Games like Cartel Tycoon
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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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$29.99City of Gangsters
Aug 9 · SomaSim
Both: Resource Management · Management · Economy
In this management tycoon game, you’ll start a criminal operation from nothing and grow it into a well-oiled money machine! Build speakeasies and illegal distilleries. Manage production chains and resource distribution. Leverage favors, chase down debtors, and bribe the police to look the other way.
CrimeResource ManagementStrategyManagementProcedural GenerationEconomyTurn-BasedHistoricalTurn-Based StrategyGrand Strategy👍 1,333
$29.99Rise of Industry
May 2 · Dapper Penguin Studios
Both: Management · Economy · Resource Management
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.
ManagementStrategyEconomySimulationCity BuilderResource ManagementIndieBase BuildingTradingBuilding👍 3,123
$24.99Voxel Tycoon
Apr 15 · Voxel Tycoon
Both: Building · Economy · Management
Voxel Tycoon is a management sim set in an infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods in your custom factories. Set up supply chains and passenger routes with a huge fleet of trains, trucks, and buses, and turn small towns into prosperous megacities with a thriving economy!
Early AccessSandboxAutomationBuildingCraftingEconomyManagementTrainsTransportationCity Builder👍 1,557
-90%$1.99Drug Dealer Simulator
Apr 16 · Byterunners
Both: Resource Management · Management
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
SimulationCrimeActionIndieSingleplayerOpen WorldResource ManagementCraftingTradingManagement👍 21,308
$24.99One Military Camp
Jul 20 · Abylight Barcelona
Both: Management · Resource Management · Economy
Build your own military camp, manage the economy, recruit the best candidates and train them to become elite specialists. Send them on missions across the land to end the war once and for all!
SingleplayerManagementBase BuildingCity BuilderResource ManagementSimulationSandboxEconomyBuildingStrategy👍 684
$12.99Business Magnate
Mar 1 · Ambiera
Both: Management · Economy · Resource Management
Business Magnate is a tycoon business simulation game where you can create all types of businesses: Cars, rockets, phones, tanks, trucks, airplanes, computers, and ships. Design, produce, market and sell them. You can even run multiple companies at the same time.
SimulationStrategyManagementEconomyResource ManagementSingleplayerBuildingSandboxIndieCasual👍 211
$14.99Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game
Oct 14 · Squidpunch Studios, Vincent Ltd
Both: Management · Economy · Building
Build stunning Arcade Centre’s, purchase a range of arcades machines, manage troublesome staff in this colourful and humorous simulation management game. Inspired by Two Point Hospital, Let's Build A Zoo and Megaquarium.
ManagementSimulationStrategyArcadeCity BuilderEconomyBuildingComedySandboxCrafting👍 452
$9.99Game Dev Tycoon
Aug 29 · Greenheart Games 💚
Both: Management · Economy
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.
ManagementSimulationIndieStrategyCasualSingleplayerEconomy2DModdableAddictive👍 40,312
$29.99Constructor
May 26 · System 3
Both: Building · RTS · Management
You can’t rise to the top without taking a few others down. If that means engaging in a workplace accidents, dodgy deals, and a shifty trick or two then so be it! You're going to need every trick in the book if you want to go from small-time slumlord to property tycoon!
StrategySimulationCity BuilderComedyBuildingViolentRemakeRTSClassicManagement👍 697
$12.99Turmoil
Jun 2 · Gamious
Both: Management · Resource Management
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.
ManagementMiningStrategyTime ManagementResource ManagementTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerSingleplayerRelaxingAsynchronous Multiplayer👍 13,158
$19.99Tropico 5
May 23 · Haemimont Games
Both: Economy · Management · Resource Management
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.
StrategyCity BuilderSimulationSandboxMultiplayerEconomyManagementResource ManagementSingleplayerComedy👍 9,797
$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
RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Platinum
Mar 12 · Frontier, Aspyr (Mac)
Both: Management · Building · Economy
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum combines the excitement of rollercoasters with the fun of a great strategy simulation. RCT3 Platinum combines the roller coaster theme park fun of the Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 with included expansion packs Soaked! and Wild! Now enjoy more options than ever.
SimulationManagementSandboxBuildingStrategySingleplayerEconomyClassicReal-Time with PauseFamily Friendly👍 4,151
$14.99Mad Games Tycoon
Sep 13 · Eggcode
Both: Management · Economy · Building
Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!
ManagementSimulationStrategyEconomyCasualBuildingBase BuildingResource ManagementSandboxCrafting👍 3,700
$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
$24.99Mad Games Tycoon 2
May 31 · Eggcode
Both: Management · Economy · Building
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.
ManagementEconomySimulationGame DevelopmentStrategyCity BuilderBuildingTradingCapitalismBase Building👍 7,356
$19.99RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Complete Edition
Sep 24 · Frontier Developments, Aspyr (Mac)
Both: Management · Building · Resource Management
Build the park of a lifetime and rediscover the critically acclaimed rollercoaster simulation bestseller. Feel the thrill of a genre-defining classic, complete with two huge expansion packs.
