- #1 House Flipper
97% matchVery Positive94% of 111,419 reviews2018
Dev: EmpyreanPub: Frozen District
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 33.3% ★, Building 13.3%, Sandbox 9.6%, Immersive Sim 9.4%, Economy 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This foundational renovation simulator captures the core loop of buying, fixing, and selling properties for profit.
- #2 Big Ambitions
96% matchVery Positive93% of 13,452 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 25.9%, Economy 24.1%, Life Sim 17.2%, Time Management 10%, Sandbox 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It expands the management scope to an entire city, allowing you to build and run multiple businesses with deep economic simulation.
- #3 House Flipper 2
96% matchVery Positive87% of 19,835 reviews2023
Dev: Frozen District
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 32.6 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 30% ★, Economy 14%, Building 12.5%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Base Building 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the most refined interior design and renovation experience that mirrors the creative building aspects of The Tenants.
- #4 Hotel Architect
95% matchVery Positive94% of 2,276 reviews2026
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 23.9%, Economy 16.7%, Management 15.6%, Building 14.9%, Sandbox 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: You must design, build, and manage a hotel, balancing guest needs and aesthetic appeal just like a property manager.
- #5 Tavern Master
94% matchVery Positive92% of 13,253 reviews2021
Dev: Untitled Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.9 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 30.9%, Building 24%, City Builder 16.6%, Time Management 9.3%, Simulation 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It blends cozy building mechanics with the management of a business that requires constant attention to customer satisfaction.
- #6 Project Highrise
94% matchVery Positive85% of 4,811 reviews2016
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
Why similar: Management 30%, Building 24.7%, Economy 10.8%, Sandbox 8.7%, City Builder 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses specifically on the management and construction of vertical properties, mirroring the landlord experience of The Tenants.
- #7 Cafe Owner Simulator
93% matchMixed63% of 1,109 reviews2022
Dev: Second RealityPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.6 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 25.5% ★, Economy 13.2%, Life Sim 11.4%, Building 9.5%, Management 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the renovation and design of a commercial space alongside the day-to-day management of a business.
- #8 Builder Simulator
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,231 reviews2022
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Builder Simulator is the perfect game for those who want to build a house, from the ground up, one brick at a time. On easy, the game will guide and teach you by showing you full instruction, but on hard you will get no help - instead rely on your builder skills and make everything yourself.
Why similar: Design & Illustration 29.5% ★, Building 12.9%, Economy 11.7%, Sandbox 9.6%, Management 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a more granular look at the construction process, perfect for players who enjoy the building phase of property management.
- #9 Gas Station Simulator
91% matchVery Positive88% of 27,404 reviews2021
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 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 26.9% ★, Economy 17.6%, Management 14.7%, Building 13.7%, Base Building 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines renovation, cleaning, and business management into a cohesive loop that feels very similar to the daily tasks in The Tenants.
- #10 Two Point Campus
91% matchVery Positive88% of 8,156 reviews2022
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 20.1 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 25.1%, Management 23.7%, Building 18.4%, Sandbox 11.5%, Economy 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Similar to the seed game, this title requires you to design functional spaces while managing the needs of the people inhabiting them.
- #11 House Builder
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,586 reviews2024
Dev: FreeMind S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Become a one-man construction crew! Travel around the world and through the ages to build iconic designs! Beware of unpleasant temperatures and dangerous fauna!
Why similar: Design & Illustration 33.2% ★, Economy 16.1%, Building 14.2%, Immersive Sim 12%, Sandbox 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the technical side of construction across different environments, appealing to those who enjoy the structural aspect of renovation.
- #12 Two Point Hospital
89% matchVery Positive92% of 34,907 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 35.3 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 34.3%, Building 26.5%, City Builder 11.6%, Simulation 11.1%, Sandbox 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a humorous and strategic take on managing a facility, focusing on layout efficiency and staff management.
- #13 Software Inc.
89% matchVery Positive94% of 7,806 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 46.1 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 22.8%, Management 20.7%, Building 18.2%, Time Management 15.4%, Sandbox 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: This deep management sim allows you to design office buildings and manage a growing business empire with complex economic systems.
