Games Like The Monetary Lever

Play the strategy game of money, power and wealth.

Why similar: Capitalism 29.5%, Economy 21.7%, Simulation 18.5%, Strategy 17.9%, Management 12.4%

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

Why similar: Strategy 22.9%, Simulation 22.3%, Capitalism 20.6%, Economy 20.4%, Management 8.3%

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 28.8%, Capitalism 24.4%, Simulation 19%, Strategy 18.8%, Management 7.8%

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 36.2%, Capitalism 27.2%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 11.5%, 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%, Economy 29%, Strategy 15.3%, Simulation 11.8%, Management 10.9%

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

Why similar: Economy 34.4%, Strategy 28.8%, Simulation 24.4%, Management 12.4%

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 27.2%, Capitalism 23.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 10%

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

Why similar: Capitalism 22.1%, Economy 19.2%, Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 12.7%, Tactical 10.9%

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: Economy 25%, Capitalism 24.7%, Simulation 15.7%, Strategy 14.4%, Political Sim 9.7% ★

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 32%, Simulation 29.2%, Strategy 26.4%, 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 36.8%, Strategy 22.8%, Simulation 20.3%, Management 17.1%, Indie 3%

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 29.9%, Capitalism 25.2%, Simulation 17.5%, Strategy 12.3%, 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 41.2%, Simulation 24.2%, Management 16.8%, Strategy 16.5%, Indie 1.4%

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 26.7%, Simulation 19.6%, Strategy 18.5%, Management 16.7%, 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 26.5%, Capitalism 21.9%, Simulation 18.6%, Strategy 18.6%, Management 7%

"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 25.9%, Capitalism 22.4%, Strategy 16.1%, Simulation 16%, Tactical 9.9%

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 30.9%, Capitalism 29.4%, Management 12.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 12%

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 29.9%, Strategy 29.4%, Economy 26.5%, Management 14.2%

Overproduction Crisis Simulator

Why similar: Economy 34%, Capitalism 29.7%, Management 12.6%, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 10.6%

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 40.1%, Strategy 30.3%, Simulation 27.6%, Indie 2%

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

Why similar: Economy 33.2%, Capitalism 26.7%, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 13.2%, Management 6.7%

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 31.1%, Capitalism 18.7%, Management 16.5%, Simulation 14.6%, Strategy 14.5%

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 46.8%, Simulation 22.2%, Strategy 16.8%, Management 14.2%

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: Economy 20.4%, Capitalism 20.3%, Strategy 18.7%, Simulation 17.9%, Education 11.5%

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 22.3%, Simulation 22%, Capitalism 21.8%, Management 11.8%, Tactical 10.8%

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 39.3%, Economy 29.7%, Management 16%, Simulation 14.1%, Singleplayer 1%

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 37.6%, Strategy 32.6%, Simulation 29.8%

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 37.6%, Capitalism 29.9%, Simulation 18%, Management 12.1%, 2D 1%

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 32.7%, Simulation 28.5%, Economy 27.1%, Management 8.1%, Indie 3.6%

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

Why similar: Capitalism 25.1%, Economy 23.9%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 10.8%, Management 10.7%

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 26.4%, Economy 23.9%, Simulation 22.8%, Strategy 22.7%, 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 38.2%, Capitalism 29.2%, Simulation 15.5%, Strategy 11.8%, Management 3%

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 46.3%, Simulation 19.6%, Management 17.3%, Strategy 16.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%

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: Economy 31.7%, Capitalism 27.9%, Management 15.5%, Simulation 13.1%, Strategy 10.5%

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 39.5%, Strategy 20%, Simulation 19.2%, Education 12%, Choices Matter 5.2%

Build and manage a real multi‑entity family office as you acquire properties, hire staff, structure trusts, and grow generational wealth through authentic financial systems.

Why similar: Economy 29.3%, Capitalism 25.1%, Simulation 19.2%, Management 12.9%, Strategy 9.3%

Build a medieval trading empire across Northern Europe. Establish trade routes, influence politics, expand your cities, and compete with rival merchants for wealth and power in a dynamic economic strategy game.

Why similar: Economy 31.2%, Capitalism 26%, Strategy 14.6%, Simulation 10%, Political Sim 8.6% ★

Can you beat inflation without crashing the economy? Run the Federal Reserve through real crises, political pressure, AI bubbles, and market panic. Set rates, deploy QE, manage expectations, and engineer the perfect soft landing. Featured on Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal.

Why similar: Economy 33.3%, Simulation 16.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Political Sim 11.8% ★, Strategy 9.5%

Start in the 1950s with a small factory and a single dealership. Research new technologies, design cars, manage production, keep your dealerships stocked, and outpace your rivals to build your own automotive empire in this isometric tycoon simulation.

Why similar: Economy 42.1%, Simulation 20.7%, Strategy 20.2%, Management 15.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%

This is a minimalist game with economy theme. You play as a capitalist investing in promising initiatives to prosper. You should examine and decide on different investment opportunities for each turn.

Why similar: Simulation 24.3%, Economy 23.7%, Capitalism 21.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Management 8.8%

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 37%, Simulation 24%, Capitalism 22.3%, Management 14%, Singleplayer 1.6%

TransOcean – The Shipping Company is your ticket to the world of gigantic ships and transnational transport empires. Build a mighty fleet of modern merchant ships and conquer the seven seas.

