Top Economy Games
60+ economy games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Management, Simulation, Singleplayer, Strategy.
Recommended Economy Games

Euro Truck Simulator 2
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.

Cities: Skylines
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
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- #1 Euro Truck Simulator 298% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 907,227 reviews2012Developer: SCS SoftwarePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 21.2hMean: 143.3h≥1hr: 93%
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
- #2 Cities: Skylines96% matchVery Positive93% of 286,936 reviews2015Developer: Colossal OrderPublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 10.0hMean: 65.0h≥1hr: 87%
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
- #3 Supermarket Simulator95% matchVery Positive92% of 80,575 reviews2025Developer: Nokta GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 11.1hMean: 33.2h≥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.
- #4 TCG Card Shop Simulator90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 46,691 reviews2024Developer: OPNeon GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.0hMean: 25.8h≥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.
- #5 Supermarket Together90% matchVery Positive95% of 88,985 reviews2024Developer: DeadDevsTellNoLiesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.9hMean: 8.5h≥1hr: 79%
The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!
- #6 Europa Universalis IV90% matchVery Positive88% of 135,916 reviews2013Developer: Paradox Development StudioPublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 7.8hMean: 279.6h≥1hr: 87%
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
- #7 Cities: Skylines II89% matchMixed54% of 86,513 reviews2023Developer: Iceflake StudiosPublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 23.8hMean: 72.6h≥1hr: 94%
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
- #8 Anno 180088% matchVery Positive81% of 30,897 reviews2019Developer: Ubisoft MainzPublisher: UbisoftPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.7hMean: 39.6h≥1hr: 88%
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
- #9 Planet Zoo86% matchVery Positive91% of 93,912 reviews2019Developer: Frontier DevelopmentsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.4hMean: 34.2h≥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.
- #10 Victoria 386% matchMostly Positive71% of 58,205 reviews2022Developer: Paradox Development StudioPublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 15.1hMean: 114.1h≥1hr: 91%
Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.
- #11 Cookie Clicker84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 89,166 reviews2021Developer: OrteilPublisher: PlaysaurusPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 89.4hMean: 370.6h≥1hr: 97%
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
- #12 Tropico 684% matchVery Positive88% of 28,783 reviews2019Developer: Limbic EntertainmentPublisher: Kalypso MediaPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.5hMean: 26.9h≥1hr: 88%
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
- #13 Game Dev Tycoon80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 44,663 reviews2013Developer: Greenheart Games 💚Platforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 8.0hMean: 15.4h≥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.
- #14 Farming Simulator 2579% matchVery Positive86% of 49,322 reviews2024Developer: GIANTS SoftwarePlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 33.1hMean: 108.2h≥1hr: 94%
Farming Simulator 25 invites you to join the rewarding farm life, single-handedly or cooperatively in multiplayer. This Farm is Your Farm!
- #15 Planet Coaster80% matchVery Positive91% of 71,331 reviews2016Developer: Frontier DevelopmentsPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.3hMean: 22.2h≥1hr: 77%
Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.
- #16 Transport Fever 279% matchVery Positive91% of 31,208 reviews2019Developer: Urban GamesPublisher: Good Shepherd EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 15.7hMean: 65.7h≥1hr: 84%
The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
- #17 X4: Foundations78% matchMostly Positive80% of 27,985 reviews2018Developer: EgosoftPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 5.1hMean: 94.2h≥1hr: 80%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.
- #18 Big Ambitions77% matchVery Positive93% of 12,519 reviews2023Developer: Hovgaard GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 10.8hMean: 24.0h≥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.
- #19 The Guild 377% matchMixed61% of 7,840 reviews2022Developer: Purple LampPublisher: THQ NordicPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.7hMean: 16.2h≥1hr: 79%
The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!
- #20 Northgard: Definitive Edition77% matchVery Positive85% of 68,002 reviews2018Developer: Shiro GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.9hMean: 28.7h≥1hr: 88%
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
- #21 OpenTTD76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 16,373 reviews2021Developer: OpenTTDPlatforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
OpenTTD is a business simulation game in which players earn money by transporting passengers and cargo via road, rail, water, and air. It is an open-source remake and expansion of the 1995 Chris Sawyer video game Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
- #22 Jurassic World Evolution 276% matchVery Positive90% of 45,488 reviews2021Developer: Frontier DevelopmentsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.9hMean: 22.3h≥1hr: 83%
Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.
- #23 Gas Station Simulator76% matchVery Positive88% of 26,842 reviews2021Developer: DRAGO entertainmentPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 7.7hMean: 14.9h≥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.
