- #1 Tavern Master
97% 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: Building 17.1%, Management 16.2%, Medieval 13.4%, Resource Management 11.1%, City Builder 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This is the full version of the seed game, offering the complete experience of building and managing a massive medieval tavern.
- #2 Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
96% 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: Building 30.2%, Resource Management 26.5%, Management 24.2%, Simulation 14.2%, Relaxing 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a first-person perspective on running a medieval pub, focusing on hands-on service and renovation.
- #3 Travellers Rest
96% 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: Management 23.6%, Medieval 22.2%, Building 20.4%, Resource Management 15.2%, Crafting 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tavern management with farming and RPG elements in a charming pixel-art style.
- #4 Inn Tycoon
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 779 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Goose GamesPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome to Inn Tycoon! Build, design, and manage your dream inn. Serve delightful meals, offer various services, and hire a stellar staff. Create a top-notch hospitality empire and become the ultimate Inn Tycoon!
Why similar: Medieval 19%, Building 17.6%, Management 14.8%, Resource Management 14.2%, Time Management 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the architectural and service-based challenges of running a medieval inn.
- #5 TasteMaker
94% 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: Building 23.1%, Management 18.2%, Time Management 12.6%, Crafting 10.1%, Strategy 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A restaurant tycoon game that emphasizes building, design, and menu management.
- #6 Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition
94% 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 35.2%, Time Management 17.1%, Management 14.3%, Crafting 9.7%, Strategy 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deep medieval tavern management sim that focuses on complex economy and social systems.
- #7 A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator
93% matchMixed69% of 176 reviews2024
Dev: Vanargand Games
Windows
Build shops, craft items with hundreds of customization options, and manage your resources wisely to lead your Heroes to success. Immerse yourself as proprietor of a medieval fantasy town in a world abounding with Heroes and Monsters.
Why similar: City Builder 16.9%, Medieval 14.9%, Resource Management 12.7%, Building 12.4%, Time Management 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on managing an adventurer's town, providing services to heroes much like a tavern.
- #8 Blacksmith Master
91% matchVery Positive84% of 2,485 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Building 20.2%, Resource Management 17.9%, Management 15.2%, Strategy 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to manage a medieval shop, focusing on crafting and resource management.
- #9 Little Big Workshop
92% matchVery Positive84% of 3,350 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Building 19.2%, Simulation 17.9%, Strategy 17%, Management 16.9%, Resource Management 16.5%
Why You'll Like It: A charming management game where you organize a factory floor, sharing the same satisfying building-up loop as the seed game.
- #10 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
89% matchVery Positive93% of 42,947 reviews2022
Dev: niceplay gamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
Why similar: Medieval 24.6%, Management 16.7%, Resource Management 16.5%, Crafting 15.7%, Simulation 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A unique shop management game with a medieval aesthetic and satisfying crafting mechanics.
- #11 First Feudal
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 627 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Building 15.7%, City Builder 15.7%, Medieval 15.3%, Resource Management 14.3%, Management 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on building a medieval settlement from the ground up with deep resource management.
- #12 Gladiator Guild Manager
88% matchVery Positive81% of 3,874 reviews2024
Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.
Why similar: Medieval 19.4%, Building 19.2%, City Builder 19.1%, Management 15.4%, Resource Management 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: A management-focused strategy game where you build and train a team, similar to hiring staff in a tavern.
- #13 Graveyard Keeper
89% matchVery Positive86% of 46,799 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Why similar: Management 21.5%, Medieval 21.2%, Building 20.5%, Crafting 19.2%, Simulation 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, humorous medieval management sim that shares the resource-gathering and expansion loops.
- #14 Foundation
86% 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 30.3%, Medieval 17.2%, Building 11.2%, Resource Management 10.6%, Management 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A grid-less city builder that allows for organic medieval town growth and management.
- #15 Medieval Dynasty
86% matchVery Positive91% of 49,970 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Building 31%, Medieval 23%, Crafting 14.3%, Management 12.4%, Simulation 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Blends survival and management, allowing you to build a village and manage its inhabitants in a realistic medieval setting.
- #16 Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game
87% 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 56.9%, Simulation 29.9%, 3D 4.9%, Indie 4.3%, Relaxing 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep customization for restaurant management, focusing on menu creation and staff oversight.
