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Looking for games like CityGenesis? Here are top tactical city builder recommendations with a economy focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Citystate, NIMBY Rails or Transport Fever.

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    75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    75% User Score Based on 671 reviews

    A city building game that let you create a micro-nation from scratch and experiment with your own political ideals. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Citystate.

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  2. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    89% User Score Based on 1,260 reviews

    Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Fix global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NIMBY Rails.

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  3. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    81% User Score Based on 4,608 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 3 reviews

    Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. You start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, you construct stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transport Fever.

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  4. [h2]Welcome to Office, Mayor[/h2] Hello, Mayor is a pixel-art city management game about the work behind urban growth. You have been appointed to lead a developing regional city. Vacant land is waiting to be planned, documents and public requests keep arriving at your office, residents expect better housing, jobs, schools, healthcare, and environmental conditions, while companies arrive with inv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hello Mayor.

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  5. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    74% User Score Based on 3,618 reviews
    Critic Score 64%Based on 3 reviews

    Rise of Industry is a strategic tycoon game that puts you in the shoes of an early 20th-century industrialist. Build and manage your growing empire in a living, breathing, and procedurally generated world that is constantly evolving and adapting to your playstyle. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rise of Industry.

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  6. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 82 reviews

    Brutally honest city builder. Become the mayor of a thriving new town and manage construction, policies, taxes, incident response and more, through an elaborate socioeconomic simulation that draws on real-world data. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Microlandia.

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  7. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, monetization
    73% User Score Based on 516 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 1 reviews

    Rendered in rich detail, four of the world’s greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam - await the steady hand of a planner to manage their transportation needs in Cities in Motion. Overseeing the changing needs of people from 1920 to 2020, it’s up to you to manage everything from buses, trams and subway trains to maximize profits while pleasing commuters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cities in Motion.

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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    72% User Score Based on 549 reviews

    Create your own Nation, build cities and bring prosperity to your people. Citystate II is a unique city-builder featuring realistic economics and complex political options. Slums or skyscrapers, experiment and bring about your vision of the ideal society. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Citystate II.

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  9. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 12,147 reviews

    Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is the ultimate real-time soviet-themed city builder tycoon game. Construct your own republic and transform a poor country into a rich industrial superpower! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    80% User Score Based on 1,214 reviews

    InfraSpace is a sci-fi city builder - but every resource you produce has to go through your transport infrastructure. In order to thrive in this solar system, you'll not only have to start mining operations and manage production chains, but also make sure your road network is up to the task. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to InfraSpace.

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  12. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    76% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    As president of a train company, lead city growth to make your transport business prosper. The retro style, square grid map, and complete tutorials are easy on the newcomer, but veterans will find a challenge with advanced resource management, research, and the passage of time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A-Train PC Classic.

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  13. Canal Tycoon is a historical transport management game set between 1750 and 1899, following the rise, boom and decline of Britain’s canal age. Build a canal company from its first local routes into a regional transport network. Move coal, iron, grain, timber, food, building materials, manufactured goods, passengers and mail. Link mines, farms, factories, wharves and settlements, then keep the who… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Canal Tycoon.

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  14. Equilibrium Co. is a macro-economic and logistics management simulation game, where you run regional supply chains, manage offices, hubs, and industries to keep entire cities supplied and growing. Import or export produced goods, or sell them locally. Unlock new products, research efficiency upgrades and optimize business and expand your industry chains and manage it all through a clean, professio… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Equilibrium Co.

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  15. Lots at Stake is a property-development tycoon built on a detailed business simulation inspired by greenfield land development. Take charge of your property development business and see if you can succeed.. Many wont.. Fund and acquire parcels of land, navigate the planning rules and construction process to sell lots to consumers in a realistic market economy.  Evaluate realistic greenfield… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lots at Stake.

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  16. Apoikia is a city-building and economic simulation where every decision ripples through a living market. Start with a small settlement and grow it into a thriving economic hub by mastering supply chains, shaping regional markets, and steering society through the laws you enact. Build across varied terrain, carve out productive regions, and turn local resources into prosperity. Extract raw materia… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Apoikia.

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  17. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    53% User Score Based on 1,144 reviews

    Cities in Motion 2 (CIM2) is the sequel to the popular mass transit simulation game Cities in Motion. Build, manage and lead your transportation network to provide cities with their ever changing needs. Cities in Motion 2 introduces new features including multiplayer game modes, day and night cycles, timetables and dynamic cities. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cities in Motion 2.

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  18. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    80% User Score Based on 7,142 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 3 reviews

    Discover the diversity of Mexico - take on new and challenging missions in the arid northern regions all the way to the dense jungles in the south of the country. Boost Mexico’s economy in the new scenario by building a thriving infrastructure and exporting to the USA. Features New scenario: “Viva Mexico!” (1873-1893) Map expansion: Mexico (available in Free Game and Sandbox modes) New goods (e.g.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Railway Empire.

