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  1. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    81% User Score Based on 3,086 reviews

    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! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Startup Company.

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  2. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    95% User Score Based on 747 reviews

    Ready to take charge as the new owner of a flourishing hotel empire?Your job? To design, build, and manage grand hotels scattered across the globe. You’ll juggle demanding guests, keep your establishment running smoothly, and face a delightful array of unexpected challenges. All this and more awaits you in Hotel Architect: the ultimate hotel construction and tycoon management game! Demonstrate… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hotel Architect.

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  3. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
    90% User Score Based on 240 reviews

    You are the owner of an underwater cafe in Sydney. You must keep your customers happy by serving them delicious coffee and snacks. The goal of the game is to keep the shop running smoothly and efficiently. What's more - since it’s an underwater café you can help raise awareness of the problems related to the sea animals, ocean pollution and producing too much trash. There will be a variety of … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Espresso Tycoon Prologue: Underwater.

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  4. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    79% User Score Based on 156 reviews

    Build rigs to mine Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrency. Trade on the market to grow wealth. Expand your business into new offices. Hire skilled employees and assign tasks. Use cash from your mega farms to research new technologies and reach the goal of each scenario. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator.

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  5. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    66% User Score Based on 134 reviews

    A simulation-based settlement-building strategy game set in a fantasy world - build and grow from a humble colony to control of your own kingdom! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to King under the Mountain.

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  6. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    70% User Score Based on 43 reviews

    Follow Us Official Discord for Super Movie Tycoon is now open! Discord link Join our player community to get: ✓ First-hand dev logs ✓ Exclusive game news ✓ Direct communication with the dev team ✓ Opportunities to participate in beta tests Join us now and start your movie tycoon journey! About the GameBecome a movie mogul in Super Movie Tycoon! From script to screen, build your dream t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Movie Tycoon.

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  7. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    81% User Score Based on 1,184 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    The Apocalypse is here. Demons all around. Now, it’s time to fight back! Build, manage and defend your base in a post apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    90% User Score Based on 273 reviews

    Design and build your own medieval tavern! Build a tavern from the ground up in any way you imagine it! It can be a classy place meant to serve kings or a restaurant which specializes in great food. Optimize your seating arrangement to allow your staff to be as fast as possible, upgrade and expand to attract even more patrons and spread your business. In order to keep your customers happy you wi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TM - Prologue.

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  9. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 770 reviews

    You are the founder of your video game company. The starting point belongs to you, in your garage, or think big instead of small by acquiring your first local. At the end of the day, your decisions will make your studio a success and will mark the Video Game History. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to City Game Studio.

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  10. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 365 reviews

    Create and build your own Call Center in Smooth Operators. Develop client relationships while balancing your financials and workload. Plan an efficient operation through micro management of your workforce while achieving objectives. Can you create a successful operation? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Smooth Operators.

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  11. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    80% User Score Based on 377 reviews

    Build and Manage your own arcade. Pick the best cabinets, creating your own machines, hire and fire staff, plan and manage your venues and try not to blow everything up! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arcade Tycoon.

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  12. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 5,239 reviews

    Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tavern Master.

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  13. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    65% User Score Based on 164 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    "The Spatials: Galactology is The Spatials reimagined as a deeper, more rewarding simulation game. With mod support and active pause, Galactology adds new items and structures to build, trade routes to exploit, planets with many new variables, sophisticated AI, civilizations that actually attack your station -- and unique gameplay systems behind every object and room." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Spatials: Galactology.

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  14. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    82% User Score Based on 370 reviews

    Rec Center Tycoon draws inspiration from the management classics like Theme Hospital to give you a deep business management game where you build and run a recreation center from the ground up. Micromanage employees, finances, customer needs and much more! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rec Center Tycoon.

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  15. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 3,499 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 46 reviews

    Buy Two Point Campus on PlayStation Store. Take your simulation management experience to a class above to build your university, your way! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Two Point Campus.

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  16. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    84% User Score Based on 2,768 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    In London Life, you will be challenged to create gleaming office towers for titans of trade, elite global stock exchanges and moguls of media. Your towers will be crowned with soaring antennae and space-facing satellite dishes to access the global information network. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Highrise.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    84% User Score Based on 230 reviews

    Create and expand your dream supermarket. Manage your aisles, inventory, machines, cleaning, deliveries, and staff. Welcome your customers and decorate every corner. Play solo or with up to 6 players and transform a small shop into a retail empire! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Better Mart.

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  18. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    93% User Score Based on 3,583 reviews

    Build and design your own game studio Starting in any year between 1976 and 2020, begin building your dream game company. With every passing year you will need to research new technologies and features, develop or license better game engines, and make the decisions necessary to go from a small garage studio to an industry dominating mega company. Prepare to release your next hit game on home conso… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mad Games Tycoon 2.