- #24 Startup Company76% matchVery Positive81% of 6,175 reviews2020Developer: Hovgaard GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 6.0hMean: 19.8h≥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!
- #25 Victoria II74% matchVery Positive92% of 19,875 reviews2010Developer: Paradox Development StudioPublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.9hMean: 48.5h≥1hr: 88%
Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. Victoria II is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding...
- #26 Farming Simulator 1772% matchVery Positive93% of 25,603 reviews2016Developer: GIANTS SoftwarePlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 14.0hMean: 87.2h≥1hr: 91%
Take on the role of a modern farmer in Farming Simulator 17! Explore farming possibilities in a new North American environment. Drive over 250 farming vehicles and equipment from over 75 manufacturers, including new brands such as Challenger, Fendt, Valtra or Massey Ferguson.
- #27 Jurassic World Evolution71% matchVery Positive87% of 54,890 reviews2018Developer: Frontier DevelopmentsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.3hMean: 28.0h≥1hr: 89%
Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.
- #28 Farthest Frontier70% matchVery Positive87% of 23,648 reviews2025Developer: Crate EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.6hMean: 26.7h≥1hr: 85%
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
- #29 Sid Meier's Railroads!72% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,402 reviews2007Developer: Firaxis GamesPublisher: 2KPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 48mMean: 9.1h≥1hr: 47%
Sid Meier's Railroads! marks the return of the watershed title in simulation/strategy gaming that launched the popular "tycoon" genre, and inspired a new generation of games. Sid Meier's Railroads!
- #30 Captain of Industry70% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022Developer: MaFi GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.7hMean: 80.7h≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
- #31 Foundation69% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025Developer: Polymorph GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 11.0hMean: 26.3h≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
- #32 Age of History 369% matchVery Positive85% of 17,231 reviews2024Developer: Łukasz JakowskiPublisher: Łukasz Jakowski GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 9.8hMean: 36.2h≥1hr: 79%
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
- #33 A Game About Digging A Hole™68% matchVery Positive90% of 19,048 reviews2025Developer: DoubleBeePublisher: rokaplay selectPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.5hMean: 3.6h≥1hr: 88%
A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!
- #34 Mad Games Tycoon 268% matchVery Positive94% of 7,570 reviews2023Developer: EggcodePlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 14.7hMean: 36.1h≥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.
- #35 Planet Coaster 268% matchMostly Positive72% of 12,780 reviews2024Developer: Frontier DevelopmentsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.1hMean: 32.1h≥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?
- #36 Tropico 569% matchMostly Positive79% of 14,325 reviews2014Developer: Haemimont GamesPublisher: Kalypso Media DigitalPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 5.0hMean: 22.1h≥1hr: 90%
Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.
- #37 Anno 117: Pax Romana68% matchMostly Positive70% of 11,270 reviews2025Developer: Ubisoft MainzPublisher: UbisoftPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.4hMean: 23.5h≥1hr: 94%
Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.
- #38 Shop Titans68% matchMostly Positive78% of 17,716 reviews2020Developer: Kabam Games, Inc.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 3.9hMean: 179.4h≥1hr: 72%
Shop Titans is the ultimate RPG shopkeeper simulation. Craft powerful equipment, stock your shop and sell to aspiring heroes… at a markup! Hire heroes and explore dungeons to gather valuable materials to craft with. There’s never a dull moment in the world of Shop Titans!
- #39 Railway Empire68% matchVery Positive83% of 9,620 reviews2018Developer: Gaming Minds StudiosPublisher: Kalypso MediaPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 4.5hMean: 12.3h≥1hr: 89%
In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.
- #40 (the) Gnorp Apologue67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,586 reviews2023Developer: MycoPublisher: (Myco)Platforms: WindowsMedian: 15.4hMean: 27.4h≥1hr: 96%
(the) Gnorp Apologue is the journey of the gnorps as you guide them towards their goal of delightfully excessive wealth accumulation.
- #41 Stronghold HD (2012)68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,246 reviews2013Developer: Firefly StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.0hMean: 18.4h≥1hr: 81%
The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.
- #42 Magic Archery67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,620 reviews2024Developer: BarribobPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.1hMean: 1.7h≥1hr: 66%
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
- #43 Eco68% matchVery Positive81% of 13,777 reviews2018Developer: Strange Loop GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 16.8hMean: 88.2h≥1hr: 88%
Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
- #44 SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition68% matchVery Positive82% of 9,611 reviews2010Developer: EA - MaxisPublisher: Electronic ArtsPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 1.3hMean: 13.3h≥1hr: 54%
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.
