Business simulations (AKA tycoon or management simulations) sorted by release date
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.
Most popular business simulation games
Sort by:
Black Friday
DOS1983
Black Friday (1983) isn’t about shopping mayhem—though you might wish it were after trying to figure out what’s going on. This early DOS title is part stock market simulator, part existential crisis. You play as ...
Wall Street Raider
DOS1986
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...
Project: Space Station
DOS1987 Micro Imagery
TV Mogul
DOS1988 First Row Software Publishing
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
Grand Prix
DOS1989 Wizard Games
MinerVGA
DOS1989freeware
Oil Imperium
DOS1989 reLINE Software
Ports of Call
DOS1989 International Software Development
Rockstar!
DOS1989 Wizard Games
Search for the Titanic
DOS1989protected IntraCorp
Wayne Gretzky Hockey
DOS1989 Bethesda Softworks
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...
Inve$t
DOS1990 Starbyte Software
Railroad Tycoon
DOSMac OS1990freeware MicroProse Software
Transworld
DOS1990 Starbyte Software
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...
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 ...
Druglord
DOS1991
Gazza 2
DOS1991 Empire Interactive
Mad TV
DOS1991freeware Rainbow Arts
Merchant Colony
DOS1991 Impressions Games
The Basket Manager
DOS1991 Simulmondo
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 ...
Wild West World
DOS1991 Software 2000
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...
A-Train
DOSMac OS1992 Artdink
A-Train (1992) is the game that proves building a railroad empire can be just as stressful as running an actual train. Available on DOS and Mac, it’s a complex economic simulator disguised as a transit game. You’ll lay...