simulation 10.6%, Tactical 7.9%

In TransOcean 2: Rivals you face a new challenge as the boss of your own shipping line in both single-player and - for the first time - multiplayer mode: The international competition has gotten a lot tougher and the battle for the most lucrative contracts has only just begun.

Why similar: Economy 45.4%, Simulation 20%, Management 17.4%, Strategy 16.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Play the CEO of a multi-national conglomerate in this business simulation. Grow crops, raise livestock, build mines and oil wells to get the raw resources needed to make more than 75 types of consumer goods.

Why similar: Economy 36.9%, Capitalism 30.1%, Simulation 18.3%, Management 12.1%, 2D 1%

Skyline Empire is a turn-based airline tycoon. Found your carrier, connect 300+ real cities, and secure airport slots while competing with up to 100 AI airlines. Set fares, buy aircraft, build hubs, and form alliances to grow a regional startup into a worldwide megacarrier.

Why similar: Economy 27.5%, Simulation 21.2%, Strategy 21.1%, Capitalism 18.4%, Management 7.4%

Want to pick up real-world financial knowledge while having fun? Driven by real financial data including the S&P 500, VIX, and bond yields, every decision you make ultimately draws your own one-of-a-kind stock price curve. How high will yours climb?

Why similar: Economy 38.4%, Strategy 20.3%, Simulation 19.4%, Education 12.5%, Choices Matter 5.3%

Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...

Why similar: Economy 22.7%, Capitalism 15.2%, Political Sim 15.2% ★, Strategy 11%, Management 9.8%

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 30%, Economy 29.1%, Strategy 15.3%, Simulation 13.3%, Management 11.5%

You’re the CEO. Build your company into a thriving conglomerate, managing the cash flow, product launches, funding and hiring decisions. Build a conglomerate or go bankrupt trying.

Why similar: Capitalism 21.7%, Economy 18.2%, Strategy 17.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Political Sim 11.5% ★

Build a semiconductor company from 1995 to the AI era. Design CPUs, GPUs and laptops, run factories, create architectures, operating systems and software ecosystems, and compete in a market shaped by engineering, price and timing.

Why similar: Economy 29.1%, Simulation 19.2%, Capitalism 18.9%, Strategy 17.3%, Management 13%

Bid on abandoned warehouses, storage lots and garages to uncover the rarest, oldest and most magical treasures! Goblins and Garage Sales is a storage hunter simulation game where you bid, repair, haggle, and most importantly, profit! Maybe even help the locals rebuild their town along the way.

Why similar: Economy 36.3%, Simulation 24.5%, Capitalism 22.4%, Management 14%, Singleplayer 1.7%

A turn-based board game about manipulating a stock market, alone or against up to three others. Observe the trends, gamble, work the market in legal and less legal ways, and cross your fingers that the auditors don't catch you with your hands in the cookie jar.

Why similar: Capitalism 30.6%, Economy 28.7%, Strategy 12.6%, Management 11.3%, Simulation 10.1%

Go back 10 years — could you get rich? 2015→2025, ten real years of stocks. Each year, read the news, invest once, and see your gains a year later. COVID, the AI boom, meme-stock mania — real events swing your returns. 5-minute runs, multiple endings. Korea & US markets, in KO/EN.

Why similar: Simulation 22.4%, Economy 21.9%, Education 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.2%, Management 8.4%

Build your own armaments empire. Develop customised weapons, build and expand factories, manage staff, production and finances, and sell your products on the global market. Transform a run-down family business into the world’s most valuable corporation.

Why similar: Capitalism 30.7%, Economy 28.6%, Simulation 16.8%, Management 12.7%, Strategy 9.6%

Start as nobody in Corenveld — a dock-hand, a cook, a clerk. Trade, undercut, bribe, smuggle, and lend your way up: buy shops, combine them, court the city's three rival powers, and seize a civic seat before you die. A chill, deterministic city-climbing sim in the world of Orenvalt.

Why similar: Strategy 23.5%, Simulation 21.4%, Economy 18.3%, Capitalism 17.4%, Political Sim 10.8% ★