Games like Plug: Build your Empire

BurnerEmpire is a real-time multiplayer crime simulator that lives in the corner of your screen. Build a drug empire from nothing — one cook, one dealer, one dirty dollar at a time — all through a burner phone interface that stays on top of whatever else you're doing. Set up your operation, check in between rounds of your main game, and watch the money stack while you work, stream, or browse. It's… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BurnerEmpire.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

73% User Score Based on 2,270 reviews

Critic Score 71%Based on 4 reviews

Cartel Tycoon Soundtrack Bundle includes full game and two soundtracks full of Cumbia / Latin Psychedelia rhythms to give you the best possible Latin America experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cartel Tycoon.

From the Street Corner to World DominationYou start with $50,000 and a single connection. You either end up in prison or with the world in your pocket. Black Market Dealer is a real-time criminal empire builder where every front you buy, every kilo you push, and every official you bribe pulls you one step deeper into a web you may not be able to climb back out of. There's no rushing the clock. Yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Black Market Dealer.

YOU RUN THE CREW. YOU DON'T CONTROL THEM.Pick a city and put a small crew on real streets. Give the orders: buy product, sell it, bribe a cop, shake down a shop, launder the cash, buy buildings for cover. Then manage the fallout as heat climbs, rivals move, and cops close in. Order, reaction, adapt. That loop is the whole game. Here is the catch that makes it yours. Your crew are not units. Every… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BBox: Kingpin.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

74% User Score Based on 901 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 4 reviews

Start a crime syndicate from nothing, and grow it into a well-oiled money machine in City of Gangsters, a mafia management simulation game. Build speakeasies and illegal distilleries. Manage production chains and resource distribution. Smuggle goods from out of town and bribe the police to look the other way. Grow a powerful crew and keep your rivals under your thumb. Eliminate competition and rul… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to City of Gangsters.

Build Your Underground EmpireStart small and rise through the criminal ranks in Shady Pines, a growing city full of opportunity. Sell product to a wide range of customers, expand your operation, and turn a small-time hustle into a city-wide empire. Increase your influence through sales, earn street cred, and unlock new buildings, upgrades, and powerful talents as your reputation spreads. Expand … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Idle High.

From Lab Rat to KingpinYou're not just playing the game. You are the game. Start with nothing—an empty room, a burner phone, and a head full of ambition. Cook your first batch, sell on the streets, and claw your way up the criminal food chain. Legal? Illegal? Doesn’t Matter.Make clean meds or dirty drugs. Design your own chemical recipes using a deep crafting system. Create high-demand designe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DRUG Schedule.

Begin with a single ship and a handful of coin. Buy low, sail far, sell high — then turn profit into power. Argosy is a deep maritime trading simulation where a living economy rewards the sharp-eyed and punishes the careless. There are no quests to hand you a fortune; there is only the sea, the market, and your judgement. Every price you see is the sum of a thousand small decisions — yours and ev… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Argosy.

Welcome to Smoke Town, a neon-drenched urban noir where the only thing faster than the music is the local economy. In this real-time multiplayer district simulator, you start with nothing but a few bucks and a dream. Every decision counts, and every rival is a potential mark. Note: In the demo version, we are restricting the duration to 5 minutes and the strain count to 1. Your progress is contai… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Smoke Town.

Welcome to BrickhavenBrickhaven is the very city you and your gang fight to thrive in. Explore the busy streets, check out the shops, and find some lucrative opportunities along the way.  The Empire Recruit your members right off the street Setup protection rackets, drug fronts, money laundering schemes, and much more to help maximize your profits Send members to defend your hard earne… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Brickhaven.

Build the most profitable illegal digital empire on the dark net and achieve financial ruin (for everyone else). Dark Web is a single-player underground incremental economy simulator about scaling a tiny basement operation into a relentless, multi-national cyber-syndicate. Start by growing a few sad weed plants under a heat lamp, launder every Bitcoin, trade meme coins, and unlock an army of sp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Web.

