Games like That's My Life

How Should a Nation Become Modern?In the 1950s, a young republic has just begun its journey toward modernization, and its future is waiting to be shaped. You are responsible for the development of the entire nation — from building cities and developing industry, to education, healthcare, political institutions, and social reform. There is no predetermined path to success, and no fixed technology… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Rise of the Republic: The Path to Modernization.

Start Small. Build Your BusinessCAPITALIUM is a turn-based economic simulation set during the Industrial Revolution. Start with limited funds and assets, and build your company across six cities, each with its own opportunities and challenges. Buy raw materials, open factories, find customers, and expand into new industries and markets. You’re not the only one looking for an opportunity. Your com… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CAPITALIUM.

Your Legacy: Generations is a life and economy simulator about building a future through work, education, financial decisions and family. Begin with limited resources, decide what matters to you and shape a life whose influence continues long after the first generation. Choose your direction. Pursue qualifications, enter a career, start a business, invest in property or combine several paths as y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Your Legacy: Generations.

Build It. Grow It. Try Not to Destroy It.Built From Nothing is a decision-driven business management simulator where you start with limited money, questionable equipment, and a company that exists mostly because you decided it should. Choose an industry, name your business, secure funding, purchase equipment, hire employees, serve customers, and attempt to build something stable before debt, bad … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Built From Nothing.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

86% User Score Based on 35 reviews

Build your empire from a basement. Trade stocks, run companies, date, raise kids, dodge the SEC, and retire a legend — or go broke trying. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SELF MADE: Investment Life Sim.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

88% User Score Based on 205 reviews

This Grand Life 2 seeks to answer the question, "What would life be like as a ____ living in ____?"With a unique character preferences system and an inflation-driven economy, the game simulates the financial experience of different people in the modern world. Features Colony Sim-Style Management - Set priorities for your characters and watch them fulfill their desires. You make the important decis… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Grand Life 2.

[h2]Welcome to Office, Mayor[/h2] Hello, Mayor is a pixel-art city management game about the work behind urban growth. You have been appointed to lead a developing regional city. Vacant land is waiting to be planned, documents and public requests keep arriving at your office, residents expect better housing, jobs, schools, healthcare, and environmental conditions, while companies arrive with inv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hello Mayor.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

93% User Score Based on 73 reviews

You’re 16 with €500. No qualifications. No assets. No place of your own—just a room in your parents’ home. Life Inc. throws you into an unforgiving financial simulator where every month counts. Start as a shop assistant, DJ or streamer. Build toward investment portfolios, high-volatility crypto, rental properties and your own corporation. But be careful: status costs money. To earn like an e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Life Inc..

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

75% User Score Based on 671 reviews

A city building game that let you create a micro-nation from scratch and experiment with your own political ideals. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Citystate.

SHORT DESCRIPTIONBuild companies, factories, fleets, and fortunes in a living global economy. Design products, move real goods, shape markets, and grow from a first foothold into a worldwide business empire. START FROM NOTHING Economika is a single-player business and economic simulation about turning a small advantage into a company that matters. Begin with a product idea, a factory plan, a tr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Economika.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

80% User Score Based on 801 reviews

The business simulator Plutocracy gives you the chance to become wealthy and powerful to take control over the America. Join the race with the first billionaires and squeeze them out of the market. Use your brilliant mind and indomitable will to do it or dirty methods of a competitive struggle. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Plutocracy.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

93% User Score Based on 7,690 reviews

Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Big Ambitions.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

70% User Score Based on 54 reviews

Rise from a cunning strategist to a powerful ruler. Master economic warfare, manipulate global events, and build industries or armies to conquer the world. Every decision in this modern Grand Strategy game shapes your ascent to power—will you rise through wealth or force?In Trade Conquest, wealth is your weapon, and the world is your battlefield. This modern Grand Strategy and 4X game challenges y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trade Conquest.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

75% User Score Based on 368 reviews

In This Grand Life, you create a character, manage their finances and help them achieve their goals. Cruise your way through life with a silver spoon, or struggle endlessly to find employment as a convicted felon. You cannot control your past, but you can change your future. What choices will you make? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Grand Life.

 BUILD MORE THAN A CITY Regions is an agent-first, deeply simulated city builder where every person, place, vehicle, and journey belongs to one connected regional system. Start with open land and shape an entire region containing cities, towns, suburbs, industrial districts, rural communities, and the infrastructure connecting them. Build roads, develop land, provide utilities and services, suppor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Regions.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:monetization, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

88% User Score Based on 2,908 reviews

Build your business empire in this multiplayer economy simulation game If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sim Companies.

Real Estate InvestorBuild a property empire from nothing. Start with a small savings account, buy your first run down apartment, and turn smart investments into a portfolio of apartments, houses, commercial buildings, and landmarks. Research the market. Estimate what a property is really worth. Negotiate with sellers. Renovate, rent, refinance, and sell. Every decision changes how quickly you c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Real Estate Investor.

