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253 games like Game Dev Tycoon · 1987 – 2025

  • Why 86Form.31World.25Curated.85Lists.00Indie · Simulation · Often paired

    Windows

    IndieSimulationStrategyTycoonManagement

    Step into the chaotic 24/7 lifestyle of a hotel owner as you design and build grand hotels across the globe. Juggle the increasingly elaborate demands of disorderly guests, logistical nightmares and unexpected obstacles in Hotel Architect,

    80 rating1 list23 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 83Form.41World.33Curated.65Lists.70Business simulation · Indie · Often paired · Also in Business simulation games

    Urban Games · Linux, Windows, macOS

    Business simulationIndieSimulationTycoonManagement

    Train Fever is a railroad-focused business simulation game. In other words, it's a modern-day Transport Tycoon with procedural content and a sophisticated city simulation. It's the year 1850, and there are great times ahead! Establish a tra

    50 rating2 lists15 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 78Form.25World.25Curated.65Lists.00Business simulation · Simulation · Often paired

    Linux, Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 +7

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyManagementWindows store

    Cities: Skylines is a single-player city-building simulation game. Players manage all aspects of a growing city including zoning residential, commercial, and industrial areas, constructing infrastructure such as roads, public transit, and u

    78 rating19 lists16 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 73Form.28World.00Curated.57Lists.00Business simulation · Simulation · Often paired

    Frontier Developments · PS4, Windows, Xbox One +2

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyTycoonManagement

    Planet Coaster is a construction and management simulation video game. Similar to its spiritual predecessor, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (also developed by Frontier), the game allows players to build different theme park rides and roller-coaster

    82 rating3 lists28 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 72Form.25World.25Curated.54Lists.00Business simulation · Indie · Often paired

    Android, Switch, PS4 +6

    Business simulationIndieSimulationStrategyManagement

    Imagine a magical factory, appearing right in your living room. A carefully planned masterpiece, where diligent workers throw together anything customers want. Rubber ducks and dressers, drones and electric guitars, scooters and other wonde

    72 rating2 lists20 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 69Form.13World.25Curated.56Lists.00Indie · Simulation · Often paired

    Jutsu Games · Android, Linux, Switch +5

    IndieSimulationStrategyManagementBusiness

    911 Operator is a game about the difficult work of people that manage emergency lines and services. Main task is to answer incoming calls and to react properly - give first aid instructions, advise, dispatch correct number of firemen / poli

    73 rating4 lists6.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 68Form.13World.25Curated.64Lists.00Indie · Simulation · Often paired

    Hyper Hippo · Android, Browser, Linux +4

    IndieSimulationStrategyTycoonManagement

    AdVenture Capitalist is the world’s greatest capitalism simulator. Start with a humble lemonade stand, and squeeze your way to total fiscal domination! Earn ridiculous sums of cash, diversify your investments, and attract smarmy Angel Inves

    66 rating1 list43 h main storyOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 65Form.14World.25Curated.67Lists.00Indie · Simulation · Often paired

    Hyper Hippo Entertainment · Android, Browser, Linux +4

    SimulationStrategyIndieTycoonManagement

    AdVenture Capitalist is the world’s greatest capitalism simulator. Start with a humble lemonade stand, and squeeze your way to total fiscal domination! Earn ridiculous sums of cash, diversify your investments, and attract smarmy Angel Inves

    66 rating1 listOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 65Form.14World.25Curated.67Lists.00Indie · Simulation · Often paired

    Hyper Hippo Entertainment · Browser, PS4, Linux +4

    SimulationStrategyIndieTycoonManagement

    AdVenture Capitalist is the world’s greatest capitalism simulator. Start with a humble lemonade stand, and squeeze your way to total fiscal domination! Earn ridiculous sums of cash, diversify your investments, and attract smarmy Angel Inves

    66 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 64Form.18World.25Curated.46Lists1.00Business simulation · Indie · Also in Business simulation games

    Twice Circled · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3

    Business simulationIndieSimulationStrategyManagement

    What if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick… and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in

    66 rating5 lists27 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 56Form.29World.00Curated.32Lists1.00Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    Windows

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyTycoonManagement

    Make your dream cars a reality with Automation’s unparalleled car and engine design tools. Gain a competitive edge through smart engineering and business decisions to help you build an automotive empire. Will you become an industry leader,