- #14 TasteMaker
88% matchVery Positive83% of 1,298 reviews2023
Dev: Jelle Booij
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 21.2% ★, Management 13.4%, Economy 13.4%, Building 12.5%, Sandbox 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This restaurant management game emphasizes the design and layout of your establishment to attract and satisfy customers.
- #15 Mad Games Tycoon 2
86% matchVery Positive94% of 7,786 reviews2023
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 20.6%, Management 20.5%, City Builder 19.8%, Building 12.1%, Base Building 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: You manage a game development studio, focusing on building out your office and optimizing workflows to maximize profit.
- #16 TCG Card Shop Simulator
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 49,185 reviews2024
Dev: OPNeon Games
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.
Why similar: Management 30.1%, Economy 28.4%, Life Sim 13.7%, Simulation 11%, Immersive Sim 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the management of a retail space and customer interactions, providing a satisfying loop of growth and design.
- #17 Startup Company
87% matchVery Positive81% of 6,219 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 19.6 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 36.3%, Economy 27.9%, Building 9.8%, Simulation 8.7%, Sandbox 8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the growth of a business, requiring careful management of resources and office space to succeed.
- #18 Internet Cafe Simulator 2
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,194 reviews2022
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Internet Cafe Simulator 2 is an extremely comprehensive and detailed internet cafe business simulation game.
Why similar: Management 24.7%, Life Sim 20.5%, Economy 18%, Sandbox 13.5%, Immersive Sim 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: You manage a business while dealing with problematic customers and upgrading your space, which captures the chaotic management feel of the seed game.
- #19 Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
84% matchVery Positive84% of 2,786 reviews2023
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 27%, Management 23.3%, Immersive Sim 20.9%, Relaxing 10.1%, Simulation 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It balances the creative aspects of restaurant design with the high-pressure management of daily operations.
- #20 Supermarket Simulator
82% matchVery Positive92% of 83,799 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 34.6 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 24.7%, Management 23.5%, Life Sim 13.4%, Building 10.3%, Simulation 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: You manage the day-to-day operations of a store, focusing on stocking and layout to keep customers happy.
- #21 Project Hospital
84% matchVery Positive89% of 9,301 reviews2018
Dev: Oxymoron Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 24.4 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 26.6%, Management 17.8%, Building 12.5%, Economy 11.8%, Life Sim 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This detailed management sim focuses on the design and operation of a hospital, offering a high level of control over your facility.
- #22 Another Brick in The Mall
83% matchVery Positive83% of 2,448 reviews2020
Dev: The Quadsphere
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.7 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 20.3%, Building 17.1%, Economy 14.8%, Base Building 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: You are tasked with building and managing a shopping mall, focusing on layout and customer flow to ensure profitability.
- #23 SimAirport
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,044 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 23.2%, Economy 16.7%, Management 14.4%, Building 13.6%, Base Building 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: This management game requires careful planning of terminal layouts and operational efficiency to keep your airport running smoothly.
- #24 Academia : School Simulator
81% matchVery Positive86% of 3,073 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 24%, Management 16.6%, Economy 16.3%, Building 13.8%, Base Building 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on building and managing an educational institution, requiring attention to both the physical layout and the needs of students.
- #25 Animal Shelter
81% matchVery Positive88% of 4,151 reviews2022
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In Animal Shelter, your main target is to make your four-legged friends happy. Pet them, hand out treats, play with toys - and they will pay you back with great trust. Get to know the animals well enough to find them the best home! Don't wait any longer, open your animal shelter now!
Why similar: Life Sim 32.6%, Management 16.9%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Building 14.1%, Relaxing 7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines the renovation of a facility with the care and management of animals, echoing the tenant-interaction mechanics.
- #26 Motel Manager Simulator
79% matchVery Positive85% of 1,538 reviews2024
Dev: Denzone Games
Windows
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 24% ★, Economy 16.1%, Life Sim 14.1%, Management 13.8%, Immersive Sim 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It puts you in charge of a motel, requiring you to renovate rooms and manage guests, which is very similar to being a landlord.
