Games like Game Dev Studio
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Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?
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$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
$22.99Software Inc.
May 1 · Coredumping
Both: Management · Economy · Sandbox
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 AccessManagementEconomySimulationCapitalismBuildingSandboxGame DevelopmentIndieModdable👍 7,577
$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
$12.99Startup Company
Apr 10 · Hovgaard Games
Both: Management · Economy · Sandbox
Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!
ManagementSimulationEconomyStrategyIndieCasualSandboxBuildingSingleplayerEarly Access👍 5,855
$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
$3.99Gamer Career Tycoon
Mar 29 · Raptor Claw Games
Both: Management · Economy · Replay Value
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
-50%$7.49Dungeon Tycoon
Sep 25 · Lunheim Studios
Both: Management · Economy · Replay Value
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
$24.99Mad Games Tycoon 2
May 31 · Eggcode
Both: Management · Economy
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
$19.99Little Big Workshop
Oct 17 · Mirage Game Studios
Both: Management · Economy · Sandbox
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
SimulationStrategyManagementBuildingResource ManagementEconomyAutomationSandboxSingleplayerCrafting👍 2,522
$19.99City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
Aug 24 · Binogure Studio 🐺
Both: Management · Economy
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
$25.99Big Ambitions
Aug 28 · Hovgaard Games
Both: Management · Economy · Sandbox
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
$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
$7.99PC Tycoon 2
Mar 28 · Insignis Games
Both: Economy · Sandbox · 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
$24.99MMORPG Tycoon 2
Jan 6 · VectorStorm Pty Ltd
Both: Sandbox · Management · Economy
MMORPG Tycoon 2 is a single-player world-builder game about creating the greatest MMORPG of all time – yours.
Game DevelopmentSandboxCity BuilderManagementGod GameCharacter CustomizationSimulationEconomy3DStylized👍 2,979
-75%$6.49King of Retail
Sep 14 · Freaking Games
Both: Management · Sandbox · Economy
The store is your kingdom! Expand your humble boutique into a thriving business: hire the right staff, decorate your displays, and lure in customers. Even your wildest ideas can turn a profit. Why not start a business that sells only white T-shirts and ketchup? PCs and beans? Your rule, your rules!
CasualSimulationManagementImmersive SimDesign & IllustrationSandboxBuildingEconomyCapitalismIndie👍 2,983
$24.99Interstellar Transport Company
May 24 · MT Worlds
Both: Management · Economy · Sandbox
Build a galactic transportation empire and supply humanity with everything it needs to colonize the stars. In this sci-fi logistics simulator, grow your company from a local transport agency into an interstellar logistics behemoth! Singleplayer, vs AI, and online multiplayer.
SpaceSimulationManagementTradingStrategyEconomySci-fiMultiplayerSandboxEarly Access👍 395
$24.99Plutocracy
Nov 21 · Redwood
Both: Management · Economy · Sandbox
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