    77 rating1 list24 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusiveWhy 56Form.39World1.00Curated.13Lists.00Indie · Simulation · Described alike

    Kairosoft · Android, Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 +5

    IndieSimulationStrategyManagementIn-game anti-piracy effects

    In Game Dev Story starting from a small office and a few thousand dollars in the wallet, you will need to hire the necessary personnel to develop the first game of the newborn company. This is how the list of candidates runs: there is a goo

    70 rating4 lists7 h main storyDescribed alike

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  • Why 55Form.28World.25Curated.18Lists1.00Business simulation · Indie · Also in Business simulation games

    SomaSim · Android, Switch, PS4 +4

    Business simulationIndieSimulationStrategyManagement

    Project Highrise is a Tower Building Business Management Simulator. Managing your sky-scraping empire will be no easy task – growth will require a mastery of the various interlocking systems that are required for each type of establishment

    74 rating3 lists10 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 53Form.36World.78Curated.00Lists1.00Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    b-alive · Windows

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyTycoonManagement

    A decade after the best-selling Airline Tycoon comes the long awaited sequel to the legendary tongue-in-cheek economic simulation that puts players in the role of CEO of an international airline! Airline Tycoon 2 will challenge players to r

    20 rating1 list25 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusiveWhy 53Form.26World.39Curated.27Lists.00Indie · Simulation

    Kairosoft · Android, Switch, PS4 +4

    SimulationStrategyIndieManagementBusiness

    Kairosoft's Soccer Management Simulation

    2 lists15 h main story

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  • Why 52Form.21World.25Curated.25Lists1.00Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    Linux, Windows, macOS

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyManagementBusiness

    Rendered in rich detail, four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam - await the steady hand of a planner to manage their transportation needs in Cities in Motion, a city-based mass transportation simulatio

    68 rating4 lists23 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 52Form.18World.25Curated.27Lists1.00Business simulation · Indie · Also in Business simulation games

    Two Point Studios · Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5 +3

    Business simulationIndieSimulationStrategyManagement

    Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits.

    85 rating6 lists46 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 49Form.22World.45Curated.09Lists1.00Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyTycoonManagement

    Stretch your imagination further to build bigger parks and higher coasters! Break ground and start from scratch, open the gates to a remarkable Six Flags park, or just create the most gut-wrenching roller coaster imaginable - now you can pl

    71 rating2 lists19 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 49Form.20World.31Curated.25Lists.00Business simulation · Simulation

    Urban Games · Linux, Windows, macOS

    Business simulationSimulationTycoonManagementBusiness

    Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. You start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, you construct stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transpo

    88 rating1 list25 h main story

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  • Why 48Form.30World.41Curated.00Lists1.00Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    Nikita Online · Windows

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyTycoonManagement

    Freight Tycoon is an economic simulation game which challenges players’ management skills. It puts one into the shoes of an owner of a cargo transportation company. One has to evaluate the profitability of contracts, contact customers, and

    50 rating1 listAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 48Form.31World.46Curated.00Lists1.00Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    Software 2000 · Amiga, Linux, MS-DOS +2

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyTycoonBusiness

    Your goal in Pizza Tycoon is to build an empire of pizza parlors while dealing with competing restaurants, crooked police officers, or even ruthless gangsters! The object of the game is to control a minimum of five percent of the market sha

    73 rating1 list31 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 47Form.04World.25Curated.35Lists.00Indie · Simulation

    Julien Thiennot · Android, Browser, Linux +8

    IndieSimulationStrategyManagementBusiness

    Cookie Clicker is a Javascript-based browser video game written by French programmer Julien Thiennot, better known as "Orteil". The point of the game is to bake cookies as fast as possible, to have a large number of cookies, and to have a l

    79 rating5 lists146 h main story

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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 47Form.15World.25Curated.20Lists.67Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    Haemimont Games · Windows, Xbox 360, macOS

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyTycoonManagement

    Fancy being a dictator? Well this is the ideal time! Build a Tropico and control who and what happens in it. Juggle foreign relations and run a nuclear program! Apply Edicts to make your people happier, or to scare them to obey the rules. R

    77 rating7 lists40 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusiveWhy 46Form.12World.25Curated.25Lists.00Indie · Simulation

    Android, Linux, Switch +4

    IndieSimulationStrategyManagementBusiness

    Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your li

    88 rating1 list6 h main story

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  • Why 45Form.22World.00Curated.35Lists.00Simulation · Strategy