Why similar: Economy 38.4%, Simulation 25.3%, Strategy 19.1%, Management 17.2%

It's your empire... Take control! The game has it all! the depth of gameplay will have you on the edge of your seat for hours on-end. Build, manage, strategize and conquer the competition with the richest gameplay tycoon product ever offered!

Why similar: Economy 29.3%, Strategy 25.5%, Simulation 25.1%, Management 17.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Develop your newspaper and become New York’s new media mogul! In this tycoon, build and manage your newspaper from printer to toilet. Create your editorial line and lead your journalists through unique 1930's stories and dig out the latest scoops!

Why similar: Economy 23.5%, Capitalism 19.7%, Management 15.5%, Simulation 11.9%, Strategy 11.7%

Master hyperspace trade in this sci-fi sim! Manage tariffs on 5 exotic resources, grow your Ecumenopolis, and outwit smugglers. Strategic fun for all!

Why similar: Economy 41%, Capitalism 27.5%, Simulation 20%, Management 9.3%, 2D 1.3%

In Startup Freak you take the role of a budding entrepreneur, and grow your very own software startup from humble beginnings to a multi-million dollar company. Along the way you will have to overcome countless challenges. But the ultimate question you must answer: are you a Startup Freak?

Why similar: Strategy 26.9%, Simulation 26%, Economy 25.7%, Management 16.9%, Indie 3.5%

Multiplayer Incremental Idle tycoon with a stock market that actually works. 200 stocks, real options pricing, Fed rate decisions, 55 businesses across 10 tiers, real estate, banking, taxes, and a 530-node research tree. Multiplayer shares one market. There's also a casino.

Why similar: Economy 28%, Capitalism 27.5%, Simulation 14.1%, Management 7.9%, Logic 7.4%

It’s the year 1400- the late Middle Ages. Europe sees the dawn of the golden age of the new departures and the free spirit. Under the rule of the bourgeoisie and businessmen, more and more towns are emerging from the clutches of the aristocracy and are achieving independence, power and wealth.

Why similar: Economy 37%, Strategy 28%, Simulation 25.6%, Management 9.5%

Build your financial empire in Trading Simulator by strategically investing in businesses, navigating a dynamic market, and using realistic trading mechanics. Are you ready to turn your financial dreams into reality?

Why similar: Capitalism 35.2%, Economy 32.8%, Strategy 14.5%, Management 12.5%, Choices Matter 4%

Start your dream online store, pack your box, ship your orders, and make a name for yourself in the city! E-commerce Simulation is waiting for you.

Why similar: Economy 38.3%, Simulation 22.4%, Strategy 19.5%, Management 14.7%, Choices Matter 3.4%

A high-pressure management sim where you build a defense contractor from nothing, secure contracts, expand production, manage staff and supply chains, and fight to stay ahead of cash flow, compliance, and collapse.

Why similar: Economy 32.4%, Capitalism 18.2%, Simulation 15.8%, Management 14.9%, Strategy 10.9%

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 38.2%, Management 24.1%, Simulation 19.2%, Strategy 13.6%, Capitalism 2.8%

Business simulator with strategy elements, where you manage a network of order delivery points in the conditions of severe competition, gray schemes and unexpected risks. Develop your business, improve points, defend against competitors' attacks, conduct risky transactions in the gray market.

Why similar: Simulation 24.2%, Strategy 24.2%, Capitalism 21.9%, Economy 19.9%, Management 8.9%

A finance simulation full of news, charts, and strategy. Analyze the economy, diversify your investments, take control.

Why similar: Economy 32.6%, Tactical 16.6%, Simulation 13.2%, Management 12.8%, Strategy 12.3%

Build your empire from a basement. Trade stocks, run companies, date, raise kids, dodge the SEC, and retire a legend — or go broke trying.

Why similar: Capitalism 22.5%, Economy 22.3%, Strategy 14%, Simulation 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%

A single betrayal shattered your father’s business empire, leaving behind five public companies. Years later, you return from the bottom of the market, building capital through long-term investment. Your ultimate goal is simple: buy out and take full control of all five companies.

Why similar: Economy 30.5%, Capitalism 30.4%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 10.3%

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 30.4%, Capitalism 22.7%, Simulation 14.3%, Management 13.1%, Strategy 9.4%

Build your gang, recruit members, plan precise crimes, and seize territory through drug dealing, theft, and other illegal activities that impact the city's operations. Face off against rival gangs and outsmart the police to establish a new order in the city.

Why similar: Simulation 22.8%, Strategy 22.8%, Economy 22.3%, Capitalism 19%, Management 9.8%

A game that simulates the use of capital to build a complex industrial chain, stock investment and business challenges

Why similar: Simulation 21%, Strategy 20.8%, Economy 20.4%, Capitalism 16%, Management 13.2%

A corporate crisis management simulation where every decision has a cost, every audit has a deadline, and one wrong call can cost careers, compliance, and lives.

Why similar: Simulation 22.7%, Strategy 22.6%, Economy 21%, Political Sim 14.2% ★, Management 13.5%