Games like Cartel Tycoon
by Moon Moose
Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.
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$25.99Big Ambitions
Aug 28 · Hovgaard Games
Both: Management · Economy · Resource Management
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.
ManagementEconomySimulationCapitalismLife SimSandboxSingleplayerResource ManagementTime ManagementInventory Management👍 14,060
$19.99MegaFactory Titan
Jun 2 · Q Switched Productions, LLC
Both: Building · Resource Management · Management
A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!
BuildingAutomationResource ManagementBase BuildingProcedural GenerationMiningCity BuilderManagementCapitalismEconomy👍 150
$11.99Deep Corp
May 26 · KishMish Games
Both: RTS · Management · Resource Management
Dig mines, extract resources, and produce goods to restore order to the state. Become a successful businessman and an effective state governor in the late Wild West era!
StrategyMiningRTSManagementUndergroundResource ManagementSandboxExplorationWesternTime Management👍 367
$4.99Space Station Tycoon
Nov 1 · Lunheim Studios
Both: Management · Building · Economy
Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.
ManagementSpaceTower DefenseCity BuilderColony SimBuildingCraftingEconomyBase BuildingSpace Sim👍 190
$29.99Diplomacy is Not an Option
Oct 4 · Door 407
Both: Resource Management · RTS · Survival
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?
Resource ManagementMedievalHistoricalZombiesBase BuildingColony SimRTSDifficultAction RTSSurvival👍 10,910
$19.99Odd Realm
Aug 16 · Unknown Origin Games Inc
Both: Management · Resource Management · Survival
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Colony SimBase BuildingSimulationManagementResource ManagementStrategySandboxSurvivalProcedural GenerationBuilding👍 955
$29.99Cataclismo
Mar 20 · Digital Sun
Both: Management · Building · Economy
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingGrand StrategyManagementBuildingHistoricalEconomyColony Sim👍 3,897
$9.99Black Forest
Sep 25 · Lemuria
Both: RTS · Resource Management · Survival
Danger, death, and despair define Black Forest. As the chief of an unlucky village, your goal is to survive. Gather resources, shore up the village, then survive the terrifying night. Maybe you'll hold out long enough for relief to arrive. Maybe not. Are you up to the challenge?
RTSSurvival HorrorBase BuildingStrategyResource ManagementCasualSurvivalTop-DownCity BuilderColony Sim
-85%$3.74Definitely Not Fried Chicken
Sep 29 · Dope Games
Both: Management · Economy · Resource Management
Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a business management sim with a Twist! Grow your drugs trade through legitimate fronts by managing both sides of the business. Acquire new "businesses", meet new clientele, Develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money and leave a city in ruin!
ManagementCrimeSimulationSandboxCapitalismEconomyResource ManagementSingleplayerDark Humor3D👍 2,164
$7.99PC Tycoon 2
Mar 28 · Insignis Games
Both: Economy · Management
Start with one tiny office and a big idea, and grow it into a global computer company. Design your own CPUs, GPUs and laptops, launch your own OS, and outsmart your rivals. A laid-back tycoon that's easy to get into and hard to put down — made by one indie dev.
EconomyTime ManagementIdlerSandboxArtificial IntelligenceCapitalismManagementStrategyGame DevelopmentPvE👍 320
-30%$8.39From Glory To Goo
Apr 2 · Stratagem Blue
Both: RTS · Resource Management
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Base BuildingRTSTower DefenseReal-Time with PauseAction RTSResource ManagementColony SimCity BuilderStrategySandbox👍 1,796
-50%$7.49Dungeon Tycoon
Sep 25 · Lunheim Studios
Both: Management · Economy
Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?
ManagementTower DefenseDungeon CrawlerStrategyFantasyEconomySimulationReplay ValueCity BuilderSandbox👍 1,473
$19.99Schedule I
Mar 24 · TVGS
Both: Management
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
SimulationCrimeCo-opManagementMultiplayerOpen WorldFirst-PersonCraftingAutomationBase Building👍 289,092
-40%$4.19Fracture Field
Apr 20 · Type Ten
Both: Resource Management · Building · Management
Fracture Field is an idle/incremental quarry mining game. Shatter rocks with timed swings then invest your earnings into upgrades. Build a fleet of drones to automate your empire, bomb tough layers, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades on your journey to master the quarry.
IncrementalIdlerMiningAutomationResource ManagementCasualRelaxingBuildingSingleplayerManagement👍 1,199
$9.99Casino Simulator
May 23 · Lodos Games
Both: Economy · Building
Build and run your own casino empire — alone or in 1-4 player online co-op. Deal blackjack, poker and roulette yourself, spin real slot games, hire staff, expand your building, buy houses and cars in a living city… and outsmart every cheater who walks in.
SimulationCasualLife SimFPS3DEconomyFirst-PersonEarly AccessBuildingGambling👍 787
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$29.99Norland
Jul 18 · Long Jaunt
Both: Management · Building
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$29.99Myth of Empires
Feb 21 · Angela Game
Both: Building · Survival
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
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