- #27 Espresso Tycoon
80% matchVery Positive84% of 1,311 reviews2023
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 24.3% ★, Management 15.5%, Building 15.3%, Life Sim 12%, Immersive Sim 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the design and management of a coffee shop, requiring you to balance aesthetics with business performance.
- #28 Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,394 reviews2021
Dev: Red Dot GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 45.7%, Simulation 25.7%, Immersive Sim 24.3%, Singleplayer 3.2%, Indie 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a detailed look at repairing and upgrading assets, which will appeal to fans of the renovation mechanics in The Tenants.
- #29 Paralives
76% matchVery Positive90% of 20,976 reviews2026
Dev: Alex Massé and teamPub: Paralives Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Paralives is a life simulation game about building homes, lives and bonds. Through both hardship and success, where will your story take you?
Why similar: Life Sim 39.9%, Building 27.9%, Sandbox 10.9%, Simulation 8.3%, Relaxing 5.4%
- #30 Two Point Museum
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,230 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 22.9%, Building 15.3%, Life Sim 15.1%, Management 11.8%, Economy 11.5%
- #31 Prison Architect
78% matchVery Positive89% of 73,696 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.3 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 21.6%, Building 16.2%, Management 15.1%, Base Building 13.7%, Sandbox 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: This classic management game requires you to design a secure facility while balancing the needs and behaviors of your inmates.
- #32 Travellers Rest
78% matchVery Positive88% of 18,025 reviews2020
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 20.6 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 36.9%, Management 26.8%, Building 17.2%, Immersive Sim 13.9%, Simulation 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines tavern management with renovation and crafting, providing a relaxing yet engaging business loop.
- #33 Mall Simulator
76% matchVery Positive83% of 3,240 reviews2025
Dev: F13 Games
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 16.3%, Management 14.8%, Life Sim 14.3%, City Builder 13.3%, Immersive Sim 10.9%
- #34 Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,130 reviews2026
Dev: Blood Pact Studios
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Manage your very own video store in the early 90s! Rent, sell, decorate and expand your business from the ground up and relive the golden ages of video rentals!
Why similar: Management 22.1%, Economy 21.3%, Immersive Sim 16.6%, Building 14.6%, Relaxing 9.5%
- #35 King of Retail
75% matchVery Positive88% of 3,556 reviews2022
Dev: Freaking GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 27.8% ★, Economy 14.1%, Management 12.2%, Building 11.7%, Immersive Sim 10.4%
- #36 The Universim
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,640 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.0 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 34% ★, City Builder 25%, Building 13.4%, Management 11.1%, Sandbox 10.9%
- #37 Let's School
73% matchVery Positive93% of 7,411 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.4 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 23.4%, Management 15.7%, Economy 12.4%, Building 12.4%, Time Management 11.7%
- #38 MMORPG Tycoon 2
75% matchVery Positive86% of 3,124 reviews2020
Dev: VectorStorm Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.2 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 24.8% ★, City Builder 18.8%, Economy 13%, Management 11.8%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #39 Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,491 reviews2020
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 59.3%, Sandbox 15.7%, Simulation 14.9%, Relaxing 7.1%, Indie 1.6%
- #40 Low-Budget Repairs
71% matchMixed66% of 2,003 reviews2026
Dev: Gray2RGBPub: Simplicity Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Manage renovations in 90s apartment blocks! Focus on quick profit and cut costs wherever possible. Client notices defects? Tough luck, the money's already in your pocket. Every day brings new challenges and decisions that can lead to fortune... or trouble!
Why similar: Design & Illustration 24.2% ★, Economy 12.3%, Life Sim 12.1%, Building 10.8%, Immersive Sim 10.3%
- #41 Waterpark Simulator
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,339 reviews2026
Dev: CayPlay
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Build and run your own waterpark solo or with friends. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a diamond five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!
Why similar: Economy 17.7%, Management 15.2%, Building 14.4%, Life Sim 12.9%, Immersive Sim 12.5%
- #42 Hotel Owner Simulator
72% matchMixed66% of 179 reviews2025
Dev: Kiraz 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 25.5% ★, Economy 14.3%, Management 12.6%, Life Sim 12.3%, Building 11.1%
- #43 Urbek City Builder
72% matchVery Positive89% of 1,977 reviews2022
Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.2 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 28.7%, Economy 16.9%, Building 16.6%, Management 16.4%, Sandbox 11.9%
- #44 Mad Games Tycoon
73% matchVery Positive91% of 4,423 reviews2016
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!