The city is already spoken forFive rival crews own most of the streets. The police hold the Ninth Precinct. You have one home turf, a growing crew, and a city full of blocks waiting to change hands. Gang Takeover is a real-time, top-down territory strategy game about fighting for every corner and making the money to hold it. Clear rival defenders, break their control, claim the block, and turn cap… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gang Takeover.

Rule the underworld in Becoming Pablo. A grand-strategy city-builder set in the gritty 70s-90s drug trade. Build and lead a cartel from the ground up. Conquer territories, manage your operations, and outsmart rivals in a world where every decision has a price. THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT BUILDING AN EMPIRE - IT'S ABOUT SURVIVING IT.  It takes power, strategy, and cunning to rule supreme in the bruta… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Becoming Pablo.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

84% User Score Based on 69 reviews

Start from Nothing, Rule Everything Stranded in Hyland Point — a corrupt coastal metropolis where crime is survival. You’re a broke, unknown street dealer with no connections, no product, and a city that wants you dead. Every district has its rules. Only the ruthless rise. Build Your Empire Dominate the Underworld by growing, mixing, and selling illicit products: Craft Cheap Street Drugs to high-v… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WeedEx: Drug Express Delivery.

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.

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.

The frontier is vast and unclaimed. Strip ore, chart trade routes, and raise colonies on distant worlds, then decide who you're building them for. The Federation, the Rebels, and the Syndicate hold ground across six connected star systems, and every move tips the balance between them. Push far enough into hostile territory and you'll find the Dominion, massing an invasion fleet at the edge of know… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Benders In Space.

Build a Global Empire from a 1990s Desktop!The CRT flickers. The modem chirps. The fax machine hums. Across 100+ rival companies and dozens of global cities, your industrial empire is waiting to be built. FD's Industry Tycoon is a business management sim inside a 1990s desktop. Build factories, turn materials into goods, ship across continents, and buy out rivals who fall behind, through the wind… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FD's Industry Tycoon.

                          Rise from a street-level thug to a key player in the ruthless underworld. You proved your worth by executing high-stakes assassinations for the Baron and his council, earning your very own casino as a reward. But this glamorous new life shattered into a dark nightmare on opening night. A rival boss orchestrated a brutal hit on your establishment, leaving your sister dea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Casino Simulator: Vendetta.

JOB Start with nothing. Build everything. You play as a small-time hustler trying to rise through the criminal underworld. Manage your stash, grow your network of employees, and turn dirty money into a legitimate empire — all while staying one step ahead of the law. Every decision matters. Buy too much product and your raid risk spikes. Miss a mafia debt payment and it's game over. Hire the rig… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to JOB.

Start small, think big, and build your way up in a harsh underground world. Grow and package your own product, strike risky deals, and move it across dangerous territory—all while avoiding cops, rival dealers, and the cartel. Every decision matters, and one mistake can cost you everything. Make money, upgrade your operation, and climb your way from street-level hustler to kingpin. But in this bus… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Route Zero.

ESCOBAR SIMULATOR – BUILD YOUR EMPIRE, OR BURN THEIRSIn the heart of Colombia, you start from the slums. All you’ve got is a single pot, a few seeds, and an unshakable ambition. But you’re not alone... You and your friend can build your own cartels in the same city — trade, ally, or declare open war. Start from nothing, grow, build, fight, and rise. Every move brings you closer to the top — or si… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escobar Simulator.

Build a Drug Empire. Rule the Streets.You're broke, unknown, and fresh in town, but not for long. Start from nothing and build your own criminal drug empire in a gritty open-world city crawling with cops, gangs, addicts, and opportunity. Craft drugs, manage production, expand operations, and dominate your rivals. Whether you're cooking designer narcotics in a hidden lab or cutting cheap stree… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drug Dealer Schedule.

You owe The Syndicate. A lot. And they don’t do payment plans. Stellar Hustler drops you into the boots of a desperate cargo runner with a second-hand ship and a mountain of debt. Your only way out? Trade across 20 space stations, buying contraband cheap and selling it high, before the 60-day deadline hits and The Syndicate sends an enforcer to collect. Trade. Travel. Survive.Buy low and sell hi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellar Hustler.

