Games like Ludus
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Build the best ludus in the world! and survive in ancient Rome.
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$25.99Big Ambitions
Aug 28 · Hovgaard Games
Both: 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
$15.99Gladio Mori
5 days ago · Plebeian Studio
Both: Gore
Gladio Mori is a physics-driven gladiator fighting game with no health bars. Stab on arteries, pierce vital organs and cut off limbs. Build your own movesets, paint your fighter and battle friends online with cross-play.
PhysicsSwordplayGoreMedievalModdableRealisticHistoricalHack and SlashMartial Arts3D Fighter👍 1,177
-30%$8.39Creator Chronicles
7 days ago · Origin Studio
Both: Management
A game within a game. In this entirely new kind of simulation RPG, become a guild master, develop your town, recruit guild members, and conquer dungeons. Every decision you make becomes your own chronicle.
City BuilderManagementCRPGPixel GraphicsTop-DownMultiple EndingsBuildingEconomyCraftingRPG👍 501
-10%$8.99Dirt Spoon in Another World
3 days ago · Underdog Games Inc.
Both: Management
Thrown into an otherworld of wuxia and fantasy with a ten-million-gold debt — no powers, no cheats. Travel a map of 279 cities, buy low and sell high, and raise up to four mercenary squads to punch through bandit roads. A caravan-trading & squad-management sim. Clear the debt to win.
StrategyRPGTradingSimulationEconomyManagementSingleplayerFantasyIndieMartial Arts
$9.99Fell & Sell
Aug 26 · Art Games Studio S.A.
Both: Management
Slay. Loot. Sell. Survive! Dive into a first-person blend of hack'n'slash roguelike and shop management. Plunder deadly dungeons for loot, escape with your life, craft, and stock your shelves. Then risk it all once more for profit!
SimulationShop KeeperManagementEconomyFantasySingleplayerRPGDungeon CrawlerAction RoguelikeAction RPG👍 1,453
$2.99The Rumble Pit
4 days ago · Elliott Faucheux
Both: Management
Behind every great victory is someone who got the roles right. Forge five adventurers, arm them, plot out their talents, build the party — then send them into twelve dungeons and find out whether you saw it coming.
Auto BattlerDungeon CrawlerClass-BasedManagementRPGStrategyLootCharacter CustomizationFantasyStylized
$12.99Island Market Simulator
Sep 3 · Zentium Studio
Both: Management
Team up with your friends and build a thriving trade empire in this CO-OP strategy and economy simulation set on a lively island. Begin with a small market, share tasks, manage production chains, raise livestock, and dominate the economy together through changing seasons and dynamic festivals!
SimulationOnline Co-OpManagementCasualMultiplayerLife SimStrategyEconomyBuildingSingleplayer👍 171
-50%$24.99ENDLESS Legend™ 2
4 days ago · AMPLITUDE Studios
Both: Management
Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.
StrategySimulationGrand Strategy4XTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerHistoricalWarTacticalManagement👍 2,699
-15%$16.99TCG Card Shop Simulator
7 days ago · OPNeon Games
Both: Management
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.
SimulationManagementEconomySingleplayerCollectathonTrading Card GameCapitalismCard GameShop KeeperTrading👍 47,485
-20%$19.99Simhaus: Football
7 days ago · Simhaus
Both: Management
Rise from high school assistant to the top of the sport in one fully-simulated, connected football universe — from high school to college to the pros. Manage a roster, call every play, and watch it play out in a realism-based broadcast-style game engine.
SportsFootball (American)ManagementStrategySimulationTacticalModdableSingleplayerEarly Access
-15%$8.49Three Kingdoms Born
3 days ago · Project Dragon
Both: Management
A character-driven Three Kingdoms strategy game. Recruit legendary officers, build your realm, and command real-time battles through preparation, tactics, and decisive intervention. Shape Guandu, Red Cliffs, and the anti-hegemon war, challenge Duel Mode, and climb global rankings.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyManagementMilitaryWarSingleplayerEarly Access
-40%$11.99Parisian Bistro Simulator
3 days ago · Quark Studios
Both: Management
Run your Parisian bistro in the heart of Paris, solo or in co-op with up to 8 players! Curate your menu, manage supplies, serve customers, and expand with new floors, a terrace, and a rooftop to become a true Parisian institution.
