Games like Prison Architect
Looking for games like Prison Architect? Here are top simulation recommendations with a business focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with SimAirport, Stonehearth or Academia: School Simulator.
1 81%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstability, optimization81% User Score 5,062 reviewsA modern tycoon-style sim where you design, build, and manage every aspect of an airport. Build your terminal, hire your staff, choose airlines to work with, customize flight schedules, build out infrastructure, and manage your airport -- from the ground up.
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73%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstability, optimization73% User Score 11,254 reviewsPioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
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87%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding87% User Score 1,604 reviewsAcademia : 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…
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95%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding95% User Score 9,910 reviewsConstruct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
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89%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystability, optimization91% User Score 72,388 reviewsCritic Score 83%3 reviewsBuild a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the creators of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
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84%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstability, optimization84% User Score 8,448 reviewsAirport CEO is a tycoon and management game where you take seat as the CEO of your own airport. You will build the airport’s infrastructure with everything from runways to restaurants and check-in. Manage resources by hiring employees, signing contracts and making sure that the budget holds.
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89%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsoptimization, stability89% User Score 85,786 reviewsSpace Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and maintenance of space works. Players build space ships and space stations of various sizes and utilization (civil and military), pilot ships and perform asteroid mining. Space Engineers utilizes a realistic volumetric-based physics engine: all objects can be assembled, disassembled, damaged and destroyed.
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91%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystory, stability91% User Score 57,599 reviewsPlanet Coaster is a construction and management simulation video game. Similar to its spiritual predecessor, the game allows players to build different theme park rides and roller-coasters. These player-created attractions can be shared through a mechanic called “global village”.
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83%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, stability93% User Score 89,055 reviewsCritic Score 82%6 reviewsCities: Skylines is an award-winning management game now for PS4 with all of its robust city-simulation gameplay and unique charm along for the ride. Build the city of your dreams! Plan road networks, bus lines and parks. Create smog-filled industrial estates or a quiet beach town powered by renewable energy. Manage policies, energy and economy and play the popular After Dark expansion and make yo…
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93%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstability, grinding95% User Score 24,978 reviewsCritic Score 85%1 reviewsBesiege is a physics based building game in which you construct medieval siege engines and lay waste to immense fortresses and peaceful hamlets. Build a machine which can crush windmills, wipe out battalions of brave soldiers and transport valuable resources, defending your creation against cannons, archers and whatever else the desperate enemies have at their disposal.
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