- #1 House Flipper
97% matchVery Positive94% of 101,908 reviews2018
Dev: EmpyreanPub: Frozen District
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
House Flipper is a unique chance to become a one-man renovation crew. Buy, repair and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit!
Why similar: Design & Illustration 32.6% ★, Building 13%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Sandbox 9.6%, Economy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: As the quintessential renovation simulator, it shares the satisfying loop of buying, fixing, and selling properties for profit.
- #2 House Flipper 2
96% matchVery Positive87% of 17,900 reviews2023
Dev: Frozen District
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Clean your worries away with this relaxing renovation simulator! Buy, fix, sell, and become a local legend. Or grab your power tools and build anything from scratch! With the online 2-4 players co-op mode, you can play both in sandbox and story mode together.
Why similar: Design & Illustration 36.7% ★, Building 16.6%, Sandbox 12%, Base Building 9.2%, Immersive Sim 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title refines the core renovation and design mechanics found in The Tenants with improved tools and creative freedom.
- #3 Big Ambitions
95% matchVery Positive93% of 12,519 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
Why similar: Management 25.8%, Economy 24.5%, Life Sim 16.8%, Time Management 10.1%, Sandbox 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deep economic simulation where you manage multiple businesses and properties across a city.
- #4 Project Highrise
96% matchVery Positive85% of 4,730 reviews2016
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
Why similar: Management 30.7%, Building 24.2%, Economy 10.9%, Sandbox 8.6%, Simulation 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the vertical management of skyscrapers, mirroring the challenge of managing multiple tenants and building infrastructure.
- #5 Hotel Architect
94% matchVery Positive94% of 1,342 reviews2025
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: City Builder 23.6%, Economy 17.8%, Management 15.4%, Building 14.3%, Sandbox 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It combines complex building mechanics with the management of guest satisfaction and operational efficiency.
- #6 Tavern Master
94% matchVery Positive92% of 12,821 reviews2021
Dev: Untitled Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!
Why similar: Management 31.3%, Building 23.5%, City Builder 16.3%, Time Management 9.5%, Simulation 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: You must design and manage a medieval tavern, balancing building layouts with the needs of your patrons.
- #7 Landlord's Super
93% matchVery Positive81% of 1,611 reviews2023
Dev: MinskworksPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Your quintessential construction simulator is here. Take a dodgy loan, restore a property, move in the locals, attend to their grievances, then celebrate with a pint in this fully-simulated, open-world 1980's Britain.
Why similar: Life Sim 22.5%, Building 19.3%, Immersive Sim 16.3%, Base Building 16%, Sandbox 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a gritty, realistic take on the landlord experience, requiring players to manage property maintenance and tenant interactions.
- #8 Two Point Hospital
92% matchVery Positive92% of 34,380 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.
Why similar: Management 35%, Building 26.1%, Simulation 11.2%, City Builder 11.2%, Sandbox 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This management sim features humorous, high-stakes building and staff management that requires careful spatial planning.
- #9 Cafe Owner Simulator
91% matchMixed64% of 1,076 reviews2022
Dev: Second RealityPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Open your dream restaurant at FPP. Create a unique exterior and interior, hire the best workers and chefs, create a place where people will love to eat, spend time and spend their money. Simulation of the restaurant business.
Why similar: Design & Illustration 24.8% ★, Economy 13.9%, Life Sim 11.4%, Management 9.6%, Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the design, renovation, and daily management of a restaurant business.
- #10 Gas Station Simulator
90% matchVery Positive88% of 26,842 reviews2021
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.
Why similar: Design & Illustration 26.5% ★, Economy 18.2%, Management 14.7%, Building 13.5%, Base Building 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a hands-on approach to business management, requiring you to renovate and run a service station while dealing with customers.
- #11 Software Inc.
91% matchVery Positive94% of 7,637 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 45.6 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: Economy 23.6%, Management 20.6%, Building 17.7%, Time Management 15.5%, Sandbox 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a deep dive into business management and office building design, perfect for those who enjoy the economic side of The Tenants.
- #12 Two Point Campus
89% matchVery Positive88% of 7,816 reviews2022
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.
Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Management 24.1%, Building 17.9%, Sandbox 11.6%, Economy 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Similar to other Two Point games, it emphasizes building functional, attractive spaces while managing the needs of a specific population.
- #13 Mad Games Tycoon 2
89% matchVery Positive94% of 7,570 reviews2023
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start your own game development studio in 1976. Build your own offices, production facilities and server rooms. Develop the games of your dreams and produce the next next-gen console. Rise from a small garage company to a huge corporation.
