Top Resource Management Games
60+ resource management games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Strategy, Singleplayer, Simulation, Base Building.
Recommended Resource Management Games

Satisfactory
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

Factorio
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
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- #1 Satisfactory98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 273,405 reviews2024Developer: Coffee Stain StudiosPublisher: Coffee Stain PublishingPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 32.9hMean: 110.9h≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
- #2 Factorio98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 230,973 reviews2020Developer: Wube Software LTD.Platforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 45.0hMean: 191.3h≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
- #3 Oxygen Not Included98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 141,608 reviews2019Developer: Klei EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 8.9hMean: 68.3h≥1hr: 86%
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
- #4 Frostpunk98% matchVery Positive93% of 135,453 reviews2018Developer: 11 bit studiosPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 6.2hMean: 22.3h≥1hr: 86%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
- #5 Cities: Skylines97% matchVery Positive93% of 289,591 reviews2015Developer: Colossal OrderPublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 10.0hMean: 65.5h≥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.
- #6 Dyson Sphere Program97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 90,956 reviews2021Developer: Youthcat StudioPublisher: Gamirror GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.1hMean: 75.3h≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
- #7 Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition96% matchVery Positive95% of 179,516 reviews2019Developer: World's EdgePublisher: Xbox Game StudiosPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 10.9hMean: 87.9h≥1hr: 92%
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
- #8 Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition96% matchVery Positive86% of 93,653 reviews2021Developer: World's EdgePublisher: Xbox Game StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 14.3hMean: 76.8h≥1hr: 94%
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
- #9 Frostpunk 294% matchMostly Positive75% of 26,179 reviews2024Developer: 11 bit studiosPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 8.0hMean: 19.3h≥1hr: 87%
Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.
- #10 Mindustry91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,010 reviews2019Developer: AnukenDevPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.9hMean: 27.6h≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
- #11 This War of Mine90% matchVery Positive94% of 97,140 reviews2014Developer: 11 bit studiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.3hMean: 16.8h≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
- #12 Captain of Industry90% matchVery Positive90% of 11,061 reviews2022Developer: MaFi GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.9hMean: 84.1h≥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.
- #13 Age of Empires II (Retired)89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 102,630 reviews2013Developer: Skybox LabsPublisher: Xbox Game StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.1hMean: 48.1h≥1hr: 92%
Age of Empires II has been re-imagined in high definition. With the release of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, this product will not be updated further.
- #14 Anno 180085% matchVery Positive81% of 31,581 reviews2019Developer: Ubisoft MainzPublisher: UbisoftPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.8hMean: 40.1h≥1hr: 89%
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.
- #15 IXION84% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,356 reviews2022Developer: Bulwark StudiosPublisher: Kasedo GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.0hMean: 30.8h≥1hr: 90%
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
- #16 shapez83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,551 reviews2020Developer: Tobias SpringerPublisher: tobspr GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.7hMean: 14.7h≥1hr: 66%
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
- #17 Europa Universalis V82% matchMixed68% of 29,250 reviews2025Developer: Paradox TintoPublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 51.3hMean: 107.7h≥1hr: 93%
Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.
- #18 Kingdoms and Castles82% matchVery Positive94% of 31,170 reviews2017Developer: Lion Shield, LLCPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 6.1hMean: 16.1h≥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.
- #19 Against the Storm82% matchVery Positive95% of 36,221 reviews2023Developer: Eremite GamesPublisher: Hooded HorsePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.4hMean: 28.4h≥1hr: 83%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
- #20 Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator82% matchVery Positive93% of 43,863 reviews2022Developer: niceplay gamesPublisher: tinyBuildPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.5hMean: 11.1h≥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.
- #21 Loop Hero81% matchVery Positive93% of 36,343 reviews2021Developer: Four QuartersPublisher: Devolver DigitalPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 12.1hMean: 28.5h≥1hr: 93%
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
- #22 Jurassic World Evolution 281% matchVery Positive90% of 46,323 reviews2021Developer: Frontier DevelopmentsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.9hMean: 22.6h≥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 Tavern Master81% matchVery Positive92% of 13,034 reviews2021Developer: Untitled StudioPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 7.9hMean: 11.7h≥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!
- #24 Shelldiver80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,733 reviews2025Developer: GagonfePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.9hMean: 4.2h≥1hr: 90%
Take a deep breath and dive right into this cozy incremental game about a senior turtle trying to start a business selling jellyfish. Upgrade your equipment, explore biomes, and help your turtly village!
- #25 Diplomacy is Not an Option80% matchVery Positive85% of 12,162 reviews2024Developer: Door 407Platforms: WindowsMedian: 3.6hMean: 9.9h≥1hr: 82%
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
- #26 Foundation79% matchVery Positive86% of 23,848 reviews2025Developer: Polymorph GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 11.1hMean: 26.9h≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
- #27 Dorfromantik79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,327 reviews2022Developer: Toukana InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.6hMean: 12.7h≥1hr: 81%
Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!
- #28 Farthest Frontier78% matchVery Positive86% of 24,728 reviews2025Developer: Crate EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.9hMean: 27.0h≥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 Age of Mythology: Retold78% matchVery Positive90% of 22,749 reviews2024Developer: World's EdgePublisher: Xbox Game StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.5hMean: 39.2h≥1hr: 85%
Play as mythological Gods and smite your enemies in this award-winning, mythological Real-Time Strategy classic given new life. Wage war across timeless campaigns, fierce skirmishes, and god-powered multiplayer modes.
