- #1 Manpower
97% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Codex Cataphractarii
Windows
Driven by thirst for fame and fortune, you take command of a merchant caravan, guiding it to the farthest reaches of the world – the legendary Port Helmia. Along the way, dozens of difficult decisions await you, and each one could mean your end.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.3%, Historical 26.9%, Strategy 18.1%, Management 18%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #2 Fast Charging Tycoon
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Charged Future
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and run an electric vehicle charging company. Choose your locations, win over drivers, outsmart your rivals, and rise to lead the industry. Achieve greatness by claiming one of four victories once the market has matured. Do you have what it takes to build a fast charging tycoon?
Why similar: Management 25.1%, Text-Based 23%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Strategy 15.6%, Simulation 12.4%
- #3 Late Night Empire
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThroneGutter
Windows
Run your own late-night TV show in a living entertainment industry. Book guests, write monologues, manage staff and money, battle rival shows for ratings, and survive your network. Every night is a fight for attention. Build the show. Run the room. Become the empire.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.1%, Strategy 19%, Simulation 18.8%, Management 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%
- #4 Project Manager (Initiation)
95% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: PM Consulting & Services Jerzy Bielonko
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strategic game that simulates the work of a Project Manager within a large corporation. From a first-person perspective, you gain the skills and tools essential for PM work during the first stage of a project: Initiation.
Why similar: Education 40.2%, Management 20.7%, Strategy 17.5%, Simulation 13%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #5 Trade the Crash
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews
Dev: PERFECTCIRCLE
Windows
A single-player trading simulator set during the 2000 dot-com crash. Trade 63 fictionalized instruments across 818 historical market days, manage $50,000 in starting capital, pay living expenses, and try to survive the collapse.
Why similar: Education 39.1%, Strategy 17%, Simulation 16.7%, Historical 15.8%, Management 10.5%
- #6 Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition
94% matchVery Positive85% of 471 reviews2008
Dev: Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Children of the Nile™ is a unique gem of a city-building game, unparalleled in both grandeur and attention to detail.As Pharaoh you will guide your people through thousands of years of history: from simple hunter-gatherers to the creation of an immortal civilization.
Why similar: Historical 30%, City Builder 21.9%, Management 16.8%, Strategy 13.5%, Simulation 13.5%
- #7 Boffins History Quiz Reel
93% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Coded Relics
Windows
History quiz game trivia, a comfortable indi challenge, learn as you go common building knowledge and difficult. Built relentless trial by trivia, 15 achievements available – That are reachable with practice. How much of history do you remember?
Why similar: Education 39.1%, Historical 35%, Text-Based 24.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #8 Learning Geography: Countries of the World
92% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: Tom's Feral Cat Games
Windows
Learn or test your knowledge of 176 countries across the world. There are two separate game modes: an easier mode multiple choice to get started with and then a second mode where you have to type the names in.
Why similar: Education 39.5%, Historical 23.2%, Text-Based 18.2%, Simulation 18.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #9 Area Cooperation Economic Simulation: North Korea (ACES)
91% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Christopher ShovePub: Regional Scientists
Windows
Area Cooperation Economic Simulation: North Korea (ACES) simulates the development of North Korea's Pyongyang economy. It is an economic simulation and not a game, and useful for an economics class.
Why similar: Education 50.5%, Strategy 24.8%, Simulation 24.7%
- #10 Second Temple
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forth Temple
Windows · Mac · Linux
3D role playing game set in Jerusalem 65AD at the height of Jerusalem's majesty.
Why similar: Education 49.9%, Historical 28.6%, Simulation 20.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #11 Stock Stack
90% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: ParkMinGeunPub: 박민근
Windows
"Stock Stack" is a simple game that simulates stock investment and it can be used to educate or compete with your friend Maybe whoever know about investment market more can be a winner because this game reflects the working principles of the real stock market. (not at all!)
Why similar: Education 42.7%, Strategy 19.5%, Text-Based 18.5%, Simulation 18.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #12 Hollywood Mogul 4
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: HMdesignerPub: My Indie Game Company LLC
Windows
Own the studio. Run the studio. Make the movies. Play Hollywood Mogul 4 and run your own Hollywood movie studio in a complex, immersive, business strategy simulation that is TEXT-BASED with NO GRAPHICS and MINIMAL SOUND.