Why similar: Economy 21.4%, Management 20.6%, City Builder 19.4%, Building 11.7%, Base Building 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management and growth of a business, requiring strategic planning and office space optimization.
- #14 King of Retail
88% matchVery Positive88% of 3,551 reviews2022
Dev: Freaking GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The store is your kingdom! Expand your humble boutique into a thriving business: hire the right staff, decorate your displays, and lure in customers. Even your wildest ideas can turn a profit. Why not start a business that sells only white T-shirts and ketchup? PCs and beans? Your rule, your rules!
Why similar: Design & Illustration 27% ★, Economy 14.8%, Management 12.5%, Building 11.5%, Immersive Sim 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This management sim focuses on the day-to-day operations and layout design of a retail store.
- #15 Academia : School Simulator
87% matchVery Positive86% of 3,008 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!
Why similar: City Builder 23.4%, Economy 17%, Management 16.9%, Building 13.5%, Base Building 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game tasks you with building and managing a school, balancing facility design with student and staff satisfaction.
- #16 Espresso Tycoon
86% matchVery Positive85% of 1,249 reviews2023
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Espresso Tycoon - a coffee shop simulator. Create your brand, decorate the coffee shop, manage your employees, and take care of your customers. Use the 3D coffee editor to create coffee recipes, order supplies, and collect rating points. Build the whole coffee business and complete all the missions!
Why similar: Design & Illustration 23.2% ★, Management 15.8%, Building 15.5%, Life Sim 12.1%, Immersive Sim 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines coffee shop management with detailed interior design tools to create the perfect customer experience.
- #17 Supermarket Simulator
84% matchVery Positive92% of 80,575 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 33.2 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 25.5%, Management 23%, Life Sim 13.4%, Building 10%, Immersive Sim 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a hands-on management experience where you handle inventory, pricing, and store layout.
- #18 SimAirport
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,012 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: City Builder 22.7%, Economy 17.5%, Management 14.8%, Building 13.3%, Base Building 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: It requires careful planning and construction of a complex facility to ensure smooth operations and customer satisfaction.
- #19 Two Point Museum
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 11,346 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, Life Sim 15.5%, Building 15%, Economy 12.2%, Management 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the creative layout and management of a museum, emphasizing visitor flow and exhibit design.
- #20 Startup Company
85% matchVery Positive81% of 6,175 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 19.8 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: Management 36.4%, Economy 28.5%, Building 9.5%, Simulation 8.5%, Sandbox 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management of a growing business, emphasizing office layout and employee productivity.
- #21 Motel Manager Simulator
83% matchVery Positive85% of 1,469 reviews2024
Dev: Denzone Games
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Restore an old motel alongside a shop and a gas station. Design, furnish, decorate and rent rooms. provide products for customers and fuel for cars. Hire employees to help you and be the boss of your own empire.
Why similar: Design & Illustration 23.1% ★, Economy 16.8%, Life Sim 14.2%, Management 14.1%, Immersive Sim 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the landlord experience by having you renovate and manage a motel, dealing with guest needs and facility upkeep.
- #22 Another Brick in The Mall
84% matchVery Positive83% of 2,425 reviews2020
Dev: The Quadsphere
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design, build and manage a giant shopping center. Open shops, supermarkets, restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys and more. Hire and manage the best staff for the job and milk your customers for all they're worth!
Why similar: Management 21.6%, City Builder 20%, Building 16.7%, Economy 15.7%, Base Building 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: You are responsible for the design, construction, and management of a shopping mall, much like managing rental properties.
- #23 Planet Zoo
82% matchVery Positive91% of 93,912 reviews2019
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
Why similar: Management 22.3%, City Builder 20.5%, Building 17.1%, Economy 15.2%, Sandbox 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers deep building and management tools, allowing for highly detailed environment design and animal care.
- #24 The Sims™ 4
81% matchVery Positive87% of 191,803 reviews2020
Dev: MaxisPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 52.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
Why similar: Life Sim 28.6%, Building 20.9%, Immersive Sim 16.1%, Sandbox 15.7%, Relaxing 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: The build mode and life simulation aspects provide a similar creative outlet for designing living spaces for various characters.
- #25 Megaquarium
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,644 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.
Why similar: Management 22.8%, Building 22.6%, Sandbox 17.6%, Economy 15.3%, Relaxing 7%
Why You'll Like It: It is a management sim that requires careful layout planning and visitor satisfaction to succeed.