- #17 Going Medieval
83% matchVery Positive89% of 20,287 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: City Builder 28.1%, Management 19.1%, Strategy 12.3%, Historical 10.8%, Crafting 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A colony sim that emphasizes building and managing a medieval castle, offering deep architectural control.
- #18 Fabledom
84% matchVery Positive85% of 7,347 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!
Why similar: City Builder 35.7%, Resource Management 21%, Management 16.6%, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, fairytale-inspired city builder that captures the charm and medieval aesthetic of the seed game.
- #19 Two Point Hospital
84% 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: Building 30.8%, Management 29.4%, Simulation 20.1%, City Builder 9.2%, Strategy 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A polished management sim that focuses on efficient room layout and staff management, similar to the core loop of the seed game.
- #20 Project Highrise
85% 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: Building 31.3%, Management 28.2%, Simulation 16.2%, Strategy 14.5%, City Builder 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A skyscraper management game that mirrors the vertical building and layout planning found in tavern management.
- #21 Kingdoms and Castles
82% matchVery Positive93% of 30,837 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: City Builder 32.3%, Medieval 18.4%, Building 16.7%, Strategy 10%, Resource Management 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused city builder where you manage a medieval kingdom against external threats.
- #22 Dungeon Village 2
82% matchVery Positive87% of 653 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Recruit adventurers and monsters to create your own RRG-style town!
Why similar: City Builder 38.5%, Strategy 19.1%, Simulation 18.5%, Building 16%, Management 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A management sim where you build a town to attract adventurers, sharing the service-oriented gameplay of the seed game.
- #23 Big Ambitions
81% 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 37.8%, Resource Management 16.3%, Time Management 16.1%, Simulation 14.6%, Top-Down 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A deep business simulation that allows you to manage multiple types of shops, scaling up from small beginnings.
- #24 Gas Station Simulator
80% 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: Building 35.7%, Management 27.6%, Simulation 27%, Relaxing 5.1%, Indie 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a hands-on management experience where you renovate and run a business, mirroring the fixer-upper progression.
- #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: Building 31.1%, Management 22.3%, Resource Management 17.6%, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A management game centered on building and maintaining a complex facility, similar to the layout planning in the seed game.
- #26 Clanfolk
79% matchVery Positive92% of 3,737 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
Why similar: Building 42.9%, Crafting 20.9%, Simulation 20%, Indie 7.6%, Relaxing 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval colony sim that focuses on survival and management, sharing the resource-gathering and building elements.
- #27 RimWorld
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 236,346 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Management 21.3%, Building 21%, Strategy 13.8%, Simulation 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deep colony management sim that offers unparalleled control over staff and facilities, appealing to fans of complex management loops.
- #28 Banished
79% matchVery Positive90% of 42,988 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Why similar: City Builder 39.8%, Medieval 12.5%, Strategy 12.5%, Simulation 10.3%, Resource Management 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival city-builder that focuses on resource management and population growth in a medieval setting.
- #29 Game Dev Tycoon
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 44,663 reviews2013
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
Why similar: Management 50.5%, Simulation 27.4%, Strategy 14.8%, Indie 6.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic business simulation that captures the addictive start small and expand loop found in the seed game.
- #30 Inn Tycoon: Prologue
77% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Evil Goose Games
Windows
Welcome to Inn Tycoon: Prologue! Build, design, and manage your dream inn. Serve delightful meals, offer various services, and hire a stellar staff. Create a top-notch hospitality empire and become the ultimate Inn Tycoon!
Why similar: Medieval 17.8%, Building 17.3%, Resource Management 15.2%, Management 12.2%, Strategy 7.7%
- #31 Car Manufacture: Prologue
76% matchVery Positive86% of 314 reviews2023
Dev: STEREO GAMES S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Build a car factory in the beginning of XX century. Discover new cars and technologies. Manage employees. Make tons of money and stay on top. Car Manufacture: Prologue, being a shortened version of the full game, is a great way to try this automotive tycoon game.
Why similar: Building 18.5%, Management 14.4%, Resource Management 13.9%, Time Management 13.1%, Strategy 9.3%
- #32 Tavern Manager Simulator: Prologue
75% matchVery Positive91% of 169 reviews2024
Dev: One More Time
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Try running a tavern for a day in Prologue.