    Camshaft Software · Windows

    SimulationStrategyTycoonManagementRacing

    Make your dream cars a reality with Automation’s unparalleled car and engine design tools. Gain a competitive edge through smart engineering and business decisions to help you build an automotive empire. Will you become an industry leader,

    77 rating1 list

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  • Why 45Form.17World.25Curated.17Lists.70Business simulation · Indie · Also in Business simulation games

    Introversion Software · Android, Linux, Switch +6

    Business simulationIndieSimulationStrategyManagement

    The game is a top-down 2D construction and management simulation where the player takes control of building and running a prison. The player is responsible for managing various aspects of their prison including building cells and facilities

    78 rating10 lists17 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 45Form.19World.25Curated.12Lists1.00Business simulation · Indie · Also in Business simulation games

    Two Point Studios · Linux, Switch, PS4 +5

    Business simulationIndieSimulationStrategyManagement

    Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the follow up management sim with a twist from the creators of Two Point Hospital. Get to know your students, explore their personalities and fulfill their wants and needs. Craft bu

    74 rating8 lists27 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 45Form.30World.25Curated.07Lists.67Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    DR Studios · Windows

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyTycoonManagement

    Here's your chance to make it big in the Big Apple... New York City, the city that never sleeps! Go for broke building your own Manhattan empire, creating and customising over 100 types of major businesses: run a hot nightclub, oversee a me

    73 rating3 listsAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 44Form.15World.00Curated.32Lists.00Indie · Simulation

    Red Redemption · Windows, macOS

    IndieSimulationStrategyManagementBird view / Isometric

    Fate of the World is a dramatic global strategy game that puts all our futures in your hands. The game features a dramatic set of scenarios based on the latest science covering the next two centuries. You must manage a balancing act of prot

    71 rating1 list8 h main story

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  • Why 44Form.22World.25Curated.12Lists1.00Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    PopTop Software · Windows, macOS

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyTycoonManagement

    A fully realised 3D gaming world scaling from eye in the sky views of entire continents down to incredibly detailed close-ups of beautifully modelled locomotives, buildings and landscapes. As well as the 25 challenging scenarios to recreate

    83 rating1 list26 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 44Form.25World.47Curated.21Lists1.00Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    Frontier Developments · Windows, Xbox

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyTycoonManagement

    The premise of the game is to complete a series of preset scenarios by successfully building and maintaining amusement parks through business ownership as a theme park entrepreneur. The key to any park is building a large amount and diverse

    83 rating3 listsAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 43Form.34World.25Curated.00Lists1.00Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    DR Studios · Windows

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyManagementBusiness

    Develop a state-of-the art Las Vegas resort complex, using all the money and management skill you can. Customers on the living, breathing Las Vegas boulevard are Notoriously hard to satisfy - can you win the hearts and wallets of Vegas?

    60 rating1 list6 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 43Form.36World.17Curated.00Lists1.00Business simulation · Indie · Also in Business simulation games

    LavaMind · Windows, macOS

    Business simulationIndieSimulationStrategyTycoon

    Become a tycoon by starting with a tiny store and building a retail empire!

    2 lists2.5 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 42Form.04World.00Curated.33Lists.00Indie · Simulation

    Playsaurus · Android, Browser, Linux +6

    IndieSimulationStrategyAdventureIncremental

    Ever wondered what one quadrillion damage per second feels like? Wonder no more! Embark on your quest to attain it today! Start out by clicking on the monster to kill them, and get their gold. Spend that gold on hiring new heroes and get mo

    67 rating3 lists246 h main story

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  • Why 42Form.09World.00Curated.33Lists.00Indie · Simulation

    Twinbeard Studios · Browser, Windows

    IndieSimulationTycoonManagementParody

    Frog Fractions is a 2012 browser game developed by Twinbeard Studios, a company composed primarily of founder Jim Crawford. The game, released on October 25, 2012, has been described as a spoof of the edutainment game genre. In the game, th

    70 rating2 lists1 h main story

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  • Why 42Form.18World.25Curated.13Lists1.00Business simulation · Indie · Also in Business simulation games

    Texel Raptor · Linux, Windows, macOS

    Business simulationIndieSimulationStrategyManagement

    Parkitect is a business simulation game that charges you with the construction and management of theme parks.