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  19. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    79% User Score Based on 670 reviews

    Highrise City is the next evolution of City Builders. Create cities with up to a million inhabitants where more than 30.000 buildings are placed and where countless people are walking down the streets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Highrise City.

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  20. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 254 reviews

    Build medieval cities teeming with life and tales untold. Forge organic urban landscapes and manage a rich economy whilst building bonds with companions whose stories are intertwined with the fate of your city. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to City Tales: Medieval Era.

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  21. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 154 reviews

    Alien Horizon is a sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected. Can you survive anyway? Features complex resource management, no contact with Earth, exploration… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alien Horizon.

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  22. 33%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    33% User Score Based on 132 reviews

    Are you the next Rockefeller, Jobs or Bezos? Put your business acumen to the test as you embark on a journey to economic dominance with Industry Giant 4.0, where you shape an industrial empire from the ground up. This immersive simulation goes beyond mere construction, offering a comprehensive experience in producing goods, building up logistics, industrial building, production planning, and finan… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Industry Giant 4.0.

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    45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    29% User Score Based on 896 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 8 reviews

    In Urban Empire you take control of a mayoral dynasty and lead your city and people through 200 years of history. Establish infrastructures, plan city districts, debate political decisions at the town council, bribe or blackmail your opponents, empower the democratic rights of your people or ignore them and reign supremely by yourself – the decision is yours!Urban Empire is a ‘City Ruler’, pioneer… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Urban Empire.

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  24. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, music
    82% User Score Based on 256 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 3 reviews

    Stationflow is a game about controlling the flow of thousands of passengers by building and managing an efficient underground train station. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to STATIONflow.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    81% User Score Based on 322 reviews

    Logistical is a strategy puzzle game where you transport different cargoes to complete all the towns throughout the country. The whole game is a huge puzzle while each town is its own little piece of puzzling. Plenty of towns are easy enough. Logistical covers all of Australia. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LOGistICAL.

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  26. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    57% User Score Based on 2,500 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Train Fever is a railroad-focused business simulation game. In other words, it's a modern-day Transport Tycoon with procedural content and a sophisticated city simulation. It's the year 1850, and there are great times ahead! Establish a transport company and be its manager. Build infrastructure such as railways and stations, purchase transportation vehicles and manage lines. Fulfill the people's n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Train Fever.

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  27. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 16,426 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transport Fever 2.

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  28. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 1,554 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 3 reviews

    All aboard the express train to riches and fame in Railway Empire 2! Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors as you connect cities and companies with an ever-expanding network of rail li… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Railway Empire 2.

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  29. Start with an empty plot of land in 1930s America and build a working farm from the ground up. Lay out your fields, secure water, construct storage and trading facilities, hire your first workers, and gradually develop a complete wheat and flour enterprise. Build From NothingThere is no ready-made farm waiting for you. Begin with bare land and decide how your operation will take shape. Establish… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 1930: Farm Manager.

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  30. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    58% User Score Based on 252 reviews

    Subway Builder is a hyperrealistic transit simulation game built using live data from US, UK, Irish, and French cities. Real-World Passenger Simulation Millions of commuters are generated from Census and Redistricter data and simulated using the same pathfinding algorithms you use on your phone. Your job is to design a route network that gets the most people to their destination as fast as pos… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Subway Builder.

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  31. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    96% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    National Transit puts you in charge of a nation's entire transport infrastructure — from the first dirt road connecting two villages, to a rail network spanning your country, to aviation hubs that draw corporations within the nation. Your goal is simple: build connections, grow your economy, raise your people's prosperity. The rest is up to you. Every game begins with a unique procedur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to National Transit.

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  32. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    83% User Score Based on 81 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 4 reviews

    A-Train, the classic urban development simulation game that allows you to create the city of your dreams, is now available on the Nintendo Switch! Become the president of your very own railroad company, laying tracks and running your trains as you see fit. However, you will be responsible for more than the railroad. You'll also be tasked with managing subsidiaries, playing the stock market, and pa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A-Train All Aboard! Tourism.

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  33. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    72% User Score Based on 848 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    Relive the pioneering spirit of the Golden Age of Steam, by establishing your own railroad empire across 19th Century North America. Build the lines, buy the rolling stock and prosper in the cities you connect - compete against other railroad tycoons and work your way to the top. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Railroad Corporation.

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  34. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    78% User Score Based on 934 reviews
    Critic Score 58%Based on 5 reviews

    Nebuchadnezzar is a classic isometric city builder game inviting players to experience the mysterious history and culture of ancient Mesopotamia. In the campaign, players get to rule over influential historical cities filled with magnificent monuments. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nebuchadnezzar.

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  35. 48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    68% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Manage the bus network of any city you choose. Buy buses, place stops, plan routes, and transport passengers while keeping your company financially stable in cities all around the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bus Manager 26.