- #45 Game Corp DX68% matchVery Positive88% of 3,083 reviews2015Developer: Endless Loop StudiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.6hMean: 6.2h≥1hr: 92%
Manage your Game Studio, earn big bucks, impress the critics, beat rival studios and clean up at the awards!
- #46 TransOcean: The Shipping Company68% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,313 reviews2014Developer: Deck13 HamburgPublisher: astragon EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.6hMean: 7.6h≥1hr: 95%
TransOcean – The Shipping Company is your ticket to the world of gigantic ships and transnational transport empires. Build a mighty fleet of modern merchant ships and conquer the seven seas.
- #47 TCG Card Shop Simulator: Prologue67% matchVery Positive94% of 5,511 reviews2024Developer: OPNeon GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.3hMean: 3.2h≥1hr: 59%
Open your local game store early with the Prologue version, which includes main gameplay of the full version, but with limited progression. Stock shelves with booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, sell cards to customer.
- #48 Transport Fever67% matchVery Positive83% of 10,800 reviews2016Developer: Urban GamesPublisher: Good Shepherd EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 8.7hMean: 47.9h≥1hr: 77%
Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!
- #49 Industry Giant 267% matchVery Positive86% of 998 reviews2015Developer: Fancy Bytes, ReactorPublisher: Toplitz ProductionsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.1hMean: 9.7h≥1hr: 51%
Economic booms, stock market crashes, oil crises, upswings, triumphs... Now you can become the greatest power in industry!
- #50 Anno 2070™68% matchMixed60% of 12,622 reviews2011Developer: Blue BytePublisher: UbisoftPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.5hMean: 30.9h≥1hr: 90%
Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.
- #51 The Guild II Renaissance67% matchVery Positive83% of 3,996 reviews2010Developer: Runeforge Game StudioPublisher: THQ NordicPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.6hMean: 18.0h≥1hr: 67%
For centuries Europe has been dominated by the church and nobility. On the shoulders of ordinary people the servants of god and the noble families justified their power and wealth. This was the incontrovertible, divine world order. A truly dark era… In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself.
- #52 Imperator: Rome66% matchMixed65% of 26,771 reviews2019Developer: Paradox Development StudioPublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.6hMean: 37.3h≥1hr: 89%
Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.
- #53 Rise of Industry66% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,155 reviews2019Developer: Dapper Penguin StudiosPublisher: Kasedo GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.7hMean: 10.8h≥1hr: 80%
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
- #54 Waterpark Simulator64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,416 reviews2025Developer: CayPlayPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.5hMean: 14.6h≥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!
- #55 Chillquarium64% matchVery Positive92% of 8,063 reviews2023Developer: Ben ReberPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 16.6hMean: 51.9h≥1hr: 88%
Chillquarium is a cozy and relaxing idle game. Buy fish and raise them in real time, then sell them to turn a profit! Customize your aquarium as you progress from a simple starter tank to your dream setup by filling your collection with rare exotic fish and ultra-rare color variants!
- #56 TransOcean 2: Rivals66% matchMixed55% of 697 reviews2016Developer: Deck13 HamburgPublisher: astragon EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.4hMean: 25.8h≥1hr: 92%
In TransOcean 2: Rivals you face a new challenge as the boss of your own shipping line in both single-player and - for the first time - multiplayer mode: The international competition has gotten a lot tougher and the battle for the most lucrative contracts has only just begun.
- #57 Jurassic World Evolution 364% matchVery Positive93% of 9,574 reviews2025Developer: Frontier DevelopmentsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 11.5hMean: 22.4h≥1hr: 92%
Build your own Jurassic World. Nurture generations of dinosaurs with the series debut of juveniles, create and manage sprawling prehistoric parks around the globe, and let your imagination roar with powerful new creative options.
- #58 Stronghold: Definitive Edition64% matchVery Positive86% of 9,888 reviews2023Developer: Firefly StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.1hMean: 10.2h≥1hr: 79%
Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.
- #59 Supermarket Simulator: Prologue64% matchVery Positive94% of 4,535 reviews2024Developer: Nokta GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.3hMean: 3.2h≥1hr: 58%
Start running your own supermarket with Prologue already. Stock shelves, handle cashier tasks, process online orders, design & expand. Set the prices based on the market. Be prepared to face the consequences if you fail to make the nightly repayment to the gangs.