HOW TO PLAY Every new campaign brings a different schedule of government laws, creating a new struggle each time. Choose a profession. Gain experience, advance through its ranks, and unlock permanent benefits for future lives. Plan each month. Adjust your living expenses and decide how to spend your limited time. Oppose oppressive laws—or live with their consequences. Resistance creates per… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 100 for Justice.

This is an AI-driven space trading & dynamic world RPG. You travel across 150+ planets in a dynamic universe with 600+ intelligent NPCs. Start as a novice trader, run your own shop, build a powerful trade guild, and become a major player connecting factions across the galaxy. The economy and world are driven by AI. Supply, demand, and prices are not fixed but shaped by the stances, relationships, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astrobuilder.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, graphics

76% User Score Based on 108 reviews

PC Tycoon 2 is a brand new version of PC Tycoon. In the game you have to manage your computer company and develop your PC components: processors, video cards, motherboards, RAM, disks. You can create your own laptop, monitor, or develop an operating system that you can test. You will also be able to build a PC. Research new technologies, improve your office and your factory, hire the best employee… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PC Tycoon 2.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

62% User Score Based on 214 reviews

Winds Of Trade is a strategy game about running an ocean trading company in the 18th and 19th centuries. Building your trading empire will not be your only goal! Ruthless pirates, shady smugglers, wartime and fierce competitors will make the way to the top a long and hard road for you! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Winds Of Trade.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

74% User Score Based on 799 reviews

Players found their own company in a vast, persistent universe and compete with others in trading, production and exploration. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prosperous Universe.

Start with an empty plot of land in 1930s America and build a working farm from the ground up. Lay out your fields, secure water, construct storage and trading facilities, hire your first workers, and gradually develop a complete wheat and flour enterprise. Build From NothingThere is no ready-made farm waiting for you. Begin with bare land and decide how your operation will take shape. Establish… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 1930: Farm Manager.

Lots at Stake is a property-development tycoon built on a detailed business simulation inspired by greenfield land development. Take charge of your property development business and see if you can succeed.. Many wont.. Fund and acquire parcels of land, navigate the planning rules and construction process to sell lots to consumers in a realistic market economy.  Evaluate realistic greenfield… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lots at Stake.

ONE LIFE IS NOT ENOUGHYou start at sixteen with $2,000, no job and absolutely no idea what you are doing. Perfect! Get educated. Chase promotions. Build your credit. Buy property. Trade stocks. Start businesses. Get married. Raise children. Make smart decisions. Make terrible decisions that somehow work out better. Then die. Don't worry though, that is where GG Life really starts! Your heir t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GG Life.

Lose everything. Follow the money. Choose what you become.Adrian Vale had wealth, status, and a technology empire. Then a protected money network destroyed his company, ruined his name, froze his assets, and sent him to prison as the public face of its crimes. Now free, Adrian must rebuild from nothing. Trace the financial trail that framed him, recover evidence, and decide who can be trusted as … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to False Fortune.

From Misfortune Comes is an open-world life-sim RPG about starting from the bottom—and we're trying to make every part of that climb matter. Get an education. Find a career and climb the corporate ladder. Train your body, master new skills, make friends, fall in love, start a family, and buy back and restore your family home—or ditch your legacy and build a new one. Explore Melián, meet its peop… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to From Misfortune Comes.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding

53% User Score Based on 188 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

INDUSTRY MANAGER: Future Technologies is a classic economy simulation in which you can build your own empire, research new sustainable products, and sweep aside the competition on your way to fame and success. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Industry Manager: Future Technologies.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, monetization

95% User Score Based on 1,878 reviews

Explore a dynamic world of politics in this turn-based, political simulator. Create a character, run for political office, write legislation, balance budgets, and more as you move up the political hierarchy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Political Process.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability

64% User Score Based on 225 reviews

The Gold Edition includes the original game plus its expansion pack. It's the year 1400 - the late Middle Ages. Europe sees the dawn of the golden age of the new departures and the free spirit. Under the rule of the bourgeoisie and businessmen, more and more towns are emerging from the clutches of the aristocracy and are achieving independence, power and wealth. New businesses are flourishing, bri… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Guild Gold Edition.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

97% User Score Based on 1,508 reviews

A simulator of a businessman on the Japanese stock market in the 80s and 90s. Chill, catch a retro vibe, and watch your profits grow in the text-based game STONKS-9800. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator.

Regent is an open-world medieval sandbox where you are not The Hero, not The Chosen One, and not The Center Of The World. You begin as just another person trying to survive. Earn a living. Travel between settlements. Trade. Hunt. Build a home. Hire companions. Take dangerous work. Rob travelers. Protect them instead. Buy land, establish businesses, gather followers and, if ambition takes you far … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Regent.

You awaken to a living planet: millions of people, thirteen settlements, and a civilization held together by worn infrastructure, improvised agreements, and decades of local history. Its communities survived without your direction. They formed councils, built relationships, and learned who they could depend on. Now the planetary network is coming back online—and responsibility for its future has … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to New Dawn Protocol.