Why similar: Building 30.6%, Management 20.2%, Simulation 19.2%, Crafting 7.3%, 3D 7.1%
- #33 City Tales - Medieval Era
73% matchVery Positive90% of 542 reviews2026
Dev: Irregular ShapesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!
Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Building 20.2%, Resource Management 14.3%, Management 12.6%, Medieval 11.6%
- #34 Tavern Tycoon - Dragon's Hangover
77% matchMixed67% of 832 reviews2019
Dev: Terapoly
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Run your fantasy RPG tavern - let travellers take shelter for the night and serve 'em the best mead of their life with a good dose of humor.
Why similar: Management 38.3%, Simulation 22.2%, Strategy 19.8%, Building 13.6%, Indie 6.1%
- #35 Beer Factory - Prologue
73% matchVery Positive85% of 2,013 reviews2023
Dev: AKELPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Beer Factory - Prologue is a business simulation and management game. Take the challenge and manage your own beer factory, employees, production lines, as well as the import and export of merchandise.
Why similar: Resource Management 34.8%, Management 24.6%, Simulation 21.1%, Crafting 10.6%, 3D 4.8%
- #36 Cafe Owner Simulator: Prologue
75% matchMixed66% of 1,447 reviews2022
Dev: Second RealityPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Prologue to the Cafe Owner Simulator, where you can restore your own abandoned building, complete tasks at various levels, and start building a restaurant business from zero.
Why similar: Building 27.5%, Resource Management 23.3%, Management 20.9%, Simulation 13.1%, Atmospheric 5.2%
- #37 Siege Survival: Gloria Victis Prologue
74% matchVery Positive87% of 982 reviews2020
Dev: Black Eye GamesPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A medieval city under siege and a handful of civilians are all that keep the walls from falling. Mixing survival strategy and resource management, build your camp, craft supplies, and scavenge the occupied city to supply the last troops holding back the invaders.
Why similar: Resource Management 19.8%, Medieval 18.4%, Time Management 17.3%, Management 11.5%, Strategy 10.1%
- #38 Saloon Simulator: Prologue
72% matchVery Positive87% of 863 reviews2024
Dev: Glivi Games S.A.Pub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Saloon Simulator Prologue lets you restore an abandoned Saloon and discover that managing it isn't just about creating drinks and meals. Clean up, organize, and choose the right friends - all to become the most recognizable business in the Wild West!
Why similar: Management 28.7%, Crafting 22.8%, Resource Management 22.1%, Simulation 14.6%, Relaxing 5.7%
- #39 Urbek City Builder: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,703 reviews2022
Dev: Estudios KremlinoisPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Urbek City Builder: Prologue is a free 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. Try it yourself for free!
Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, Building 20.9%, Resource Management 17.9%, Management 15.3%, Strategy 9.3%
- #40 Mall Simulator: Prologue
71% matchVery Positive89% of 567 reviews2025
Dev: F13 Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! Start working with Prologue now. To avoid going bankrupt, you'll need to build new stores, set good prices and keep up with trends. A limited number of stores & services for Prologue are waiting for you.
Why similar: Management 25.4%, Building 24.4%, Resource Management 24.4%, Simulation 16.2%, 3D 4.2%
- #41 Car Trader Simulator - Welcome to the Business
74% matchMixed64% of 468 reviews2020
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Welcome to the prologue to Car Trader Simulator. Here you will learn all the most important in mechanics and economics in the game and you will play your first mission.
Why similar: Strategy 34.3%, Simulation 32%, Indie 12.3%, Management 9.7%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #42 Train Station Renovation - First Job
72% matchVery Positive86% of 865 reviews2020
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Welcome to the prologue to Train Station Renovation. This is where you will learn and teach how to renovate these small and the largest train stations in the world.
Why similar: Simulation 33.1%, Strategy 32.4%, Indie 11.9%, Resource Management 11.5%, Building 10%
- #43 Tavern Keeper 🍻
67% 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: Building 35.9%, Management 25.3%, Strategy 17.1%, Simulation 16.5%, Indie 4.4%
- #44 Ale & Tale Tavern: First Pints
68% matchVery Positive94% of 4,710 reviews2024
Dev: Scienart GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
This is the free version of the game "Ale & Tale Tavern". Get ready for a thrilling mix of genres: a cooperative, first-person, open-world fantasy tavern simulator, action, fishing, hunting, exploration, and completing fun and diverse quests. And, of course, COOKING!
