Games like Plug: Build your Empire
by Nocturne Games
Factorio and City of Gangsters play most like Plug: Build your Empire. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its management and resource management.
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Factorio
Aug 14, 2020 · Wube Software LTD.
Both: Automation · Base Building · Resource Management
Top-down 2D sci-fi automation management simulator, detailed pixel art. Building factories, automating production and defending against enemies.
AutomationBase BuildingResource ManagementSandboxCraftingStrategyMultiplayerSurvivalManagementOpen World👍 195,916City of Gangsters
Aug 9, 2021 · SomaSim
Both: Crime · Resource Management · Management
Isometric 3D historical management tycoon strategy, stylized 3D render. Managing production chains, building criminal operations and smuggling goods.
CrimeResource ManagementStrategyManagementProcedural GenerationEconomyTurn-BasedHistoricalTurn-Based StrategyGrand Strategy👍 1,333Good Company
Jun 21, 2022 · Chasing Carrots
Both: Management · Economy · Resource Management
Isometric 3D modern-day management simulation, stylized low poly. Building production lines, managing employee logistics and designing tech products.
ManagementEconomyBuildingSimulationResource ManagementAutomationStrategySandboxOnline Co-OpBase Building👍 1,480Rise of Industry
May 2, 2019 · Dapper Penguin Studios
Both: Management · Economy · Resource Management
Isometric 3D historical strategic tycoon game, low poly stylized. Build factories, manage production lines and arrange trade.
ManagementStrategyEconomySimulationCity BuilderResource ManagementIndieBase BuildingTradingBuilding👍 3,124Big Ambitions
Aug 28 · Hovgaard Games
Both: Management · Economy · Sandbox
Isometric 3D modern-day business life simulation sandbox, stylized 3D. Building businesses, managing money and living a life.
ManagementEconomySimulationCapitalismLife SimSandboxSingleplayerResource ManagementTime ManagementInventory Management👍 14,164Dirty Business
Jul 22 · Plan Dirty Games
Both: Management · Crime · Base Building
First-person 3D modern-day crime management simulation, realistic 3D. Produce illegal goods, manage criminal empire and distribute products.
SimulationCo-opManagementCrimeCraftingMultiplayerBase BuildingRealisticAutomationAction👍 980Mad Games Tycoon
Sep 13, 2016 · Eggcode
Both: Management · Economy · Base Building
Isometric 3D modern-day management simulation, stylized 3D graphics. Developing video games, managing a company and building an office.
ManagementSimulationStrategyEconomyCasualBuildingBase BuildingResource ManagementSandboxCrafting👍 3,700Automation Empire
Nov 20, 2019 · DOG HOGGLER
Both: Automation · Base Building · Sandbox
Isometric 3D sci-fi simulation management game, 3D stylized realism. Building industrial networks, managing resources and researching technology.
SimulationAutomationStrategyBase BuildingSandboxBuildingResource ManagementEconomyManagementCrafting👍 2,586InfraSpace
Sep 22, 2023 · Dionic Software
Both: Automation · Resource Management · Sandbox
Top-down 3D sci-fi city builder simulation, stylized 3D. Building infrastructure, managing resources and terraforming.
City BuilderAutomationTransportationSpaceResource ManagementSandboxBuildingEconomyManagementSci-fi👍 1,639Production Line : Car factory simulation
Mar 7, 2019 · Positech Games
Both: Management · Economy · Automation
Isometric 2D modern-day management simulation tycoon. Building production lines, managing factory efficiency and researching car technologies.
ManagementSimulationEconomyStrategyAutomationBuildingResource ManagementSandboxIndieBase Building👍 3,171Cartel Tycoon
Jul 26, 2022 · Moon Moose
Both: Resource Management · Management · Economy
Top-down 3D historical tycoon strategy management simulation, realistic 3D graphics. Building drug production chains, managing lieutenants and money, defending against rivals and authorities.
Top-DownRTSResource ManagementAtmosphericManagementSurvivalStrategyBuildingEconomySimulation👍 2,827Basement
Nov 10, 2019 · Halfbus
Both: Management · Crime · Base Building
Isometric 2D modern-day strategy management simulation, pixel graphics. Running illegal business, base building and resource management.
ManagementStrategyCrimeSimulationBase BuildingResource ManagementBuildingDifficultSandboxDark Comedy👍 1,683Schedule I
Mar 24, 2025 · TVGS
Both: Crime · Management · Automation
First-person 3D modern-day crime management simulation, stylized low poly. Producing drugs, building an empire and fighting competitors.
SimulationCrimeCo-opManagementMultiplayerOpen WorldFirst-PersonCraftingAutomationBase Building👍 290,032The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire
Oct 31, 2025 · BEF GAMES
Both: Crime · Management · Resource Management
Third-person 3D modern-day open-world crime simulator, stylized low poly. Committing crimes, running illegal businesses and managing criminal empire.
Early AccessCrimeOpen WorldSimulationManagementResource ManagementCraftingBase BuildingDrivingCharacter Customization👍 403Turmoil
Jun 2, 2016 · Gamious
Both: Management · Resource Management
Side-view 2D historical management simulation, visually charming, tongue-in-cheek. Mining oil, building pipe networks and selling oil.
ManagementMiningStrategyTime ManagementResource ManagementTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerSingleplayerRelaxingAsynchronous Multiplayer👍 13,167Captain of Industry
May 31, 2022 · MaFi Games
Both: Automation · Resource Management · Base Building
Isometric 3D modern-day automation and management simulation, realistic 3D graphics. Mining resources, building factories and managing logistics.
AutomationResource ManagementBase BuildingSimulationStrategyEconomyManagementBuildingCity BuilderEarly Access👍 11,079Factory Town 2: Paradise
Jul 14 · Erik Asmussen
Both: Automation · Base Building · Resource Management
A Town Builder + Factory Sim where you fully automate a tropical village and feed a giant volcano. Use conveyor belts, trains, boats, zip lines, pipes, water wheels and more to produce massive amounts of items and keep everyone happy!
Early AccessAutomationCity BuilderBase BuildingResource ManagementColony SimManagementSimulationBuildingEconomy👍 172