Games like Showrunner
Looking for games like Showrunner? Here are top strategy recommendations with a business focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Hollywood Animal, Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game or Mad Games Tycoon 2.
1 80%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storystability, monetization80% User Score 1,406 reviewsRoadmap 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…
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73%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, stability73% User Score 1,394 reviewsChef is a Restaurant Management game in which you create your own character, acquire supreme cooking skills, customize restaurants, design unique menus, and devise innovative recipes with a realistic editor.
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93%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, music93% User Score 3,583 reviewsBuild 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…
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81%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsmusic, stability89% User Score 2,578 reviewsCritic Score 90%5 reviewsForm 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.
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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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80%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, monetization80% User Score 2,799 reviewsStartup Company is a business simulation sandbox game. You play as the CEO of a newly formed software company. Your job is to either complete client contracts to make money, or build your very own products.
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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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82%Game Brain Scoregameplay, replayabilitystory, optimization82% User Score 528 reviewsThe 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…
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86%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, music86% User Score 1,406 reviewsMMORPG Tycoon 2 is a single-player world-builder game about creating the greatest MMORPG of all time – yours.
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97%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicmonetization, grinding97% User Score 2,470 reviewsLive the life of an aspiring influential publisher in New York City during the 1930s. Define your editorial line and search the globe for the newsworthy stories of the decade. The Prohibition, the Great Depression, or a lost cat… Not all articles are deserving of a Pulitzer… But watch out! The mafia, mayor, and other factions will be more than happy to use your influence in New York City to print…
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