Why similar: Text-Based 37%, Management 25.3%, Simulation 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Strategy 6.7%
- #13 Epic Palace : Knossos
89% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: Milkroom Studios GmbH
Windows
Immerse yourself in the epic world of the Bronze Age! Rule over the first European civilization and build the famous Palace of Knossos. Be smart in diplomacy and trade, use your gained reputation and equip your throne room with unique frescoes from all over the world.
Why similar: Education 25.5%, Historical 19.2%, Strategy 14.7%, City Builder 12.6%, Management 11.8%
- #14 Plague of Athens VR
87% match4 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: History Adventures
Windows
Plague of Athens tells the story of Nikos of Athens, a physician during history’s first recorded pandemic, 429 BCE, who struggles to treat the multitude who fall ill during this world-upending ordeal.
Why similar: Education 78.6%, Historical 20.3%, Singleplayer 1%
- #15 Publisher Tycoon
88% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2016
Dev: 14Dimension Enterprise
Windows
At this game, you will become a manager of a book publishing company, and run it on your own. This is really fun management simulation game! You can feel manage real publisher and there are over 110 books you can produce.
Why similar: Education 42.9%, Text-Based 26.5%, Management 23.1%, Simulation 7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #16 Governor
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Daniling
Windows
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: Education 31.6%, Historical 19%, Strategy 13.1%, Management 12.4%, Simulation 12.2%
- #17 会计模拟器
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 117 reviews2022
Dev: 曲波
Windows · Mac
《会计模拟器》是一款利用游戏来系统理解会计知识的教育游戏。 目前的会计教学知识点非常琐碎,没有整体性。学生死记硬背,很难理解。而这款游戏提供了一个架空世界的公司,玩家通过管理公司,系统的理解会计概念,能极大提高学习效率,从而提高学习热情。
Why similar: Education 46.3%, Text-Based 24.6%, Strategy 21.5%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #18 Project Burnout
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fjord Games
Windows
A turn-based management strategy game about leading a traveling fixer crew hired to rescue game studios in crisis. Plan the week, split dependent tasks across five disciplines, beat deadlines, and protect your crew from burnout.
Why similar: Management 33%, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Resource Management 16.2%, Simulation 14.9%, Strategy 14.8%
- #19 Marble Age: Remastered
83% matchVery Positive86% of 402 reviews2020
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Marble Age is a turn-based historical strategy where your task is to turn a small Ancient Greek village into a flourishing Polis, powerful enough to conquer the known world!
Why similar: Historical 21%, Education 17%, Management 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Strategy 10.5%
- #20 ANT SIMULATOR: stock market game
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cocomodo25Pub: cocomodo25
Windows
In Korea, small retail investors are called "ants." Survive as one in a fast, volatile stock market modeled on Korea's: read the macro currents beneath the charts, allocate your assets, and outlast the crashes. Play solo, or compete with up to 4 players in the same live market.
Why similar: Education 40.5%, Text-Based 24%, Strategy 17.6%, Simulation 17.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #21 Predynastic Egypt
82% matchVery Positive92% of 1,924 reviews2016
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Do you know how did Ancient Egypt looked like before the Great Pyramids? Lead the future Egyptian citizens all the way through the historical hardships to the Unification of Lower and Upper Egypt, and you will find out!
Why similar: Historical 21.9%, Education 19.4%, Management 13.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
- #22 ARTé: Mecenas®
81% matchMixed61% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Triseum
Windows · Mac
Command history as head of the Medici. Become the patron of such luminaries as Da Vinci and Michelangelo by using your wits to build your banking empire, establish your reputation, and commission artworks. But beware - your choices have consequences. Will you prosper or perish?
Why similar: Historical 23.3%, Education 19.4%, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 15.6%, Text-Based 14.9%
- #23 Werelderfgoed: Romeins Aquaduct van Nijmegen en Berg en Dal
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Tijdlab
Windows
Ontdek hoe het Romeinse aquaduct van Nijmegen en Berg en Dal eruit moet hebben gezien. Bezoek verschillende locaties langs het traject, van de bron tot de waterbak in het Romeinse legerkamp.
