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  2. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    89% User Score Based on 2,578 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 5 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mad Games Tycoon.

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  3. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    68% User Score Based on 75 reviews

    Become a well-known and successful author in this 2D isometric simulation game! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drafting Tales.

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  4. 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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  5. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    68% User Score Based on 332 reviews

    Urban Tale is a realistic, vibrant and unique RPG that will allow you to fulfil your dreams, and pursue your most wanted goals in life. You start from scratch, having nothing in the big city where you can meet a lot of people, that can help you throughout your adventure. Your goal is to survive and succeed in life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Urban Tale.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    93% User Score Based on 682 reviews

    Have you always dreamt of becoming CEO of the largest rocket company in the world? It just came true. Start with practically nothing and end up with a rocket empire. In EarthX you can develop rocket technologies, but also your company and planet Earth! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EarthX.

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  7. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    70% User Score Based on 1,272 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 6 reviews

    Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! is a wacky simulation game where you manage your very own weapon shop and expand its business across an incredible potato world.Use your potato smiths to forge weapons and sell them to questing heroes. You will meet more than 70 potato heroes, forge more than 200 weapons, expand your business into 20 wacky areas, manage 30 zany potato smiths, discover 10 legendary po… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!.

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  9. 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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    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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    69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story
    66% User Score Based on 394 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 1 reviews

    Painters Guild is a management sim where you control an art academy in the Italian Renaissance. Paint artwork as beautiful as the Mona Lisa. Hire painters like Leonardo da Vinci and millions of randomly generated ones. Expand and customize your guild with furniture and more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Painters Guild.

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  12. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
    85% User Score Based on 414 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 1 reviews

    Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Game Dev Studio.

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  13. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    82% User Score Based on 252 reviews

    Learning Factory is a relaxing automation game, which lets you concentrate on the most important task in the Universe: making cats happy again. You're a humble genius scientist who gets invited to become the chief engineer at an abandoned Factory on Mars, designed to produce and sell exquisite goods for cats. It was conceived to learn everything about cats and make them happy, but it is desolated… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Learning Factory.

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  14. 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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  15. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    82% User Score Based on 589 reviews

    The Executive is a sandbox business simulation game that lets you rewrite the history of Hollywood from the 1970s to today. As the founder of a scrappy production company, you’ll produce the movies you’ve always dreamed of, manage ambitious franchises, and build a studio that rivals the industry’s greatest. Navigate the challenges of the movie business, outmaneuver your competition, and decide whe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon.

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  16. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    70% User Score Based on 273 reviews

    24 writers, and you're one of them. Challenge yourself to become the best writer in the world. Write books, create characters, choose endings, team up with rivals, answer letters from readers, and don't let other authors beat you! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Writer's Rush.

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  17. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 25,053 reviews
    Critic Score 89%Based on 3 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Game Dev Tycoon.

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  18. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    81% User Score Based on 1,361 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    In Blueprint Tycoon you are tasked with running a settlement by gathering raw materials and crafting them into complex goods to be supplied to your contractor for a profit. Create your own Blueprints for each Crafter/Harvester using multiple Workers with a multitude of Tools and try to create the most productive Blueprints. Profit margins are razor thin so you must focus on ensuring peak efficie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blueprint Tycoon.

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  19. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization
    62% User Score Based on 353 reviews

    Wild West Saga is an idle game where you click to make money and build a business fortune! Hundreds of Towns to explore and Patent Cards to collect, dozens of Businesses to upgrade and Outlaws to hire. The end goal? To become the richest Pioneer in the Wild West! So, are you up for it? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wild West Saga.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    66% User Score Based on 394 reviews

    TeraBlaster is a top-down arcade shooter micro-game which draws heavy inspiration from Geometry Wars. Duke it out with hordes of enemies on randomly generated levels, trigger massive explosions, and die a truly glorious death. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TeraBlaster.

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  21. 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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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    94% User Score Based on 1,248 reviews

    Defend your desktop in this idle auto-battler that sits quietly in the corner of your screen. Fend off endless waves of enemies, upgrade your lone tower, and grow stronger across ascensions while you go about your day. Level up and unlock Gain XP, level up, and earn rewards such as permanent upgrades, powerful loot, or new weapons. Hunt for loot Enemies drop rare gear with huge bonuses. Equ… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Desktop Defender.

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    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    76% User Score Based on 2,410 reviews

    Basement is a strategy game, where you start doing illegal business to fund the development of your dream video game. It won't be easy, so get ready to deal with other gangs, cops, crazy junkies, mysterious investor and even ghosts from the past. You'll start in an old uncle's basement and quickly realize how complex and unpredictable the world of drug dealing business is. Expand your influence… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Basement.

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  26. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    59% User Score Based on 356 reviews

    Do you want to create your own Game of Thrones? No problem. With Series Makers you can produce your own TV series. In our business simulation, you can set all the important variables for a successful series yourself. First you start at Netklix University and develop your first series just for yourself and your friends. But with your first big shot you get the chance to move to a real studio and h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Series Makers.

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    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    59% User Score Based on 500 reviews

    Run your Tavern and take hold of your destiny in the World of Beor. Epic Tavern is a PC video game, where YOU take on the righteous role and responsibility of a Tavernmaster. You will build a legendary Tavern to attract Heroes from every corner of Beor. By bringing together courageous parties and sending them off on dangerous [and oftentimes crazy] adventures, every decision you make will alter th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Epic Tavern.