A GIANT ECSTASY SHIPMENT JUST HIT AMSTERDAMWholesale prices are collapsing. Street prices have not caught up yet. This could be the best buying opportunity you will see for weeks. But only if you have the cash, enough security at home and the nerve to put that much money on the road. Then Yara calls. Blue lights ahead. Police are checking cars and your merchandise is in her boot. Tell her to wait… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lying Thieves: Amsterdam.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

83% User Score Based on 195 reviews

Run your nightclub. Lead your gang. Rule the city. In The Boss Gangsters: Nightlife, you’ll balance a glamorous nightlife business with brutal street power. Manage VIPs, fight rival mafias, and outsmart the corrupt police in a city where every decision matters. Welcome to The Boss Gangsters Nightlife! This unique game offers you the perfect opportunity to delve into the depths of both the business… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

85% User Score Based on 10,595 reviews

Have you ever thought about expanding your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT!. Now you will finally be able to crawl into the dark alleys of the drug dealing business! Become a street business mastermind, or a ruthless gangster - it's up to you! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drug Dealer Simulator.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

74% User Score Based on 1,974 reviews

Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a business management sim with a Twist! Grow your drugs trade through legitimate fronts by managing both sides of the business. Acquire new "businesses", meet new clientele, Develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money and leave a city in ruin! Features Start your drugs empire from the ground up, distributing marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine and other goods … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Definitely Not Fried Chicken.

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.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

80% User Score Based on 155 reviews

Reviews from actual drug dealers: "Yeah that looks alright man, you got that paper you owe yeah?" - T "I dunno man I prefer CoD" - G "-THE NUMBER YOU HAVE DIALLED HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED-" - P Experience the repetition and inconvenience of being a 24/7 cocaine dealer! Scoop powder endlessly onto a scale to be sold for far more it is worth! Send kids out on the s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cocaine Dealer.

Build Your Criminal EmpireMafia Tycoon is a third-person crime-management action game set in a stylized 1930s city. Start with nothing and build a criminal organization one street corner at a time. Fight rival dealers, take control of territory, hire workers, manage your product supply, and protect your growing operation from enemy gangs and the police. Take Control of the StreetsExplore the cit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mafia Tycoon.

KERF: Sawmill Tycoon is a first-person sawmill sim where nothing happens without you. Every tree is felled by your hand, every plank comes off a saw you operate, and every coin is earned at a counter you built up from nothing. You start with an axe and a single clearing at the foot of a waterfall. Fell trees with your own hands, saw logs into planks, chop firewood, craft furniture and sell it all… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KERF: Sawmill Tycoon.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

87% User Score Based on 16 reviews

The Prologue offers a limited slice of the Scam Centre Simulator: Under Kingdom, featuring selected mechanics and early content. It is designed to showcase the core gameplay experience and set the stage for the complete release. Scam Centre Simulator: Prologue is a dark management simulation game where survival comes at a cost. Burdened by crushing debt, you’re given a chance to escape into a m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scam Center Simulator: Prologue.

Become a CEO and Build Your Train Manager Tycoon Empire Today! Embark on an exciting journey as the ultimate Train Manager! Strategize, manage, and conquer the railroads in this immersive locomotive manager tycoon game. Whether you dream of running a small fleet or ruling a global empire, you create your adventure yourself in one of the biggest train manager sims. Beat your friends and other rea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Train Manager.

MULERUN is a first-person crafting, farming, and business simulation game set on a mysterious tropical island in the 1980s. After escaping a dangerous drug network, the CIA relocates you to a remote island under strict surveillance. A tracking bracelet on your ankle prevents you from traveling too far from the house they gave you. You’re safe… but you’re also stuck. With only a run-down shack, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mulerun – Retro Bootlegger Simulator.

26%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

50% User Score Based on 2 reviews

Drug Dealer Sim: Street Hustle is a thrilling journey from a small-time gangster to the revered Godfather of Hollywood, Las Vegas, and Chicago in the Prohibition Era! Dive into the role of a drug mafia gangster in Drug Dealer Sim: Street Hustle, navigating the complexities of drug dealing in this realistic 3D simulator. Grow your empire through strategic buying and selling with various dealers. I… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drug Dealer Sim: Street Hustle.