- #26 Hotel Owner Simulator
80% matchMixed67% of 168 reviews2025
Dev: Valmere 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: Design & Illustration 24.8% ★, Economy 15%, Management 12.9%, Life Sim 12.4%, Building 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: It tasks you with the renovation and management of a hotel, focusing on the guest experience and property upkeep.
- #27 Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 35,698 reviews2021
Dev: Red Dot GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment.
Why similar: Sandbox 45.3%, Immersive Sim 25.4%, Simulation 25.2%, Singleplayer 3%, Indie 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the satisfying, detailed repair and maintenance loop found in property renovation games.
- #28 Prison Architect
79% matchVery Positive89% of 73,112 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, Building 15.9%, Management 15.4%, Base Building 13.6%, Sandbox 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game features complex building and management mechanics where you must balance facility design with the needs of your inmates.
- #29 Mall Simulator
76% matchVery Positive91% of 2,672 reviews2025
Dev: F13 Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Economy 17.2%, Management 14.9%, Life Sim 14.3%, City Builder 12.7%, Immersive Sim 10.9%
- #30 Waterpark Simulator
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,416 reviews2025
Dev: CayPlay
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Build and run your own waterpark. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!
Why similar: Economy 16.7%, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Management 14.4%, Life Sim 14.4%, Building 12.2%
- #31 Internet Cafe Simulator
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 10,142 reviews2019
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Internet Cafe Simulator is an internet cafe business simulation game. Build the best internet café in the world!
Why similar: Management 39.1%, Economy 31.4%, Simulation 20.2%, Strategy 3.5%, Indie 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the management and design of a specific business space, requiring you to handle customer demands.
- #32 TasteMaker
77% matchVery Positive83% of 1,294 reviews2023
Dev: Jelle Booij
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
TasteMaker is a restaurant tycoon game. Design your own restaurant from the ground up, decorate, create a menu, hire and manage staff, and much more. Keep your customers happy and make a profit to keep the restaurant of your dreams from turning into a nightmare.
Why similar: God Game 20.7% ★, Economy 14%, Management 13.6%, Building 12.3%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #33 The Universim
76% matchVery Positive80% of 10,483 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.
Why similar: God Game 32.9% ★, City Builder 24.2%, Building 13.1%, Management 11.4%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #34 Project Hospital
77% matchVery Positive89% of 9,018 reviews2018
Dev: Oxymoron Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.
Why similar: City Builder 26.3%, Management 17.9%, Economy 12.4%, Building 12.2%, Life Sim 11%
- #35 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
73% matchVery Positive92% of 4,300 reviews2024
Dev: One More Time
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Cook delicious food and keep an eye on the mood of the visitors. Create a unique atmosphere for unforgettable adventures!
Why similar: Economy 17.3%, Management 14.4%, Life Sim 13.9%, Building 12.7%, Base Building 10.4%
- #36 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
74% matchVery Positive84% of 2,520 reviews2023
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.9%, Management 23.7%, Immersive Sim 20.8%, Relaxing 10%, Simulation 6.9%
- #37 MMORPG Tycoon 2
75% matchVery Positive86% of 3,013 reviews2020
Dev: VectorStorm Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
MMORPG Tycoon 2 is a single-player world-builder game about creating the greatest MMORPG of all time – yours.
Why similar: God Game 24.4% ★, City Builder 18.6%, Economy 13.6%, Management 11.9%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #38 Hotel Renovator
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,708 reviews2023
Dev: Two HorizonsPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Unleash your inner designer and renovate the hotel of your dreams! Embark on a makeover journey to turn this worn-out place into a successful getaway. Play with thousands of furniture pieces and accessories, and manage the hotel to get 5-star reviews!
Why similar: Design & Illustration 25.9% ★, City Builder 13.5%, Economy 13.1%, Life Sim 11.3%, Management 10.7%
- #39 Urbek City Builder
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,808 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.
Why similar: City Builder 28%, Economy 17.8%, Management 16.8%, Building 16.2%, Sandbox 11.7%
- #40 Let's School
71% matchVery Positive93% of 7,094 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Dive into the exhilarating role of a headmaster entrusted to revive your alma mater! Beyond just bricks and mortar, train teachers, recruit students. Sculpt your school into a unique educational haven! Let's School!
Why similar: City Builder 22.8%, Management 15.9%, Economy 13%, Building 12.1%, Time Management 11.8%
- #41 Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,478 reviews2020
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Chef is a Restaurant Management game in which you create your own character, acquire supreme cooking skills, customize restaurants, design unique menus, and devise innovative recipes with a realistic editor.
