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The Ranger: Lost Tribe The story happens on the mainland of Roland. As a ranger, you have witnessed a series of anomalies recently: the blood moon, mad animals... Now the elder chief of NaBaer expects you to suppress the mobs who plundered their tribe. Perhaps you can find some clues in the tribe seized by the mobs.

Similarity 45%
Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 01 Aug 2017
挂机手游模拟器 Idle farming for treasures, summoning heroes, collecting compendiums, crafting equipment, unlocking formations, researching technologies, sweeping maps, and competing for resources!

Similarity 45%
Price 2.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 29 Jul 2025
The Cubicle. The Cubicle is a short VR experience about your regular everyday job in an office, or is it?

Similarity 45%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 05 Apr 2016
RAILGRADE RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!

Similarity 45%
Price 28.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 13 Oct 2023
Wauies - The Pet Shop Game In the tycoon game "Wauies – The Pet Shop Game," you run your own pet store. Prove your managerial skills, build pens, take care of cats, dogs, rodents and fish, fulfill your customers' wishes and expand your pet store. Play now!

Similarity 44%
Price Free to play
Rating 6.3
Release 10 Jan 2018
Bitburner Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG.

Similarity 44%
Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 10 Dec 2021
Masterplan Tycoon Welcome to the resource management game where your creativity and logistics skills are put to the test! In this minimalistic simulation you will build interconnected chains of products and open new missions by completing various tasks to create the biggest system you can.

Similarity 44%
Price -90% 1.19€
Rating 7.2
Release 09 Mar 2023
xiuzhen idle This is a xiuzhen simulation placement game! From the refining of qi, building the foundation to the ascension of the celestial realm, crossed into the divine realm. (The game has been updated with the english mod, but you will need to select the "english" beta in the properties option to update it)

Similarity 44%
Price -20% 4.71€
Rating 7.7
Release 04 Feb 2025
Automation Empire Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!

Similarity 44%
Price 24.99€
Rating 6.5
Release 20 Nov 2019
MMORPG Tycoon 2 MMORPG Tycoon 2 is a single-player world-builder game about creating the greatest MMORPG of all time – yours.

Similarity 44%
Price 20.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 06 Jan 2020
Weedcraft Inc Weedcraft Inc explores the business of producing, breeding and selling weed in America, delving deep into the financial, political and cultural aspects of the country's complex relationship with this troublesome and promising plant.

Similarity 44%
Price -84% 3.18€
Rating 7.7
Release 11 Apr 2019
Grow Defense Upgrade your Castle and Unlock new tiers of Skills and Weapons to Defend vs Monsters and Bosses across VARIOUS ZONES! Find Rare ITEMS dropped from monsters and bosses and upgrade them to their full potential! Defeat RAID Mega-Bosses to find LEGENDARY items!

Similarity 44%
Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 10 Jan 2021
Satisfactory Modeler Model your Satisfactory builds. Set up your machines however you like, adding optional limits to the number of any of those machines and the tool will calculate how the parts will flow and how many of each machine type are getting used.

Similarity 44%
Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 17 Sep 2024
Trophy Fishing 2 Trophy fishing 2 it is a 3D fishing simulator with excellent graphics, sound and entertaining gameplay. It is a game-encyclopedia, which we develop and improve right along. It will please all lovers of fishing and quiet rest, as well as, all who loves excitement, competition and friendly communication.

Similarity 44%
Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 13 Jul 2017
Sopwith VR Shoot down triplanes and attack tanks with your Sopwith biplane. Simple World War One flight combat simulator with touch controls, airfoil physics, computer-controlled opponents, and destructible environments, inspired by David L. Clark's classic DOS game from 1984.

Similarity 44%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 26 Dec 2018
TransOcean: The Shipping Company TransOcean – The Shipping Company is your ticket to the world of gigantic ships and transnational transport empires. Build a mighty fleet of modern merchant ships and conquer the seven seas.

Similarity 44%
Price -97% 0.60€
Rating 7.1
Release 23 Sep 2014
Order of Battle: World War II Order of Battle: World War II is a breath of fresh air for all strategy fans. It is a game that takes wargaming to a new level by upgrading every single game element and rebooting the genre for a new generation of players.

Similarity 44%
Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 30 Apr 2015
Idle Clans Idle Clans is a multiplayer idle game that combines the classic MMORPG experience with simplified gameplay and less time commitment. Features include a player-driven economy, PvE, trading, quests, crafting and opportunities to play, socialize and collaborate with other players.

Similarity 44%
Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 07 Apr 2023
Google Spotlight Stories: Pearl Pearl VR follows a girl and her dad as they crisscross the country chasing their dreams. It’s a story about the gifts we hand down and their power to carry love. And finding grace in the unlikeliest of places. EMMY AWARD in INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING. OSCAR NOMINEE BEST ANIMATED SHORT.

Similarity 43%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 19 Oct 2017
Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator Starter Edition Start in your bedroom in year 2010. Build rigs to mine Bitcoin, Ethereum and other crypto coins. Trade on the market to grow wealth. Expand your business into new offices. Hire skilled employees and assign tasks. Use cash from your mega farms to research new technologies.

Similarity 43%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 24 Apr 2023
Trainatic Trainatic is an explosive incremental train-building game! Upgrade your cars, gather resources, and unlock powerful synergies to chug further down the track.

Similarity 43%
Price -20% 4.71€
Rating 8.6
Release 08 Sep 2025
Life is Hard Life is Hard is a godsim town simulator game developed by a two-man-team. Your main aim here is to manage your town. Expand your domain, prevent famine, make war, trade with others, attract new people. Make history!

Similarity 43%
Price 8.99€
Rating 6.1
Release 14 Aug 2021
Lemonade Apocalypse Lead the world to apocalyse with lemonades! Price affects demand, but take into account the cost of each lemonade when selling. Upgrades reduce cost and increase demand. Invest in a factory, and eventually control the politics of the world to increase climate's temperature and beverage consumption.

Similarity 43%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 05 Apr 2024
FACEMINER Build a biometric data harvesting empire from scratch in FACEMINER, the hardcore thriller clicker set in 1999. Classify data, upgrade mining infrastructure, and scale up your A.I. surveillance empire to obscene ends in this creepy narrative-driven incremental management sim with a dystopian twist.

Similarity 43%
Price -35% 5.06€
Rating 8.6
Release 27 Feb 2025