BUILD AN ANT EMPIRE You start with one queen and a patch of soil. You end with a sprawling underground city and thousands of ants that move on your command. Antopolis is a top-down colony sim played at the scale of the bugs themselves, where a human is a giant and a bird is a dragon. FOUND YOUR COLONY Every game opens with a queen's nuptial flight. Fly her over the world, choose your ground… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Antopolis: The Ant Colony Simulator.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

61% User Score Based on 1,706 reviews

Critic Score 53%Based on 5 reviews

Work your way up from small-time crook to boss of the underworld in this strategic simulation set in the Golden Twenties by setting up speakeasies, gambling dens and distilleries. Recruit a hard-hitting crew armed with a variety of lethal weapons and equipment for tactical turn-based combat. Match wits with the AI or work your way up the global leaderboards in action-packed online duels. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Omerta City of Gangsters.

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.

JACK INNIGHTWIRE is a dark, tactile incremental about building a data-theft operation from a single machine in a dark room — and about the person you become while doing it. You wire up a living rig: harvesters that pull stolen data, processors that refine it, and fences that sell it. You route it all by hand on a grid, watch the light flow down the wires, and turn a trickle of dirty bytes into … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nightwire.

A market that remembers being floodedEvery market in Grey Market has real buyers. Not a price curve. A population. Sell into one hard enough and you exhaust the people willing to pay well, the price craters in front of you, and it stays down until they recover. Leave a market alone and it comes back. That one rule is the whole game. Where you send product matters as much as how much you make. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grey Market.

Fast Charging Tycoon is a turn-based EV charging simulation about building the best charging network in a race against several rival competitors. You start a small charge point operator with a little money, a big map, and a market that's about to take off. Your goal is to grow it into a household name one charging station at a time. You get to decide on how to design each site, manage pricin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fast Charging Tycoon.

Run a basement black market pawn shop in a gritty 1990s city. Inspect questionable goods, negotiate with desperate sellers, resell through shady contacts, manage heat, survive raids, and decide whether each item is a payday, a fake, a trap, or a liability. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blackwater Exchange.

Run a factory. Skim the profits. Bribe the board. Welcome to Hell. You've just been appointed as the new factory manager of HellFactory Inc. Hit monthly revenue targets, earn the board's approval, and seize control of the company — before they fire your soul. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ DESIGN YOUR FACTORYEvery run hands you a different set of blueprints. Limited resource sites, limi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HellFactory Inc..

Become the King of Online Scams Broke, no connections, new city. Time to build an empire. Just not the legal way. In 419 you dive into the world of online fraudsters. Start at the bottom as a filler, work your way up to CC carder and build a network that makes even the cyber cops sweat. Development Status This game is currently in active development! Alpha Release: Late January / Earl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 419.

Adult Content DisclosureThis game contains fictional depictions of crime, fictional drug production, drug dealing, gun violence, and adult themes. It does not provide real-world instructions or promote illegal activities. Build a cartel empire in a stylized crime simulation. Gather seeds from the dark web, grow and process crops, fulfill risky customer orders, outsmart the police and rival g… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mary Jane.

Build an entire medieval county, not just one town. You place whole settlements across the county and lay each one out on a medieval grid. Each one grows, specializes, and knits into a living region where rivers and resources decide what thrives. As the county matures, a second game begins. Named mayors run each settlement. Rival noble houses weave politics across the region. And migrating cult… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to County of Fortune.

You are not a doctor. You are not a savior. You are an Organomancer! A shadow broker of flesh and bone, operating where medicine ends and crime begins. Organomancer is a dark management simulation set in a grim world where organs are currency, trust is rare, and the law is always closing in. Buy organs from the market, enhance them in your lab, sell them through your contacts or the black market,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Organomancer.

️ About the GamePolyCrime is an open-city crime simulation where you start small and slowly build your own mafia empire. Grow and sell drugs, make deals on the streets, cut protection deals with gangs, dodge police patrols and protect your money from darkweb attacks. You’re just a small fish at the beginning  sleeping in a cheap room, growing your first plants and testing the streets. As you earn… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PolyCrime.

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.