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  36. FloCity is a run-time simulation game driven by AI cargo ships and water interactions. Dig freeform canal networks, reform shorelines, smooth AI traffic flow, develop lands around the busy ports. Experience your masterpieces like a citizen via a yacht, an airship, and a space capsule. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FloCity.

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  37. Your map is full, your fleet is limited, and every delivery is racing against the same clock. CargoTempo is a route-planning management game about turning delivery chaos into a plan that works. Assign orders to specialized vehicles, arrange every stop, and balance deadlines, capacity and operating costs. Then start the day and see whether your plan holds. Which vehicle takes the urgent expre… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cargo Tempo.

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  38. From Your First Deal to a City of Your Own.Everyone here is chasing a fortune. Prices rise and fall with supply and demand, capitalists compete for supplies and assets, and politicians and the Crown pursue interests of their own. You can begin by trading between regions. Before you can open a shop or build a factory, however, you must establish a company and take responsibility for every profit an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CAPITALIUM.

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  39. MapCity is a city building sandbox and map editing sandbox where the map itself is your canvas. Pan, zoom, and draw directly onto the world. Lay out anything from an individual building or farm track to a town, city, or wider region. MapCity is as much a drawing tool as it is a game. There are no unlock trees, budgets, or fail states. Roads, buildings, land and water areas, and boundaries are obje… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MapCity.

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  40. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    70% User Score Based on 54 reviews

    Rise from a cunning strategist to a powerful ruler. Master economic warfare, manipulate global events, and build industries or armies to conquer the world. Every decision in this modern Grand Strategy game shapes your ascent to power—will you rise through wealth or force?In Trade Conquest, wealth is your weapon, and the world is your battlefield. This modern Grand Strategy and 4X game challenges y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trade Conquest.

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  41. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    77% User Score Based on 1,506 reviews

    Voxel Voxel Tycoon is coming to Steam Early Access on April 15! Add to your wishlist! Welcome to Voxel Tycoon - a strategy game about transportation, factories, and mining in infinite voxel landscapes. WHAT IS PRE-ALPHA? In Voxel Tycoon terminology, "Alpha" is the upcoming Early Access version on Steam. Not all planned features for that release are completed yet, so we're calling the current ve… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Voxel Tycoon Pre-Alpha.

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  42. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    73% User Score Based on 265 reviews

    Railroad Corporation 2 is a train tycoon game set at the turn of the 20th century, where you take on the mantle of a railroad magnate to start your new railroad corporation. Seize the opportunity of railroad electrification to lead the charge in the new era of trains. Strategize as you lay tracks, balance finances, deploy locomotives to ferry goods across vast landscapes, and outpace the competiti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Railroad Corporation 2.

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  43. 35%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    53% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    Can you imagine a world without poverty? How about a world where power lies with common people instead of politicians or CEOs? There’s a revolution coming to Mars, and it’s up to you to create a new society unlike anything on Earth. Design your economy and government, build your colony, and experience your choices firsthand by living as a colonist. Be wary though, if your society fails to take car… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dissent on Mars.

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  44. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    69% User Score Based on 716 reviews

    Become the manager of the largest transport corporation ever! Create new planes, bus, trains and truck connections. Optimise them to everchanging demands and adapt to unexpected events. Beat the competition. Connect cities all around the real world map! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transport INC.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 1,091 reviews

    Mashinky is a transport strategy game about trains. The goal is to create your own transport empire on a procedurally generated map. It’s a unique blend of realistic graphics combined with an isometric construction mode and board game-like rules. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mashinky.

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  46. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    76% User Score Based on 978 reviews

    Voxel Tycoon — a tycoon strategy game about transportation, building complex factories, and mining in a beautiful voxel landscapes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Voxel Tycoon.

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  47. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    86% User Score Based on 2,008 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 1 reviews

    Overcrowd is a tactical management sim set on the London Underground. Blending base building with pausable real-time strategy, Overcrowd offers a mix of spatial puzzling, strategic thinking and split-second choices. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up.

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  48. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    85% User Score Based on 1,744 reviews

    After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cliff Empire.

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  49. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music
    81% User Score Based on 502 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 3 reviews

    Economic booms, stock market crashes, oil crises, upswings, triumphs... Now you can become the greatest power in industry! Begin in the year 1900 with little money but large ambitions and through skilfull decision-making you can build up an enormous business empire. Make critical decisions which products you should manufacture, where to gather the best raw materials, where to sell them and how to … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Industry Giant 2.

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  50. Every masterpiece begins with a single log — and every successful workshop begins with a good decision. Timber & Fortune  is a workshop management and progression game set in a hand-painted forest. Begin with a modest camp, gather your first timber, and gradually build a complete woodworking business. Process raw materials, craft furniture, fulfill customer orders, invest your earnings, and t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Timber & Fortune.

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