Why similar: Education 55.7%, Simulation 22.7%, Historical 20.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #24 Fire Protection Training Simulator
81% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Patrick Kelley, CITPub: Kelley Integrity Safety Solutions, LLC
Windows
This Fire Protection Training Simulator was designed and developed to provide employers, of any size, with the most cost-effective method of verifying their employees understanding of fires, how they're started, how to prevent them and how to properly respond in the event of one.
Why similar: Education 49%, Management 28.5%, Simulation 21.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #25 IfStation
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OddBrainPub: OddTerra
Windows
A historical card game where you place legends onto a timeline and watch civilizations rise — or collapse. This project is currently in the initial implementation phase following the completion of the design; you can view real-time development logs via the Community tab.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.9%, Historical 20.6%, Strategy 19.5%, Simulation 19.2%, Management 13.8%
- #26 Homicide Judge
79% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Shawn Hirsch, Esq.
Windows
You're the new judge in the dusty ol' town of Dry Gulch, and let me tell you, there's only one kind of case on your docket. Homicide. Prove you're the sharpest gavel in the West, deciding farcical homicide cases inspired by landmark rulings and bar exam questions. Dry Gulch is waitin' on you, Judge!
Why similar: Education 51.9%, Text-Based 30.5%, Simulation 16.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #27 Bronze Age - HD Edition
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 375 reviews2017
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
What was it like to be a chief of a tribe in 6000 year B.C.? Oh, you know, the usual - feed your people, build them shelters, defend them from raids of neighbors. And if you are lucky, sooner or later you will build a kingdom and become their king!
Why similar: Education 21.1%, Historical 20%, Management 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, City Builder 9.7%
- #28 Children of the Nile: Alexandria
78% matchVery Positive85% of 168 reviews2008
Dev: Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Children of the Nile: Alexandria is an addition to the base Children of the Nile game, adding a new mini-campaign focused on the rise of the city of Alexandria. Using the unique city-building dynamics of Children of the Nile, you will carve out a new dynasty to rule all of Egypt, and build the greatest city of the ancient world!
Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Simulation 20.7%, Historical 20.2%, Strategy 17.5%, Management 17.1%
- #29 Tuwas vs MUDA
77% matchMostly Negative38% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: infoBoard International Co., Ltd.
Windows
Real-time economic simulator of an up-and-coming company. Earn profits by distributing the orders to the machines as efficiently as possible. Expand the machine park to be able to accept more and more complex orders.
Why similar: Education 46.9%, Management 20.6%, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 12.4%, Resource Management 5.7%
- #30 Der Fachinformatiker-Trainer
76% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Patrick Wiedenmann, Jakub WaclawowiczPub: 404 Gameplay Not Found
Windows
Computer Sciene Training Program (German Only, sorry)
Why similar: Education 47.4%, Text-Based 36.3%, Simulation 14.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #31 Brooks Investment Simulator
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Brooks Innovation and Technology Consulting LLC
Windows
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: Education 39.3%, Strategy 17.1%, Historical 16.7%, Simulation 16%, Management 10%
- #32 Egypt: Old Kingdom
76% matchVery Positive87% of 1,258 reviews2018
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Strategy simulator of the Great Pyramids period, where you take your path from the unification of Egyptian tribes to the foundation of The First Empire. Developed with the assistance of Egyptologists.
Why similar: Historical 22.4%, Education 19.9%, Management 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Strategy 9.1%
- #33 Polyglot Language Learning Quiz
75% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Wholetone Games
Windows
Learn French, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese & Korean like a polyglot!
Why similar: Education 51.2%, Text-Based 31.3%, Simulation 16.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #34 Kurofune : Descobrimentos Portugueses
74% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: 3PA Studios
Windows
A choose your adventure, resource management and decision-making game focused on Portuguese culture.
Why similar: Education 29.1%, Historical 27%, Management 15.9%, Resource Management 11.7%, Strategy 10%
- #35 价值投资者:50年生涯
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: yzhen
Windows
Never tried Value Investing? Start here. Learn through gameplay, test strategies risk-free, and master compounding over 50 years. Build your empire, embrace patience, and grow alongside the Oracle of Omaha.
Why similar: Education 41.8%, Strategy 22.2%, Text-Based 18.1%, Simulation 17.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #36 Dad’s Gonna Be a Travel Influencer.
