Games like Backlot: Hollywood Studio Tycoon
by Goodpunk Studios
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.
View on Steam · $12.74 →
Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
Closest matches
$25.99Big 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👍 14,060
$7.99PC Tycoon 2
Mar 28 · 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👍 320
-40%$8.99The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon
Feb 11 · 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👍 1,034
$24.99Plutocracy
Nov 21 · 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👍 1,306
$24.99News Tower
Nov 18 · Sparrow Night
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
$11.99This Grand Life
Apr 17 · Poking Water Games
Both: Time Management · Capitalism · Economy
A life simulator that leans heavily into the personal finance aspect. Pay taxes, take out mortgages, trade stocks, buy real estate, start businesses, or grind your way to victory as an employee.
Time ManagementCapitalismEconomyManagementSurvivalLife SimEducationTurn-Based StrategyCharacter CustomizationRPG👍 222
$24.99Mad Games Tycoon 2
May 31 · Eggcode
Both: Management · Economy · Capitalism
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
$29.99City of Gangsters
Aug 9 · SomaSim
Both: 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
$14.99Mad Games Tycoon
Sep 13 · Eggcode
Both: Management · Economy · Sandbox
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
$12.99The Invisible Hand
May 7 · Power Struggle Games
Both: Capitalism · Economy · Management
Want to get rich, quick? Welcome to FERIOS, where you’ll be empowered to pursue wealth and success as a mid-level stockbroker! Your wildest dreams of wealth can come true… at the cost of everything else.
CapitalismTradingEconomyStrategyDark ComedyVillain ProtagonistSatireSingleplayerManagementAdventure👍 505
$19.99Hollywood Animal
Apr 10 · Weappy Wholesome
Both: Economy
Make movies, even if someone has to die. Take the helm of a major Hollywood studio at the dawn of sound cinema, and guide it through decades of creative achievements and glamor, debauchery and dark deeds, tough choices and unpleasant compromises.
Early AccessSimulationStrategyCity BuilderChoices MatterAtmosphericEconomyBuildingEmotionalRealistic👍 3,847
$19.99Barn Finders
Jun 15 · Duality Games
Both: Economy · Management · Sandbox
Search for valuable items stashed in abandoned barns. Take part in storage auctions, bid high and buy yourself a chance to find exclusive items hidden in the past.
SimulationCasualIndieTradingEconomySingleplayerExplorationManagementFirst-PersonSandbox👍 3,968
$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
$9.99The Corporate Machine
Mar 25 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: Time Management · Economy · Capitalism
Stardock's classic 2001 real-time economic strategy game, available now on Steam. Dive back into the timeless battle for one of the most ruthless environments ever created: international trade.
Time ManagementEconomyCapitalismManagementBuildingCraftingPvPTradingBase BuildingRTS
-75%$4.99Punch Club 2: Fast Forward
Jul 20 · Lazy Bear Games
Both: Time Management · Management
Train, fight, and rise to the top in this knockout sequel to the smashing fighter management simulator! Mentor your fighter and guide him to become the ultimate champion: choose from different combat styles, control his routine, and watch him kick some butt like a proud sensei!
Time ManagementPixel GraphicsMartial ArtsResource ManagementManagementAdventureCyberpunkSportsStrategy RPGTactical RPG👍 3,813
-85%$3.74Definitely Not Fried Chicken
Sep 29 · Dope Games
Both: Management · Sandbox · Capitalism
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
$9.99The Guild Gold Edition
Sep 9 · 4HEAD Studios
Both: Economy · Management
It’s the year 1400- the late Middle Ages. Europe sees the dawn of the golden age of the new departures and the free spirit. Under the rule of the bourgeoisie and businessmen, more and more towns are emerging from the clutches of the aristocracy and are achieving independence, power and wealth.