Why similar: Time Management 22.5%, Medieval 20.9%, Management 17.5%, Simulation 14%, Stylized 8.5%
- #45 Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,551 reviews2020
Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue is a battle sim about managing your own Gladiator Guild in an epic fantasy world. Build and run your own guild, hire and train gladiators, develop unique tactics, manage resources, compete for the rank in the arena, and much more.
Why similar: Medieval 31%, Management 27.6%, Strategy 17.9%, Simulation 16.9%, Indie 5.7%
- #46 Ironsmith Medieval Simulator: Prologue
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 108 reviews2020
Dev: The EpicLorePub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Ironsmith: Medieval Simulator - Prologue allows you to become the local blacksmith in medieval reality. Master your skills by ceaselessly crafting tools and weapons for various social classes.
Why similar: Medieval 39.8%, Simulation 38%, Indie 14.6%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #47 Smart Factory Tycoon: Beginnings
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 500 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 20%
This is a free version of Smart Factory Tycoon, a game inspired by Little Big Workshop introducing the first productions. Smart Factory Tycoon is a tycoon management game where you design your dream factory with robots, plan all steps of production, research new technologies and become a tycoon!
Why similar: Resource Management 21.1%, Management 17.7%, City Builder 14.5%, Building 11.9%, Strategy 11.5%
- #48 Gas Station Simulator: Prologue - Early Days
68% matchVery Positive86% of 4,244 reviews2021
Dev: DRAGO entertainmentPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
The "Early Days" prologue to Gas Station Simulator where you buy an abandoned gas station in the middle of nowhere, fix it up and start running it.
Why similar: Building 26.6%, Time Management 23.9%, Management 21.8%, Simulation 15.1%, 3D 5.5%
- #49 Feudal Baron: King's Land
69% matchMixed43% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Sim Farm S.A.
Windows
Feudal Baron: King’s Land is classic-style city-builder. Turn a humble settlement into a medieval town, build workshops and churches, repel raids, and manage your subjects. Ensure steady supplies – or squeeze every last penny from the people.
Why similar: City Builder 18.9%, Medieval 15.2%, Resource Management 14.6%, Management 10.6%, Time Management 10.3%
- #50 Tavern Legends
66% matchVery Positive90% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: CROWFORGE Games
Windows
In Tavern Legends, you don’t just swing the spoon – you wield the broom too. Tap beer, create your own meals, design your taverns, and build your team. From grumpy beggars to pompous knights – everyone wants beer! Raise your fame and become a legendary innkeeper!
Why similar: Building 20.7%, Medieval 19.5%, Management 16.2%, Time Management 15.6%, Crafting 9.8%
- #51 Service Please
66% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Dynamic Dice
Windows
Service Please is a top-down restaurant management and tycoon game focused on relaxed gameplay and steady progression. Manage customers, organize staff, upgrade your menu, and build your restaurant step by step.
Why similar: Time Management 17.2%, Building 14.6%, Resource Management 14.6%, Management 13.6%, Simulation 8.8%
- #52 Idle Medieval Tavern
69% matchMixed49% of 166 reviews2023
Dev: A-GamesPub: Matryoshka
Windows · Mac
Once upon a time, in a realm of danger and intrigue, you find yourself entrusted with the management of a quaint medieval tavern. This captivating idle game weaves a tale of daring quests, legendary heroes, and a thriving tavern that serves as the heart of a bustling community.
Why similar: Management 32%, Medieval 25.9%, Strategy 19.4%, Resource Management 19.4%, 3D 2.8%
- #53 Civitatem
69% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.
Why similar: City Builder 25.3%, Medieval 14.5%, Strategy 13.2%, Resource Management 12.2%, Simulation 10.8%
- #54 Mini Settlers: Prologue
65% matchVery Positive89% of 801 reviews2024
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist city builder, settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.
Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Resource Management 18.4%, Building 12.7%, Strategy 12.4%, Management 11%