ManagementStrategyBuildingSimulationCity BuilderCasualSandboxFamily FriendlyResource Management3D👍 2,637
$6.99Drink Pro Tycoon
Mar 5 · World Map Tycoon
Both: Management · Economy · Resource Management
In Drink Pro Tycoon you create your dreams company and dominate world drink industry. Create best drinks and make best advertisement campaigns. Invent newest technologies and market your drinks in the best way.
SimulationStrategyIndieManagementEconomyReal-Time with PauseResource ManagementImmersive SimBuildingTactical
$39.99Tropico 6
Mar 29 · Limbic Entertainment, Realmforge Studios
Both: Economy · Management · Building
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.
City BuilderStrategySimulationEconomyManagementPolitical SimMultiplayerSandboxBuildingSingleplayer👍 19,844
-25%$7.49Capitalism 2
Aug 1 · Enlight Software Limited
Both: Economy · Management · RTS
Create and control the business empire of your dreams. This in-depth strategy game covers almost every aspect of business that could be encountered in the real world.
EconomySimulationCapitalismStrategyManagementIndieVillain ProtagonistRTSClassicHorror👍 450
$14.99Tropico 4
Sep 1 · Haemimont Games
Both: Management · Economy
The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.
City BuilderSimulationStrategyManagementComedySandboxSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackEconomyReal-Time with Pause👍 8,214
$19.99Espresso Tycoon
Jun 7 · DreamWay Games
Both: Building · Management
Espresso Tycoon - a coffee shop simulator. Create your brand, decorate the coffee shop, manage your employees, and take care of your customers. Use the 3D coffee editor to create coffee recipes, order supplies, and collect rating points. Build the whole coffee business and complete all the missions!
CasualSimulationBuildingManagement3DEducationStrategyIsometricCharacter CustomizationCooking👍 1,183
$5.99BoomTown! Deluxe
Oct 14 · Ish Games
Both: Management · Resource Management
An explosive combination of mining sim and city builder. Your dream of building your own thriving town starts with few explosive charges and a yellow truck. As you mine the landscape and the money starts to roll in you'll be able to expand your empire, buying buildings, shops and facilities.
SimulationStrategyIndieCasualManagementMiningResource ManagementCity BuilderActionArcade👍 196
$5.99Pizza Connection 2
Apr 5 · Assemble Entertainment
Both: Management · Economy
It's your empire... Take control! The game has it all! the depth of gameplay will have you on the edge of your seat for hours on-end. Build, manage, strategize and conquer the competition with the richest gameplay tycoon product ever offered!
SimulationStrategyManagementEconomySingleplayerClassicIndieRetroCooking👍 271
$24.99Plutocracy
Nov 21 · Redwood
Both: Management · Economy
The business simulator Plutocracy gives you the chance to become wealthy and powerful to take control over the world. Where policy, laws, officials and people are only the chess pieces how do you play your game?
StrategySimulationGrand StrategyManagementPolitical SimEconomyCapitalismHistoricalCrimeSandbox👍 1,306
$29.99Prison Architect
Oct 6 · Introversion Software, Double Eleven
Both: Building · Management · Top-Down
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
SimulationBuildingSandboxBase BuildingColony SimStrategyManagementCity Builder2DTop-Down👍 60,159
$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
$5.99Shop Tycoon: Prepare your wallet
Aug 25 · Airem
Both: Management · RTS
Shop Tycoon is a store simulator. Create a supermarket, sex shop, games store or a store with good Polish vodka. Place your logo, hire employees, expand your car fleet, build offices and parking lots, create a chain of stores and more!
SimulationManagementIncrementalIsometricStrategySingleplayerModdablePhoto EditingRTSOld School👍 352
$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
$14.99RollerCoaster Tycoon World™
Nov 16 · Nvizzio Creations
Both: Building · Management
RollerCoaster Tycoon World™ is the newest installment in the legendary RCT franchise. This next-generation theme park simulation and building game includes fan-favorite features along with incredible new advancements!
SimulationBuildingManagementStrategySandboxSingleplayerMultiplayerRealisticEarly AccessFunny👍 3,245
$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
$9.99RPG Tycoon
Feb 12 · Skatanic Studios
Both: Management · Building
Hire heroes, send them on quests, get loot and make a profit as you expand from nothing into a bustling fantasy kingdom and attempt to win the coveted title of the greatest kingdom in all of the land!
ManagementSimulationStrategyAdventurePixel GraphicsCity BuilderIsometricBuildingFantasySingleplayer👍 410
$19.99Weed Shop 3
Apr 20 · Weed Games
Both: Management · Building · Economy
BUILD YOUR VIRTUAL WEED EMPIRE: Grow the hottest strains & crossbreed new ones, roll your own Blunts, sell Bongs, hire Growers, make Solventless Concentrates, handle Rival Dealers, befriend Influencers, smoke Dabs, ride a Dolphin, and More! WELCOME TO WEED SHOP 3!
