Games like Software Inc.
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Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
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$25.99Big Ambitions
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Both: Management · Economy · Capitalism
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$14.99Internet Cafe Evolution
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Both: Sandbox · Building · Management
This is a business simulation + construction game. It tells the evolution history of Internet cafes that began in the 1990s, and imagines the future of internet cafes. There are also some small emotional stories.
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Oct 24 · Iceflake Studios, Colossal Order
Both: Building · Sandbox · Management
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
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$17.99Motel Manager Simulator
Aug 26 · Denzone Games
Both: Management · Economy · Sandbox
Restore an old motel alongside a shop and a gas station. Design, furnish, decorate and rent rooms. provide products for customers and fuel for cars. Hire employees to help you and be the boss of your own empire.
SimulationManagementEconomyImmersive SimLife SimTradingDesign & IllustrationSandboxAtmosphericRealistic👍 1,476
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Jun 25 · PeDePe GbR
Both: Management · Economy · Capitalism
Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data. Buy buses, maintain them, take care of your staff and lead your bus company to become the #1 in town!
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$19.99Potion Tycoon
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Both: Management · Building · Sandbox
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ManagementSimulationBuildingSandboxShop KeeperStrategyMagicEconomyAutomationResource Management👍 629
$19.99Car Manufacture
Aug 1 · STEREO GAMES S.A.
Both: Building · Economy · Management
Car Manufacture is an automotive tycoon game. Start in the beginning of the XX century and create thriving business. Build cars, manage people, expand your plant and research new technology. Make tons of money and stay on top.
Early AccessAutomationAutomobile SimBuildingEconomyRetroTime ManagementManagementSandboxStrategy👍 1,395
$15.99Estate Agent Simulator
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Both: Management · Economy · Capitalism
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Early AccessSimulationTradingImmersive SimManagementDrivingEconomyCapitalismLife SimBuilding👍 573
$12.99Clothing Store Simulator
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Both: Management · Economy · Capitalism
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SimulationManagementEconomyLife SimSingleplayerTradingImmersive SimCapitalismResource ManagementInventory Management👍 1,120
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Both: Management · Economy · Capitalism
Shape the history of the Hollywood movie industry in this sandbox business simulation game. Create the movies you've always wanted to see, hire the best team, research cutting-edge technologies, and dominate the Box Office. Can you rise from a small studio to a Hollywood giant?
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$19.99Supermarket Simulator
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Both: Management · Economy · Building
Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.
SimulationManagementMultiplayerEconomySingleplayerTradingFirst-PersonImmersive SimLife SimBuilding👍 79,249
$19.95Holonoptic
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Both: Management · Capitalism · Building
As the new CEO of a derelict company, you must deal (or side) with rogue corporate AIs, rebellious labor unions and globalist aristocrats. Holonoptic combines economic simulation and RPG into a story-rich corporate alpine cyberpunk.
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$5.99Mobiles Tycoon
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Time ManagementIdlerSandboxArtificial IntelligenceCapitalismManagementGame DevelopmentStrategyPvETurn-Based Strategy👍 178
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Both: Management · Sandbox · Capitalism
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Both: Sandbox · Management · Economy
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Both: Building · Management · Sandbox
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SimulationCity BuilderDecoratingLife SimBuildingManagementSandboxFunnyFishingIndie👍 2,476
$14.99Better Mart Simulator
May 16 · Exanticx Studio
Both: Sandbox · Economy · Management
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Shop KeeperSandboxEconomyManagementFirst-PersonOpen WorldTeam-BasedCasualSimulationRealistic👍 1,241
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Both: Building · Economy · Management
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$19.99Hotel Magnate
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Both: Management · Building · Sandbox
Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, rundown motel, or elegant resort? With a ridiculous amount of customization tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel manager shine!
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$19.99Recycling Center Simulator
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Both: Management · Sandbox · Economy
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$29.99RAILGRADE
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Both: Moddable · Building · Management
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Both: Sandbox · Building · Economy
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Both: Management · Economy · Capitalism
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$12.99Island Market Simulator
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Both: Management · Economy · Building
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$24.99News Tower
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Both: Management · Sandbox · Economy
Develop your newspaper and become New York’s new media mogul! In this tycoon, build and manage your newspaper from printer to toilet. Create your editorial line and lead your journalists through unique 1930's stories and dig out the latest scoops!
ManagementSimulationStrategySandboxIndieResource Management2DEconomyBuildingTime Management👍 4,316
$11.99Love Tavern
Dec 19 · Secret Labo
Both: Management · Building · Economy
After your death due to a car accident, you have been summoned by the goddess to take care of a tavern in an Isekai world. Your job is to hire different girls from various tribes and races to help out the business there, as well as build up room by room of the tavern to expand the business.
Sexual ContentManagementBuildingSimulationTime ManagementEconomyCity BuilderColony SimDating SimGod Game👍 778
$34.99Solargene
Jan 19 · Alexander Semenov
Both: Sandbox · Management · Building
Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions
Colony SimBase BuildingCity BuilderSpace SimResource ManagementSandboxManagementBuildingEconomyStrategy👍 777
$24.99Industry Giant 4.0
Oct 17 · Don VS Dodo
Both: Management · Economy · Building
Build an industrial empire from scratch in Industry Giant 4.0. Produce goods, build up your industries, construct transportation networks, plan production, manage finances, and navigate global events. Become the next business tycoon and write history!
ManagementStrategySimulationCity BuilderResource ManagementEconomyAutomationModernBuildingRealistic👍 506
$19.99Blacksmith Master
May 15 · Untitled Studio
Both: Building · Management · Sandbox
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StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingMedievalColony SimBuildingManagementResource ManagementSandbox👍 2,530
$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
$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
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Apr 16 · Leikir Studio
Both: Economy · Building
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
StylizedCity BuilderEconomyColony SimStrategyResource ManagementIsometricColorfulBuildingNature👍 694
$14.99Junkyard Builder
Apr 8 · FreeMind S.A.
Both: Management · Sandbox · Economy
In Junkyard Builder, you’re the proud owner of a once-forgotten junkyard, now brimming with endless potential. Dive into the satisfying world of restoration, recycling, and raw hustle as you transform trash into treasure and rise to become the ruler of the junk empire!
SimulationManagementFirst-PersonCasualLife SimFamily FriendlyImmersive SimRelaxingSandboxEconomy👍 223
$24.99Space Haven
May 13 · Bugbyte Ltd.
Both: Management · Sandbox · Building
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Colony SimBase BuildingSurvivalStrategySpaceManagementSandboxSimulationBuildingSci-fi👍 10,267
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Nov 6 · Frontier Developments
Both: Sandbox · Building · Economy
Build and customise thrilling roller coasters and incredible water slides, manage the ultimate theme park experience, and share your epic creations. Are you ready to ride the wave?
SimulationSandboxStrategyBuildingCity Builder3DSingleplayerEconomyGod GameManagement👍 13,059