- #30 Turmoil77% matchVery Positive93% of 15,962 reviews2016Developer: GamiousPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.2hMean: 11.9h≥1hr: 86%
Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.
- #31 Life is Feudal: Forest Village78% matchMixed66% of 6,000 reviews2017Developer: MindillusionPublisher: Bitbox Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 2.5hMean: 30.9h≥1hr: 63%
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
- #32 Farmer Against Potatoes Idle76% matchVery Positive95% of 8,032 reviews2024Developer: Oni GamingPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.9hMean: 255.6h≥1hr: 74%
Pick up your sword and fight off waves of Potatoes by upgrading your stats constantly, use Equipment, choose between different Classes, put your many Talents to good use, and so much more designed to keep you entertained for a long time.
- #33 Magic Archery75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,054 reviews2024Developer: BarribobPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.1hMean: 1.7h≥1hr: 64%
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.
- #34 Tower Wizard75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,481 reviews2025Developer: BarribobPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.1hMean: 12.6h≥1hr: 91%
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
- #35 IdleOn75% matchMostly Positive78% of 29,105 reviews2025Developer: Lavaflame2Platforms: WindowsMedian: 2.4hMean: 221.2h≥1hr: 64%
The management RPG where your heroes keep fighting even when you're gone! Spend their loot on upgrades, unlock classes from Elemental Wizard to Cannon Pirate, and level up 19 unique skills like Farming, Sailing, and even Construction!
- #36 Drug Dealer Simulator75% matchVery Positive86% of 20,931 reviews2020Developer: ByterunnersPublisher: Movie Games S.A.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 4.1hMean: 17.8h≥1hr: 80%
Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW
- #37 Scritchy Scratchy74% matchVery Positive94% of 11,728 reviews2026Developer: Lunch Money GamesPublisher: Funday GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 9.5hMean: 12.1h≥1hr: 97%
Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in?
- #38 The Alters74% matchVery Positive90% of 17,894 reviews2025Developer: 11 bit studiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.9hMean: 15.9h≥1hr: 92%
Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.
- #39 Banished75% matchVery Positive90% of 43,179 reviews2014Developer: Shining Rock Software LLCPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.8hMean: 27.0h≥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.
- #40 Kingdom: Classic75% matchVery Positive91% of 22,621 reviews2015Developer: NoioPublisher: Raw FuryPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.5hMean: 8.2h≥1hr: 86%
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
- #41 Dome Keeper74% matchVery Positive92% of 21,423 reviews2022Developer: BippinbitsPublisher: Raw FuryPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.2hMean: 11.3h≥1hr: 87%
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
- #42 Starship Troopers: Terran Command73% matchVery Positive87% of 11,887 reviews2022Developer: The ArtistocratsPublisher: Slitherine Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 3.4hMean: 10.2h≥1hr: 83%
Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!
- #43 Cossacks 374% matchVery Positive82% of 15,961 reviews2016Developer: GSC Game WorldPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 6.5hMean: 50.7h≥1hr: 90%
Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!
- #44 Eco74% matchVery Positive81% of 13,944 reviews2018Developer: Strange Loop GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 16.7hMean: 89.9h≥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.
- #45 Jurassic World Evolution 372% matchVery Positive93% of 11,506 reviews2025Developer: Frontier DevelopmentsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.1hMean: 23.0h≥1hr: 91%
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.
- #46 Anno 2070™74% matchMixed60% of 12,663 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.
- #47 OpenTTD72% matchVery Positive95% of 16,724 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.
- #48 Ravenous Devils72% matchVery Positive93% of 9,751 reviews2022Developer: Bad Vices GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.4hMean: 5.4h≥1hr: 82%
A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.
- #49 Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,371 reviews2026Developer: Blood Pact StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.6hMean: 13.3h≥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!
- #50 Outpost: Infinity Siege72% matchMixed65% of 13,583 reviews2024Developer: Team RangerPublisher: Lightning GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 16.5hMean: 41.7h≥1hr: 91%
Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.
- #51 Airport CEO72% matchVery Positive83% of 8,240 reviews2021Developer: Apog LabsPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 6.6hMean: 26.6h≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
- #52 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check71% matchVery Positive82% of 12,276 reviews2026Developer: Brigada GamesPublisher: Devolver DigitalPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.2hMean: 9.2h≥1hr: 92%
Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.
- #53 Cultist Simulator72% matchMostly Positive80% of 13,903 reviews2018Developer: Weather FactoryPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.8hMean: 11.6h≥1hr: 80%
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
- #54 The Wandering Village70% matchVery Positive92% of 8,256 reviews2025Developer: Stray Fawn StudioPublisher: Stray Fawn PublishingPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.8hMean: 10.6h≥1hr: 81%
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
- #55 Luck be a Landlord71% matchVery Positive93% of 11,463 reviews2023Developer: TrampolineTalesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 7.2hMean: 15.1h≥1hr: 84%
Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.
- #56 The King is Watching70% matchVery Positive89% of 9,927 reviews2025Developer: HypnoheadPublisher: tinyBuildPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.3hMean: 18.1h≥1hr: 84%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
- #57 The Last Caretaker70% matchVery Positive86% of 11,569 reviews2025Developer: Channel37 LtdPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 18.1hMean: 33.9h≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
- #58 Factory Town69% matchVery Positive91% of 4,445 reviews2021Developer: Erik AsmussenPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.5hMean: 14.1h≥1hr: 76%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