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  19. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    81% User Score Based on 349 reviews

    Windward Horizon is an RPG-adventure set on the high seas, a sequel to the game Windward released on Steam in 2015. Trade, quest, fight, or just sail the world and fish -- it's your choice, and you can do it alone or together with your friends. You will start as a young, unaffiliated pirate with the whole world open for you to explore. Before long, you will run into various other faction leaders,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Windward Horizon.

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  20. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    81% User Score Based on 1,265 reviews

    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! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Another Brick in The Mall.

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  21. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    73% User Score Based on 1,256 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 2 reviews

    It's time to start working towards that ultimate goal of enlightenment, faith and money…lots and lots of money. Create, customise, expand and manage your own cult whilst listening to funky music in Honey, I Joined a Cult! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Honey, I Joined a Cult.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 1,330 reviews

    Build up your own arms manufacturing company. Find your factory, buy your resources, produce a wide range of military equipment to sell to the highest bidder. Good or bad? That's up to you, who you do business with is your choice. Don't ask, don't tell, get paid. After all, war is about making money. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gunsmith.

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  23. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 1,604 reviews
    Critic Score 84%Based on 5 reviews

    Academia : School Simulator is a management game that lets you design, construct, and manage the high school of your dreams! As the school Principal, watch your students as they get bullied, find love, flunk exams, and basically just try to get through the roller-coaster ride that is high school. Will you offer the best teachers and facilities or cheap out and build giant classrooms with a 1:100 s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Academia: School Simulator.

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  24. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    76% User Score Based on 3,996 reviews
    Critic Score 63%Based on 3 reviews

    Endzone is a post apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after a global nuclear disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endzone: A World Apart.

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    69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    75% User Score Based on 2,848 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 2 reviews

    CryoFall is Sci-Fi multiplayer survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. This unique multiplayer sci-fi experience challenges players to survive on a harsh, alien planet with a variety of official and community servers hosting persistent worlds for up to 300 players each. CryoFall features top down perspective with hand-drawn 2D graphics. CryoFall delivers a complex survival ex… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CryoFall.

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  26. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    60% User Score Based on 309 reviews

    Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, motel, resort, or tent? With a ridiculous amount of customisation 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! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hotel Magnate.

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  27. 30%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    50% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Welcome to the bank! Here, you will begin your journey in the world of finance and grow a banking empire from the ground up. In building mode, you may expand rooms, decorate your space and unlock new features as your bank grows. Bring in staff like tellers, cleaning services and security to to keep things running smoothly while you focus on growing the business. Robbers, scammers, and l… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bank King Simulator.

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  28. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization
    78% User Score Based on 218 reviews

    Manage the Cinema Schedule! Get to know your audience well and showcase hit movies at the right times! Plan the showtimes carefully to fill your halls and increase customer satisfaction. It's up to you to choose which movies to release each week; set your strategy wisely! Maintain Order! There may be those who want to disrupt the peace in the cinema hall! Detect and intervene with smokers … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cinema Simulator 2025.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 2,470 reviews

    News Tower is a news and resource management game. Your goal is to build a newspaper empire in 1930s New York that is profitable, independent, and – most importantly – wins the trust of its readers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to News Tower.

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  30. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    54% User Score Based on 225 reviews

    This game is a prologue for Stellar Settlers full game, click to see on Steam! Stellar Settlers is a space-base building and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, take control of a settlement, build your own thriving colony on 5 hostile planets. Earn profits, buy parts & build a better Starship, colonize even richer planets & REPEAT! In every new planet wit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellar Settlers: Arrival.

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  32. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    92% User Score Based on 16,405 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

    Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County. Build and customise your hospital - it is yours after all - with specialist diagnosis and treatment facilities, as well as the very latest in ornamental technology! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Two Point Hospital.

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    58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    58% User Score Based on 419 reviews

    Ragnorium is a planet recolonization simulator where players are tasked with leading clone colonists in a self-sustainable settlement while attempting to survive the oncoming Holy Crusade. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ragnorium.

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  35. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 152 reviews

    Casino Resort Tower is a simulation game where you build and manage a casino hotel skyscraper from the ground up. While trying to solve the problems caused by troublesome customers with a CEO that dreams about a luxury office. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Casino Resort Tower.

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  36. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    54% User Score Based on 3,812 reviews

    Build and manage your tavern, satisfy the wandering hearts and bellies of sinners and sojourners, and, most importantly, send them out throughout the land to make known your fame, near and far. But all of this is merely your first step, as you soon attract the attention of serious political and military forces and slowly become a part of a ruthless race for power. Dare to defy your own fate in an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crossroads Inn.

