Management & Tycoon

Management and tycoon games put you in charge of building and running things — cities, parks, factories or whole empires. The goal is balancing resources, growth and efficiency, usually without time pressure, through deep systems that reward planning and optimization.

Did you know? The genre was defined by Will Wright’s SimCity (1989). Today it is carried by Cities: Skylines, Frostpunk and Factorio — games where “just one more minute” easily becomes five hours.