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2014
A management sim where you build your own movie studio, make films that suit audience tastes and research new technology to stay relevant in the industry.
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A management sim where you build your own game studio, hire staff, develop games and grow from a small start-up into an industry giant.
96 % 9.49 €
Linear, curated structure
Start a tiny game studio in an 80s garage and grow it through gaming history by mixing genres, topics and development focus to hit the right formula. A relaxed, addictive management sim full of nods to real consoles and companies.
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Economy and management
You run your own software company: design and furnish offices, hire and train staff, develop products and outcompete simulated rivals for the market. Its mix of management, planning and deep simulation is the main draw.
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An airport management sim where you lay out runways, terminals, check-in and shops while balancing staff, contracts and budget. The appeal is in optimizing operations and watching your airport grow.
94 %
Economy and management
A classic Maxis spinoff of SimCity where you plan and manage a farm, balancing crops, weather and market prices. It is seen as a pioneer of the farm simulation subgenre.
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Economy and management
A restaurant management sim where you design venues, hire staff, plan menus and build a culinary empire through smart business decisions.
94 % 18.50 €
Economy and management
A management sim where you grow your own game studio from a garage, hiring staff, developing games and reading the market. The appeal is in optimizing and expanding your little business empire.
94 % free
Linear, curated structure
An idle/incremental game where you build antimatter dimensions and repeatedly collapse the universe to unlock new mechanics and prestige layers. The depth comes from optimizing and discovering ever more nested systems.
94 % 9.99 €
Economy and management
You run your own pawn shop and haggle with an endless stream of randomly generated customers over every price. Reading people and managing your stock decide how far your pawn empire grows.
94 %
Economy and management
Will Wright's genre-founding city builder: you lay out zones, roads and power and watch your city thrive or struggle with budgets, crime and disasters. An open-ended sandbox with no fixed goals that launched a whole genre.