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HataGames
Windows
Identify the truth on the world map! Experience the life of a world-traveling influencer in this geolocation mystery. Explore iconic landmarks, solve historical riddles, and grow your channel. Manage your budget & chat while uncovering the world's long-lost romance!
Why similar: Education 33.4%, Historical 26.6%, Text-Based 11.7%, Management 8.5%, Simulation 7.5%
- #37 ΠΟΛΙΣ — Athens
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Ginkgo
Windows
Govern classical Athens across 272 unbroken years (594–322 BC). Steer family factions, the favour of the gods, and shifting alliances through 332 historical events — as the tide of history carries your city, inexorably, toward 322 BC.
Why similar: Historical 30.9%, Education 22.9%, Strategy 18%, Simulation 14%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #38 Federal Reserve Simulator
72% matchVery Positive97% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Billmeade Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Historical 27.2%, Education 23.6%, Management 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Strategy 7.4%
- #39 Jin Ping Mei: Qinghe Reverie
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 1288xin
Windows
In Qinghe County during the Northern Song, manage businesses and household affairs, build relationships, gather rumors and evidence, and set schemes in motion. As Ximen Qing, balance time, wealth, reputation and favors while your choices reshape lives, fortunes and endings.
Why similar: Historical 25.8%, Management 21.3%, Text-Based 21.1%, Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 10.6%
- #40 Crypto Crisis
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 56 reviews2019
Dev: Armoured Beans
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where were you during the rise of Bitcoin? Crypto Crisis is a simulation game which drops you into the beginnings of Bitcoin. Compete for and increase your share of block rewards by building and upgrading your mining rigs while carefully managing your resources.
Why similar: Historical 27.9%, Management 20.5%, Strategy 20.3%, Simulation 18.6%, Resource Management 11.3%
- #41 BAWs Pharmacy
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: CelleC GamesPub: TDSDP is Transdisciplinary Data Scholars Development Program (TDSDP) - TDSDP Games Transdisciplinary Data Scholars Development Program at Bethune-Cookman University
Windows
BAW’s Pharmacy is a mobile time management and strategy game. Players manage a medical warehouse and sell products to hospitals and clinics. Customers will approach the sales counter and request a specific item for purchase.
Why similar: Education 44.9%, Management 23.7%, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 11%, Resource Management 6%
- #42 Chinese Architect
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArchitectGamesPub: MagicProStudio
Windows
Chinese Architect is a first person view simulation game taking place in the historical China. Start learning crafting secrets from ancestors. And build everything from simple buildings and bridges to beautiful pagodas and temples that can stand for thousand years without nails. Become an Architect!
Why similar: Education 37.8%, Management 18.3%, City Builder 15.2%, Historical 14.2%, Simulation 12%
- #43 Древняя Русь
71% matchVery Positive82% of 173 reviews2017
Dev: Vladimir Maslov
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Do you want to learn fascinating facts about the history of Ancient Rus? Take a quiz to test your knowledge, and learn some interesting facts about early history of Russia and Ukraine along the way.
Why similar: Education 53.5%, Historical 44.5%, Singleplayer 2%
- #44 Confessional: Reality TV Manager
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mike Hurley
Windows
A reality TV production management game. Cast, create or download contestants, design your season, and watch drama unfold in the most complex relationship sim ever created. Scout hidden talent, manage moods, watch challenges play out, and survive dramatic tribal councils. Build your franchise.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.9%, Management 32.7%, Simulation 18.6%, Resource Management 6.6%, Strategy 6.6%
- #45 Age of Gladiators Reforged
70% matchMixed62% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Creative Storm Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Age of Gladiators Reforged is a REMAKE of the 2016 indie game. A single-player strategy/management experience set at the height of the bloody gladiatorial games in ancient Rome that allows you to manage your fighters as they increase in level, forging them into killing machines and champions.
Why similar: Historical 20.1%, Text-Based 20%, Management 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Old School 11.1%
- #46 Earthquake escape
71% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: CatCat Gaming
Windows
This is an earthquake escape game, about how to move to a safe place at home when an earthquake occurs, and make an earthquake safe escape game. Our protagonist kid is alone at home. Where can he move to hide in order to be safer?
Why similar: Education 69.6%, Simulation 28.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%