SimulationStrategyMedievalEconomyManagementClassicTradingRPG👍 554
$29.99Constructor
May 26 · System 3
Both: 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
$19.99GearCity
Jan 14 · Visual Entertainment And Technologies
Both: Management · Economy · Capitalism
Do you find tycoon games too simplistic? GearCity is a complex and in-depth business simulator. It focuses on a realistic economic simulation of the global automobile industry. The game takes several hours to grasp and hundreds of hours to master. Can you succeed where many other CEOs have failed?
ManagementSimulationStrategyEconomyIndieAutomobile SimCapitalismTurn-BasedRealisticRetro👍 1,419
$16.99Another Brick in The Mall
Apr 30 · The Quadsphere
Both: Management · Economy · Capitalism
Design, build and manage a giant shopping center. Open shops, supermarkets, restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys and more. Hire and manage the best staff for the job and milk your customers for all they're worth!
ManagementAutomationSimulationBuildingShop KeeperCity BuilderEconomyBase BuildingColony SimCapitalism👍 2,340
$19.99City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
Aug 24 · 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👍 1,780
$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
$14.99Dealer's Life 2
Feb 15 · Abyte Entertainment
Both: Management · Capitalism · Economy
Your favorite pawn shop experience is finally getting a sequel! Haggle like your life depends on it in this funny tycoon game. You never know WHAT is gonna stumble through that door!
TradingManagementJob SimulatorCapitalismShop KeeperMemesHobby SimCasualEconomyImmersive Sim👍 3,993
$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
$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
$24.99Production Line : Car factory simulation
Mar 7 · Positech Games
Both: Management · Economy · Sandbox
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👍 3,171
$19.99Sovereign Tower
Aug 6 · WILD WITS GAMES
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Management
Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balance egos whilst carving out your kingdom's destiny. If destiny doesn’t go your way, keep turning back time, uncover secrets and rewrite fate again and again.
Choices MatterMedievalChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelIndieManagementDialogue HeavyHand-drawnRPGStory Rich👍 3,150
$19.99The Tenants
Oct 20 · EndGameLoop Games
Both: Management · Economy · Sandbox
Become a landlord and deal with problematic tenants as you build your rental property empire. Decide how to react to annoyed neighbors or police interventions. Will you design your apartment for a group of gamer friends or an aspiring musician looking for a new home?
ManagementDesign & IllustrationLife SimCity BuilderBuildingEconomyGod GameImmersive SimSandboxReplay Value👍 7,072
$24.99Storage Hunter Simulator
Nov 27 · Raccoons Studio
Both: Capitalism · Economy · Management
Play as one of the bidders for abandoned warehouses and uncover hidden treasures! Storage Hunter is a garage auction simulation game. Bid, win, and sell for profit! Become the king of storage auction.
Immersive SimOnline Co-OpShop KeeperJob SimulatorCapitalismEconomyDrivingManagementTrading3D👍 3,868
$35.99Railroad Corporation
Nov 18 · Corbie Games
Both: Management · Economy · Sandbox
Relive the pioneering spirit of the Golden Age of Steam by establishing your own railroad empire across 19th century North America. Bring settlements together, produce and trade goods and develop new technologies to stay ahead of the competition. Want more? RAILROAD CORPORATION 2 Out Now!
TrainsStrategyManagementSimulationHistoricalTransportationEconomyMultiplayerReal-Time with PauseSandbox👍 1,094
$8.99GamersGoMakers
Aug 8 · gnifrebel Games UG
Both: Management · Economy
In GamersGoMakers, you found a little company creating the first video games in history. Create your first game with only basic sound and simple graphics available in the year 1980. You´re one of the pioneers entering the rising global market for computer games.
SimulationIndieStrategyManagementCasualGame DevelopmentEconomy👍 300
$29.99Rise of Industry
May 2 · Dapper Penguin Studios
Both: Management · Economy
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
$10.99Real estate tycoon
Aug 5 · Double Eggs
Both: Capitalism · Economy
"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