ACT I - SAVE THE SHOP. BUILD THE BUSINESS.Your father’s tire shop is now in your hands—but so is its debt. Start with a small service shop, limited equipment and a strict payment schedule. Serve customers, negotiate profitable deals and complete tire jobs yourself. Pay off the debt, expand your operation and turn a struggling local shop into a growing tire business. MEET CUSTOMERS AND MAKE… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tire Dealer Simulator.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

80% User Score Based on 11,782 reviews

Enter the world of Eco, a fully simulated ecosystem bustling with thousands of growing plants and animals living their lives. Build, harvest, and take resources from an environment where your every action affects the world around you. An imminent meteor strike threatens global destruction. Can you save the world without destroying it in the process? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eco.

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.

Success Climb from zero to the top of success! Work, study, start businesses, invest, and compete with others to build your dream life in a unique clicker game about the real world. Success: is a desktop incremental game where every click brings you closer to your next goal. Start from nothing — get your first job, open your first business, invest in stocks and bonds, and manage your time and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Success.

Roadmap About the GameThe Kingdom's MerchantBuild an empire through trade, not conquest.The Kingdom's Merchant is a deep medieval trading and economic simulation where your greatest weapon is good business. Starting with little more than a single caravan and a handful of coins, you'll travel a living kingdom, discovering settlements, buying and selling goods, expanding your business, and build… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Kingdom's Merchant.

Livora is a browser-based life simulation strategy game about trying to build a stable life under modern pressure. Players choose a starting life and manage money, rent, bills, work, health, energy, relationships, family obligations, and long-term consequences. Every choice has a cost, and not every cost is money. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LIVORA.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

93% User Score Based on 180 reviews

What is Wall $treet Raider? Wall Street Raider is the deepest stock market simulation in gaming history you've never heard of. It's been in active development since 1986. Originally a DOS classic, it evolved through the Windows era and is now being fully remastered for a new generation of Raiders. Take control of powerful corporations, trade futures and options, and dive into crypto. Build billi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wall Street Raider.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

71% User Score Based on 31 reviews

WORKS GREAT ON STEAM DECK About the GameDive into the sands of ancient Egypt in 'Egypt Frontiers.' As a master builder, construct majestic monuments, manage resources, and shape history in this captivating simulation game. Are you ready to leave your mark on the Frontiers of Egypt? In the game Egypt Frontiers players have the opportunity to explore the fascinating world of ancient Egypt, wh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Egypt Frontiers.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, monetization

87% User Score Based on 204 reviews

In this simulator you will learn how to turn your time into money. Investment basics meet time management. Your goal is to make your dream come true. You can make a career, buy real estate, run business, trade stocks, become a blogger, or make a fortune on an art market. Study, network, and plan your time for all of it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Timeflow – Life Sim.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, monetization

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

73% User Score Based on 562 reviews

CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CivIdle.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

76% User Score Based on 852 reviews

What could be better than having a million? Have a Billion? But this will not give you all power over the world. Your goal is not to make a lot of money - but to start printing them. Become a Federal Reserve System and you become greatest! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evil Bank Manager.

LANGUAGE NOTICE This game currently supports Simplified Chinese only. ENTER THE WORLD OF QINGHEJin Ping Mei: Qinghe Reverie is a historical life-simulation and narrative management RPG set in Qinghe County during the Northern Song dynasty. Take the role of Ximen Qing and shape a life among merchants, officials, household members, servants and ordinary townspeople. MANAGE YOUR HOUSEHOLD AND BUSIN… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jin Ping Mei: Qinghe Reverie.

Build Your Print Shop. Manage Everything Else.Print Shop Manager is a business management simulation where you take control of a custom apparel and promotional products company. Start with a small facility, limited equipment, a modest budget, and a handful of employees. Review customer requests, prepare profitable quotes, negotiate prices and payment terms, plan production, manage your team, and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Print Shop Manager.

Canglang ScrollsCanglang Scrolls is a single-player sandbox role-playing game set in a wuxia world. Travel across the map, speak with its people, learn and use martial arts, and engage in turn-based combat. You can also trade, gather resources, build, manage businesses, and attend to all manner of affairs. There are no fixed classes and no single way to complete the game. Your choices will shape … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CangLang Scrolls.

Start as an Employee. Build the Workshop. Own the Company.The Fabricator is a production and workshop management simulator set inside a working metal fabrication shop. You don't begin as the owner. You start as an employee responsible for keeping production moving, completing customer orders and helping the company grow. As the workshop becomes more successful, you can build your own financial … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fabricator.

Hey! Have you ever watched the news and thought you could do better in their place? Geoplanetical gives you an entire country to prove it in a fully simulated world! Choose one of the world’s 177 countries in 2026. Rescue an economy in crisis, turn a small nation into a regional power, impose your political model, prepare for war or simply try not to make everything explode. I created Geoplane… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Geoplanetical.

You are one of several gods competing in the Divine Exchange, a ruthless market where mortal lives become tradable assets. Beneath you lies a medieval village full of people who have no idea they are being watched. They work, marry, raise children, change jobs, commit crimes, worship different gods, fall ill, leave on expeditions and die. Your task is not to save them. It is to understand them, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LifeStock.