Why similar: Management 26.2%, Economy 20.4%, Building 15.6%, Base Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11%
- #45 The Dream Office
69% matchVery Positive90% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: BEPLAYERPub: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
Renovate and manage a ruined office building. Clean, repair, and furnish rooms, rent them to picky tenants, fix printers and coffee machines, enjoy an exaggerated office joke system, and survive daily chaos. Turn neglect into profit — money doesn’t print itself, even if the printer tries.
Why similar: Design & Illustration 20.7% ★, Life Sim 14.7%, Economy 13.8%, Management 12.5%, Immersive Sim 11.3%
- #46 Cooking Simulator
71% matchVery Positive85% of 19,686 reviews2019
Dev: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.0 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 28.8%, Simulation 24.6%, Management 20.8%, Economy 13.9%, Relaxing 8.4%
- #47 Go-Go Town!
67% matchVery Positive93% of 2,696 reviews2026
Dev: Prideful Sloth
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Step into the role of a hands-on mayor and build your town from the ground up. Plan neighborhoods, automate logistics, and grow your community—all while juggling workers, infrastructure, and day-to-day chaos to create your dream town. Play solo for total control, or bring friends for co-op mayhem.
Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, Life Sim 17.7%, Management 14.4%, Building 14.3%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #48 Hotel Magnate
70% 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 20.4%, Management 15.3%, Economy 14.8%, Building 14.2%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #49 Planet Zoo
69% matchVery Positive91% of 97,434 reviews2019
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 22.1%, City Builder 20.7%, Building 17.6%, Economy 14.5%, Sandbox 12.4%
- #50 Hotel Renovator
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,791 reviews2023
Dev: Two HorizonsPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.4 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 26.6% ★, City Builder 13.8%, Economy 12.4%, Life Sim 11.2%, Building 10.8%
- #51 Hotel Manager Simulator
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Black Sea Studios
Windows
Build and run your own hotel from the ground up. Manage guests, design rooms, hire staff and upgrade floors. Set competitive prices for rooms and turn the tiny 1-floor building into a thriving 100-story luxury hotel.
Why similar: Management 16.2%, City Builder 15.2%, Life Sim 14.7%, Building 12.8%, Economy 10.9%
- #52 Mad Tower Tycoon
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 444 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.5 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 22.3%, Economy 16.2%, Management 14.9%, Building 14.2%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #53 SimCasino
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 757 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 23.2%, Economy 14.7%, Building 13.6%, Management 13.1%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #54 Settlement Survival
68% matchVery Positive85% of 8,054 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 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 33.6%, Building 17.7%, Management 16.2%, Sandbox 9.5%, Economy 8%
- #55 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
66% matchVery Positive92% of 4,445 reviews2024
Dev: One More Time
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 12.5 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 16.3%, Life Sim 14%, Management 13.9%, Building 13%, Base Building 10.8%
- #56 inZOI
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 32,478 reviews2025
Dev: inZOI StudioPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
"Every life becomes a story" Create your unique story by controlling and observing the lives of 'Zois'. Customize characters and build houses using inZOI's easy-to-use tools to live the life of your dreams and experience the different emotions of life created by its deep and detailed simulation.
Why similar: Life Sim 33.2%, Building 17.6%, City Builder 15.7%, Sandbox 10.9%, Immersive Sim 9.4%
- #57 Foundation
65% matchVery Positive87% of 24,128 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.2 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 39.2%, Economy 11.5%, Management 10.9%, Building 10%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #58 City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
67% matchVery Positive92% of 1,889 reviews2021
Dev: Binogure Studio 🐺
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 20.7%, Management 18.6%, Life Sim 15.4%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Building 11.1%
- #59 Planet Coaster 2
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 14,453 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 22.5% ★, City Builder 19.7%, Building 14.2%, Economy 12.6%, Sandbox 11.7%