The most popular 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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Sid Meier's SimGolf

Windows XP/98/952002 Firaxis Games

Sid Meier's SimGolf is a golf simulation video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by Electronic Arts under the design direction of Sid Meier. It was released in 2002 for Microsoft Windows.In Sid Meier's SimGolf, players...

Zoo Tycoon

Windows XP/98/952001 Blue Fang Games

Ever dreamed of running your own zoo without needing a shovel for elephant poop? Zoo Tycoon lets you do exactly that. Build the ultimate animal empire - until the lions escape, the penguins riot, and your guests storm out because ...

Railroad Tycoon 2

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1998 Pop Software

Railroad Tycoon 2 is an abandoned train simulation game designed by Phil Steinmeyer, developed by Pop Software and released by Gathering of Developers for Windows, Linux and Mac in 1998. As the title suggests, Railroad Tycoon 2 is...

Transport Tycoon Deluxe

DOSWindows XP/98/951995 Chris Sawyer Productions

Transport Tycoon Deluxe is a business simulation game where players take control of a transport company, competing against rivals. Players can build stations, airports, and railroads to transport passengers, mail, and various good...

Lula: The Sexy Empire

Windows XP/98/951997protectedNSFW Interactive Strip

Yoot Tower

Windows XP/98/951999 OPeNBooK Co.

The spiritual sequel to SimTower, Yoot Tower asks the important question: what if you were god, but only over elevators, sushi bars, and the occasional alien invasion? It’s a sandbox of capitalism, letting you build the vert...

Entrepreneur

Windows XP/98/951997 Stardock Entertainment

Capitalism 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected Ensemble Studios

If spreadsheets are your love language, Capitalism 2 is pure romance. This brutally detailed simulation lets you create your own corporate empire from scratch—manufacturing, retail, real estate, stock markets... even farming...

Dope Wars

Windows XP/98/951998 Beermat Software

Dope Wars is a text-based simulation game that originated as a DOS program in the early 1980s, but gained popularity in its Windows version released in 1998. The game puts players in the role of a drug dealer navigating the underg...

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...

Dime City

DOS1995NSFW Cyberdyne Systems

Bundesliga Manager Professional

DOS1991 Kron Simulation Software

Before Football Manager made spreadsheets cool, there was Bundesliga Manager Professional, a game where managing a German football team involved more math than actual football. You buy players, tweak tactics, balance budgets, and ...

SimFarm

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1993 Maxis

SimFarm is a simulation video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts in 1993. In SimFarm, players take on the role of a farmer and manage various aspects of running a farm, including planting crops, raising lives...

Theme Park

DOS1994protected Bullfrog

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...

Theme Hospital

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protecteddemo Bullfrog

Railroad Tycoon

DOSMac OS1990freeware MicroProse Software

Championship Manager: Season 97/98

DOS1997 Sports Interactive Limited

SimTown

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1995 Maxis

SimTown is a city-building simulation game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in 1995 as a spin-off of the immensely popular SimCity series. Unlike SimCity, which focuses on managing an entire cit...

Championship Manager 2: The Italian Leagues Season 96/97

DOS1996 Eidos Interactive

The Manager

DOS1991 Kron Simulation Software

The Manager is a soccer simulation game that puts you in charge of a football team and allows you to manage every aspect. You can train your players, choose tactics for every match, expand your stadium and sign contracts with new ...

Ports of Call

DOS1989 International Software Development

Port Royale

Windows XP/98/952002protected ASCARON Entertainment

Mad TV

DOS1991freeware Rainbow Arts

Championship Manager

DOS1992 Domark Software

Championship Manager is the first chapter in one of the most successful football manager games series. The first Championship Manager was a text-based British football/soccer simulation and included teams from four Engli...

Oil Imperium

DOS1989 reLINE Software

Roller Coaster Tycoon 2

Windows XP/98/952002protected Chris Sawyer Productions

Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 is a simulation game developed by Chris Sawyer Productions and published by Infogrames. It was released in 2002 as the sequel to the original classic Roller Coaster Tycoon. In Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 ...

SimTower

Windows 3.x1994 OPeNBooK Co.

SimTower is an old Windows 3.x (1994) building and business simulation game where the player is tasked with the management of a skyscraper nonetheless. Raise floors, build apartments, shops, offices and try to avoid bankruptcy if ...