Games like Project manager SIM
by Escapismogames
Big Ambitions and News Tower play most like Project manager SIM. Of the 17 closest games below, most share its management and economy; 5 came out in the last year, 8 are free or under $10 and 1 has co-op. The best known is Big Ambitions, with 14,164 Steam reviews.
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Closest matches
Big Ambitions
Aug 28 · Hovgaard Games
Both: Management · Economy · Capitalism
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👍 14,164News Tower
Nov 18, 2025 · Sparrow Night
Both: Management · Sandbox · Resource Management
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👍 4,325Copa City: Matchday Manager
Jun 16 · Triple Espresso S.A.
Both: Management · Economy · Time Management
Your opponent isn't the team on the pitch - it's the logistical chaos paralyzing the city. Take control of the urban space and prep it for fans from around the world. Too many mistakes and missed deadlines could cancel the whole event!
ManagementEconomySimulationTime ManagementCapitalismSandboxSingleplayerResource ManagementInventory ManagementSports👍 264Mad Games Tycoon
Sep 13, 2016 · Eggcode
Both: Management · Economy · Resource Management
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👍 3,700Software Inc.
May 1, 2015 · Coredumping
Both: Management · Economy · Capitalism
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.
Early AccessManagementSimulationEconomyCapitalismBuildingSandboxGame DevelopmentIndieModdable👍 7,585Startup Panic
Jan 20, 2022 · Algorocks
Both: Resource Management · Management · Time Management
Quit your job and build an exciting startup! Survive the tech bubble, compete with rival CEOs and expand your office from bedroom programmer up to the heights of global corporate sabotage! As long as you don't get hacked... or kidnapped...
ProgrammingSimulationResource ManagementManagementTime ManagementEconomySingleplayerRelaxingCasualComedy👍 214Good Company
Jun 21, 2022 · Chasing Carrots
Both: Management · Economy · Resource Management
Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!
ManagementEconomyBuildingSimulationResource ManagementAutomationStrategySandboxOnline Co-OpBase Building👍 1,480PC Tycoon 2
Mar 28, 2024 · Insignis Games
Both: Economy · Time Management · Sandbox
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👍 319E-Shop Tycoon
Jul 28 · Aeolian Games
Both: Sandbox · Time Management · Top-Down
Embark on an e-commerce startup journey in E-Shop Tycoon! Optimize warehouse logistics, hire and train staff, and design unique office spaces as your business grows. Handle industry events and marketing crises. Come grow your startup into an e-commerce giant!
SimulationCasualSandboxShop KeeperTime ManagementStrategy2.5DTop-DownStylizedAtmospheric👍 626City Bus Manager
Jun 25, 2024 · 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!
SimulationManagementSingleplayerEconomyAutomobile SimCapitalismCasualLogicStrategySandbox👍 2,414Production Line : Car factory simulation
Mar 7, 2019 · Positech Games
Both: Management · Economy · Resource Management
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
ManagementSimulationEconomyStrategyAutomationBuildingResource ManagementSandboxIndieBase Building👍 3,171Internet Cafe Evolution
Apr 19, 2024 · Tiny Flame Games
Both: Time Management · Sandbox · 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.
Time ManagementShop KeeperSandboxBuildingRomanceManagementEconomyCapitalismDating SimStrategy👍 607City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
Aug 24, 2021 · Binogure Studio 🐺
Both: Management · Economy · Capitalism
Manage a game studio from the dawn of the gaming industry in 1976. Your journey starts with small indie titles and grows into a gaming empire. Develop, design, and conquer the industry. From humble beginnings to gaming legend, it’s your story, your studio, your legacy!
ManagementSimulationEconomyGame DevelopmentCapitalismStrategyModdableProgrammingSingleplayer2D👍 1,785Werner Waffenwerke: Arms Tycoon
Oct 9, 2025 · Stobi Games UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Both: Capitalism · Management · Economy
Build your own armaments empire. Develop customised weapons, build and expand factories, manage staff, production and finances, and sell your products on the global market. Transform a run-down family business into the world’s most valuable corporation.
SimulationCapitalismManagementEconomySandboxStrategyBase BuildingGun CustomizationCasualResource ManagementPlutocracy
Nov 21, 2019 · Redwood
Both: Management · Economy · Capitalism
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👍 1,310The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon
Feb 11, 2025 · Aniki Games
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?
ManagementSimulationEconomyStrategyCapitalism2DSandboxSingleplayerIsometricReplay Value👍 1,035Timeflow – Life Sim
Jan 18, 2019 · Digital Geckos
Both: Economy · Time Management · Sandbox
This game will make you rich! Learn the basics of investment and life management. Your goal is to make your dream come true. You can make a career, buy real estate, run business, trade stocks, become a blogger, or make a fortune on an art market. Study, network, and plan your time for all of it.
Life SimEconomyTime ManagementEducationSandboxCapitalismPvPTabletopTurn-Based StrategyCharacter Customization👍 1,379
Also worth a look
Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
Game Dev Tycoon
Aug 29, 2013 · 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👍 40,330
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