Online Co-OpMultiplayerCo-opSimulationManagementResource ManagementCasualLife SimFirst-Person3D👍 447
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-15%$12.74Anime Shop Simulator ✨
10 days ago · One More Time
Both: Management
Manage your own anime shop 🎌. Play solo or team up with friends 🤝 in 4-player co-op mode to grow your business 📈 Stock shelves with manga, figures, and collectible cards in this immersive first-person game 🕹️.
SimulationAnimeOnline Co-OpCard GameCasualManagementFirst-PersonShop KeeperLife SimSingleplayer👍 645
$19.99Burrows of Cairntir
7 days ago · Cairntir Games
A first-person, turn-based dark fantasy dungeon crawler inspired by six ancient mythologies. Create your character, master spells, craft and enchant equipment, recruit followers, and battle gods, monsters, and the undead across 60 handcrafted dungeons.
RPGActionAdventureStrategyFirst-PersonAction-AdventureStory RichLore-RichCharacter CustomizationDark Fantasy
-34%$19.79The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410
4 days ago · Ashborne Games
Choose from professions like Smith, Preacher or Alchemist to gain riches in this medieval economic simulation. Climb the social ladder, dominate politics, and lead your dynasty to power over multiple generations to ensure your legacy.
Early AccessSimulationStrategySandboxStrategy RPGImmersive SimPolitical SimTime Management3DColorful👍 349
$7.99Abyssal Breeder's Journal
Aug 27 · sasoriken-games
Both: Management
A dark, text-and-pixel monster-breeding sim. Hatch abominations, train them with a TRPG card hand, and send them off to the surface for good. Stats and Traits inherit down two separate bloodlines, so every generation is a deliberate choice, not a reroll.
Creature CollectorVillain ProtagonistDark FantasyRogueliteSimulationDeckbuildingRPGStrategyManagementPixel Graphics
-35%$20.79The Crust
11 days ago · VEOM Studio
Both: Management
Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
Base BuildingSpaceAutomationColony SimResource ManagementSandboxStrategyCity BuilderBuildingManagement👍 3,556
-15%$12.74Backlot: Hollywood Studio Tycoon
4 days ago · Goodpunk Studios
Both: Management
A deep Hollywood studio simulation, 1930 to the streaming age. A back lot, a million dollars and no pictures. Commission scripts, sign stars to seven-year contracts, book dates against rival studios, and survive television, home video and everything else that came for the movies.
Choose Your Own AdventureTime ManagementStrategyReal Time TacticsSandboxSimulationEconomyCapitalismManagementCrafting
-25%$5.99Bones and Coins
Sep 7 · Troyd Games
An incremental auto battler dungeon crawler where you build a synergized hero party to slay enemies and loot items. Unlock weapons with unique attack styles. Gear up your hero team and explore new dungeon rooms filled with enemies and legendary drops.
IncrementalAuto BattlerDungeon CrawlerParty-Based RPGLootIdlerStrategyRPGDeckbuildingStrategy RPG👍 668
-40%$1.79Construction Company Tycoon
3 days ago · KokoGames
Both: Management
Build your own construction company from the ground up! Take on contracts, hire workers, buy powerful equipment, manage your finances, and grow from a small contractor into a construction empire.
StrategySimulationCasualSandbox2DBuildingRelaxingManagementChoices MatterSingleplayer
$9.99THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY
Sep 7 · tweakEra
Both: Gore
The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.
AdventurePsychological HorrorHorrorStylizedStory RichGoreRetroAtmosphericActionStealth👍 148
$9.99Runeomicon
5 days ago · TLR Games
Perform a dark ritual with your own hands under relentless pressure. Draw runes in real time, defend the ritual from enemies trying to stop it, and upgrade your skills to unleash devastating magic. Summon ancient eldritch gods in this dark fantasy game driven by skill, strategy and constant tension.
