The best business simulation games
Business simulations (also called tycoon simulations or management simulations) are video games that focus on the economic and the management side of running a business. In tycoon games the player can be in charge of any kind of business: a company, a sports team, an hospital, an amusement park, even a drug cartel.
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1869
DOS1992 Max Design
If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming a 19th-century merchant sailing the high seas with a suspiciously optimistic outlook on international trade, 1869 is your jam. It throws you into the age of clipper ships, where profit marg...
Oil Imperium
DOS1989 reLINE Software
Industry Giant 2
Windows XP/98/952002protected JoWooD Entertainment
Wayne Gretzky Hockey
DOS1989 Bethesda Softworks
Dime City
DOS1995NSFW Cyberdyne Systems
Premier Manager 2
DOS1993 Realms of Fantasy
Ultimate Soccer Manager
DOS1995 Impressions Games
Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky
DOS1995 Ikarion Software
Ever dreamed of running a transatlantic zeppelin empire during the golden age of flight? Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky lets you do just that — and it’s every bit as niche and charming as it sounds. You build, manage, and...
Oil Barons
DOS1992 Starsoft Development
One-Nil Soccer Manager
DOS1992 New Era Software
One-Nil Soccer Manager is a text-based soccer management simulation game that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was developed for various home computer systems, including DOS, Commodore 64 and Amiga. In One-Ni...
Subtrade: Return to Irata
DOS1993 Century Interactive
Subtrade: Return to Irata is an abandoned science fiction business simulation game developed by Century Interactive and published by Boeder Software in 1993 for Amiga and later ported to DOS. Subtrade is an updated multiplayer clo...
Business Simulator
DOS1987 Reality Development
Do you find spreadsheets thrilling? Does the idea of profit margins make your heart race? Then Business Simulator is your kind of party. It’s all about running a faceless company in the most unglamorous way possible—bu...
Baseball Mogul
Windows XP/98/951997 Infinite Monkey Systems
Baseball Mogul (1997) was the original release that kicked off the whole franchise. Developed by Clay Dreslough and published by Infinite Monkey Systems, this was a pioneer in the world of sports management sims. It was released f...
Theme Park
DOS1994protected Bullfrog
Vlad Tepes Dracula
Windows XP/98/951997 ComputerHouse
Mad TV
DOS1991freeware Rainbow Arts
High Seas Trader
DOS1995 Impressions Games
Biing!
DOS1995NSFW reLINE Software
Hospital management has never been so weirdly German. In Biing!, you hire nurses based on looks, run a completely dysfunctional clinic, and try not to get arrested. It's part strategy, part business sim, and part fever dream. Some...
Sensible World of Soccer 96/97
DOS1996protected Sensible Software
Big Business
DOS1990 Off The Wall Productions
Step into the gray, morally ambiguous world of corporate domination with Big Business. It’s Monopoly with fewer dice and more spreadsheets. Crush your competitors, manipulate markets, and remember — hostile takeovers a...
Project: Space Station
DOS1987 Micro Imagery
MinerVGA
DOS1989freeware
Championship Manager 93
DOS1993 Domark Software
Guns 'R' Us
DOS1993 Future Vision
SimHealth
DOS1994 Thinking Tools Inc.
Big Game Fishing
DOS1991 Simulmondo
If your idea of excitement is waiting... and waiting... and maybe catching a giant digital tuna, Big Game Fishing is your dream come true. Simulate the thrill of casting a line without ever leaving your ergonomic office chair. Jus...
Black Gold
DOS1989 Starbyte Software
In Black Gold (1989), you're in the cutthroat world of oil barons. It’s like Dallas, but with more charts and fewer cowboy hats. You build rigs, negotiate deals, and try to outmaneuver rivals who are probably less ethical th...
China Sea Trader
DOS1989
Dinopark Tycoon
DOS1993 Manley Associates
Gazza 2
DOS1991 Empire Interactive