Games like Startup Freak

85%Game Brain Score

graphics, gameplay

story, monetization

85% User Score Based on 414 reviews

Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?

80%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

grinding, monetization

80% User Score Based on 2,799 reviews

Startup 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.

87%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

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!

95%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

story, grinding

95% User Score Based on 9,910 reviews

Construct 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.

93%Game Brain Score

gameplay, story

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.

81%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

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.

93%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

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…

88%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

story, replayability

88% User Score Based on 481 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.

87%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

story, grinding

87% User Score Based on 1,604 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…

85%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

grinding, optimization

85% User Score Based on 1,084 reviews

Computer Tycoon is an indie business strategy game about Computer Evolution. Start your company in the 70s. Invent until 2034, create the best hardware and operating system, upgrade your infrastructure and handle your marketing! Promote games, rule the global market and become an immortal!