Immersive SimManagementBuildingFPSEconomyStrategyOpen WorldFarming SimCraftingLife Sim👍 3,956
Outscape
Oct 22 · IDA Games
Both: RTS · Management · Economy
Outscape is everything you love about traditional strategy games, but places your empire within a vast online galaxy alongside other real players. Outscape rewards skillful long-term strategic gameplay with a brilliantly refreshing new take on the 4X genre.
StrategySci-fiOnline Co-OpRTSPvPSpaceExploration4XManagementEconomy👍 394
$9.99Empire TV Tycoon
Oct 20 · Dreamsite Games
Both: Management · Economy
Empire TV Tycoon is a game in which you manage a TV channel and fight for audiences taking decisions that will project your channel to fame and fortune.You will decide the content of your channel, select advertisers, hire workers, make your own productions, hire actors, and engage in much more activities!
ManagementEconomyArcadeFemale ProtagonistStrategy2DFunnyChoices MatterSimulationPixel Graphics👍 824
$11.99Dummynation
Apr 15 · Alejandro Hernández Ferrero
Both: Economy · RTS · Management
Geopolitical management game with real-time shifting borders and a streamlined gameplay, designed to minimize all burdensome chores while allowing an absolute strategic control, from military recruitment and deployment, to diplomatic and economic management.
Grand StrategyMilitarySimulationStrategyIndieEconomyDiplomacyRTSManagementWar👍 3,132
$29.99Offworld Trading Company
Apr 28 · Mohawk Games
Both: Economy · Resource Management
Mars has been colonized, and Earth's corporate titans fight to dominate this new market. Competition is fierce in this fast-paced economic RTS from Civilization IV Lead Designer, Soren Johnson.
Replay ValueAtmospheric3DPvPStrategySci-fiSimulationColorfulEconomyResource Management👍 3,598
$3.99Gamer Career Tycoon
Mar 29 · Raptor Claw Games
Both: Management · Economy
Start your life as a simple gamer in the year 2000. Find popular games to stream or compete in 8 different Esports. Who will you be? Play your career and story. Can you become the most famous broadcaster or the best progamer in the world?
CasualSimulationRPGIndieManagementEconomy2DSingleplayerReplay ValueDifficult👍 258
$10.99Real estate tycoon
Aug 5 · Double Eggs
Both: Building · Economy · Resource Management
"Illusory life: urban real estate tycoon" is a simulated business role-playing game with urban theme. We try to restore the game world like a novel of urban face slapping, and give the players a "capitalist" identity.(We are a very poor studio, so English translation will be launched in the future)
City BuilderSimulationBuildingCapitalismEconomyModernResource ManagementIndieCasualStrategy👍 418
$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
$11.99Evil Bank Manager
Dec 7 · Hamsters Gaming
Both: Economy · Management
What could be better than having a million dollars, a billion? This will not make you all powerful in the world, your goal will not only be to make lots of money, but to print money and become a Federal reserve system
StrategyEconomyManagementSimulationIndieGrand StrategySingleplayerTurn-BasedMedievalHistorical👍 1,662
$14.99Rebel Inc: Escalation
Oct 13 · Ndemic Creations
Both: Economy · Management
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
StrategySimulationGrand Strategy4XHistoricalWarEconomyTacticalManagementDiplomacy👍 6,931
-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
$4.99The Dope Game
May 30 · Tenth&Hess Games
Both: Management · RTS
To escape the city of Starkham and start your new life, your friend Preston sets up a meeting with the local loanshark, Sweaty Mike. After foolishly borrowing $2,000, you embark on a timed mission to sell as many illicit substances as possible. Based on John E. Dell's 1984 classic game Drugwars.
CasualSimulationCrimeStrategySingleplayerManagementBoard GameRTSTurn-Based StrategyCollectathon👍 188
$14.99Citystate
Feb 22 · Andy Sztark
Both: Economy · Building · Management
Create a 21st century micro-nation and experiment with economic and political ideals. Futuristic skyscrapers or spreading slums, the Nation relies on your economic and city planning skills.
SimulationCity BuilderStrategyIndieCasualPolitical SimEconomyBuildingManagementSingleplayer👍 793
-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
-75%$2.49Railroad Tycoon 3
May 4 · PopTop
Both: Management · Economy · Building
Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo in a dynamic economy, and participate in...
ManagementStrategyTrainsSimulationEconomySingleplayerReal-Time with PauseClassicBuildingSandbox👍 1,128
$14.99Mad Tower Tycoon
Jan 14 · Eggcode
Both: Management · Building · Economy
Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.
SimulationStrategyManagementBuildingCity BuilderSandboxEconomySingleplayerCasualColony Sim👍 413
-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
$9.99Market Tycoon
May 11 · Protection Games
Both: Management · Building
Market Tycoon is a Tycoon game where you Grow your Market from a small Mini Market all the way up to a Hyper Market. Manage, create, and customize your market from wall paint to placing cashiers, shelves, and fridges.
SimulationIndieEarly AccessCasualStrategyRPGManagementBuildingSandboxSingleplayer👍 351