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    58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    55% User Score Based on 13,264 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    Anno 2070 is a city-building and economic simulation game, with real-time strategy elements. It is the 5th game of the Anno series. It was released on 17 November 2011, and was co-developed by the German studios Related Designs and Ubisoft Blue Byte, and published by Ubisoft. Anno 2070 requires Uplay to operate. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anno 2070.

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  38. 52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    52% User Score Based on 150 reviews

    Common’hood is a community building and economy management game with highly customizable base building tools. Scavenge for materials, grow your own food, research new technology, craft new tools, build a home, make friends. Form your community and take it from surviving to thriving! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Common'hood.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    87% User Score Based on 3,528 reviews

    Manage your Game Studio, earn big bucks, impress the critics, beat rival studios and clean up at the awards! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Game Corp DX.

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  40. 38%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    38% User Score Based on 2,215 reviews

    Folk Tale is a single-player fantasy village builder RPG game in which you lead a ragtag band of peasants in growing a small settlement into a thriving market town, while dastardly minions plot your downfall. Sound the rallying call and head out into the wilds with parties of heroes and fight back the tide of evil in a game of endless possibilities. Rule with tyranny and oppression, or liberalism… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Folk Tale.

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    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    78% User Score Based on 360 reviews

    Build and manage colonies on the surfaces of planets and satellites, as well as space stations. With realistic physics of orbital flights. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solargene.

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  42. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    78% User Score Based on 925 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Weedcraft Inc explores the business of producing, breeding and selling weed in America, delving deep into the financial, political and cultural aspects of the country's complex relationship with this troublesome and promising plant. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Weedcraft Inc.

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  43. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    89% User Score Based on 139 reviews

    [BEFORE YOU BUY]: Hey! I want to make it super clear that this game is essentially Early Access (even though I labeled it incorrectly). I am working on it and updating it constantly. I'm very active in the official Discord and there is a free demo on the official website that you can check out ahead of time (link in the right column)! ALSO: Although the game launched with AI placeholder art, I ha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gargadusa's Tower.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    87% User Score Based on 173 reviews

    Read before buyingIs Craftlings for you?Craftlings is a mix of strategy, resource management, settlement building, and automation, with strong dynamic puzzle elements created by indirect control over the Craftlings and their behaviors. This introduces local logistic challenges for resource delivery that you, as a player, have to solve. Who will enjoy Craftlings?If you enjoy slow-paced, thoughtful… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Craftlings.

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  45. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    89% User Score Based on 479 reviews

    Bloobs Adventure Idle is a massive RuneScape-inspired idle RPG built for serious long-term progression. Inspired by RuneScape, Bloobs Adventure Idle is a full idle RPG built around training skills, fighting bosses, and letting your character progress while you do other things. Skilling and Crafting Train 24 skills — from Woodcutting, Mining, and Cooking to Magic, Thieving, and BeastMastery.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bloobs Adventure Idle.

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  46. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    85% User Score Based on 1,243 reviews

    This game is a work in progress. It may or may not change over time or release as a final product. Purchase only if you are comfortable with the current state of the unfinished game. Blacksmith Master puts you in charge of your own medieval forge and has you manage resource acquisition and refinement alongside the production and sale of finished goods. Find and hire the best staff for each respec… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blacksmith Master.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    66% User Score Based on 244 reviews

    Be part of important decisions within the Roman empire. Build up a prospering city, take care of your citizens, trade goods or earn money to build impressive monuments and hire advisors. Secure your city, increase your power to become senate and maybe the next emperor? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pax Augusta.

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  48. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    77% User Score Based on 92 reviews

    JOIN OUR DISCORD ROADMAP Macromanagement Macromanagement builds out the scope of retail management to all-new levels! Store Automation is now in King of Retail 2, and with it, a host of Human Resource Management tools that keeps your employees on track. As you grow your business, you can step back and look at the big picture. Run multiple stores, and build your enterprise! Promote From W… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to King of Retail 2.

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  49. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    58% User Score Based on 105 reviews

    JOIN OUR DISCORD Roadmap About the GameWizdom Academy : "Build, Manage, Thrive!" is a captivating 3D wizard school management game developed by the Swiss independent studio Kipwak. As the headmaster, experience the immersive journey of creating and managing your own wizarding school. Build and customize your school, unleashing your creativity. Leading your wizarding scho… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wizdom Academy.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 13,488 reviews

    Setting to redefine the city-building genre, Foundation puts the emphasis on the organic aspects of urbanism in the cities of old, powered by Polymorph Games’ proprietary game engine, Hurricane, which allows for full mod support and is optimized for the thousands of moving parts that come with building humongous cities. The game features in-depth resource management akin to the Anno (Dawn of Disc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Foundation.

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