Why similar: Management 59.9%, Sandbox 15.3%, Simulation 14.8%, Relaxing 7%, Indie 1.6%
- #42 Foundation
69% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 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 38.3%, Economy 12.3%, Management 11.3%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #43 Settlement Survival
70% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: City Builder 31.3%, Building 16.6%, Management 15.6%, Economy 11.5%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #44 Town to City
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,836 reviews2025
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build an idyllic 19th century Mediterranean town and help it flourish into a prosperous city. Freely place and customise each element to create the perfect home for your growing population in this cozy city builder from the creators of Station to Station.
Why similar: City Builder 41.3%, Economy 16.2%, Building 16%, Management 12.8%, Relaxing 5.5%
- #45 Cooking Simulator
71% matchVery Positive85% of 19,369 reviews2019
Dev: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A realistic cooking sim where every ingredient reacts with real physics. Master 80+ dishes in Career mode or go wild in Sandbox as you cook, experiment, or cause total kitchen chaos in a fully interactive chef’s playground.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.3%, Simulation 24.4%, Management 21.2%, Economy 14.5%, Relaxing 8.1%
- #46 Travellers Rest
70% matchVery Positive88% of 16,540 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.
Why similar: Life Sim 36.5%, Management 27.2%, Building 16.6%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Simulation 3.2%
- #47 Recipe for Disaster
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 714 reviews2022
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Recipe for Disaster is a management sim that captures the fast-paced, drama-filled environment of a professional kitchen and dining room. Build your dream restaurant, create recipes, design menus and manage your staff, all while contending with demanding customers and disastrous situations!
Why similar: Management 20.1%, Life Sim 18.5%, Economy 16.4%, Time Management 15.1%, Building 14%
- #48 Hotel Magnate
70% matchMixed60% of 481 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%, Management 15.6%, Economy 15.5%, Building 13.9%, Sandbox 11%
- #49 Mad Tower Tycoon
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 438 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.3 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: City Builder 21.7%, Economy 16.9%, Management 15.2%, Building 13.9%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #50 Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition
72% matchMixed55% of 4,056 reviews2019
Dev: Klabater
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crossroads Inn, a real-time management sim, unfolds in Delcrys' unique fantasy realm. Construct and oversee your inn, delight traveling heroes, and achieve renowned status for your services across the kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 17.7%, God Game 15% ★, Life Sim 13.3%, Economy 12%, Immersive Sim 9.7%
- #51 Let's Build a Zoo
68% matchVery Positive89% of 4,032 reviews2021
Dev: SpringloadedPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...
Why similar: City Builder 28.3%, Management 18.4%, Building 14.9%, Sandbox 13.3%, Economy 10.9%
- #52 City Bus Manager
66% matchVery Positive91% of 2,686 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 38.6 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 29.6%, Management 25.6%, Time Management 13.7%, Sandbox 11.5%, Simulation 8.2%
- #53 Parkitect
68% matchVery Positive94% of 7,997 reviews2018
Dev: Texel Raptor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 17.1%, City Builder 16.7%, Management 14.6%, Time Management 13.8%, Building 13.5%
- #54 Tavern Keeper 🍻
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,275 reviews2025
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper 🍻, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!
Why similar: Economy 22.7%, Building 21.8%, Management 21.7%, Sandbox 16.1%, Simulation 6.6%
- #55 SimCasino
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 751 reviews2021
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.5 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 22.7%, Economy 15.4%, Management 13.3%, Building 13.3%, Sandbox 11%
- #56 Good Company
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,764 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 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 18.8%, City Builder 16.1%, Management 15.6%, Building 14.3%, Base Building 12.6%
- #57 Planet Coaster 2
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 12,780 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: God Game 22.9% ★, City Builder 19.4%, Building 14.1%, Economy 13%, Sandbox 11.8%
- #58 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
67% matchVery Positive92% of 1,775 reviews2021
Dev: Binogure Studio 🐺
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Manage a game studio from the dawn of the gaming industry in 1976. Your journey starts with small indie titles and grows into a gaming empire. Develop, design, and conquer the industry. From humble beginnings to gaming legend – it’s your story, your studio, your legacy!
Why similar: Economy 24.4%, Management 20.7%, Life Sim 20%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Simulation 5.5%
- #59 News Tower
63% matchVery Positive94% of 4,202 reviews2025
Dev: Sparrow NightPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Management 25%, Economy 19.1%, Time Management 15.6%, Building 14.3%, Sandbox 14.1%