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  28. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    70% User Score Based on 446 reviews

    Design and build arenas for your guests to fight in, keep them happy, your workers paid and make a profit! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Battle Royale Tycoon.

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  29. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    68% User Score Based on 416 reviews

    DEAD IN BERMUDA is a survival management game with RPG and adventure elements, in which you lead a team of 8 survivors from a plane crash on a strange island. Assign your survivors to tasks, gain experience and develop your survival skills, research and craft new items for the camp, explore the island for resources and solve the mysteries behind an ancient atlantean prophecy.Key Features Manage th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead In Bermuda.

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    40%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    40% User Score Based on 80 reviews

    Pirate's Life is a 2D strategy game / city builder with an isometric camera where you take on the role of the captain of a crew of pirates that got shipwrecked on a deserted island. You will need to take care of your crews' individual needs (like hunger and drunkeness) in order to prevent a mutiny. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pirate's Life.

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  32. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, story
    89% User Score Based on 212 reviews

    Boba Tea shop simulator with cats. Manage recipe, stock and customer satisfaction. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Boba Simulator.

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  33. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music
    66% User Score Based on 166 reviews

    Beans is a sardonic 'tycoon' simulation game about hipsters running a coffee shop replete with dismal puns, coffee, chiptunes, and mystery. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beans: The Coffee Shop Simulator.

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  35. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    71% User Score Based on 376 reviews

    "It's the year 5781 -- and you have been chosen to build and lead a space station in a wild corner of the galaxy! Design its rooms and corridors to make your crew feel at home. Receive hundreds of visitors who are hungry for the most amazing products in the galaxy. Explore 30 star systems and more than a hundred planets -- all randomly generated for every game. Complete missions and discover new a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Spatials.

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  36. 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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  37. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    78% User Score Based on 125 reviews

    Start your path as a simple human — and build your own story of becoming a true mage. Plan your daily routines, manage carefully crafted lists of actions, and steadily improve every aspect of your magical life. Explore a rich and expanding world full of opportunities. Unlock new actions, resources, and systems at your own pace — and discover how much there is to unfold. Every hour brings somethin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Idle Awakening: Mages Path.

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  38. 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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  39. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization
    80% User Score Based on 1,604 reviews

    Roadmap About the GameBuild exactly the studio you want In Hollywood Animal, you can decide to build a multi-billion-dollar monster that destroys everything in its path, with blockbusters made strictly according to formulas. But this is far from your only option. You might instead create a boutique studio, and conquer the festivals with avant-garde directors. You could build a trash factor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hollywood Animal.

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  42. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    88% User Score Based on 1,698 reviews

    Survive the ever increasing pressure of time for as long as you can! A minimalistic idle game about time management that takes inspiration from roguelite games, with a focus on meta-progression. Every generation will have better chances at survival, because previous lives influence its instincts If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Increlution.

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    67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    67% User Score Based on 175 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GamersGoMakers.

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  44. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    77% User Score Based on 14,084 reviews

    Create your own videos from your parents’ house and start getting your first subscribers, views, and likes. Meet well-known YouTubers, go to the wildest parties, share your life through social media, and deal with your haters. Monetize your content, sign with exclusive networks, and customize your place with the coolest stuff. Grow until you can afford a mansion in outer space! Record gameplays,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Youtubers Life.

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  45. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    57% User Score Based on 130 reviews

    Redemption: Eternal Quest is a casual RPG/Sim game which combines the feel of an RPG with roster management sim mechanics. You become the leader of a band of adventurers, guiding them through quests, watching them grow and signing them to pacts while keeping your gold pouch filled. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Redemption: Eternal Quest.

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  46. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    91% User Score Based on 1,467 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 6 reviews

    Idol Manager is a business sim about conquering the entertainment industry using any means you deem necessary. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Idol Manager.

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  47. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    45% User Score Based on 1,184 reviews

    Cast off! Cosmonautica is a fresh take on space trading in a procedurally generated universe, paired with quirky humor for your intergalactic enjoyment. Are you ready for some hilarious adventures in outer space? Start by boarding a washed-up space cruiser and fulfill your destiny as an aspiring captain on the hunt for fame and fortune. Cosmonautica combines elements of space trading and crew simu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cosmonautica.

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  48. 47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    43% User Score Based on 225 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 2 reviews

    Become the leader of a medieval thieves' guild in Killers and Thieves from the co-creator of the Banner Saga series. Train a team, steal loot and master heists throughout a sprawling city to take your revenge. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Killers and Thieves.

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  49. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 3,816 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 8 reviews

    Travel the universe colonising uninhabited planets with the sole goal of setting worlds in motion through the power of automation. Fresh from your spaceship you must harvest stick and stone and begin your colonisation efforts. Create rudimentary crafting items from blueprints and slowly build a number of workerbots to aid in your efforts. Teach and shape their artificial intelligence with a visual… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Autonauts.

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  50. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 1,653 reviews

    MMORPG Tycoon 2 is a single-player world-builder game about creating the greatest MMORPG of all time – yours. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MMORPG Tycoon 2.

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