Tower DefenseResource ManagementReal Time TacticsStrategyPixel GraphicsSide Scroller2DActionDifficultDark Fantasy
-10%$10.79Medieval Juice Crafter
6 days ago · Timeless Rush
Both: Management
Craft your special recipe juices and sell them in medieval villages. Expand your business with new recipes, machines, properties, and workers. Play online with your friend or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your business.
CraftingLife SimOnline Co-OpMedievalSimulationManagementNatureBase BuildingCharacter CustomizationOpen World
$0.99武道余晖 The Last Glimmer of the Martial Way
10 days ago · rebel1999
Both: Violent
In real-time action games controlled by mouse and keyboard, players defeat enemies to level up and learn skills, collect equipment to enhance their strength, and complete objectives within levels. After defeating all bosses, they can successfully save the world and complete the game.
AdventureActionAction RoguelikeMystery Dungeon2DSingleplayerIndieLootCombatViolent
-15%$6.79Between Adventures IDLE
13 days ago · Loop Forge
A visual Idle RPG where you hunt creatures for rare loot, enchant your equipment, and build your hero. Master 11 skills, trade with merchants, and progress even offline. No Microtransactions, No P2W, just pure idle fun.
Early AccessStrategyIdlerRPGLootInventory ManagementStrategy RPGMedievalMagicFantasy👍 331
-10%$4.49Second Nature: Night Authority
4 days ago · ThunderRQN Games
Explore a modern city in first person as a vampire blood sorcerer. Move with supernatural speed, master blood abilities, complete jobs for a hidden night authority, earn money, upgrade your abilities, and rise through the ranks of vampire society.
Early AccessActionAdventureCasualRPGSimulationAction-AdventureAction RoguelikeFPSHero Shooter
$0.99Neighbor Fight
4 days ago · CHICKEN SODA GAMES
Multiplayer first person strategy game with lots of destruction. Destroy the house of your neighbor(s) by throwing furniture and build a business by selling weed! Or team up with your neighbor(s) to survive the revolution of the no longer enslaved Oonky civilization.
First-PersonPvPDestructionResource ManagementStrategyPhysicsAction3DMultiplayerColorful
$9.99Submission Saga: The Jiu Jitsu RPG
4 days ago · Nate Markham
The first comprehensive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu RPG. A top-down pixel jiu jitsu game combining turn-based grappling with Pokémon-style exploration. White belt to black belt. Train at the gym, run businesses, and brawl street thugs. Win the world championships. Compete in ranked online matches.
AdventureMartial ArtsSportsTurn-Based StrategyStrategy RPGCharacter CustomizationRPGTurn-Based CombatExplorationPvP
$6.99The Collector’s Curio Cabinet Toy Soldiers
Aug 24 · hubel
Both: Management
Open antique boxes, collect hand-painted toy soldiers, build your battle roster and command miniature armies in cinematic diorama battles. Complete rare sets, restore legendary units, and grow the most prestigious collector’s cabinet.
CasualSimulation2DColorfulStrategyCozyFamily FriendlyGrand StrategyInventory ManagementManagement
-15%$5.09Dead Margin
3 days ago · Bug Production
Survival is optional, rent is mandatory. Team up in Dead Margin, a brutal 1-4 player co-op horror. Whisper to survive, avoid anomalies, and scavenge scraps. Sell it to pay the greedy customer. Out here, everything has a price. Especially you.
Action RoguelikeActionExplorationPvE3DFirst-PersonFunnyProcedural GenerationSci-fiSurvival Horror
-40%$7.19Sporting Goods Shop
10 days ago · Business Tycoon
Run your sporting goods shop. Sign contracts with leading brands, order products, hire workers, expand your store, and run little contests to entertain your customers. Play with friends or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your shop.
Life SimShop KeeperSimulationSportsOnline Co-OpDesign & IllustrationCasualMultiplayerSandboxEconomy
$29.99RuneScape: Dragonwilds
6 days ago · Jagex Ltd
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Open WorldSurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opOnline Co-OpEarly AccessCraftingBuildingBase Building👍 28,410