    82 rating4 lists52 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 41Form.39World.25Curated.00Lists.00Business simulation · Indie

    Vertigo Gaming · Switch, PS4, PS5 +3

    Business simulationIndieSimulationStrategyManagement

    Cook, serve and manage your food truck as you dish out hundreds of different foods across war-torn America in this massive sequel to the million-selling series!

    69 rating4 lists46 h main story

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  • Why 41Form.29World.19Curated.00Lists1.00Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    Last Day of Work · Windows, macOS

    Business simulationSimulationTycoonManagementLife simulation

    Plant Tycoon is a gardening sim game where you nurture plants and experiment with increasingly rare and valuable species. The object is to breed and cross breed plants until you find the 6 Magic Plants of Isola and solve the genetic puzzle.

    61 rating2 lists26 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 40Form.26World.00Curated.00Lists1.00Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    Software 2000 · Windows

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyTycoonManagement

    Fast Food Tycoon 2 uses the concepts of its predecessor of managing a small pizza business and growing it into an empire, this time as an international chain.

    2 listsAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 40Form.49World.45Curated.00Lists1.00Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    Legacy Mobile Device, Windows, iOS +1

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyTycoonManagement

    Lemonade Tycoon, first released as Lemonade Inc., is a Shockwave-based game. A free, limited version is available for online play at many sites or the full version with no time restrictions can be purchased online. The goal of Lemonade Tyco

    69 rating2 listsAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 40Form.34World.00Curated.00Lists1.00Business simulation · Indie · Also in Business simulation games

    Realmforge Studios · Linux, Windows

    Business simulationIndieSimulationStrategyManagement

    MUD TV is your ticket to the weird wild world of television. Once you take control of your own station it's up to you to determine the line-up, hire actors and directors, produce your own shows, series and movies and to grab those lucrative

    40 rating1 listAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 40Form.27World.40Curated.00Lists1.00Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    PopTop Software · Dreamcast, Linux, PlayStation +2

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyBusinessBird view / Isometric

    Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon is a business simulation game. Railroad Tycoon was written by game designer Sid Meier and published by MicroProse Railroad Tycoon 2 is the only game of the series that was released fr the PSX console. You try t

    85 rating5 lists44 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 39Form.21World.57Curated.00Lists1.00Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyManagementBusiness

    Explore a vast and detailed world and build a Transportation Empire!

    67 rating3 lists24 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 39Form.28World.15Curated.00Lists1.00Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    Last Day of Work · Android, Nintendo DS, Tapwave Zodiac +3

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyTycoonFishing

    Fish Tycoon is a virtual fish breeding game. The object is to breed and cross breed fish until you find the 7 Magic Fish and solve the genetic puzzle. You will have to buy supplies like meds, eggs and special plants and then sell some of yo

    70 rating2 lists10 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 39Form.50World.00Curated.00Lists.00Business simulation · Indie

    Auroch Digital · Switch, PS4, Windows +2

    Business simulationIndieSimulationStrategyManagement

    In Mars Horizon the player is tasked with leading a major space agency from the dawn of the space age though to humanity's journey to Mars. Players run a government space agency from when the first rockets launched into the atmosphere, righ

    80 rating4 lists16 h main story

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  • Why 39Form.32World.25Curated.00Lists1.00Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    Amiga, Android, Linux +2

    Business simulationSimulationManagementBusinessBird view / Isometric

    Ports of Call is a classic German business simulation with some action sequences. In this sequences you must steer your ship into the port or have to rescue some shipwrecked people.

    65 rating1 list3 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 39Form.43World.57Curated.00Lists1.00Business simulation · Simulation · Also in Business simulation games

    Android, MS-DOS, iOS +1

    Business simulationSimulationStrategyTycoonManagement

    Released on PC in 1994. Developed by Chris Sawyer, and coded in X86 Assembly language, it was among the first in the relatively new 'tycoon' genre of games - simulations of business empires that the player founded, grew and took full contro

    88 rating3 listsAlso in Business simulation games

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  • Why 39Form.29World.08Curated.00Lists1.00Business simulation · Indie · Also in Business simulation games

    b-alive · Windows

    Business simulationIndieSimulationStrategy

    Now's the chance to build the Zoo of your dreams! Just like in a real Zoo, your animals must receive complete care. Feed them, train them, cure them and even relocate them. Observe their realistic interactions with one another, the landscap

    66 rating1 list17 h main storyAlso in Business simulation games

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